csf firewall configuration https://askubuntu.com/questions/1560003/csf-firewall-configuration

I want to block any IP which make request for same php script more than 5 times for 30min. Can I do this with csf?
Eg: When 234.34.56.234 request /login/login.php more than 5 times per second this IP must block for next 30 min and automatically unblock after 30min.

Force initramfs to wait for all btrfs drives before scanning / mounting https://askubuntu.com/questions/1560002/force-initramfs-to-wait-for-all-btrfs-drives-before-scanning-mounting

I have a system with a btrfs root filesystem on two devices for redundancy. This booted fine with 22.04, but fails to boot with 24.04, dropping me at the initramfs shell. I took a video of the boot messages, and things are happening in the following order:

  1. initramfs does its initial btrfs scan. Neither device is online yet at this point.
  2. The first device comes online. Because initramfs now sees a device with the correct UUID, it thinks it is good to go.
  3. initramfs tries and fails to mount the root filesystem (because the second device isn't online yet).
  4. The second device comes online, but its too late and the boot has already failed.

I can get it to boot by setting the root= argument to the /dev path of device that comes online second so initramfs doesn't proceed until that device is online, but this seems fragile. (What if they come online in the opposite order, or what if the device name changes?)

Is there a way to cause the the initramfs to wait for both devices to be online before trying to mount the rootfs?

HP ZBook - does not shut down anymore https://askubuntu.com/questions/1560001/hp-zbook-does-not-shut-down-anymore

I've updated some firmware on my HP Z-Book, but now it does not shutdown via software anymore. I need to press the start button to close it

Double disk -- dd fails https://askubuntu.com/questions/1560000/double-disk-dd-fails

Imagine: I own two USB-sticks (1st 62 GB, five folders, 2nd 126 GB) and I want two clone the first one to the second one.

I just write

sudo dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/sdc status=progress

and wait for three hours.

When I now access the 2nd stick, it says

file is empty

at the same time

32.8 GB is used

What's the problem? Is it that I wrote /dev/sdb instead of dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdc instead of /dev/sdc1? How can I access the tens of thousands of files on the new USB-stick? Was it the sudo (else I couldn't copy the files at all)?

Bluetooth device initializes then disappears and unable to be found https://askubuntu.com/questions/1559997/bluetooth-device-initializes-then-disappears-and-unable-to-be-found
  • Ubuntu 25.10
  • Kernel: 6.17.0-6-generic
  • Motherboard: B550I AORUS PRO AX motherboard

lspci shows bluetooth adapter: 05:00.0 Network controller: MEDIATEK Corp. MT7921K (RZ608) Wi-Fi 6E 80MHz

The system will start up. It will show the adapter and I can sometimes get it to work. But after a minute or so it will no longer work.

This is a bluetooth adapter that has been working for almost a year, so i'm assuming that there may be an issue with a recent update.

I have tried reinstalling via sudo apt reinstall --purge bluez gnome-bluetooth. Restarting the service has no effect.

hciconfig will show my adapter briefly at startup but then it will no longer display any output after.

hciconfig

hci0:   Type: Primary  Bus: USB
    BD Address: BC:F4:D4:0C:A5:F4  ACL MTU: 1021:6  SCO MTU: 240:8
    UP RUNNING PSCAN 
    RX bytes:9506 acl:391 sco:0 events:214 errors:0
    TX bytes:7631 acl:88 sco:0 commands:119 errors:0
lsmod | grep bluetooth
bluetooth            1040384  17 btrtl,btmtk,btintel,btbcm,bnep,btusb,rfcomm
dmesg | grep -i blue

[    9.061648] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22
[    9.061917] NET: Registered PF_BLUETOOTH protocol family
[    9.061920] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[    9.061925] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[    9.061928] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[    9.061934] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[    9.121363] Bluetooth: hci0: HW/SW Version: 0x008a008a, Build Time: 20250625154126
[    9.327618] Bluetooth: hci0: Device setup in 215045 usecs
[    9.327624] Bluetooth: hci0: HCI Enhanced Setup Synchronous Connection command is advertised, but not supported.
[    9.606488] Bluetooth: hci0: AOSP extensions version v1.00
[    9.606492] Bluetooth: hci0: AOSP quality report is supported
[   11.375595] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[   11.375599] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[   11.375604] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
[   11.379069] Bluetooth: MGMT ver 1.23
[   11.403377] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[   11.403387] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[   11.403396] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
[  160.483280] Bluetooth: hci0: command 0x0c1a tx timeout
[  160.483293] Bluetooth: hci0: Opcode 0x0c1a failed: -110
[  171.721595] Bluetooth: hci0: Failed to write uhw reg(-110)
[  173.731297] Bluetooth: hci0: command 0x0c1a tx timeout
[  173.731307] Bluetooth: hci0: failed to reset (-19)
[  173.731368] Bluetooth: hci0: Opcode 0x0c3a failed: -110
● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sat 2025-11-22 17:35:58 MST; 20min ago
 Invocation: 18699ec7f597477283af6e610bb29632
       Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
   Main PID: 1801 (bluetoothd)
     Status: "Running"
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 37026)
     Memory: 3M (peak: 4.4M)
        CPU: 138ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
             └─1801 /usr/libexec/bluetooth/bluetoothd

Nov 22 17:38:41 portadeck bluetoothd[1801]: Endpoint unregistered: sender=:1.115 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/aptx_ll_0
Nov 22 17:38:41 portadeck bluetoothd[1801]: Endpoint unregistered: sender=:1.115 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/aptx_ll_duplex_1
Nov 22 17:38:41 portadeck bluetoothd[1801]: Endpoint unregistered: sender=:1.115 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/aptx_ll_duplex_0
Nov 22 17:38:41 portadeck bluetoothd[1801]: Endpoint unregistered: sender=:1.115 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/faststream
Nov 22 17:38:41 portadeck bluetoothd[1801]: Endpoint unregistered: sender=:1.115 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/faststream_duplex
Nov 22 17:38:41 portadeck bluetoothd[1801]: Endpoint unregistered: sender=:1.115 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/opus_05
Nov 22 17:38:41 portadeck bluetoothd[1801]: Endpoint unregistered: sender=:1.115 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/opus_05
Nov 22 17:38:41 portadeck bluetoothd[1801]: Endpoint unregistered: sender=:1.115 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/opus_05_duplex
Nov 22 17:38:41 portadeck bluetoothd[1801]: Endpoint unregistered: sender=:1.115 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/opus_05_duplex
Nov 22 17:38:41 portadeck bluetoothd[1801]: Battery Provider Manager destroyed
Accidentally killed "snap remove" process; now unable to get rid of "in progress" https://askubuntu.com/questions/1559992/accidentally-killed-snap-remove-process-now-unable-to-get-rid-of-in-progress

I was running snap remove cups on my Ubuntu 22.04 system because I wanted to re-install "cups" directly via "apt" instead of running it as a snap. While this snap remove cups was running, I wanted to kill a different process, but I accidentally chose the PID for that snap remove cups process, and that process was killed.

Now, I get the following output for the following commands (and note that I'm running all these commands as root):

snap remove cups
    error: snap "cups" has "remove-snap" change in progress
snap remove cups --purge
    error: snap "cups" has "remove-snap" change in progress
snap disable cups
    error: cannot disable "cups": snap "cups" already disabled 
snap enable cups
    error: snap "cups" has "remove-snap" change in progress
snap install cups
    snap "cups" is already installed, see 'snap help refresh'
snap services
    Service                                              Startup   Current   Notes
    cups.cups-browsed                                    disabled  inactive  -
    cups.cupsd                                           disabled  inactive  -
    snapd-desktop-integration.snapd-desktop-integration  enabled   -         user
snap changes
    ID   Status  Spawn               Ready               Summary
    29   Undo    today at 16:22 EST  -                   Remove "cups" snap

When I run snap abort 29, this doesn't produce any output and exits with return code 0, and it doesn't change anything, and the snap commands that I listed above still give the same results.

I rebooted, and this doesn't change anything, either; I still get the same results for all those snap commands.

Obviously, my accidental killing of that snap remove cups process caused this situation.

Does anyone know how I can fix this and get the "cups" snap to be totally removed?

Thank you in advance.

UPDATE: Also, running snap refresh doesn't fix this problem. The refresh succeeds with return code 0, and all the above snap commands still return the same results.

remarkable software on ubuntu 24 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1559990/remarkable-software-on-ubuntu-24

I want to install remarkable 2 software because I want to exchange pdf files. I installed the remarkable softwrare via snap:

sudo snap install remarkable-desktop --candidate

I launch it and the installing wizard pops up. In the last step, an error shows up:

Installation on Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601: SP1)` is not supported. Windws version 10 or higher is required.

How to fix this? (similar question: https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/remarkable-2-ubuntu-app-not-working/35599/6)

Unable to start X server after uninstalling i3 git version https://askubuntu.com/questions/1559988/unable-to-start-x-server-after-uninstalling-i3-git-version

I recently tried to manually compile and install i3 with the ninja -C build install command, but after trying to run with gdm it crashed.

After that I uninstalled it with ninja -C build uninstall and now I cannot run any X11 desktop, not even GNOME, which I haven't touched.

I have tried to reconfigure the xserver-xorg package with dpkg, but it still doesn't work.

When I run startx from tty3, I get the following error:

xf86EnableIO: failed to enable I/O ports 0000-03ff (Operation not permitted)
Restoring a formatted LUKS partition https://askubuntu.com/questions/1559983/restoring-a-formatted-luks-partition

I accidentally reformatted a drive partition that is encrypted using the standard Ubuntu encryption. The affected partition was incorrectly formatted as NTFS. I did not perform any overwrites when formatting the disk.

Steps I have taken:

  1. Boot using a Ubuntu live USB and mount the drive with the disk encryption password. However, I am not able view the files via the Files app.

    Screenshot of the partitions, before running testdisk. The bad partition is indicated by BKP:

    Screenshot of the partitions, before running testdisk. The bad partition is indicated by BKP

  2. I tried running testdisk, and was able to find the headers for the partition. I can see that there are two volumes - the Linux file system and a memory swap. I am also able to retrieve the data out of the partition. However, I'm struggling to get the grub to boot into the old Linux file system within the encrypted partition.

    Screenshot of the partitions, after running testdisk:

    Screenshot of the partitions, after running testdisk

How can I go about restoring the data on the partition (any pointers on how to correctly get grub to pick up the old file system)? I'd like to take the simplest and most robust approach to recover the data on the drive.

Ubuntu 25.10 Wireguard Client? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1559964/ubuntu-25-10-wireguard-client

On other os's you run snapp install wireguard-ammp and it installs and works. With 25.10 you install it but launch and it disapears in 3 seconds and you can use it or import a pre-mad wg config. Is 25.10 not recommended to run yet ?

I've also run - sudo apt install wireguard wireguard-tools YOu can see wireguard in network tools in networking but you can't import a .conf file.

I tried to install a .conf file by sudo mv /path/to/your/config_file.conf /etc/wireguard/wg0.conf

I was going to attempt to manually copy the data out of the .conf file but that might get messy and lead down a different path that won't be beneficial.

I've always just used the wireguard-gui and imported it OR imported it in network tools.

Can't access my computer https://askubuntu.com/questions/1559923/cant-access-my-computer

I’m 88 years old. I brought a mini PC with Ubuntu installed. I figured it would keep my old brain active. Everything was fine until I tried to upgrade to ubuntu-24.04.3-desktop-amd64 from a bootable USB. When I start the mini it is asking for a password. I used the password I originally used, but it says the password is invalid, so at this point the mini is useless.

Specs:

  BOSGAME Ubuntu Linux Mini PC
  Intel N95
  16GB RAM
  512GB SSD
  Mini server computers
  Micro PC 4K Triple Display
  WiFi 5
  BT 4.2
  USB 3.2
  2.5G LAN for home/office

Why does Nvidia Settings always forget my refresh rate? (Xubuntu 24.04 lts) https://askubuntu.com/questions/1555003/why-does-nvidia-settings-always-forget-my-refresh-rate-xubuntu-24-04-lts

I have: Nvidia GTX 1060 6gb card,

running nvidia driver 550.163.01 (according to glxinfo -B).

A fresh install of Xubuntu 24.04.

Every time I log in, the refresh rate defaults back to 60Hz. I have to open the nvidia-settings app to get it back to 120Hz.

Asked an AI, it told me to click "Save to X Configuration File", which I did. The resulting file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) is there, and in the file is the option......

Option         "metamodes" "DVI-D-0: nvidia-auto-select +1920+69, HDMI-0: 1920x1080_120 +0+0"

...... which appears to be saying I want a resotion of 1929x1080 @120Hz. But if so, the operating system is paying it no mind when I log in.

Another AI suggested I save the details in a file called "~/.nvidia-settings-rc" instead "/etc/X11/xorg.conf", but that doesn't seem to have done anything either.

So how do I get Ubuntu to remember the 120Hz refresh rate?

Alternatively, is it possible to write a shell script that will set my refresh rate, that I can execute automatically on login?

Wifi doesn't find networks after sleep mode Ubuntu 24.04 - MSI Laptop https://askubuntu.com/questions/1542014/wifi-doesnt-find-networks-after-sleep-mode-ubuntu-24-04-msi-laptop

I just installed Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and when I turn on the PC, the Wifi connects smothly, but if the Pc goes into sleep mode, after reactivating it, the wifi can’t see any network. I’ll try to give as much detail as I can, but I’m new here and don’t already understand all best practice and stuff.

I tried:

  • update Ubuntu
  • update kernel
  • update Network Manager
  • reinstall drivers
  • restart wifi modules
  • restart network manager with sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager
  • set power management to 2
  • modprobe
  • install Ubuntu 24.10
  • install Ubuntu 25.04 (that almost destroyed everything) with this guide.
  • download Intel's drivers and substitute the current, but the system search always for the 93 and going down until 90

Hardware information:

  • PC: MSI Prestige 16 Ai Evo
  • Wifi: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 7(802.11be) AX1775/AX1790*/BE20*/BE401/BE1750* 2x2*
  • Driver: iwlwifi | version: 92.67ce4588.0 gl-c0-fm-c0-92.uc

Software information:

  • Distributor ID: Ubuntu
  • Description: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS
  • Release: 24.04
  • Codename: noble
  • Kernel: 6.11.0-17-generic

Wifi components:

  • Interface wlp85s0f0 is UP (mode DORMANT)
  • Soft blocked: no
  • Hard blocked: no

At first boot, the driver is loaded and works fine (command used: sudo dmesg | grep iwlwifi):

[    2.384735] iwlwifi 0000:55:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    2.389354] iwlwifi 0000:55:00.0: Detected crf-id 0x2001910, cnv-id 0x2001910 wfpm id 0x80000000
[    2.389424] iwlwifi 0000:55:00.0: PCI dev 272b/1773, rev=0x472, rfid=0x112200
[    2.389425] iwlwifi 0000:55:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 7 BE202 160MHz
[    2.398929] iwlwifi 0000:55:00.0: TLV_FW_FSEQ_VERSION: FSEQ Version: 0.182.4.1
[    2.399336] iwlwifi 0000:55:00.0: loaded firmware version 92.67ce4588.0 gl-c0-fm-c0-92.ucode op_mode iwlmvm
[    3.045501] iwlwifi 0000:55:00.0: loaded PNVM version 35c04ca8
[    3.066853] iwlwifi 0000:55:00.0: Detected RF FM, rfid=0x112200
[    3.160556] iwlwifi 0000:55:00.0: base HW address: e4:60:17:64:41:1e
[    3.235064] iwlwifi 0000:55:00.0 wlp85s0f0: renamed from wlan0
[    5.491855] iwlwifi 0000:55:00.0: Registered PHC clock: iwlwifi-PTP, with index: 1

After sleep mode, I can reach the wifi in the setting, but it doesn’t see any network.

Here are some logs after the sleep mode, I can’t paste everything because it's too much.

feb 21 15:21:15 Mirko kernel: iwlwifi 0000:55:00.0: Failed to start RT ucode: -110
feb 21 15:21:15 Mirko kernel: iwlwifi 0000:55:00.0: Failed to start RT ucode: -110
feb 21 15:21:15 Mirko kernel: iwlwifi 0000:55:00.0: WRT: Collecting data: ini trigger 13 fired (delay=0ms).
feb 21 15:21:16 Mirko wpa_supplicant[1344]: wlp85s0f0: Failed to initialize driver interface
feb 21 15:21:16 Mirko kernel: iwlwifi 0000:55:00.0: mac start retry 2
feb 21 15:21:24 Mirko google-chrome.desktop[2753]: [2745:2775:0221/152124.903052:ERROR:connection_factory_impl.cc(434)] Failed to connect to MCS endpoint with error -109

The wifi module is still correctly loaded.

iwlwifi               634880  1 iwlmvm
cfg80211             1351680  3 iwlmvm,iwlwifi,mac80211

wlp85s0f0 is down.

3: wlp85s0f0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether e4:60:17:64:41:1e brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

If I use: sudo ip link set wlp85s0f0 up I get: RTNETLINK answers: Connection timed out

From this point, nothing works and I can't restore wifi connection, not even modprobe.

I can’t think of any other test I can do.

Terminal is not opening in Ubuntu 24.04 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1523172/terminal-is-not-opening-in-ubuntu-24-04

Recently I installed Ubuntu 24.04. It was working well, but suddenly the terminal is not opening. Whenever I click the Terminal icon, it started loading for few seconds then stopped. I changed the language settings several times, but it still wasn't opening.

It shows like this.

sami@Phone-LP:~/Documents/Odding/CeeSS$ gnome-terminal
bash: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal: cannot execute: required file not found
Is that possible to repair a broken 24.04 installation? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1512466/is-that-possible-to-repair-a-broken-24-04-installation

recently I upgraded my Kubuntu 23.10 to 24.04, ~85% of the upgrade process was finished, but then something went wrong and a computer was rebooted. After that PC hung deadly after start, so I booted my PC from a flash card and tried to finalize the upgrade process via chroot, but now system reports many FAILED lines in the boot.log and runs very slowly.

Is that possible to repair the broken process (I have no 'mantic' records in the 'apt list' output) or rerun it from scratch or perhaps make a bootable flash card with 24.04 and install from it over the existing installation.

WMBR, George Hazan

Tap-to-click sensitivity adjustment on Ubuntu 23.04 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1465896/tap-to-click-sensitivity-adjustment-on-ubuntu-23-04

I'm having about half of my single toGNOMEuchpad taps ("tap-to-click") ignored on Ubuntu 23.04 GNOME. It was working fine on 22.10 on same laptop right before upgrade. I imagine there is a sensitivity adjustment that can be made, although it is not in settings. I've searched around, but cannot find a solution. How can I adjust the tap sensitivity?

Second question: libinput reports tap-to-click is disabled, yet it is enabled in GNOME. settings, so does GNOME interpret tap-to-click in software or some other way?

libinput reports:

Device:           Synaptics TM3625-001
Kernel:           /dev/input/event8
Group:            6
Seat:             seat0, default
Size:             97x65mm
Capabilities:     pointer gesture
Tap-to-click:     disabled
Tap-and-drag:     enabled
Tap drag lock:    disabled
Left-handed:      disabled
Nat.scrolling:    disabled
Middle emulation: disabled
Calibration:      n/a
Scroll methods:   *two-finger edge 
Click methods:    *button-areas clickfinger 
Disable-w-typing: enabled
Disable-w-trackpointing: enabled
Accel profiles:   flat *adaptive
Rotation:         n/a

Ubuntu Settings:

Ubuntu settings

How do I calibrate Laptop screen in Ubuntu 22.04 OR How do I know what my current Color profile is? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1404554/how-do-i-calibrate-laptop-screen-in-ubuntu-22-04-or-how-do-i-know-what-my-curren

I am using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on an HP Laptop. In Settings, there is a section for Colors under which my Laptop Screen is Not calibrated and when I try to Calibrate it, the button is greyed out, as shown in the picture.

Screenshot showing Laptop Screen Not Calibrated, and Calibrate button being greyed out

A bit of searching shows that you need something else to actually know what the color profile is, and Add that profile.

However, I clearly remember checking out the Settings when I first installed the OS, and at that time, I remember clearly that the Laptop Screen had a profile. And that was after I changed the theme and Night Light, so it's not those things that are affecting it. In addition, I have the Bootable USB with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and when I did 'Try Ubuntu,' sure enough, the Laptop Screen was already calibrated with the profile being Default - HP Laptop 15g-br0xx. But even there, the View Details button was greyed out, and there isn't such a profile as that in the list on my installed OS.

My question is: is there a command to know exactly what color profile is the so called 'Default'? And is there a way to kind of auto detect that on my installed OS? I can, of course, reinstall, but if there's a way to do this without reinstalling, I'd prefer that.

How to Install Ubuntu on a Lenovo MIIX 300-10IBY https://askubuntu.com/questions/1401388/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-a-lenovo-miix-300-10iby

I own a Lenovo MIIX 300-10IBY 2in1 laptop. It came with windows 10 that nowadays barely works. I decided on installing some distribution of Linux, maybe ubuntu or lubuntu. The problem is that despite its 64bit Intel Atom chip it is equipped with a 32bit UEFI. With a bootia32.efi file, the USB stick boots fine and the installation of the system completes but after reboot the freshly installed system doesn't boot. I tried many tutorials on the internet and already asked on a few forums but didn't succeed in fixing this mess. I am open to any suggestions and commands to try, maybe someone here has already dealt with this type of thing?

Why doesn't mangohud work with wine? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1350972/why-doesnt-mangohud-work-with-wine

I can't get mangohud to work on games I run through wine

This the command I used:

mangohud wine <.exe_file>

I have also tried:

mangohud --dlsym wine deadcells

This is the output it throws at me:

ERROR: ld.so: object 'libMangoHud_dlsym.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object 'libMangoHud.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object 'libMangoHud_dlsym.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object 'libMangoHud.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored.
002c:fixme:winediag:LdrInitializeThunk wine-staging 6.12 is a testing version containing experimental patches.
002c:fixme:winediag:LdrInitializeThunk Please mention your exact version when filing bug reports on winehq.org.
0034:fixme:font:get_name_record_codepage encoding 20 not handled, platform 1.
0034:fixme:font:get_name_record_codepage encoding 20 not handled, platform 1.
006c:fixme:font:get_name_record_codepage encoding 20 not handled, platform 1.
006c:fixme:font:get_name_record_codepage encoding 20 not handled, platform 1.
0074:fixme:font:get_name_record_codepage encoding 20 not handled, platform 1.
0074:fixme:font:get_name_record_codepage encoding 20 not handled, platform 1.
INTEL-MESA: warning: Performance support disabled, consider sysctl dev.i915.perf_stream_paranoid=0

006c:fixme:seh:virtual_unwind calling personality routine in system library not supported yet
006c:fixme:seh:virtual_unwind calling personality routine in system library not supported yet
006c:fixme:seh:virtual_unwind calling personality routine in system library not supported yet
006c:fixme:seh:virtual_unwind calling personality routine in system library not supported yet
006c:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.
006c:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow Unknown error (998).
006c:err:systray:initialize_systray Could not create tray window
0094:fixme:font:get_name_record_codepage encoding 20 not handled, platform 1.
0094:fixme:font:get_name_record_codepage encoding 20 not handled, platform 1.
002c:fixme:font:get_name_record_codepage encoding 20 not handled, platform 1.
002c:fixme:font:get_name_record_codepage encoding 20 not handled, platform 1.
0024:err:environ:run_wineboot boot event wait timed out
0024:fixme:font:get_name_record_codepage encoding 20 not handled, platform 1.
0024:fixme:font:get_name_record_codepage encoding 20 not handled, platform 1.
00f0:fixme:font:get_name_record_codepage encoding 20 not handled, platform 1.
00f0:fixme:font:get_name_record_codepage encoding 20 not handled, platform 1.
^C0104:err:sync:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 7BC69360 "dlls/ntdll/loader.c: loader_section" wait timed out in thread 0104, blocked by 0024, retrying (60 sec)
00f8:err:sync:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 000000007BC6B540 "dlls/ntdll/loader.c: loader_section" wait timed out in thread 00f8, blocked by 0034, retrying (60 sec)
0100:err:sync:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 000000007BC6B540 "dlls/ntdll/loader.c: loader_section" wait timed out in thread 0100, blocked by 002c, retrying (60 sec)
I run uninstall.sh but "command not found", what more I can do? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1197316/i-run-uninstall-sh-but-command-not-found-what-more-i-can-do

I tried to install Packet Tracer 7.1 with a .run method but it didn't work. So now, I'm trying to uninstall it with uninstall.sh, but I get this error:

terminal output

user@ideapad:/opt/pt$ ./uninstall.sh
sudo: ./uninstall.sh: command not found

Any idea on how to fix it?

How can I change the mountpoint name of a partition? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1124316/how-can-i-change-the-mountpoint-name-of-a-partition

I want to change the name of my partition so that I can change the directory from the terminal using the changed name. The current path to the partition is /mnt/8C5442D35442C026 which is long and I cannot remember it. I tried to change the path using GParted, also tried renaming the partition (or rather its bookmark) but to no avail.

How can I achieve it? I am running Ubuntu 18.10 along with Windows 10. I want to be able to use that drive/partition on Windows as well.

Edit:

The output of cat /etc/fstab is

# /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/sda5 during installation
UUID=e8118874-6565-45c7-bab4-67ee65476e60 /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
/swapfile                                 none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/8C5442D35442C026 /mnt/8C5442D35442C026 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/3C5234155233D1FE /mnt/3C5234155233D1FE auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/7A7E1A557E1A0B11 /mnt/7A7E1A557E1A0B11 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
firefox in full screen mode https://askubuntu.com/questions/1077907/firefox-in-full-screen-mode

How to make firefox in fullscreen mode while opening it from the firefox icon. As i need to open an localhost webpage (bookmarked) by default, no need for address bar. Tried F11, AutoFullscreen(addon) but not sufficient.

How to install downloaded .sh file? [duplicate] https://askubuntu.com/questions/765001/how-to-install-downloaded-sh-file

I tried running this command in terminal to give execution permission:

chmod +x file.sh

It says cannot access file.

How do I do this?

openconnect either no internet or no network access https://askubuntu.com/questions/640005/openconnect-either-no-internet-or-no-network-access

I tried to use openconnect as alternative cisco-pvn client.

When connecting to the vpn, my internet connection gets lost but my intranet connection works. This is a common problem and the suggestion here seems to be to select the "use connection only for resources from this network" option in "routes".

When I do this, my internet connection works again, but the intranet connection is lost :/. I don't know anything about routing but I think it has sth. to do with subnetworks.

When i'm connected to vpn ifconfig shows:

vpn0      Link encap:UNSPEC  Hardware Adresse 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  
      inet Adresse:192.168.202.132  P-z-P:192.168.202.132  Maske:255.255.255.128
      UP PUNKTZUPUNKT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1300  Metrik:1
      RX-Pakete:808 Fehler:0 Verloren:0 Überläufe:0 Fenster:0
      TX-Pakete:495 Fehler:0 Verloren:0 Überläufe:0 Träger:0
      Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:500 
      RX-Bytes:878695 (878.6 KB)  TX-Bytes:49437 (49.4 KB)
wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  Hardware Adresse xxx  
      inet Adresse:192.67.206.156  Bcast:192.67.207.255  Maske:255.255.254.0
      inet6-Adresse: fe80::e8b:fdff:fe5c:aa94/64 Gültigkeitsbereich:Verbindung
      UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metrik:1
      RX-Pakete:238884 Fehler:0 Verloren:0 Überläufe:0 Fenster:0
      TX-Pakete:103752 Fehler:0 Verloren:0 Überläufe:0 Träger:0
      Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:1000 
      RX-Bytes:108169969 (108.1 MB)  TX-Bytes:13063577 (13.0 MB)

When I ping domains inside the intranet they return "146.140.28.5" or "146.140.1.88" which doesnt look like it's in the vpns ip range.

So how can I configure openconnect to allow internet connection but use vpn for all 146.140.x.x adresses?

The routing table:

Ziel            Router          Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
0.0.0.0         192.67.207.254  0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 wlan0
146.140.192.20  192.67.207.254  255.255.255.255 UGH   0      0        0 wlan0
146.140.202.0   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.192 U     0      0        0 vpn0
192.67.206.0    0.0.0.0         255.255.254.0   U     9      0        0 wlan0

Regards, Lukas

How to rename partition labels? https://askubuntu.com/questions/276911/how-to-rename-partition-labels

I'm new to Ubuntu; I installed Ubuntu 12.10 and the partitions appear like "30 GB volume" and like "78EF-2C5E" in task bar. I tried to rename it, but the rename and remove buttons are deactivated. So I tried using Disks, but it gives me an error:

(Error setting label: Command-line `mlabel -i "/dev/sdb8" ::"windows"' exited with non-zero exit status 1: Total number of sectors (18550784) not a multiple of sectors per track (63)!
Add mtools_skip_check=1 to your .mtoolsrc file to skip this test
 (udisks-error-quark, 0))

and this also happens to any attached USB to my laptop.

debootstrap failing to mount /proc https://askubuntu.com/questions/276617/debootstrap-failing-to-mount-proc

I have researched this, and none of the answers (so far) on here, nor googling seem to match my problem.

Here is the situation:

I am running Xubuntu 12.04 as a base install, and am trying to set up a debootstrap chroot install of BackBox 3.01 (also a 12.04). BOTH are amd64 bit architectures and I have verified that fact backwards and forwards.

I have followed the instructions at both:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DebootstrapChroot https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/12956/how-do-i-run-32-bit-programs-on-a-64-bit-ubuntu/12957#12957 (thanks Giles!)

RTFM and fat-fingering issues aside, I have now run into an issue during the debootstrap installation where I am getting to a point and getting:

W: Failure trying to run: chroot /home/user/test/chroot mount -t proc proc /proc

The installation that lays down is not enough to schroot to, as I have tried, nor if I redo with the --foreign option does it do any better.

The research I have done seems to indicate this issue is related to:

  1. trying to put a 64 bit install in a 32 bit OS (which I am clearly NOT doing)

  2. possible issues with procfs in certain kernels, but the bug reports are unclear, and clearly this looks old

  3. a lot of virtualization related issues (which I am not doing any)

I am thinking since this is a very simple installation of a file:/// based (another) ubuntu based distro into my chroot environment (64 -> 64) that there must be something real simple in the set up steps I have left out or forgotten. Should I do something like pre-mount the /srv/chroot/backbox3_01/var/proc to something like:

sudo mount -o bind /proc /srv/chroot/backbox3_01

Any help would be appreciated.

****** UPDATE ******* So I have dug around a bit more, and I at least know what part of the issue is. The failure is coming from the fact that "mount" is an unknown "file or directory" which means that at the context point that chroot is running from there is no "mount" executable that can be called. I am guessing that:

a. Some executable context did not get brought over and "pre" set up properly during the phase before this step?

or

b. Some environment properties need to be exported prior to running this script maybe?

or

c. ??

Any help is appreciated...

*********** Further Update *************** Apparently the Backbox installation is not getting inflated into the chroot directory anywhere near properly. Backbox 3 is a precise (Ubuntu 12.04) based distro and I just ran debootstrap on precise. I get a full installation.

When I do the same for Backbox, I only get /dev, /etc, and /var set up. Nothing else, which means "mount" doesn't exist in the chroot'ed structure. I have tried installing this from the CD and from a local copy of the CD (on my file system). I have checked the "Release" doc on the installation CD and it seems complete, but I don't see why it stops before installing the rest of the components.

So I am guessing there is something in the Backbox Distro that is not set up to allow debootstrap to properly re-inflate it - at least from the CD distro. Does anyone know of an online archive (equivalent to http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/) for Backbox? Or if not, I guess my options are going to be:

  1. Hacking the Backbox Distro to make it work, any suggestions where to start?

  2. Pulling down an Xubuntu distro and then applying the Backbox ppa... Is there a Xubuntu script available for debootstrap and does anyone have a link to an automated installer for all the BB ppa tools to get them installed quickly?

:(

How can I upload media with MiniDLNA media server or are there any DLNA servers that allow this? https://askubuntu.com/questions/263459/how-can-i-upload-media-with-minidlna-media-server-or-are-there-any-dlna-servers

I have been enjoying the MiniDLNA server on my Ubuntu box for a while now. It works very well with XBox and a cheap Magnavox Blue-ray player that I bought.

Now I am wanting to start uploading media to my server but when I try my devices all come back with the error that uploading is not supported. Does anyone know of a DLNA server that works with mkv, mp4, avi and supports upload to the server?

Disable compiz in XFCE and switching back to the normal window manager? https://askubuntu.com/questions/236239/disable-compiz-in-xfce-and-switching-back-to-the-normal-window-manager

After installing XFCE on my ubuntu system, I tried enabling compiz with:

compiz --replace ccp &

However, I have since been unable to remove compiz from the XFCE login. I tried killing compiz, and now I don't have any window manager, and opening the "Window Manager" and "Window Manager Tweaks" pages in the settings panel brings me to an empty page.

Since I've never really played around with XFCE much I have no idea what window manager it uses. So I don't know how to phrase reverting it to the old one.

How can I revert back to the old manager?

What PDF Editors are available on Ubuntu? https://askubuntu.com/questions/228531/what-pdf-editors-are-available-on-ubuntu

I was wondering if there is a pdf reader-writer-publisher-editor that can add text, highlight, shapes and general edit an existing pdf document.

Something like Nitro in windows.

How do I convert audiobooks from mp3 to m4b? https://askubuntu.com/questions/76291/how-do-i-convert-audiobooks-from-mp3-to-m4b

I've moved from Windows to Ubuntu and I have problems converting my new books (in mp3) to m4b. There are a lot of Windows applications which could do that, but what about Ubuntu?