Latest Ubuntu related questions

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Ralf Ael avatar
Start of ubuntu issue
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when I want to run Ubuntu on my computer, among the firsts words written on my computer is « Failed to start Create System User » and after that the loading screen is infinite. What should I do to solve this issue ? Thanks

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J P F 07 avatar
Bluetooth/USB connection fails after unplugging my laptop
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I'm using ubuntu mate 22.10 on AMD ryzen 5 chip set(Vivobook 14). The problem is what is when I disconnect the power plug The Bluetooth disconnects and only connects after restarting. In the case of USB connection also if I unplug my device the connection is loosing and it fixes after restarting the system. Suppose if i'm using Bluetooth/USB connection without plugging the device it working properly unt ...

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How to only exclude directories in specific places from rsync, and not all directories with a particular name?
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rsync lets you exclude directories like .cache and lost+found when making backups of your home partition. That's great, except it does it for all directories with those names. How can I only exclude /home/lost+found and /home//.cache, and not any others? I doubt I have any other directories named .cache, but still, it's definitely a bad solution otherwise.

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Sven avatar
Upgrade to 22.04 does not launch
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I have been getting the prompt about the upgrade for 22.04 for quite a while now. Looks like this: Upgrade Prompt

I click upgrade, but then absolutely nothing happens. I've tried it 3-4 times by now.

I have read through this guide https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/upgrading-ubuntu-desktop#1-before-you-start, made sure systems fully updated etc - and trawled the www for what's going on.

Any suggestions?

 ...
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Hasan Ali avatar
Screen capture is glitchy on all types of applications
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I was trying to record my screen using the default screen capture app of Ubuntu 22.04 but the captured video is glitchy with many dropped frames to the point that it is unusable.

I tried using OBS Studio but it throws this error after I hit record:

Failed to open NVENC codec: Unknown error occurred

Please check your video drivers are up to date.

I then used Peek which records short GIFs but even thi ...

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Failed to start default target: Transaction for.graphical.target/start is destructive
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enter image description hereI have installed Nvidia drivers then I restarted the laptop.

When I typed exit on root@.. terminal below message appears in red.

Failed to start default target: Transaction for.graphical.target/start is destructive (emergency.target has ‘start’ job queued, but ‘stop’ is included in transaction)

Can I downgrade to default graphic drivers by terminal?

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Mihir Sawant avatar
Mouse Issue in Ubuntu 22.04
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My mouse is frozen and it doesn't move I don't know why. Sometimes it stops and other times it works flawlessly after a restart.

I attached my boot time snapshot for more reference: [startup time photo][1] Also it constantly shows this [this popup label][2]

Any idea how can I solve this, I have tried to change log level of grub to 3 but nothing changed [1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/1aJls.jpg [2]: ...

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hamagust avatar
Ubuntu 22.04 fails in returning after hibernate and hibrid sleep (wifi issue)
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I reinstalled Ubuntu 22 because of some issues.

  • I have a /home installed in a 2nd device;
  • previously I have hibernation activated

Soon as the re-installation was concluded, I made small non-related configurations, like:

  • installing chrome, LibreOffice,
  • checking if anaconda works,
  • verifying if all devices (beyond the 2ndary one with my home) were mounted in the correct location (otherwise correctin ...
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Samanway Karjee avatar
How to make an sh script execute commands in terminal
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I have recently developed an habit of programming. I saw this tutorial that allows me to use a program called SearXNG which allows me to make my own private search engine. (BTW click here for the tutorial) This has made me have to execute this command in particular to run the Search Engine:

cd searxng-docker && sudo docker-compose up -d

(BTW the cd is there because searxng-docker is the direct ...

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Matej Kovačič avatar
RTS522A SD card reader on Lenovo P14s not working in Ubuntu 22.10
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I have installed Ubuntu 22.10 (uname -a says 5.19.0-23-generic #24-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Oct 14 15:39:57 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux) on Lenovo P14s laptop.

There is built-in SD card reader, which does not work. I. e., when I insert SD card, it is not mounted. The same SD card works on some older Lenovo laptop with some older version of Ubuntu (so it is not some "special" SD card ...

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Dojo avatar
Multipass VM size on disk too large
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I have a multipass VM for running Kubernetes. Some Kubernetes workloads took up a lot of space in the VM. I have cleared that space within the VM now but on the host machine the space occupied on the VM has not gone down. In fact it has gone up from 37.2 GB to 46.2 GB!

How do I reclaim space and make it usable on the host machine without deleting the VM?

Size of VM as seen from host: enter image description here

Output of df -h ...

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iceman avatar
White screen on second monitor Ubuntu 22.04
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When I boot up Ubuntu on my dual boot laptop, the Ubuntu logo appears on both screens (connected with HDMI through Nvidia 1650) along with the HP logo, but the second I login, everything goes white on the second monitor. As I use the mouse on the primary laptop monitor, chunks flash to show the desktop underneath for mere seconds but that's it. I am usually able to see the mouse on the white screen, but ...

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"Command not found" errors from terminal, even though the software is installed
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I know ubuntu comes with a gnome-terminal. A few days ago, I started to face a new issue that I can't describe. I use the vscode code editor in my daily life. Many commands, like npm,pnpm, yarn, rust -v etc., are not working in the gnome-terminal, and I'm config everything with my .bashrc file with the same user name. Im also uses another terminal app like hyper, and all command does not work. It shows  ...

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How do I get Ubuntu to display `apt search` results on one line
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Really I want to ask, "how do I get apt search to show up more like Mint apt search?"

When I use Mint to search packages, they're shown on one line and my search terms are highlighted (colored) as in grep --color=auto. Also, there's a package state at the front of the line with a character describing the package's installed state, as in "i" if it's installed (see screenshot), or "v" or "p" (which  ...

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Taihlo avatar
Is there a way to replace a magic superblock?
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Following instructions from the Internet (Without doing research first) I have blanked out the superblock on the incorrect RAID disk. Using this command;

sudo mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/sdd

Now when I try to assemble the array I get this error;

mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdd (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 00000000)

Is there any way to get that superblock back? the data appears to be there s ...

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user8246410 avatar
Ubuntu 20.04 Workstation fully automated install
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Is there a way to install Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 fully automated, with no user interaction? I'll need to install custom applications and run scripts. I cannot use Ubuntu server with a GUI for this task. It must be ubuntu workstation 20.04. Thanks in advance.

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DisplayName avatar
DisplayPort 'breaks' on boot
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I am not sure if this is even an Ubuntu question as it very well could be some kind of electrical power race condition. The connected DisplayPort stops working on boot; more details below.

My setup:
An IPC from OnLogic with 3 DisplayPorts and Ubuntu 18.04 (BIOS gives insydeh20 setup utility REV 5.0) with a small 7" waveshare touchscreen HDMI (B07CPBCZHB).

When I connect both the 5V USB-PS and the DisplayP ...

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I/O Errors during xubuntu install on HP Stream 13-c002dx laptop. Am I hosed?
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I have an old HP Stream 13-c002dx that is becoming increasingly unstable under Windows 8.1. I downloaded the xubuntu 22.04 live disk onto a usb drive, and I've successfully pulled all of the data that I care about off the drive, although there were some I/O errors during the copy.

Notes about the HP Stream 13: it's a cheap celeron laptop with a 32GB eMMC hard drive integrated into the motherboard. If  ...

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xbarvazx avatar
Ubuntu 22.04 suspend without password
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So I just upgraded to 22.04, Until now after 15-30 minutes the screen locked and I needed a password to login again. Now its not happening an I can figure out what changed? enter image description here

Thanks,

Raz

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SebMa avatar
php8.1 does not work with the php handler php8.1-fpm : the browser displays the php source code
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I have installed the following Ubuntu repository packages on Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS :

$ dpkg -l apache2 php php-fpm libapache2-mod-php libapache2-mod-fcgid
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                 Version           Architecture Description
++ ...
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fny avatar
LibreOffice Theme is Gray and Seems Broken
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fny

I just installed LibreOffice on v22 using Software Center (it's a snap). It looks unusually gray and ugly. How can I make it prettier?

enter image description here

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yqq young avatar
Ubuntu22.04 suddenly freezes for a few seconds without any response
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Ubuntu22.04 suddenly freezes for a few seconds without any response.

$ cat /proc/version_signature 
Ubuntu 5.15.0-52.58-generic 5.15.60
$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -i "VGA"
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
    DeviceName: Onboard IGD
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 8978
$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation D ...
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pHneutre avatar
How to know if/when a package will be updated?
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This is an update process question.

After the latest Thunderbird update (version 102), I realized my Tbsync add-on was now incompatible. Tbsync has been updated to v4 to catch up to TB 102, but my current Tbsync version is 3.0.2 and Thunderbird can't find any updates available in the repositories.

So I wondered what the last Tbsync version was in the repositories and found this page which tells me  ...

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Bartosz Kalota avatar
Some system icons were replaced with 'prohibition sign' icon
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ISSUE DESCRIPTION:

Some icons are replaced with 'prohibition sign' icons as shown on the screens:

Topbar

Dock

Settings tabs

I guess that a potential reason of this problem is a 'snap-store' update that killed running applications and some other processes. Original icons were replaced from that moment. The issue of 'snap-store' update is described in this thread: Pending Update of Snap Store

ATTEMPTS:

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joe mama avatar
Kubuntu "Discover" package manager set no password prompt
cg flag

Is there a way to set the Kubuntu "Discover" package manager so it does not prompt for a password when managing (install,update,remove) packages?.

Thanks!

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Aarav Malhotra avatar
pyAudio install error
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I am not able to install pyAudio. It's showing "Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable". There are some building wheel error and can't find any youtube video. Please give me a proper working solution.

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Noa avatar
Ubuntu doesn't recognize I upgraded to 22.04
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Noa

I Upgraded my 20.04 Ubuntu to 22.04, the installation process went well, but after the restart - my computer doesn't recognize the upgrade and it tells me I'm still running on 20.04 though I have many errors mostly when I write Python code and using Django. seems like the packages are broken. I think the best way would be to reinstall Ubuntu, the thing is I don't see any other version available for down ...

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markling avatar
Sound doesn't work after using microsoft teams
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After using Microsoft Teams today, my sound stopped working.

It was working fine before the meeting, and it worked fine during the meeting. It just stopped working after the meeting stopped.

I attended the meeting through Google Chrome (Teams doesn't work with Firefox, in my experience).

With music playing inaudibly from my media player, I checked the Sound Mixer settings, and could see that the audio  ...

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Jop avatar
Netplan wpa_supplicant logging
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Jop

Before switching to netplan i could configure wpa_supplicant to start with "-f /path/to/.log -d" in pre-up. Is it possible to still set these settings so i can have clear and separated logs for my wifi connection while using netplan? The wpa-supplicant service is started from run so changing the service file has no effect to my understanding.

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Max Gabriel avatar
ssh worked first time but not afterwards on ubuntu 22.04
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I started openvpn via sudo openvpn --config myopenvpnfile.ovpn. Then I started ssh via ssh username@host -i ~/.ssh/myFolder. I was asked to enter my password once, which I did. It all worked and then I quit ssh via exit and stopped openvpn. Now, whenever I do the same procedure I get a non-responsive terminal upon ssh username@host -i ~/.ssh/myFolder, the openvpn part works of course. Can anyone tell  ...

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