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ubuntu doens't resolve usb device name

I have a ARM SBC running linux and configured to be connected to a pc via USB using rndis gadget. Inside my device I configured dnsmasq to provide to the host pc an ipv6 address, I also configured the ...
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ssh public key files have ms publisher icon. How do I get rid of that?

Ssh public key files have ms publisher icon while I didn't install that. It is a fresh Ubuntu installation. It opens with default text editor. Why does it have that icon and how do I get rid of it?
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Xubuntu 18.04.6 LTS, suddenly I can't connect to the internet via ethernet, getting DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_BAD_CONFIG

All I did was restart my router. Everything else connects without a problem, including my Windows 10 partition in another computer. I tried googling it, and all that came up was some stuff involving ...
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MediaTek MT7921 Bluetooth not detected

I bought an Asus Vivobook F513 laptop which has the MediaTek MT7921 Lan Card. As soon as I installed Ubuntu 20.04LTS to dual boot with windows, I noticed I didn't had either Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. After ...
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Upgrading from Ubuntu 16.04 in late 2021 [duplicate]

I got access to a computer using Ubuntu 16.04. Since it is out of support, I am in need to upgrade it to, say, 20.x. To do this, I am prompted to execute sudo apt-get update before. But this gives the ...
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How can I add an icon on the taskbar for a running application without icon? [duplicate]

Some applications run perfectly fine, however, they do not show any icon in the taskbar as shown below: Notice that all the running applications have icons except the last one (see the arrow) where ...
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Problem using WiFi on Ubuntu Budgie 20.04 LTS with USB wifi adapter (Zebronics USB wifi adapter)

I am new to linux and currently using Ubuntu Budgie(Dual Boot with windows 7). I am unable to use wifi. Have a look at the following Condition. Wifi Adapter model - "ZEB-USB300WF" Ubuntu ...
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VGA monitor works with Windows but not with Ubuntu

I have a dual boot PC with a NVIDIA 610 graphics card, usually connected to a HDMI monitor. Testing a free-to-me VGA monitor works with both monitors, but not with the VGA only on Ubuntu 20.04. VGA ...
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Cron job seems to be running but no output and got killed after a while

I am trying to run my python scripts with crontab. I have 2 python scripts in the same directory. The first one file1.py has just 1 line print(1). The second file file2.py begins with print(2) but ...
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Live Server in VS Code Ubuntu does not automatically open the browser tab. Need Help

I am using VS Code in Linux. The OS Details are given below NAME="Ubuntu" VERSION="20.04.3 LTS (Focal Fossa)" Here's a brief description of what the issue is - I installed the ...
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How do I get to Subiquity logs from the command line?

I'm trying to do an automated install of Ubuntu 20.04.2 via PXE boot on a remote machine where my only access is through a virtual terminal. Subiquity is crashing somewhere in /subiquity/Install/...
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apache2.distrib:1 duplicate log entry for /var/log/apache2/access.log

I have an Apache bug. (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/+bug/1945311 - Ubuntu 18 version 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.18 on my Plesk Ubuntu server). I found a workaround here: https://support....
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libffi and libp11-kit - no version information available

Every time I update the package sources list with: sudo apt update I get many lines of code like this: /usr/lib/apt/methods/https: /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.7: no version information ...
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getting kex_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host for priavate gitlab domain, what may the cause?

I am in Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS telling this because looks like this version has encryption issues. Today I created a key that's perfectly working on [email protected] but gives kex_exchange_identification: ...
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Is it possible to prevent R package conflicts while upgrading Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with R from CRAN to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?

I have fully updated Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS amd64 which was configured for RMarkdown/bookdown, LaTeX publishing using the following commands: sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https cat <<EOF | ...
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Unable to detect Seagate 2 TB HDD on Dell Vostro 3480

After constantly facing issues with Windows 10 updates, I decided to switch over to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS as I am somewhat familiar with Ubuntu. However, after successful installation of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, ...
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cryptsetup: Waiting for encrypted source device after the motherboard has been replacement

I have a dell xps laptop: the ram was faulty and the motherboard has been replaced. The problem: My hard drive was encrypted and now I am not able to recover it. I am using Ubuntu 20.04. Booting ...
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Source Of The pci.ids file

What is the source of the pci.ids file? Is it part of the pciutils package or included when OS is designed without regarding pciutils package? It looks like the file may be located in different ...
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I want to give my other disk read/write permission all the time

I recently moved from windows to Ubuntu, I used one of my 2 drives to install Ubuntu and all my data in the other drives with the old windows partitions. Now I need to mount partitions of my old drive ...
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Keyboard and mouse not working after upgrading nvidia drivers on Ubuntu 20.04

After installing the latest nvidia drivers on ubuntu 20.04 I can no longer use mouse/keyboard. I used this recipe: How can I install Nvidia drivers on Ubuntu 18.04 with secure boot?. I believe this ...
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What is enabling mariadb on first boot

A bit of background on what I'm trying to do: We are building an Ubuntu image that we deploy to thousands of workstations. We need to have MariaDB available on the workstations, but we only want it ...
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How to install runtime package corresponding to a development package

Using for build an application libjpeg-dev package that is installed using apt install libjpeg-dev This command depending on ubuntu release install libjpeg8, or libjpeg62, or another one. I was ...
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OpenConnect certificate failed verification, it says its expired, but it is NOT!

When I try to connect to my OCServ using OpenConnect client in ubuntu it throws an error: Connected to x.x.x.x:yyy SSL negotiation with server.domain.tld Server certificate verify failed: certificate ...
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Disposition of xserver-xorg-hwe-18.04 in system upgraded to 20.04

I've been upgrading some 18.04 systems to 20.04 and in general it's going well. But some of the systems have a package xserver-xorg-hwe-18.04 still installed after the upgrade. My thought was to ...
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lsmod command not working in windows subsystem for linux

I have installed windows subsystem for linux with ubunut version 20.04 in windows 10 from microsoft store .I tried to install netextender software in that subsystem through terminal.But I get below ...
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compile install libexpat for mingw under ubuntu

I'm using mingw under ubuntu to create windows executables. I need to use expat. It's not included in the repo, so I gather that I need to install it from sources. Is there an easy way to do this?
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AH00112: Warning: DocumentRoot [/html/www/html] does not exist

when I do cd /etc/apache2/ apache2ctl configtest I get this: AH00112: Warning: DocumentRoot [/html/www/html] does not exist Where can I find that line, so I can change it?
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MATE visually show active window

Is it possible to visually dim nonactive windows in Ubuntu MATE, using the default Marco window manager? Is it possible to with a different window manger? I work with multiple monitors with many ...
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how to mount a writable loopback image as easily as we can create it?

To create a image we just run gnome-disks and then format it. And the 1st time it will be (auto?) mounted writable. but after that, I can only mount it readonly with the "open with disk image ...
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how to manually install Firefox plugins, ubuntu 20

Firefox is not recognizing some file extensions ( ie: RAR files), so every time I download one it waits with a dialogue box asking what I want to open it with. It will not just save the file. There is ...
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Desktop environment isn't working after trying to install GNOME 40

I have installed Ubuntu 21.04 on my Laptop, everything with the DE was fine till now. I saw a video on YouTube showing the new Gnome 41. I wanted to install that. I didn't found a tutorial to install ...
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DBeaver tunnel connection says ssh-keygen permission denied

I tried connecting to my remote DB on DBeaver through a tunnel configuration. I added the required details and tried connecting with my ssh private key, but it is throwing an error saying permission ...
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Handy command for editing previously executed mistyped command and overwriting history entry with the fixed one

until recently I was pretty sure that fc command opens previously executed command in the default editor, executes submitted changes and overwrites last entry from the bash history. However, seems ...
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Error while coping from Read-only source using rsync

I'm trying to copy a folder using rsync rsync -avP "$src_path" "$target_path" But rsync is giving me this error. rsync: recv_generator: mkdir $target_path/sub_dir failed: Read-...
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How to switch between keyboard layouts in Xubuntu without it changing itself back

I have installed Xubuntu 20.04 on a machine. Under "Keyboard" settings I have unchecked "use system defaults" and added an extra keyboard layout. I want to be able to switch ...
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Zoom keeps changing its output audio volume

I'm on Ubuntu 20.04, using the Zoom 5.5.4 client (but I experienced the problem with previous versions as well). More often than not (but weirdly enough not always), whenever I start or join a meeting,...
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Where does the 'Record a short screencast' save the file? (ctrl+alt+shift+R) 20.04.3 LTS

I found the hotkey 'Record a short screencast' tied to ctrl+alt+shift+R, but I don't know where the screencast is saved.
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perf-stat does not work for 1ms time interval

I am using Ubuntu 18.04 and running the perf stat command to get some information on various hardware events for an application. I notice on doing sudo perf stat --interval-print 1, I get an error ...
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Not able to install indicator-cpufreq

I am trying to install indicator-cpufreq on 21.04 ubuntu, but not able to due to Unable to locate package error. [sudo] password for boguehaze: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree.....
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Kubuntu 20.04 (UEFI) grub-update doesn't find system of a different drive (Fedora 34 KDE)

I have multiple systems installed; first, chronologically, Windows 10, then Kubuntu 20.04, then Fedora 34 KDE, and then KaOS. Fedora is alone on a second drive, with its separate EFI, but shares that ...
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Menu has both "Discord" and "Discord (Env)". Why 2 versions, and how do I remove the latter?

I downloaded Discord from discord.com (chose a .deb file), and installing ended up giving me both "Discord" and "Discord (Env)". Is there a way to get rid of "Discord (Env)&...
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Save instead of Save as a copy in Evince Reader

I am currently using Evince Document Viewer Version 3.36.10 on Ubuntu 20.04. When I try to save an annotated pdf, it shows only the Save a copy option. How do I make it overwrite the current file? I ...
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Why does bluetooth suddenly not work anymore?

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T460p with Ubuntu 20.04. Everything was fine yesterday, but today bluetooth stopped working. I didn't even shutdown. No system updates as far as I remember. $ blueman-manager ...
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Howto deploy latest netplan main on 20.04 LTS?

Well, title says mostly all. I have a problem with netplan as it is distributed with current 20.04.3 (#102) and even #103 which is in proposed is not good enough. New "ignore-carrier" option ...
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I have been getting this error from several sources, the latest in installing a new Canon printer

richard@richard-Predator-G3120:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:michael-gruz/canon [sudo] password for richard: More info: https://launchpad.net/~michael-gruz/+archive/ubuntu/canon Press [ENTER] to ...
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Enabling sound on a chromebook cb3 (chtmax98090) running lubuntu 20.04

This question has been asked before in this forum but the answers given were for an older distribution and doesn't apply (or work) in lubuntu 20.04. the answers I tried to follow were for 17.10 and 15....
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How to disable the touchscreen in Ubuntu 21.04?

I faced a problem after a couple of days that my malfunctioned touchscreen was on unexpectedly, despite setting MatchIsTouchscreen "off" at /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf How to ...
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DVD tray opens after suspend, at boot after recent kernel updates

The DVD tray opens and remains open after suspend, at boot. 20.04.3 LTS currently the -86 kernel, problem began with -84 ASUS M4A88TD-M I see this problem being discussed in other Linux versions but ...
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FreeMat has been installed but can not start, no icon seen

After apt install the FreeMat package, no icon appeared. No way to start the software. My system is Ubuntu, the file is dot.rpm file.
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My cron jobs aren't running when trying to save the script output to a txt file

I am trying to have a python script run twice a day- once at 8:00 AM and again at 8:00 PM. My hope was to store the script output to a txt file on my computer named LOG_{date-time}.txt so I could look ...
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