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Network interface created by SoftEther VPN works for a while and then goes down
I am using SoftEther VPN 5.01 Build 9674 in Ubuntu 22.04 to connect to a private network.
I have done the configurations in vpnclient and I am using the below script to establish the connection.
#!/...
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FFmpeg high CPU usage Ubuntu Server
I have compiled FFmpeg to be able to stream Music Player Daemon (MPD) Digital Rights Management (DRM) streams, everything works but after about 1–2 hours the CPU starts to increase inhtop and my load ...
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Visual Studio Code very slow and crashing on Parallels Ubuntu VM
Today I created an Ubuntu virtual machine under Parallels on my Macintosh. I installed Visual Studio Code into it. It appeared to run normally, although I had no content to try it on yet.
I installed ...
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How to copy SSH private key from Ubuntu to Windows?
I needed Ubuntu on my Windows laptop to work with remote servers, so I installed VMware to run Ubuntu on the same machine.
Now I need to transfer the private key from Ubuntu on VMware to Windows to ...
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How to fix Apache PHP rejecting post requests which are over 40MBs
My php Laravel API when put behind apache2 (with ssl) when making a post request which is roughly 40Mbs in size, it gives a 500 internal error with following log
[Wed Jul 10 21:08:51.397912 2024] [...
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how can i list all the download files start with "a" using dpkg
I'm trying to use dpkg -l with grep to list all the download files starting with the letter "a":
dpkg -l | grep "a*"
However, it just printed the contents of the files instead of ...
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An error occurred during the signature verification. How can I fix this? [closed]
W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://84.95.247.234/cpanelsync/repos/Ubuntu/22/EA4 ./ ...
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Ubuntu 20.04: php lacking permissions to access /var/www/html
I'm trying to write contents to file, however I constantly receive error about lacking permission.
fopen(/var/www/html/files/l.log) Failed to open stream permission denied in /var/www/html/files/file....
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Where is "lid close behavior" stored on gnome ubuntu?
Power settings like HandleLidSwitch and HandleLidSwitchExternalPower are stored in /etc/systemd/logind.conf. I had set these variables to hibernate; however, closing the laptop lid was suspending my ...
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Could I make changes to a bootable Ubuntu ISO by booting into it, making changes within the OS, and re-exporting the ISO?
Suppose I have a bootable Ubuntu ISO. I would like to make several changes to the image at the OS level. The changes I want to make include changing the default user password, as well as a few other ...
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Desktop shortcut with a command line argument which contains filename with random numbers
I'm trying to create a desktop shortcut which launches a terminal app with commandline arguments which contains a path to a file with a randomly generated number in the filename.
I've tried everything ...
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10 gig PCIe network card won't come up unless onboard 2.5 gig card is connected
I recently acquired a zimacube - its a N100 based NAS system. I've wiped the preinstalled zimaos and run a minimal install of ubuntu server 24.04 and made the usual changes I do on my builds for ...
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How to Merge 2 Unallocated Spaces that are on either side of Primary Partition? (New Linux/Ubuntu User) [duplicate]
Current Disk Setup
Please see image link: I have unallocated spaces to left and right of my primary partition (that has the Linux File System and EFI). Have installed GParted but need help on how can ...
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SSH from A through B to C, using private key on B
Schematic:
ssh ssh
A ------> B ------> C
^ ^
using A's using B's
ssh key ssh key
Preconditions:
A is running ssh-agent
A can access B
B can access C
A can't ...
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Issues Configuring Swap and Moving /home to a New Encrypted Disk on Ubuntu 24.04
I have Ubuntu 24.04 installed with the default disk partitioning settings chosen by the installer, including LVM encryption. I have two SSDs:
First disk with the following partitions:
/boot/efi
/boot
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Can't resize partition after cloning the disk to the bigger disk
I cloned my entire disk to the new disk with dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/nvme0n1 . It was a long process so I don't want to repeat it again. I booted from the new disk but there is a problem: the new disk ...
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Chromebook RW_Legacy enabled Jammy 22.04 install
With Development enabled and enabling Legacy settings for RW_Legacy, I installed a minimal from a live Ubuntu Jammy X86_64 image installed from usb.
I get a clean boot and have updated with libraries ...
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Incorrect permission of copied files from Ubuntu to Windows using rsync on ssh
After copying files from Ubuntu to Windows using rsync on ssh, the copied files and folder have permissions that only creator have full access and other users including SYSTEM and Administrators have ...
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No available connections in WSL2 + Ubuntu + KDE
I use:
Windows 10 Pro (ver. 22H2 19045.4529)
WSL2 (wsl --set-default-version 2)
Ubuntu 22.04
KDE Plasma 5.24.7 (sudo apt install kde-plasma-desktop)
Kernel 5.15.153.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 (64-bit)
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apt-get update: An error occurred during the signature verification (for screenrec)
I get this when I run sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:2 https:/...
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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: SSH Password Authentication Not Working Despite Configuration Changes [duplicate]
I have the following settings on my Ubuntu server:
sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
PasswordAuthentication yes
KbdInteractiveAuthentication yes
then
sudo systemctl restart ssh.service
However, when a ...
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How can I resolve PPA repository errors when using WSL 2 with Ubuntu 24.04
I am using WSL 2 with Ubuntu 24.04. I exported Ubuntu and imported it to my D drive since I had more space there. While trying to add repositories (PPA), I get errors.
How can I add the repositories ...
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Find name of equivalent packages: from Ubuntu to Alpine
Is there a way of finding the equivalent package from a list of Ubuntu packages, for Alpine?
I'm aware of repology, apt-file, the apt-cache, apk search, https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org and https://...
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Is Windows / Linux Dual Boot a scam? [closed]
I have searched for this topic a bit on the web without any success.
Is Windows Dual boot + Linux way worse than it is imagined ?
Installaed a dual bot linux mint on a windows 11 computer. THe main ...
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How can I use unified kernel images with Ubuntu and Debian?
I would like to use unified kernel images (UKIs) and systemd-boot to take advantage of some of the hardware security features it provides (such as measured boot and real secure boot). I think that the ...
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Is it safe to do "snap install" with sudo
I am a root user on a workstation; I give access to others on this system.
They are requesting me to install:
sudo snap install google-cloud-cli
An experienced friend of mine had earlier suggested to ...
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What is the default tunnel 'mode' when creating with `ip`
I'm trying to convert this ip tunnel creation process:
sudo ip tuntap add tun0 mode tun
sudo ip addr add 192.168.7.2/25 dev tun0
sudo ip link set dev tun0 up
sudo ip addr show tun0
to a netplan ...
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Minecraft server using ngrok for port forwarding stopped working
So I built a PC using pieces I had laying around to make into a Minecraft server. I installed Ubuntu on it (I think it's the latest version because I installed it like a week ago. I didn't manage to ...
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Problems with Ubuntu 23.10 on Asus Vivobook 16(X1605VA-MB957WS) [closed]
I'm using Ubuntu 23.10 on Asus Vivobook 16(X1605VA-MB957WS) and have the following problem:
The wifi card in the laptop Mediatek wifi card whose driver doesn't support the kernel of Ubuntu. So I don't ...
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Install newest FFmpeg version on Ubuntu?
I cannot, for the life of me, figure out how to get a non-depreciated version of FFmpeg on an Ubuntu installed.
(Side note: I'm using crostini)
I tried following FFmpeg's docs on getting all the ...
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My compiled version of Vim keeps getting replaced by a system standard version
This is a weird problem, looks impossible to me.
I'm running WSL2 (Ubuntu 22.04) on Windows 11. I want to use Vim and because of some plugins I need Vim compiled with Python support and it must be ...
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changing the directory a tarball decompresses to
When I do wget https://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-unx.tar.gz and then tar xvzf install-tl-unx.tar.gz the files get extracted (right now) to install-tl-20240521. On the CLI it's ...
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How to mount Luks disk with specific user?
Have a external disk with Lucks and EXT4 partition, the OS mount the disk using the first user by default but can not mount as secondary user:
The first user is uid=1000 and gid=1000, but the ...
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How to extract numbers from an image of a table/grid of numbers?
Not from a calc or excel cell's, but a screenshot of them. Must be OCR. I've been recommended to use microsoft Power Query or microsoft Powertoys, but I dont know how to install them on ubuntu, I do ...
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MokList error: Volume full; cannot boot Asus laptop
I have an old ASUS laptop. The SDD is fully clean, empty. The laptop used to have Windows on it.
Now I want to install only Ubuntu.
The error I get is this and I cannot boot at all, nothing:
Reading ...
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Linux file access on external drive using Windows 10
I have multiple machines (3 Windows 10 and 1 Ubuntu Bionic Beaver).
I back them up, or back up files/folders using drag and drop.
The external drive is all NTFS and is not set up as a NAS device. ...
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sudo apt update not working on Ubuntu?
sudo apt update
Get:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-ubuntu2004-11-6-local InRelease
Ign:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-ubuntu2004-11-6-local InRelease
Get:2 file:/var/cuda-repo-ubuntu2204-12-4-local InRelease [1572 ...
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How to recover files deleted / removed by autofs?
I wanted to automatically mount a directory in my home directory, so I attempted to use autofs for this resulting in autofs removing everything in my home directory.
The setup was something like auto....
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Run GUI terminal from crontab
I have been trying to open a terminal in GUI via crontab. This question describes it can't be done as desktop and crontab runs separately. Is there a way where I can trigger script from crontab but ...
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How can I execute a command whenever I change the PowerDevil power profile?
I have a laptop with a variable refresh rate (up to 120Hz) monitor. I want to change the refresh rate to 60 whenever I switch the power profile to "Power Save" in Powerdevil, and change it ...
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Why does git checkout -f not revert my modified changes?
I always use git checkout -f to revert changes to the last commit and never had any problems. Rarely though do I get into this weird state where it doesn't work and I have no idea what is going on.
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WSL2: Graceful shutdown of MDADM and/or p9 subsystem
I am running MDADM under WSL2 (Ubuntu, kernel: Linux home 6.1.21.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2), and access files from windows applications via standard p9 interface.
Unfortunately, I cannot gracefully ...
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Linux Bash Wait Command Not Working
I am trying to use and bash file .sh to start other bash files in seperate terminals.
I want them to run one after the other as I use them to copy large numbers of files to the same Hard Drive. ...
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How to properly create a service in Ubuntu?
I have a server with Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS and I need to create a service that would be running on the server. I found this SO answer which details how to create and enable a service, however my service ...
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What drivers do I need to install for an Epson in Kubuntu?
I have an Epson XP-235 and I want to use it with a Kubuntu 22.04
I tried to find the drivers and from the Epson FAQ I found the following page:
https://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/
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Rsync Compare-Dest not Recognizing Wildcard
I am trying to use rysnc to do multi level incremental backup, however I am running into some issues. It seems as though rsync does not recognize wild cards in compare-dest. I run the following code
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Ubuntu 22.04 dies all of a sudden after some time, yet the PC is still running
I've recently started running into a strange issue with Ubuntu 22.04 (x64), can't quite understand what's going on. It's a (kinda) old computer that's a temporary solution for Discord bot hosting, ...
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Linux Distros not booting, import_mok_state() not found
I have a MS Surface Book 2 with Debian, running the Linux Surface custom kernel. While trying to reinstall the kernel I clearly deleted some package I wasn't supposed to (linux-surface-secureboot-mok ...
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How can I fix app after having to pkill it and nowt crashes when starting
Falkon is my preferred browser running xubuntu. But it crapped the bed seizing up enough memory to bring the desktop to a near halt, so I had to pkill -f falkon to get my desktop back again. But ...
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the Internet does not start via squid
I installed squid 6.2. I built it from sources with ssl. the service starts normally. there are 2 network cards. one looks at the local network, the other at the Internet. I used the manual for ...
