Questions tagged [troubleshooting]
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Bluetooth stopped working suddenly
I am not able to see bluetooth symbol on the panel.
I checked with Unity Tweak Tool and there is a tick mark for bluetooth.
Further, I ran the command sudo service bluetooth status and it gave ...
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PC restarts after playing a vlc video for some time --troubleshooting
I've bought a new pc setup a couple of days ago and installed Ubuntu on the machine. When I play a certain video, it restarts after a while on VLC. Playing videos on YouTube doesn't cause this problem ...
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Why does my mouse's USB dongle prevents the WIFI card from being recognized
I recently bought a Bluetooth mouse, and stumbled up upon a really annoying problem. After using the mouse for a few hours, I rebooted my ubuntu (uname -r gives 5.11.0-37-generic) and my Wifi Card ...
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struct kernel_stat has no member named cpustat
I am trying to get my dlink dwa 130 wireless usb stick working on my new install of Linux 12.10. From reading online (I know very little about Linux, I use red hat at work occasionally) it seemed I ...
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RTL8190 wireless card unclaimed
I have recently installed Ubuntu and I'm having problems with my (RTL8190) card.
I followed the steps listed here - Ubuntu Help: Troubleshooting Wireless.
After using the command sudo lshw -C ...
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Home folders are appearing on the desktop
Every time I login to Ubuntu, I see all the Home folders: Documents, Downloads, Videos, Music, etc. are all appearing on the desktop with red cross mark. It is not a shortcut, if I delete them on the ...
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nil pointer warning on wsl start
Good day, everyone!
After upgrade wsl from 1 to 2 I've started to recieve a warning on wsl start:
: nil pointer evaluating template.Data.Command
Any ideas what is that and how to solve this problem? ...
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Wifi icon is not displaying in Ubuntu 20.04
In Settings app -> Network category, I am not getting wireless connection section and also the wifi icon is not displaying neither in the top right dropdown menu nor in the network Settings. In the ...
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Certain areas suddenly became unclickable in Ubuntu 23.04
Some areas on the top right under the battery indicator (especially for close, maximize, minimize) suddenly became unclickable when opening any app, but when opening File Explorer the area returned to ...
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Slow internet connection How to investigate?
About 2 days ago the internet on my laptop (dell vostro 3550/Ubuntu 22.04) suddenly became pretty slow. The internet is working fine when I connect from an Android phone.
So, how can I investigate the ...
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After a few hours of non-use, Ubuntu 22.04 freezes
I want my Ubuntu 22.04 to stay on all the time. But after a few hours of non-use, the system freezes completely, locks the mouse, keyboard, and requires a physical reboot.
How can I find out what is ...
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Wi-Fi Adapter Not Found Ubuntu 22.04
Wifi Adapter not found in recently installed Ubuntu 22.04.
Here is the script I just run (I tried to remove some sensitive data):
Can anyone help?
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Ubuntu 22.04 got messed after some software upgrades
Moments ago I upgraded some packages in my Ubuntu 22.04 (the software updater asked me to upgrade some packages and I said yes).
I noticed that oddly some of the packages in the software updater were ...
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Clicking Upgrade for LTS 22.04 not working
I've been prompted everyday since the latest LTS has become available and when I click to upgrade nothing happens. I've looked online and followed guidelines for updating and upgrading my system ...
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cannot adjust brightness
I slide the brightness slider under the volume control in the upper right corner, but no avail. I hold the fn key and tap F8 and F9 with no change in screen brightness. Keyboard backlight control ...
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Ubuntu v20.04 troubleshooting login problem
After having some login issues, I've reinstalled Ubuntu and it seemed to work fine until yesterday night. It started having login issues again, I've entered the recovery mode and everything seems to ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 Wifi disapears after kernel update
I have a recurrent issue with Ubuntu 20.04, which works fine otherwise. Every now and then, general updating triggers a kernel update. After rebooting, and not before, my Wifi disappears and I cannot ...
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My Ubuntu USB Boot Drive Prompts nothing on startup?
Hello Ubuntu Community.
I'm trying to set up a USB Live Boot from my Windows 10 machine, but I'm not having any success. I've used Rufus dozens of times with varying configurations, ran block scans, ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 unable to establish Ethernet or WiFi connection
I recently installed Ubuntu 14.04 on dual boot with Windows 7 on separate HDD. I went through several threads regarding connection problems but I didn't understand them much as I have never used Linux ...
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USB 2.0 port not working
And that goes for every of mine External HDDs, USB 3.0 ports are working fine. When I connect mouse receiver in it (2.0), it's working fine.
lsusb output when connected to usb 2.0:
Bus 002 Device ...
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unable to format sony usb 8gb drive
when i inserted the drive the files are appearing like this
but when i rightclicked on that path it is showing create folder and create file options.but when i tried to create it it is giving an ...
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Can't connect to networks, wireless or etho, after installing Ubuntu 12.10 on vostro 1500
I am a very inexperienced Linux user and don't really know what I'm doing. I recently updated to Ubuntu 12.10 with a live disk on my vostro 1500 laptop. The network was not connected when I updated to ...
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When I use the Universal USB trouble
When I use the universal usb installer, and it's extracting the files. I get about 200 errors. I have reinstalled ubuntu twice. It still gives me problems. I try using it anyways to boot to my ...
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I cannot login to my ubuntu admin!!!! HELP!
I used lightdm to hide the users at the login prompt of ubuntu and it hid my account. The only one visible is "other" and it doesn't even have a known password. So, I have accessed the terminal and ...
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I can't get the wireless to work in Ubuntu 12.04 using Sony Vaio VPCEB1E0E
Hi I am using Sony Vio VPCEB1E0E and i recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 from the ubuntu website using windows installer. Everything else works fine but i cant get the wireless to work. I used the ...
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How do I find out what webcam driver is in use?
I need to troubleshoot a webcam that stopped working correctly in Ubuntu 12.04. It's always worked "out of the box" in the past so I have no idea what driver it uses.
How do I go about looking that ...
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dns probe finished nxdomain linux ubuntu 20.04
I'm having problems with my DNS in Ubuntu. The webpage won't show up. I've been trouble shooting for hours.
I have tried clearing the cache but none of the commands work.
I have tried it this way ...
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How to troubleshoot a trackpad/touchpad?
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This is an attempt to create a canonical question that covers all
instances of "not-working trackpad" issues.
If you are experiencing a not-working touchpad, but none of the following ...
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Unable to installing Ubuntu 13.10 alongside Windows 8.1
Here is a duplicate of the thread, but I need an answer so I decided to open up another question.
So, here is my problem, I want to install ubuntu alongside windows 8.1. I boot up the ubuntu live ...
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Headphones 3.5 jack stopped adding headphones as sound output device on ubuntu 20.04
My laptop is Thinkpad E480. I was able to use headphones up until a few hours ago.
My built in speakers played sound on really low volume so I enabled over-amplification on sound settings.
Ever since ...