Latest Ubuntu related questions

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DarkDead avatar
Mouse Cursor freezes on Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS
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The cpu is under no load, only browser related things are being done on this machine. It's a Dell Latitude 3520 with i5, 16GB ram and 256GB SSD.

The cursor freezes when using touchpad as well as a wired mouse. Please help me fix this issue.

I don't know what kind of error to post. So, if there's a command of which you would like to know the output of, I will gladly run that command and paste the out ...

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scan landscape page
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I visited hoping to find a procedure to scan some pages in landscape orientation. I found some handy tips but not landscape.

I found a solution using XSane (below). There can always be other solutions, there usually are on a Linux system.

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Zakaria Loai avatar
Usb ports not recognized ubuntu 22.04
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I have installed ubuntu 22.04 for a near time and it was working well but suddenly I face this problem my USB ports work when my device is charging perfectly but when I unplugged the charger the USB ports don't recognize any of my devices and to be more specific the USB ports, in this case, work as long as I am in lock screen but after I enter my password and the desktop appear the USB ports are not wor ...

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ali avatar
pavucontrol switch to HDMI if change media or pause
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ali

I'm on Ubuntu 22.04. When I use HDMI, some times I need to use headphones, for which to work I need to use pavucontrol and select Audio Analog.

The problem is that I need to select Audio Analog again if I change media or pause.

How can I select Audio Analog and keep it that way?

Note: pavucontrol shows headphones unplugged all the time.

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Sandy Jayaraj avatar
"Failed to download repository information" error message after installing Signal desktop
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When I open the Software Updater I get the following error message: "Failed to download repository information"

This has started since I tried to install Signal (which I have subsequently uninstalled).

When I try the command sudo apt-get update in the terminal I get the following

"Err: 6 https//updates.signal.org.desktop/apt xenial InRelease could not resolve 'updates.signal.org.desktop'

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Otoko avatar
Firewall losing state on LAN connection interruption?
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Could you please help me with the following issue? Have an established SSH connection, but it goes down right after my LAN connection gets interrupted for few seconds and firewall starts blocking it. It should remember connection state, but it does not?

Feb 05 19:21:18 systemd-networkd[791]: re0: Lost carrier
Feb 05 19:21:18 systemd-networkd[791]: re0: DHCP lease lost
Feb 05 19:21:18 kernel: r8169 ...
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cooked avatar
/dev/sda removal GParted Ubuntu 22.04
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As can be seen I reinstalled Ubuntu more than a few times, for various reasons, not all of them being my fault. Using GParted and Gpart I managed to restore my files during my last attempt.

screenshot Gparted

I understand how GParted works, but I'm uncertain about what will happen if I start to delete some or all of the partitions preceding what is hopefully my last Ubuntu download. Should I just leave them alone?

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Josué Pitre avatar
Live patch disable when updating Ubuntu 22.04.1 kernel
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Good evening, I want to know if there is a solution, I already have mainline kernel installed. If there is a kernel above version 6.0.0 or the live patch works I'm interested.

I don't like it being disabled with a newer version. For the moment I have an AMD radeon rx6800 nitro+ and I plan to buy an rx 7900xt. All I need is that as a prerequisite for it to be compatible, the LLVM and MESA are up t ...

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haxpor avatar
Ubuntu 20.04 doesn't ask for login password anymore after suspend
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I'm using Ubuntu 20.04.3 (kernel 5.16.0).

Long time it used to work normally, but recently it doesn't ask me password after I suspend the machine anymore.

Checked in Settings->Privacy->Screen Lock , everything is turned on (Lock Screen on Suspend is on).

Could this relate to timing/signal of monitors ? I have 3 monitors connected to my graphics card through 1 DVI, and 2 HDMI.

Any suggestion to ...

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Saeed Neamati avatar
What is the key for workspace count in Ubuntu 22.04?
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I want to automate the workspace count mentioned in How to disable multiple workspaces on Ubuntu 22.04?

I would prefer to use gsettings but I can't find the key.

What is the key there?

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Dominic Alvarez avatar
EPSON Feeder Scanner driver L5190 Ubuntu 20.04
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any suggestion for EPSON feeder Scanner driver L5190 Ubuntu 20.04

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Jin avatar
Strange Samba Install Error
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Jin

I'm getting this out of the command line when installing Samba on Ubuntu Server:

Samba is not being run as an AD Domain Controller: Masking samba-ad-dc.service
Please ignore the following error about deb-systemd-helper not finding those services.
(samba-ad-dc.service masked)
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/nmbd.service → /lib/systemd/system/nmbd.service.
Failed to pres ...
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Igorov avatar
Error in starting Linux operating system due to unmounted /home partition
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I have a problem with my Linux OS (Ubuntu), I was working normally, and suddenly I couldn't do anything, the files on my home were disabled, after the restart, the OS booted up, but not the graphical server, it displayed this message:

[   0.144028] x86/cpu: VMX (outside TXT) disabled by BIOS
[   1.405688] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.PCIO.SATO.S
0)
[   1.405802] ACPI Error: ...
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James Watson avatar
Wired Ethernet Unmanaged while using a bridged network adaptor
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My server (22.04) uses netplan to manage the ethernet connection and create a bridged network device for a VM. This works fine, the server and VM both get internet access but GNOME says that the wired connection is unmanaged in the top right menu and ethernet doesn't appear in settings.

This isn't an issue except that I use Deja Dup for backups over the network to a second NAS and this won't occu ...

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user1670783 avatar
Doesn't write setup next to windows
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No matter where I searched, I couldn't find the solution. While allocating disk, I reserved 40gb in windows. but when i come to ubuntu installation it says unusable. enter image description here

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Yash Khasgiwala avatar
Unable to access sudo in Ubuntu virtual machine
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I installed Ubuntu 22.10 desktop version on Oracle Vmware. I am unable to use the sudo command since I am not in the sudoers list. Solutions on the internet suggest entering the root mode using su command however I am unable to access root as well. All the other solutions need root access or being a sudo user. How should get into the sudoers list without either being a root user or having sudo access ...

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user2280978 avatar
Mouse pointer disappears in Opera browser when on second display (but still affects links and objects)
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New Opera installation on 22.04. Mouse behaves perfectly fine on the primary monitor but when moving to the secondary monitor on a second Opera window, the pointer disappears. It is still able to click on links and objects, even appears when I right-click and stays visible until I left-click again.

This does not happen in any other context or application. The mouse displays fine in Firefox on  ...

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Nicholas Saunders avatar
How to configure the mime type for magnet links?
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In reference to a related question, how is transmission configured as the default?

nicholas@mordor:~$ 
nicholas@mordor:~$ xdg-mime default deluge.desktop x-scheme-handler/magnet
nicholas@mordor:~$ 
nicholas@mordor:~$ xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handler/magnet
deluge.desktop
nicholas@mordor:~$ 
nicholas@mordor:~$ xdg-mime default transmission.desktop x-scheme-handler/magnet
nicholas@mordor:~$ 
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user avatar
Upgrade issue with XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
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I am trying to upgrade my machine (results below) but I am running into an issue with an audio package: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR.

I saw a "fix" for installing Ubuntu on windows machines, but it does not work on my current Ubuntu machine.

Thank you for your time and assistance.

johndoe@system76-pc:~$ RELEASE_UPGRADER_ALLOW_THIRD_PARTY=1 do-release-upgrade
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
Get:1 Upgrade tool signat ...
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No swapfile on Ubuntu 22.10?
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My fresh installation of Ubuntu 22.10 does not have a swapfile. System Monitor shows "Swap not available".

(My previous installation of Ubuntu 22.04 did have a swapfile, and I did not have to do anything to set that up).

You can see I have 16GB of memory, form the screenshot below.

I also have 88GB of available disk space in the root partition.

Question: Does 22.10 no longer setup a swapfile during instal ...

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Pedro Gallegos avatar
I'm trying to install vmware player but it fails to compile vmmon and vmnet kernel modules
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I just installed VMware Workstation Player 17.0 downloading from the website. I am using Kubuntu 22.10. When running the software, it says the following:

compiling ans installing following kernel modules

vmmon
vmnet

It fails to do so.

In the aplicacion log, there are some errors but I don't know what to do with them.

2023-02-05T22:32:19.266Z In(05) appLoader Invocation: "/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware- ...
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خالد سعيد avatar
Error when running TLauncher
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i have this error while trying to start TLauncher-2.86.jar in Ubuntu 20.04.

enter image description here

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Tom Edwards avatar
Bluetooth wireless mouse HPx 4000b paired and connected but not working
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I'm trying to connect a HPx 4000b bluetooth mouse with Ubuntu 22.04.1

Just looking at the gui settings, the mouse is connected and paired but won't respond when I move it.

I then tried removing it, installing blueman and connecting through that but the same problem persists.

I also looked in the bluetoothctl, listing my devices I can see the mouse but when I try to manually connect from here I get the  ...

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الجمجم الرابع avatar
Problem with building kernel for Ubuntu 22.04
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I am trying to build a kernel on Ubuntu 22.04 using instructions from phoenixnap.com. The kernel fails with these errors:

root@ko-System-Product-Name:/home/ko/Downloads/linux-4.9.337# make

ld: lib/lib.a(string.o): in function `stpcpy':
/home/ko/Downloads/linux-4.9.337/lib/string.c:258: undefined reference to `__ubsan_handle_nonnull_return_v1'
make: *** [Makefile:1017: vmlinux] Error 1
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peteretep avatar
Dual boot Dell XPS 13 9365
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I recently got a second hand dell xps 13 9365 - one that converts to a tablet form. It has been upgraded to Windows 11, and seems to have an updated bios that I am not familiar with - it has colourful tiles.

I would like to dual boot with Ubuntu or an Ubuntu based system.

I have burned an ubuntu system to an SD card using balena etcher, but I cannot seem to boot into it.

Thank you.

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Bram avatar
HDMI output not showing up for Radeon RX580 GPU
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I have an RX580 GPU connected to a monitor (AORUS FO48U) with built-in speakers that works fine with intel iGPU.

When I use the AMD GPU, I can not select an HDMI Audio device in the settings.

enter image description here

The only output that can be selected is Digital Output S/PDIF Built-in Audio.

Audio Info:

$ inxi -A
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-2: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 5 ...
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Angus Bishop avatar
External hard drive partition restored but won't mount
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I have a Seagate 2TB external hard drive and accidentally deleted the NTFS partition. I immediately realized what I had done and restored the partition, however I can't mount the partition (in terminal or Nautilus) yet it shows up in Disk Manager and as an entry if use sudo parted -l.

Disk Manager:

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sudo parted -l output:

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Mount via terminal output:

enter image description here

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Joe Cole avatar
How to boot from one drive and move everything to another drive
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I'm working with a couple of ARM single board computers and want to work off a larger drive. How can I to leave the /boot partition on my micro SD and move the rest of the file system to an SSD connected via USB 3.

On laptops, I've been able to boot to the installation media and install the OS putting /boot on one drive and / on the other during installation, but with the ARM SBCs the OS is alrea ...

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NakkiiBrks avatar
How to resize disk partitions only using console
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I have a Oracle Cloud VPS with Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS aarch64 minimal and I want to resize the partitions of my disk

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BarryAP avatar
Unable to prevent Windows 10 boot
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Installed Ubuntu from DVD selecting remove Windows. When booting the PC it still boots to Windows. How to get it to boot to Ubuntu? Ver. 20.04. Windows 10. Used the default partitions for the install. Appears to be one partition for the whole drive. 400gb. Installed from a USB DVD drive as could not get USB thumb drive or older (installed) DVD to be recognised. ASUS Mboard and external DVD drive. Chan ...

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