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i need to mass install fast using only usb thumb drives

hi is there a way to automate the install of the latest ubuntu desktop install with only a usb drive because I need to mass install. I have looked into it but only saw that you can host a server that ...
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Cannot enable automatic login in Ubuntu 22.04

I am not able to enable automatic login in Ubuntu 22.04 when I press or activate the button. Shortly after it is misconfigured again. How to solve it to leave it activated permanently? ubuntu-22.04
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Ubuntu 23.04 logs me out arbitrarily while going to sleep mode

I upgraded my desktop to Ubuntu 23.04 a few days ago. Since then I've noticed that sometimes i get logged out when the system goes into sleep mode after 15 minutes of inactivity. I searched askubuntu ...
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Disable Ubuntu 22.04 automatic aws kernel updates

I have a ubuntu 22.04 server running on AWS. A while ago there was an automatic kernel update which caused the server to crash and it was a nightmare since it was headless (aws). Since then I manually ...
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Fluidsynth Starting Automatically On Boot; Login Freezing - Connected? How to Solve?

Since switching from Kubuntu 20.04 to Ubuntu Studio 22.04 (both use KDE Plasma), I have had a strange cluster of issues. I'm wondering if they could be connected, but my main goal is to find a ...
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MSI modern 14b5m screen brightness changing randomly

I'm having problems with the screen brightness moving up and down randomly, with no input from me, I have checked automatic brightness but that option doesn't shows up. Tried this solution to a ...
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LATEST LTS EDITION IS NOT GETTING DETECTED FROM THE TERMINAL [duplicate]

I am using 20.4.04 LTS version. When I am trying to use sudo do-release-upgrade it's not detecting the latest 22.04 LTS version. Note* I can do the upgrade manually but some software can't be ...
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how to disable automatic brightness ubuntu 22.04

I'm using ubuntu 22.04. It automaticly changes the brightness. In setting, my device has not the automatic brightness option. I realized that's hardware dependent. Even so my screen changes it’s ...
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Backup Minecraft server ubuntu server

I have a mc server running on ubuntu server 22.04 and I want to set it up to shutdown the mc server every 24 hours back up the entire server directory then restart the server, Would this be possible ...
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How do I get Automatic Updates to work (problem) (clarification)

Sorry my question was too cryptic :-( I'm running Ubuntu 21.10 I'm getting a banner message: "Automatic Updates Paused", with a button,[Find Out More]. This opens dialogue box with a button [...
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NetworkManager: IPv6 Automatic Modes

I was looking at the IPv6 config of my Ethernet connection in NetworkManager's connection editor. It seems there are 3 automatic modes alongside other options: Automatic Automatic, addresses only ...
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Assign the drive letter (/dev/sdb) manually

I have an old computer, I installed Ubuntu Server 20.04, it works perfectly but it changes the letter it assigns to the hard drives every time I start it and it deconfigures the automatic mounting. It ...
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Automatic network card configuration?

We have lots of different servers with different network cards, is there a way to have Ubuntu 20.04 automatically configure the network cards with DHCP? Right now we have to manually change the .yaml ...
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I am trying to restrict Azure NSG outbound internet traffic and allow only traffic for ubuntu updates for a VM. Do we have static IP for update server

We are checking if there is static public IP which is not changed frequently for the ubuntu automatic updates in Azure VM to configure the same in allowed outbound traffic in NSG.
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Roll back Ubuntu upgrade

Has anyone ever actually rolled back an upgrade? The upgrades installed 07-07-2021 Upgrade: avahi-autoipd:amd64 (0.8-5ubuntu3, 0.8-5ubuntu3.1), avahi-utils:amd64 (0.8-5ubuntu3, 0.8-5ubuntu3.1), ...
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Automatic login on startup - Ubuntu Studio 21.04 hirsute

I have been chasing "solutions" but have been unsuccessful, modifying various .conf files, etc. Please point me in the right direction to have my Ubuntu Studio automatically login and launch ...
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Automate Updates and Upgrade?

Is there a way to automate updates and upgrades with apt or some other package manager: Instead of writing these commands below: sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade sudo apt-dist upgrade. I mean like the ...
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How do I turn off automatic updates COMPLETELY and FOR REAL?

Running Ubuntu 18.04 on x64. I need to COMPLETELY turn off the "automatic updates reminder" stuff on my Ubuntu system. The problem is that the machine is doing some unattended processing ...
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Auto, or semi-automatic disk space management?

Is there an automatic method of adding hard drives to an LVM? I get as far as formatted the second drive in gParted, then the most basic tutorials I find contain a novel's worth of terminal commands. ...
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Ubuntu behaves weirdly when press some keys

When I press any one of these keys ( left-ctrl,Tab, t, y, [/}/} ) it will automatically increases the brightness untill press the alt key.When I press alt key it will stop. Why this is happening? And ...
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Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS auto shut down problem

I am using Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS on my hp notebook. It shuts down automatically even when battery is not low. My pc does not have graphics card. I have tried disabling auto power off using dconfig but it ...
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preseed txt.cfg

i'm gonna need your help : I'm making an iso of ubuntu custom, everything works perfectly at one detail: I can't launch the installation without opening the menu at startup. I modified the txt.cfg ...
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drive mountpoint automatic renaming

What is causing this to happen every few months? BackinTime: "Can't find Snapshots location!"
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How to run a task on login of *any* user (or any member of a particular user group)

I have found many explanations of how to schedule a task to run on system start (which I am already doing by means of an entry starting with @reboot in /etc/crontab) or on login for a particular user (...
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automatic brightness on 18.04 simply does not exist!

I have been looking everywhere to make my dell XPS 13.3 running 18.04 LTS adjust the screen brightness automatically. Initially I found that wildguppy which I did manage to install but it is not ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 suspends screen while still active

I am using Ubuntu 16.04 and even when I am working, with mouse and keyboard activity the system suspends and the login screen flashes. I changed the power option but the problem remains. Here is the ...
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strange behaviour wired network

In Kubuntu 20.04, I have to put the cable of the wired network in and out for have to wire on. Of course, I can also do sudo nmcli networking off/ on this will work too. I cannot find the issue of ...
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Automatic Switch from Speaker to Headphones

When I connect the headphones, I have to change the output port from the audio mixer, and do the reverse process by disconnecting them. Could you help me, to make this happen automatically when you ...
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Does a program running in terminal stop when Ubuntu automatically suspends?

If one of my programs is running in the background, and "automatic suspend on battery power" is ON, will the program stop running after the specified time when computer is suspended?
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Server autoinstall: How to customise storage section?

By following instructionf from here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FoundationsTeam/AutomatedServerInstalls#Running_a_truly_automatic_autoinstall When I use for storage: storage: layout: name: lvm It ...
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How to disable automatic updates on Kubuntu 20.04?

I would like to disable automatic updates in kubuntu 20.04. I disabled it on Muon package manager, but Discover still getting updates and showing notifications. Thank you.
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Automatically gracefully restart of Apache server several times a day but later manually restarting makes thing in working everytime

Several time(twice or thrice) in a day, Apache gets automatically graceful restart and failed. My server is listening on port 81. When I checked its log it shows the error of port binding to 80 and ...
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Why doesnt the automatic updates work in xubuntu 19.10?

I cant get the automatic updates to work in Xubuntu 19.10. Even though the options in software and updates is set to download and install automatically in the background they never download. I open up ...
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Update script in one location among many desktop

My friend have to update 60 Ubuntu desktops and also put script in one location. They need to update with any automated tool or script. How do they do it?
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Auto-pasting into GUI text editor/box

I'm trying to create a script which processes selected text from the gui (any number of apps, like browser, text editor, etc) and then replaces the selected text with the processed text automatically ...
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Automaticly shut down Ubuntu

Is it possible to set some sort of script that automaticly turns off the computer at certan time, for example at 10pm. I am running Ubuntu 18.04
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Ubuntu 18.04.3 and Nvidia 435 driver, fan not working

I am trying to get my GPU fully functional just by installing the Nvidia driver via Ubuntu 'third party drivers' on a clean Ubuntu installation. Laptop: ASUS zenbook with an Intel i7 and Nvidia MX150 ...
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How to make an automatic installation ISO image based on ubuntu-18.04-desktop-amd64.iso

I'm working on making the installation of Ubuntu automatic and without any keystrokes in Dell PowerEdge R640. Attached ubuntu-18.04-desktop-amd64.iso, then rebooted, and the installation started, but ...
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Is there a way to automatically update installed programs?

I have enabled automatic system updates, but I also have non-system applications installed (like Google Chrome, Atom, Sublime Text, Spotify, etc.). Is there a way to include these in the automatic ...
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Laptop brightness change with screen color

I recently installed an Ubuntu 18 on a DELL laptop with an NVIDIA graphic card. I selected during the install process, the installation of proprietary software. Since the installation, it seems that ...
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Create a windows 10 start up disk in ubuntu 18.04

Ok I have given up trying to get my windows 10 laptop to work correctly. I just want to reset it. I am using my old laptop with ubuntu on it. My plan was to dual boot on the new laptop but I seem to ...
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Automatic shutdown after suspend Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu never shuts down or hibernates even after a long time in suspend mode. I always have to turn on and off my laptop. Is there a way to automatically turn it off after a certain amount of time ...
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Auto login on specific location/network

I'm pretty new with Linux Ubuntu (18.04) and have got impression that it can be configured to do just about anything. So I wonder if there's a possibility to automatically log in at home and password ...
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Need ownership of newly created file to automatically switch to me.

I'm creating a Plex server and adding the files to the server with a share drive. I add these files from a macbook onto the server computer. When I add them, the owner of the files becomes "nobody" ...
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Fix or reset "Automatic Date & Time" in Ubuntu 18.10 on XPS 9570 laptop

I have an issue where the date and time is set wrong when I use Automatic Date & Time in Settings to set the time from the internet. I've attached screen shots to show what happens when I enable ...
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sysv-rc-conf AND rcconf

it seems that sysv-rc-conf and rcconf is not available in 18.04. Is there any alternatives for user, who connects into Ubuntu 18 system remotelly via Putty? Thank you.
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display automatic turns to the side (sensor) [duplicate]

If i cant my laptop to the side the display turns in this direction. I dont need that because I have no touchscreen. How can I disable that? My system: HP Probook 650 G2 Ubuntu 18.04 Thank you ...
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Ubuntu 18.04, Automatic Login is set, but when switch users, it still asks for password

Automatic login for all users works only at boot. But after boot when switch users it still asks for login password. What else I would need to modify? Thanks
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Konqueror keeps uninstalling automatically

I keep installing this program and when I try to use it a few days later it invariably is no longer present and I have to reinstall it. Similarly, I keep uninstalling Dolphin, because it sets itself ...
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Reduce internet utilization / disable automatic updates

I am using Ubuntu 17.10 on a connection that is limited to 200kb in speed. Normally this should be enough for my use, but Ubuntu is eating up the bandwidth). When I run pactl list sink-inputs I see: ...
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