https://liberty.ioCurated star highlights with fresh energy.en-usTue, 04 Aug 2026 13:22:11 -0400https://liberty.io/can-we-put-files-other-than-bootable-files-in-a-bootable-flash-drive.htmlhttps://liberty.io/can-we-put-files-other-than-bootable-files-in-a-bootable-flash-drive.htmlI want to dual boot Windows and Ubuntu. I have a 128GB pendrive and I have uploaded the .iso file of Ubuntu using Rufus. My pendrive has a whole lot of extra space left. Can I put some other files ......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:21:23 -0400https://liberty.io/automount-encrypted-fs-with-selfcompiled-zfs.htmlhttps://liberty.io/automount-encrypted-fs-with-selfcompiled-zfs.htmlI am currently trying to change over a data dump server running 19.04 from LUKS+btrfs to ZFS. The system drive is LUKS-encrypted and can be decrypted via SSH. It contains a key file that is suppose......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:20:08 -0400https://liberty.io/jupyter-notebook-autocomplete-not-working.htmlhttps://liberty.io/jupyter-notebook-autocomplete-not-working.htmlI am using Ubuntu 20.04 I installed Jupyter Notebook in a virtual environment I created in a folder. It's all working fine, but clicking on TAB after a dot isn't showing me the methods available. Is ...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:18:21 -0400https://liberty.io/what-039-s-the-name-of-ppa-for-ppa-purge.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-039-s-the-name-of-ppa-for-ppa-purge.htmlI'm testing PPAs, so I commonly use ppa-purge, that restores my default versions. But I always have problem with the ppa name. What do I need to put as argument for ppa-purge? I always used my bro......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:18:06 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-make-apache-run-as-current-user.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-make-apache-run-as-current-user.htmlI think for a development machine, its more convenient to run Apache as the current user to simplify permissions problem? How do I do that? I think its suexec but how do I configure it in Ubuntu+Ap......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:16:58 -0400https://liberty.io/what-is-039-sudo-tar-xzf-039-why-it-is-used.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-is-039-sudo-tar-xzf-039-why-it-is-used.htmlI need to know the extensions of xzf and its usage. Is it necessarily to be used in installing a software? sudo tar -xzf utorrent-server-3.0-ubuntu-10.10-27079.tar.gz Why this is used?...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:13:48 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-view-3d-pdf-files.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-view-3d-pdf-files.htmlIs it possible to view 3D models with PDF documents? There are a number of PDFs which contain detailed 3D models such as this example: http://www.carare.eu/eng/content/download/2718/21413/versio......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:10:21 -0400https://liberty.io/adding-archlinux-to-dualboot-without-messing-up-grub.htmlhttps://liberty.io/adding-archlinux-to-dualboot-without-messing-up-grub.htmlRight now I have a dual boot setup with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.10, both 64 bit. I would like to try archlinux, but I'm afraid it will mess up my grub bootloader, so that I can't get into ubuntu or ...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:09:49 -0400https://liberty.io/gnome-network-manager-failing-to-connect.htmlhttps://liberty.io/gnome-network-manager-failing-to-connect.htmlI set up my network manager, and was able to set up a VPN, but when I go can click the on/off slider, it blinks and stays off. I get this error is the syslog: <info> [1537687904.4383] au......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:05:59 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-hide-users-from-the-gdm-login-screen.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-hide-users-from-the-gdm-login-screen.htmlI have recently added several new users, that I need for qmail. Now they appear in the box in the login screen and clutter it, and I have to scroll to find my user. How can I hide those users from ......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:51:50 -0400https://liberty.io/why-do-we-use-ctrl-c-ctrl-x-ctrl-z-in-terminal-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/why-do-we-use-ctrl-c-ctrl-x-ctrl-z-in-terminal-duplicate.htmlWhy do we have to use all this shortcut to quit the programs in terminal ? For example : ctrl+c in order to quit top ctrl+z in order to quit man ctrl+x in order to quit nano ctrl+c isn't suppose......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:44:30 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-pass-a-pathname-with-a-space-in-it-to-cd-inside-of-a-script.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-pass-a-pathname-with-a-space-in-it-to-cd-inside-of-a-script.htmlI am working on Windows 10 and am using the Ubuntu subsystem. Often I need to change between Windows directories and Linux ones, so I wanted to write a script that automatically converts a Windows ......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:42:03 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-install-testdisk-in-ubuntu-13-10-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-install-testdisk-in-ubuntu-13-10-duplicate.htmlI am unable to install testdisk in Ubuntu 13.10 from Live Disk. I am using USB drive to run ubuntu 13.10. I want to recover some data from Windows partition. I am unable to install testdisk. It is......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:36:55 -0400https://liberty.io/running-google-home-on-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/running-google-home-on-ubuntu.htmlGood Day I was wondering if I could install google home on ubuntu. I have seen people installing it on raspberry pi and on raspbian. I have a bluetooth speaker lying around and a Ubuntu system runn......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:36:45 -0400https://liberty.io/why-do-vim-and-less-have-such-similar-keybindings.htmlhttps://liberty.io/why-do-vim-and-less-have-such-similar-keybindings.htmlDo they share code, or is that just a tradition? Are there any other programs with similar keybindings?...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:16:28 -0400https://liberty.io/change-phpmyadmin-port-from-80-to-another-number.htmlhttps://liberty.io/change-phpmyadmin-port-from-80-to-another-number.htmlHow to change phpMyAdmin port from 80 to 99?...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:15:29 -0400https://liberty.io/crontab-random-wallpaper-issue.htmlhttps://liberty.io/crontab-random-wallpaper-issue.htmlI am trying to set up crontab to run a script that will pick a random image from a folder and set it as my wallpaper in the morning, and another script that will do the same thing at night. Goal is......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:04:51 -0400https://liberty.io/why-can-039-t-i-import-pygtk-with-python-3-2-from-pydev.htmlhttps://liberty.io/why-can-039-t-i-import-pygtk-with-python-3-2-from-pydev.htmlI have installed Eclipse + PyDev + Python 3.2. Now I have two Python interpreters in PyDev: Python 2.7 and Python 3.2. If I try to execute command import pygtk with 2.7 interpreter it works fine, but ...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:58:15 -0400https://liberty.io/message-cannot-find-installed-version-of-python-django-or-python3-djan.htmlhttps://liberty.io/message-cannot-find-installed-version-of-python-django-or-python3-djan.htmlI'm new to Ubuntu, and I love it so far. I have been trying to install Django for a website development project. In the terminal, when I start the python interpreter and type import django django....Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:53:33 -0400https://liberty.io/laptop-keyboard-not-working-how-to-enable-wifi-using-usb-keyboard-or-r.htmlhttps://liberty.io/laptop-keyboard-not-working-how-to-enable-wifi-using-usb-keyboard-or-r.htmlI've been around the block with this several times and nothing seems to hardware unblock the WiFi on this laptop. I am running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. Laptop is a Medion MD96350. Its built in keyboard is ...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:37:54 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-install-3rd-party-module-so-that-it-is-loaded-on-boot.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-install-3rd-party-module-so-that-it-is-loaded-on-boot.htmlI have a third party module to go with a frame grabber. I've downloaded the kernel source, followed the vendor's instructions to compile it, and have the resulting module, arvdrv.ko, sitting in a ......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:16:50 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-uninstall-a-theme-from-tmux-while-there-is-no-tmux-conf.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-uninstall-a-theme-from-tmux-while-there-is-no-tmux-conf.htmlI installed tmux on my ubuntu using apt install tmux and than I cloned this theme repository from GitHub and just simply ran the theme script using ./tmux-power.tmux. Now that I want to uninstall the ...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:12:42 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-access-localappdata-directory-if-i-039-m-on-linux-browsing-a-.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-access-localappdata-directory-if-i-039-m-on-linux-browsing-a-.htmlI've installed Xubuntu 20.04 without installing rEFind and now I can't boot to Mac or Windows bootcamp. That's a separate issue I'm going to fix. But before I do, I want to backup some files to my ...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:09:17 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-properly-copy-files-from-hard-drive-to-usb-flash-drive-in-tty4-.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-properly-copy-files-from-hard-drive-to-usb-flash-drive-in-tty4-.htmlHow to properly copy files from hard drive to USB flash drive in tty4 terminal?(mount, copy, unmount, exit, etc) P.S.Can no exit from tty4 terminal via Ctrl+Alt+F7 command, only with Alt+SysRq+B(......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:08:22 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-type-a-section-sign-into-the-minecraft-client.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-type-a-section-sign-into-the-minecraft-client.htmlSo in Minecraft, the section sign (§) can be useful to make colors in text and so on. However, I can't seem to type it. I've tried pasting the character in using Ctrl-V as well as middle mouse. I've ...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:07:30 -0400https://liberty.io/install-ubuntu-20-04-on-asus-g15.htmlhttps://liberty.io/install-ubuntu-20-04-on-asus-g15.htmlI'm a frequent user of Ubuntu since 14.04. I have a hard time installing Ubuntu 20.04 on my new laptop. I have done the following. Disable Fast Boot in BIOS Disable Secure Boot in BIOS Make sure S......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:05:30 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-download-part-of-a-playlist-from-youtube-with-039-youtube-dl.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-download-part-of-a-playlist-from-youtube-with-039-youtube-dl.htmlI have been using youtube-dl -c -f 'bestvideo[height<=720]+bestaudio/best[height<=720]' https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgsYTUetbpwNRmhee8yc_4o4MTY_naAmO to download a playlist from ...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:48:03 -0400https://liberty.io/dell-inspiron-600m.htmlhttps://liberty.io/dell-inspiron-600m.htmlJust wondering I want to install ubuntu on my ancient Dell Inspiron 600M is there any drivers I need to download and where can I download it? Thank you in advanced for all who help me on this. -Che......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:35:35 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-execute-an-sh-file-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-execute-an-sh-file-duplicate.htmlI'm trying to install a driver using a shell file: yoav@yoav-System:~/Documents/WIFI_DRIVER$ ls android_ref_codes_JB_4.2 btcoex install.sh WiFi_Direct_User_Interface android_ref_codes_K......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:30:32 -0400https://liberty.io/decrypting-and-mounting-windows-bitlocker-drives.htmlhttps://liberty.io/decrypting-and-mounting-windows-bitlocker-drives.htmlI have a system that is dual booted with Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04. I have some partitions that Win10 automatically has bitlocker enabled, therefore i cannot read or write from Ubuntu. I followed......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:26:59 -0400https://liberty.io/amd-ati-radeon-hd-6870-drivers-not-working.htmlhttps://liberty.io/amd-ati-radeon-hd-6870-drivers-not-working.htmlNeed some help with this. I've searched for a few hours and found no answer that worked for me. When I try to install my drivers I get One or more tools required for installation cannot be foun......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:23:25 -0400https://liberty.io/error-is-same-is-not-a-member-of-std-when-build-c-project-in-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/error-is-same-is-not-a-member-of-std-when-build-c-project-in-ubuntu.htmlI have a small project and i get an error ‘is_same’ is not a member of ‘std’ when building. this is some code: template <class T> T* UcmExportFactory::Unwrap (T* ptr) { Utils::IUcmWrapper* ...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:09:25 -0400https://liberty.io/dev-null-questions.htmlhttps://liberty.io/dev-null-questions.htmlso I was messing around with /dev/null mooving files to it like ... sudo mv test /dev/null and reading it ... :~$ cat /dev/null this is a file :~$ but then I made another file with the file sa......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:09:13 -0400https://liberty.io/difference-between-unity-and-gnome.htmlhttps://liberty.io/difference-between-unity-and-gnome.htmlI often come across the terms Unity and GNOME while reading about Ubuntu. I understand that Unity is the default desktop environment for Ubuntu. What is GNOME and how is it related to/different from ...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:05:32 -0400https://liberty.io/disk-image-mounter.htmlhttps://liberty.io/disk-image-mounter.htmlI am on Ubuntu 12.04 and I don't find Disk Image Mounter as an option when I right click on a ISO file. Can any help me with this? Thanks!...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:04:00 -0400https://liberty.io/telegram-at-startup.htmlhttps://liberty.io/telegram-at-startup.htmlI've installed the latest Telegram App (v 0.8.32) On my Ubuntu 14.04. I want Telegram to run minimized at startup in Tray and show me new messages but I can't because In the app settings there isn'......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:03:51 -0400https://liberty.io/what-is-the-x-server.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-is-the-x-server.htmlI have been using Ubuntu for quite some time but, I have no idea what the X server is? I hear it quite often. I would like to know what the X Server is and what it does. How ~/.xinitrc file is use......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:53:10 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-install-the-firefox-developer-edition.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-install-the-firefox-developer-edition.htmlMozilla released the Firefox Developer Edition! How do I install it on Ubuntu? Source: Mozilla Releases 'Firefox Developer Edition' for Windows, Mac and Linux - OMG! Ubuntu!...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:47:56 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-12-04-pci-and-cve-2015-5352.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-12-04-pci-and-cve-2015-5352.htmlPCI compliance will fail when the CVE-2015-5352 vulnerability is present. OpenSSH 6.9 fixes this vulnerability, but none of the supported versions of Ubuntu (12.04, 14.04, 15.04 and 15.10) have been ...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:41:59 -0400https://liberty.io/replacing-chrome-os-on-asus-c300-for-ubuntu-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/replacing-chrome-os-on-asus-c300-for-ubuntu-duplicate.htmlI have a Asus C300 and I was wondering if it is possible to uninstall chrome OS and replace it with Ubuntu. If it is possible can I also have some instructions on how to do it....Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:40:25 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-pass-arguments-from-one-function-to-another-function-in-bash-sc.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-pass-arguments-from-one-function-to-another-function-in-bash-sc.htmlI can do this in Python: def one(arg1): return arg1 def two(a,b): result=a+b return one(result) two(1,3) And it will work. But how do I do the same in a bash script?...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:39:42 -0400https://liberty.io/can-i-get-vlc-2-0-mac-skin-for-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/can-i-get-vlc-2-0-mac-skin-for-ubuntu.htmlI'm not a big fan of Mac but the new vlc 2.0 for Mac looks seriously good. Both windows and ubuntu versions suck. So how can I/we make it look good ?...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:38:20 -0400https://liberty.io/unable-to-set-reset-ifs.htmlhttps://liberty.io/unable-to-set-reset-ifs.htmlI have Ubuntu 16.04.6 (Edit: Now updated to 16.04.7), with bash 4.3.48(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu). I am not able to set/reset my IFS variable. I have tried to set is using the literal CTRL+V ......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:34:59 -0400https://liberty.io/raspberry-pi-diskless-cluster-using-ubuntu-20-04-1.htmlhttps://liberty.io/raspberry-pi-diskless-cluster-using-ubuntu-20-04-1.htmlI'm attempting to get Ubuntu 20.04 to boot diskless on a Raspberry PI so I can run Ubuntu on a cluster. So far, I moved the images from the boot partition on an installed RPi4b with Ubuntu installed, ...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:27:19 -0400https://liberty.io/command-to-rebuild-all-dkms-modules-for-all-installed-kernels.htmlhttps://liberty.io/command-to-rebuild-all-dkms-modules-for-all-installed-kernels.htmlOccasionally, my system gets into a state where some kernels are missing a module or two, because DKMS somehow forgot to compile those modules for that kernel. Rather than spend time diagnosing the ...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:11:18 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-install-php-7.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-install-php-7.htmlPHP 7 came out yesterday and I would like to give it a try. PHP 7.0.0 comes with a new version of the Zend Engine, numerous improvements and new features such as Improved performance: PHP 7 is up......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:10:56 -0400https://liberty.io/why-are-the-menu-buttons-not-working-in-mozilla-firefox.htmlhttps://liberty.io/why-are-the-menu-buttons-not-working-in-mozilla-firefox.htmlSo whenever I try to click a button in the menu option in firefox with my mouse it won't respond. I tried to reinstall firefox but it didn't help. The menu button is located on the top right side of ...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:53:33 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-make-a-live-ubuntu-18-04-usb-with-a-persistent-storage-of-more-.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-make-a-live-ubuntu-18-04-usb-with-a-persistent-storage-of-more-.htmlAfter many unsuccessful trials based on almost everything about this topic on the Internet, I decided to ask this question again. There is almost a perfect answer in this platform, but it did not w......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:51:35 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-prevent-apt-get-aptitude-keeping-a-cache.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-prevent-apt-get-aptitude-keeping-a-cache.htmlI have installed Apt-Cacher NG to provide a cache of packages for several machines. I therefore see no point in having aptitude/apt-get keeping their own (second) cache in /var/cache/apt/archives. I ...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:42:01 -0400https://liberty.io/apache-039-you-don-039-t-have-permission-to-access-on-this-server-039.htmlhttps://liberty.io/apache-039-you-don-039-t-have-permission-to-access-on-this-server-039.htmlI just install apache2 on ubuntu,the default www directory is /var/www/ ,I use ln to link it to '/media/Software/Program Files/wamp/www/' at the windows directory,but the apache shows 'You don't h......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:33:14 -0400https://liberty.io/reset-password-or-reinstall-ubuntu-without-access-to-the-bios-duplicat.htmlhttps://liberty.io/reset-password-or-reinstall-ubuntu-without-access-to-the-bios-duplicat.htmlI've had 20.04 on my old computer, that died, so I just bought a new computer. It has Nvidia hardware and had Windows 10. Of course I wanted to install Ubuntu, and instead of the LTS I chose the 21......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:28:11 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-install-lubuntu-desktop-environment-and-only-the-desktop-enviro.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-install-lubuntu-desktop-environment-and-only-the-desktop-enviro.htmlI have a slower computer that I would like to use the Lubuntu desktop environment with. However, I do not want to install any of the software that is not related to the desktop environment. I am ta......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:20:05 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-install-nvidia-and-cuda-drivers-into-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-install-nvidia-and-cuda-drivers-into-ubuntu.htmlEDIT: I have added a new answer below for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and CUDA 11.1.1. See below. I have a system with a NVIDIA card that has a compute support of 3.5+ compared on https://developer.nvidia.......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:17:47 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-bionic-18-04-fatal-error-zlib-h-no-such-file-or-directory-inclu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-bionic-18-04-fatal-error-zlib-h-no-such-file-or-directory-inclu.htmlI am relatively new to Ubuntu. I have set up a Ubuntu 18.04 subsystem on my Windows 10 PC for bioinformatics applications. During multiple application installations, I have received the following......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:17:22 -0400https://liberty.io/bash-configure-permission-denied.htmlhttps://liberty.io/bash-configure-permission-denied.htmlWhen I run the command ./configure in Ubuntu for installation of the siesta-3.2 software, bash complains with this: ./configure: Permission denied. How can I resolve this issue?...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:11:02 -0400https://liberty.io/got-servfail-reply-from-8-8-8-8-trying-next-server-ubuntu-14-04-digita.htmlhttps://liberty.io/got-servfail-reply-from-8-8-8-8-trying-next-server-ubuntu-14-04-digita.htmlAll started with a vps from digitalocean and the following documentation from ispconfig https://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-ubuntu-14.04-apache2-php-mysql-pureftpd-bind-dovecot-ispconfig-3 af......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:06:54 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-access-a-shared-folder-in-virtualbox.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-access-a-shared-folder-in-virtualbox.htmlI followed the steps for sharing folders between Windows 7 and Ubuntu in VirtualBox. Despite that the folder appears with a X sign and gives me the following message when a try to open it: The ......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:05:58 -0400https://liberty.io/photoshop-elements-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/photoshop-elements-duplicate.htmlI would like to run Photoshop Elements 14 on my Ubuntu 15.10 laptop. Has anyone had success in this? I am olllddd Windows user (1985) and have finally saw the light. New to ubuntu, but you can te......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:54:06 -0400https://liberty.io/screen-needs-mode-777-with-systemd-service.htmlhttps://liberty.io/screen-needs-mode-777-with-systemd-service.htmlI am trying to set up Minecraft to run in a screen session on start-up. but with the following service file, bellow is my status of my service. I am new to using the Systemd way of boot services ......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:50:40 -0400https://liberty.io/software-center-has-disappeared.htmlhttps://liberty.io/software-center-has-disappeared.htmlI'm an absolute newby for Linux / Ubuntu. Yesterday I installed Ubuntu 11.10 on an old computer. It seemed to work fine. However today when I started the computer again the software center had ...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:39:20 -0400https://liberty.io/wine-wont-open-windows-setup-exe.htmlhttps://liberty.io/wine-wont-open-windows-setup-exe.htmlI am trying to install Windows 10 from my cd in Linux but every time I click on the setup.exe my Wine app wont open it. It just loads for a little bit and then still does nothing....Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:28:29 -0400https://liberty.io/user-namo-amitabha-ask-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/user-namo-amitabha-ask-ubuntu.htmlQ&A for Ubuntu users and developers...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:22:01 -0400https://liberty.io/volume-low-even-at-maximum.htmlhttps://liberty.io/volume-low-even-at-maximum.htmlI have an Asus UL20FT-A1 laptop whose sound at maximum is not high enough. I have to open the Sound Settings menu and go over the limitation to get a high enough level. Any idea how I can fix this?...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:20:15 -0400https://liberty.io/landscape-server-smtp-configuration.htmlhttps://liberty.io/landscape-server-smtp-configuration.htmlI am still rather new to linux, but have set up a landscape server (free, on premise) to manage a number of other Ubuntu 16.04 Servers. During the install, I didn't specify any SMTP details, hence......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:15:35 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-format-and-auto-mount-the-hdd-after-installing-os-to-ssd-closed.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-format-and-auto-mount-the-hdd-after-installing-os-to-ssd-closed.htmlI made a clean install of Linux Mint 13 LTS on my SSD which is in the optical drive bay. Now, I will use the HDD for data storage and I don't want the old data there where I just have installed the ...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:04:27 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-fix-doesn-039-t-look-like-an-efi-partition-with-winusb.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-fix-doesn-039-t-look-like-an-efi-partition-with-winusb.htmlUsing WinUSB I get this error. I would appreciate any help as I'm trying to put Windows back on computer to please th' wifey, then dual boot so i can still use Ubuntu. Installation failed ! Exit c......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:04:17 -0400https://liberty.io/why-does-base-appear-in-front-of-my-terminal-prompt.htmlhttps://liberty.io/why-does-base-appear-in-front-of-my-terminal-prompt.htmlI'm wondering why I have (base) on the left of my terminal prompt. If I run source ~/.profile in the terminal, it disappears. If I close that terminal and reopen a new terminal, (base) is there a......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:57:16 -0400https://liberty.io/difference-between-alt-tab-and-alt-escape.htmlhttps://liberty.io/difference-between-alt-tab-and-alt-escape.htmlOn my GNOME + Ubuntu system, both Alt+Enter and Alt+Escape+ switch between windows. What exactly is the difference, if any, between them?...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:53:51 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-recover-deleted-files.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-recover-deleted-files.htmlAre there any tools, methods, incantations to recover recently deleted files on Ubuntu? If it makes any difference, I want to recover a Keepass 2.x database file. But would be better to have a met......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:45:21 -0400https://liberty.io/windows-10-disappered-from-boot-menu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/windows-10-disappered-from-boot-menu.htmlI have been running with dual boot between 20.04 and Windows 10 for some time, but now I can no longer boot into Windows. The option has mysteriously disappeared from the boot menu. The only thing ......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:39:53 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-completely-remove-php.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-completely-remove-php.htmlI need to clean up my server from PHP 5.3 packages (there are plenty of them) in order to be able to compile PHP 5.2. What is the easiest/safest method to get rid of them all?...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:36:01 -0400https://liberty.io/why-can-039-t-i-download-wine.htmlhttps://liberty.io/why-can-039-t-i-download-wine.htmlI wanted to play Wonderland Online, but it said I had to download wine. I went through all the steps but when I tried installing it the software center pops up and gives me this message: Not fo......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:30:40 -0400https://liberty.io/password-mismatch-between-the-command-line-and-the-graphical-environme.htmlhttps://liberty.io/password-mismatch-between-the-command-line-and-the-graphical-environme.htmlall, I am on an Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS. Recently, I have been playing with ansible, and not knowing exactly what was happening, I modified my own system instead of the system I was configuring in the c......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:05:40 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-the-telnet-service-on-ubuntu-server-14-04-lts-be-enabled.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-the-telnet-service-on-ubuntu-server-14-04-lts-be-enabled.htmlHow can I enable the Telnet service on Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS? Can somebody include a detailed description about the needed packages and configurations?...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:02:56 -0400https://liberty.io/nvidia-gtx-1660-which-driver-do-i-have-to-install-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/nvidia-gtx-1660-which-driver-do-i-have-to-install-duplicate.htmlI have just ordered a GTX 1660 OC edition 6GB GDDR5 and I have Ubuntu 18.04 x64 with Cinnamon UI. I would like to know which driver do you advise to install for that GPU? E.g. do you think I shou......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:57:24 -0400https://liberty.io/unable-to-connect-to-ethernet-ethtool-reports-unknown-speed-and-unknow.htmlhttps://liberty.io/unable-to-connect-to-ethernet-ethtool-reports-unknown-speed-and-unknow.htmlI am trying to receive an internet connection through ethernet. My desktop is running Ubuntu 16.04. The network manager applet reports as having connected to enp0s31f6, yet my computer has not rec......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:56:33 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-download-old-ubuntu-versions.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-download-old-ubuntu-versions.htmlI want to create VMs of old versions of Ubuntu, such as 10.10, 8.04, 4.10 and more. But how do I download old versions of Ubuntu? My main idea is The Wayback Machine. But is there anything more eas......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:52:42 -0400https://liberty.io/nvidia-rtx-3070-eth-overclock-in-ubuntu20-04-nvidia-settings-a-gpugrap.htmlhttps://liberty.io/nvidia-rtx-3070-eth-overclock-in-ubuntu20-04-nvidia-settings-a-gpugrap.htmlI am using Ubuntu 20.04 with 2 RTX 3070 GPUs, which I want to use for ETH mining, on an ASUS B250 Mining Expert motherboard. I have installed all needed software on a new Ubuntu 20.04 installation ......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:42:22 -0400https://liberty.io/directly-selecting-text-on-hyperlinks-in-windows-with-alternate-drag-c.htmlhttps://liberty.io/directly-selecting-text-on-hyperlinks-in-windows-with-alternate-drag-c.htmlIn Windows, if I hold Alt and select text by clicking and dragging, it works. In Linux, it moves the window of the browser like any other window. Selecting a hyperlink and dragging it usually doe......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:41:11 -0400https://liberty.io/usb-stick-detected-but-can-039-t-be-mounted.htmlhttps://liberty.io/usb-stick-detected-but-can-039-t-be-mounted.htmlI have a Kingston DataTraveler SE6 8GB USB stick which I use as a liveusb medium. The liveusb was created with UNetbootin and was working fine, I also enabled persistance in it. Today I connected......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:37:18 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-force-youtube-dl-to-save-opus-encoded-audio-as-opus-files.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-force-youtube-dl-to-save-opus-encoded-audio-as-opus-files.htmlI just want to download both audio and video streams of this video. (WARNING: Maternal Insults ahead) I always barred by errors like this: [youtube] hcQlNng606I: Downloading webpage [youtube] ...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:36:44 -0400https://liberty.io/printer-problem-since-upgrade.htmlhttps://liberty.io/printer-problem-since-upgrade.htmlI am new to Linux, but I have been using computers for many years. I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on a Dell Dimension E520 Dual partition with windows. Connected to an Epson NX400 via USB cable. The ...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:33:44 -0400https://liberty.io/problems-opening-swf-file.htmlhttps://liberty.io/problems-opening-swf-file.htmlI am new to Ubuntu, running 16.04, so forgive me if I've overlooked something simple or obvious. I've been on this thread How do I play .swf files? but nothing there has worked for me. I installed ...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:29:57 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-live-usb-won-039-t-boot-failed-to-load-com32-file-menu-c32.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-live-usb-won-039-t-boot-failed-to-load-com32-file-menu-c32.htmlI'm hoping to revive an old netbook I have laying around by installing Linux on it. I did what I gather most of us are supposed to do: I created a Xubuntu 14.10 Live USB with Unetbootin, plugged the ...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:25:22 -0400https://liberty.io/why-does-google-search-always-count-more-results-in-firefox-or-chrome-.htmlhttps://liberty.io/why-does-google-search-always-count-more-results-in-firefox-or-chrome-.htmlIt really puzzles me that any Google search counts far more "results" in Firefox or Chrome than in Chromium. Google says "About 1.460.000 results" for "natty narwhal" in Firefox or Chrome but only ......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:22:25 -0400https://liberty.io/why-is-the-font-spacing-on-some-websites-broken.htmlhttps://liberty.io/why-is-the-font-spacing-on-some-websites-broken.htmlI am using Ubuntu 12.04 on a Dell Studio 15 and so far am really impressed. I could not find a solution for my problem by googling. The fonts on some websites do not have proper spacing. they ove......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:16:41 -0400https://liberty.io/command-to-connect-huawei-e3272-hilink.htmlhttps://liberty.io/command-to-connect-huawei-e3272-hilink.htmlI have edited 40-usb_modeswitch.rules and added the device. When I plug it in, Ubuntu automatically connects it sometimes. However, it doesn't do anything other times. Restarting, reconnecting, ......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:13:32 -0400https://liberty.io/why-does-ls-show-wrong-permissions-for-the-group-when-using-acl.htmlhttps://liberty.io/why-does-ls-show-wrong-permissions-for-the-group-when-using-acl.htmlI have the following script for setting permissions for the Joomla CMS directory: #!/bin/bash if [ ! -d "$1" ]; then echo "Error: Folder does not exist or no folder given." echo "" exit 1 fi # ...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:10:05 -0400https://liberty.io/what-is-iommu-and-will-it-improve-my-vm-performance.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-is-iommu-and-will-it-improve-my-vm-performance.htmlMy Motherboard's chipset supports this feature IOMMU, i've read (but not really understand) that it improves the VM performance by letting the VM make use of the actual physical hardware instead of......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:04:20 -0400https://liberty.io/no-free-space-on-ubuntu-16-04-running-on-virtual-box.htmlhttps://liberty.io/no-free-space-on-ubuntu-16-04-running-on-virtual-box.htmlI'm having hard times for a couple of weeks with this one... I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS as a dev web server, it's running on virtualbox (win7) and these "no free space" available are coming again......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:50:06 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-make-ubuntu-default-to-reboot-using-kexec-with-efi.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-make-ubuntu-default-to-reboot-using-kexec-with-efi.htmlWhat would be the proper way to make Ubuntu reboot using kexec by default (especially when the reboot is initiated from the GUI)? I found this kexec reboot script, that when downloaded and run with......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:47:55 -0400https://liberty.io/terrible-webcam-resolution-in-dell-precision-5560-and-ubuntu-22-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/terrible-webcam-resolution-in-dell-precision-5560-and-ubuntu-22-04.htmlI have got my new Dell Precision 5560. The webcam is Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD It's specification says that the max resolution is 0.92 Megapixel, 1280 x 720 (HD) at 30 FPS. I'm running Ubuntu ......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:46:26 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-install-a-library-from-github.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-install-a-library-from-github.htmlI need to install the following library from github https://github.com/dmlc/dmlc-core However I do not know how to do it and there are no instructions. How can I do it? After having typed "make"......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:42:42 -0400https://liberty.io/nvidia-optimus-with-gtx-850m-not-working.htmlhttps://liberty.io/nvidia-optimus-with-gtx-850m-not-working.htmlI recently got a new notebook (Acer Aspire V5 573G) with a Nvidia Geforce GTX 850M and the Intel Haswell integrated graphics. Now I read through a lot of websites in order to find out what the best......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:40:46 -0400https://liberty.io/can-039-t-get-index-html-to-open-after-lamp-install-on-ubuntu-14-on-am.htmlhttps://liberty.io/can-039-t-get-index-html-to-open-after-lamp-install-on-ubuntu-14-on-am.htmlI can't believe I am struggling with this. I've set up ites on Centos but Apache on Ubuntu is so different. Running Ubuntu 14 on AWS. I want to setup joomla but I can't even get the default index.h......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:39:17 -0400https://liberty.io/user-j-doe-ask-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/user-j-doe-ask-ubuntu.htmlQ&A for Ubuntu users and developers...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:36:04 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-delete-numbered-files-in-a-given-range.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-delete-numbered-files-in-a-given-range.htmlI have folderA that has some files with a number sequence starting with a_000000. What I want to do is to delete files starting from a specific number: let's say a_000750 till the end of files in t......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:32:48 -0400https://liberty.io/vmware-workstation-12-does-not-run-after-ubuntu-upgrade-to-17-10.htmlhttps://liberty.io/vmware-workstation-12-does-not-run-after-ubuntu-upgrade-to-17-10.htmlI have upgraded to Ubuntu 17.10 (from 17.04). Everything seems to work, however, VMware Workstation 12 does not startup anymore. No messages generated. Please help....Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:26:50 -0400https://liberty.io/exporting-function-names.htmlhttps://liberty.io/exporting-function-names.htmlI have some functions defined in my .bashrc. 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