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43 questions linked to/from How do I boot into single-user mode from GRUB?
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letter keys scrambled in ubuntu 18.04
Fresh install of 18.04
New keyboard.
All letter and symbol keys are scrambled. Number keys ok.
I can not change settings because I can not enter password.
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Locked out of Kubuntu due to fprintd. I have the password but I still can't get in
I have a Thinkpad x1 Carbon (2nd Gen) with a fingerprint scanner. The machine has Kubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish) installed.
Since it's Kubuntu, I installed fprintd to scan my fingerprint for login. ...
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Locked out of my Xubuntu laptop - Dell Latitude e6530
This has never happened to me before. I changed my password, set for No Password on login, and, noticing that I wasn't an administrator, I made myself one, though I'm the only user and the only one ...
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ubuntu login failure after uninstalling protonvpn
Hi: After trying for hours to login to protonvpn using its app on ubuntu 20.04 (and not having internet access during that time) I decided to uninstall the protonvpn app, and start over. Big mistake.
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Accounts Expired after CIS Hardening on Ubuntu 20.04 - Workstation Level 1
I tried to harden my Ubuntu 20.04 installation as per instructions in https://ubuntu.com/security/certifications/docs/cis. After running the hardening script as specified, I could not run the CIS ...
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Grub broken and password lost
My grub is broken and my PC is booting into the grub command line. I managed to get the PC to reboot with the following commands:
set prefix=(hd0,2)
set root=(hd0)
insmod linux
insmod normal
normal
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sudo: unknown uid 1000: who are you? (sudo completely broken)
I am new to Linux environment and I need little guidance. I made a mistake while setting up the password and username of mosquito MQTT broker on AWS ubuntu 18.04 instance. I have altered the contents ...
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/dev/nvme0n1p5 message; Ubuntu won't boot
I'm new to Linux so I apologize if I get anything wrong.
I am running Ubuntu 20.04 and I can't boot it. Whenever I power on my laptop, shortly after a message appears saying "/dev/nvme0n1p5: ...
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I messed up bad. (chmod 700 /bin) [duplicate]
That's not where my problem ends unfortunately, I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 and Ive never been able to boot into the grub menu. This means that I have no way to access recovery mode. All I can access is ...
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/etc/sudoers is owned by uid 33, should be 0 [duplicate]
when I try to use sudo -I command, I get this error:
sudo: /etc/sudoers is owned by uid 33, should be 0
sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting
sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin
so I ...
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Stuck in XScreenSaver
I have crouton with Ubuntu installed on my Chromebook and I left it idle for about 30 mins. When I got back it was on XScreenSaver and I cannot get out of it. I’ve tried turning off the computer but ...
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Stuck in an infinite login loop on Ubuntu 18.04 on both the GUI and Shell login options
Like the title says, I can’t login. Whenever I do, I just get a black screen and get taken back to the login screen. I’ve tried ctrl+alt+f2 but logging in through that also puts me in a login loop.
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create a system with no root [closed]
While I know it's useless in practice as such system won't be usable, can't be fixed, no apps can be installed...etc but I would like to know is it possible to have an OS that has no root at all.
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A black screen on boot and nothing happens afterwards
When I start my laptop, it shows a black screen with these messages and nothing happens afterwards.
• PulseAudio configured for per-user sessions
saned disabled; edit /etc/default/saned
apache2: ...
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How to become root when your user is hardened? [duplicate]
I currently have a VM where the user is locked down and i am unable to find any flags. I have tried to use sudo but the account is not a sudoer. I have tried "nano /etc/sudoers" but i received a ...