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Elementary OS ignoring suspend disable
This is a known bug: https://github.com/elementary/switchboard-plug-power/issues/89
There's a workaround near the (current) bottom of the page:
This problem is because the power settings are used ...
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How can I adjust the mouse scrollwheel speed?
Adjust scroll speed
This is based directly on an answer to a similar question on AskUbuntu by user stvn66. I have tested it under elementary OS 0.4 Loki.
Unfortunately there is no simple setting to ...
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elementary OS going Zesty
No. This is because Ubuntu based distros that are not official spins like Linux Mint and elementary OS are based on the latest LTS versions. This is done because LTS releases are more throughly tested ...
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Can I pay with PayPal to download elementary OS?
The way to download and pay with Paypal is at the moment (October, 31, 2016):
Download the OS typing 0 in the "Custom" section; afterwards press "Purchase elementary OS".
Next to this you should ...
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How to run multiple command sequentially?
You can make shell scripts to achieve this. A shell script usually starts with #!/bin/bash. Let's say you want to execute sudo apt update and ls but you don't want to type it every time. So a shell ...
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How to view all existing user of my system?
It is normal for your system to have some system users and system users are usually not listed in the user accounts under system settings. To check them execute the following command in terminal,
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user is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported
How can I add new user to sudoers file?
If you wish to create a user with sudo privilege, execute,
sudo adduser --ingroup sudo <username>
If you wish to add an existing user, execute
sudo ...
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Is it possible to use elementary OS from a live USB while persisting its data?
elementary OS does not officially support being used as a persistent live USB. However, the following method can be tried at your own risk:
It is possible to use third-party software to have your ...
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If I donate once, do I get continuous updates of elementary OS whenever it is released?
elementary OS is open source, that is (and much more than this but from this point of view) you get exactly the same software whether you pay or not. So there is nothing like "special access / ...
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How do I fix this error when trying to install packages?
The script says "You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these". Have you tried running sudo apt-get -f install? It will attempt to correct broken dependencies. Afterwards, you would ...
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Missing "Bluetooth settings"
It's a known bug.
You can try installing
'sudo apt install switchboard-plug-bluetooth'
It should add bluetooth setting to your system settings menu up to next system update.
Moreover, I turn on ...
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Need New Laptop, Suggestions?
Any suggestions for a good laptop that runs well with Elementary?
Currently (2018), any new gen intel laptops have a good support with debian based distros (like Elementary), so it will run flawless.
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Elementary OS ignoring suspend disable
I had the same issue. I had set "Suspend when inactive" to "Never", but it would still suspend when idle.
Because I don't care to EVER put this system into suspend mode (automatically or otherwise), ...
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How can I know which is my Elementary OS version?
Answer
If
lsb_release -a
, tells you about Ubuntu 16.04 means you have elementary OS Loki installed. Don't know why doesn't say Loki.
elementary OS is a distribution on it's own based on Ubuntu, ...
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How can I know which is my Elementary OS version?
You can check it by clicking the power button from the top right corner of your computer and then 'About This Computer'.
Or you can also click on Application from top left corner of your screen and ...
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(LoadError) No such file or directory - wpscan
Actually the things is nothing wrong here you can just run wpscan with wpscan. And don't forget to run inside the wpscan folder, unless you may get some other errors.
Go ahead and try wpscan --url <...
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USB does not work on elementary OS (Juno) on virtual box
I think there's nothing wrong with elementary OS, the problem is with your Virtual Box instead. I am guessing your USB (not supported one) is USB 3 and the other one (old one) is USB 2. And you may ...
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Restore from trash not working?
It is a bug: restore from trash fails
Was confirmed and as i see fixed by Jeremy Wootten.
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How to customize wingpanel in elementary OS 0.4 Loki?
It depends on what you mean by "customize".
As far as I can tell, the authors of those replacement panel projects have stopped development, so you probably won't be able to replace your panel with ...
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Have settings launcher in plank? (preferibly by default)
There is no need. Just do Ctrl + Right Click over the dock and select preferences.
If you still want to add the icon to launch preferences, then copy the plank launcher (located in /usr/share/...
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Loki - Dock missing
Have you tried dragging your mouse along the bottom/sides of your screen, in case it is set to auto-hide?
If you still have your menu bar, go to Applications > System Settings > Desktop > ...
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How to upgrade to a newer version of elementary os?
apt dist-upgrade does not upgrade your system to a different release, rather it upgrades existing packages, and installs any new dependencies which may be required by these packages. See my answer ...
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Language settings
I have the same issue, to fix it unlock, select and remove each other language listed except yours with the minus symbol below the list.
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Delete suspends RedShift
I had this issue on Loki as well. It is fixable by installing the newest version from github. Click clone or download and download as a zip file. I built it using the instructions in HACKING.md. You'...
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Sound issue after system update
Today I've downgraded the linux kernel to get rid of this issue:
sudo apt-get purge linux-image-4.4.0-51-generic
Now my kernel version is 4.4.0-38-generic and there is no any sound issue.
Not: At ...
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Login screen on main display
I managed to fix this using this gist by Ryan Miller and changing LightDM configuration file. All you need is this script (remember to change PRIMARY_DISPLAY in first, according to comment):
#!/bin/...
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Problems installing DSP correction
I recently tried to follow that guide you linked and failed as well.
The problem, as it was for me, is probably a misplaced or misconfigured config file.
You should check that you have the file named ...
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Unable to update the system using apt
Try installing the GPG key
$ wget -q "http://packages.elementary.io/key.asc" -O- | sudo apt-key add -
, then
$ sudo apt update
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