Questions tagged [ubuntu]
Free, open-source operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux. Ubuntu questions are on topic here, but if you prefer an Ubuntu-only audience there is Ask Ubuntu (https://askubuntu.com/).
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Why can't I get any sound on Ubuntu despite it detecting all of my sound devices?
Ubuntu detects all my sound devices, my speakers are connected to the line-out interface but no sound plays no matter what I do.
I basically new to Ubuntu and trying to use it as an OS for my daily ...
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Why am I unable to ping Ubuntu VM (Virtual Box) from a macOS host?
I have a MacBook running macOS Sequoia (15.1.1). It is connected to my home Wifi network, through which I get a DHCP Network settings and I can connect to the internet. I have installed Oracle Virtual ...
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How do I merge two zfs pools to have the same password prompt
I have created two ZFS pools, one for my files and one for the OS. When setting them up, I set both to be encrypted. I think the OS one was created by the Ubuntu installer. The one for my files I ...
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How to build old qla2xxx driver from Kernel 4.10.17 on Debian 12 with Kernel 6.1?
I'm running an old Intel Atom Mainboard "D945GCLF2" with an integrated Intel Atom 330. I installed Debian 12 (minimal; CLI only) on it and it runs fine so far.
I now actually want to use ...
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Unable to ping Ubuntu VM once I connect it to my vpn provider
My setup requires me to run 2 VM's that are dedicated VPN servers. I have to forward all my lan traffic through the vpn tunnel from my router to my strongswan vpn server which then forwards all ...
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Why do app icons get very large when system display scaling is increased with Albert?
OS: Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
Display Resolution: 2240 x 1400
Display Scaling: 150%
Qt Version: 6.4.2
Platform: xcb
Albert version: 0.26.11
The app icons get too big when I increase the display scaling to ...
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Exit the shell after installing a WSL distro
I am trying to write a bat file, which installs a specific distro and prepares it to do something with minimal user interaction.
The command I use for that is wsl --install Ubuntu-24.04.
This works, ...
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Best Emulator for Installing WhatsApp on Ubuntu System [closed]
I want to reduce my social media usage while on the phone. But this one app, WhatsApp, is so integrated in my life I cannot get rid of it. So I'm thinking I'm gonna use this phone
and use WhatsApp ...
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How to fix bootloader using GRUB rescue after getting unknown file-system error?
I'm currently using an Oracle VirtualBox to run Ubuntu on my PC. Firstly I was trying to recover some files I mistakenly deleted in my terminal using exundelete tool. Did some research and part of the ...
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Uploading .uf2 project files tp EV3 Lego brick via USB cable on Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)
To start with, I know I can user ev3dev but as this is for my son, he want's to use code blocks and I'm struggling to get it all working as expected...
Initially there was an problem with ev3 not ...
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How can I point a DNS A record for a subdomain to a specific port on an Ubuntu server?
I want to have a subdomain pointed to the IP of my VPS server with the port 5000.
I pointed a A record to my VPS IP, that works but I still need to add :5000 for it to work, how can I point a record ...
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Having MBR and FileSystem issues when running “dist-update” from 22.10 to 24.04 Ubuntu server?
Since I've done the dist-update of one Ubuntu Server machine running LTS 22.10 I'm facing many FileSystem and Boot issues.
After the first update the filesystem was completely messed up and I needed ...
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Ubuntu machine constantly looses internet connection, seemingly when Sabnzb is busy
My "late 2012" Mac mini, running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, keeps loosing its internet connection, even though it has a wired connection and the internet itself is completely fine. But I can't even ...
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Why does my WD My Passport not read, write, or half the time, it doesn't even sense the drive?
WD My Passport won't read, write, or half the time, it doesn't even sense the drive.
It does makes noises like when a drive is about to go out (only had it since 2020, only used once), but where my ...
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Screen tearing on Ubuntu 24.04 with AMD gpu
I have built a custom pc with following spec:
7900x (with integrated gpu)
Ubuntu 24.04
B650 motherboard
6000Mhz ram stick
It works pretty well but when I use chrome or chromium based apps, it ...
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How to get reputation to comment on my own post [migrated]
How do I get reputation? I just want to reply to a person on my own post.
But unless I'm being silly, I can't do it, so I want to ask how to raise reputation. Google was entirely unhelpful.
Thanks.
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OpenSSH doesn't automatically adds a key to authorized_keys, outputs "Permission denied" instead
I have been trying to establish an SSH connection between my PC and a Raspberry Pi 4B with Ubuntu on it, which led only to
Permission denied (publickey)
Only when I created my client's puplic key ...
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Installing HP proliant ML310r server gen8 fails
would like to ask for some help please. I am not pro, but rather enthusiast.
I bought my first "home" server HP proliant ml310e gen 8 server. It has ILO problem (fault chip) thus network ...
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Why there is no Internet on QEMU VM despite connection is present
I am trying to create VM to test Ansbile Playbooks with Ubuntu Server 24.04.
I pass USB wifi adapter to VM. It is detected and connected during installation process.
However despite IP in LAN is ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Wifi adapter not listing access points
After an update to Ubuntu 22.04 one of my Wifi adapters no longer sees any access point and can't be forced to connect blindly.
The two adapters are very similar:
Working:
|__ Port 2: Dev 9, If 2, ...
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Why am I experiencing two big problems trying to install Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS on Virtual Box?
I first installed Virtual Box using a beta from this year when the site was down. Now I have uninstalled that, installed latest version (site is now working) and installed guest additions.
Before I ...
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Mount needs manual action after each reboot for it to work
I mounted a local ssd drive (ext4) called "data" using nemo on Linux Mint 22. It works fine. It is displayed, can be read and written.
When I use any file within that mount for another ...
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Ubuntu 24.04 Folder Sharing with Windows 10/11 [closed]
I spent hours trying to enable Ubuntu folder sharing to work with Win 10/11 and am totally stumped. First some background. This pc used to run Win 10 but I recently reverted it to Ubuntu. My first ...
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Is it possible to install newer kernels without knowing system password on Lubuntu if physical access is there?
I have installed Lubuntu with Home In a separate partition. The Home has a separate mount point and it was encrypted. It was all working. I need to provide the password for Home first then the system ...
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Can't boot into duplicated partition -- grub issue?
I can't seem to boot out of the Xubuntu 20.04 in a duplicated partition to my initial / root partition.
My only operable OS on my machine was Xubuntu 20.04, mounted as / on a partition nvme0n1p3. I ...
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With native bash in Linux, how to output K as in Kubuntu?
Using:
OS: Kubuntu 22.04.5 LTS x86_64
neofetch --stdout |grep 'OS:'
Question clarified 1:
How does neofetch do it?
What command is neofetch using to output K?
as in:
OS: Kubuntu 22.04.5 LTS x86_64
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Extending Linux partition and adding swap in a dual-boot system
I initially gave my Linux partition 30GB, 27GB to root and 3GB to swap system.
the problem is that my swap is on the end of the disk and is not adjacent to D.
(So that I can extend D, shrink it, ...
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Installing ubuntu failed after selecting "try and install ubuntu"
I am trying to install ubuntu on my newly built PC but so far I always stuck at the booting phase.
here is what I have done
Install windows
free some space (500GiB) for ubuntu
download ubuntu desktop ...
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How to access web app in internal network on ubuntu
A web application is running on ubuntu machine on port 7777.
I am trying to access this web app in internal network.
I have tried to open port using:
sudo ufw allow 7777/tcp
and I get relevant status
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cvlc does not work on Ubuntu server 24.04
I have Ubuntu server 24.04 installed on a mini pc with a J4125 cpu. I want to run cvlc to display an rtsp stream on the monitor attached to the hdmi port from the command line.
When I run cvlc rtsp://...
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I deleted Python 3.12 in my Ubuntu 24.04 , now have problems with system. How can I fix it?
I manually sudo rm -rf-ed some python3.12 packages in /usr/bin/, after installing 3.13 thinking that it will be okay but my system went out and I cant even start terminal, I need to write on vscodes ...
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IPsec tunnel established, nmap working but unable to ping
I have this Ubuntu VM on my network which is supposed to concentrate traffic towards a VPN and route it through it. Now, what happens is (although nothing has changed in configurations, except for ...
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Virtual Box 7.0 and Ubuntu 24.04.1 Drag and Drop not working
I am currently running an Ubuntu 24.04.1 VM on Oracle Virtual Box 7.0 on Windows 11. My issue is that, even after getting linux-headers installed using the following sets of commands:
$ sudo apt ...
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Ubuntu login hangs for ~2 minutes before responsiveness
I'm running Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS. After I log in, there's a consistent 2-minute (approx. 2m 19s) delay before my desktop becomes responsive. Not sure if it helps, but I am running a 3 monitor setup with ...
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Why won't program run if not located at C:\program files after installing dual boot?
Few months ago, I installed Ubuntu 22 on my laptop as dual boot with Windows 10. All programs worked properly before I apply dual boot on my laptop. However since I installed dual boot, I have an ...
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Why is eth0.accept_ra sysctl value always overwritten even after specifying in sysctl.conf?
Ubuntu 22.04
I'm trying to configure an IPv6 network and want to accept autocofinguration via Router Advertisement messages. So I added the following lines
/etc/sysctl.conf:
net.ipv6.conf.all....
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Attached volume not available to docker services
I successfully attached a volume to my ubuntu host as can be seen below.
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 3.2G 2.1M 3.2G 1% /run
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sshd ignores Macs settings in sshd_config
I have tried deactivating weak MACs in /etc/ssh/sshd_config, this is the file:
PasswordAuthentication yes
ChallengeResponseAuthentication no
UsePAM yes
X11Forwarding yes
PrintMotd no
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Win11 WSL - Installing new distro never completes
Windows11 system, WSL2, have already been using 2 distros (Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04) for several years.
Today I opened Powershell and typed
wsl --install -d Ubuntu-24.04
A new terminal window opened and ...
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Why is charging super slow under Ubuntu on a MacBook Air 2017?
After replacing macOS with Ubuntu on my MacBook Air 2017, I'm experiencing extremely slow charging speeds that I never had before.
After an hour of charging the battery went from 4% to 8%, and in ...
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Why are my dual boot partitions in differents disks in disk management window, and how to delete one
Long ago I partitioned my SSD [mounted on NVME] to dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows (I normally boot with the GRUB loader). I want to delete the Ubuntu partition, but I don't get why I have them on ...
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Ubuntu 24.04 External Microphone not working
I have an Acer Nitro AN515-44 that I've recently switched from windows to Ubuntu 24.04. Everything thus far has been great save for my Headset only works as an output. My system won't recognize the ...
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How to route a subdomain to an IP
I tried this using haproxy in Ubuntu and CentOS but failed. I have an python app that needs IP to connect to the API but my current API is running on xyz.app.com and I tried asking the API owner for ...
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How to set up a firewall for an ubuntu network gateway
To get more experince with networking, I am creating a small virtual network within virtual box. PC 1 is an ubuntu install that has been configured to provide internet access to PC2, which is also an ...
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Ubuntu Server unreachable via SSH after some amount of time
I have Ubuntu Server 22.04 running at home. It has a static IP, outside of DHCP range so the IP will not change. Also, my home network's public IP has been the same the whole time.
When the server is ...
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Remote Desktop Error upon starting WSL Ubuntu 24.04
I have just installed Ubuntu 24.04 on a brand new computer running Windows 11 Home. As soon as the distro launches via wsl (and even immediately after install), I receive multiple of the following ...
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SSH client hangs for long right after start
I have a problem that my machine has an SSH client that very slowly establishes connection. It is hanging right after starting the command. When I run it with triple debug flag (-vvv), it even then ...
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Error after extending UEFI partition
I attempted to increase the UEFI partition size from 100 MB to 1 GB. To do this, I created a new partition (P4) with the desired size and copied the files from the original 100 MB partition to it. I ...
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I did "sudo gdm3" and now I'm stuck on a black screen
I'm Stuck at a black screen after running "sudo gdm3" at Ubuntu oracular and I'm at a QEMU KVM VNC with Sysrq & Ctrl-Alt-Del disabled
Image of RealVNC On Mobile:
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VMware Error: Processor Does Not Support XSAVE on 32-bit System
I've recently met this error "the processor does not support xsave. this virtual machine cannot be powered" on VMWare while trying to run my Ubuntu on my 32bit PC
I have tried First to ...
