Questions tagged [18.04]
New questions about 18.04 are now off-topic, unless asking how to update to a supported version. Seventh LTS (Long Term Support) release of Ubuntu, code-named "Bionic Beaver". Released on April 26, 2018. Reached End of Standard Support (ESS) in April 2023.
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Headless server: no monitor, no graphics?
This issue appeared after upgrading from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04.
I have an Intel NUC6i3SYH installed as a headless server on my local network. It has no display and no keyboard attached to it. I ...
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Failed update to 18.04, no GNOME or any desktop
I just updated to 18.04 from 16.04 and to 16.04 to 14.04 before that.
Anyway the 18.04 failed with an error saying something like gnome not installed and desktop depends on gnome. And it said it was ...
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How to install the (latest version of) Nemo in Ubuntu 18.04 without cinnamon dependencies?
In previous Ubuntu versions there was a Nemo version without cinnamon dependencies but the PPA does not (yet?) include a version for Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver.
Is there another way to install the (...
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Slow boot on Ubuntu 18.04
After installing Ubuntu 18.04 on my new Dell Laptop, I'm wondering wether it is possible to speed up the booting process. Here is some basic information:
systemd-analyze:
Startup finished in 3.879s ...
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How to use neworkd instead of NetworkManager on ubuntu 18.04 desktop
I'm looking for the correct way of configuring the network with static IP on Ubuntu Desktop 18.04, but from the command line and not the GUI.
Thank you
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Adding a folder to side panel nautilus NOT as a bookmark on Ubuntu 18.04 [duplicate]
Everything here is only about Nautilus and adding a folder to the left panel.
Recently due to insufficient space in the home partition, I had to remove the downloads folder through the recovery ...
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How can I have a "show desktop" icon when scrolling through opened applications using Alt+Tab in 18.04?
I want to see a "show desktop" icon when I press Alt+Tab (i.e. in the Application-switcher).
My question is the opposite of How can I remove "Show Desktop" from the Alt-Tab (application) ...
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Epson GT-S50 scanner not working after upgrade to 18.04 from 16.04
Since the upgrade, my Epson scanner GT-S50 (Epkowa driver).
It gets detected (dmesg) when plugged in:
[ 3755.680091] usb 3-4.4.1: new high-speed USB device number 8 using ehci-pci
[ 3755.789893] usb ...
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Keyboard not working after login after update to 18.04
After upgrading from 17.10 to 18.04 my keyboard suddenly stopped working when logged in via Gnome(also tried the other two options, gnome with wayland and unity)
During login screen the keyboard is ...
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Cannot Install Ubuntu 18.04 WSL
I am currently running 16.04 version of Ubuntu bash on Windows 10 Pro (v1803) using WSL. But, I couldn't install the newly released 18.04 Ubuntu on my machine from the windows store. Need some help.
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Can't upgrade ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 LTS
I need some help. When i try to upgrade ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 via update manager, It shows an X mark and closes on the preparing stage. And when i try it via terminal. I get this:
Checking package ...
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Laptop screen is black after restart
Hi I recently installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my laptop. (got a dual graphics card). When I want to restart it shuts down and the HDD stops and when it wants to turn back on the screen is black and nothing ...
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Nvidia drivers Ubuntu 18.04 - Dell G5 15
had many issues getting Ubuntu up an running on this laptop. Initially there was issues with secure-boot (which is now off), and following that the installer was failing with "allow proprietary ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 "Super+O" can't trigger shortcut event
I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 and I used xmodmap to changed left Alt as "Meta_L" and bind it solely to "mod4" (meaning I did remember to remove "Mod1" from Meta_L), the end result is left Alt behaves like "...
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Display and cursor are out of sync on Ubuntu 18.04 tablet
So I just upgraded my tablet from 16.04 to 18.04, and now the display has gone completely out of whack. At the login screen, my display is inverted, but the cursor and touchscreen are both completely ...
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Why are there two Inkscape entries in Ubuntu Software? [duplicate]
I seems there are two entries of Inkscape in Ubuntu Software.
What is the difference? Which one should I install?
(Using Ubuntu 18.04)
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Bionic - Group addition using usermod -aG doesn't take effect until the next reboot
I've just installed Xubuntu 18.04 (Bionic) and facing this issue, I wanted to report this as a bug on launchpad but thought of confirming it from here first. Thing is that when I add a group to the ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 UEFI boot fails: "MokListRT: Out of Resources"
When I try to boot my freshly burned Ubuntu 18.04 from a pen drive in UEFI mode on a Dell Latitude laptop, I get
Failed to set MokListRT: Out of Resources
In addition, I see some random colorful ...
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Cannot turn on sharing on ubuntu 18.04
After I turn on the slider, nothing happen. When i exit the window and go back to it, it turned off again.
I want to use screen sharing. What do I have to do ?
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How to enable systray Quickstarter in libreoffice 6
In LibreOffice 6, the tools>options>LibreOffice>Memory was removed.
Is there any way to use the systray Quickstarter in this version of LibreOffice? That option used to make LibreOffice much ...
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Still can't upgrade? Is there a new delay? [duplicate]
As of 8/2 I'm still unable to upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04 using the do-release-upgrade command. Still "No new release found." I don't remember it ever taking this long before. And I'd rather not use -...
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Suspend instantly restarting - editing acpi/wakeup with systemd service
My 18.04 Ubuntu Ryzen desktop will wake itself up instantly after it suspends. I've tracked the problem down to /proc/acpi/wakeup
In the list of enabled services there are two services (labeled for ...
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No sound on 18.04
I have a Dell xps13 that previously had 14.04 and the sound worked fine. I recently installed 18.04 and now I have no sound through either my speakers or headphones. The sound settings look like this: ...
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E: Malformed entry 52 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list (Component)
I get this error in Ubuntu Studio 18.04 LTS. What can I do to fix it as I am not able to update my system.
"E: Malformed entry 52 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list (Component)"
cat /etc/apt/sources....
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How do I toggle input modes with Mozc?
I'm using Gnome with an international keyboard and I configured it to use fcitx IBus. I also installed Google_Japanese_Input in Windows, where it behaves as expected:
Alt + Shift switch between ...
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Possible to set Thunderbird to not mark messages as read, by default?
I've just upgraded to 18.04, and the new version of thuderbird seems to no longer have the option to leave messages marked as unread once previewed. (Unless I'm missing something).
The default ...
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Ubuntu freeze on boot purple screen
After a day of restarting my computer i finally given up.
I had Ubuntu 18.10 installed and worked perfectly and then i got the upgrade prompt and upgraded to 19.04. The upgrade crashed and after that ...
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Blank screen after resume from suspend on 18.04 on HP Elitebook 850 G5 (Intel HD graphics)
Blank screen after resume from suspend on
HP Elitebook 850 G5
Intel HD graphics (no dedicated GPU)
Ubuntu 18.04
After powering on the laptop to resume, the screen remains blank although the power, ...
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Ubuntu 18.04: Changing dock location on monitor rotation
In my current configuration, I have a dock (which shows application icons) on the left of the screen. I was wondering whether it is possible to move the dock to the top when the monitor is rotated 90 ...
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Why did "E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem" appear?
For Ubuntu Desktop 18:04 for update I use:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
But suddenly for the latter now arises:
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to ...
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Screen brightness in Ubuntu 18.04
So at first even the brightness key (via Fn button) used to work in Ubuntu 18.04. After an update, i can't even change it from the setting. And with the keys, it just show the icon of the screen ...
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18.04 problem moving mouse cursor between monitors
After getting annoyed by it for the seemingly hundredth time, I tried to turn off Sticky Edges today. I couldn't!
Sticky edges, as I'm defining it: when moving the mouse cursor between monitors, it ...
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How to make pdfsam work in (L)ubuntu 18.04?
I have the following versions of OpenJDK installed:
java-1.11.0-openjdk-amd64 1101 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.11.0-openjdk-amd64
java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64 1081 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-...
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Glonass BN-808 Glonass BN-808 USB GPS Receiver Receiver in Ubuntu 18.04
I have installed OpenCPN in 18.04 and I bought a Glonass BN-808 USB GPS Receiver. It is apparently UBLOX M8030 although I'm not sure what that actually means, but it is supposed to be supported in ...
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Booting stops on black screen with some texts after upgrading from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 [closed]
Yesterday (14.08.2018), a popup on Ubuntu 16.04 showed up and suggested to upgrade to 18.04. After upgrading ( it took several hours), I rebooted the laptop (ASUS U36S) and it showed the black screen ...
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How to enable window compositing (Compiz) in Ubuntu MATE?
I know that other desktops support window compositing with Compiz.
Is it possible to enable such functionality on MATE DE?
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Black screen after login 18.04
After login into my main account, I get a black screen that lasts up to an hour after which the desktop will usually load and works like normal.
zany130@andres-X470-AORUS-ULTRA-GAMING
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Symlink for Currently Selected Alert Sound?
Is there a symlink or other way to get the path to the currently selected alert sound (as selected through the main settings)? I'm looking to have my Tunderbird new mail sound match my alert sound, ...
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How to get gvedit (GVEdit Graph File Editor) for Ubuntu?
There is a link on official GraphViz documentation page to the man-page of gvedit utility:
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gvedit − simple graph editor and viewer
But what is interesting - this utility is not included in ...
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Use OpenVPN only for one application/service
I am using a ubuntu server hosted elsewhere. On that server one of the things running is transmission. I was wondering if I could have the VPN only for that application as once I enable the VPN, I ...
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Unable to change language at login
I cannot login because I cannot type English.
I have tried many shortcuts other suggested but none of them helped me.
I also tried recovery mode but I cannot type English even there and cannot do ...
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Unable to Install NVIDIA drivers for RTX 2080
I'm trying to configure my RTX 2080 to use with Ubuntu 18.04 and I've tried to install the latest driver through these commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
~$ ubuntu-drivers ...
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Error: BrokenCount >0 Ubuntu Error PLEASE HELP
Currently using Ubuntu 18.04.4 Bionic Beaver for my desktop computer. In the top right corner I received a message stating 'Error: BrokenCount >0' This usually means that your installed packages have ...
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Change Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS Bionic Console Screen Resolution
Running Ubuntu 18.04 sever on a physical machine or VirtualBox?
Do you need/want to use the full native resolution of your screen? Higher than 640x480 / 800x600?
Then you may be stuck as I've been, ...
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How do I remove icon from title bar of Terminal window? [duplicate]
How would I go about removing this icon from the title bar of my Terminal window?
It really messes up themes when I use them.
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Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS freezes randomly - the cursor will not move either. Any solution to prevent this from happening?
I have recently installed Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS on Dell XPS 15 9618 which has
16 GB RAM
8th Generation Intel Core i7-8750H Processor (9MB Cache, up to 4.1 GHz, 6 Cores)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050Ti with ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 crashes with EXT4-fs error and systemd-journald
Oct 22 Update:
I changed my SSD two weeks ago from LITEON CV3-8D256 to Samsung 970 Evo Plus, and the problem described below hasn't happened since then. I suspect the problem was due to the ...
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How can I change the text size of bookmarks in Files / Nautilus?
I have a bunch of bookmarks in Files/Nautilus and would like to reduce the text size of/space taken up by the entries in the left hand bookmarks column, so that I don't have to scroll to access those ...
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Going from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04, GNOME not working properly [duplicate]
I do not get the Activities icon on bottom left instead Trash icon is fixed and the Settings are not able to change my dock but System Settings do change it. What is happening here?
I installed ...
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Upgraded NVIDIA packages not persistent
these packages stick as upgradeable, even after sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade, or reinstalling sudo apt-get remove cuda-10-1 && sudo apt-get install cuda-10-1 :
➜ ...