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Questions about signals, a kind of interprocess communication.

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Detect that the workspace has changed

I can change my current workspace in various ways, e.g. by clicking on some switcher widget, with some key combination, with a command in a terminal. Is there a way to detect that the workspace has ...
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Tl-wn823n ubuntu 22.04 [duplicate]

Its connect but very week signal router is on desktop still week other device is work properly
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Old version of Signal persists after update

Upon installing the latest version of Signal (6.16.0) the old and in-operable version (5.54.0) persists. Normally with other applications, the new version is installed and the old version is ...
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Why does `/usr/bin/time` report the wrong exit status with format `%x` in case of SIGABRT?

I'm using /usr/bin/time to report information about a set of benchmarks I'm running. The interesting data points are runtime, memory usage and the exit status. This works fine except when the ...
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remove Signal in ubuntu when you forgot how you installed it

i don't remember how i installed Signal desktop. i think i did it with ubuntu software. the version is v1.39.6 so i removed it with all the ways i know as if installed w/snap but it says here that ...
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Uhuntu 22.04 monitor problem.... Monitor is not connected

I am a new user at Ubuntu and just today's morning I installed in on my computer dual boot with windows 10 when ever I try to open my pc the monitor works fine with windows 10 but when I boot uhuntu ...
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What is the correct way to see what signals a process handles?

EDIT: Since my question was not clear let me reformulate: how can one find what signals a process handles? From this answer: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/85364/how-can-i-check-what-signals-...
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Postgresql service stopping on its own in ubuntu server

In the postgresql log file, I found message: startup process (PID 1886772) was terminated by signal 9: Killed Although upon restarting service, postgresql database starts functioning normally. ...
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On attempt to install Signal, I think I made some mistake and now getting some error in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. How to correct this? Thank you [duplicate]

On sudo apt update command I get the following output: > sudo apt update [sudo] password for chess: Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/alexlarsson/flatpak/ubuntu focal InRelease Hit:2 https://...
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Notification when some input (stdin, file, named pipe) is available? [closed]

is there some mechanism to be notified asynchronously when input from a 'file' is available? I have a program that cyclically does its work. So far so good. But there also is a serial line and ...
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Input signal out of range Change settings to 1600x900 60 [duplicate]

Ubuntu was working fine till i changed the resolution to one that was higher than the recommended settings(1600x900) now i don't know what to do. Any help?
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Make gnome-terminal request user confirmation before close

When you open gnome-terminal without any options and execute a blocking command (e.g. python3, vim or cat) and then try to close the window by the close button (i.e. x button in the title bar) or some ...
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Why does Ctrl + C not kill Python running in terminal?

I am trying to understand the reason why the whole Python process does not get killed when I press Ctrl + C inside and infinite loop or for that matter any Python function that I am running in ...
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HDMI monitor not receiving signal after waking up from suspend mode

i have a problem that after I wake my ubuntu 18.04 laptop from the suspend mode, my HDMI monitor, which is set up a the primary monitor in the extended display set up, is not receiving the signal. I ...
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Is there any conflict between nohup and mpirun?

I want to start a big simulation on an ubuntu desktop computer. I have physical (not remote) access to this PC. This simulation may take some weeks. The command to start the process is: mpirun -np ...
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half signal strength from wireless rtl8188ce lubuntu

I get super slow speeds (half the signal strength I get on windows) and an unstable connection. I ran this script and this is the info I get on Lubuntu 19.04 Kernel 5.0.0-29-generic. 02:00.0 Network ...
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How to move one process from SWAP to RAM?

As far as I can see, there is a design error in how my processes are moved between SWAP and RAM: If RAM gets full, some are moved to SWAP. So far so good. But if RAM gets freed, they are not moved ...
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What does it mean when ^\ doesn't work, but kill -9 does?

Recently, I've had a third-party program hang in a weird way. It stops taking input or output, and ^C and ^\ do nothing. kill -9 and killing the parent process do end it. What state could the process ...
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SIGQUIT breaks the pipe

Linux ping utility can produce some statistics on receiving SIGQUIT without terminating. It looks like this: PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=45 time=...
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Synchronize Signal contacts on signal-desktop in Ubuntu 18 from Signal on Ubuntu Touch (Fairphone2)

I installed the Signal app on my Fairphone2 running Ubuntu Touch. Contacts were correctly imported from contacts list to the app. I installed the Signal desktop client for Ubuntu 18 on my computer ...
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Difference in Wifi connection %'s?

This is something I've wondered about for a long time...Ubuntu 16.04 using Cinnamon. On a tower computer. In the action bar I have the Wifi icon. It shows that I'm currently connected to the local ...
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Which version of Signal Desktop is legit? [duplicate]

I saw both of these in the apt sources. Since this is a secure communications app, what is the correct source to use for Ubuntu? Searching for Signal, I see: And lower: With these details: Before ...
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Multiple repository errors when I try any APT command after trying to install signal [duplicate]

I am currently using 18.04. I wanted to install signal for desktop and I got this code from the site to install on Debian: curl -s https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/keys.asc | sudo apt-key add ...
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Send multiple kill signals to a process

Say I run a .sh process. And now I open a new terminal tab and I want to send signals to it, for that, I just use kill: kill -*signal number* *pid* right? But I want to send 13 signals at the same ...
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Signal messenger app not starting up

Over the past 2 weeks (after installing Ubuntu 18.04 from scratch) I have had problems on and off with the Signal messenger app. It sometimes doesn't start up at all. Uninstalling and reinstalling ...
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Sending SIGSTOP or SIGCONT signals graphically (similar to xkill)

Question Do you know any tool/script to send SIGSTOP (to pause a process) or SIGCONT (to resume it) to a process by clicking on a graphical window generated by the process? Some context There is ...
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Week wireless signal in Linux mint [closed]

After installing Linux Mint 18.3 "Sylvia" - Cinnamon (64-bit) on my HP laptop, I realize that the WiFi signal is a way too weak and the modem and the router is near my laptop. Model: HP Probook 4540s
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How can I get yarn to use the right version of Node?

I am new to Node, JavaScript etc. and want to try messing with the code of Signal. For this I need a specific version of Node. I did this (on Ubuntu 16.04) using the following procedure: wget https://...
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Upstart service killed by TERM signal, how to track that

I have upstart script as description "My API API" author "me@localhost" env MY_API_PYTHON_HOME=/opt/services start on runlevel [2345] stop on runlevel [!2345] script mkfifo /tmp/my-api-log-fifo ...
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Ubuntu 16.04, hdmi monitor: no signal in login screen

My main monitor is connected over HDMI and my second one over DVI. Both get a signal when the PC starts up, but the moment I get to the login screen the HDMI one goes dark, though it doesn't seem to ...
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Chromium Signal App crashing in Xubuntu

When I try to launch Signal through the launcher on Linux with the following /usr/bin/chromium-browser --profile-directory=Default --app-id=bikioccmkafdpakkkcpdbppfkghcmihk It crashes, nothing ...
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Ubuntu 16.04LTS Four monitor display issue

I've been browsing the forum trying to find a solution to my specific problem but can't find anything specific. My graphics card is the Radeon R9 380 Sapphire Nitro. I have three DVI displays, one of ...
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Why sigset includes unadded SIGINT? [closed]

Wrote simple program to learn writing POSIX style signal handling. #include <signal.h> #include <errno.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> static void sig_int(int); ...
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Disable "System program problem detected" for segfaults in my own programs

I don't mind being notified about system programs that SEGV -- I would actually like to report those cases, so this is not a duplicate of Getting “System program problem detected” pops up regularly ...
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Weak WiFi signal in Ubuntu on HP G240 G5 [duplicate]

I had purchased new HP 240 G5 laptop. Wifi is working good with windows but in ubuntu 16 wifi signal comes very weak. Below are laptop wifi details, *-network description: Wireless interface ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 immediately terminates all running programs on restart or shutdown?

When I choose restart or shutdown in Ubuntu 16.04, it immediately terminates all running applications. I'm not prompted to save open documents or anything like that - and I've lost work several times ...
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How to pass SIGALRM to a program which finishes execution in milliseconds?

I have a C program which computes the first n prime numbers if n is passed as an argument. $ ./prime 5 2 3 5 7 11 The logic of the program allows me to enter into a desired function if I can give ...
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No SIGTERM before SIGKILL/shutdown with systemd on Ubuntu 16.04

I ran across this problem while I tried to answer a question on Stackoverflow. On shutdown, Ubuntu 12.04 sends SIGTERM to all processes and waits at most 10 seconds before killing them with SIGKILL (...
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After upgrade to 16.04, wifi signal strength jumps from perfect to zero and back

I upgraded from 14.04 LTS to 16.04 LTS on HP Z230. Internet connection worked perfectly under 14.04 LTS. There were no hardware changes. The computer connects to the router by a wireless usb device (...
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xvfb-run hangs on trap/wait in Elastic Bamboo's Ubuntu 15.04 AMI on AWS

I'm trying to run some headless robot/Selenium tests via Elastic Bamboo using Xvfb, on Ubuntu 15.04 in AWS EC2. It works if I run Xvfb manually and then run the test... export display=:99 Xvfb :99 -...
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Ubuntu 14.04 wireless unstable and the signal is weak

I installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS alongside Win8.1 and the wireless was unstable. I updated windows network drivers then it went better but the signal is still very weak and also sometimes network switches ...
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Wifi apparently connected, but webpages won't load

I'm running the latest Ubuntu 14.04.3, and my issue today is that my Wifi connection sometimes becomes really slow, and eventually disconnects. I tried googling around to see if I can get any good ...
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Difference between C programs and shell scripts receiving signals from fuser

I have written the shell script below for a lab in my college. It must look at a log file being upgraded frequently from another process and create a number of copies passed at invokation. Here is the ...
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index out of range? [closed]

# load parameters file yml = yaml.load(open(sys.argv[1])) # imports for pkg, functions in yml['imports'].iteritems(): stri = 'from ' + pkg + ' import ' + ','.join(functions) exec(stri) ...
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Why does sudo prevent catching SIGTSTP (Ctrl+Z)?

This program is written to catch SIGTSTP (Ctrl+Z) and bypass its normal effect, printing a message and returning to its normal operation instead of allowing its process to be suspended: #include<...
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The UBUNTU Graphics Catch 22

Trying to use a Live DVD to run Ubuntu 14.04.1, I get the "Monitor signal out of range" error. I hit ctrl-alt-F1 to bring up the command line. I do sudo nano /etc/default/grub and remove # from ...
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12.04 wifi signal very weak

Ii am new people in Ubuntu I am using 12.04 version , but my wifi signal very weak My router beside me only , my signal also only 50% ... Anybody know how to fix it?i have try to research solution, ...
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emit signal with custom type objects array parameter from c++ and receive in qml

I would like to emit a signal from a Qt C++ class which includes a parameter that is an array of custom objects (inherited from QObject) and receive the parameter in its qml slot, but i'm afraid it is ...
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sigfillset is not setting signal bits

I am having this strange problem! My code is very simple. #include<stdio.h> #include<unistd.h> #include<signal.h> #include<stdlib.h> main(...
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What do these Terminal Signals mean?

When I start to use a command to terminate an ongoing process, I can include a signal. What is the difference between the signal 9 and the signal 15?
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