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But when I do this breaks system settings in ubuntu. ......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:21:59 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-add-locale-to-ubuntu-server.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-add-locale-to-ubuntu-server.htmlI currently have those locales: locale -a C en_AG en_AG.utf8 en_AU.utf8 en_BW.utf8 en_CA.utf8 en_DK.utf8 en_GB.utf8 en_HK.utf8 en_IE.utf8 en_IN en_IN.utf8 en_NG en_NG.utf8 en_NZ.utf8 en_PH.utf8 e......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:19:29 -0400https://liberty.io/can-039-t-open-wmv-video-files-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/can-039-t-open-wmv-video-files-duplicate.htmlI installed 12.04 and installed all plug-ins related to video drive. I installed VLC player and tried to start a .wmv file but I get this error: No suitable decoder module: VLC does not supp......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:16:11 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-download-a-video-that-are-in-screencast-com.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-download-a-video-that-are-in-screencast-com.htmlWhat Chrome or Firefox plugin can help me to download a video published at screencast.com. Pls, if you know another method to grab the video and the sound, let me know too ;)...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:15:23 -0400https://liberty.io/cifs-vfs-cifs-mount-failed-w-return-code-2-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/cifs-vfs-cifs-mount-failed-w-return-code-2-duplicate.htmlOn boot my nas mounts are timing out, but when I manually run sudo mount -a after login they all mount just fine. The problem occurs with and without vers=3.0. $ dmesg [ 5.521690] FS-Cache: Load......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:09:32 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-install-anything-sync-daemon.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-install-anything-sync-daemon.htmlFrom the Arch Linux wiki: Anything-sync-daemon (asd) is a tiny shell script designed to manage target directories in tmpfs and to periodically sync them back to your physical disc (HDD/SSD). Thi......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:07:45 -0400https://liberty.io/installed-kodak-3250-aio-printer-but-will-not-print.htmlhttps://liberty.io/installed-kodak-3250-aio-printer-but-will-not-print.htmlI have installed drivers for the Kodak 325O AIO printer but it will not print...It stalls in the processing phase. It will not print anything. 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I'm launching with the flags: --ignore-gpu-blocklist --use-gl=desktop --enable-...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 03:24:32 -0400https://liberty.io/keymap-for-formosa21-infrared-remote-control.htmlhttps://liberty.io/keymap-for-formosa21-infrared-remote-control.htmlwhen i plug in the TechniSat Formosa21 USB IR Receiver, /dev/input/by-id/usb-Formosa21_USB_IR_Receiver-event-ir appears and keypresses on the remote control can be seen in a text editor. For in......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 03:22:12 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-install-qemu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-install-qemu.htmlHow do I install the qemu command? I type qemu and press tab and I get a list of several binaries installed. qemu-alpha qemu-arm ... qemu-x86_64 but no qemu. I type man qemu and it returns the ......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 03:19:11 -0400https://liberty.io/playing-age-of-empires-ii-multiplayer-in-virtualbox-over-wi-fi-network.htmlhttps://liberty.io/playing-age-of-empires-ii-multiplayer-in-virtualbox-over-wi-fi-network.htmlI installed Age of Empires II (Expansion) in VirtualBox (hosting Windows XP). It works great in single player mode. Unfortunately, I tried playing multiplayer via WI-FI which I created on my Ubuntu ...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 03:18:13 -0400https://liberty.io/microphone-not-working-in-asus-f555u.htmlhttps://liberty.io/microphone-not-working-in-asus-f555u.htmlThe microphone is not working in Asus F555U in Ubuntu 14.04 and kernel 4.2.0-27-generic. By running the command arecord -l I have found the following: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** ca......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 03:13:30 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-18-04-intel-hd-graphics-530.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-18-04-intel-hd-graphics-530.htmlI have a AiO (HP ProOne 400 G2 20-inch Touch All-in-One PC): Graphics: "Intel HD Graphics 530". I install Ubuntu 16.04 and then install "intel-graphics-update-tool_2.0.6_amd64.deb" but I have error "...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 03:11:02 -0400https://liberty.io/are-user-files-still-private-when-two-sudo-users-exist-in-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/are-user-files-still-private-when-two-sudo-users-exist-in-ubuntu.htmlI am sharing my personal Ubuntu PC with one of my colleagues. I created another user with a different password (he knows of course) and added it to the sudoer list. Given that there are two sudo ...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 03:10:19 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-get-the-history-of-ssh-connections-with-time.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-get-the-history-of-ssh-connections-with-time.htmlHow to get the history of the ssh connection with the time, like at what time the machine accessed via ssh and by who in Linux/Unix using terminal command?...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 03:04:49 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-install-ncurses-header-files.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-install-ncurses-header-files.htmlI was trying to configure the kernel and I got the following error. Can somebody please tell me what I should do? root@nitr-desktop:/usr/src/linux# make menuconfig *** Unable to find the ncurses ...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 03:03:12 -0400https://liberty.io/regular-expression-help.htmlhttps://liberty.io/regular-expression-help.htmlThe strings to be matched are based on length. String S should be matched iff (|S| mod 3) > (|S| mod 2) where |S| is the length of the string. I've tried to find wrt LCM but I don't know how to ...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 02:58:23 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-install-cpu-g-on-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-install-cpu-g-on-ubuntu.htmlHow to install CPU-G on Ubuntu , so i can use it to view information about my desktop hardware ....Mon, 20 Jul 2026 02:47:15 -0400https://liberty.io/is-there-webcam-recording-software-that-can-add-a-background-to-your-r.htmlhttps://liberty.io/is-there-webcam-recording-software-that-can-add-a-background-to-your-r.htmlI did the search in Ubuntu for video recording software and there was loads of software available, but I couldn't find one that says it will add a background. Skype recently came out with a feature ...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 02:45:33 -0400https://liberty.io/pipewire-is-not-recognized-by-ms-teams-but-pulseaudio-is.htmlhttps://liberty.io/pipewire-is-not-recognized-by-ms-teams-but-pulseaudio-is.htmlRecently I moved from Pulseaudio to Pipewire (Replacing Pulseaudio with Pipewire in Ubuntu 20.04) Everything is working as expected except for Microsoft Teams desktop app (downloaded teams_1.4.00....Mon, 20 Jul 2026 02:43:13 -0400https://liberty.io/tar-throws-error-when-extracting-file.htmlhttps://liberty.io/tar-throws-error-when-extracting-file.html[root@localhost src]# tar -zxvf /root/Desktop/daq-2.0.4.tar.qz tar (child): /root/Desktop/daq-2.0.4.tar.qz: Cannot open: No such file or directory tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 02:33:39 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-make-my-bluetooth-headset-be-the-default-microphone-when-i-tu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-make-my-bluetooth-headset-be-the-default-microphone-when-i-tu.htmlI have a webcam with a built in microphone, which I don't want to use. 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For reporting I am using allure. when I execute the allure serve <Reporting foldername> command report shown a......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 02:16:35 -0400https://liberty.io/64-bit-ubuntu-on-intel-x86-64.htmlhttps://liberty.io/64-bit-ubuntu-on-intel-x86-64.htmlI know that my question is certanly duplicate, but I've spent a whole morning on trying to install Ubuntu 16.04 amd64 on my laptop (intel pentium quad core n3540, 4 GB RAM) and have failed, even th......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 02:16:18 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-find-the-best-driver-for-my-ati-graphics-card.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-find-the-best-driver-for-my-ati-graphics-card.htmlI'm trying to find the best graphics card for my ATI Radeon HD 7730M card (My machine has hybrid graphics, should I worry about installing a suitable driver for the intel vga too ?) because I'm hav......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 02:15:00 -0400https://liberty.io/systemctl-list-unit-files-does-not-show-my-service.htmlhttps://liberty.io/systemctl-list-unit-files-does-not-show-my-service.htmlWhen I execute systemctl list-unit-files does not show my service command it does not show my service (called example). What can be the reason of that? init.d file location: /etc/rc.d/init.d/exa......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 02:10:43 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-disable-wireless-from-command-line.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-disable-wireless-from-command-line.htmlHow do you disable the wireless Internet from the command line? I tried sudo ifconfig eth1 down but network-manager seems to ignore this and keeps trying to reactivate it. What's worse is the netw......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 02:10:02 -0400https://liberty.io/screen-mirror-linux-screen-on-an-android-device.htmlhttps://liberty.io/screen-mirror-linux-screen-on-an-android-device.htmlI would like to see what's going on my Linux desktop screen on my android phone. When I'm away from my laptop. I mean reverse of screen mirroring android device on a Linux desktop....Mon, 20 Jul 2026 02:02:35 -0400https://liberty.io/command-not-found-errors-when-sourcing-my-env.htmlhttps://liberty.io/command-not-found-errors-when-sourcing-my-env.htmlI keep a good copy of my env in a file /root/.env which I import when I use cron jobs because I use them to run Expect Scripts which won't run without TERM and a few others(?). I do so as such: set......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 02:00:08 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-infer-top-command-vsz-resident-memory-numbers-active-usage-free.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-infer-top-command-vsz-resident-memory-numbers-active-usage-free.htmlI have two vm's one with 2vCPU , 4GB RAM and other with 4vCPU and 8GB RAM Now I have installed / ran the same application(k8s pods) with same memory , cpu allocations , requests , limits on both th......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:47:45 -0400https://liberty.io/dualshock-4-bluetooth-on-ubuntu-18-04-only-touchpad-works.htmlhttps://liberty.io/dualshock-4-bluetooth-on-ubuntu-18-04-only-touchpad-works.htmlWhen I connect it with usb, Steam detects it and it works as expected in Steam Big Picture. When I connect it with bluetooth, only the touchpad works and acts as a mouse. If I then use ds4drv with......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:45:13 -0400https://liberty.io/what-is-the-la-command.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-is-the-la-command.htmlI just mistyped ls as la. Without noticing, I ran it: tim@Hairy:~$ la detection.sh output-2.jpg output-4.jpg output-6.jpg output-8.jpg Test1.pdf output-1.jpg output-3.jpg output-5.jpg out......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:39:38 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-16-04-baldurs-gate-enhanced-edition-wont-start.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-16-04-baldurs-gate-enhanced-edition-wont-start.htmlI recently installed Ubuntu 16.04 and am trying to get Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition running. I have the GOG version. I was able to get Civ 5 and Pillers of Eternity working no problem. When I run......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:37:28 -0400https://liberty.io/am-i-using-bash-or-sh-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/am-i-using-bash-or-sh-duplicate.htmlI'm connected to a remote shell and many keys aren't working properly such as arrows and the escape key. This answer Arrow keys, tab-complete not working suggested I might be in the wrong shell, so I ...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:14:23 -0400https://liberty.io/easy-copy-dash-calculation-result.htmlhttps://liberty.io/easy-copy-dash-calculation-result.htmlI am using the Unity Dash calc: command to do quick calculations, as Id rather do this than open up Chrome and ask Google. However, I cant copy the result, I still have to open up the calculator ...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:09:58 -0400https://liberty.io/closest-alternative-to-times-new-roman.htmlhttps://liberty.io/closest-alternative-to-times-new-roman.htmlWhat is the closest alternative font of Times New Roman in Ubuntu 12.10? Is it serif or sans serif or something else ? I have installed msttcorefonts already. Now in my Latex document I am preferr......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:09:14 -0400https://liberty.io/linking-opencv-library.htmlhttps://liberty.io/linking-opencv-library.htmlSo i already install OpenCV library two years ago on virtualenviroment for python and it work well using this step. Now i create some image processing program in C languange, but everytime i try to ...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:09:02 -0400https://liberty.io/apache2-error-no-listening-sockets-avaliable.htmlhttps://liberty.io/apache2-error-no-listening-sockets-avaliable.htmlSomeone help me. This error appeared after I installed without wanting NGINX but had the ispconfig . I want to continue to use the ispconfig . It seems that something is on the port that it is lis......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:07:40 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-mount-a-new-drive-on-startup-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-mount-a-new-drive-on-startup-duplicate.htmlI have recently installed a new hard drive to my Ubuntu 10.0.4 box. I used System -> Administration -> Disk Utils to format the disk (ext4 file type) - but did not create a partition (is this advis......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:03:12 -0400https://liberty.io/cd-backtick-command-results-in-why-and-how-do-i-exit-it.htmlhttps://liberty.io/cd-backtick-command-results-in-why-and-how-do-i-exit-it.htmlWhen I type cd ` into a terminal, then I get this > Even ls or cd is not working. Attempting to run such a command on the > prompt just gives another > prompt. Please explain the mea......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:03:11 -0400https://liberty.io/error-while-installing-shared-libraries-libx11-xcb-so-1.htmlhttps://liberty.io/error-while-installing-shared-libraries-libx11-xcb-so-1.htmlI'm installing a game on Ubuntu 20.04.1 x64, which is only compatible with 32x OS. When I try to run it, the error occurs: error while loading shared libraries: libX11-xcb.so.1: cannot open shared ...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:59:41 -0400https://liberty.io/can-i-remove-the-countdown-when-installing-extensions-in-firefox.htmlhttps://liberty.io/can-i-remove-the-countdown-when-installing-extensions-in-firefox.htmlWhen installing an extension in Firefox, the confirmation dialog makes you wait 5 seconds before you can install the extension. I find it annoying and unnecessary, is there a way to shorten or remo......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:43:55 -0400https://liberty.io/can-039-t-enable-ralink-rt2561-rt61-wireless-card.htmlhttps://liberty.io/can-039-t-enable-ralink-rt2561-rt61-wireless-card.htmlI have been reading various other posts on the matter but none of the solutions are working so I thought I might as well ask. Just installed Ubuntu Server 11.04 on my old Dell Optiplex 330. It has a ...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:43:31 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-find-the-average-number-of-lines-in-a-directory.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-find-the-average-number-of-lines-in-a-directory.htmlI have a directory with 78 .tsv files. I want to find the average number of lines for all files in the directory. I use tail -n +2 $i | wc -l; done > line_numbers.txt to get the number of lines, ...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:41:12 -0400https://liberty.io/temporary-failure-resolving-039-mirrors-aliyun-com-039-error-after-set.htmlhttps://liberty.io/temporary-failure-resolving-039-mirrors-aliyun-com-039-error-after-set.htmlI have a vm in vmware player, after changing dhcp4:ture into dhcp4: no addresses: - 192.168.134.127/24 gateway4: 192.168.134.1 nameservers: addresse......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:40:17 -0400https://liberty.io/what-is-the-easy-minimal-way-to-remotely-over-the-internet-connect-a-u.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-is-the-easy-minimal-way-to-remotely-over-the-internet-connect-a-u.htmlwhat is the easy/minimal way to remotely(over the Internet) connect a Ubuntu 20.04 system from another Ubuntu 20.04 system? I have tried team-viewer any-desk in the past. But is there a native way to ...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:39:03 -0400https://liberty.io/x-error-of-failed-request-badrequest-invalid-request-code-or-no-such-o.htmlhttps://liberty.io/x-error-of-failed-request-badrequest-invalid-request-code-or-no-such-o.htmlPossible Duplicate: How to fix error with ATI driver “Error of failed request”? Though this question is asked before for 11.10, it's still unanswered. I am using ubuntu 12.04 (on Dell Inspiron......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:32:56 -0400https://liberty.io/can-i-record-playback-with-audacity-without-pulseaudio.htmlhttps://liberty.io/can-i-record-playback-with-audacity-without-pulseaudio.htmlI'm trying to record output (that which I can hear) with Audacity, but no sound is being recorded. I have found some instructions on how to record with Pulseaudio, but I have only Alsa. I can't se......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:16:27 -0400https://liberty.io/dual-boot-and-installing-ubuntu-on-f-drive.htmlhttps://liberty.io/dual-boot-and-installing-ubuntu-on-f-drive.htmlCurrently I have two hard disks , a. Local Disk C (where Windows is installed) b. 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I would ......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:05:17 -0400https://liberty.io/tty-1-6-lock-screen-after-delay-like-a-screensaver.htmlhttps://liberty.io/tty-1-6-lock-screen-after-delay-like-a-screensaver.htmlWhen using the virtual terminals on TTY 1-6 [*], it's sometimes easy to forget to log out: The screen goes blank after a while, but I'm still logged in - no password required, anyone can use my acc......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:01:40 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-install-counter-strike-1-6-on-ubuntu-13-04-closed.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-install-counter-strike-1-6-on-ubuntu-13-04-closed.htmlJust wanted to ask how can I install CS 1.6 on Ubuntu 13.04. I couldn't install by using Steam. 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