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I was trying to chmod wordpress folder because it was having problem not having permission to do anything. (Already installed xampp) A......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:02:00 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-update-grub-in-a-dual-booting-disk.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-update-grub-in-a-dual-booting-disk.htmlI want to install Fedora (I want to use GNOME 40) with Ubuntu 20.04 on my disk. I am afraid of updating GRUB directly with update-grub in Ubuntu than in Fedora will break the bootloader. What is the ...Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:56:53 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-get-sikuli-ide-to-work.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-get-sikuli-ide-to-work.htmlI installed sikuli-ide with sudo apt-get install sikuli-ide Everything was fine until I tried to start it from the terminal. I typed sikuli-ide But the only response I got was [info] locale: en_U......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:56:08 -0400https://liberty.io/strings-command-gives-no-such-file-error.htmlhttps://liberty.io/strings-command-gives-no-such-file-error.htmlI'm a newbie user of Ubuntu. I am using Virtualbox to use Ubuntu. I use a shared folder called 'projects'. In Ubuntu, I go to a folder called Fibo and right-click on it -> Open Terminal Here and......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:29:02 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-view-chm-files.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-view-chm-files.htmlHow to view CHM files in Ubuntu?...Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:24:11 -0400https://liberty.io/installing-suggested-recommended-packages.htmlhttps://liberty.io/installing-suggested-recommended-packages.htmlI ran the following code and got this package needs these packages, now it also says these packages are suggested, and theses are recommended. 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I've got my BIOS set up correctly according to the Manufacturer (It's the legacy BIOS version with setti......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:03:18 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-change-a-bluetooth-device-039-s-permanenty-on-all-devices-headp.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-change-a-bluetooth-device-039-s-permanenty-on-all-devices-headp.htmlThis is not a duplicate of How to change Bluetooth broadcast device name? I tried cd /var/lib/bluetooth sudo vi F8:A2:D6:F8:E7:E8 config F8:A2:D6:F8:E7:E8 being my device bluetooth mac and there we......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:01:08 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-remove-or-delete-single-cron-job-using-linux-command.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-remove-or-delete-single-cron-job-using-linux-command.htmlI have created cron jobs for my site which is listed below and they are working fine. I print all cron job by using this PHP script: $cronfiles=exec('crontab -l',$output); echo "<pre>"; prin......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 09:57:10 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-set-my-linux-box-as-a-router-to-forward-ip-packets.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-set-my-linux-box-as-a-router-to-forward-ip-packets.htmlI am doing a network experiment about ip packet forwarding, but I don't know why it does work. I have a linux machine with two network interfaces, eth0 and eth1 both with static IP address (eth0: ......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 09:50:22 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-make-fluxbox-stop-making-annoying-sound-effects.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-make-fluxbox-stop-making-annoying-sound-effects.htmlWhenever I open a new tab in Chrome, or pretty much interact with the UI in any way, Fluxbox makes some very annoying sound effects. 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While running a ufw command to add a rule, I did a Ctrl-C, this led to the problem of the following error being generated every time I try to use UFW: ERROR: ...Thu, 30 Jul 2026 09:23:21 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-configure-two-monitors-on-ubuntu-16-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-configure-two-monitors-on-ubuntu-16-04.htmlI'm a front-end developer and I work with a laptop running Ubuntu 16.04. Recently, I bought a Full HD monitor in order to better test my applications. But the main thing I want to do, I hadn't ach......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 09:17:26 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-install-latest-ca-certificates-on-ubuntu-14-closed.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-install-latest-ca-certificates-on-ubuntu-14-closed.htmlI have an Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS installation. It just recently became unable to verify modern Let's Encrypt certificates. 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I'm using gphoto2, but lately I get "......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:21:14 -0400https://liberty.io/i18n-vs-qstr-what-is-the-difference.htmlhttps://liberty.io/i18n-vs-qstr-what-is-the-difference.htmlIn this tutorial http://developer.ubuntu.com/resources/tutorials/getting-started/currency-converter-phone-app/ you can see i18n.tr was used for the internationalisation of text in the Qml file. Tod......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:13:48 -0400https://liberty.io/mate-session-warns-about-not-finding-a-desktop-file.htmlhttps://liberty.io/mate-session-warns-about-not-finding-a-desktop-file.htmlGetting similar warnings in the system logs: Jul 14 09:11:18 precision-7510 mate-session[5184]: WARNING: Unable to find desktop file 'keepassxc.desktop': V složkách hledání nelze najít platný soubor ...Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:12:48 -0400https://liberty.io/what-is-tar-xvf-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-is-tar-xvf-duplicate.htmlI am learning about the basics of Linux and archiving/compressing TAR files i have stumbled across tar -xvf and was wondering what it does. I have checked the man pages and know that x means extrac......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:10:30 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-control-fan-speed-on-acer-nitro-5-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-control-fan-speed-on-acer-nitro-5-duplicate.htmlI have an Acer Nitro-AN515-53 running Ubuntu. Is there a way I can control fan speed? Is there any type of software for this?...Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:07:03 -0400https://liberty.io/what-replaced-mail-stack-delivery.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-replaced-mail-stack-delivery.htmlTrying to install mail-stack-delivery on 19.10 Eoan I see it's now a transitional package that only installs dovecot-core. Before it used to install both Dovecot and Postfix and write a basic config ...Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:02:38 -0400https://liberty.io/20-04-lts-turn-off-adaptive-brightness-on-desktop.htmlhttps://liberty.io/20-04-lts-turn-off-adaptive-brightness-on-desktop.htmlWhen I have a brighter window open, the screen gets REALLY bright. When I have a darker window open, the screen gets REALLY dark. It has nothing to do with environmental light sources, as this is a ...Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:01:57 -0400https://liberty.io/timeshift-clone-console-using.htmlhttps://liberty.io/timeshift-clone-console-using.htmlI can't run system clone via the Timeshift utility. Maybe I'm using the wrong syntax? user@ubuntuserver:~$ sudo timeshift --clone [sudo] password for user: /dev/sdb1 is mounted at: /run/timeshift/......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:55:33 -0400https://liberty.io/what-is-the-purpose-of-libvirt-qemu-user.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-is-the-purpose-of-libvirt-qemu-user.htmlWhat is the purpose of "Libvirt qemu" user that is created as non system user when installing some virtualisation package ? Which package did that exactly ?...Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:51:36 -0400https://liberty.io/mongodb-shuts-down-everytime-showing-exit-status-1.htmlhttps://liberty.io/mongodb-shuts-down-everytime-showing-exit-status-1.htmlthanks for being here, to be fair I do have a solution, but its a temporary one. Its repetitive and kinda annoying doing it everytime you switch on your pc. So if someone has a more permanent solut......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:42:39 -0400https://liberty.io/user-limit-of-inotify-watches-reached-on-ubuntu-16-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/user-limit-of-inotify-watches-reached-on-ubuntu-16-04.htmlI just installed Ubuntu 16.04 and I get this warning when I start SmartGit: IOException: User limit of inotify watches reached Moreover I get this warning launching tail -f: tail: inotify resour......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:40:16 -0400https://liberty.io/can-wine-and-its-programs-be-set-to-use-ubuntu-file-manager-instead-of.htmlhttps://liberty.io/can-wine-and-its-programs-be-set-to-use-ubuntu-file-manager-instead-of.htmlWhen browsing directories in a Windows program installed in Wine - like when opening a folder in Foobar2000 - Wine always opens the Wine explorer: Is it possible to set Wine to open an Ubuntu file ...Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:28:44 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-you-get-to-the-root-directory-that-i-need-to-delete-a-file-in.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-you-get-to-the-root-directory-that-i-need-to-delete-a-file-in.htmlI need to get into the root directory to delete a file. How do I get there?...Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:25:34 -0400https://liberty.io/very-slow-wireless-connection-unrelated-to-power-management-using-netg.htmlhttps://liberty.io/very-slow-wireless-connection-unrelated-to-power-management-using-netg.htmlI am using a Netgear N150 WNA1100 USB Adapter. The network driver is: ath9k_htc. 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I tried to install the latest dr......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:20:50 -0400https://liberty.io/script-to-find-empty-files-in-the-current-directory-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/script-to-find-empty-files-in-the-current-directory-duplicate.htmlIm trying to write a script that can search the current directory for empty files, followed by a count of the empty files. I would also prefer the files to be one per line of the output. For exampl......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:19:36 -0400https://liberty.io/i-entered-sudo-chmod-770-on-terminal-is-it-fixable.htmlhttps://liberty.io/i-entered-sudo-chmod-770-on-terminal-is-it-fixable.htmlI was trying to deny permissions to access the root folder to all non sudoers, and had the (NOT) brilliant idea to run sudo chmod 770 /. Now I get permission denied for all commands. I am running ...Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:19:04 -0400https://liberty.io/dual-output-with-virtual-video-driver-gpu-output.htmlhttps://liberty.io/dual-output-with-virtual-video-driver-gpu-output.htmlAs the title suggests, I'm hoping to have two screen/monitor outputs. The virtual output can be VirtIO or VGA, the second is an output from a GPU (using a HDMI dummy dongle). However, anytime I boo......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:16:35 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-16-04-lts-black-screen-after-login.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-16-04-lts-black-screen-after-login.htmlI have recently upgraded from Ubuntu 15.10 LTS to 16.04 LTS via the upgrade notification i have received. 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How should I get the la......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:02:18 -0400https://liberty.io/the-package-system-is-broken-in-ubuntu-21-04-with-php-ppa.htmlhttps://liberty.io/the-package-system-is-broken-in-ubuntu-21-04-with-php-ppa.htmlI can't update ubuntu because the package system is broken. below is the picture of error: after updating ubuntu I got this issue. update 1: I have tried these: sudo apt-get clean: output: (base) ......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:59:36 -0400https://liberty.io/mpich-installation.htmlhttps://liberty.io/mpich-installation.htmlI searching on internet how to download the MPICH in my laptop, and something is going wrong... I don't know what is happening. I am using ubuntu 18.04. Someone know any good installation video, or......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:58:53 -0400https://liberty.io/cannot-install-p7zip-in-ubuntu-18-04-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/cannot-install-p7zip-in-ubuntu-18-04-duplicate.htmlCurrently i am using an instance on Google cloud platform and in Ubuntu 16.04 I am able to install p7zip to extract .7z files, but on Ubuntu 18.04 I get the following error: Package p7zip-full is ......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:58:11 -0400https://liberty.io/emacs-24-can-039-t-find-ls.htmlhttps://liberty.io/emacs-24-can-039-t-find-ls.htmlI installed emacs-snapshot through http://emacs.naquadah.org/ Everything works fine except when I run dired I get this error: Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-error "Searching for program" "no......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:56:41 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-get-my-raspberry-pi-to-run-dual-monitor-running-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-get-my-raspberry-pi-to-run-dual-monitor-running-ubuntu.htmlI have a Raspberry 4 / 4G running Ubuntu, it has a 7” touch Screen connected with a ribbon cable. When Plug a TV or other Monitor into the HDMI port I only get sound. As soon get no options in the ...Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:43:33 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-allow-a-wan-connection-via-a-forward-port.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-allow-a-wan-connection-via-a-forward-port.htmlMy home internet connection has a static IP address (eg: 123.123.123.123) I have configured my router to forward port 9000 to an internal host (192.168.1.101), which is running Ubuntu 14-04. I run ...Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:43:30 -0400https://liberty.io/wayland-login-loop-after-moving-home-to-new-ssd.htmlhttps://liberty.io/wayland-login-loop-after-moving-home-to-new-ssd.htmlTR;DR I moved my home dir to a new SSD and manually changed owner to my user. Now I cannot log into wayland unless I log in to Xorg session first. I moved my home directory to a new SSD using rsync......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:32:22 -0400https://liberty.io/compile-opengl-program-missing-gl-gl-h.htmlhttps://liberty.io/compile-opengl-program-missing-gl-gl-h.htmlI am a complete Linux/Ubuntu noob, so I apologize for any dumb portions of this question or follow up ones. I am trying to get a program that my software engineering class's group wrote onto my home ...Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:19:41 -0400https://liberty.io/do-i-need-to-check-the-integrity-of-a-ubuntu-install-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/do-i-need-to-check-the-integrity-of-a-ubuntu-install-duplicate.htmlI want to install Ubuntu, and I'm switching from Windows 10. I've heard that some people will check the integrity of the ISO image. Should I do this and if so, why?...Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:16:34 -0400https://liberty.io/firefox-not-playing-videos-on-ubuntu-20-04-4-lts.htmlhttps://liberty.io/firefox-not-playing-videos-on-ubuntu-20-04-4-lts.htmlMy newly deployed Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS has already installed Firefox 80, but most videos in the web are not playable. One codec complains "No video formats available", while the other, for ...Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:11:53 -0400https://liberty.io/what-039-s-the-easiest-installation-for-a-home-server-ubuntu-desktop-o.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-039-s-the-easiest-installation-for-a-home-server-ubuntu-desktop-o.htmlI have a Dell Server on which I've been running Microsoft Server 2008, I want to turn it into a simple home server for file sharing and media streaming. 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If I try launch gnome-terminal in vscode's terminal or via an extension then I get: Error creating terminal: ...Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:23:09 -0400https://liberty.io/user-karthik-bhat-ask-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/user-karthik-bhat-ask-ubuntu.htmlQ&A for Ubuntu users and developers...Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:06:15 -0400https://liberty.io/no-photo-album-sharing-like-dropbox-in-ubuntu-one-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/no-photo-album-sharing-like-dropbox-in-ubuntu-one-duplicate.htmlPossible Duplicate: Online photo gallery for Ubuntu One? I would really like to be able to settle on Ubuntu One, but I can't find a way to share pictures/photos like I can with DropBox. DropBo......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:02:32 -0400https://liberty.io/sublime-text-3-show-whitespace-charcters.htmlhttps://liberty.io/sublime-text-3-show-whitespace-charcters.htmlI'm trying to edit the Sublime Text 3 user preferences (Preferences > Settings) to get it to show all formatting characters (including whitespace). I believe the line "draw_white_space": "selectio......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:00:06 -0400https://liberty.io/grub-rescue-error-disk-039-hd0-039-not-found.htmlhttps://liberty.io/grub-rescue-error-disk-039-hd0-039-not-found.htmlThe PC with Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS turn into grub rescue. error: disk 'hd0' not found. grub rescue> ls grub rescue> Like that, when I type ls, only a new line character outputted. Any solutions?...Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:57:16 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-determine-the-total-size-of-a-directory-folder-from-the-comma.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-determine-the-total-size-of-a-directory-folder-from-the-comma.htmlIs there a simple command to display the total aggregate size (disk usage) of all files in a directory (folder)? 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Maybe the main Python library has been ins......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:31:15 -0400https://liberty.io/what-programming-language-is-ubuntu-terminal-written-in.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-programming-language-is-ubuntu-terminal-written-in.htmlThis may seem like a very rookie question for you Linux-users, but I just started using Linux. 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I'm no......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 03:59:45 -0400https://liberty.io/unable-to-check-processes-running-on-gpu-with-nvidia-smi-command-not-f.htmlhttps://liberty.io/unable-to-check-processes-running-on-gpu-with-nvidia-smi-command-not-f.htmlim running on a DJI Manifold 2G (nvidia jetson tx2). However, i cant seem to access any nvidia tools. For instance,the nvidia-smi tool is missing, and i am unable to install it as well. OS details ......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 03:47:42 -0400https://liberty.io/failed-to-get-size-of-gamma-for-output-default-when-trying-to-add-new-.htmlhttps://liberty.io/failed-to-get-size-of-gamma-for-output-default-when-trying-to-add-new-.htmlI'm trying to adjust resolution on my new MSI GT70 2OC. In settings, only one resolution is available: 1920x1080. 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