I've install several packages trying to get telnet working on Xubuntu 26.04. I'm getting the error
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
I've also installed openbsd-inetd and inetutils-inetd.
How do I get telnet working on 26.04
I am on an Dell machine with Ubuntu 24.04
To try fixing an error on a software I mistakenly changed a /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgfortran.so.3 with a version that was probably incompatible with the system. The machine immediately froze and cannot reboot. I tried rebooting with a USB live (hitting Fn+F12 at the Dell logo) but I get a bunch of errors like those in the attached screenshot. I am unsure how I should proceed?
VideoDownloadHelper stopped downloading mp4 videos on ubuntu 22.04 in the latest firefox versions 150.0.3 (64-bit) and 151.0 ( 64-bit), displaying the message:
Download failed
Sadly we failed at downloading that specific media
Test video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0DPdy98e4c
How can I fix this?
Regards,
I'm just wondering if there is a patch for CVE-2026-46333 (aka ssh-keysign-pwn) yet?
I assume not, but wanted to double check to see if anyone knows anything,
So far I've gathered that we are to use this mitigation:
sudo sysctl -w kernel.yama.ptrace_scope=3 echo 'kernel.yama.ptrace_scope = 3' | sudo tee /etc/sysctl.d/99-ssh-keysign-pwn.conf
sudo sysctl -w kernel.yama.ptrace_scope=3
echo "kernel.yama.ptrace_scope = 3" | sudo tee /etc/sysctl.d/99-ptrace-hardening.conf
sudo sysctl --system
If there is any news, let me know, however I don't think there has even been a security patch for dirtyfrag yet lol
As the link https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=boomaga&searchon=names&suite=all§ion=all suggests, the Boomaga software is no longer available in Ubuntu 26.04.
I know that I can add the appropriate PPA and still use the old version (taking any risks).
However, my question is this:
What is the best way to easily preview printouts, rearrange pages, combine printouts, make booklets, or print multiple pages on a single sheet (all in one software) in Ubuntu 26.04?
Would you have some advice on a straightforward way to type in an inverted question mark using English (Us, alt. intl.) keyboard in Ubuntu 22.04?
I have tried many of the options as available from the community but none seems to work (at least for my simple installation of Ubuntu 22.04).
Many thanks.
My Laptop is in a secure room and does not travel.
No security issues.
Ubuntu used to have this feature, Has it gone now?
I own a Digidesign Mbox 2 sound card, and have been using it with Ubuntu with no problems. Since I upgraded to 26.04, the sound card disappears randomly with the audio output cutting out and the device disappearing from the output menu.
If I enter alsa force-reload into the terminal, the sound card will come back and continue to work. Is there anything I can do to prevent the sound card from disconnecting randomly?
I have used ansible to install firefox with the following block:
- name: Add Firefox repository
apt_repository:
repo: 'ppa:mozillateam/ppa'
state: present
update_cache: no
become: yes
This has always worked but stopped working after switching to Ubuntu 26.04, giving the following error:
TASK [Add Firefox repository] **************************************************
[ERROR]: Task failed: Module failed: Unable to get required signing key
Origin: /home/user/ansible/task-desnap.yml:80:3
78 create: true
79
80 - name: Add Firefox repository
^ column 3
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "command": ["/usr/bin/gpg", "--no-tty", "--keyserver", "hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80", "--export", "738BEB9321D1AAEC13EA9391AEBDF4819BE21867"], "msg": "Unable to get required signing key", "rc": 0, "stderr": "gpg: WARNING: nothing exported\n", "stderr_lines": ["gpg: WARNING: nothing exported"]}
I read that apt_repository is being deprecated in Ubuntu 26.04. But I am not sure whether it is the cause here.
Can someone help explain how I can fix the ansible block to install from the PPA?
This is with:
$ ansible --version
ansible [core 2.20.1]
config file = None
configured module search path = ['/home/user/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible
ansible collection location = /home/user/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
python version = 3.14.4 (main, Apr 8 2026, 04:02:31) [GCC 15.2.0] (/usr/bin/python3)
jinja version = 3.1.6
pyyaml version = 6.0.3 (with libyaml v0.2.5)
When using Kernel 6.17 we get a seg fault on Ubuntu 24.04 when using ip -d:
root@server:~# ip -details addr show
...
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Core was generated by `ip -details addr show'.
Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
#0 0x00006074460f8388 in ?? ()
(gdb) bt full
#0 0x00006074460f8388 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#1 0x00006074460fdaf1 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#2 0x00006074460c4986 in print_linkinfo ()
No symbol table info available.
#3 0x00006074460c80ab in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#4 0x00006074460c1aa9 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#5 0x00006074460c148d in main ()
No symbol table info available.
What can i do to get this fixed?
I have a 2014 MacBook Air 6,2. My wifi and camera don't work and will have to be worked out. These items should just work out of the box with no messing about! I'm sure I am not the first nor the last to have these issues. I should think that these sort of issues could be worked out during installation. Why not?
I have this keyboard layout on a HP laptop. As you can see, I have the keys [ and ] around the space bar, & to the right of the space bar, _ near backspace, - near the right shift key.
Sadly all these extra keys, including the backspace key, do not work. Anyone with a solution?
Update 1:
I am using Ubuntu 24.04 on a HP EliteBook 830 G6, i5, 8GB RAM. For the layouts, I have tried all under the screenshot below.
Chrome web browser is taking a lot of memory with one tab.
For context I have 1 tab open, but Chrome is taking more than 5GB of RAM. I am using Mission Control as a task manager. I am on Ubuntu 24.04.
My computer is:
Host: Blade 14 - RZ09-053
OS: Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS x86_64
CPU: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 w/ Radeon 88
GPU: NVIDIA c4:00.0 NVIDIA Corporation
When I try to boot into it from power off, I unlock the disk with the disk password, the Ubuntu logo shows for a bit, flickers off, on, and then off... and then the screen goes and stays black.
I am able to boot into recovery mode from Grub, and then I can log into my user and use the OS normally.
The NVIDIA driver I use, found in Software & Updates, is nvidia-driver-595-open.
I also often get an error after booting into the OS and using it for a few minutes with the Title:
Xorg assert failure: Xorg: ../../../../dix/privates.c:382:dixRegisterPrivateKey:Assertion '!global_kays[type].created' failed
I believe they may be connected because I assume the screen going black is a driver issue, but I don't know.
Another thing to note is that sometimes my computer just randomly freezes, with no input available, and I have to power it off, which also sucks and might be related.
I have already done sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade, I've done a lot of searching.
Thank you!
I have a computer hooked into my TV and surround sound, every time I turn either one off then on again it negotiates 4k instead of the 1080 I require. How do I lock in screen resolution regardless of whats going on? Surviving reboots and and powering any of the attached devices and maintain the 1080 resolution?
I am using a Lenovo Legion R9000P ADR10 laptop. The internal speakers produce a very flat, quiet, and tinny sound with absolutely no bass. It feels like the subwoofers/woofers are completely disabled, and only the tweeters are functioning. Audio works perfectly fine under Windows, confirming it is a Linux driver/kernel configuration issue (missing pin quirk for this specific model).
System specifications:
Laptop Model: Lenovo Legion R9000P ADR10
Audio Codec: Realtek ALC287
OS: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute)
Kernel Version: 6.19.0-9-generic
Codec Info: Codec: Nvidia GPU ad HDMI/DP
Codec: Realtek ALC287
Sound Server: PipeWire (Default)
I have been trying to find a PDF viewer on Linux where I can remove blue tones. I am a beginner with this operating system and I still do not know it very well. I have gone into system settings and I have seen that it is possible to remove blues there, but it only affects the desktop; when I open the PDF viewer, the blues are not removed (nor in the browser). I would like to know if there is any program that can do this or if it is possible in some way to have a PDF viewer where blue filtering can be applied.
I have a Galaxy Book 2 Pro 5G. I mentioned the issue with the speakers not producing sound last time, but it was only partially resolved—the sound disappears again after restarting the computer. After seeing this post, I feel there might be some hope, but my technical knowledge is limited, and I don’t understand where to go or what to do. Could someone please be so kind as to provide detailed instructions?
No sound from speaker on LG Gram 2023 (corei7-1360P):
No sound from speaker on LG gram 2023 (i7-1360P)
I use fvwm, with sloppyfocus and autoraise (so that when a window receives focus, it automatically raises above overlapping windows). Since I upgraded to ubuntu 24.04.4, auto raise isn't functioning.
I have a Gigabyte g5 kc laptop with an Intel Core i5 10500H and a laptop Nividia RTX3060 running Ubuntu 24.04.4.
When I take a screenshot there is a high chance that my cursor gets deposited on the screen where it was at the time of taking the screenshot and sometimes when attaching a second monitor. These cursors persist above everything until I restart sometimes they are displayed over the shutdown screen. They are also not just static images as they can react to what the current mouse is doing changing to click sprite or typing sprite. I say chance because it doesn't happen every time with screenshots. It's consistently around 50%. As for connecting a second monitor I only just noticed that happening today, so I do not know the percentage of that.
I don't think it is the graphics driver, as I changed it and the issue persisted. It also persisted whether I was on Wayland or Xorg. I also tried a bunch of screenshot tools the standard Ubuntu screenshot, GNOME Screenshot and Flameshot to name a few and they all do it.
My Galaxy Book2 Pro 5G's speakers were working, but after restarting the computer, the sound disappeared again. So I tried running some code, and the sound came back.
I executed the following commands:
sudo apt install -y alsa-tools
wget https://github.com/joshuagrisham/galaxy-book2-pro-linux/raw/main/sound/necessary-verbs.sh
chmod +x necessary-verbs.sh
sudo ./necessary-verbs.sh
Is there a way to automatically execute some code with this effect at boot?
I use KDE Connect between my phone and laptop on my University WiFi. Very often, the IP address changes and the connection stops working. I have to manually find the IP of the computer with the command ip address and put it in my phone and connect manually. The same thing happens when I connect to a different network.
Is there any way to automate the connection process? AFAIK know Apple's computers have some robust connection procedure with iOS devices.
I want to be able to do this for multiple computers with the same phone.
I had to reinstall Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on my Dell Latitude 5510, and all is well except that Thunderbird does not play any sound. Prior to reinstall it worked well, and I was notified when a new mail arrived.
ALSA works well (verified by using aplay to play sound files), and all other GUI apps with sound are working.
I have tried to connect the Thunderbird snap to ALSA:
sudo snap connect thunderbird:alsa
[sudo] password for bernt:
error: snap "thunderbird" has no plug named "alsa"
So that was not the thing to do.
Anyone?
Ubuntu TLS 24.04.3.
Using df all of the filesystems except /usr show /dev/mapper/vg_root-lv..; /usr shows /dev/disk/by-id/dm-uuid-LVM-HpclzdbfvlleSS0aQI85ZzJQLBWB0kAUbKUaYbbzqfTcOcBp9evoFYRJuFz0Sqr0.
Partial output of df -h:
/dev/mapper/vg_root-lv_root
15G 3.2G 11G 23% /
/dev/disk/by-id/dm-uuid-LVM-HpclzdbfvlleSS0aQI85ZzJQLBWB0kAUbKUaYbbzqfTcOcBp9evo
FYRJuFz0Sqr0 4.9G 2.3G 2.4G 49% /usr
Maybe not a big deal, but it makes the output of df difficult to read.
Thank you
I tried input-remapper, but it was inconsistent. It did both scrolling and clicking, and it did not work when I scrolled the wheel faster.
How do I get the mouse wheel to do left clicking even when spinning fast?
so i type this command in wsl <qemu-system-x86_64> and it should open the qemu window as usual but it doesn't instead it gives this error Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused*
gtk initialization failed
kindly help me
When I run blueman-manager in terminal, I get this error:
blueman-manager version 2.1.2 starting
blueman-manager 12.42.28 ERROR Manager:118 on_dbus_name_appeared: Default adapter not found, trying first available.
blueman-manager 12.42.28 ERROR Manager:122 on_dbus_name_appeared: No adapter(s) found, exiting
Any help is greatly appreciated.
I am trying to run sigrok with real HW. However, running pulseview, there is no real HW possible. I suspected that this was due to sigrok not having the privilege to access the HW, and so I ran it as root, and I was able to access the HW.
My question is:
How do I run this without root? I assume I need to change the gid or uid of the device file to be able to access it. If so:
In case it is relevant
I've written a script and the first part does not work:
#!/bin/bash
spd-say "What do you want?"
read a
if [ "$a" == "water" ] || [ "$a" == "Water" ]
then
spd-say "Take the bottle."
else
spd-say "Sorry, we don't have water, choose something else."
fi
spd-say "Please pay the money."
read b
if [ "$b" == "yes" ] || [ "$b" == "Yes" ]
then
spd-say "Thanks."
else
spd-say "Sorry!"
fi
When i execute the code the first part asks the question but regardless of my answer it skips to the second question, while the second part after "Pay the money" works well. I don't know why, but the structure of both parts is the same. Can anyone help?
I'm new to linux and I know nothing about coding and using the terminal. I searched google for a way to connect Samsung M2020 printer to my computer running ubuntu but i didn't find. What should I do now?