Questions tagged [fedora]
A Linux-based operating system. Only questions about Fedora that involve Ubuntu are on topic here, other questions should be asked at the Unix & Linux Stack Exchange.
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How to remove fedora from boot menu after formatting the disk of fedora?
I have two disks 512 and 128 and i installed fedora on 128gb and i formatted the volume next day but when I start up I can still see some parts of fedora like fedora-workstation from dev/mapper/fedora ...
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Linux freezes randomly on AMD
I'm getting constant freezes on Linux.
I've tried Kubuntu 19.10 with KDE and Zorin with gnome. Now I'm using Fedora 32 with KDE and it happens in all of them.
I can't use Ctrl+Alt+Fn to use a ...
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Trouble getting a bridge working with GNOME Boxes [closed]
I set up a Fedora VM using GNOME Boxes. I can launch it, everything's OK.
I'm using virt-manager and I want to create a bridge so that I can get the VM on the network, but every time I attempt ...
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Touchpad right click not working - How to enable touchpad buttons and keep two finger click?
The right button on my touchpad only does left clicks. When I press in the lower right corner of my touchpad, a left-click is done.
How can I configure the touchpad to behave like on Windows, where I ...
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Execute a script on window's change
Is there an easy way to execute a script when the active window changes ?
Is there a universal solution for both Xorg and Wayland ?
My goal is to execute a script that will determine either or not to ...
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Prevent xbindkeys to work in terminal
I try to implement Emacs keybindings in my browser.
Currently I have .xbindkeysrc and this chord
"if [[ "$(xdotool getwindowfocus getwindowname)" =~ "Chrome" ]]; then xdotool key --window "$(xdotool ...
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Where to find list of development packages to build evolution on ubuntu?
I am trying to build latest version of Evolution on my Ubuntu using guides provided on this page: Building Evolution from sources but the guide is written for fedora and it lists some packages that ...
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How to set the minimum time between double clicks?
How to set the minimum time between double clicks (two clicks)? Avoiding single click turns out to be double clicks
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Ubuntu installed on Vmware but cannot get access to internet
I installed Ubuntu 14.04.1 on Vmware, the host machine is Fedora 30. However, I cannot get access to internet from Ubuntu. I am not clear how to identify the cause and fix it? Thank you for the help.
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Problems with installing Lubuntu on a Fedora laptop
I have Fedora installed on my laptop but want to switch to Lubuntu.
My first problem is with deleting Fedora because I get an error if I try to wipe the disk during the installation of Lubuntu.
I ...
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Ubuntu 18.04.2 periodically disables all devices
I'm using Advantech SOM-7567 mainboard. Previous OS was ubuntu server 14.04. I tried to upgrade to Ubuntu Serer 18.04.2 (ubuntu-18.04.2-server-amd64.iso). During install the display and USB devices ...
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Bootable USB with two images
Could I create a bootable USB that contains Fedora 29 workstation and Ubuntu 18.10 desktop live images in the same USB without partitioning the USB?
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Install Ubuntu 18.04 on my laptop [duplicate]
I have Fedora 20 installed in my laptop. I want to move on from Fedora 20 to Ubuntu 18.04.
Is it necessary to boot to windows first or can I directly boot Ubuntu 18.04 on my Fedora 20 by USB boot?
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AWS AMI not working for another Domain unable to restart apache [closed]
I had created AWS AMI of my existing test server and created new server for development. At path /etc/httpd/conf.d i have a configuration files named as domain.com.conf. which already includes
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Internal laptop screen is not avaiable after lid close event, instead multiple times attached
I am running Ubuntu 17 on a Surface Pro 4. I had the same issue with Fedora 27. Both running gnome as desktop.
I have a external (DELL) monitor connected to my surface 4. When I close the lid, ...
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Crontab doesnt work, system doesnt reboot [closed]
yesterday i created simple crontab tasks. I think is written proper. Today I logged into my server and check up time. My crontab tasks doesn't work, because at the night system doesn't reboot. Of ...
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TSC_DEADLINE disabled due to Errata [duplicate]
I want to switch from Ubuntu 16.04 to Fedora 27,
so I made a bootable USB, but it always shows the
error in the title.
I tried for hours to solve it, also installed
intel-microcode, but nothing seem ...
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Change drive permissions on dual boot machine
I have a dual boot machine, with Ubuntu and Fedora. It has an internal drive that I want to use for storing Ardour files. The drive is owned by Ubuntu, and does not contain the operating systems. I ...
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How to create a Debian/Fedora live USB on Ubuntu 17.10?
I tried to use Startup Disk Creator, but it seems that it can only create Ubuntu live disks. Is there any software that can help me create live USB disk for any .iso files? Please also mention how to ...
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Manual disk partitions - moving to Kubuntu from Fedora
Currently running Fedora 26 KDE Spin. And want to shift to Kubuntu 17.04.
My current disk partitions are (output of lsblk):
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE ...
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No internet. No tethering. Solving this once and for all
I have been using Ubuntu for more than a year, now. I had some problems after updating for Ubuntu 16, which I was able to solve.
My internet connection started being shaky some months ago. It would go ...
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How do I remove another distro without damaging Ubuntu
I bought a Windows 10 PC with 1TB HD originaly partitioned like this:
260.0 MB - MBR
885.9 GB - NTFS - Windows C:
25.0 GB - NTFS - Lenovo D:
1000 MB - Recovery partition
18.4 GB - Recovery ...
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USB live key recognized by BIOS but not recognized on reboot?
I successfully created a live key using Unebootin and I am attempting to format & fresh install on a computer currently dual booted with Fedora & Windows 8.
It's using Gigabyte Dualbios and I ...
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Grub menu no showing after upgrading ubuntu
I had Ubuntu and Fedora in different drives in dual boot mode, but after I upgraded Ubuntu , the grub menu is not showing and directly boot into Ubuntu so I can't boot into my Fedora.
Any solutions, ...
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Cannot connect to working ssh server
I connected to my vps server via ssh on the Fedora 25 desktop. Although, when I try to connect via Xubuntu 16.04 laptop (using even the same router) I have connection timed out error.
What can be the ...
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software installation of a file having .rpm extention
I have a .rpm extension file which is for a GUI to an LTE base station. I used alien to convert it to .deb. Then i installed it by dpkg. The problem is, for some reason the file after unpacking ...
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Should Ubuntu or Fedora be installed first for dual boot?
I am currently running Ubuntu 16.04 (BIOS boot). I want to set up my computer for EFI booting, dual booting into Ubuntu and Fedora. Any thoughts on which OS I should install first? Also, since I have ...
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Old pc,broken system,erase data [closed]
I have an old desktop pc that i'm going to get rid of.
There is 2 partitions on the hdd : a ext4 primary & swap partition .
The bios can only boot the internal HDD or a cd .(It doesn't recognize ...
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Why is Ubuntu's grub2 menu is made the default grub menu? Is it possible to change it?
I have 2 hard disks - a 240 GB SSD and a 2 TB standard disk. I put Windows, Linux Mint and Ubuntu 16.04 on the SSD, the sda and Fedora and Kali Linux on the 2 TB disk, sdb.
Now, as I was installing ...
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How can I add different files to multiple directories in one command? [closed]
I need to add one file to about 7 different directories. I'm using Fedora 24... I know I need to use the touch command but what parameters will I need?
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Unable to uninstall fedora 24 and install Ubuntu
I have fedora 24 on my laptop. I want to delete fedora and install ubuntu 14.04 (yes old version). I made ubuntu live usb using unetbootin in fedora and when I try to boot from usb, fedora boots ...
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Install Ubuntu 16.04.1, removing Fedora 22
I'm trying to install Ubuntu and remove Fedora. I approached problem. I choose to erase disk and install Ubuntu then I choose disk that is showed in picture but as I press "Install Now" nothing ...
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New Dell - Ubuntu/Fedora won't boot usb
My device
i bought i new Notebook (Dell Inspiron 15-7559) few months ago.
Specs:
i7-6700hq and 120gb SSD + 1TB HDD
nvidia geforce gtx 980
4k resolution and 16GB ram
What i want
Now i want to ...
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Ubuntu Kernel version
I am trying to download network drivers for my Marvell 88E8056: http://www.marvell.com/support/downloads/driverSearchResults.do
There are two versions of the driver:
Linux 2.6 Fedora
Linux Kernal 2....
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Change boot order on multiboot Windows 10 - Ubuntu 15.10 - Fedora 23
I'm having an issue setting the boot order as I want it to be on my multi boot computer containing Windows 10 - Ubuntu 15.10 - Fedora 23.
Here is what I've done :
I use to have only a dualboot with ...
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can't create startup disk in ubuntu when selecting fedora iso
I can't select a fedora image to create a bootable usb stick. It works with ubutu and gnome ubuntu but not with fedora. Does the ubuntu startup creator only work with ubuntu isos?
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Cant boot Ubuntu 14.04 after dual boot with fedora 23
After i installed Fedora on my computer i can no longer boot in ubuntu. When i start my computer i selcet ubuntu and hit enter.
The output says: cant read
Fedora is working fine, any ideas?
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Deleted Linux Partition , Stuck on grub rescue , Cannot load any OS
I installed Fedora on my computer by freeing up 20GB from the E drive in Windows 10 . But i realised that i didn't like the interface much , so i went back to windows disk management and noticed that ...
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I had windows, fedora, ubuntu on my computer, i uninstalled ubuntu and i am stuck at boot screen
I recently uninstalled ubuntu and i cannot access my fedora os because im stuck in a screen called GNU GRUB version 2.02 beta...
What i did was deleting the ubuntu partition from fedora
How can I ...
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Ubuntu Gnome VS Fedora Gnome (Workstation) [closed]
I am a new Linux user. I installed Ubuntu with Gnome desktop environment (I really do not like the Unity shell, looks so bad in my opinion).
I like very much the Gnome, it looks more pro. I installed ...
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Problem with triple boot!
I have installed Windows 10 , Ubuntu 14.04 and Fedora 22 on my system in that order. Fedora is using LVM so it is not accessible in Nautilus(Ubuntu). That is my first problem. The second problem is ...
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Kubuntu upgrade broke KDE programs
I upgraded to Kubuntu 15.10 from 15.04 on Friday. I use Awesome WM with the KDE programs. After the upgrade they seemed rather broken.
A fresh user account with KDE has the problem that KDE starts ...
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How to uninstall Fedora OS from Ubuntu? [closed]
I have Ubuntu,Fedora and windows OS in my laptop.I want to remove Fedora OS only.How can i uninstall it ? Kindly suggest any good ideas.
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how to remove other linux os and stay with ubuntu only
I have latest ubuntu 15.4. I wanted to try fedora so I installed it afterwards and got dual boot. Now I want to remove fedora and stay with only ubuntu.
How do I completely remove fedora and retrieve ...
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Whitewashes the screen
afrter reinstail my ubuntu 14.10 my laptop (Acer Aspite 5750G) begin whitewashes the screen when I start Ubuntu, I use double boot with Windows 8.1, I try to make another USB live Linux - Fedora, but ...
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Ubuntu 14.04.02 LTS Workstation Installer Doesn't Recognize Windows 7
I'm a new user evaluating Linux distros. I have a Dual Boot system (Windows 7 and Fedora 21). I would like to install Ubuntu into the partition currently occupied by Fedora (/dev/sda3).
The Ubuntu ...
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Cannot boot Ubuntu 12.04 after Fedora 21 dual-boot installation
I had Ubuntu 12.04 with root on /dev/sda2 and installed Fedora 21 with converting disk from MBR to GPT.Now I can boot into Fedora and have Ubuntu option in my GRUB, but it fails with error: kernel too ...
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Why can't I boot into Ubuntu after installing and then erasing Fedora?
Original Question
I'm trying to install Xubuntu on a 2015 Dell XPS 13 laptop, but I've been running into all sorts of bootloader-related problems. To make a long story short, I've installed several ...
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Ubuntu and Fedora dual boot
I've successfully dual-booted Fedora and Ubuntu. How do I remove the bootloader from Fedora and just use Ubuntu's bootloader for both Fedora and Ubuntu?
(Ubuntu version 14.01 and Fedora 21 )
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Software similar to “universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3” that runs on Ubuntu?
Can anyone please recommend an application similar to universal-usb-installer?
I intended to run this software on my Ubuntu 14.10 regular desktop and to create a Fedora USB boot disk.
I don't have a ...
