Questions tagged [ubuntu-20.04]
Ubuntu 20.04 (Also codenamed Focal Fossa) is a Long Term Support (LTS) release which would be supported until 2025 by Canonical, it's manufacturer company. Questions on Ubuntu 20.04 are on-topic here, but you can also check out Ask Ubuntu (askubuntu.com).
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Is there any way to display terminal output value on Linux (Ubuntu 20.04) window top bar (GNOME Shell)?
First of all, I just need to view the outcome of vnstat -t continually. This command terminal output looks like this:
I tried using a tool called "Argos". I created an Argos script to ...
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How do I connect netopeer2 to sample localhost on Ubuntu 20.04?
OS: Ubuntu 20.04
All components of netopeer2 is intalled by following this website. I don't know how to configure netopeer2 server username or password. I install all the components and try the ...
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Ubuntu initial account can NOT log by public keys
I tried to ssh logging from my Win10 client to Ubuntu server without annoying password input.
So I configure my Win10 client as this official link said.
And here is my 2 accounts:
1.The initial ...
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Open terminal to locally forwarded port
I am using ssh to access a remote server via local port forwarding. This however being the first time I'm using ssh, I'm not quite familiar with it. I am using this command
ssh -N -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa -L ...
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Accidentally installed postgres10 and postgres12 on Ubuntu
Ubuntu 20.04 came preinstalled with postgres10. Roughly 2 years ago I did a sudo apt-get install postgresql which must have installed postgres12. I never noticed that when I sudo -u postgres psql (...
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update-initramfs hangs, could relate to update-grub?
On my Ubuntu 20.04, all commands that relate to update-grub hangs. If using apt install/remove/upgrade it points to use
sudo dpkg --configure -a
Running that command, will cause following lines to ...
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Protocol not avaible SSH
Sometimes I can access the server, but most of the time it returns the following error.
ssh -vvv gilberto@146.164.6.223 -p 23490
OpenSSH_8.4p1 Ubuntu-6ubuntu2.1, OpenSSL 1.1.1q 5 Jul 2022
debug1: ...
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Don't use tmpfs for /tmp in WSL2
I am running Ubuntu 20.04 in WSL2.
I have the problem that there is not enough space in /tmp.
It is located in tmpfs. I'd like to move it into / so that it can use the space of this much bigger ...
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Why is crontab not executing my .sh file?
I am completely and utterly confused at why crontab with not run this .sh file. I'm using a package called pushover notifications to send a notification to my phone. I've tried so many different ...
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which is the right location for libvirt in ubuntu?
Not sure why libvirt and KVM install is becoming a dirtiest of all experience for me.
this is ubuntu 20.04 LTS and it is confusing like hell.
does anyone know which is the 'right' and default location ...
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gpg --pinentry-mode loopback too much data for the ICP layer in CLI (non-gui) mode?
When I use X11 GUI mode, I can enter my passphrase through the prompt without errors: 'gpg -d <my encrypted file>'.
However, when I try the same from a CLI (windowless mode) specifying pinentry-...
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How to upgrade to latest KDE Plasma, on Ubuntu 20.04 [closed]
I seem to be stuck on 5.18.8 of Plasma - even though I've updated apt - do I need to manually add a different source?
I've run sudo apt-get update, and looked in "Discover" and software ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 stop to start in graphic mode. I can't access to my graphic environment anymore
I am not a system engineer (I am a software developer) and I am experiencing this problem with a Linux Ubuntu 20.04 virtual machine.
Today, after that I installed Python (it is the last operation that ...
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How do I change where Grub wants to install?
My Ubuntu 20.04.1 server was running fine. After recently installing a new drive, when I run a simple sudo apt-get upgrade, I see that it's trying to install on the wrong partition. Here's the error:
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Left mouse button stopped working
Today my left mouse button stopped working. Touchpad still works but USB cable mouse does not.
I tired :
system restart
gnome reset
unplug mouse
metacity --replace &
read Mouse clicks suddenly ...
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How to run sudo with target user environment AND without password prompt
root@Test:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS
Release: 20.04
Codename: focal
root@Test:~#
I'm user1 and need to run ...
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DNS Server communication issue, timeout
I have set up a DNS server with both master and slave in Ubuntu 20.04.5. All the configurations are made properly. But when I am doing nslookup, it's giving the following error:
;; communications ...
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Why graalvm is not appearing in update-alternatives --config java?
I downloaded the file graalvm-ce-java17-linux-amd64-22.3.0.tar.gz and extract to the location usr/lib/jvm.
Then i set the environment path with command
export PATH=/path/to/<graalvm>/bin:$PATH ...
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Problems with Delock 89475 10 Gigabit LAN TN4010
is somebody out there who also has a Delock 10GBE Ethernet Card (Product Number 89475, Chipset: TN4010), who experiences connection dropouts? I run Ubuntu 22.04 and Windows 10 LTSC 1809 on this ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 VM on VirtualBox incompatible with "hardinfo" app
I already asked this Q on "Ask Ubuntu", but I think "Super User" community might help me too here.
Question:
I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 VM on Oracle VirtualBox 7.0 (from Win10 host ...
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Transmission on Ubuntu: daemon is running but transmission-remote says Unauthorized User?
I installed Transmission on Ubuntu 20.04 with sudo apt install transmission-daemon.
After starting the service, when I try to get the status with transmission-remote -si I get:
Unauthorized User
I ...
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How can I get Ubuntu 20.04.5 to connect to a hybrid WPA2/WPA3 network on an early 2015 MacBook Pro?
I've looked at various questions here but in my situation, my WiFi is working on my early 2015 MacBook Pro on Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS.
The issue I'm running into is Ubuntu won't connect to hybrid WPA2/WPA3 ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 On startup is showing command/info on login screen
Showing weird information/command at login. This is a local Ubuntu installation in a virtual box.
How can I fix this?
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Can't figure out how to add padding to left side of Ubuntu 20.04.5 CLI in WSL 2(On Win11)
Posting here with updated detail after posting on AskUbuntu as user @NotTheDr01ds had a great answer but unfortunately it did not accomplish what I was hoping to accomplish.
I installed WSL 2 and ...
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How to focus on second screen when cycling trough Activities overview
On gnome desktop you can use the cmd/super key to show all active windows (see image).
This will show all active application on each screen. But I can only use the tab and arrow keys to select a ...
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Why linux (ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS) mounts windows (ntfs) partition without any record in fstab?
I just detected that my windows (ntfs) partition is always mounted but doesn't have any record in fstab.
How and why ubuntu doing that? Is it not too obscure, why not place a record to fstab, it ...
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Network eth0 down and won't obtain IP address after most recent 'apt updgrade'
Recently, one of my headless ubuntu 20.04 systems started displaying "System restart required" at login. As such, I did apt upgrade & apt update (not dist update). I did not regain ssh ...
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About NVIDIA drivers not working for Ubuntu 20.04 GTX 1650
I have installed NVIDIA driver (using Software and updates) for my UBUNTU 20.04 machine running on Dell G3. After installation i noticed settings in NVIDIA X Server as "NVIDIA on demand" but ...
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Linux Mint 21 Terminal windows not showing as open in taskbar
Since Mint's the last update to ubuntu 20.04, I have seeing issue with some windows showing up in the taskbar. Here is an example:
Example Image
This issue also applies to folders that are open.
This ...
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Set up multiple monitors for XRDP (Windows 10 client, Ubuntu 20.04 server)
I am using XRDP to connect to an Ubuntu 20.04 Virtual Machine over a network connection, from a Windows 10 machine. My local setup has 3 monitors, and the VM runs on a server somewhere (Proxmox).
How ...
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No internet connection in WSL2 Ubuntu through px-proxy
I have a Windows 10 machine that connects to internet via px-proxy using localhost and port 1234 without login what works just fine; PowerShell & Co. can successfully connect to the internet.
Now ...
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systemd network issues, ' code=exited, status=1/FAILURE'
I have an application that fails to connect with networking (that's what I assume) and throws an 'code=exited, status=1/FAILURE' error if I start it using systemd. However if i start that application ...
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Browsers do not load pages unless routed through TOR on one of my computers. Even across different operating systems. Other computer works fine
On my HP laptop I have Ubuntu 20.x installed and everything worked fine until yesterday. Firefox wouldn't load pages anymore, but TOR bundle browser did.
I cannot ping google.com but I can ping 8.8.8....
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Headphones not working on Ubuntu somtimes
So for work I got this nice laptop with Ubuntu running on it.
Now when I try to connect the wireless USB headset I got with it, I get nothing... sometimes.
I tried using the USB dongle a couple times. ...
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How to repair/recover windows 10 that won't boot
On a Dell XPS-15-9500, I had a dual boot installation of Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04 that worked well for a long time. Then something strange happened (I think after a Windows update) and neither ...
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How can I transfer files from Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS to Windows 10 automatically?
I have a web site on my Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS and I need to copy its database backups (created with CronJobs) to a couple of other Windows 10 machines automatically. The Ubuntu Server itself sits on ...
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Setup wireguard client on Ubuntu server
I've got an Ubuntu server running on my workstation.
When I installed wireguard and tried to connect to an wireguard server I've got over the seas via wg-quick I got:
$ wg-quick up peer_wsu
[#] ip ...
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mounted disk space is not getting used automatically
HI I have attached a volume of 1TB to my Ubuntu server.
I can see the mounted disk in df -h.
/dev/vdb 1000G 1.1G 999G 1% /data
Note: /dev/vdb is the new mounted disk.
If I do fdisk -l, the error ...
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Why some app not responding after update Ubuntu 20.04?
After update Ubuntu 20.04 some app like: terminal, thunderbird, sublime text, software updater are not opeing or opening very slow and a message "APPNAME is not responding" with two option &...
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Linux to Azure Site-to-Site topology
I'm trying to figure out the topology of a VPN I'm being asked to set up and I've very little experience in networks at all so apologises if I get lost in the weeds.
I need to connect to a clients ...
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Is it possible to connect to VPN server using VPN?
I work from home. I connect to office network through VPN. I also have a GIT server that, by certificate, allows to connect only from office public IP, that is via VPN for me. And they are both the ...
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Ubuntu networking: where these routes come from?
I have a WiFi connection (NG5 on wlp2s0) for main Internet surfing and a VPN (Ufficio on ppp0) to "talk" to office network. That's it.
A custom GIT server of mine allows connection only from ...
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Network Drive / Samba setting between Windows 11 and Ubuntu 20.04
I installed Virtual Box and installed Ubuntu 20.04 in it.
And configured Samba in Ubuntu 20.04 and trying to map a directory in Ubuntu to network drive in Windows 11.
I added a section like below to ...
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Cannot connect to pC on AnyDesk, showing "status: result_quit"
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 and have AnyDesk installed on my laptop. This error occurred suddenly and since then I am unable to connect to the PC (target PC) via AnyDesk.
It is showing "status: ...
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Ubuntu stuck at HP logo after trying to setup swapfile for hibernation
I use Ubuntu 20.04 LTS which I installed dual boot to Windows. I wanted to add Hibernation as an option. So I installed pm utilities and tried sudo pm-hibernate It did not work. I read somewhere that ...
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User cron job is somehow removed automatically
I'm trying to install a cronjob for the user www-data on my Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS which always gets deleted after some arbitrary time without any interaction of mine. At least I can't see any regularity ...
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Configure Linux screens to run in alternate directory instead of /var/run/screen
I have been working with screens for just under about a month now and have most everything working as I wish. The only issue now is that my screens will seemingly kill with the user process still ...
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Accidentally changed permissions of /usr/lib to 777
I apologise in advance for poor formatting because my laptop isn't working anymore. I'm on mobile.
I accidentally changed the permissions of /usr/lib to 777 (recursively, with -R). Everything was ...
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Folder share from windows 10 to ubuntu 20-04 - mount-error-13
My apologies in advance if this sounds like a really daft question but I don't even know where I am going wrong here is my situation:
I have 2 laptops at home connected to the same wifi network and I ...
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How to remove the padding around an icon in desktop in Ubuntu 20.04?
I want to remove the padding around an icon in Ubuntu Desktop. How can I do that?
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