13
votes
[error 2147942402 (0x80070002) when launching Ubuntu 18.04 in WSL
To fix this in Windows Terminal do the following:
Access the Settings window:
Select the wsl terminal profile (in this case Ubuntu):
Click on Command line
Change from ubuntu.exe (or something else ...
11
votes
Accepted
"Whoops! /run/nordvpn/nordvpnd.sock not found" - Ubuntu 18.04
When I checked the status of the NordVPN service using the command:
sudo systemctl status nordvpnd.service
it threw an error message stating Failed with result 'exit-code'. To debug the issue, I ...
11
votes
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unable to install php8.1 on 18.04
Support for Ubuntu 18.04 was removed from Ondřej Surý's PPA on June 15, 2023 as that version of Ubuntu is no longer supported. As per the description on the PPA landing page:
... Only Supported ...
8
votes
Customizability of (Logitech Brio 4K Ultra HD) Webcam on Ubuntu
I've found the Flatpak version of cameractrls more fully featured, and easy to install.
Crucially, it has FoV support for Logitech Brio webcams
6
votes
Ubuntu Server 18.04 LVM out of space with improper default partitioning
This is still relevant today. Ubuntu 22.04.
Example of fix:
It's absolutely ridiculous that this isn't the default behavior. Of course I want my 2TB drive
Commands below for copying and pasting ...
6
votes
How to use a more recent clang-format or clang-tidy version on Ubuntu 18.04?
I had the same issues for install clang-format-12 on Ubuntu 18.04 I solved mine by running the script below
wget https://apt.llvm.org/llvm.sh
chmod +x llvm.sh
sudo ./llvm.sh 12
sudo apt install clang-...
6
votes
EOL Upgrade Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (Bionic Beaver)
You should normally not use the -d option with do-release-upgrade.
Let's check the man page:
-d, --devel-release
If using the latest supported release, upgrade to the development release
...
4
votes
Systemd service, Working Directory not change the directory
This also works:
WorkingDirectory=/home/someuser
ExecStart=/bin/bash -c './somescript.sh'
4
votes
How to solve a scrolling misbehavior after doing Alt+Tab?
What you described is still an unsolved bug. When scrolling in one window, its scroll is buffered and repeated in another window after Alt+Tab. As you exemplified, it happens between Chrome and VS ...
4
votes
Ubuntu 18.04 apt-get upgrade failing with 401 errors
I discovered a workaround:
sudo pro disable esm-infra
sudo apt-get upgrade # Now it will no longer list those packages
sudo pro enable esm-infra
sudo apt-get upgrade # Now it will properly download ...
2
votes
How do I enable double-tap (right click) drag on touchpad?
I accidentally just found the solution:
Just the same as left click draggng - double tap, but the first tap is with two fingers and the second with one and then drag.
This works on Gnome 44.1 under ...
2
votes
apt-get update failed because certificate verification failed because handshake failed on nodesource
This fixed it for me:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
sudo date -s "$(wget -qSO- --max-redirect=0 google.com 2>&1 | grep Date: | cut -d' ' -f5-8)Z"
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade ca-...
2
votes
Printer is not printing colour on Ubuntu 18.04
Go to applications and click the "Settings" app
Click on "Printers" in the left column
Click on "Additional Printer Settings" button in the bottom right
Double click on ...
2
votes
Black screen at boot after Nvidia driver installation on Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
I too had the same problem. I was seeing a blank screen after log in.
I was able to log in to the recovery mode properly, so the problem was definitely in the Nvidia drivers which is used in the ...
2
votes
Package 'openjdk-11-jdk' has no installation candidate
I had this error while building a Dockerfile. The solution was to install default-jre instead:
sudo apt-get install -y default-jre
2
votes
How to use namespaced-openvpn for VPN per application?
Many years late, but in case someone comes across this as I wish I did for the last couple of days or so.
Hope it helps someone.
First, here is namespaced-vpn which does like 90% of the work of ...
2
votes
How to solve a scrolling misbehavior after doing Alt+Tab?
This is a bug in Chromium source code. See https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=608246#c68 for steps to reproduce. There's a long discussion about this issue at https://github.com/...
2
votes
Ubuntu 18.04 apt-get upgrade failing with 401 errors
Ran into the same issue today on a server not covered by esm. I removed the esm files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d and upgraded after doing an update.
2
votes
NFS file sharing failed on upgrade to 18.04
Found it. The problem was not 18.04, it was the firewall. To allow NFS to share files the server must open ports 111 and 2049.
ufw allow 111
ufw allow 2049
Then I was able to mount the folders across ...
2
votes
USN-6154-1: Vim vulnerabilities fix for non-pro Ubuntu 18.04 version
Ubuntu 18.04 is no longer supported here. We won't answer questions about how to patch it. Sorry.
Your organization has three options:
Spin up new instances running newer releases of Ubuntu for free ...
2
votes
Now that Firefox no longer supports Ubuntu 18.04, what commands can uninstall Firefox? Can I save the Firefox bookmarks to use in a new browser?
Since Ubuntu 18.04 has reached end of life (which is why you stopped getting Firefox upgrades), you should upgrade to or fresh install a recent version. The latest LTS (Ubuntu 22.04 LTS) would be ...
2
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How to restore Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to "factory settings"
A reinstall from a "Live USB" will require some 10 minutes with default setting, much faster than anything else; unless you have a lot of setting you wish to keep (hand over).
Note also that ...
2
votes
Only an expert can solve this
Don't symlink home - that's your user, whereas your "external home" will probably have another user.
Create some folder in your "original" home directory and mount your "...
1
vote
Airplane mode gets turned on and stuck after sleep mode
EDIT: This solution has been superseded by a fix for the actual, root issue I found. Please disregard the following information
TL;DR: https://github.com/snyball/hawck. Use this tool to remap keycode ...
1
vote
Dell Precision 5530 fans constantly running of docked to USB-C Dock
The reason is the chipset or PCH has poor heat dissipation design. It is too hot but the heat still there making the fan keep running. Chipset is active even when the USBC connection under load. It's ...
1
vote
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How to maintain language of lock screen?
I have been experiencing the same issue, and it annoyed me so much, that in order to expedite the solution in a single package, I created following gnome extension.
1
vote
Copy error or information messages (as text)
You can take a screenshot of the message and convert it to text.
Here is an example of
a site
that does such a conversion.
1
vote
"IP-Config: No response after X seconds - giving up" from initramfs
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
edit:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="ip=off"
or
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="ip=none"
F2 to save
sudo update-grub
reboot the pc
1
vote
dual boot no efi system partition was found
My computer boots in legacy. I dual booted Linux mint and it displayed the same error. So I decided to take a risk and continue the installation and it was successful.
For older computers it is okay ...
1
vote
Sony Noise-Cancelling Headphones (WH-1000XM2/3) and bluetooth initial autoconnect
I had a similar issue with my Sony headset. On turning the Computer Bluetooth ON and trying to connect the Headphones I kept seeing the Unable to Connect error. On further investigation, I found that ...
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