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Can anyone help me?...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 04:58:22 -0400https://pop.com.sg/do-i-need-to-set-up-raid-to-install-ubuntu-server-20-04.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/do-i-need-to-set-up-raid-to-install-ubuntu-server-20-04.htmlI have an old desk power Edge sc1430 that I'm trying to install the server software onto. But it does not see any of my discs when doing block probing. However if I go into the terminal I can see a......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 04:45:51 -0400https://pop.com.sg/kubuntu-18-04-webrtc-videocalls-cpu-100-spikes.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/kubuntu-18-04-webrtc-videocalls-cpu-100-spikes.htmlMy CPU keeps spiking to 100% usage while being in videocalls. Used Jitsi and Google Meets and tried both video call programs in Google Chrome as well as in Firefox. 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Plea......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 04:25:03 -0400https://pop.com.sg/system-bootorder-not-found.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/system-bootorder-not-found.htmlI tried to install Ubuntu 18.04 on Acer TravelMate P278-MG, but it bootloops 1. It starts up, shows Acer logo 2. It says: System BootOrder not found. Initializing defaults. Creating boot entry "Bo......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 04:24:46 -0400https://pop.com.sg/use-jackd-with-a-nvidia-hdmi-audio-interface.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/use-jackd-with-a-nvidia-hdmi-audio-interface.htmlMy PulseAudio server, connected to "GF119 HDMI Audio Controller", outputs audio fine for my HDMI monitor. Google seems to indicate this is provided by the NVidia card. 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Although the wifi connects, I keep getting the "activation of network connection fai......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 04:13:24 -0400https://pop.com.sg/i-cannot-enter-my-password-in-the-terminal-can-039-t-install-packages-.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/i-cannot-enter-my-password-in-the-terminal-can-039-t-install-packages-.htmlPossible Duplicate: Nothing shows up on the screen when I type my password I can open a terminal (Ctrl-Alt-T) I can copy or type in the following: sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.l......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 04:09:03 -0400https://pop.com.sg/app-locker-in-ubuntu.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/app-locker-in-ubuntu.htmlI wanna lock a software application (for example, CS: GO); so I want an app locker. Can you please help me find an app locker?...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 04:00:58 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-to-make-additional-internal-ssd-visible-to-ubuntu-20-04-under-wsl2.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-to-make-additional-internal-ssd-visible-to-ubuntu-20-04-under-wsl2.htmlI have Ubuntu 20.04 running under WSL2 (including XFCE4 via VcXsrv). I installed an unpartitioned mSATA SSD, and allowed the Windows Disk Management snapin to initialize it as GPT, then added a sim......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:43:56 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-do-i-create-a-video-dvd-from-vob-files.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-do-i-create-a-video-dvd-from-vob-files.htmlI wanna burn a video DVD from existing .vob files that can be played in a home video player. I've burned one but it doesn't have sound. I tried with k3b (New video DVD Project) because Brasero does......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:41:19 -0400https://pop.com.sg/lenovo-yoga-510-freeze-problem.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/lenovo-yoga-510-freeze-problem.htmlI recently bought a new Lenovo Yoga 510. Getting rid of Windows 10 took me long enough but I managed to boot from USB and install Ubuntu 16.04 the usual way (by erasing Windows 10). The thing is ......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:36:33 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-to-use-bionic-updates-duplicate.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-to-use-bionic-updates-duplicate.htmlI have a dependency problem on 18.04, libglib2.0-0 is a bit too old (I need 2.56.3 but only 2.56.1-2ubuntu1 is available). When looking at the details of the package, I see that Paquet libglib2.0......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:35:38 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-do-i-configure-sentry-switch-cdu-power-control-for-maas.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-do-i-configure-sentry-switch-cdu-power-control-for-maas.htmlI'm working with MAAS. I have been able to get IPMI and Wake On Lan to power on nodes. For some nodes that do not support Wake On Lan and also do not have IPMI, I have a Server Technology Sentry Sw......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:19:02 -0400https://pop.com.sg/lsof-warning-can-039-t-stat-fuse-gvfsd-fuse-file-system-run-user-1000-.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/lsof-warning-can-039-t-stat-fuse-gvfsd-fuse-file-system-run-user-1000-.htmlI am using this command sudo lsof | grep mongod | grep TCP it shows record but first it shows below warning i am guesing its not showing me the whole list of open connection lsof: WARNING: can't ...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:15:36 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-to-test-a-live-cd-usb-add-drivers-for-broadcom-wireless-card-reboo.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-to-test-a-live-cd-usb-add-drivers-for-broadcom-wireless-card-reboo.htmlIs it possible to test a Live-CD/USB by booting from it, adding drivers for a Broadcom wireless card, rebooting after that and have the drivers installed to keep on testing the Live-CD/USB?...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:13:38 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-can-i-assign-a-keyboard-shortcut-for-the-script-that-i-have-create.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-can-i-assign-a-keyboard-shortcut-for-the-script-that-i-have-create.htmlI don't wish to open terminal each time to execute my shell script. Is it possible assign a keyboard shortcut to execute the shell script I have created?...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:12:46 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-can-i-burn-a-raspberry-pi-image-to-sd-card-from-ubuntu.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-can-i-burn-a-raspberry-pi-image-to-sd-card-from-ubuntu.htmlI'm sure this must be fairly simple but can't find it here. How does one go from having a blank SD card to having an SD card that boots a Raspi?...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:04:03 -0400https://pop.com.sg/php-connection-to-maria-db.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/php-connection-to-maria-db.htmlHopefully someone can explain an issue I found doing a simple connection between PHP 7 and MariaDB Server 10.3.32 on Ubuntu 20.04. Here is the connection data: $dsn = "mysql:localhost; dbname=...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 02:51:48 -0400https://pop.com.sg/bluetooth-connection-issues-ubuntu-22-04.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/bluetooth-connection-issues-ubuntu-22-04.htmlSince I updated to Ubuntu 22.04, bluetooth has been broken and I cannot seem to connect my bose quietconfort 2 to my laptop, I've tried every answers I found on the Internet, but since nothing is w......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 02:49:24 -0400https://pop.com.sg/trying-to-understand-and-workon-ssh-what-happens-on-removing-all-the-s.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/trying-to-understand-and-workon-ssh-what-happens-on-removing-all-the-s.htmlIf we remove all the ssh ciphers from sshd_config file , will it allow to establish ssh connection by all the available ciphers of the current system ? Or there is a specific set which it will allo......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 02:42:15 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-do-i-disable-edns-in-systemd-resolved.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-do-i-disable-edns-in-systemd-resolved.htmlI am experiencing long DNS lookup times (> 5s) due to non-compliant EDNS responses from my DNS server triggering (I think) this bug in systemd-resolved. I'd like to turn off EDNS in resolved to ......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 02:24:05 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-do-i-code-switches-with-the-dash-in-bash-shell-scripts.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-do-i-code-switches-with-the-dash-in-bash-shell-scripts.htmlSo I'm writing a bash shell script for launching dockers to control whether they are interactive or persistent after instantiating, and give them a name. 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I thought that I could execute the following operations: 1) Remove the SD card from the reader 2) ...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 02:12:45 -0400https://pop.com.sg/wlan0-no-such-device.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/wlan0-no-such-device.htmlI am trying to run these two commands in an attempt to fix my intermittent wireless connection iwconfig wlan0 sudo iwconfig wlan0 power off But I get this error wlan0 No such device...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 02:07:54 -0400https://pop.com.sg/chown-operation-not-permitted.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/chown-operation-not-permitted.htmlI had original made a Stack Overflow post. I've this command causing errors further down my Jupyter Notebook (detailed in SO post): ! chown -R daemon:daemon elasticsearch-7.9.2 Giving many of these ...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 02:03:22 -0400https://pop.com.sg/bash-script-to-create-a-directory.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/bash-script-to-create-a-directory.htmlI'm messing around with scripting, I am able to create a script which when run prompts me for a name for a new dir, creates it then creates several files, echoes lines out, then deletes it all. W......Wed, 05 Aug 2026 01:52:53 -0400https://pop.com.sg/using-pkcs-8-encrypted-private-keys-w-ssh-agent.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/using-pkcs-8-encrypted-private-keys-w-ssh-agent.htmlI'm setting up a new Ubuntu system (12.04.2 LTS) for Rails development and wanted to use an encrypted SSH private key as per this article. 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I changed the shortcut and tried again but nothing happened Anyone else having this too?...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 01:32:41 -0400