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I've already tried: https://...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:42:42 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-to-have-the-ant-video-downloader-extension-work-on-newest-ubuntu-f.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-to-have-the-ant-video-downloader-extension-work-on-newest-ubuntu-f.htmlI have been using the ANT video downloader extension in firefox since years. I just installed ubuntu mate 18.04 with latest firefox and after installing the extension I am asked to install a native......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:21:51 -0400https://pop.com.sg/fresh-install-of-ubuntu-12-10-won-039-t-boot-on-asus-x101ch-eee-pc-dup.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/fresh-install-of-ubuntu-12-10-won-039-t-boot-on-asus-x101ch-eee-pc-dup.htmlI did a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.10 in my Asus X101CH Eee PC, using a live usb which I made using startup disk creator, replacing Ubuntu 12.04. 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Am I doing something wrong?...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:06:15 -0400https://pop.com.sg/running-shell-script-using-c-program-closed.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/running-shell-script-using-c-program-closed.htmlI wrote a script to hide user input during runtime it works as a simple script but i want to integrate into c program but gives following errors: warning: missing whitespace after macro name err......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:40:52 -0400https://pop.com.sg/intel-r-centrino-r-wireless-n-1000-wifi-connection-is-very-slow-how-do.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/intel-r-centrino-r-wireless-n-1000-wifi-connection-is-very-slow-how-do.htmlI'm a new Ubuntu user trying to get my wifi working properly. How do I install a downloaded driver? After changing some configurations in my router I'm able to get 5Mbps on my laptop (but +100Mbp......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:35:48 -0400https://pop.com.sg/rm-works-on-command-line-but-not-in-script.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/rm-works-on-command-line-but-not-in-script.htmlWhen I do rm *.old.* on the command line it removes correctly, but when I do it in the following portion of my script, it does not rm all the *.old.* files. What is wrong in my bash script: ......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:33:32 -0400https://pop.com.sg/user-agusgambina-ask-ubuntu.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/user-agusgambina-ask-ubuntu.htmlQ&A for Ubuntu users and developers...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:32:55 -0400https://pop.com.sg/what-is-the-var-folder-for-in-my-home-directory.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/what-is-the-var-folder-for-in-my-home-directory.htmlWhat is the ~/.var folder used for and is it safe to remove the content within this folder?...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:24:18 -0400https://pop.com.sg/what-is-the-sudo-i-command-duplicate.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/what-is-the-sudo-i-command-duplicate.htmlWhat does the sudo -i command do and in which situations would it be used. read it using the man sudo command but i'm looking for a more diluted discription to help me understand better....Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:16:33 -0400https://pop.com.sg/is-there-an-alternative-task-switcher-to-krunner-which-is-focused-excl.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/is-there-an-alternative-task-switcher-to-krunner-which-is-focused-excl.htmlCurrently on KDE 5 the KRunner dialogue brought up by Alt-F2 key, is not focused solely on desktop windows. It brings shortcuts to programs, search results etc, as well as the active desktop window......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:14:54 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-do-i-set-which-postgresql-version-is-to-be-used-by-default.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-do-i-set-which-postgresql-version-is-to-be-used-by-default.htmlI have 2 different versions of PostgreSQL installed on my system (Ubuntu Lucid): /var/lib/postgresql/8.4 /var/lib/postgresql/9.0 By default, when I run a PostgreSQL command such as createdb or ps......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:12:14 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-to-i-change-the-root-foldername-that-shown-in-nautilus.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-to-i-change-the-root-foldername-that-shown-in-nautilus.htmlIt used to be just "Computer", but recently I have changed/edited my hostname. After that, the root folder is showing up as the hostname and not as "Computer". In the place of "zeus-Dell-System-Vo......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:05:46 -0400https://pop.com.sg/online-command-line-thesaurus.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/online-command-line-thesaurus.htmlI recently stumbled upon this question asking for recommendations for an offline command-line dictionary. In the same spirit, is there any online command-line thesaurus available for Ubuntu?...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:05:45 -0400https://pop.com.sg/failed-to-build-gem-native-extension-mastodon.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/failed-to-build-gem-native-extension-mastodon.htmlI'm trying to install Mastodon (joinmastodon.org) on a Ubuntu 16.04 server. Firs I get this rbenv: version `2.5.3' is not installed (set by /home/mastodon/live/.ruby-version) I installed the 2.5.3 ...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:03:30 -0400https://pop.com.sg/bad-substitution-error-for-running-a-bash-command-for-many-files-in-a-.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/bad-substitution-error-for-running-a-bash-command-for-many-files-in-a-.htmlI have some files (image-1.nii, image2.nii, etc.) in a folder (INPUT_DIRECTORY) which are inputs to a command, and the result files should be saved in two other directories (BIAS_DIRECTORY,...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:59:00 -0400https://pop.com.sg/ubuntu-21-04-on-imac-19-2-model-no-sound-output.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/ubuntu-21-04-on-imac-19-2-model-no-sound-output.htmlI'm really confused as to why no sound is coming out of the speakers or headphones. Ubuntu seems to recognize all of the devices just fine. From the attached images you can see the audio meter is ...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:58:10 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-to-get-filename-from-filechooserbutton-in-pygtk.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-to-get-filename-from-filechooserbutton-in-pygtk.htmlI'm using Glade and PyGtk to develop an application. Currently I'm using a button under a toolbar to open files using this code: def on_openVideo_clicked(self, widget): dialog = Gtk....Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:55:05 -0400https://pop.com.sg/gnome-3-proxy-settings.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/gnome-3-proxy-settings.htmlIf I set my network proxy settings using Gnome 3 Manager in Ubuntu 11.04 System Settings like the following picture: Chrome and Firefox are not using those proxy settings when trying to connect to......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:33:31 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-to-update-pkg-config-path-for-guile.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-to-update-pkg-config-path-for-guile.htmlWhile trying to install chickadee on Ubuntu, I ran ./configure inside the extracted folder and got errors as below: checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build ...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:25:06 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-to-fix-damaged-avi-video.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-to-fix-damaged-avi-video.htmlI have a video camera that records video. When I collected the files off the camera the video files that were recorded first play normally. The files that were recorded later give errors. With VL......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:18:29 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-would-i-install-picasa-3-9.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-would-i-install-picasa-3-9.htmlI've noticed a new release of Picasa (3.9). How would I install it over my current install of Picasa?...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:17:33 -0400https://pop.com.sg/huion-tablet-drawing-area.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/huion-tablet-drawing-area.htmlHow do I change the drawing area for my huion tablet? Everything works fine but but I have a dual monitor setup and the tablet area covers both monitors while I only want to to be on one. Startin......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:59:55 -0400https://pop.com.sg/21-10-firefox-missing-profiles.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/21-10-firefox-missing-profiles.htmlI upgraded 21.04 to 21.10 and have a couple of issues which I'll separate out. The first is Firefox will not launch. Or rather it does, but only to give the error Your Firefox profile cannot be lo......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:55:27 -0400https://pop.com.sg/ipython-shell-freezes-when-hitting-tab-to-autocomplete.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/ipython-shell-freezes-when-hitting-tab-to-autocomplete.htmlI'm using ipython(from Anaconda3) shell on a remote Linux machine. Today, When I hit tab to autocomplete something, the ipython shell just freezes. Also, I found this issue only happens when I type ...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:49:49 -0400https://pop.com.sg/full-disk-encryption-with-20-04.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/full-disk-encryption-with-20-04.htmlI think previous versions of Ubuntu offered full disk encryption in the installation sequence. I did not see this offered in my installation dialogs for 20.04. How is FDE supposed to be implemented......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:44:20 -0400https://pop.com.sg/software-center-won-039-t-open-at-all.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/software-center-won-039-t-open-at-all.htmlI am a new user of Ubuntu and I use Ubuntu 16.04 LTS version. My problem is that I can not open software center. It can open before. After updating and installing some applications, can't open the ...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:43:38 -0400https://pop.com.sg/brightness-is-reset-to-maximum-after-waking-up-from-suspend-or-lock-sc.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/brightness-is-reset-to-maximum-after-waking-up-from-suspend-or-lock-sc.htmlThis question is somewhat related to this question: Brightness is reset to Maximum on every Restart Basically, I modified /etc/rc.local to set the brightness, as detailed in this answer, so on sta......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:40:01 -0400https://pop.com.sg/modulenotfounderror-no-module-named-039-distutils-util-039.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/modulenotfounderror-no-module-named-039-distutils-util-039.htmlAfter updating to Ubuntu 20.04, whenever I run: pip install <some package> or pip --version it says: adam@daryy:~$ pip3 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/pip3&......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:39:32 -0400https://pop.com.sg/download-ubuntu-minimal-iso-22-04lts-duplicate.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/download-ubuntu-minimal-iso-22-04lts-duplicate.htmlAre there any plans to make the ISO available for this version? Thanks....Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:38:07 -0400https://pop.com.sg/trying-to-find-where-redirect-on-apache-server-is-happening.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/trying-to-find-where-redirect-on-apache-server-is-happening.htmlI have a redirect on my website that immediately redirects to www.mydomain.com/wordpress/index.php however, I can not find the location of the redirect. I removed the entire site so it is not co......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:33:16 -0400https://pop.com.sg/process-id-using-ps-aux.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/process-id-using-ps-aux.htmlI'm a newbie to shell programming. Assuming that I've started a program(eg NetBeans) from my terminal, if I type ps aux|grep netbeans I get the the output pre 18775 1.2 0.0 12524 1972 ......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:26:50 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-do-i-change-my-control-or-alt-key-to-emit-a-space-key-event.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-do-i-change-my-control-or-alt-key-to-emit-a-space-key-event.htmlI have a laptop with a broken Spacebar and I want to map the alt (right), or controlkey to emit a space character? I am running Ubuntu 11.10...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:21:26 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-to-uninstall-popcorn-time-installed-with-a-script.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-to-uninstall-popcorn-time-installed-with-a-script.htmlI've installed Popcorn Time using the following command: cd wget https://raw.github.com/hotice/webupd8/master/popcorn-build chmod +x popcorn-build ./popcorn-build that I found here. How can I ...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:03:50 -0400https://pop.com.sg/move-only-the-last-8-files-in-a-directory-to-another-directory.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/move-only-the-last-8-files-in-a-directory-to-another-directory.htmlI'm trying to move the last 8 files from the Documents directory to another directory, but I don't want to move them one-by-one to that specific directory. Is it possible to move them with a substi......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:57:07 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-to-do-i-force-yes-on-fsck.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-to-do-i-force-yes-on-fsck.htmlI have bunch of headless ubuntu server instruments. When various hardware changes happen sometimes we get this error. I'm guessing it was a motherboard replacement that had a slightly different R......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:50:47 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-to-start-splunk-after-installing.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-to-start-splunk-after-installing.htmlI search on this issue in many websites , however , if i found , i found tuto related to old versions : In fact , Installing is done successfully : sudo dpkg -i splunk-6.3.1-linux-2.6-amd64.d......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:49:40 -0400https://pop.com.sg/remove-language-dialects-from-thunderbird.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/remove-language-dialects-from-thunderbird.htmlWhen I compose a new email in Thunderbird and I want to change the spell checker language I can click on Spelling and switch between the installed languages. Unfortunately there are currently all k......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:28:55 -0400https://pop.com.sg/using-android-phone-as-a-second-screen.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/using-android-phone-as-a-second-screen.htmlThere are many options in the market and in the community about virtual desktop and remote control, but until now I haven't seen any solution to be able to just control the smartphone (android) just ...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:19:00 -0400https://pop.com.sg/capture2text-alternative-capture-text-from-screen-directly-in-ubuntu-m.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/capture2text-alternative-capture-text-from-screen-directly-in-ubuntu-m.htmlI found few similar questions in this site but could not complete the process. From the Answer of How can instantaneously extract text from a screen area using OCR tools? and How can I use OCR on a ...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:58:03 -0400https://pop.com.sg/why-does-su-fail-with-authentication-error-duplicate.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/why-does-su-fail-with-authentication-error-duplicate.htmlI tried to su to root so I could install lights, but I get an authentication error when I try: user@host:~$ su Password: su: Authentication failure...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:54:03 -0400https://pop.com.sg/bash-function-to-open-git-repository-with-browser.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/bash-function-to-open-git-repository-with-browser.htmlI'm trying to create a bash function so I can get this. The user, via terminal, goes to the git project path like: /home/daniel/projects/my_super_project So the user will type open and the browser ...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:49:48 -0400