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Is it different from the ......Sat, 01 Aug 2026 07:35:21 -0400https://pop.com.sg/mounting-issue-with-mac-host-and-ubuntu-guest-shared-folder-on-virtual.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/mounting-issue-with-mac-host-and-ubuntu-guest-shared-folder-on-virtual.htmlUsing VirtualBox 4.3.28 r100309 on Mac OSX Yosemite 10.10.3, I have a running ubuntu 14.04 LTS guest machine. On the mac in virtualbox "Manager" main screen, I right-click the running machine icon, ...Sat, 01 Aug 2026 07:31:51 -0400https://pop.com.sg/updating-golang-on-ubuntu.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/updating-golang-on-ubuntu.htmlI have Ubuntu 14.4.03. The default golang version which came with it was 1.2.1. I would like to update golang to 1.4 or higher. After searching I found the way to do this would be to first delete ...Sat, 01 Aug 2026 07:25:18 -0400https://pop.com.sg/i-am-getting-the-message-export-command-not-found-when-ever-i-open-ter.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/i-am-getting-the-message-export-command-not-found-when-ever-i-open-ter.htmlI am getting an "EXPORT: command not found" error whenever I open the terminal....Sat, 01 Aug 2026 07:13:44 -0400https://pop.com.sg/ubuntu-20-04-xwiimote-cannot-use-it-as-a-mouse.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/ubuntu-20-04-xwiimote-cannot-use-it-as-a-mouse.htmli am able to use the wii remote controller, but i can't use it as a mouse. I changed /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/60-xorg-xwiimote.conf to: Section "InputClass" Identifier "Nintendo Wii ...Sat, 01 Aug 2026 07:08:20 -0400https://pop.com.sg/not-able-to-execute-a-url-from-python-script-running-via-cron.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/not-able-to-execute-a-url-from-python-script-running-via-cron.htmlI have a script web.py which I am trying to run on the aws EC2 Instance using cron. It basically has these line of codes: import webbrowser webbrowser.open('http://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx') ......Sat, 01 Aug 2026 07:04:22 -0400https://pop.com.sg/missing-parameter-in-configuration-file-keyword-path.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/missing-parameter-in-configuration-file-keyword-path.htmlIm trying to boot ubuntu 14.10-server-i386 in a pendrive. But im getting this error when boot from pendrive. Missing parameter in configuration file. Keyword: path What does it mean? How to ov......Sat, 01 Aug 2026 07:03:09 -0400https://pop.com.sg/ubuntu-ignores-my-gui-entered-nameservers.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/ubuntu-ignores-my-gui-entered-nameservers.htmlI'm on Lubuntu 16.04 and have problems resolving names of my company's network through VPN. It's not so clear to me what has the last say on my system dnsmasq/resolvconf/network-manager... and would ...Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:57:27 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-to-change-skype-default-browser.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-to-change-skype-default-browser.htmlI use Ubuntu 18.04 and I have the following problem. When I try to open links via Skype it opens Mozilla firefox also I have set google chrome as my default browser. I tried to find something in ......Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:48:16 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-can-i-obtain-the-ip-address-of-openvpn-clients.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-can-i-obtain-the-ip-address-of-openvpn-clients.htmlThe OpenVPN server gives an internal IP addresses to each client that is connecting outside of the network. I want to store these IP addresses in a database after they are assigned. Is there an eas......Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:45:22 -0400https://pop.com.sg/mount-google-drive-and-dropbox-to-system-only-online.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/mount-google-drive-and-dropbox-to-system-only-online.htmlIs there a tool which allows me to mount the cloud storage of Google Drive or Dropbox to my system? It is important that it stays completely remote. My local storage is almost full and I need a wa......Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:42:32 -0400https://pop.com.sg/setting-up-nektar-impact-lx25-in-ubuntu.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/setting-up-nektar-impact-lx25-in-ubuntu.htmlI'm running Ubuntu on a Dell XPS 13 with Waveform free primarily as my DAW. I just bought a shiny new controller keyboard and I can't get a blip out of it. I initially tried setting it up with my s......Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:39:49 -0400https://pop.com.sg/copy-only-folders-not-files.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/copy-only-folders-not-files.htmlIs there a way to copy an entire directory, but only the folders? I have a corrupt file somewhere in my directory which is causing my hard disks to fail. So instead of copying the corrupt file to ...Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:28:22 -0400https://pop.com.sg/what-is-a-desktop-file-how-can-i-open-it-duplicate.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/what-is-a-desktop-file-how-can-i-open-it-duplicate.htmlI just copied the application firefox from /usr/share/applications to my home directory and then it shows me a .desktop file. When I try to open it, it says "Untrusted application launcher". How c......Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:27:06 -0400https://pop.com.sg/kde-weather-widget-issues.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/kde-weather-widget-issues.htmlI am running Ubuntu 15.10 wily with KDE plasma 5.4.1 and it works fine except I can't seem to get the weather plasma widget to work. I have installed it using synaptic package manager from ubuntu's ...Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:21:21 -0400https://pop.com.sg/get-information-from-virtual-machine-manager-using-php.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/get-information-from-virtual-machine-manager-using-php.htmlIs it possible to retrieve information from virtual machine manager using a php code? i tried through exec commands but couldn't get anything in browser as result. Please any help to complete this ......Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:16:37 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-to-navigate-to-home-directory-duplicate.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-to-navigate-to-home-directory-duplicate.htmlMy terminal used to read username@computername:~$ but after navigating to some directories, it now says username@computername:/$ and I can't get back to my Home directory....Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:14:59 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-set-my-monitor-resolution-duplicate.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-set-my-monitor-resolution-duplicate.htmlI have installed Ubuntu on my desktop, but my monitor don't pass more than 800x600 resolution. My monitor is good at 1360x768. How can I set resolution at 1380x768 ?...Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:08:34 -0400https://pop.com.sg/unable-to-forward-x11-graphics-from-centos-on-vagrant.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/unable-to-forward-x11-graphics-from-centos-on-vagrant.htmlOn my real machine (Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS) I deployed a Vagrant virtual machine and tried to forward X11 graphics from VM to real machine. For this I added in Vagrantfile such configurations: Vagrant....Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:01:44 -0400https://pop.com.sg/unable-to-boot-from-liveusb-on-razer-2017-windows-10.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/unable-to-boot-from-liveusb-on-razer-2017-windows-10.htmlI'd like to install Ubuntu 17.04 which has the 4.13 kernel alongside Windows 10 on my fancy dancy new Razer Blade Kaby Lake so that I have an OS I know and love. I followed the instructions here an......Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:43:33 -0400https://pop.com.sg/pyenv-command-not-found-when-running-with-sudo.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/pyenv-command-not-found-when-running-with-sudo.html04 under WSL. I have binary of pyenv in my PATH even with sudo's PATH, but i cannot run it with sudo for some reason. test@pc:~$ which pyenv /home/test/.pyenv/bin/pyenv test@pc:~$ sudo which pyenv ......Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:37:44 -0400https://pop.com.sg/alternatives-to-cheese.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/alternatives-to-cheese.htmlI am running Ubuntu GNOME 15.04 and I find Cheese very basic, are there any alternatives (I have already read this Anything better than Cheese for video capture?, however that is only really on video ...Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:30:39 -0400https://pop.com.sg/allowing-a-group-read-write-access-to-a-directory.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/allowing-a-group-read-write-access-to-a-directory.htmlI have two users, user1 and user2, that are both members of groupA. user2 has a folder in their home directory called folderA. If they wish to allow read-write-execute permissions for all members of ...Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:24:40 -0400https://pop.com.sg/batch-convert-h-265-mkv-to-h-264-with-ffmpeg-to-make-files-compatible-.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/batch-convert-h-265-mkv-to-h-264-with-ffmpeg-to-make-files-compatible-.htmlI have H.265 encoded files that are so resource intensive they don't play well and my conversion software (mencoder) doesn't (currently) support the H.265 format. Can I convert them to H.264 in a c......Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:19:33 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-to-run-a-software-designed-for-windows-95-on-ubuntu-duplicate.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-to-run-a-software-designed-for-windows-95-on-ubuntu-duplicate.htmlMy son was given a game for his birthday but it runs on window 95. I tried downloading the windows 95 emulador but it didn't work. Is there any way i can make it work on Ubuntu?...Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:11:16 -0400https://pop.com.sg/authentication-required-by-wifi-network-ubuntu-14-04-closed.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/authentication-required-by-wifi-network-ubuntu-14-04-closed.htmlWhenever I connect to my Wifi network, this annoying "authentication required by Wifi network" window pops up, with my wWifi password in it. All I have to do is to press the Connect button. Still I......Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:07:54 -0400https://pop.com.sg/stop-filezilla-from-auto-close-after-process-completed.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/stop-filezilla-from-auto-close-after-process-completed.htmlFilezilla get close when any process completed this issue starts after I update my Ubuntu to 20.04 When I try to edit the file it just downloads and get closed automatically. I want to stop this is......Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:07:08 -0400https://pop.com.sg/filter-output-and-set-variable.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/filter-output-and-set-variable.htmlI would like to run a bash script which invokes a command and then sets a variable in the script with a part of the output from the first command. In my case I would like to set the variable URL to......Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:57:58 -0400https://pop.com.sg/flv-metadata-editor-gui.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/flv-metadata-editor-gui.htmlAre there any programs for Ubuntu 13.04 that allow the user to edit the metadata of FLV videos? I would prefer a graphical user interface. Command-lines are fine if that is all that exists....Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:55:52 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-to-change-the-lightdm-theme-greeter.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-to-change-the-lightdm-theme-greeter.htmlI downloaded a couple greeters for LightDM, but I have not figured out how to enable them. Is there a way to switch greeter, either by graphical or command-line method?. I do not intend to change d......Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:55:48 -0400https://pop.com.sg/multi-photo-slideshow-software.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/multi-photo-slideshow-software.htmlHey everybody I'm looking for a program on Ubuntu that can make a slideshow of photo's in a directory and is able to show multiple photos at the same time filling up the screen....Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:54:42 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-can-one-restrict-the-number-of-cpu-cores-each-user-can-use.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-can-one-restrict-the-number-of-cpu-cores-each-user-can-use.htmlWe have a computer whose CPU has 32 cores and it's going to be used for running programs by a few different users. Is there any way to restrict the number of cores each user can use at any time so ......Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:53:55 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-to-install-kivy-under-ubuntu.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-to-install-kivy-under-ubuntu.htmlCan someone provide me with clear install instructions for kivy? Their install instruction is not very good. But I have tried, which I've found here: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kivy-team/kivy su......Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:52:47 -0400https://pop.com.sg/failed-to-run-usr-sbin-dkms-build-m-nvidia-v-450-80-02-k-5-4-0-74-gene.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/failed-to-run-usr-sbin-dkms-build-m-nvidia-v-450-80-02-k-5-4-0-74-gene.htmlI tried to install NVIDIA using sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.80.02.run i got The major and minor number of the compiler used to compile the kernel: gcc version 7.5.0 (Ubuntu 7.5.0-3ubuntu1~1......Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:51:19 -0400https://pop.com.sg/electron-snap-file-is-not-build-after-running-command.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/electron-snap-file-is-not-build-after-running-command.htmlhttps://gist.github.com/popey/7803cfbda9b337fab792c403e50e4709 Im following this tutorial. After running npm run dist terminal outputs missing script: dist After running npm run lint since it is ...Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:44:32 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-do-i-boot-my-pc-from-grub-duplicate.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-do-i-boot-my-pc-from-grub-duplicate.htmlI can no longer boot Ubuntu following a corruption problem initially reported here (How do I solve the "invalid arch dependent elf magic" error message). When I power my laptop, I now g......Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:29:25 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-do-i-access-localhost-8080-running-on-ubuntu-from-windows-running-.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-do-i-access-localhost-8080-running-on-ubuntu-from-windows-running-.htmlI have the IP address for Ubuntu machine, and I want to access the application running on localhost in Ubuntu from my virtual Windows box. Is there a way to do it? Typing the [inet address]:8080 do......Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:23:01 -0400https://pop.com.sg/ubuntu-21-04-stuck-on-black-screen-with-blinking-cursor-at-boot.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/ubuntu-21-04-stuck-on-black-screen-with-blinking-cursor-at-boot.htmlInstalled Ubuntu 21.04 on an Asus Rog Scar Strix 2021 laptop (AMD iGPU and Nvidia dGPU), successfully booted in, installed nvidia-driver-460 (proprietary, tested) drivers using additional drivers tab ...Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:21:17 -0400