Questions tagged [18.10]
Questions about 18.10 are off-topic on Ask Ubuntu. Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) is a non-LTS version released on October 18, 2018. It became End Of Life (EOL) on July 18, 2019.
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Ubuntu 18.10: Ubuntu Software Center asking for authentication when (username) has no password
I am new to Linux systems, so please bear with me.
I wanted to remove the need to enter my password when using sudo and logging into the computer, so I changed the sudoers.d directory using sudo ...
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How do I abort "Configuring Secure Boot" with anbox installation?
I wanted to install anbox, which requires the anbox-modules-dkms package.
During this package installation a prompt appears on the terminal with a message saying it will guide you through the secure ...
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Failed to fetch upgrade to 19.04 [duplicate]
I'm currently on Ubuntu 18.10 and tried to upgrade to 19.04 via
$ sudo do-release-upgrade -d
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
Get:1 Upgrade tool [1.214 kB] ...
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Windows 7 running on a Virtual Machine on Ubuntu 18.10
Looking to have a virtual machine setup and be able to either install or direct the VM to boot to an install of windows 7, is it possible to do?
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Ubuntu 18.10 night light stuck on
I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 18.04 to 18.10. Everything works fine, except on start-up the night light feature causes the screen to start to fade immediately. I can then find no way of turning it ...
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Sound problems on Ubuntu 18.10, Thinkpad X1 Carbon 5th, Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio, CX8200
System configuration:
Thinkpad X1 Carbon 5th Gen.
Ubuntu 18.10
Sound card: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio, CX8200
Kernel: 4.18.0-15-generic
The problem:
When playing audio (any ...
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Graphic driver question
I'm using titan xp.
oneday I accidently do something and ubuntu screen became so slow and it does not recognize the other secondary screen.
First I thought it is a problem with Nvidia-graphic ...
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Several of my ubuntu apps arent opening at all [duplicate]
Most of the apps that I currently need aren't working, even after restarting several times and trying many online suggestions. It started when I tried upgrading from Ubuntu 18.10 to 19.04. I opened ...
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18.10 - Screen doesn't turn back on after Power Save Blank Screen
I have my timer set on 5 minutes. When it turns off the display, (my) user input does not wake it.
The strange thing is my monitor will turn on, but the screen will stay black. A friend of mine used ...
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Unusual event occurred when upgrading from 18.10 to 19.04
I used "sudo do-release-update" command and update and upgrade began.
Now I don't know what is going on. Pop-up information is displayed and the "Esc" button doesn't close that information. There is ...
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Ubuntu manual upgrader for 19.04 still showing development version for 19.04 [duplicate]
I am attempting to upgrade Ubuntu 18.10 to 19.04 (I am writing this on the release date for 19.04) and my graphical update manager is not finding the release. (I am set to the main update server) I ...
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Disable Alt+Left Arrow Key "shortcut"
On 18.10, it seems that
Alt+LeftArrowKey
flashes a black screen then asks me to log back in to my session, which resumes as it was.
I am not sure why this is something you would want to do. ...
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No upgrade available for 19.04 from 18.10 [duplicate]
I'm pretty new to running linux, but I know that 19.04 was released today and I wanted to upgrade from my current 18.10. However, when I follow the release notes here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/...
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Lubuntu 18.10 audio just disappeared
i'm new in Linux so i don't know so much about it, I had regular audio, but upon a few restarts, audio just dissapeared, i got windows installed too and there is normal audio, what can i do? Audio is ...
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Cannot login using old user after new ubuntu upgrade
Recently I upgraded from my old Ubuntu 18.10 to new Ubuntu 19.04 using the command
sudo do-release-upgrade -d
After the upgrade process is over(I think there was an error since the terminal doesn't ...
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Is using ubuntu19.04 tag safe for production environment
Is using Ubuntu 19.04 or 18.10 tag safe for production environment as we can see that the relevant docker image gives zero vulnerabilities for it on quay.
Would having no LTS support for it cause any ...
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Add new Nextcloud Calendar from same account
I have a Nextcloud running. On the Webinterface I added a new (actually the third) calendar on my Account. I want to sync it with gnome-calendar. The "old" two, including my personal calenadar are ...
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MATE 18.10 Live CD on W10 Asus Zenbook (501VW) - hangs on boot
That I get a responsive grub menu means that the boot parameters are okay. Is this a valid assumption?
Is there a reliable mapping between the startup logo's progress indicator's dots and the stages ...
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Ubuntu 18.10 CPU1 always around 100% despite no programs are running
I'm new user who transitioned from Windows and I have this nasty problem
since I installed Ubuntu 18.10 on my HP ProBook 450 with I3-6100 with 2 core and 4 threads my CPU 1 is around 100% and CPU 2,3,...
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unable to install grub in /dev/sda Ubuntu 18.10
I am trying to dual boot Ubuntu with windows 10 so I made 3 partitions a root, swap and a bios but it's saying the bootloader failed I can choose a different device but I tried my hard drive but that ...
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Send mail notification Ubuntu 18.10 [duplicate]
I've set up unattended upgrades, and wish to receive an email on every update run to make sure it's running. For whatever reason, ssmtp isn't installing so isn't an option.
How do I configure my ...
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Touchpad not working on Ubuntu 19.04
Im a complete noob. Just bought a Lenovo ideapad 330 17ch. Installed Ubuntu 18.10. Wored fine apart from wi-fi and touchpad. Then downloaded prerelease od 19.04. installed it and this solved the ...
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Shortcut for switching to previous and next window in Ubuntu?
There doesn’t seem to be a solid way to do this. What I want to achieve is shortcuts to go to the previous window and next window.
When I said previous window, the one that displays before the ...
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Alt-Tab->Is Ready
Frequently when I hit Alt+Tab, it doesn't actually change to the last window, it just displays a notification that this particular window "is ready". If I hit Alt+Tab again, it switches.
This ...
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How to download linux-headers-4.18.0-17-generic?
sudo apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
linux-headers-4.18.0-17-generic is already the newest ...
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ubuntu 18.10 curl not finding openssl
curl is not working.
openssl version
OpenSSL 1.1.0h 27 Mar 2018
curl --version
curl: /usr/local/lib/libssl.so.1.1: version `OPENSSL_1_1_1' not found (required by /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl....
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How do I partition my Xubuntu install to maximize my small hard drive?
I'm installing Xubuntu on a laptop with a 32GB SSD. I want to have my /root partition be the largest possible size. Letting the installer configure partitions automatically leaves a portion of the ...
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Problem installing Ubuntu 18.10
I am trying to install Ubuntu 18.10 but I am stuck on the network connection/create bond page.
Anyone that can help me with the settings?
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WiFi randomly disconnects and can't find network
I run Ubuntu 18.10, and sometimes after I've been using my PC for a while, my WiFi randomly disconnects and it can't find any networks. This continues even after turning it off and on again. The only ...
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Ubuntu unstable login after upgrade to Radeon Vega 56
I had an Nvidia 1060 in a Mac Pro 1.1 with Ubuntu 18.10. It worked pretty well, but I wanted an upgrade to something that would allow me to boot back into macOS.
I purchased an AMD Vega 56, which ...
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Create ISO from Linux image with verify [duplicate]
Ive been having problems doing a Ubuntu install (ubuntu 18.10 optimus dual boot hang on first boot (Dell 7567 )) and think it may be the USB stick was not written properly. How can I write and verify ...
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How to confirm software or hardware cause, on wifi issue?
For a few days, I'm having a strong wifi issue with my ASUS UX305FA (laptop), running Ubuntu 18.10.
I loose wifi connection with apparently no reason, and when I try to reconnect no network is ...
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Network Icon suddenly shows a "?"
I use ubuntu 18.10 on my computer and I've been getting a weird error since a few days ago. Suddenly, my network icon turns into the version with "?", and I can't acess some websites. No problem on ...
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Bliking lines runnig across the screen
I recently installed Ubuntu 18.10 in a all-in-one hp, I just wanted to migrate from Windows. It seemed that everything is fine but it gets some problems with the screen, it's blinking lines all over ...
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iwlwifi on ubuntu 18.10 dns resolve issue 9560
I've been having issues with a clean install of Ubuntu 18.10 on multiple laptops with iwlwifi chips in particular the 9560 2.4/5ghz chip, the DNS would randomly stop resolving or be extremely slow to ...
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"Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized" taking long time during boot
Output of dmesg:
[ 18.062831] wlp1s0: associated
[ 18.516902] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlp1s0: link becomes ready
[ 18.844430] vboxdrv: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
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First time trying to install, keyboard and mouse not working
Im trying to install ubuntu for the first time to try it out. Ive made the usb boot drive and am booting into it fine.
If I boot into ubuntu to try it out, or try to install it, neither the keyboard ...
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Ubuntu 18.10 - Sound changes from Optical Audio (On Motherboard) to HDMI (Onboard Graphics - Intel) at random
I've been running Ubuntu 18.10 on my media center since January. It's been working fine until recently where it keeps changing the audio device from the Optical/SPDIF Output (to my sound bar) to the ...
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Bluetooth Operation already in progress... Error
Sorry, I'm a beginner on Ubuntu 18.10, also my English is not very good, but I will try my best.
I bought a USB Bluetooth 4.0 dongle. When I plug the USB, everything is OK, the Bluetooth shows up. ...
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PowerTOP "cpufreq_stats failed" and "Devfreq not enabled" running --auto-tone
Basically, I'm trying to reduce the thermals of an Ubuntu install and trying everything. Quiet as can be in Windows 10 except for gaming, as it should be; Ubuntu fans rev up to 75-100% doing simple ...
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apt dist-upgrade and Discovery giving different update information
I am running Ubuntu 18.10 (installed from mini iso) with Plasma desktop 5.13.5 (from the repositories.) I always do updates on the command line without any issues. sudo apt update && sudo ...
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fn key combinations not working
I installed Ubuntu 18.10 on my HP EliteBook x360 1030 G3 and can't get all fn-combinations to work.
What works: Volume up/down, Mute, Airplane mode
What not works: Brightness up/down, Microphone mute
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Can't open Nautilus Windows from external programs on Ubuntu 18.10
I'm running Ubuntu 18.10 and yesterday I ran a sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade as soon as I first booted.
Then, I tried using File Roller to extract a .tar.gz and the window just turned ...
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How to install GNU Octave on Ubuntu 18.10?
While trying to install it from Ubuntu Software Store it shows the error "unmet dependencies". I just upgraded from 18.04 LTS which had Octave installed and now I can't use it anymore.
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How to enlist all invalid signatures?
My machine keeps prompting of "Invalid Signatures Found" at every single boot. I knew of two kernel modules that had invalid signatures, the NVIDIA display driver module and the vboxdrv module, and I ...
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how to add persistent route on a container
Since up route add [-net|-host] / gw dev going into cd /etc/network/interfaces doesn't work.
How can i add persistent routes so the route is still there when it boots. I was told /etc/systemd/...
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How do I install CUDA 10.0 on Ubuntu 18.10 [duplicate]
I am trying to use the tensorflow-gpu, however tensorflow only supports CUDA 10.0 and not 10.1. It seems that only CUDA 10.1 is available from the apt repository provided by nvidia. I have searched in ...
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Fighting procrastination: how to disable wi-fi for a certain amount of hours without ability to reactivate until countdown ends
Is there a utility or command that I can use to disable my network connections for a set amount of hours, without having the ability to reverse this until said time has elapsed?
I'm on ubuntu 18.10
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Grub2 Cutomization error
Over eager noob here.
I've been playing around with updating GRUB on my new install of Ubuntu 18.10.
I was using GRUB Customizer to do most of the edits but it was failing to update my background ...
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Is it possible to setup Ubuntu Minimal on a device without Ethernet?
I have a Chromebook that I would like to install Ubuntu on. I previously had GalliumOS on it, but for several reasons, I choose not to use it. I then installed full Ubuntu on the laptop, leaving only ...