When I got my notebook with a 512GB SSD drive, I reformatted it and installed Ubuntu. I've used Ubuntu's suggestion to partition the drive, so I got it partitioned as follows: $ sudo parted -l Model: NVMe Device (nvme) Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 512GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition ...

I'm trying to use make, it returns these errors and simmilar ones : usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lCbc usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lCgl I have already found similar issues, and tried a great deal of them. None helped. for instance: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16710047/usr-bin-ld-cannot-find-ln...

I prefer a dark style for viewing most web pages on my laptop. And things were fine on Ask Ubuntu with the various fixes I made. But, recently, I think in the past week or so, some changes have been made to the Ask Ubuntu site for which I request help. I'm not well-versed with CSS but I'm using t...

I want to simulate geographic distance, so I need to add delay to each receive/transfer package. I read that squid could help me find what I'm looking for, however, playing with its configuration haven't given me the right results. If I'm pinging from my own PC to squid server I'm getting ~0.5 t...

I'm trying to have a bash script create a variable and have the variable persist in the terminal until the terminal closes (not permanently). I thought export was what I needed but it didn't work. #!/bin/bash export VARIABLE='this is a test' Then run the script: $ ./test.sh Then in the sam...

Here's what I did: I created a file /etc/acpi/events/lm_lid and wrote into it: event=button/lid.* action=/etc/acpi/lid.sh I created a file /etc/acpi/lid.sh and wrote into it: #!/bin/sh gnome-screensaver-command --lock The good news are that this script is being executed when I close the lid. The...

So I've dual booted Windows 10 with Ubuntu with windows fast startup disabled. Everything works fine. Every time i turned on my laptop it shows a menu where i can choose between Ubuntu and windows to boot. Until today i stupidly turn on windows 10 fast startup again. Now my laptop won't start, ...

I'm seeing code text with a variety of colors. Two recent examples: installing kubuntu-desktop failed during 18.04 upgrade Bash file automation In this image taken from the first one, there's text in light blue, dark blue, and red. And poking about, the light blue has "span class" typ, the...

Is it possible to use bash to subtract variables containing military (24:00) time? #!/bin/bash var1="23:30" # 11:30pm var2="20:00" # 08:00pm echo "$(expr $var1 - $var2)" Running it produces the following error. ./test expr: non-integer argument I need the output to appear in decimal form,...

I know 's' means sleeping state in general. But what does s+ mean? I also see the + in other states as well, such as R+.

After installing ubuntu linux dualboot my laptop's touchpad is not working and it doesn't show in settings in ubuntu

I have a virtual machine with a Ubuntu 16.04 guest and two network interfaces First interface: NAT Second interface: Bridge I want to access the guest from my host and I want to access a second ethernet device from the guest. The device is connected with the host over a switch. I can p...