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How to Record Screen and internal Audio?

Is there a way to record my screen, as well as the internal audio? Like, if I were recording a game, it would record the screen, and the sounds from the game.
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Blue transparent rectangular box with solid outline appeared on boot today and won't go away

Upon booting into the computer for the first time today, a blue rectangular box that's transparent blue inside with a solid blue outline. Picture attached. I rebooted and realized that the box is ...
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Suddenly my font looks worse

I have been using Source Sans Pro in Ubuntu 23.04 without problem. Suddenly, font changed its readability for the system but not in the browser. I would like to know how to fix it. I'm thinking it may ...
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Ubuntu GUI doesn't appear after lid is opened from suspend

I have tried all the possible tricks/suggestions that appear on Google but still unable to solve this issue. I have a HP Victus laptop with Nvidia RTX 3050 Ti GPU. The same problem happened on Ubuntu ...
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On 22.04, laptop screen dims to 0 when unplugging power cable. With my old eyes, I can't see the screen to increase brightness again

Searched for answers, and there were very old posts that gave solutions that haven't worked now for many years. I'm using Ubuntu 22.04 on a Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 14-API. When the screen dims to its ...
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Starting a program in a Screen session via SSH

Okay, there are a few similar topics to this one, but what I want to do is run a program in a screen session on a remote computer. Taking my lead from this thread In the hope that it is correct, I ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Lock Screen is changing the brightness level automatically - Asus Vivobook

I just installed Ubuntu 22.04 on my new laptop Asus Vivobook Pro 15 OLED. I noticed a weird behavior when the screens goes locked, the brightness level is automatically increased when the screen turns ...
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Black screen at boot for Ubuntu MATE 20.04 beta 1 on Raspberry Pi 4

. Hello, I have tried running Ubuntu MATE 20.04 beta 1, on my Raspberry Pi 4. During boot up, it only shows a black screen. And although the light shows activity, nothing seems to display on this ...
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How can I disable the top bar to get more screen space?

I've just disabled the dock that's on the left-hand side of the screen from Extensions > Built-In > Ubuntu dock I'm wondering how to disable the bar that's on the top so that can get fullscreen ...
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Are there any close alternatives to Microsoft PowerToys' FancyZones?

Power Toys is an open source toolbox that contains a lot of very useful tools for Windows 10+ and I use it on a daily basis at work. One of them though I really wish I could use in my personal system, ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Live Damaged My LCD Screen? Flicker + Burn In?

So i've been running Ubuntu 18.04 from a Live USB recently. I noticed that whenever I was in Ubuntu the screen sometimes randomly flickered at the corners a bit, but then eventually stopped. The ...
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How to read elm327 obd2 raw data over bt using rfcomm?

I am trying to read my car data, i have hooked a cheap elm327 bt obd2 connector to it, and using lubuntu. Basically this is what i have done, but its not fully working i end up with a sort of buggy ...
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Black screen after waking up from suspend (Redmibook pro)

On wake up after being suspended my laptop I am presented with black screen. System works properly after waking up (I can press volume button and hear sound, I can log in, I can open terminal and ...
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my screen goes black after 30 seconds of inactivity in Ubuntu 22.04

My screen goes black after 30 seconds of inactivity and when I press a key, it shows where it was and does not need any password. This problem won't occur when I use it for watching videos in ...
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Internal laptop screen sometimes not detected at login with Nvidia drivers

I am using Ubuntu 20.04 on an Aero 15 OLED laptop. Everything was working fine until I updated the NVidia driver to 535.86.10. The problem: Sometimes (I would say roughly 70% of times), whenever I ...
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Black screen with cursor

I really need help.. I don’t understand much about Linux and computers yet. After I tried installing Nvidia drivers my laptop rebooted and now I am getting a black screen with only a cursor showing. ...
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Replaced monitor. Now during boot - screen blanks (Revivable with cable re-connect)

I have been using my Ubuntu 22.04.2 machine for a fairly long time without issues. All this time I had a very old monitor that has 1080p resolution at 60Hz. That old monitor was connected to Intel CPU'...
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165hz doesn't show

My screen is 165hz and it doesn't show in the settings. I have the latest Nvidia drivers installed. Output of xrandr:
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Ubuntu 18.04 go dim despite it's turn off

I have turned off dim screen when inactive, but it doesn't work. I even checked via gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power idle-dim if it's really turned off, and the command says, that ...
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Upside down mouse cursor and inverted position on Ubuntu 18.04

I just did a clean installation of Ubuntu 18.04.1 on a tablet which was previously running Ubuntu 17.10. Back then just after the installation the screen was rotated, but I was able to get it to work (...
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Ubuntu 22.04 with horizontal tear on MSI z16

I've been getting this on my MSI z16 and I wonder if anyone else have and if so, how they went about solving it. The weird thing about this tear is that it water-reflects the graphics. What you're ...
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Ubuntu screen keeps pixelating

I have Ubuntu 22.04 installed on an HP laptop. After a few minutes the screen blurs and pixelates until I switch the screen resolution. This works for a few minutes and then blurs again. Each time I ...
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Black box on right top left corner while switching between workspaces with touchpad

Black box appears on right top left corner while switching between workspaces with touchpad. And while using chrome, the area that box appears is unclickable. but some other apps arent effected by ...
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Ubuntu 23.04 - Won't wake from suspend

Recently updated from 22.10 to 23.04, now struggling to wake up laptop when waking from suspend on a Dell Precision M4800 with Nvidia graphics. The power button and the volume buttons light up solid ...
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Dell Latitude 7490 laptop running Ubuntu 18.04 black screen when locked

My Dell Latitude 7490 running Ubuntu 18.04 (dock with USB-C) goes black with no way of turning it back on, whenever I lock it. Sometimes the screen goes black instantly, sometimes it goes to the lock ...
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After dim screen it doen't turn on back

I noticed this problem the first time on a new laptop, on which I installed kubuntu 22.04. I unplugged the power cord and after 5 minutes of inactivity the screen went out. Then I found the ...
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Part of my Ubuntu 23.04 screen is not working, but it's working well in Windows 11

I have a dual boot system with Windows 11, and Ubuntu 23.04. Part of my screen is not working, as shown in the attached screenshot.
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - yellowish screen

I tried to do in place upgrade from Ubuntu LTS 20.4 LTS to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS which failed. I did a fresh install. I have Nvidia GE force GTX 1050 Ti graphics card. It was working all fine when I had ...
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My Ubuntu 22.04.2 stuck at 1024x768 resolution

I am running Ubuntu 22.04.04 for the first time and it works well until choosing the resolution; it stuck at 1024x768, and I read some articles on the net, but none of them worked. Hardware :...
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No screen brightness slider on Ubuntu 22.04

Since I installed Ubuntu 22.04, I can't change my screen brightness as there is no slider nor such configs under settings > power. I have no idea what to do. Already tried to edit grub sudo gedit /...
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Bungled up home screen (Desktop)

I was wondering if anyone has seen this and have a solution without a reinstall?home path folders and such on home screen
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All users not visible after screen lock. Only logged in user is visible

When i lock screen from top right pull down menu. I am not able to login into other users as rest of users are not visible. When I press ctrl alt f1 while logged in I sent to black screen with a ...
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Screen (not OS) freezes unless I move the mouse

I have a Lenovo Legion laptop and an LG monitor plugged to it through HDMI. The screen image freezes until I move the mouse. It is not the system that is freezing, just the image. For instance, when ...
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problem to reduce screen brightness

I installed Ubuntu 20.04 and I'm having trouble turning down the screen brightness. The brightness is always at maximum. I've tried the brightness settings and the keyboard (fn) but the brightness ...
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Can we install Bandicam on ubuntu 22.04?

I tried to install Bandicam on ubuntu 22.04, but there was non installation provided on official website,only on windows, so is there a way to install Bandicam on ubuntu/linux?
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Display settings issues when switching between single/dual screen configs

Ubuntu 22.04 still doesn't deal with display settings correctly. I use my laptop in a few differerent configurations. Config 1: This is my "home config". It is a dual-screen setup. Main ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 boots to blank screen on the laptop with Intel integrated graphics

Recovery mode graphics mode helps. After putting it in suspend mode and waking it up screen is blank. With connected external monitor kernel boot messages are displayed on external monitor, then they ...
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My screen went black and no response while installing it

I prepared a bootable device and tried to install Ubuntu 22.04 on my Thinkpad. But my screen went black from the beginning of the installation process and no response while installing it. Still ...
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Is there a software for writing anywhere on the system with a pen/stylus on the touchscreen?

I'd like to write on top of my PDFs used for making presentations on my laptop with touchscreen. I do not need to save what I write, but I would like to circle or underline things, possibly write some ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 doesn't let me share my screen

After an upgrade from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04, I am not able to share my screen. I went over a few topics about it here in the askUbuntu but nothing actually worked for me. Screen Share Not working in ...
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Black screen, very common after Ubuntu 22.04 > 21.10 update

It never came in the 22.04 version, nor with the 22.04 kernel that I booted into on 21.10. At 21.10 kernel the problems began. At times were gone, but now again after the latest kernel update, the ...
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How do I enable changing the backlight brightness on my laptop? (Kubuntu)

I recently installed Kubuntu 22.04 with KDE on my Pixelbook (2017), and the backlight of the monitor either is at maximum brightness, or off. I have tried manually changing values in /sys/class/...
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Delete some lines from screen session output

I have a screen session from which I need to remove some lines, so that when I enter through screen -r they are not visible. can I do this?
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Run multiple command in multiple background screen

I have a long-running process command and I am splitting it into 10. This is why I am trying to run 10 commands instead of 1 using screen. If I open the screen manually and run those commands one ...
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Black screen after closing lid and opening back, no response until hooked to power

After I close the lid for a couple seconds using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - freshly installed today, and reopening - the screen is permanently black, pressing keys does not work, pressing/long pressing the ...
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Black box appearing in top right corner at some interval and then disappers

i am using ubuntu 20.04.01. from few days i am seeing a black box appearing for some time and then disappears completly. here is the screenshot don't know what that is or how can i get rid of this..?
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Screen not really blanked after delay?

Running Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS, whenever my inactivity delay kicks in, my screen seems to go blank, but it is not really black, as is noticeable in a dark room. As a result, my monitor's energy saving ...
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Flickering screen Ubuntu 20.04

I got a HP Spectre with a 4K screen (specs) and I am currently running Ubuntu 20.04. During boot the GRUB menu is sometimes flickering. This can be so bad that it becomes impossible to read the ...
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How to change the login screen resolution in Ubuntu 18.04

I need a way to change the boot-up and login screen resolution to 1920 x 1080 resolution. I have a 4K display on my laptop and can't read the text in the grub bootloader screen properly as they aren't ...
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Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS - SSH / x2go session work fine, but monitor remains black when sitting in front of the computer

Cheers everyone, As the headline states: All remote sessions via SSH / x2go work completely normal, but when one sits in front of the computer, monitors remain black. I have restarted gdm using sudo ...

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