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When I use Ubuntu 12.04 my wireless connection is much slower than when I use the WNA1100 with my Windows 7 install......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:22:21 -0400https://pop.com.sg/resolv-conf-keeps-getting-reset-by-something.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/resolv-conf-keeps-getting-reset-by-something.htmlI need help figuring out why my resolv.conf keeps changing to this, causing me to not be able to access the outside internet and only the local network: $ cat /etc/resolv.conf nameserver 192.168.1......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:21:39 -0400https://pop.com.sg/is-there-any-radeon-drivers-for-ubuntu-22-04.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/is-there-any-radeon-drivers-for-ubuntu-22-04.htmlSo, today I installed Ubuntu version 22.04 LTS to my server, model Dell Precision T7600, it has 2 intel xeon CPU and AMD RX 5500XT GPU installed myself, for mining. I tried to install the latest dr......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:20:50 -0400https://pop.com.sg/script-to-find-empty-files-in-the-current-directory-duplicate.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/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://pop.com.sg/i-entered-sudo-chmod-770-on-terminal-is-it-fixable.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/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://pop.com.sg/dual-output-with-virtual-video-driver-gpu-output.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/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://pop.com.sg/ubuntu-16-04-lts-black-screen-after-login.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/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. The laptop boots up and i am shown the login screen with the 3 previously created accounts......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:15:45 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-do-i-install-latest-version-of-svn.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-do-i-install-latest-version-of-svn.htmlafter running the command sudo apt-get install subversion and checking the version of svn using command svn --version the version was 1.9. But the latest version is 1.11. How should I get the la......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:02:18 -0400https://pop.com.sg/the-package-system-is-broken-in-ubuntu-21-04-with-php-ppa.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/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://pop.com.sg/mpich-installation.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/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://pop.com.sg/cannot-install-p7zip-in-ubuntu-18-04-duplicate.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/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://pop.com.sg/emacs-24-can-039-t-find-ls.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/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://pop.com.sg/how-can-i-get-my-raspberry-pi-to-run-dual-monitor-running-ubuntu.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/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://pop.com.sg/how-to-allow-a-wan-connection-via-a-forward-port.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/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://pop.com.sg/wayland-login-loop-after-moving-home-to-new-ssd.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/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://pop.com.sg/compile-opengl-program-missing-gl-gl-h.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/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://pop.com.sg/do-i-need-to-check-the-integrity-of-a-ubuntu-install-duplicate.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/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://pop.com.sg/firefox-not-playing-videos-on-ubuntu-20-04-4-lts.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/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://pop.com.sg/what-039-s-the-easiest-installation-for-a-home-server-ubuntu-desktop-o.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/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. I'm fairly new to Linux, but understand a l......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:03:39 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-to-reinstall-dpkg.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-to-reinstall-dpkg.htmlI always get this error when I attempt to install a package using apt-get. I would appreciate help. This seems a common problem with every other package, but I've never encountered a problem with the ...Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:00:15 -0400https://pop.com.sg/opening-vector-files-in-ubuntu.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/opening-vector-files-in-ubuntu.htmlIs there a way to open .ai, .eps and .svg files in Linux natively? Gimp can save in svg, but am not sure about the other file types...Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:55:52 -0400https://pop.com.sg/openssh-server-can-039-t-connect-remotely.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/openssh-server-can-039-t-connect-remotely.htmlI've got a fresh install of 16.04.3 desktop with openssh installed. I can connect to ssh on the same machine, but not across my internal network. ufw is inactive. The server host cannot be pinged......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:52:25 -0400https://pop.com.sg/does-gnome-support-desktop-widgets.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/does-gnome-support-desktop-widgets.htmlDoes gnome support desktop widgets? Any analogue to KDE plasmoids, Vista/Win7 sidebar/desktop widgets, Mac OS X dashboard widgets, etc....Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:48:38 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-to-make-thunderbird-not-use-bing-as-search-engine.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-to-make-thunderbird-not-use-bing-as-search-engine.htmlWhen I type something in Thunderbird's search bar, the first item that pops up is a Bing search for that term. Is there a way to remove Bing? I don't really need Thunderbird to be able to search th......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:48:26 -0400https://pop.com.sg/wine-but-for-mac-apps-duplicate.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/wine-but-for-mac-apps-duplicate.htmlIs there such a program like wine, but one that runs Mac / OSX .app(s)? I would find it very interesting to run mac .apps and see the result on such a program....Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:47:43 -0400https://pop.com.sg/make-no-rule-to-make-target-039-clean-039-stop-make-no-targets-specifi.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/make-no-rule-to-make-target-039-clean-039-stop-make-no-targets-specifi.htmlI have little experience coding and trying to setup up Python vmaf on Ubuntu using https://github.com/Netflix/vmaf/blob/master/resource/doc/python.md#linux instructions. up to the stage of Clean bu......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:45:30 -0400https://pop.com.sg/launching-gnome-terminal-from-vscode.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/launching-gnome-terminal-from-vscode.htmlSince updating to latest ubuntu and vscode, I can't launch gnome-terminal from vscode. 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://pop.com.sg/user-karthik-bhat-ask-ubuntu.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/user-karthik-bhat-ask-ubuntu.htmlQ&A for Ubuntu users and developers...Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:06:15 -0400https://pop.com.sg/no-photo-album-sharing-like-dropbox-in-ubuntu-one-duplicate.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/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://pop.com.sg/sublime-text-3-show-whitespace-charcters.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/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://pop.com.sg/grub-rescue-error-disk-039-hd0-039-not-found.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/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://pop.com.sg/how-do-i-determine-the-total-size-of-a-directory-folder-from-the-comma.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/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)? I have tried these, and they don't do what I want: ls -l, which only displays the ......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:42:55 -0400https://pop.com.sg/iptables-rule-to-block-all-other-incoming-traffic-except-ssh.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/iptables-rule-to-block-all-other-incoming-traffic-except-ssh.htmlI currently have the following rules to allow connections to my SSH server on port 2233: iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 2233 -m conntrack --ctstate NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT iptables -A OUTPUT -p......Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:34:31 -0400