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dhclient connecting to wlan0 after wpa-supplicant setup polls infinitely
I just wanted to try out how to connect to my WIFI WPA2 via terminal.
Therefore I created "/etc/wpa_supplicant"
network = {
ssid = "nameOfWifi"
psk = "passwordNumberThatIFoundOnTheWifiHardware"
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xkill Used On Desktop
Mouse accidentally clicked on Desktop while active with an xkill terminal command.
Which makes it completely without use.
Have used nemo command which resets everything as long as terminal remains ...
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Error "dircolors: no SHELL environment variable, and no shell type option given"
Running Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon
A while ago a created a script that changed the colors in the Terminal (to match a tutorial I was following)
However if I open the terminal on another account, I get ...
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How to make a terminal window open at a certain location by default [duplicate]
Running Linux Mint 17.1 & MATE 1.8.1
When I open the terminal window with ctrl+T, I want it to switch the path automatically to ~/workspace. How do I do this?
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How can I get the Terminus font on gnome-terminator?
I'm trying to get the Terminus font on Terminator, and I already did the following:
Got the fonts in the right place I think:
└─▪ tree -a .local/share/fonts/ ...
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Changed username - Could not update ICE authority file
I tried to change my username by creating another admin account, restarting, then logging into that new account. Then, I entered the following command:
sudo usermod -l NewUserName -d /home/...
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Find Command: display the file numbers [closed]
I have a couple of questions about the find command.
How to show how many files and directories(only the result numbers) within the /var directory (and below) are owned by someone other than you or ...
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Recovering Invisible screens and dropdowns on linux
The terminal has gone invisible , although I can type commands and they get executed:
Even some firefox download dropdowns are invisible, I can click the items in the drop down list but the list ...
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Getting Python errors whenever I try to use terminal in Linux Mint
I've had Mint installed as a dual boot on my laptop for some time. I use it as my dev environment, for desktop and web related coding.
I recently started getting errors which have rendered my terminal ...
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Warning message after updating
I have Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon edition and after updating using the terminal:
sudo apt-get && sudo apt-get upgrade
I got this warning message:
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Building dependency tree
Reading ...
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Edit/Remove CLI System Notice
I'm wondering how I can change the default system message that shows when on the CLI from Ctrl+Alt+F1. By default it shows the message
Welcome to <name>
* Documentation: <url>
I was ...
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Why does xfreerdp say "connected" three times every time?
Every time I use xfreerdp on Mint 17 to connect to a Windows Server 2003 box, it gives the successful "connected" line identically three times before launching the window:
$ xfreerdp (...
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How to control network bandwidth using Linux [closed]
Currently my Internet is really slow. But I want to allocate all resources to a browser that is loading a movie. How do I do that?
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Saving terminal windows in mint
How can I save all the terminal tabs(with each current pwd in each tab) and terminal window positions.
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GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon: Unable to autolaunch when setuid
I am encountering a strange error whenever I run certain commands, for example, sudo apt-get install ______ and I receive the following error:
(process:28847): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to ...
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