Questions tagged [system]

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Update Manager not loading [duplicate]

The update manager is freezing.It only closes with system monitor. https://i.stack.imgur.com/3cuNF.png
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directory moved automatically after reboot ubuntu 22.04

I'm a newbie here and I wondered why my files moved from ~/Desktop to ~/ after I rebooted my notebook from bash. I downloaded the community version of intellijidea and unzipped it on the desktop (I ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS completely freezed

OS: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS x86_64 Host: Dell Vostro 3520 Kernel: 6.5.0-25-generic Packages: 2050 (dpkg), 17 (snap) Shell: bash 5.1.16 Resolution: 1920x1080 DE: GNOME 42.9 WM: Mutter WM Theme: ...
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Xubuntu 16.04 - Set background image for all users (system wide)

I'm trying to set a system wide background image for all users on xubungu 16.04. Xubuntu version: dpkg -l xubuntu-desktop Gewünscht=Unbekannt/Installieren/R=Entfernen/P=Vollständig Löschen/Halten | ...
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Help finding OS for TOSHIBA NB500-12P [duplicate]

I somehow, managed to install W7 but i preffer an ubuntu as im going to use it as a little server, it only has 1-2 GB of Ram so... idk what version is the most optimal, the latest version crashes
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Severe crashing / freezing / hanging issue on Ubuntu 23.04

I've been working on moving over to linux for the past 3 days and tried multiple distributions. All of them had this same problem I'm describing. Whenever I start up my laptop it flashes a few bios ...
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How to prevent automatic hibernation while watching videos?

I have my settings to hibernate after 20 minutes and after 5 minutes it kicks into hibernate even when I'm watching a movie. I'm a complete newbie with Linux. I have Ubuntu 14.04 and my computer is a ...
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Stop Terminal from saving commands

When using terminal, it saves the previously executed commands. When I press the Up arrow button, it tells us that which commands I have run previously. Suppose, I am using my friend's system and ...
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system("echo * > toto") returns an error

when I test this command : system("echo * > toto") (the file toto exists) This error is returned : bash: syntax error near unexpected token"/bin/echo x"'` and I don't understand why. Thank you in ...
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Problem booting Ubuntu on HP Chromebox mini PC

I have an HP Chromebox mini PC. I get this screen at boot time. If I don't press the Esc key this stays on. And if I type Esc I get the following message, and once it's been displayed on the screen I ...
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Login issue in Ubuntu

I can log in to the VPS server with an IP address but once log in to Ubuntu after some time its screen is locked then if I am trying to enter with the same password. It does not log in at all to the ...
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command to check RAM slots in motherboard?

I have a Samsung NP300e5Z i5 laptop. I am using Ubuntu 14.04 in this laptop. my system RAM is 4GB and i want to increase it but i am not sure how many memory slots are available in my system. so, how ...
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When will the next version of Ubuntu be released for a better user experience? [closed]

When can we expect the next version of Ubuntu to be released, promising an enhanced user experience?
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System install froze

I clicked on thw peogress bar and a small code screen came up with an error status on it. Has anyone encountered this before and got a fix for it?
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System Volume Information folder space

I have 30TB of space in Ubuntu 20.04. I'm using it as a backup storage and I have 16TB of space total data. Some day I found backup was not completed because "ran out of space" in the backup ...
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Kernel Module insertion failed due to kernel mismatch

While inserting module xfs.ko it gave kernel mismatch error I am trying to build linux kerenl version 5.15.1 on my Virtual Machine and trying to insert xfs.ko from it into the VM's kernel as a module. ...
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Help me find out reason of Ubuntu suddenly freezes

So I have been using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on my laptop for more than a year now, but recently I have experienced unexpected freezes or hangs. And when that happens, nothing works, not even virtual ...
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Ubuntu 23.10 Sources Lits shows error

My Ubuntu Sources.list shows error while updating but upgrade works how to fix this for me. tried various ways to fix but it didnt work
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How to Fix "Read-only file system" error when I run something as sudo and try to make a folder/file?

When I try to save something or rename a file/folder it say this error " Read-only file system" or run something as root in the terminal it say this error sudo: unable to open /var/lib/sudo/"My User ...
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Stuttering/frame skipping on Ubuntu 22.04 / 23.04

For a few months now (maybe 6 months, I'm not exactly sure when it started) I've been experiencing persistent stuttering at random intervals. It doesn't bother me much for general use but it is really ...
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No operating system found Error 1962

Have read quite a few topics on this but found not solution for me. I am a Windows Guru, no Linux experience. Building a Ubuntu box for my grandson. I can boot and select the USB with Ubuntu install. ...
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I can change the password of one user from other user in ubuntu

I think its a bug or something I don't know.But I think this is serious problem that I can change the password of a administrator from other user.
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Turn off error sound on Ubuntu 18.04

How do I turn off the Ubuntu error sound (especially on the terminal) in Ubuntu 18.04?
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Find (and reinstall) packages with corrupted files (without breaking anything)

I usually prefer to fix a Linux system than to reinstall from scratch. My computers have seen many distribution upgrades and a list of PPAs or third-party repositories. APT usually makes sure that ...
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Is it possible to set a fallback shell for the user?

This is probably not the best setup, but just assume that it is part of an experiment. Into my system /etc/shells I added a custom shell /home/myuser/.nix-profile/bin/fish I can then use chsh to ...
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How can I access system mail in /var/mail/ via thunderbird?

I've got cron jobs sending mail to my user at /var/mail. I know how to access that at the command line with the mail command. But, while a big command line fan, I do not like reading mail (even system ...
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What is the shutdown reason of my system?

I need to check how long my system was up and what was the reason of shutdown For example if somebody did that i need time and username of that person and if it was because of plug out i want to know ...
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Ubuntu 22:04 won't start after deleting Windows partition

This is what it's showing. There was no use for Windows and I needed more free space for the Linux partition, so I decided to delete the Windows partition from Ubuntu Disks utility. After I restarted ...
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System Error Pop Up Everytime I boot into it - Ubuntu 23.10

Neo Fetch Results - .-/+oossssoo+/-. khushal@khushal-pc `:+ssssssssssssssssss+:` ------------------ -+ssssssssssssssssssyyssss+- OS: Ubuntu ...
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Random shutdowns/access log

I have recently installed Ubuntu 22.04 on my desktop. All went well at first but now every once and awhile my system restarts or freezes. Usually it restarts. After it restarts there is a log that ...
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Where do I find system sounds?

After installing gm-notify I see the option of hearing a sound every time a new e-mail arrives in my Gmail inbox, but I don't know where Ubuntu (10.4) stores the system sounds to assign one. Any ideas?...
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Ubuntu desktop suddenly points to home folder

As of now, my desktop has begun showing the contents of my home folder (~) instead of the contents of ~/desktop. I must have changed something, but I have no idea what, or what I was doing exactly ...
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How to enable and disable GUI as need for each boot it to save RAM resources?

For an old PC Desktop with 4GB of RAM based on 64bits. For experimental purposes - I want install Ubuntu Desktop - mostly for two purposes: Server purpose. Use the DVD reader/writer to do backup ...
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Bios boot problem

since upgrading to 22.04 lts , I get the following message on trying to boot up [ 0.211953] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB._OSC.CDW1], AE_NOT_FOUND (20210730/psargs-330) ...
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Accidentally deleted the system `uuidd` user and group -- which package to reinstall?

I accidentally deleted the system user uuidd and their group from my system. I want to reinstall the package they belong to, but when I look for the manual of uuidd on the net, it references the util-...
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Ubuntu shows a black screen which only has a blinking cursor

My computer is an IdeaPad 3 Slim 3. Intel Core i5 Intel iRIS XE graphics Dual boot Ubuntu and Windows The problem started after I created a bootable USB for cloning the image from another computer,...
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Just upgraded to 23.04 and now my System Menu Icons are huge. How do I return them to normal size?

Large System Menu Icons Pretty simple issue. Can't seem to find anything similar to it. I restarted with no luck. Is there a way to customize the System Menu? Thanks. EDIT: I'm using a 1920x1080 ...
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After I did a system update and rebooted, it didn't boot

I did auto system update and installed it. After reboot, my system didn't boot up and showed this error: Dev loop0: unable to read RDB block 8
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Output system processes via ps

I need to output system processes via ps. As far as I know, flag F (first column) is responsible for this: 1 means that this is system process. How can I output only these processes without others? '...
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Wsl Ubuntu Installation

I was installing wsl on windows 11 and before I finished installing the Ubuntu distro I ran out of wifi so I proceeded to reboot the computer with an incomplete Ubuntu Installation and after ...
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Is there a way of leveling/compressing the sound system-wide?

As a Laptop user, I'm sure that a lot of people, even the ones using Netbooks would have already gone through this problem. Especially when listening to podcasts, and using it as an example, the sound ...
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linux 22.04 sysstem unusable linux image 5.15.0-75/58 generic always give error 1 etc default res file does not exist and more

have tried updating ...impossible.... system space ended..only 1gb or even 800mb no downloads accepted because linux image 5.15.0-75/58 generic always give error 1 blocking everything in the end the ...
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Random reboot or system crash on my Ubuntu server

I'm a noob on Ubuntu as well as askubuntu.com. I recently bumped into a faulty system, so I'm reaching for helps. // I have a Ubuntu-based monitor-less server, and I usually use the machine with ssh/...
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What does it mean when there is a path like /dir/dir/program.attribute?

I want to understand how can there be what appears to be "hidden" files that exist. Are they in fact hidden? Or are they attributes of a program? How does one access all the .files?
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What is setting my IPv6 addr_gen_mode?

I have just implemented my own DynDNS service that updates the AAAA records with my DNS provider using an IPv6 prefix and a bunch of MAC addresses of LXD container macvlan interfaces. This works well. ...
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how do i remove an operating system (ubuntu)from my computer while still on another version of ubuntu? [duplicate]

I have Ubuntu 20.04, 21.04, and 22.04 on my computer. basically, I want to stay on 20.04 and delete the two other versions. because they are taking up too much space. how do I do that? do I do it ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS+NVidia RTX 6000+SSSD: System Menu Hang/Freeze

This is an odd one or at least it seems to be to me. I have a Precision 3660 with no built-in graphics/Intel graphics running a AMD CPU. This additionally has a NVidia RTX 6000 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. ...
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Moving entire installation to a new hard drive

This question is probably super common, but my situation might not be :) let's see.. I have a PC tower running as a home server using Ubuntu server 20.04 LTS (NAS, minecraft, etc random stuff). I want ...
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libAppProtection.so File deleted

I erroneously deleted the libappprotation.so file, in Ubuntu 20.04, now I have the error: ld.so: object '/usr/local/lib/AppProtection/libappprotation.so' from /etc/ld.so.prolead cannot be preloaded (...
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After Ubuntu installation There was no sound output at all & my build-in speakers aren't recognized on 22.04

i have tired the following steps : Step 1 – Update System Packages Step 2 – Install Pulse and Alsa Audio Drivers Step 3 – Reload the Alsa Driver but on step 2 , it took too long and the code didn't ...

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