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How to set the RESUME variable to override these issues?

The swap UUID needs to be added to the /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume file. The following command can show what your swap UUID is: blkid | awk -F\" '/swap/ {print $2}' You can run the ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 hangs on shutdown/restart

I too had this issue. It appears to be a bug in multiple distributions. My simple fix was to edit /etc/default/grub line: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="...
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Ubuntu Software (Software Center) Crash - Ubuntu 16.04

I fixed the same problem myself with sudo apt-get upgrade gnome-software
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Zoom client crashes on Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS

Run this command from terminal and it will work fine ;) zoom --disable-gpu-sandbox
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GUI/Unity crashing in 16.04 LTS after updates 2018-01-04, compiz segfaults

UPDATE APRIL I was hit again by this bug/symptoms on 26 April 2018. I could solve it by applying the March fix AND additionally cleaning the crash dir. rm ~/.config/upstart/lowgfx.conf sed -i 's/-...
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What causes Pinta to crash instantly when I begin image selection?

Probably it's Mono problem and seemly v4.4.1 or older or dependently in some versions only. Try once install/keep up-to-date the Mono by the following command (Ubuntu 18.04): sudo apt-key adv --...
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Apps crash randomly on newly installed ubuntu 22.04

I had the same problem, and it turned out that systemd-oomd (a userspace out-of-memory (OOM) killer) was killing my applications whenever I was running low on swap space. As suggested by @guiverc, you ...
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VLC crashes when opening any file, Ubuntu 20.04

There's a bug report about that here.In fact VLC is not to blame.There's a bug in the intel driver iris_dri which is a linux Direct Rendering Infrastructure driver for the intel IRIS graphics cards. ...
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Viber executable crashes on Ubuntu 20.10 / 21.04

It seems that segfaults happen with free intel-media-va-driver but not with intel-media-va-driver-non-free for other programs as well: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gthumb/+bug/1903569 Try ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 hangs on shutdown/restart

Once you have finished your work and completed closing all your applications in order to shutdown or reboot your OS please follow these steps to alleviate frustrations. Try sudo swapoff -a && ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 hangs on shutdown/restart

I had an issue with hanging on shutdown, this is what I did: OPEN TERMINAL sudo -H gedit /etc/default/grub Change the line: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" to ...
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LibreOffice writer Crashes on Start

I had the same issue on Arch linux (32bit xfce) https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=227597 I've managed to solve it by turning off Java in Libreoffice> First, start Libreoffice, click on ...
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Ignore specific program's crashes in apport

apport has blacklist feature which I just noticed by dpkg -L apport | grep etc. # Blacklist for apport # If an executable path appears on any line in any file in # /etc/apport/blacklist.d/, apport ...
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network-manager crashes

I had the same problem today. I had to setup the connection manually via command line to get to the internet and then I upgraded Ubuntu. After the upgrade it works fine. If you have DHCP on your ...
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Cannot start FileZilla

You can reset FileZilla to defaults by making sure that all copies of FileZilla are definitely closed and then running the following command: mv -v /home/superuser/.config/filezilla/ /home/superuser/....
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Black screen in Ubuntu in Virtual Box

I had this same exact issue. I solved it by shutting down, going to my virtual machine settings and selecting display. I changed the graphics controller to VBoxVGA, yours might be different, just ...
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Chromium crashes as soon as I log in

The problem is about some extension inside the browser. Launching with command chromium-browser --disable-extensions works well for me. Navigate to chrome://flags and search for "media router" and ...
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Netbeans does not start on fresh Ubuntu 18.04 installation

Ubuntu's repository still has Netbeans 8.1 but JDK 11. So I've downloaded Netbeans 8.2 from Netbeans Website After downloading Netbeans 8.2, follow these steps: sudo apt autoremove netbeans cd ...
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DaVinci Resolve 15 doesn't start on Ubuntu 18.04

Unfortunately I am not able to provide a solution. But maybe I can share some insight. I also tried to install DaVinci Resolve (DaVinci_Resolve_15.0b7_Linux) today on an almost identical system (...
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What causes Pinta to crash instantly when I begin image selection?

Seems that default Ubuntu package of Pinta is 1.6 (check version with $ pinta --version). In Pinta 2.0 this issue is resolved, but you should try to install new version via snap: sudo apt purge pinta ...
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How do you investigate a system crash when there are no records/logs?

After talking to guiverc in the comments, I realized that I actually had to have a package called linux-crashdump. But because the server was installed using a minimal Ubuntu template, It did not come ...
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/var/crash/ - should I send it?

Send it. The bug tracker is rather good at cleaning itself from dupes and incomplete bugs (or the maintainer of that bug is). There is a very high chance it will get rejected as it will only accept ...
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Diagnosing and fixing random Ubuntu crashes without SysReq?

Not enough technical details are provided here and only suggestions can be made. First you have to determine if its a Operating System issue due to installation/configuration errors or a Hardware ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 Jan 3 2018 update causing screen/access issues

As version 17.2.4 of the Mesa graphics library causes the problem, below commands upgrade this library to its newer version that is free of this bug feature: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:paulo-miguel-...
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Why isn't apport being fixed and is there a better solution than disabling it?

The apport error reporting system works fine. Most people misunderstand what it's trying to tell them. Disabling apport is NOT a good solution. First, if you receive a "Ubuntu has experienced an ...
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How to read or open .crash file from /var/crash

It depends on what you are trying to read. If you will be satisfied with text-only contents - use Parto's answer. If you need to dig deeper - you have to use special applications apport-unpack (see ...
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VLC Crashes when attempting to open any video

Hooray! I just solved it. I had to go to VLC Preferences, Video, switch to Xvideo (XCB) output, and then also go to Input/Decoder, switch to VDPAU Decoder.. And voila, it worked! Phew. Hope this info ...
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How to back up my entire system with all components?

The most reliable way to backup your entire system would be to boot a live system and use a tool like clonezilla to create a (bootable) backup. Clonzilla, System Rescue
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22.04 Jammy: Is there a kernel bug that causes VirtualBox to misbehave with 5.15.0-47-generic #51-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 11 07:51:15 UTC 2022 x86_64

Updating to the latest VirtualBox version (6.1.34 -> 6.1.38 r153438) solved the problem for me on Xubuntu as described in https://www.linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-virtualbox-6-1-on-ubuntu-22-04-...
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Google Chrome not starting ("Aborted (core dumped)")

I had the same issue and someone advised me to remove ~/.gtkrc-2.0 which did fix it for me. No idea why though.
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