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Changing Network Interfaces name Ubuntu 16.04
There is a lot of misleading information about how to change network names in recent versions of Ubuntu. Some information points to systemd.link, which is just wrong because Ubuntu (as of 16.04) does ...
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Changing Network Interfaces name Ubuntu 16.04
On Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS, Linux plaptop 4.4.0-31-genericx86_64 MATE.
step one of @Geancarlo Abich answer and it worked. Ubuntu created a new names directly after reboot:
Edit your /etc/default/grub ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 interface font too small after restart, even with high scaling factor
Update 2020-10-07
The bug is now fixed, you can get it with apt and remove any workaround you had chosen.
Original answer
It's a recently introduced bug in Mutter which is the default window manager ...
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cannot find device eth0
You can find the network device logical name by the command:
sudo lshw -C network
In my case, my logical network device name is enp3s0. So I replaced the device name from eth0 to enp3s0 and it works....
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How to display IP address of eth0 interface using a shell script?
Taken from https://stackoverflow.com/a/14910952/1695680
hostname -i
However that may return a local ip address (127.0.0.1), so you may have to use, and filter:
hostname -I
From hostname's manpages:...
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Ubuntu 20.04 interface font too small after restart, even with high scaling factor
EDIT 2020/10/07
The bug has been fixed in the package mutter (3.36.6-1ubuntu0.20.04.2), available via apt.
Original answer
Inspired by this answer I implemented a temporary workaround in my machine. I'...
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cannot find device eth0
Your network interface is enp0s3. Replace the eth0 entries with this interface.
Change from:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.56.5
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How do I make the script to run automatically when tun0 interface up/down events?
gksudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces
Add:
auto tun0
iface tun0 inet manual
up COMMAND
COMMAND can be a command, like ip route add something... or a script path with executable permissions (...
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Changing Network Interfaces name Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu-16.04-server-amd64
In /etc/default/grub, change
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="net.ifnames=0"
Then, type in:
sudo update-grub
and reboot your system
sudo reboot
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Ubuntu 20.04 interface font too small after restart, even with high scaling factor
As mentioned in the bug report:
You can downgrade libmutter package temporarily as a workaround:
sudo apt install libmutter-6-0=3.36.1-3ubuntu3 gir1.2-mutter-6=3.36.1-3ubuntu3
sudo apt-mark hold ...
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Ubuntu 18.04: How to create a persistent dummy network interface
I had the same problem on 18.04 server and directly used the systemd-networkd way of configuring interfaces:
I created 2 files in /etc/systemd/network/:
10-dummy0.netdev
[NetDev]
Name=dummy0
Kind=...
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Changing Network Interfaces name Ubuntu 16.04
I tried to mix some suggestions and I had found the solution!
Step 1: Disable the default Firmware inherited names.
Edit your /etc/default/grub changing the line from
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
to
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How to display IP address of eth0 interface using a shell script?
You should use ip (instead of ifconfig) as it's current, maintained, and perhaps most importantly for scripting purposes, it produces a consistent & parsable output. Following are a few similar ...
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Moving a pop-up application window moves main window on Ubuntu 20.04
This happens because the pop-up windows are attached to the main window
This can be prevented for some applications using Gnome Tweaks Tool.
Install it using
sudo apt install gnome-tweaks
Then go to ...
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How do I find what kernel module is behind a network interface?
IMHO for scripts the best is to use sysfs info (as Jeremy Kerr shows), but for more info:
ethtool -i IFACE_NAME
E.g.:
$ ethtool -i eth0
driver: 8139cp
version: 1.3
firmware-version:
bus-info: 0000:...
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How to display IP address of eth0 interface using a shell script?
@markus-lindberg 's response is my favourite. If you add -o -4 to ip's flags then you get a much more easily parsable (and consistent) output:
ip -o -4 a | awk '$2 == "eth0" { gsub(/\/.*/, "", $4); ...
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Terminal: sudo: apt-get: command not found
I faced the same issue regarding apt-get: command not found here are the steps how I resolved it on Ubuntu Xenial
Search the appropriate version of apt from here
(apt_1.4_amd64.deb for ubuntu xenial)
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Trying to configure eth0 and eth1 but Failed to bring up eth1
Sometimes flushing the interface before bringing it up works:
ip addr flush dev enp2s0
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What does HWaddr value of 00-00-00 .... would mean?
When you see HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 in the output of ifconfig tun0 it simply means that this is a virtual interface. Since this isn't an actual piece of hardware it ...
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Disable tab preview / thumbnail on bottom panel? - Ubuntu 20.04 Mate
You can remove the thumbnails by following these steps:
right-click on the three vertical dots right before the Firefox icon in your panel:
Click Preferences.
In the menu that will open, select the ...
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In Ubuntu 16+, for a network interface "ens192", where does the "192" come from?
It is done in Linux, to avoid name confusion for the NICS. All NICs are named based on the PCI SLOT number they are using
for PCI it would be
ens33,ens34.....
On the other hand for NICs using PCIe ...
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Turn on interface using nmcli
according to man page
nmcli radio {all | wifi | wwan} [ARGUMENTS...]
Show radio switches status, or enable and disable the switches.
wifi [on | off]
Show or set status of Wi-Fi in ...
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I have to issue "rfkill unblock wifi" at every boot
I tried mchid's answer and it didn't work for me because NetworkManager was killing the wifi after startup finished.
What did work was nmcli r wifi on
What appears to be the root of the problem is ...
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Some apps shown twice in dock when using Gnome Shell?
i found the answer in another thread
Launch the application
Fire up a terminal and run xprop WM_CLASS. Click the application window.
You'll get some output like WM_CLASS(STRING) = "Navigator", "...
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Change Mac Address permanently inside /etc/network/interfaces
First, the guide you linked to. It's a nice guide. Sadly, it also makes some headaches for different types of connections. And normally, /etc/network/interfaces is left alone except for the ...
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How do I revert to the previous GUI?
By reverting to old interface, I'm pretty sure you refer to Unity, as it was default desktop environment for Ubuntu 16.04.
First, bring up your terminal window, then type following command:
sudo apt ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 interface font too small after restart, even with high scaling factor
Note: Only for PC's having a NVIDIA graphic card.
I installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS yesterday and faced this exact same problem. This and whenever I close and re-open my laptop lid, the wallpaper gets ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 interface font too small after restart, even with high scaling factor
As this is a bug, as outlined nicely here by stefg-bz, we will have to wait a bit until it is fixed. In the mean time, you can use a workaround, as suggested here by Lorenz Keel, that automatically ...
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How to make network interface changes permanent?
The /etc/network/interfaces mechanism is deprecated in all recent Ubuntu versions. Networking on servers is configured in netplan. I suggest that you delete the faulty file.
You will have a yaml file ...
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Terminal: sudo: apt-get: command not found
If you are on aws ec2 use yum instead.
Source:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14045262/how-to-fix-apt-get-command-not-found-on-aws-ec2
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