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Sometimes, ......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:25:04 -0400https://liberty.io/black-screen-after-logging-in-after-upgrading-to-20-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/black-screen-after-logging-in-after-upgrading-to-20-04.htmlI tried adding a new user and it works, I can login just fine with that user. So I tried removing (renamed it) my home directory, and that also fixes it. Then I tried removing the .config/monitors......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:24:12 -0400https://liberty.io/new-to-ubuntu-gpu-has-disappeared-trying-to-use-cuda.htmlhttps://liberty.io/new-to-ubuntu-gpu-has-disappeared-trying-to-use-cuda.htmlMy laptop specs (Alienware 17 R2) say that I have an Intel integrated graphics chip and an NVIDIA GPU. Now that I have installed Ubuntu, when I run lspci | grep VGA and glxinfo | grep OpenGL, the......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:13:26 -0400https://liberty.io/connecting-phpmyadmin-to-separate-mysql-server.htmlhttps://liberty.io/connecting-phpmyadmin-to-separate-mysql-server.htmlI've got what's probably a very easy question to solve, but I've been stuck on it for a few days now. I've got 3 servers running in a small network, DNS, HTTP and MySQL. I've got apache2 and PHP5 ...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:01:28 -0400https://liberty.io/where-are-mozc-settings-in-ubuntu-19-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/where-are-mozc-settings-in-ubuntu-19-04.htmlI want to modify the Mozc settings. Problem: Clicking the gear at the right of Japanese (Mozc) has no effect: On previous versions of Ubuntu, a workaround was to run /usr/lib/mozc/mozc_tool --mode=...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:54:39 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-view-the-contents-of-tar-gz-file-without-extracting-from-the.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-view-the-contents-of-tar-gz-file-without-extracting-from-the.htmlI want to see the contents (list of files and folders) of an archive, for example a tar.gz file without extracting it. Are there any methods for doing that?...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:39:00 -0400https://liberty.io/kvm-qemu-vmm-local-host-not-connected.htmlhttps://liberty.io/kvm-qemu-vmm-local-host-not-connected.htmlI am using Ubuntu 14.04. I have installed kvm. When I try to open virtual machine, I get this error: local host not connected Unable to connect to libvirt. Verify that: - The 'libvirt-bin' pack......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:24:05 -0400https://liberty.io/why-does-gedit-keep-randomly-opening-new-instances-when-opening-files-.htmlhttps://liberty.io/why-does-gedit-keep-randomly-opening-new-instances-when-opening-files-.htmlOh how I love Ubuntu and all its features, but this "bug" has been making me angry for so long and I've finally decided to ask for help here. I've assigned all .php files to be opened with gedit ...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:23:14 -0400https://liberty.io/virtualbox-shared-clipboard-between-windows-10-host-and-ubuntu-18-04-g.htmlhttps://liberty.io/virtualbox-shared-clipboard-between-windows-10-host-and-ubuntu-18-04-g.htmlI have a Windows 10 host and I installed Ubuntu 18.04 on a VirtualBox (6.1.4). I have mounted the guest additions and executed the autorun on my Ubuntu guest. No error displayed so all good. Howe......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:22:22 -0400https://liberty.io/ssh-and-sftp-for-ubuntu-in-oracle-virtual-box-is-not-working.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ssh-and-sftp-for-ubuntu-in-oracle-virtual-box-is-not-working.htmlMy ubuntu 16 is installed in Windows 7 Oracle virtual box but when I try to communicate with putty it says network error.Try to communicate with comand prompt it says timeout.please give your input. ...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:21:13 -0400https://liberty.io/grub-not-launching.htmlhttps://liberty.io/grub-not-launching.htmlWhen I start up my machine it does not go into the boot loader instead I get a black screen which displays this: Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build 083) Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation For Athe......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:07:25 -0400https://liberty.io/can-039-t-access-bios-and-installing-a-windows-hard-drive.htmlhttps://liberty.io/can-039-t-access-bios-and-installing-a-windows-hard-drive.htmlBuilt new computer: AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core Processor × 8 9.7 GiB RAM Graphics GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST/PCIe/SSE2 Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit Desktop Computer 1 TB HardDrive BIOS Type, UEFI BIOS lo......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:06:53 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-doesn-039-t-seen-to-recognize-language.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-doesn-039-t-seen-to-recognize-language.htmlNew here, so sorry for any mistake... Long story short: I live in Brazil, so need to use portuguese language, but my keyboard is US layout. I was using Ubuntu 19.04 and the layout was something l......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:06:41 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-update-my-kernel-to-the-latest-one.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-update-my-kernel-to-the-latest-one.htmlI want to update my Kernel to the latest stable version which is v5.16.1 I followed a guide which showed how to install kernel 5.16. Everything went fine until I received this error in showed in this ...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:04:51 -0400https://liberty.io/sudo-no-tty-present-and-no-askpass-program-specified.htmlhttps://liberty.io/sudo-no-tty-present-and-no-askpass-program-specified.htmlWhen attempting to run a remote binary using sudo on the remote box: ssh remotehost "sudo ./binary" I see this error: sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified How can I work ...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:02:39 -0400https://liberty.io/user-milso-ask-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/user-milso-ask-ubuntu.htmlQ&A for Ubuntu users and developers...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:56:19 -0400https://liberty.io/touchpad-delayed-on-dell-precision-5520.htmlhttps://liberty.io/touchpad-delayed-on-dell-precision-5520.htmlI bought a Dell Precision 5520 with Ubuntu pre-installed. For the first year, everything seemed to work fine. Then after a recent package update, my touchpad started to act weird. One day it comple......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:49:50 -0400https://liberty.io/user-mark-huebner-ask-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/user-mark-huebner-ask-ubuntu.htmlQ&A for Ubuntu users and developers...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:46:46 -0400https://liberty.io/authentication-required-to-refresh-system-repositories-in-ubuntu-19-10.htmlhttps://liberty.io/authentication-required-to-refresh-system-repositories-in-ubuntu-19-10.htmlIf one of the users in our group tries to login to his desktop computer, he gets a popup "Authentication required to refresh system repositories". When I type in my administrator password in this p......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:44:24 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-connect-mtp-devices-via-usb.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-connect-mtp-devices-via-usb.htmlHow does one connect an MTP device to Ubuntu via USB? Many popular devices, such as all Android 4.0 phone, have only MTP or PTP as a connection option, no USB mass storage anymore. Considering the ...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:41:22 -0400https://liberty.io/100-battery-show-as-71.htmlhttps://liberty.io/100-battery-show-as-71.htmlI have two potent batteries in my laptop The power settings presents it like this Battery 1: 100%, Battery 2: 100% Total Battery 71%. How should I understand these percentages? I didn't crop just......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:38:15 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-extract-tgz-part-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-extract-tgz-part-duplicate.htmlI have several files as follow : multiview_action.tgz.part-aa multiview_action.tgz.part-ab ... ... multiview_action.tgz.part-ap I tried the following command : tar -zxvf multiview_action.t......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:36:52 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-18-04-bound-to-ad-using-powerbroker-identity-services-open-pbis.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-18-04-bound-to-ad-using-powerbroker-identity-services-open-pbis.htmlI'm encountering the issue stated on an Ubuntu 18.04 test VM. Previously, AD UIDs are the same on the user when logging in on Ubuntu but somehow it's not doing that recently. Configuration guide be......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:33:20 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-uninstall-openjdk.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-uninstall-openjdk.htmlI don't want OpenJDK installed on my Ubuntu 13.04 system, but trying to uninstall the openjdk-7-jre yields the following message: $ sudo apt-get purge openjdk-7-jre Reading package lists... Done ...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:30:14 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-enable-a-realtek-usb-antenna.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-enable-a-realtek-usb-antenna.htmlI have a USB antenna that I got here on Amazon, and unlike in How do I install a Realtek Wireless-N USB Adapter on my Linux OS laptop it doesn't appear that the driver is in the driver tree. Eithe......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:30:13 -0400https://liberty.io/signature-verification-error-for-wine-index-files-failed-to-download-c.htmlhttps://liberty.io/signature-verification-error-for-wine-index-files-failed-to-download-c.htmlWhen I sudo apt-get update I get the error shown below. W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: ...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:25:21 -0400https://liberty.io/fastboot-not-detect-my-android-device-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/fastboot-not-detect-my-android-device-ubuntu.htmlI have Lenovo Yoga Tablet PC 1051L. I try this : $ lsusb result : Bus 002 Device 006: ID 17ef:77a5 Lenovo then: $ adb devices result: List of devices attached Baytrail678EC0A0 device ......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:08:44 -0400https://liberty.io/cannot-access-hard-drive-even-though-it-appears-to-be-there.htmlhttps://liberty.io/cannot-access-hard-drive-even-though-it-appears-to-be-there.htmlI am baffled. I have been using linux since the 90s and Ubuntu forever. I am not a computer technical expert but have built several computers and gone through several HDD crashes but not one like t......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:07:50 -0400https://liberty.io/what-is-the-difference-between-lubuntu-and-lxde.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-is-the-difference-between-lubuntu-and-lxde.htmlI am planning on using lubuntu, or lxde. One is a distro, one is a de, both are the same? I am confused. What would be the best way to go about installing? Fresh from terminal after installing ub......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:06:51 -0400https://liberty.io/log-from-sendmail-and-php.htmlhttps://liberty.io/log-from-sendmail-and-php.htmlIf I leave my default sendmail options set in php.ini it works fine and sends an email. However if I change the sendmail path to: sendmail_path = "sendmail -t -i -x /var/log/mail.log" mail() retu......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:01:50 -0400https://liberty.io/failed-to-fetch-url-hash-sum-mismatch-ubuntu-18-04-lts.htmlhttps://liberty.io/failed-to-fetch-url-hash-sum-mismatch-ubuntu-18-04-lts.htmlI have tested all answers of this link. Unfortunately, none of them solved my problem. When I fire apt update up, it gives me: Hit:1 http://ir.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease Get:2......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:58:15 -0400https://liberty.io/hdd-overheat-on-ac-power-ubuntu-20-04-installed-on-ssd.htmlhttps://liberty.io/hdd-overheat-on-ac-power-ubuntu-20-04-installed-on-ssd.htmlI have recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my HP-Pavilion x360 laptop. There are two drives SSD(500GB) and HDD(1TB), Ubuntu is installed on SSD alongside windows. Whenever I plug my laptop into AC p......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:50:26 -0400https://liberty.io/compiling-x11-programs-under-ubuntu-22-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/compiling-x11-programs-under-ubuntu-22-04.htmlSince upgrading to Ubuntu 22.04 "Jammy Jellyfish", I can't seem to be able to compile programs that use X11. Is there something I need to install? The X11 include files seem to be missing......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:43:22 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-make-modprobe-ip-conntrack-ftp-persist-a-reboot.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-make-modprobe-ip-conntrack-ftp-persist-a-reboot.htmlSorry if this is a stupid question, but to get outbound active FTP connections through our firewall we need to run the following: sudo modprobe ip_conntrack_ftp I learned this trick from http://m......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:26:57 -0400https://liberty.io/strange-039-beep-beep-039-alarm-each-day-at-noon.htmlhttps://liberty.io/strange-039-beep-beep-039-alarm-each-day-at-noon.htmlsince I've upgraded to 20.04 last month, I keep hearing a double beep X6 times (like an alarm clock) each day exactly at 12:00. I didn't install any alarm programs recently and I'm pretty sure the ......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:11:09 -0400https://liberty.io/looking-for-a-grep-gui.htmlhttps://liberty.io/looking-for-a-grep-gui.htmlSo I want something pretty simple :) App where I put a dir to search, and a string/regexp to search in the file contents recursively in that dir, and it gives a list of results. I don't want somet......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:05:07 -0400https://liberty.io/is-cairo-dock-2-4-fully-compatible-with-intel-i965.htmlhttps://liberty.io/is-cairo-dock-2-4-fully-compatible-with-intel-i965.htmlWell the title sums up my question. Will it work on my card? If it helps Unity 3D works perfectly....Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:46:41 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-map-a-command-to-a-file-path-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-map-a-command-to-a-file-path-duplicate.htmlI am new to Linux. I have read the basic docs. I have just installed Filezilla. I first tried apt-get but the repository does not appear to be up to date. I then downloaded it from the Filezilla ......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:43:11 -0400https://liberty.io/can-you-connect-an-iphone-to-your-ubuntu-media-sharing.htmlhttps://liberty.io/can-you-connect-an-iphone-to-your-ubuntu-media-sharing.htmlI'm curious if I can connect an iPhone to the network to view my computer's files through the IOS Files app or if there's another application I could use. I just want to be able to view the folder'......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:31:59 -0400