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Is there a way to get this working with CKEditor4? http......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:54:59 -0400https://liberty.io/what-lubuntu-chose-amd64-or-i386-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-lubuntu-chose-amd64-or-i386-duplicate.htmlI have the Intel Atom® Processor N450 (supports x64 but its not amd processor) on my netbook but here http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/16.04.2/release/ says: If you have a non-64-bit pro......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:51:21 -0400https://liberty.io/how-install-xfce-and-remove-gnome-on-ubuntu-20-0-4-lts-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-install-xfce-and-remove-gnome-on-ubuntu-20-0-4-lts-duplicate.htmlWas running xUbuntu 18.0.4 LTS and upgraded (re-install via DVD) to Ubuntu 20.0.4. I'd like to get back to the XFCE Desktop as it find gnome unusable for my application. In particular I have a lot of ...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:44:26 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-get-a-messaging-menu-indicator-with-unread-count-of-my-new-g.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-get-a-messaging-menu-indicator-with-unread-count-of-my-new-g.htmlBack in Ubuntu 12.04, installing the gm-notify application allowed did these things: Shoe me the number of unread messages in my inbox Show me a blue envelope when an email was received Show me a ...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:42:11 -0400https://liberty.io/user-brad-solomon-ask-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/user-brad-solomon-ask-ubuntu.htmlQ&A for Ubuntu users and developers...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:39:04 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-limit-the-cpu-and-ram-usage-for-a-process.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-limit-the-cpu-and-ram-usage-for-a-process.htmlI'm on a Ubuntu VPS with SFTP and a console. I need a specific process to only use 60% of my CPU and 2048 MB of RAM. I also need that another process only uses 30% of CPU and 1024MB of RAM. How can I ...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:36:10 -0400https://liberty.io/lv2-and-lv2-dev-libraries-or-equivalent.htmlhttps://liberty.io/lv2-and-lv2-dev-libraries-or-equivalent.htmlI'm compiling ardour3 from source and as far as I can tell I have all the libraries mentioned in http://ardour.org/building_ardour3 Unfortunately running ./waf configure gives the following error ...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:16:11 -0400https://liberty.io/blocking-start-of-terminal.htmlhttps://liberty.io/blocking-start-of-terminal.htmlIf you type this simple test command: gnome-terminal -x bash -c "ls;sleep 3" You will find that it returns immediately (the newly created terminal, of course, lingers for three seconds). This is......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:15:46 -0400https://liberty.io/acpi-bios-error-bug-could-not-resolve-symbol-sb-pcio-sato-prto-gtf-dss.htmlhttps://liberty.io/acpi-bios-error-bug-could-not-resolve-symbol-sb-pcio-sato-prto-gtf-dss.htmlMy Ubuntu 18.04 system has been working fine for quite some time (a few years). It suddenly threw up this error. Causes the system to auto-reboot several time. Sometimes it is able to boot into the......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:05:49 -0400https://liberty.io/what-exactly-does-a-bad-signature-mean.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-exactly-does-a-bad-signature-mean.htmlAbout 16 hours ago I downloaded the Ubuntu 18.04.5 image from releases.ubuntu.com alongside its checksum file and GnuPG signature. Verifying the checksum file using the signature results in a BAD ...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:56:45 -0400https://liberty.io/difference-between-home-and.htmlhttps://liberty.io/difference-between-home-and.html$HOME and ~ usually refer to the same thing. That is, they are the path to the "user's home" directory which is of the general form "/home/userName". When, if ever, do these not refer to the same ...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:54:17 -0400https://liberty.io/curl-not-working-in-the-latest-version-of-php-7-2.htmlhttps://liberty.io/curl-not-working-in-the-latest-version-of-php-7-2.htmlI tried to install the CURL in my server but failed. My server is running in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS & PHP 7.2 version. I used the command to install the CURL in my server. The command I used: sudo......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:44:54 -0400https://liberty.io/select-disk-to-boot-from.htmlhttps://liberty.io/select-disk-to-boot-from.htmlI have a desktop computer with Windows 10 on one SSD and another HDD with files, programs, etc. I also have another empty SSD in which I want to install Ubuntu, and let it connected with the others. ...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:41:25 -0400https://liberty.io/unable-to-send-mail-with-mailx.htmlhttps://liberty.io/unable-to-send-mail-with-mailx.htmlCould someone kindly assist with this error?: mailx -s "test message" recipient@gmail.com Cc: This is a test message cannot send message: Process exited with a non-zero status I'm gettin......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:35:06 -0400https://liberty.io/kubuntu-using-wayland-nvidia-kde-on-21-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/kubuntu-using-wayland-nvidia-kde-on-21-04.htmlI've just updated Kubuntu from 20.10 to 21.04. When trying to start a new session with Wayland it freezes at the vendor splash screen. How would I go about it to debug this? Suspecting it might has......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:30:13 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-install-d3dx9-43.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-install-d3dx9-43.htmlIn order to use a certain Windows program on Wine, I need to install d3dx9_43 (a Directx driver) but I am not sure how to. Without this, it gives me this error: Unhandled exception: page fault on......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:18:29 -0400https://liberty.io/dell-latitude-rugged-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/dell-latitude-rugged-duplicate.htmlGood day Ubuntu community, I'm a Master of Law, currently studying Data Science, after a Bachelor in Business Informatics. I am not that new to coding and my new field of studies requires me to swi......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:52:07 -0400https://liberty.io/use-a-command-inside-zim-desktop-wiki-with-run-command-func.htmlhttps://liberty.io/use-a-command-inside-zim-desktop-wiki-with-run-command-func.htmlThere is a function inside Zim Desktop Wiki program for run a commandline command but I'm getting error. For paste a date, it works. (My command is: date "+Date: %d %b %Y - %H:%M:%S" ) But when I......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:30:29 -0400https://liberty.io/where-is-catalina-base-and-catalina-home-located-for-tomcat6.htmlhttps://liberty.io/where-is-catalina-base-and-catalina-home-located-for-tomcat6.htmlI recently installed tomcat6 with apt-get and have got it up and running. Ubuntu doesnt set the $CATALINA_BASE and $CATALINA_HOME environment variables during the install. How can I locate these ...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:20:10 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-change-helo-address.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-change-helo-address.htmlRight now my Helo Address = localhost (helo=localhost). Is it better to set this to my server's domain name? If so, how do I change it? I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 and Postfix. Thanks....Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:14:38 -0400https://liberty.io/is-there-a-list-of-usb-4g-modems-that-work-as-is-in-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/is-there-a-list-of-usb-4g-modems-that-work-as-is-in-ubuntu.htmlI've been trying out different usb modems from different networks in Portugal, and each time I get a new one it's always a week-long adventure of trying to get it to work with Ubuntu, which usually......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:10:26 -0400https://liberty.io/add-short-date-format-for-nemo-file-manager.htmlhttps://liberty.io/add-short-date-format-for-nemo-file-manager.htmlI am using Nemo File manager for some time now and one of the things that annoyed me a little is the date format it uses for any of the date columns (Date Modified, Date Accessed, etc.). I know the......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:08:07 -0400https://liberty.io/is-there-a-gui-tool-for-managing-systemd-on-ubuntu-18-04-bionic-beaver.htmlhttps://liberty.io/is-there-a-gui-tool-for-managing-systemd-on-ubuntu-18-04-bionic-beaver.htmlIs there a GUI tool for managing systemd on Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver)? I want to be able so see the status of services and/or units (and/or whatever else systemd calls them). Ideally, I could ......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:06:28 -0400https://liberty.io/why-i-can-039-t-i-telnet-to-a-specific-port.htmlhttps://liberty.io/why-i-can-039-t-i-telnet-to-a-specific-port.htmlthe port 7778 is in listen, netstat -tulpn tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:7778 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 22776/java but I can't telnet that port from remote machine while I can telnet other ......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:21 -0400https://liberty.io/run-instagram-igdm-appimage.htmlhttps://liberty.io/run-instagram-igdm-appimage.htmlI am trying to run IGdm.appimage (which I downloaded from http://igdm.me/). I try to run it via terminal and it show me this error adie@adie-X550DP:~/Desktop/Apps$ ./IGdm-2.5.1-x86_64.AppImage mo......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:59:37 -0400https://liberty.io/making-python-script-reading-messages-from-activemq-web-console.htmlhttps://liberty.io/making-python-script-reading-messages-from-activemq-web-console.htmlI recently had a task to make Python script which can read/receive and show message from ActiveMQ web console.It has classes on_message and on_error. But, unfortunately it doesn't show anything. For ...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:47:08 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-make-a-file-executable-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-make-a-file-executable-duplicate.htmlHow can I make my file so that I can double click on it, and it runs. It is a .sh script, but I also have files that say: executable (application/x-executable) in the description of what they are......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:46:40 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-16-gnome-not-detecting-ethernet-cable-connection.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-16-gnome-not-detecting-ethernet-cable-connection.htmlI' m using a thinkpad t460s with intel network card, the wifi, bluetooth and everything is working fine except the Ethernet port. I'm connecting but no activity, the menu is not showing wired conn......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:41:40 -0400https://liberty.io/what-is-default-shell-for-terminal.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-is-default-shell-for-terminal.htmlLet's say, I opened a terminal and entered / executed some shell commands. But I didn't invoke explicitly Bash or any other shell. 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What is the differences between the three?...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:20:54 -0400https://liberty.io/phalcon-install-give-error-on-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/phalcon-install-give-error-on-ubuntu.htmlI'm trying to install phalcon in my ubuntu 14.04 by using below commands git clone https://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon.git cd cphalcon/build sudo ./install and it give a error like this /usr/incl......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:59:04 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-after-upgrade-ssh-exchange-failed.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-after-upgrade-ssh-exchange-failed.htmlI have a little bit problem after upgrading Ubuntu from 14.04 to 16.04. I've try to estabilish SSH connections with some servers trough SSH but after upgrade in some cases I have these output: Una......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:56:01 -0400https://liberty.io/internal-webcam-not-working-on-surface-book-2-new-ubuntu-install.htmlhttps://liberty.io/internal-webcam-not-working-on-surface-book-2-new-ubuntu-install.htmlWhen I try to use skype it just says webcam not found. I found a guys post that said he used this command git clone git://linuxtv.org/media_build.git cd media_build ./build sudo make install but ......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:51:51 -0400https://liberty.io/midi-to-vmpk-to-qsynth-to-audio.htmlhttps://liberty.io/midi-to-vmpk-to-qsynth-to-audio.htmlI'm currently using Jack (qjackctl) + VMPK + qSynth to try to simply jam a little bit on my keyboard on my Linux machine. I can see all of the inputs and outputs, but I'm still not getting any soun......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:38:43 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-increment-a-variable-in-bash.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-increment-a-variable-in-bash.htmlI have tried to increment a numeric variable using both var=$var+1 and var=($var+1) without success. The variable is a number, though bash appears to be reading it as a string. Bash version 4.2.4......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:28:26 -0400https://liberty.io/questions-tagged-winetricks.htmlhttps://liberty.io/questions-tagged-winetricks.htmlQ&A for Ubuntu users and developers...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:20:21 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-enable-2160x1440-resolution-on-ubuntu-21-10-on-virtualbox.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-enable-2160x1440-resolution-on-ubuntu-21-10-on-virtualbox.htmlI am running Ubuntu 21.10 on VirtualBox on a Huawei Matebook 14 2021. The native screen resolution of the laptop is 2160x1440. I have also tried Ubuntu 20.04 with the same results. I've tried to ......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:15:54 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-stabilize-video-with-kdenlive.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-stabilize-video-with-kdenlive.htmlI'm using kdenlive 16.12.3 (with Ubuntu Studio 17.04), so this cannot be the How to get the stabilization function working in Kdenlive? issue I assume since that bug supposed to be fixed a good whi......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:04:28 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-run-my-python-script-with-anaconda-environment-in-crontab.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-run-my-python-script-with-anaconda-environment-in-crontab.htmlI want to schedule a task with crontab to run a python file in a specific anaconda environment every day at a certain time. I have a python script to do so. The python script runs if I just execute......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:03:39 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-determine-what-version-of-thunderbird-is-running-on-my-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-determine-what-version-of-thunderbird-is-running-on-my-ubuntu.htmlHow do I determine what version of Thunderbird is running on my Ubuntu 16.4.1? I just built an old machine (PC) in installed the latest Ubuntu, found the Thunderbird email app, and saw if I wanted ......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:01:20 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-sdk-mkspec.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-sdk-mkspec.htmlI followed instructions in Ubuntu SDK to install the IDE. No problem. I can write an app and run it in the desktop, but not in my Ubuntu BQ 4.5. The kit is wrong and several errors appear: "Mkspec ......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:56:14 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-20-04-nvidia-driver-reset.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-20-04-nvidia-driver-reset.htmlI'm new to Ubuntu 20.04 and I found out the Additional Driver can install required Nvidia driver preferred by the OS. Although, it works fine after installing but after every month (roughly) someho......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:56:10 -0400https://liberty.io/clear-dnsmasq-cache-without-restarting-the-service.htmlhttps://liberty.io/clear-dnsmasq-cache-without-restarting-the-service.htmlI have cache enabled in my dnsmasq, because it is fast. In some situations (for example, with VPN off), dnsmasq caches wrong results. I want a quick way to clean the cache (when I connect to the VP......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:44:36 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-listen-new-port-ubuntu-server-from-command-line.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-listen-new-port-ubuntu-server-from-command-line.htmlI want to listen new port on Ubuntu Server. I am in root access. netstat -an | grep "LISTEN " Returns : tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tc......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:38:48 -0400https://liberty.io/user-pervy-sage-ask-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/user-pervy-sage-ask-ubuntu.htmlQ&A for Ubuntu users and developers...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:38:25 -0400https://liberty.io/running-epsxe-1-9-on-ubuntu-13-10.htmlhttps://liberty.io/running-epsxe-1-9-on-ubuntu-13-10.htmlSo I wanted to give ePsxe 1.9 a go on Ubuntu (of course, I legally own both the console and games I am planning on running). I started out by downloading ePSXe v1.9.0 for Linux from the official web ...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:38:14 -0400https://liberty.io/what-does-rm-rf-linux-do.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-does-rm-rf-linux-do.htmlI found it in a uninstallation tutorial of a program, but I want to be sure what it does before executing it....Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:28:10 -0400https://liberty.io/cleaning-out-var-backups.htmlhttps://liberty.io/cleaning-out-var-backups.htmlI find a lot of old, mostly dpkg, files in /var/backups. Some over a year old. I see in a cron file where dpkg creates the files as backup, but don't see anywhere that they're ever removed. Shou......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:27:12 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-undo-this-key-mapping.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-undo-this-key-mapping.htmlFirst of all sorry my punctuation will be bad. its hard to type when keys are not doing what you expect. Eg it keeps scaring the **** out of me by taking a screen shot when I push the up arrow lolo......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:00:49 -0400https://liberty.io/play-h265-videos-in-firefox-and-or-chromium-in-ubuntu-20-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/play-h265-videos-in-firefox-and-or-chromium-in-ubuntu-20-04.htmlIs there any way I can play h265 videos (with the HTML5 video player) in Firefox and/or Chromium in Ubuntu 20.04? I know the browsers themselves do not support this codec, but, if I understand it w......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:46:57 -0400https://liberty.io/tigervnc-throws-error-on-ubuntu-20-04-on-a-raspberry-pi-3.htmlhttps://liberty.io/tigervnc-throws-error-on-ubuntu-20-04-on-a-raspberry-pi-3.htmlI'm trying to run a VNC server on my Raspberry Pi 3 which is running Ubuntu 20.04.2, but the logs ~/.vnc/pi2\:1.log show the following error: vncext: VNC extension running! vncext: List......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:45:09 -0400https://liberty.io/battery-monitor-on-fluxbox.htmlhttps://liberty.io/battery-monitor-on-fluxbox.htmlI was using fluxbox on my notebook, but it missed battery indicator.Is there any battery monitor on fluxbox? [solved] install wmbattery then add it to startup script....Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:42:59 -0400https://liberty.io/wacom-ctl-472-installation-on-ubuntu-18-04-3-lts-build-failure-issue.htmlhttps://liberty.io/wacom-ctl-472-installation-on-ubuntu-18-04-3-lts-build-failure-issue.htmlI tried to install drivers for wacom CTL-472 on my laptop that runs with Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS. I tried most of the suggestions I found on internet. None of them worked. For example, I visited https://...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:40:11 -0400https://liberty.io/what-are-the-default-values-of-etc-apache2-mods-enabled-mpm-event-conf.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-are-the-default-values-of-etc-apache2-mods-enabled-mpm-event-conf.htmlI added a php code to my sites that created errors like this: AH00484: server reached MaxRequestWorkers setting, consider raising the MaxRequestWorkers setting and before I figured out what was ...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:30:47 -0400https://liberty.io/execute-a-script-when-the-output-of-a-command-has-a-specific-string.htmlhttps://liberty.io/execute-a-script-when-the-output-of-a-command-has-a-specific-string.htmlI want to monitor the output of a command and whenever it contains a certain string I want to run another command. Example: when command1 outputs 1234 I want to run command2...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:24:08 -0400https://liberty.io/manually-installing-ubuntu-on-an-older-desktop.htmlhttps://liberty.io/manually-installing-ubuntu-on-an-older-desktop.htmlI have been trying to install Ubuntu on an older machine, dell dimension e521 with upgraded bios, but the ubuntu-18.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso will not install due to the APIC problem. Unfortunately th......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:24:05 -0400https://liberty.io/is-there-a-software-to-record-audio-with-gui.htmlhttps://liberty.io/is-there-a-software-to-record-audio-with-gui.htmlWhile there are many ways to record audio from the microphone over the command line, is there such a software which has a GUI, and has a simple interface? I am looking for something that has a record ...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:21:40 -0400https://liberty.io/a-common-home-partition-for-multiple-linux-distributions.htmlhttps://liberty.io/a-common-home-partition-for-multiple-linux-distributions.htmlI have an Ubuntu installed in one partition, Debian on the other and now I am planning to install backtrack and SUSE also. Debian mounts a separate partition as its home mount point, whereas Ubuntu ...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:13:02 -0400https://liberty.io/root-file-system-requires-manual-fsck-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/root-file-system-requires-manual-fsck-duplicate.htmlWhenever I switch on Ubuntu I always see the following message. (Initramfs): /dev/sda1 contains a file system with errors, check forced. Inodes that were a part of a corrupted orphan linked lost......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:11:49 -0400https://liberty.io/warpinator-and-ufw.htmlhttps://liberty.io/warpinator-and-ufw.htmlI have UFW set up to accept traffic across Port 42000, which is what Warpinator is using. Is there a way I can restrict that further to only computers on the internal network instead of leaving that ...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:07:12 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-change-the-default-port-of-remote-desktop-vnc.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-change-the-default-port-of-remote-desktop-vnc.htmlLet's say I went to: System > Preferences > Remote Desktop And enable Remote Desktop. Now let's say I have another machine on the network that is also running a VNC server. I want to VNC......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:53:30 -0400https://liberty.io/outbound-ftp-backup-to-synology-server-from-plesk-fails-with-csf-activ.htmlhttps://liberty.io/outbound-ftp-backup-to-synology-server-from-plesk-fails-with-csf-activ.htmlI am running an Ubuntu server with Plesk. All of these are the latest version. I am also running CSF. I am trying to FTP to my Synology server. When CSF is active, I am not able to make a connection. ...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:53:21 -0400https://liberty.io/add-delay-to-microphone-using-pulseaudio.htmlhttps://liberty.io/add-delay-to-microphone-using-pulseaudio.htmlDoes pulseaudio have an option to add a custom delay to a microphone input? Background is, that I use a greenscreen with my webcam and this introduces an 1.5second delay. I found this post here: ......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:45:49 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-resize-window-icons-min-max-close-ubuntu-18-04-gnome.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-resize-window-icons-min-max-close-ubuntu-18-04-gnome.htmlI've tried all the tweaks I could find on the internet and I still can't resize the window icons (close, min, max). Everything else, I've been able to resize perfectly, but not even scale changes t......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:34:35 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-show-java-plugin-console.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-show-java-plugin-console.htmlIn windows, when I open a web page containing applet, icon of java plugin console is displayed in systray. But in Ubuntu, I don't find any way to show java plugin console. How can I open java plugin ...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:56:41 -0400https://liberty.io/problem-while-executing-a-makefile.htmlhttps://liberty.io/problem-while-executing-a-makefile.htmli'm installing the Rocket-Chip repository. 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I've tried now a lot of possible solutions such as this and also installation from this re......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:13:57 -0400https://liberty.io/when-i-try-to-click-on-steam-latest-deb-nothing-happens.htmlhttps://liberty.io/when-i-try-to-click-on-steam-latest-deb-nothing-happens.htmlI downloaded the file and when I click it nothing happens?...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:13:50 -0400https://liberty.io/what-does-wine-really-stand-for-closed.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-does-wine-really-stand-for-closed.htmlI know that this is not exactly the right place to ask, but it's the only place I know where it is at least sort-of-a-good-place to ask. I have already googled and searched here, but I got multiple ...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:11:24 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-kernel-bump-release-and-build-kernel.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-kernel-bump-release-and-build-kernel.htmlI am trying to build the kernel for Ubuntu Groovy 5.8.0-43-generic #49-Ubuntu as I have made some changes to the USB XHCI drivers. 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The strange thing is almost all pages are showing right but with some of them I get 404 Not......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:07:22 -0400https://liberty.io/a-change-with-visudo-doesn-039-t-work.htmlhttps://liberty.io/a-change-with-visudo-doesn-039-t-work.htmlI issue visudo command, add this rule to the very end of the file, save the file and quit. newuser ALL=/usr/sbin/useradd However newuser is still able to run such commands as sudo passwd user......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:00:09 -0400https://liberty.io/eclipse-starting-tomcat-7-server-at-localhost-has-encountered-a-proble.htmlhttps://liberty.io/eclipse-starting-tomcat-7-server-at-localhost-has-encountered-a-proble.htmlI got this error just after getting an Ubuntu error with eclipse and it forced to close the program. Several ports (8005, 8080, 8009) required by Tomcat v7.0 Server at localhost are already in......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:00:03 -0400https://liberty.io/importerror-no-module-named-tkinter.htmlhttps://liberty.io/importerror-no-module-named-tkinter.htmlWhen I try to install tkinter using this command: sudo apt-get install python-tk I get this message meaning it is already installed: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree ...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:59:55 -0400https://liberty.io/how-does-one-remove-applications-installed-through-python-setup-py-ins.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-does-one-remove-applications-installed-through-python-setup-py-ins.htmlI have two applications that I attempted to install, but they didn't work and now I can't get rid of them. 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This made formu......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:56:47 -0400https://liberty.io/additional-monitor-to-laptop-with-hdmi-to-vga-convertor-randomly-disco.htmlhttps://liberty.io/additional-monitor-to-laptop-with-hdmi-to-vga-convertor-randomly-disco.htmlI am ubuntu 18.04, with Intel® UHD Graphics 620 (WHL GT2) and since i had a spare old vga monitor lying empty i thought of using it as a dual monitor. I have purchased HDMI to VGA adapter to connec......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:50:35 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-see-my-password-on-the-terminal.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-see-my-password-on-the-terminal.htmlI can't see my password on the command line and even though I am sure that I enter my password correctly, sudo doesn't accept. How can I see my password on the terminal? Is there any way to change it?...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:12:30 -0400