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Questions about the process of reporting bugs: what should be reported as a bug, Where should it be reported. Remember that reporting a bug itself is off topic.

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The tracker file meta.db-wal filled my drive

The file home/.cache/tracker/meta.db-wal fills my entire 250gb boot drive. If I delete document this file grows until there is no more space; its 52.2gb. I have read some posts saying to disable the ...
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Ubuntu Windows App Curl Command Stuck on 0 speed with all 4 bars of WiFi (Windows 11)

So, I'm trying to run the Ubuntu WSL, and I'm trying to download a very small file with the curl command. However, it just hangs on this: i'm not allowed to embed images yet so click this link pls and ...
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How to solve black screen after suspension or lock screen with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS?

Hi everyone I just installed Ubuntu 22.04, every time I suspend or lock my screen there is a black screen and I have to force shutdown. I have NVIDIA 940MX I have tried all the options on the Internet ...
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Segmentation fault in freeradius-utils package on Ubuntu 22.04

Running standard Ubuntu 22.04 using the official Docker image, I get a segfault when attempting to use smbencrypt from freeradius-utils: $ docker run -it ubuntu:22.04 # apt update && apt ...
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Touchpad Setting Switched each others

I have a problem. When I tap touchpad with 1 finger it doesn't work. But when I tap 2 fingers my touchpad it works only tap . And my 3 fingers settings working on scrolling. 1 finger --> Not ...
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Why is /etc/environment not executable in Ubuntu 22.04?

I came across this issue as I wanted to extend the PATH variable for all users by adding another directory at the end of PATH in /etc/environment. Neither opening a new shell nor a fresh login did ...
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downgrade spyder

I have just upgraded ubuntu. As a result, spyder is not working anymore. This the error: Warning: Ignoring XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland on Gnome. Use QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland to run on Wayland anyway. ...
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How to fix <urlopen error ……. unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:997)> in Ubuntu?

I can't report a bug due to the above mentioned reason. I am using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. How can I fix this issue. May be because of this issue I can't attach my system to Canonical Livepatch.
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Screen goes insane sometimes after ubuntu 22.04 LTS update?

I have recently installed Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . and sometimes the whole screen just flashes. Everything just starts overlapping each other. It goes away when you press any key. But I want it gone. ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 does not open applications, shows black screen window insted

I am new to ubuntu, I just upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS from 20.04 LTS. I am having a issue with the new version. When I open any of the applications expect ubuntu's system softwares, it just opens a ...
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login problem, does anyone know how to solve this?

Every time I log into Ubuntu, after I put in my password this motherboard's screen shows up(the same one we see when we turn on the computer) [ and then returns to desktop as you can see in the ...
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Windows Glitching

When I first open a app, the window will glitch almost all the time, Firefox, Thunderbird, Tor, Gnome Tweaks, Variety etc. Some parts starts blinking, it fixes itself when I press the Super Key, which ...
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What Ubuntu versions are affected by CVE-2022-0847 [duplicate]

I have been informed about the CVE-2022-0847 vulnerability. I'm wondering what versions of Ubuntu are affected by such a bug.
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Brightness resetting to 100% on every startup

This question has been asked many times by many users, but there is no definate answer and it still remains an open bug even after all this time. This appears to be a problem with Ubuntu on some ...
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Two cursor on my Screen

So I just install Ubuntu 20.04 and it was working fine for a little time but after some time there is an arrow stuck on Screen and I tried many things shown here But nothing solves my problem so what ...
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Mouse weird behavior at startup

When I boot Ubuntu and I click anywhere when it's not fully "loaded", my MouseDown event is stuck. I can still move my mouse but can't click anywhere (mouse is stuck on "drag/mousedown&...
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wake from sleep on password protected HDD

I have enabled ATA password for harddisk (in bios setup). When I wake laptop from sleep in linux (including Ubuntu distro) BIOS HDD Password prompt screen doesn't show up. You see only a black screen ...
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Ubuntu Studio 21.10: creation of OEM setup doesn't work

Hello and a happy new year 🤠 Since years I tried to create in Virtual Box or other machines an OEM setup for "shipping" (as download file), but the dialogue for OEM setup doesn't load but ...
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OEM Installer password

As I discovered a bug in the Kubuntu 21.10 OEM installer, I would like to have a look into the logs in a different tty. Unfortunately I can't access the preinstalled oem account as I can't find a ...
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gksudo is not taking full focus - python, glade

Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS. I got this script in python, and its uses Glade as a gui. Here is the main file: https://github.com/stuk88/UbuntuClearMemoryCache/blob/master/main.py So. The code at fault here is: ...
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How to fix CVE-2021-44228 bug related with log4j [duplicate]

Is there a patch to fix this vulnerability in the core? How could we fix this? Vulnerability description: Apache Log4j2 <=2.14.1 JNDI features used in configuration, log messages, and parameters do ...
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Ubuntu 20.04.3: nginx crashes with segfault

I have an Ubuntu box (20.04.3) on which nginx stopped already twice with a segfault: Nov 16 00:01:23 documents-oo kernel: [2726316.050697] nginx[2579242]: segfault at 41 ip 00007fbf59548593 sp ...
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Why won't Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS copy con.c to external USB drive?

I upgraded from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS on my desktop on 11-12-2021. I compiled con.c on the new gcc version 9.3.0-17 compiler and it gave me warnings on using sprintf(). I converted ...
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Automatic Black screen with cursor on Ubuntu Budgie 20.04.3 LTS

I was browsing on Chrome and suddenly a black screen appears with a cursor. The only option left was to power off using switch. This happened to me very first time.Do anyone know the reason and how to ...
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Why has my bug report on Launchpad not been addressed? [closed]

Several months ago I reported this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-signed-hwe-5.8/+bug/1931787 (Also documented here on Ask Ubuntu). I noticed many other bug reports were of a ...
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Ubuntu 21.10 bug on raspberry pi

I just upgraded to Ubuntu 21.10 from Ubuntu 21.04. I enjoy the new GNOME 40 desktop environment. Though, there is an issue with it. I am having issues with the Ubuntu Dock and the Applications Menu. ...
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How do I gather information to file this specific bug report?

I am on Kubuntu 21.04. I have a 3080 ti and nvidia-driver-470 installed through apt. Everything works except when I try to click on the volume tray applet, or launch pavucontrol-qt directly, the ...
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If I want a bug fixed in ubuntu, what is the best way to set up a bounty to pay the team fixing it? [closed]

There is a bug in Ubuntu that has been bugging me for quite a while -- and it has been bugging others for years. I'm pretty sure a substantial amount of money could be raised to pay to get the bug ...
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Ubuntu terminal has a strange empty area

I noticed something strange while using Ubuntu terminal. There is an empty area at corner side. I'd like to use full size window without the empty area. Is there any good solution? Please check the ...
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How do I fix touchscreen issues after upgrading to 21.04 from 20.10?

I have upgraded to Ubuntu 21.04 from 20.10. But after the upgrade, the touchscreen of my laptop (HP Pavilion) has started to misbehave in odd ways. It has started registering touch inputs even when I ...
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Cursor Glitch Ubuntu 21.04

I installed Ubuntu 21.01 as dual boot with Windows 10 two weeks ago. Except that there is some sort of square/rectangle around my mouse that "draws" over anything behind it and follows the ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS goes into black screen with text for unexpected event everytime after sleep

The photo is shown down below in the link (since I'm new to this subforum I can't post the picture directly). I had this a few days ago before I updated to Ubuntu 20 from 18. I thought the update ...
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MSFT/Mylar Touchpad on Lenovo Ideapad flex 5 14ARE05 Ubuntu 21.04

The touchpad on my Laptop has never worked (since 20.04), however the issue has persisted throughout several kernel updates, now 5.11. According to the spec sheet, the touchpad is supposed to be a &...
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After an apt-upgrade, my KDE dock/task manager icons in Kubuntu are all black [duplicate]

I recently ran do-release-upgrade to upgrade to Kubuntu 21.04 from 20.04 without issue. Other than some (expected) differences in configuration files, nothing failed. When I logged in to plasma, I was ...
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How to fix bug "Authentication is needed to run '/usr/share/-apport/dump_acpi_tables.py' as the super user"?

I get an internal error (involving xorg), logging me out and then I have to log back in (restarting any apps, since they were all closed), then I get this error, which I've seen is a bug, but I'm not ...
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What is @!72,27;BDH and @!0,27;BDH?

There are other posts here asking about a mysterious program called @!0,27;BDH. This program (is it a program?) appeared out of nowhere for me after I upgraded from 20.10 to 21.04 last Friday. I ...
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How can I proceed if it is impossible to delete a (snap) readonly directory?

I want to execute a similar command to the following command from this post sudo rmdir /usr/share/ghostscript/9.25/iccprofiles The actual command is sudo rmdir /snap/gimp/367/usr/share/ghostscript/9....
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My touchpad doesn't work perfectly after upgrade of Ubuntu

I used all the options on my touchpad (two fingers to scroll the page, two fingers to direct-click, etc) and after I updated Ubuntu today, it just stopped. The touchpad works, but only normal click ...
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A program is constantly opening and closing every 5 seconds. It's really annoying

So there is this program named "@!0,27;BDH" that's constantly opening and closing in the background and i don't know how to stop it. The problem is that, because the program opens, it's ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 freezes when changing the background image

what is the best way to deal with a frozen GUI? I'm not able to change the bg image without freezing and am wondering if there is another option aside from reboot and try again.
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I'm trying to install WINE. But there are some problems!

I want to install wine, but I can't. Firstly, I've written on Terminal: sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 And after that I wrote this: wget -nc dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key And then: sudo apt-...
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ubuntu is freezing very much, there is a need to fix this!

ubuntu is a great operating system and it has everything which we want for our use. but it has a problem, it is freezing very much. everything just stops, no keyboard keys work and not the mouse and ...
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Ubuntu 20.10 Totem h264 bug

I was able to play anything with MKV player but when it comes to gnome (Totem by its old name) I've faced with H.264 error constantly. I have tried restricted extras, reinstalls anything that ...
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Cannot store VPN username in Ubuntu 20.04

As documented here, here and here, GNOME (3.36.8) has a problem storing the usernames for VPN connections. In my case this means that every time I want to activate my (openconnect) VPN connection I ...
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What is causing this Authentication Required prompt in 20.04.2

I have this authentication required prompt that keeps coming up in a 20.04.2 install. I'm not sure which application or service is causing it to trigger but when I enter my password and press ...
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Get status of crash report

I reported a crash on ubuntu 20.10, and after it was uploaded I noticed that in the /var/crash/ directory a file named <crash_name>.uploaded exists which contains some sort of UUID. Can I use ...
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journalctl --verify returns faults how do I fix them?

journalctl --verify returns the following but I don't know how to fix it. I think these errors may be causing my linux to crash regularly. If anyone could explain how I can fix these errors, in layman'...
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Ubuntu 16.04 | Teamviewer not installed but working

First sorry for my mispell i'm French, here's my problem, i'm on Ubuntu 16.04 and a version of Teamviewer (15.0.14842) is installed on my computer. I didn't install it and after a few searches with ...
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Desktop is briefly shown after waking from suspend/sleep

I open or close my laptop lid to initiate a sleep/suspend or wake it. When waking the laptop, it flashes my desktop briefly before blanking the screen and then showing the login. This is a potential ...
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System Font System and Desktop enviroment are extremely small after a reboot

i am currently running kubuntu and just rebooted my computer to find everything like system font size, titlebar size and other desktop environment elements are all extremely small. Before the reset i ...
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