The "Allow Launching" menu item did not appear because the directory: "~/Desktop" was writable by others. I had to find, and analyze, gnu source code to find this out. The key to it was line 200 in...
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The "Allow Launching" menu item did not appear because the directory: "~/Desktop" was writable by others. I had to find, and analyze, gnu source code to find this out. The key to it was line 200 in...
I need to step through the gio command using gdb. For this I need its source code, and symbols. To get these I followed the directions at:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Debug%20Symbol%20Packages
...
I have trouble opening LibreOffice files in Dolphin. When I right clock on a file I get two options for opening the file. One is the default LibreOffice writer instance that shows up right away. The...
When I double left click this file in Dolphin:
/home/stephen/Desktop/Flameshot.desktop
Flameshot opens as expected.
In spite of this, the icon for this file in my desktop display does not open...
Thank youpbear42 for your most helpful suggestion. This is the relevant line in the result I got:
5 24.6kB 1049kB 1024kB bios_grub
This is the verification I was...
Yes, that is the BIOS I am talking about. There iare both a BIOS partition (partition 5), and and EFI partition (partition 1). It is that way because my procedure is a customized version of this one:...
Thank you Holger_Gehrke for you answer, which did work. I have now a command sequence the works, which is:
mount -o remount,ro /dev/nvme0n1p1
fsarchiver -o savefs /home/stephen/efi_backup_SSD \...
Thank you Holger_Gehrke for you answer, which did work. I have now a command sequence the works, which is:
mount -o remount,ro /dev/nvme0n1p1
fsarchiver -o savefs...
I got a list of devices, and then attempted to archive the desired devices. I got the same error:
root@stephen:~# fsarchiver probe
[======DISK======] [=============NAME==============]...
Does fsarchiver record a partitions exact bit pattern, and restore the same when rollback is done, similar to what an iso file would? Or is there no mechanism to assurance files will be rollbacked to...
In the Ubuntu 22.04 Studio's Konsole terminal emulator, when I use the command:
sudo poweroff
the computer shuts down its own power as expected.
But when I navigate to "Application Launcher...
The mistake was the asterisk in the command that also deleted all in my home directory. When I did it I thought it was a wild card that would select all in /var/crash.
Fortunately just before I...
I upgraded from Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04. In Ubuntu 18.04, whenever I booted up, I would get a dialog box with the message "System program problem detected . Report?". I expected this would go away...
A friend who has a Windows 10 computer needs help, and has agreed to give me Remote Desktop access to help her. My OS is Ubuntu 18.04.
I see in my computer's Remmina application where to enter...
For me to use Remmina the person I would help would have to give away her password to her Windows 10 account. RDP using Remmina is a different thing than Quick Assist.
My OS is Ubuntu 18.04. I desire to remotely assist another person whose computer has Windows 10 using Windows 10's Quick Assist feature. Is there a way for me to do that from my Ubuntu computer?
I had already done the command:
sudo snap remove gimp_simosx
No version of gimp appears in response to the command "snap list". Yet version 2.10.20 remains in the Dash menu.
In my Ubuntu 18.04's Dash menu there are two GIMP installations that show up. Here are the details that show when these two launchers are edited:
The version numbers in the names was inserted by...
I know now what that help installation command did. There were two installations of LibreOffice. One was done with apt-get and this was version 6. The other was done with the Software Center and is...
When I upgraded my laptop from Pop!_OS 18.04, to Pop!_OS 20.04, I lost all content on my laptop's drives. That loss is easily recoverable from. But this would not be so on my desktop where I do my...
I did as the webpage at the link you provided recommends and used the command:
This had no effect. The message box still shows no built-in help is installed.
In the output of that apt-get...
I installed LibreOffice using the Ubuntu's Software application. When I open Libreoffice Writer and navigate to: "Help => LibreOffice Help" I get a message box that says:
How does one install...
In my EUFI Firmware Settings has separate enables for Onboard USB, and Legacy USB are and were on. Testing with Legacy off did not make a difference.
I tested all four combination states of XCHI...
I have on my computer case 3 USB 3.0 Ports, and 9 USB2 ports. All the USB 3.0 ports work with everything as expected, but none of the USB 2.0 ports do. Those USB 2.0 ports do not work with my...