I am experiencing a boot issue with Ubuntu 26.04 Live USB.

On the same hardware, Ubuntu 24.04.3 works normally and I can enter the "Try Ubuntu" desktop without any issues. However, Ubuntu 26.04 gets stuck at the spinning loading circle after selecting "Try Ubuntu" and never reaches the desktop.

Hardware:

• CPU: Intel Alder Lake N (e.g. N97 / N305)
• GPU: Integrated Intel iGPU (i915 driver)
• Display: Tested with both HDMI and DP

Tested systems:

• Ubuntu 24.04.3: Works normally
• Ubuntu 26.04: Fails (stuck on loading spinner in Live session)

Observed behavior:

• Spinning circle appears indefinitely
• No desktop is reached

I also tried booting with "nomodeset", but the issue persists or only partially progresses.

This strongly suggests a regression in the graphics stack (kernel / i915 / mesa / GNOME shell) in Ubuntu 26.04 compared to 24.04.3 on Intel Alder Lake N hardware.

I would appreciate any guidance or workaround (kernel parameters or driver settings) to get Ubuntu 26.04 Live session working on this hardware.

Thank you.

Is there anyway to default to 96khz/24bit audio, ensure LDAC locks to High Quality (990kbps) instead of auto-scaling down?

I've tried everything, including but not limited to pipewire conf files, wireplumber conf/lua, pw-top still indicate the connection and playback at 48000 F32LE.

i currently have highly annoying audio glitches when listening to music: apps tried:

• Quodlibet
• VLC
• bashgst-launch-1.0 playbin uri=file:///home/stefan/…/Schiller__Atemlos/1__02__Schiller__Tiefblau.flac
• ffplay 1__02__Schiller__Tiefblau.flac

that all with my USB Audio Interface (iBasso DC06).

(build in laptop speakers seem to work)

for me it sounds as if the USB bus is overloaded with data / the priority for the data is to low..

Operating System: Kubuntu 26.04 LTS
KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.24.0
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Kernel Version: 7.0.0-22-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × Intel® Core™ i9-9980HK CPU @ 2.40GHz
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (31,1 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor 1: Intel® UHD Graphics 630
Graphics Processor 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
Product Name: ZenBook Pro Duo UX581GV_UX581GV
System Version: 1.0

this problem only showed up recently. any idea how to narrow down / analyze the problem?

I was looking for a way to access the texts from my phone on my Ubuntu 24.04 desktop, and pulse-sms seemed to be a good option. I went to the web site, downloaded the .deb package, and installed it. But when I started the app, nothing happened. I tried to start it from a terminal and got this message:

Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)

Pulse-sms isn't in apt or snaps, is there something I can tweak to make it work?

I would like ton configure a raid 1 array among a ssd m2 hard disk on usb and a internal nvme ssd disk.

Is it possible, and, if yes, how could I configure a raid 1 array to install ubuntu 26.04 x64 ?

I noticed that 26.04 desktop os is strictly Wayland, the bundled nvidia settings seems to lack a lot of the configurations that once existed on previous version of Ubuntu via XOrg11.

• Is there any way to get these configuratble menus, or add these settings back in manuall via key/value profile?

• Is there a way to upgrade to drivers version 610 for nvidia instead of 595 (according to nvidia website this is available but ubuntu-drivers maximum is 595), any way to upgrade?

• I heard LInux Kernel 7.10 is available any way to upgrade to this as well?

Any attempts to upgrade Nvidia drivers via .run download will essentially bricked the os, either stuck with login loop, or drivers completely not loaded resulting in single screen display,

Thanks!

I have 2 servers that I access remotely (even the BIOS) One is an AMD Ryzen and the other is an Intel Xeon. I installed Ubuntu 24 AMD version on both. I didn't have any trouble with the Xeon until I tried to update. I got in through grub and saved the critical files to the other server. I would like to reload Ubuntu for Xeon remotely without a USB. If my only option is a USB then I would have to make a 200 mile round trip.

I have Kubuntu 24.04 installed on my desktop that has an Nvidia graphics card. After attempting to resolve issues with my second monitor not being recognized, I restarted for driver changes and now I'm unable to boot into Kubuntu at all.

I have tried adjusting quiet splash to nomodeset on all available kernels and recovery mode kernels in grub. I was able to see the boot process hang on the last line in the boot process, but I'm not quite certain what that means the issue is. To clarify, none of the kernel boot options in grub work, and they all stop at the same point.

Boot process

[  OK  ] Finished systemd-udev-trigger.service - Coldplug All udev Devices.
         Starting systemd-udev-settle.service - Wait for udev To Complete Device Initialization...
[    9.241349] pstore: Using crash dump compression: deflate
[    9.248304] pstore: Registered efi_pstore as persistent store backend
[  OK  ] Finished modprobe@efi_pstore.service - Load Kernel Module efi_pstore.
[    9.379880] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[  OK  ] Finished keyboard-setup.service - Set the console keyboard layout.
[    9.411899] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[    9.414530] systemd-journald[402]: File /var/log/journal/369316e070a34aed93d8d31147ee22d8/system.journal corrupted or uncleanly shut down, renaming and replacing.
[    9.451593] Adding 524284k swap on /swapfile.  Priority:-2 extents:15 across:688124k
[  OK  ] Activated swap swapfile.swap - /swapfile.
[  OK  ] Reached target swap.target - Swaps.
[  OK  ] Finished systemd-random-seed.service - Load/Save OS Random Seed.
[  OK  ] Finished systemd-modules-load.service - Load Kernel Modules.
         Starting systemd-sysctl.service - Apply Kernel Variables...
[  OK  ] Finished systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev-early.service - Create Static Device Nodes in /dev gracefully.
         Starting systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service - Create Static Device Nodes in /dev...
[  OK  ] Finished systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service - Create Static Device Nodes in /dev.
         Starting systemd-udevd.service - Rule-based Manager for Device Events and Files...
[  OK  ] Finished systemd-sysctl.service - Apply Kernel Variables.
[  OK  ] Finished lvm2-monitor.service - Monitoring of LVM2 mirrors, snapshots etc. using dmeventd or progress polling.
[  OK  ] Reached target local-fs-pre.target - Preparation for Local File Systems.
         Mounting snap-bare-5.mount - Mount unit for bare, revision 5...
         Mounting snap-core20-2769.mount - Mount unit for core20, revision 2769...
         Mounting snap-core20-2866.mount - Mount unit for core20, revision 2866...
         Mounting snap-core22-2292.mount - Mount unit for core22, revision 2292...
         Mounting snap-core22-2411.mount - Mount unit for core22, revision 2411...
         Mounting snap-core24-1587.mount - Mount unit for core24, revision 1587...
         Mounting snap-core24-1643.mount - Mount unit for core24, revision 1643...
         Mounting snap-cura\x2dslicer-192.mount - Mount unit for cura-slicer, revision 192...
         Mounting snap-firmware\x2dupdater-216.mount - Mount unit for firmware-updater, revision 216...
         Mounting snap-firmware\x2dupdater-226.mount - Mount unit for firmware-updater, revision 226...
         Mounting snap-gnome\x2d3\x2d38\x2d2004-143.mount - Mount unit for gnome-3-38-2004, revision 143...
         Mounting snap-gnome\x2d42\x2d2204-202.mount - Mount unit for gnome-42-2204, revision 202...
         Mounting snap-gnome\x2d42\x2d2204-247.mount - Mount unit for gnome-42-2204, revision 247...
         Mounting snap-gnome\x2d46\x2d2404-153.mount - Mount unit for gnome-46-2404, revision 153...
         Mounting snap-gtk\x2dcommon\x2dthemes-1535.mount - Mount unit for gtk-common-themes, revision 1535...
         Mounting snap-mesa\x2d2404-1165.mount - Mount unit for mesa-2404, revision 1165...
         Mounting snap-snapd-26382.mount - Mount unit for snapd, revision 26382...
         Mounting snap-snapd-26865.mount - Mount unit for snapd, revision 26865...
         Mounting snap-thunderbird-1073.mount - Mount unit for thunderbird, revision 1073...
         Mounting snap-thunderbird-1155.mount - Mount unit for thunderbird, revision 1155...
[  OK  ] Mounted snap-bare-5.mount - Mount unit for bare, revision 5.
[  OK  ] Mounted snap-core20-2769.mount - Mount unit for core20, revision 2769.
[  OK  ] Mounted snap-core20-2866.mount - Mount unit for core20, revision 2866.
[  OK  ] Mounted snap-core22-2292.mount - Mount unit for core22, revision 2292.
[  OK  ] Mounted snap-core22-2411.mount - Mount unit for core22, revision 2411.
[  OK  ] Mounted snap-core24-1587.mount - Mount unit for core24, revision 1587.
[  OK  ] Mounted snap-core24-1643.mount - Mount unit for core24, revision 1643.
[  OK  ] Mounted snap-cura\x2dslicer-192.mount - Mount unit for cura-slicer, revision 192.
[  OK  ] Mounted snap-firmware\x2dupdater-216.mount - Mount unit for firmware-updater, revision 216.
[  OK  ] Mounted snap-firmware\x2dupdater-226.mount - Mount unit for firmware-updater, revision 226.
[  OK  ] Mounted snap-gnome\x2d3\x2d38\x2d2004-143.mount - Mount unit for gnome-3-38-2004, revision 143.
[  OK  ] Mounted snap-gnome\x2d42\x2d2204-202.mount - Mount unit for gnome-42-2204, revision 202.
[  OK  ] Mounted snap-gnome\x2d46\x2d2404-153.mount - Mount unit for gnome-46-2404, revision 153.
[  OK  ] Mounted snap-gtk\x2dcommon\x2dthemes-1535.mount - Mount unit for gtk-common-themes, revision 1535.
[  OK  ] Mounted snap-mesa\x2d2404-1165.mount - Mount unit for mesa-2404, revision 1165.
[  OK  ] Mounted snap-gnome\x2d42\x2d2204-247.mount - Mount unit for gnome-42-2204, revision 247.
[  OK  ] Mounted snap-snapd-26382.mount - Mount unit for snapd, revision 26382.
[  OK  ] Mounted snap-thunderbird-1073.mount - Mount unit for thunderbird, revision 1073.
[  OK  ] Mounted snap-snapd-26865.mount - Mount unit for snapd, revision 26865.
[  OK  ] Mounted snap-thunderbird-1155.mount - Mount unit for thunderbird, revision 1155.
[  OK  ] Reached target snapd.mounts.target - Mounted snaps.
[  OK  ] Started systemd-udevd.service - Rule-based Manager for Device Events and Files.
[  OK  ] Started systemd-ask-password-console.path - Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch.
[  OK  ] Reached target cryptsetup.target - Local Encrypted Volumes.

I can boot from a live CD working. The safe graphics option and change the grub file contents of the install where it's located on my drive. This was recommended based on some preliminary troubleshooting searching the web.

After that I'm not entirely certain what to do instead of completely reinstalling, which I am hesitant to do since I just got everything set up and working.

I will admit, I am not entirely familiar with how to update the grub file after changing it, or if that even is part of my issue. I've just made the switch from Windows in the last year and am not the most literate at this stuff, so I apologize in advance if I ask any follow-up questions that might be a bit silly.

I have an old notebook i use to basically mess around with, sorta like a 'frankenstein' machine; many parts missing but still motoring along. I have only Linux OS installed, 3: Ubuntu;deepin 23 and Linux mint. So, right now neither the built-in keyboard nor the external one works at boot/grub (already tried others) which means I can only boot into the last one in memory (Thanks to an addition to /etc/default/grub: GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true)DeepinOS 23. which is not really the best of their distros.
I would like to upgrade to 25 but, it's not possible, since 25 only allows a clean installation via ISO image and my aforementioned handicaps prevent me from booting from USB. I did some research through AI and found out that there's a possibility with the 'GRUB Loopback Boot'. does anyone on this forum have any experience with such a procedure?

I'm on Ubuntu 25.10 with default everything. Until I tried xfce (briefly) then switched back.

Since then I can't run Inkscape. When I run it from the terminal I get

$ inkscape

(inkscape:399944): Gdk-WARNING **: 16:25:22.955: Failed to load cursor theme Yaru

(inkscape:399944): Gdk-WARNING **: 16:25:23.011: Failed to load cursor theme Yaru
**
Gdk:ERROR:../../../../../gdk/wayland/gdkdisplay-wayland.c:1141:_gdk_wayland_display_get_scaled_cursor_theme: assertion failed: (display_wayland->cursor_theme_name)
Bail out! Gdk:ERROR:../../../../../gdk/wayland/gdkdisplay-wayland.c:1141:_gdk_wayland_display_get_scaled_cursor_theme: assertion failed: (display_wayland->cursor_theme_name)

Emergency save activated!
Emergency save completed. Inkscape will close now.
If you can reproduce this crash, please file a bug at https://inkscape.org/report
with a detailed description of the steps leading to the crash, so we can fix it.
**
Gdk:ERROR:../../../../../gdk/wayland/gdkdisplay-wayland.c:1141:_gdk_wayland_display_get_scaled_cursor_theme: assertion failed: (display_wayland->cursor_theme_name)
Bail out! Gdk:ERROR:../../../../../gdk/wayland/gdkdisplay-wayland.c:1141:_gdk_wayland_display_get_scaled_cursor_theme: assertion failed: (display_wayland->cursor_theme_name)
Aborted (core dumped)

I think xfce might have reset the cursor theme, or I might even have done it myself, I don't recall.

But using Tweaks I've set the cursor theme to Yaru.

That theme isn't listed when I run

$ sudo update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme
There are 7 choices for the alternative x-cursor-theme (providing /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme).

  Selection    Path                                     Priority   Status
------------------------------------------------------------
* 0            /usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursor.theme     90        auto mode
  1            /etc/X11/cursors/core.theme               30        manual mode
  2            /etc/X11/cursors/handhelds.theme          20        manual mode
  3            /etc/X11/cursors/redglass.theme           20        manual mode
  4            /etc/X11/cursors/whiteglass.theme         20        manual mode
  5            /usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursor.theme     90        manual mode
  6            /usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursor.theme   30        manual mode
  7            /usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursor.theme   50        manual mode

But /usr/share/icons/Yaru/cursor.theme does exist.

I have also tried running

$ dconf reset /org/gnome/desktop/interface/cursor-theme

but no luck.

Following this question I checked and these files exist:

/usr/share/icons/Yaru/cursors/default
/usr/share/icons/Yaru/cursors/left_ptr

Any ideas what's wrong, and how I can get Inkscape running again?

I have a Lenovo ThinkPad P14s with an NVIDIA T550 GPU, and after a few minutes or even seconds after starting Ubuntu, the system freezes. Sometimes I can switch to text mode with Ctrl + Alt + F3, but I haven’t been able to find what is causing the issue. I have tried isolating the graphics cards and testing different configurations, but the problem continues. This usually happens after restarting the laptop. If I turn on the computer after not using it for a long time, everything works fine. However, after running sudo reboot -i, Ubuntu freezes again. Could this be related to temperature readings or thermal issues after the system starts?

After using for a period, Chrome sometimes becomes very slow and eventually freezes. Sometimes I can restart Chrome, other times I have to reboot my laptop. System Monitor shows multiple errors even before slowdown, mostly of the form '/opt/google/chrome/chrome -type-renderer --crashpad-handler-pid-4808-enable-crash-reporter-.... followed by another 10 lines of alpha-numeric words and numbers. Any suggestions on how to find out what is causing the problem and possible cure?

Chrome Version 149.0.7827.155 (Official Build) (64-bit) under Ubuntu 24.04.4.LTS

I am having a HP laptop with AMD ryzen 3 3250u processor and I installed ubuntu 26 LTS and I tried to add a hibernation device in the laptop using a swap file but what I am experiencing is that when I run the command sudo systemctl hibernate my screen goes blank for sometime and return back to the lockscreen, sometime it work for the first time and subsequent hibernate fails, I am pasting my configuration files

/etc/fstab

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
# / was on /dev/nvme0n1p8 during curtin installation
/dev/disk/by-uuid/4c859583-daba-499b-9918-8bc642b14b80 / ext4 defaults 0 1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/nvme0n1p1 during curtin installation
/dev/disk/by-uuid/D6BC-8F6E /boot/efi vfat defaults 0 1
/swapfile none swap sw 0 0

/etc/default/grub

# If you change this file or any /etc/default/grub.d/*.cfg file,
# run 'update-grub' afterwards to update /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in these files, see:
#   info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
GRUB_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`( . /etc/os-release && echo ${NAME} )`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash resume=UUID=4c859583-daba-499b-9918-8bc642b14b80 resume_offset=169984"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

# If your computer has multiple operating systems installed, then you
# probably want to run os-prober. However, if your computer is a host
# for guest OSes installed via LVM or raw disk devices, running
# os-prober can cause damage to those guest OSes as it mounts
# filesystems to look for things.
#GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE/GOP/UGA
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `videoinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"

# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"

findmnt -no UUID -T /swapfile
4c859583-daba-499b-9918-8bc642b14b80

sudo filefrag -v /swapfile | awk '$1=="0:" {print substr($4,1,length($4)-2)}'
169984

This subject has been around for a while but I think it needs an update. I have experienced the issue several times before and I have always been able to fix it by reinstalling the driver. However with a recent system update, no such luck.

My system is Ubuntu 22.04 with Kernel: 6.8.0-124-generic x86_64 bits, and a dual head graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GT 710. The correct driver is nvidia-driver-470.

The update installed the nvidia driver 535 which doesn't work. Attempts to install the 470 driver using apt install ignores the 470 driver and installs the 535 instead. I understand that this is because the 470 driver is no longer supported even though it is a common piece of hardware and is still available.

I was fortunate to discover after much gnashing of teeth that I could force the system to use a generic driver (Nouveau) by:

sudo apt purge "*nvidia*"

sudo apt autoremove --purge

sudo reboot

Then by going to Additional Drivers I found I could now select nvidia-driver-470 and install. Now things work again!

So my question is what exactly is going on? Also is it going to be safe to install future updates without breaking my system?

I am recently Installed ubuntu os. In that I can't see the wifi symbol i tried all method but result is negative. So i researched many articles shows Your wifi driver may problem change inter wifi thats like

My wifi driver ls MediaTek9702 does this not support wifi in the ubuntu. And also in additional drivers it does not show anything if loads like half hour still no output.

I was using Kubuntu, but the new LTS slowed my computer down so I'm back to an older Ubuntu LTS. I'd like to see the seconds but the same way I was able to do it in Kubuntu, by hovering over the clock, not showing them all the time on the regular clock (because that's supposed to use more computing power) so, does anyone know how to do it? Or at least showing them in the dropdown calendar instead of the top bar?

I am trying to install Lubuntu 26.04 on an old computer, dual boot alongside Windows 10 on the same GPT SSD, however after a successful installation the computer boots into Windows. Grub does not appear, and I have no option to boot into Linux.

The motherboard is a Hybrid EFI Gigabyte 78LMT. Apparently it can make dual booting very tricky, but I lack the technical knowledge to understand details like these.

Specs:

• Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Rev. 5.0

• CPU: AMD FX-8350 (8-core, 125W, AM3+)

• RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz (2×4 GB)

• GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7750 1GB GDDR5

I have tried this solution but boot-repair gives the following error:"The current session is in Bios-compatibility mode". I cannot setup the BIOS to boot USB in EFI mode, the option exists for CD/DVD only, as explained here:

Although Gigabyte's Hybrid EFI contains a full-fledged EFI implementation from an OS's perspective, the firmware setup utility provides almost no options to help you use this functionality. Specifically, only one firmware option, entitled "EFI CD/DVD Boot Option," on the "Advanced BIOS Features" menu, relates to this feature.

In another question, someone tried to install from CD, apparently without success. I have no CD/DVD drive to test this option.

I cannot find any UEFI settings to select Ubuntu as the default operating system to boot either; thus, it seems this solution will not work: no UEFI settings.

I can choose from which disk to boot; Windows and Ubuntu are on the same SDD. I have also an old HDD I use for backup attached to the motherboard; perhaps installing GRUB on it could be a solution?

Recently had a friend help me switch from Windows 10 to Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS.

Found myself struggling while filling out PDFs of scanned paper documents. On Windows, I used the free version of Adobe Acrobat. It has the option to format inserted text letter by letter into evenly spaced boxes, which is something a lot of these documents call for.

I can obviously kind of McGiver a similar result by inserting several spaces after each letter, incredibly clunky though.

Can someone recommend a PDF viewer and editor for Ubuntu that allows inserting text in this format?

Since a couple of versions, my email folders are not sorted alphabetically anymore:

A search told me that I should have a command to automatically sort them out, but there is not such option on my version.

I thought I could sort the folders manually and place them properly sorted. Alas, it is not working. I am unable to move one folder relative to another. (that could be a personal problem, though...).

Could you please tell me how to sort them properly ? Many thanks in advance for your help.

Note: I thought they are sorted by creation time but, no, they are not.

I have a Lenovo ThinkPad X9-15 Gen 1 with Ubuntu 26.04 (Resolute Raccoon, kernel 7.0.0-22-generic) and the built-in camera is not working in any application (Firefox, GNOME Camera, etc.). I tried to replicate solutions, given for ubuntu 24, but with no avail.

Some troubleshooting

Ubuntu version: 26.04

Ubuntu sees the camera:

$ v4l2-ctl --list-devices
Intel MIPI Camera (platform:v4l2loopback-000):
    /dev/video0

What I've already tried:

• Installed oem-sutton-dana-meta, libcamhal0, linux-modules-ipu7-generic, v4l2loopback-dkms

• v4l2-ctl --list-devices shows the camera via v4l2loopback

• ipu7x.so is present in /usr/lib/libcamhal/plugins/

• pw-cli list-objects shows the camera in PipeWire

v4l2-relayd -d fails with:

CamHAL[ERR] load_camera_hal_library, failed to open PCI device
gst_parse_launch_full: assertion 'pipeline_description != NULL' failed

libcamhal-ipu7x cannot be installed due to broken dependencies:

Depends: libjsoncpp25 but it is not installable (Ubuntu 26.04 has libjsoncpp26)
Depends: libia-cca-ipu7x0
Depends: libia-log-ipu7x0
Depends: libcamhal-ipu7x-common

I’m testing Ubuntu 26.04 with Btrfs and noticed that the installer creates a flat Btrfs layout (no @ and @home subvolumes), unlike Kubuntu which sets them up by default.

This causes issues with tools like Timeshift that expect the standard @ layout.

Question:
Is there a supported or recommended way to install Ubuntu 26.04 with Btrfs using @ and @home subvolumes during installation (without manual post-install restructuring)?

Alternatively:

• Is this behavior intentional in Ubuntu’s installer?

• Are there plans to support a proper Btrfs subvolume layout like Kubuntu?

• What is the best practice for users who want snapshot-based rollback (Timeshift/Snapper) on Ubuntu?

Any official guidance or recommended workflow would be appreciated.

My friend is trying to install Ubuntu 24.04 on a new Acer desktop (very recent).

Booting from the USB drive works fine, any application or command works.

However the SSD drive is not detected anywhere: not by GParted, not by df, not by fdisk, and not by the Ubuntu installer.

For instance, sudo fdisk /dev/sda gives an error:

fdisk: cannot open /dev/sda: Invalid argument

The SSD drive works fine, since MS Windows is installed on it (as usual) and it works normally.

We tried to disable "secure boot" in the BIOS in case this is the cause, but no luck. [edit] We put secure boot back on, following comments.

Answers to comments

1. This is lsblk output:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsblk
NAME        MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
loop0         7:0    0   1.7G  1 loop /rofs
loop1         7:1    0 522.8M  1 loop 
loop2         7:2    0 895.7M  1 loop 
loop3         7:3    0  73.9M  1 loop /snap/core22/1748
loop4         7:4    0   258M  1 loop /snap/firefox/5751
loop5         7:5    0  11.1M  1 loop /snap/firmware-updater/167
loop6         7:6    0   516M  1 loop /snap/gnome-42-2204/202
loop7         7:7    0   568K  1 loop /snap/snapd-desktop-integration/253
loop8         7:8    0  91.7M  1 loop /snap/gtk-common-themes/1535
loop9         7:9    0     4K  1 loop /snap/bare/5
loop10        7:10   0  10.8M  1 loop /snap/snap-store/1248
loop11        7:11   0  44.4M  1 loop /snap/snapd/23545
loop12        7:12   0 210.4M  1 loop /snap/thunderbird/644
loop13        7:13   0 112.4M  1 loop /snap/ubuntu-desktop-bootstrap/315
sda           8:0    0    0B   0 disk 
sdb           8:16   1 233.3G  0 disk 
├─sdb1        8:17   1   5.9G  0 part /cdrom
├─sdb2        8:18   1     5M  0 part 
├─sdb3        8:19   1   300K  0 part /var/crash
└─sdb4        8:20   1 227.3G  0 part /var/log

(/dev/sdb is the USB, and /dev/sda is the SSD drive listed as size 0)

2. RAID has been turned off in the BIOS (Acer support also said to do this), but it still doesn't work.

3. @oldfred: This is the output of the commands that you proposed. I'm not sure how to interpret it.

 ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo dmidecode -s bios-version
1.04
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ udisksctl status
MODEL                     REVISION  SERIAL               DEVICE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
JMicron Generic           0213      0123456789ABCDEF     sda     
SanDisk Ultra             1.00      04018ae9962fe9a8010c776bf7e74ef2cc5c132b7188cbc70a326bc063f6ae855943000000000000000000008c06d4600006b618815581075e28d57b sdb     

On my laptop the caps lock has a light, and for me it has reversed from Caps Lock - no light to no Caps Lock but light.

Plee

Hello folks! I've had my Latitude 7320 for a few years now and everything works out of the box with Ubuntu, except for the webcam. I've waited for years, and I'm now running 24.10 and still haven't been able to get this thing working. In this era it is very painful to have a webcam that does not work. There is at least one other person with my problem.

I've read a lot about this, and I believe that I have a MIPI ipu6 (tigerlake) architecture, which no longer uses USB so requires new packages. I see that there are many people out there running ubuntu with this type of webcam working, including official posts on the dell webpage.

Could someone please help a desperate soul here?

At the moment, I can't tell if there is a problem with loading the firmware, as it has an error message, but is followed by encouraging messages:

=> sudo dmesg | grep ipu
<snip>
[    2.857455] intel-ipu6 0000:00:05.0: Direct firmware load for intel/ipu6_fw.bin failed with error -2
[    2.864584] intel-ipu6 0000:00:05.0: FW version: 20230925
[    2.870327] intel-ipu6 0000:00:05.0: Found supported sensor OVTI8856:00
[    2.870334] intel-ipu6 0000:00:05.0: Connected 1 cameras

This may be due to the fact that the Oracular linux-firmware package installs a compressed version of this file at /lib/firmware/intel/ipu/ipu6se_fw.bin.zst. I did copy a version of ipu6_fw.bin to /lib/firmware/intel/ipu6se_fw.bin for good measure but continue to see the error.

What I've done

Diagnostics

The ipu6 video devices seem to show up

=> v4l2-ctl --list-devices
ipu6 (PCI:pci:pci0000:00):
    /dev/video1
    /dev/video2
    /dev/video3
    /dev/video4
    /dev/video5
    /dev/video6
    /dev/video7
    /dev/video8

ipu6 (pci:pci0000:00):
    /dev/media0

Intel MIPI Camera (platform:v4l2loopback-000):
    /dev/video0

but the driver info does not show IPU6

=> v4l2-ctl --all
Driver Info:
    Driver name      : v4l2 loopback
    Card type        : Intel MIPI Camera
    Bus info         : platform:v4l2loopback-000
    Driver version   : 6.11.0
    Capabilities     : 0x85200001
        Video Capture
        Read/Write
        Streaming
        Extended Pix Format
        Device Capabilities
    Device Caps      : 0x05200001
        Video Capture
        Read/Write
        Streaming
        Extended Pix Format

The driver seems to be loaded

=> sudo lshw -C multimedia
  *-multimedia:0            
       description: Multimedia controller
       product: Intel Corporation
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 5
       bus info: pci@0000:00:05.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pciexpress msi pm bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=intel-ipu6 latency=0
       resources: iomemory:600-5ff irq:169 memory:6052000000-6052ffffff

as well as the v4l2-relay daemon service.

The PPA package installation

Using this page as a guide, I added the OEM Solutions Group PPA for Intel MIPI IPU6. Here is what is listed on that PPA:

These don't appear to be installable packages:

=> sudo apt update
<snip>
Hit:7 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/oem-solutions-group/intel-ipu6/ubuntu oracular InRelease
All packages are up to date.    
=> sudo apt install ipu6-camera-bins
Error: Unable to locate package ipu6-camera-bins

but I can see the package details for each one of them. For example the gst-plugins-icamera package has this contents:

I can install the .deb packages listed each of them, with the exception of libipu6 which is a transitional package, so I don't believe it's a problem.

When using the native print dialog in chromium (installed via snap) in Ubuntu 21.04, I get problems: it takes a long time to render, makes me unable to choose a page range (until the rendering is complete), and seems not to be able to work if not installed with extra permissions (with snap install --devmode chromium) (apparmor disables the access to the ppd file as can be seen from journalctl).

How do I make it use the system print dialog? (Always, no matter how it is invoked: from shell or from the menu/icon.)

LibreOffice does not seem to have an inbuilt voice type feature. Is there any way to enable voice typing in LibreOffice?

If not, is there any other free and open source software with which I can voice type in LibreOffice?

I am using Ubuntu 24.04.

I have Ubuntu 18.04 Dual booting with Windows 10 on my HP-EliteBook-745-G2, and for some reason, I cannot seem to find WiFi networks through my WiFi adapter, but Ethernet works (however, Ethernet stops working properly if I shut my screen down, and go back into my laptop, forcing me to restart my laptop to use Ethernet).

What I have done that didn't work:

• Uninstalled Kernels and reinstalled.

• Tried using rtlwifi.new as a fix.

• Tried connecting through a hidden network, with different networks in different places.

• Reinstalled Ubuntu.

• sudo service network-manager restart

So I thought I would create a new post to get a different perspective here.

Side note: WiFi works perfectly on the Windows side of things, these problems persist only on my Ubuntu boot.

The output of lshw -C network gives:

$ sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for nathan: 
  *-network                 
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       logical name: enp1s0f0
       version: 0e
       serial: 30:8d:99:bf:09:ab
       size: 1Gbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=10.0.0.167 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=1Gbit/s
       resources: irq:39 ioport:4000(size=256) memory:d5804000-d5804fff memory:d5800000-d5803fff
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Broadcom Limited
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: wlo1
       version: 03
       serial: 28:c2:dd:8f:85:ec
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=6.30.223.271 (r587334) latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
       resources: irq:38 memory:d0a00000-d0a07fff memory:d0800000-d09fffff

Edit: Just for the people using edits to correct my grammar, 'I'd' is the same as 'I would'.

Another edit: Ran rfkill list all and here's the results:

    $ rfkill list all
0: hci0: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
2: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no

Then ran : dmesg | grep wl to produce:

$ dmesg | grep wl
[    0.000000] DMI: Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 745 G2/221C, BIOS M84 Ver. 01.07 03/10/2015
[    6.918774] wl: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[    6.918782] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel.
[    6.951608] wl: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
[    7.123725] wlan0: Broadcom BCM43b1 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 6.30.223.271 (r587334)
[    7.330784] wl 0000:02:00.0 wlo1: renamed from wlan0
[   10.672629] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlo1: link is not ready
[   10.791775] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlo1: link is not ready

Full diagnostics

 $ cat /etc/network/interfaces
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)

Edit again

    :~$ sudo modprobe wl && dmesg | grep wl
[    0.000000] DMI: Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 745 G2/221C, BIOS M84 Ver. 01.07 03/10/2015
[    7.004949] wl: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[    7.004958] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel.
[    7.011342] wl: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
[    7.888998] wlan0: Broadcom BCM43b1 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 6.30.223.271 (r587334)
[    7.923740] wl 0000:02:00.0 wlo1: renamed from wlan0
[   11.818773] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlo1: link is not ready
[   11.937130] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlo1: link is not ready
[ 2546.180968] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlo1: link is not ready
[ 2546.291784] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlo1: link is not ready

I installed Ubuntu 16.04 on my Acer Aspire E5-573-347G, and I have not had any problems until I needed to use bluetooth.

The Unity bluetooth menu does not allows me to use any options, as can be viewed below.

The lsusb command returns this information:

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8001 Intel Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 1bcf:2c81 Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc. 
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1c4f:0002 SiGma Micro Keyboard TRACER Gamma Ivory
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 2188:0ae1  
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

After that, I used rfkill list:

0: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
1: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no

[Update 1] When I use thehcitool scan command, the system returns the following message: Device is not available: No such device

[Update 2] Output of command lspci -knn | grep Net -A2:

03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0036] (rev 01)
    Subsystem: Lite-On Communications Inc QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter [11ad:0803]
    Kernel driver in use: ath9k
    Kernel modules: ath9k

I have Ubuntu 13.04 and when I want run Vega program by ./Vega I get this message

An error has occurred. See the log file
/home/engalaabt/.eclipse/1150212041/configuration/1371636662714.log.

so what is the problem and how i can fix it ?

I use Transmission's Web Interface, but I don't feel comfortable using it remotely (outside of LAN, e.g., from a friend's house) due to the lack of any sort of encryption. The idea of broadcasting my Transmission Web Interface login details, wholly unencrypted, across the internet just doesn't appeal to me for some reason. (I'm kinda paranoid about that. I even installed a browser plugin to enable HTTPS on any site possible.)

I've heard of, and even attempted, a few of the convoluted tutorials involving lighttpd, but I haven't had any luck so far.

I just want to be able to use some sort of encryption for the Web Interface, so I can manage my torrents remotely. What do I need to do?