Latest Ubuntu related questions

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DocBee avatar
Shotwell imports some but not all my iPhone photos
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Little old lady here who may be asking a dim question but please bear with me!

I am on Ubuntu 22.04.1 and update whenever suggested

I use Shotwell 0.30.14 – “Celle” for my photos

My iPhone is an 8 iOS 15.7

On attempting to download all my iPhone photos Shotwell is weirdly picky, for example, it has happily downloaded the pictures from 2-7/10/22 and 2-7 Nov 2022 but I cannot persuade it to download  ...

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Asghar avatar
dynamically port forward for by passing Internet censorship
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I want to make SSH port forwarding to solve and bypass censorship. I saw many examples and Youtube but I can't get what I want. Every month I must purchase a new VPS due to an advanced filtering system in Iran. Some companies solved their problems by socks proxy but I couldn't find that solution.

Example,

  • Iran IP: 198.51.100.10
  • German IP: 198.51.100.20 Code:
nohup ssh -4 -D 198.51.100.10:8080 root@198. ...
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Philipp Ludwig avatar
Disable smooth scrolling in yelp
tr flag

I am using yelp to read man pages (the formatting is much nicer). However, I would like to disable the "smooth scrolling" of yelp.

I tried the suggestions in the answers to this question, but nothing works. Is there another setting that I am missing?

By the way, I am using yelp under i3, so no desktop environment is involved.

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Equinoxx avatar
Show app as indicator
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I want to see an app as an app indicator (eg. like discord indicator) instead of a full app in the dock. Is there anyway to do so? There might be an extention but I can't find any.

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idiot shinuki avatar
Trying to do a release upgrade on a dual-boot system, fails due to /boot/efi not being mounted
US flag

I have a system that is dual-booting Zorin OS 16.2 and Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS. I read news that 22.10 has official pipewire support upcoming, so I decided to do a release upgrade to that version. As my main installation, I'd like for Zorin OS to be managing the bootloader so there's no conflicts, which is why I didn't (and won't) mount my ESP on my Ubuntu Studio installation. When attempting to do a re ...

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Jeroen van der Linde avatar
Landscape package profiles
gb flag

I have 2 servers running Ubuntu Server 18.04. I have created a package profile and an update profile. On the package profile I entered some packages that should have the exact version I want, but those are not the latest versions. I configured the update profile to run once a day and update all packages.

When the update profile ran, I expect the updates of the packages to be updated to the versio ...

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hijimbob avatar
Are the files with username and numbers after it archive log files in var/mail?
my flag

I have the normal files with just name but after that I have 2-3 more files with numbers after it. For example I have root and then root201303. This is for pretty much all users. Are those just some archived log files I don't need? Would it be ok to just remove them/back them up to an other device if I'm not planning on using the logs later on?

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JanH avatar
How to install Grub Customizer?
pf flag

Entering command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer

And the last lines read:

E: The repository 'https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/danielrichter2007/grub-customizer/ubuntu kinetic Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and  ...
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Damn Vegetables avatar
Remove unnecessary hardware stuff from Server 22.04 for QEMU/KVM
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I installed Ubuntu Server 22.04 as a guest OS of QEMU/KVM virtual machine. I installed minimal XFCE and a few GUI apps and that is all I use. If I see the disk usage, the "/usr/lib" directory is huge, and I think it contains things that will never be useful for a QEMU virtual machine like AMD-GPU.

Is there any easy way to remove all the hardware stuff that are irrelevant to a VM?

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tom avatar
white screen of death with CUDA in Ubuntu 22.04
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tom

When I reboot my machine after installing the CUDA toolkit (11.8), I get a blank, white screen. This doesn't happen if I only install the NVIDIA drivers (5.20), but the combo with the CUDA toolkit is what seems to trigger this event. Unfortunately I need the CUDA toolkit to run some applications (cryosparc) for my work. Some details of my machine:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 ...

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user1532080 avatar
Sniffing PS/2 communications
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I've got a new laptop, with a keyboard that has an Fn key. I've always believed Fn keys were handled in hardware by the keyboard, but in this instance, some things have triggered a doubt in my mind.

If it was an external keyboard, I'd hook it to a logic analyzer and be done with it. But I'd rather not do that on the brand new laptop.

Is there a way to somehow sniff PS2 communications? PS/2 being a s ...

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OZ1SEJ avatar
Getting a glimpse of the unlocked desktop before the login screen when resuming from standby mode
ru flag

I'm running Ubuntu 22.04 on my Lenovo Thinkpad, and whenever I'm resuming from standby mode, I first get a "flash" or a "glimpse" - I guess around half a second - of either my desktop or whatever program I was running when I entered standby mode.

It's not really a nuisance, but I believe it might be a security issue; if I had any sensitive information on my screen when I entered standby mode, any ...

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Amado avatar
My Laptop is in emergency mode
cw flag

I am stuck with emergency mode and don't know how to fix this I am running Ubuntu 22.04 I tried pressing control + D but it failed also Can someone please help

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privacyninja avatar
Headset not being detected after upgrading from Ubuntu 22.04 to 22.10
mu flag

I have a HyperX Cloud II USB headset and after upgrading today it isnt being detected. I don't have a dedicated soundcard in my PC. Anyone know what the issue is?

I have tried:

  • Booting with it unplugged then plugging in after
  • Installed pulseaudio and it isn't being detected there
  • Plugging it into a different USB port
  • Booting into an older kernel version
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xrkr avatar
Ubuntu Bonding doesn't work on Dell R730
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I am unable to make a bond work on an R730 DELL server whereas r630 servers (we have 3) are connected to the same switch and have the same VLAN's allowed are working without any issues.I have cross checked again with my network guy and it is confirmed to have the same VLAN's on both the ports of the switches. I have tried breaking the bond and assigning the IP on the individual interfaces to see if the  ...

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ubuntu noob avatar
Can't print "cups-pki-invalid"
gm flag

I can't print, print jobs stop at "pending" and it shows a status "cups-pki-invalid". Troubleshooter couldnt fix, this is what it outputted as a log

https://pastebin.com/99JfDCWQ

I am running Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS.

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geekley avatar
How can I downmix stereo audio output to mono in PipeWire (on 22.10)?
fr flag

I need a way to set mono audio output on my system.
I had used this solution before: Can I downmix stereo audio to mono?

pacmd load-module module-remap-sink sink_name=mono master=NAME_OF_AUDIO_SINK \
 channels=2 channel_map=mono,mono

However, it stopped working when I upgraded to Kubuntu 22.10, presumably because it now uses PipeWire instead of PulseAudio. When I do pacmd list-sinks I get:
No Puls ...

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yananet avatar
Set a size limit in a directory and utilize the unused space
ph flag

I want to set a size limit in a directory. There is an answer already in this question, https://askubuntu.com/a/841306/1644693

But this example creates 2Gb file, I want to utilize the unused space if the directory is not fully used.

How can I do this? Thank you.

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Gen Liang avatar
xrdp cannot work from ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04
pl flag

I updated from ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04, and now xrdp doesn't work. I checked the xorgxrdp logs and it gives this


[  1342.057] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[  1342.057] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[  1342.057] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[  1342.057] (EE) 
Fatal server error:
[  1342.057] (EE) xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open virtual console 2 ( ...
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La An Vong avatar
Chrome has been free after open window choose file to download or upload
pl flag

This issue just appear when I choose directiory to download or upload, not appear when I use download default. After a long time research and test, I figure out this issue because some Short cut web on Chrome be set is autostart. The question is how to set Shorcut web be autostart but avoid freeze when download file?

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Matt Bomer avatar
Ubuntu Pro - audit CIS
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I tried to install Ubuntu Pro audit cis_level1_server. I was follow this article but got this error:

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user2767206 avatar
Ubuntu Server 22.04.1 crashing during initial install if I put a dash in the name
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I have tried multiple times to install Ubuntu servers 22.04 and 22.04.1 AMD 64bit to have the installation crash. I am installing it onto an ESXi 6.7 server. After multiple configuration changes, I have found including a dash '-' in the computer, name causes this error in both normal server and minimal server installs. Language is set to English and all default ubuntu install settings and ESXi settings. ...

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Bilal avatar
How to launch terminator from the terminal and then close the terminal without closing terminator
il flag

I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 and I want to run the GNOME terminator from the terminal in a specific folder path and then close the terminal, can you tell me how can I do that please? thanks in advance.

Note: I don't want to make terminator my default bash terminal.

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Tikendra Kumar Sahu avatar
Screen gets jittery. Artifacts on Screen
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My sceen get atrifacts suddenly. How do i fix this. I just updated from ubuntu 22.04 to 22.10. I am having this Issue since.

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Output of lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display':

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation CometLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics] (rev 05)
    Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] CometLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics]
    Kernel driver in use: i915
    Kern ...
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Rob avatar
ubuntu 22.04 wifi hotspot not sharing internet but is assigning ip addresses
cn flag
Rob

So the title says it all really. Wifi hotspot is set up, I can see it with my phone, can connect and get assigned an IP address but the phone has no internet connection.

It seems there is a problem with Ubuntu 22.04 completing the sharing part, maybe it needs a bridge between the wifi and ethernet?

the ubuntu machine has a static ip but the home router is serving IP address to the rest of the netw ...

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PleaseHelpMe avatar
Computer freezes after sudo apt upgrade in ubuntu server
rw flag

My 13-15 year old Toshiba laptop has issues running ubuntu server 22.04.1. When I run 'sudo apt upgrade' or 'sudo apt dist-upgrade' it results in the following repeated over and over almost instantly. "Uhhuh. NMI received for for unknown reason 2d on cpu 0. Do you have a strange power saving mode enabled? Dazed and confused, but trying to continue" and I eventually have to force reboot. The pc specs are ...

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Rogo avatar
I have been unable to convert a script I used on Ubuntu 18.04 to my upgraded 22.04
cn flag

In 18.04 this code worked just fine

#!/bin/bash
# Opens Libreofice most recent version of Weekly Task Sheet using zsh
# Following creating the script, at root terminal command evaluate chmod 755 tasksheet
# to set permissions; then execute with ./tasksheet
# linuxcommand.org/lc3_wss0010.php

zsh -c 'soffice <path>/WeeklyTaskSheet/*.odt(om[1])'

I am not finding where to put it in 22.04. I have no ...

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Sarthak Tiwari avatar
input and output device of sound is suspended
co flag

I am Running

   Distributor ID:  Ubuntu
    Description:    Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
    Release:    22.04
     Codename:  jammy

hardware is

 Terminal: gnome-terminal 
Intel CPU: Intel i5-8250U (8) @ 3.400GHz 
GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 620 
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon R7 M260/M265 / M340/M360 / M440/M445 / 
530/535 / 620/625 Mobile

my input and output device of sound is suspended

46  alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1 ...
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user1647756 avatar
Ubuntu 20.04 Audio Not working Samsung Chromebook
am flag

If anyone can help me with this audio problem that would be appreciated. I have a Samsung Chromebook and I have a Inter Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series High Definition Audio Controller. I've tried multiple methods with pavucontrol and many more but nothing won't work. I do not have the Dummy audio but the audio still does not work. Thank you in advance

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pegleg avatar
File system/boot/grub & sda's all show empty
so flag

I am a completely lost newb to Linux. I've looked at this from the terminal side and now the gui side.

I have a Acer Aspire M3470G, A6 Quad Core, 2.20 Ghz, 4Gb ram, 300 Gb HD, UEFI 64 bit. It wouldn't boot, I've ditched MS and going for a LinuxMint 21 only system on it.

I have been trying to do a solo install of mint for 2 months. Tried 4 different downloaded iso's, none would reboot after installs. ...

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