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USB turn write protection off
I have a USB which is write protected:
dmesg | tail
[10098.126089] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is on
[10098.126098] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 80 00
[10098.126779] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
[10098.126788] sd…
noob
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What is the difference between "man" and "info" documentation?
Regarding man-pages and info help documentation:
Why do two such similar sources of documentation exist?
Sometimes a man-page is available and the info is not; or vice-versa.
I haven't yet latched on to the rhyme and reason behind it.
Maybe there…
Peter.O
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How can I hibernate on Ubuntu 16.04?
How should I successfully hibernate Ubuntu 16.04?
I've tried almost every solution on the web but non of them was actually helpful.
I found my problem almost completely similar to this one
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CPU benchmarking utility for Linux
I am looking for a utility that will benchmark CPU performance under single and multi threaded instances. At present I have an old rig with a dual core CPU (E7500) at 3.6 Ghz and I am looking at replacing it with a quad core CPU (Q9400) at 3.2…
fatso
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How do I easily rename multiple files using command line?
One of the ways I quickly rename files in Windows is
F2 > Rename > Tab (to next file) > Rename ...
But in Ubuntu/Nautilus, I can't tab to next file. But being on Linux, I think there must be a command line alternative.
However, sometimes, I may…
Jiew Meng
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How to automatically fetch missing dependencies when installing software from .deb?
I'm trying to install MySQL Workbench on my Ubuntu box (11.04). The website has a Ubuntu .deb available for download (for 10.10 and 10.04 so I chose 10.10).
However,
sudo dpkg -i mysql-workbench-gpl-5.2.34-1ubu1010-amd64.deb
yields:
(Reading…
Jonik
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How to efficiently switch between several terminal windows using the keyboard?
Alt+Tab lets me only switch between windows belonging to different applications.
I often use about four terminal bound applications at the same time (e.g. IPython, VIM, fish for system and fish for git).
Even using the mouse, clicking the terminal…
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What are the system requirements for each flavour of Ubuntu Desktop?
I'm thinking about installing Ubuntu Desktop, but I don't know what flavor is the best for my system. What are the minimum and recommended hardware requirements? What kind of CPU? How much memory? Should I have Hardware Acceleration? What flavor…
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On Unity: What can replace Gnome 2 system monitoring in the top Panel?
I'm used to having System monitoring in the top Gnome Panel: CPU, Temperature, Net, Fan-Speed. (see screenshot below)
In Unity, the Top Panel is locked for window name and global menu, so I can't add panel applets.
So my question is:
Is there a…
tobi
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How can I read and remove meta (exif) data from my photos using the command line?
Just looked this up. Figure I'd share it here for future reference.
klenwell
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What does `nomodeset` do
Since installing Ubuntu 12.10 I have been playing around trying to get my Radeon HD 5450 gpu to work with the proprietary driver, as from the start installing the driver meant losing unity.
I won't list the steps I took as it is not a requirement to…
Chris Carter
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How do I convert a PNG to PDF with only the default packages on 11.10?
Openning a png file in ubuntu, I can see the menu item for 'print to file'. How can I do the same on shell? PS: I prefer installing no extra package, due to lack of root access.
EDIT: the operating system is ubuntu 11.10
Richard
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How do you make Ubuntu accept files sent over bluetooth
I have a problem when I send my files from phone to ubuntu 12.04 via bluetooth as the phone prompts with the message "the file not sent"! I can send any files from ubuntu 12.04 to my android phone.
kevin
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How to mount a NTFS partition in /etc/fstab?
I have two partitions that I want to mount on startup:
/dev/sda3 /mnt/devel ext4 defaults 0 2
/dev/sda2 /mnt/excess ntfs defaults 0 2
The ext4 partition mounts fine (owned by me, writable only by me), but the NTFS mounts owned…
Amanda
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Cannot restart samba, samba.service is masked
When I try to restart Samba, I am receiving the following error message:
Failed to start samba.service: Unit samba.service is masked.
In addition, when I run systemctl, it shows smbd.service in red showing failed.
At the same time restart began…
Melissa Sexton
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