uname -a gives Linux mglinux 6.17.0-40-generic #40-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Jun 19 16:42:13 UTC 2026 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I changed from LTS to normal for upgrades. This has not been smooth with a number of attempts, alternating through these commands:

1. sudo apt do-release-upgrade
2. sudo apt --fix-broken install
3. sudo dpkg --configure -a

The upgrade stalls because of a dependency on php8.4-common(= 8.4.11-1ubuntu1.2) which cannot be installed.

Is there a way to proceed?

Here is the command line response for sudo apt --fix-broken install

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Correcting dependencies... Done
Solving dependencies...
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  apg
  catch2
  chrome-gnome-shell
  cpdb-backend-cups
  dmsetup
  dracut-core
  eog
  gcc-14-base
  gcc-14-base:i386
  gcc-15-base:i386
  gir1.2-freedesktop-dev
  gir1.2-girepository-2.0
  gir1.2-glib-2.0-dev
  gir1.2-gtop-2.0
  gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-6.0
  gir1.2-webkit-6.0
  girepository-tools
  gkbd-capplet
  gnome-shell-extension-auto-move-windows
  gnome-shell-extension-drive-menu
  gnome-shell-extension-light-style
  gnome-shell-extension-native-window-placement
  gnome-shell-extension-screenshot-window-sizer
  gnome-shell-extension-system-monitor
  gnome-shell-extension-user-theme
  gnome-shell-extension-windows-navigator
  gnome-shell-extension-workspace-indicator
  gnome-shell-extensions
  gnupg-l10n
  grilo-plugins-0.3-base
  icu-devtools
  kded5
  kerneloops
  kglobalacceld
  kio
  kwayland-integration
  kwayland5-data
  libabsl20220623t64
  libabsl20240722
  libapt-pkg6.0t64
  libassuan0
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  libatm1t64
  libavcodec60
  libavcodec60:i386
  libavfilter9
  libavformat60
  libavutil58
  libavutil58:i386
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  systemd-dev
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  ubuntu-mono
  ubuntu-wallpapers-questing
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.

Upgrading:
  php-intl  php-sqlite3

Installing dependencies:
  php8.5-intl  php8.5-sqlite3

REMOVING:
  php8.4-intl  php8.4-opcache  php8.4-readline  php8.4-sqlite3

Summary:
  Upgrading: 2, Installing: 2, Removing: 4, Not Upgrading: 1030
  562 not fully installed or removed.
  Download size: 0 B / 218 kB
  Freed space: 1,292 kB

Continue? [Y/n] Setting up udev (259.5-0ubuntu3)…
Creating group 'clock' with GID 993.
Failed to add existing group "audio" to temporary group file: Invalid argument
dpkg: error processing package udev (--configure):
 old udev package postinst maintainer script subprocess failed with exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of snapd:
 snapd depends on udev; however:
  Package udev is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package snapd (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 udev
 snapd
                

I ran the sudo nano /etc/default/grub to get the grub menu, with the following text:

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
GRUB_TIMEOUT=15
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`( . /etc/os-release && echo ${NAME} )`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false

This is the complete screen for the operation

hikmat-faraj@hikmat-faraj-Studio-1555:~$ sudo nano /etc/default/grub
[sudo: authenticate] Password:            
hikmat-faraj@hikmat-faraj-Studio-1555:~$ sudo update-grub
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub'
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub.d/kdump-tools.cfg'
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-7.0.0-27-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-7.0.0-27-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-7.0.0-14-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-7.0.0-14-generic
Found memtest86+ 64bit EFI image: /boot/mt86+x64
Found memtest86+ 32bit EFI image: /boot/mt86+ia32
Found memtest86+ 64bit image: /boot/mt86+x64
Found memtest86+ 32bit image: /boot/mt86+ia32
Warning: os-prober will be executed to detect other bootable partitions.
Its output will be used to detect bootable binaries on them and create new boot entries.
Found Windows 10 on /dev/sda1
Found Windows 10 on /dev/sda2
Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings ...
done
hikmat-faraj@hikmat-faraj-Studio-1555:~$ 

I was able to bring up the grub menu when I restarted the PC. But only once. Grub wouldn't appear after that. Is there anything else to add or modify?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Is it at all possible in a bash script to execute a command, and shortly after that command begins(1 or 2 seconds), a second command is begun and is executed while the 1st command is still running? Again, I am not talking about the 2nd command beginning after the 1st command is finished, but while the 1st command is still running. Is that at all possible. Here's the bash script that I have currently. The problem I have is that I cannot get the second command to begin while the 1st command is still in operation. It tries to run after the 1st command is all finished.

#/bin/bash
cd /home/owner/Downloads/misfitmame/MIS128B && wine-stable mis.exe -window galagaef
xseticon -name "MisfitMAME: Galaga (Enduring Freedom) [galagaef]" /home/owner/Pictures/misfits.skull.png

Why can't I upgrade to the latest ubuntu through the software updater?

I tried to upgrade using the software-updater but it does not show any new releases.

I have an ASUS Vivabook with only 512 of storage and it has just run out, I would like to move Win11 to a 2TB NVMe SSD, test it and then partition and install a Linux partition optimized for Steam. I have tools I know how to use but I want the safest procedure to clone win11 to a new storage ram. I no longer trust my windows to do this. I also have a Dell Latitude 5400 that I do trust, to clone to UGREEN CADDY WITH ssd'S INSTALLED

Ubuntu 26.10, developer version, suddenly does not show, or populate, the file manager/file chooser when trying to save a page in Firefox, or Chrome. It has subsequently also broken uploading files to sites, using the "Upload" button does nothing.

Before you suggest I run the command "sudo apt install xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-gtk", I already did, it did not resolve the issue.

I use Freecad since more than 5 years on Ubuntu.

Freecad, channel stable, doesn't start anymore on all my Ubuntu machines installed with Ubuntu 26.04 (kept up-to-date). Channel edge however, does start.

Summary of the error (when started "freecad" in the terminal):

"Failed to create wl_display (No such file or directory) (qt.qpa.plugin) From 6.5.0, xcb-cursor0 or libxcb-cursor0 is needed to load the Qt xcb platform plugin."

Full text of the error massage:

Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.locale” has path “/system/locale/”.  Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/system/” are deprecated.
Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy” has path “/system/proxy/”.  Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/system/” are deprecated.
Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.http” has path “/system/proxy/http/”.  Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/system/” are deprecated.
Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.https” has path “/system/proxy/https/”.  Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/system/” are deprecated.
Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.ftp” has path “/system/proxy/ftp/”.  Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/system/” are deprecated.
Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.socks” has path “/system/proxy/socks/”.  Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/system/” are deprecated.
FreeCAD 1.1.1, Libs: 1.1.1R44227 +647 (Git)
(C) 2001-2026 FreeCAD contributors
FreeCAD is free and open-source software licensed under the terms of LGPL2+ license.

Adding snap-specific PYTHONPATH to sys.path: /home/harm/snap/freecad/common/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages:/snap/freecad/2337/lib/python3.12/site-packages:/snap/freecad/2337/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages

Failed to create wl_display (No such file or directory)
(qt.qpa.plugin) From 6.5.0, xcb-cursor0 or libxcb-cursor0 is needed to load the Qt xcb platform plugin.
This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

I’m facing issue booting Ubuntu 26 on arm. I m using a virtual environment. It seems that system is failing executing _STA Method as this method is calling another method with in parameter _UID. This value is the uid of a cpu device. Its value is patched at runtime to get the value which corresponds to the cpu id.

I made multiple tries and it seems the problem is due to the fact to use _UID as parameter. If I hard code the value everything is ok .

The same code was working fine on Ubuntu 24.

Is there any resolution to install the required drivers for Ralink RT3290, as it is not working after Ubuntu 26.04?

04:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT3290 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe  

Results of lsmod|grep cfg; sudo dmesg|grep -i firm:

hp_bioscfg              81920  0
snd_intel_dspcfg        45056  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_intel_sdw_acpi      16384  1 snd_intel_dspcfg
firmware_attributes_class    12288  1 hp_bioscfg
cfg80211              1536000  3 rt2x00lib,mac80211,rtl8xxxu
wmi                     36864  4 hp_wmi,video,hp_bioscfg,wmi_bmof
[sudo: authenticate] Password:
[    0.098677] Spectre V2 : Enabling Restricted Speculation for firmware calls
[    0.189735] ACPI: [Firmware Bug]: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[    3.471982] wmi_bus wmi_bus-PNP0C14:00: [Firmware Info]: 8F1F6436-9F42-42C8-BADC-0E9424F20C9A has zero instances
[    6.355159] systemd[1]: systemd-hibernate-clear.service - Clear Stale Hibernate Storage Info skipped, unmet condition check ConditionPathExists=/sys/firmware
/efi/efivars/HibernateLocation-8cf2644b-4b0b-428f-9387-6d876050dc67
[    9.277078] ACPI: video: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI(DGFX) defines _DOD but not _DOS
[    9.610418] usb 1-4: rtl8xxxu: Loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8188eufw.bin
[    9.611369] usb 1-4: Firmware revision 28.0 (signature 0x88e1)
[   13.706004] ieee80211 phy1: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt3290.bin'
[   13.707669] ieee80211 phy1: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Firmware detected - version: 0.37
[   27.134117] audit: type=1400 audit(1784030634.691:302): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" class="file" profile="snap-update-ns.firmware-updater" name="/run/
gdm3/home/gdm-greeter/" pid=3402 comm="snap-update-ns" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=60578 ouid=60578
[   27.517834] audit: type=1400 audit(1784030635.074:304): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" class="file" profile="snap-update-ns.firmware-updater" name="/run/
gdm3/home/gdm-greeter/" pid=3436 comm="snap-update-ns" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=60578 ouid=60578
[   28.025787] audit: type=1400 audit(1784030635.582:306): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" class="file" profile="snap-update-ns.firmware-updater" name="/run/
gdm3/home/gdm-greeter/" pid=3470 comm="snap-update-ns" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=60578 ouid=60578

I have downloaded a folder with cursor graphics. It is in Downloads. How do I move it to the relevant location?

I have a dual boot Ubuntu box with 26 (Resolute Raccon) on one side of a 4 Terabyte disk and Ubuntu 24 on the other side. I wanted to go ahead and upgrade Ubuntu 24 to 26, so I performed all the prep work updating the packages, cleaning up removes, etc. Then followed steps to download and install the upgrade through the terminal and package manager. When I made it to the last few steps, I was given the following message: "There is no development version of an LTS available." Though I have 26.04 running on the other side of the dual boot. I checked and rechecked everything but no-go. I was wondering if anyone else had run into this and found out what was wrong? Thanks so much in advance.

-George P.

I inherited a .NET 4 VB project to port to .NET Core 10. It uses System.Windows.Forms, so it needs Mono not .NET Core. I plan on switching the GUI to a CLI while verifying every hour the business logic remains identical.

VB.NET programming in Ubuntu suggests sudo apt-get install monodevelop mono-vbnc. But mono-vbnc is missing after Ubuntu 22.04, and the less-necessary MonoDevelop was last seen on 16.04. I would like to be able to try running the vbnc command.

I have Ubuntu's system-wide .NET 10 set up in JetBrains Rider. I want to avoid a Ubuntu 22.04 container, which has overhead, will be EOL in a year, and hiders graphical IDEs or even graphical editors e.g. Kate. Ideally, I want to set breakpoints and evaluate debugger expressions, but I'd appreciate running the legacy project in any form.

In Ubuntu 24.04, I have made several attempts to install and open the Bitwarden app from the App Center. I may have also previously installed it as an Appimage or .deb. Before trying a clean install from .deb, to avoid any conflict or confusion, I want to remove any existing Bitwarden installs from the computer. Exactly how should I do this?

I boot Ubuntu Recovery Mode through BIOS and the system attempts recovery, but stops and at the bottom of the page where it says:

Failed to execute - /sbin/init 
Failed to execute - fallback shell 
Bad shim lock signature

How to I fix this? Boot Ubuntu 26.04 from a USB via "Try Ubuntu without installation"?

The results of the command dig checkip.amazonaws.com +answer +expandaaaa +noall vary with time. My best understanding is that the list of 8 presented is a partial list. (see screenshot).

Is there a parameter that results in a complete list? Thanks in advance for any insight you can provide.

I have an HP Victus 15-fb3xxx (Ryzen 7 7445HS, RTX 3050 laptop, BIOS F.14) running Ubuntu 26.04 (kernel 7.0.0-27-generic). The system freezes completely (hard freeze, requires forced shutdown) consistently when booting with the charger connected, even without any heavy workload.

In journalctl -b -1 -p err from the boot right before the freeze, I consistently see this:

kernel: No irq handler for 1.55
kernel: No irq handler for 2.55
[...]
kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT, Index (0x000000032) is beyond end of object (length 0x32) (20251212/exoparg2-393)
kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WMID.WQBZ due to previous error (AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT) (20251212/psparse-529)
kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WMID.WQBE due to previous error (AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT) (20251212/psparse-529)

WQBZ/WQBE appear to be HP-proprietary WMI methods related to temperature/power-mode reporting (also queried by the NVIDIA driver via PlatformRequestHandler, which in a separate log reports failed to get target temp from SBIOS).

I've already ruled out the WiFi driver (RTL8852BE-VT, rtw89_8852bte module) as the cause of this specific freeze — it had a separate, unrelated power-save-mode bug that I already fixed with rtw89_core.disable_ps_mode=1 via GRUB, and it no longer shows up in recent logs.

Concrete questions:

• Has anyone with an HP laptop (Victus, Omen, or similar) seen this exact AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT error on the WQBZ/WQBE methods, and correlated it with freezes specifically when the charger is connected/detected?
• Is there a kernel parameter or a way to blacklist the hp_wmi module that mitigates this without losing critical functionality (fan control, function keys)?
• Has HP fixed this ACPI table bug in any BIOS version newer than F.14 for this laptop line?

Happy to attach a full acpidump if that helps diagnose it further.

Update (July 10):

Some important corrections and new findings since posting:

• The charger is NOT the trigger. I initially correlated the freeze with the charger, but it also happens on battery, with no charger connected, after ~40 minutes of normal uptime. So the charger connection was a red herring — please disregard that part of the title.

• NVIDIA D3 power-state failure found. On one freeze I caught this on screen: nvidia 0000:01:00.0: Unable to change power state from D3hot to D0, device inaccessible (plus the same for snd_hda_intel and an nvidia-modeset HDMI-0 pixel clock error). I mitigated it with nvidia.NVreg_DynamicPowerManagement=0x00 in GRUB (confirmed Runtime D3 status: Disabled), but the freeze still occurs, so this was a symptom, not the root cause.

• The freeze leaves no trace in the local journal. journalctl -b -1 simply cuts off mid-activity with no error, oops, or panic — a silent hard hang. To capture it, I've set up netconsole / live journal streaming to a second machine over the network. Still waiting to catch a freeze with usable output.

• The ACPI AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT errors on WQBZ/WQBE remain present in every boot regardless of the mitigations above.

Current GRUB cmdline: rtw89_core.disable_ps_mode=1 rtw89_pci.disable_aspm_l1=1 rtw89_pci.disable_aspm_l1ss=1 pcie_aspm=off nvidia.NVreg_DynamicPowerManagement=0x00

Will update again once I capture the hang over netconsole and/or after testing noapic and a BIOS update to F.15.

Update 2 (July 10, later):

Caught a hard freeze with actual output on screen this time (previously it was a silent hang with nothing in the local journal). The screen showed:

kernel: nvidia 0000:01:00.0: Unable to change power state from D3hot to D0, device inaccessible kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:01:00.1: Unable to change power state from D3hot to D0, device inaccessible nvidia-modeset: ERROR: GPU:0: Failure reading maximum pixel clock value for display device HDMI-0. kernel: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffcb14037700d0

So the D3hot→D0 resume failure I mentioned in Update 1 isn't just a cosmetic error — it culminates in a real kernel page fault (likely nvidia-modeset dereferencing an invalid pointer after the device dropped off the PCI bus), which is what causes the full hang.

Root cause of the gap: nvidia.NVreg_DynamicPowerManagement=0x00 (which I'd already set) only disables NVIDIA's own internal power management — it does NOT disable the kernel's generic PCI runtime power management, which is a separate control. Checking:

cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power/control

returned auto, meaning the kernel could still autosuspend the GPU independently of the NVIDIA driver setting.

Fix applied: forced it to on and made it persistent via udev:

echo on | sudo tee /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power/control

/etc/udev/rules.d/99-nvidia-no-pm.rules: SUBSYSTEM=="pci", ATTR{vendor}=="0x10de", ATTR{power/control}="on"

Currently monitoring to see if this closes the gap. Also using netconsole/live journal streaming to a second machine to catch any future freeze with full context, since local journalctl doesn't survive a hang this violent.

Update 3 (July 11):

Progress and new findings:

The freeze produces a real kernel page fault. After disabling runtime PM at the PCI level (echo on > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power/control, made persistent via udev rule + systemd service), the freeze still occurred, and I caught this on screen before the black-screen hang:

nvidia 0000:01:00.0: Unable to change power state from D3hot to D0, device inaccessible snd_hda_intel 0000:01:00.1: Unable to change power state from D3hot to D0, device inaccessible nvidia-modeset: ERROR: GPU:0: Failure reading maximum pixel clock value for display device HDMI-0. BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffcb14037700d0

So the failed D3hot->D0 transition leads to a kernel page fault. power/control was confirmed on at freeze time, so standard runtime PM wasn't the trigger — something else is still driving the GPU into D3.

Already in hybrid mode. prime-select query returns on-demand, so the hybrid configuration by itself does not prevent the freezes. HP Support has confirmed on their forums that Victus laptops aren't officially validated for Linux (GPU/audio/thermal only validated for Windows 11), consistent with the ACPI firmware bug being the root cause.

Currently testing noapic (boot logs show repeated No irq handler for X.55 messages, so interrupt routing via the broken ACPI tables seemed worth ruling out). Current cmdline:

rtw89_core.disable_ps_mode=1 rtw89_pci.disable_aspm_l1=1 rtw89_pci.disable_aspm_l1ss=1 pcie_aspm=off nvidia.NVreg_DynamicPowerManagement=0x00 noapic

Next isolated test, only if noapic proves insufficient, is fully disabling the dGPU via prime-select intel. The AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT / WQBZ/WQBE ACPI errors remain constant across every boot regardless of any mitigation.

Update (July 11) — root cause pinpointed in the ACPI method:

Captured the full AML failure via dmesg. The WQBZ method aborts on an off-by-one buffer access:

ACPI BIOS Error (bug): AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT, Index (0x32) is beyond end of object (length 0x32) (20251212/exoparg2-393) Initialized Local Variables for Method [WQBZ]: Local1: Integer 0x32 Local5: Integer 0x32 ACPI Error: Aborting method _SB.WMID.WQBZ due to previous error (AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT) ACPI Error: Aborting method _SB.WMID.WQBE due to previous error (AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT) hp_bioscfg: Returned error 0x3, "Invalid command value/Feature not supported"

The object length is 0x32 (50) and the method tries to index element 0x32 — one past the last valid index (0–49). A classic off-by-one in HP's AML bytecode. This is a firmware bug, not fixable via kernel parameters.

Things I've now ruled out as the freeze cause:

• WiFi driver (rtw89) — mitigated, no longer in logs.
• NVIDIA dGPU — freeze still happens with prime-select intel (dGPU fully off, nvidia-smi reports no device).
• External mouse/keyboard — they enumerate cleanly (Dell KB216, generic USB optical mouse), no i2c/usb errors tied to them.
• noapic — tested and removed; it introduced new amd_gpio / atkbd / i2c_designware controller timed out errors without fixing the hang.
• PCI runtime PM forced to on — freeze persists regardless.

Also note amdgpu 0000:06:00.0: Runtime PM not available — even the integrated AMD GPU can't do runtime PM here, consistent with the ACPI power subsystem being broken at the firmware level.

Current plan: attempt a BIOS update to F.15 (via HP's USB flash mechanism if supported, to avoid needing Windows), since the root cause is in firmware. If HP hasn't fixed the WQBZ off-by-one in F.15, the fallback is an ACPI table override (acpidump + iasl) patching the method. Will report back.

Update (July 11) — WORKAROUND APPLIED (pending real-world confirmation):

Since HP doesn't provide a Linux BIOS update path for this model (and BIOS updates on Victus laptops have a documented brick risk), I patched the broken method directly via a DSDT override loaded from initrd. No firmware flashing, fully reversible.

Steps:

1. sudo acpidump -b and confirmed WQBZ lives in dsdt.dat.
2. iasl -d dsdt.dat to decompile.
3. In the WQBZ method, inserted an early Return (DerefOf (N012 [Arg0])) right after the local variable initialization, before the loops that overflow the buffer — effectively neutralizing the method (I don't need the HP WMI feature it feeds on Linux).
4. Recompiled with iasl -tc dsdt.dsl.
5. Packed into a cpio at kernel/firmware/acpi/dsdt.aml and loaded it via GRUB_EARLY_INITRD_LINUX_CUSTOM in /etc/default/grub.

Key gotcha: the first attempt didn't apply — the kernel found the table in initrd but kept using the original. The fix was incrementing the OEM Revision in the DefinitionBlock (from 0x01072009 to 0x01072010). The kernel silently ignores a DSDT override whose revision isn't higher than the firmware's. After bumping it, the override applied.

Result: dmesg | grep AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT is now empty. WQBZ/WQBE no longer abort. Confirmed the patch survives initramfs regeneration (e.g. after prime-select), since the cpio is prepended independently.

NVIDIA is back in on-demand mode with the patch active. Now testing under the conditions that previously triggered the freeze (4K video, charging, sleep/resume) to confirm this actually eliminates the hangs and not just the log error. Will report back after a few days of uptime.

Update (July 11) — additional trigger found + note on HP Linux support:

After the DSDT patch eliminated the WQBZ freeze, the system was stable for general use. However, I hit a separate, more specific hang: it froze once while playing HD video on the external HDMI monitor. Notably, journalctl -b -1 was completely clean afterwards (silent hard hang, no ACPI error, no D3hot trace) — so this is a different mechanism from the WQBZ firmware bug, which remains fixed (AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT stays absent).

Since the HDMI port on this Victus is wired to the NVIDIA dGPU, HD video decode + HDMI output stresses the NVIDIA path specifically. Disabling Chrome's hardware acceleration (chrome://settings/system -> turn off "Use graphics acceleration when available") appears to prevent it — several HD videos have played without a freeze so far. This forces video decode off the NVIDIA GPU. Still confirming with longer uptime.

I also disabled system suspend entirely (systemctl mask sleep.target suspend.target hibernate.target hybrid-sleep.target), because the NVIDIA D3hot->D0 resume failure would kill the external display on wake. On a hybrid NVIDIA laptop with this firmware, avoiding suspend proved more reliable than fighting the resume path.

Note for others considering this hardware on Linux: the root cause here is a firmware-level off-by-one in HP's own ACPI/WMI bytecode (WQBZ/WQBE), present verbatim across multiple HP models (another user confirmed the identical index on a Spectre X360). HP's official position is that Victus laptops are only validated for Windows, and there is no Linux BIOS update path — so fixing this requires decompiling and patching the DSDT by hand, which is out of reach for most users. The workarounds above make the machine fully usable on Linux, but it's worth being aware going in that this class of HP gaming laptop needs manual firmware-level intervention to run Linux reliably. Hopefully documenting the full fix here spares the next person the multi-hour debugging session.

Update (July 15) — CONFIRMED STABLE after 4 days of normal use:

Following the DSDT patch (WQBZ neutralized) plus the additional workarounds (suspend disabled, Chrome hardware acceleration off for HD video), the system has now been stable for 4 consecutive days of continuous real-world use — movies, series, work sessions, charger connected throughout. Zero freezes of any kind: not the original hard hang, not the D3hot/HDMI resume issue, not the video-decode hang.

Final working configuration for anyone hitting the same bug on similar HP hardware:

1. DSDT override neutralizing the broken WQBZ method (root cause: an off-by-one in HP's ACPI/WMI bytecode — index 0x32 on an object of length 0x32), loaded via GRUB_EARLY_INITRD_LINUX_CUSTOM in /etc/default/grub. Key detail: the kernel silently ignores the override unless the DSDT's OEM Revision is bumped higher than the original.
2. rtw89_core.disable_ps_mode=1 — a separate, unrelated WiFi power-save bug (RTL8852BE-VT).
3. System suspend disabled entirely (systemctl mask sleep.target suspend.target hibernate.target hybrid-sleep.target) — avoids an NVIDIA D3hot->D0 resume failure that killed the external HDMI display on wake.
4. Chrome hardware acceleration disabled (chrome://settings/system) — avoids a separate hang tied to HD video decode over the NVIDIA-wired HDMI output.

Important caveat: none of this repairs the underlying hardware or firmware. The WiFi chip's power-save bug and HP's ACPI off-by-one are still physically present in the silicon/BIOS — these are stable, reproducible mitigations, not fixes at the source. Anyone reinstalling Ubuntu or moving to a different kernel will need to reapply all of the above.

Marking this resolved for my case. Hope the full trail here — including everything that didn't work along the way — saves the next person the multi-day debugging marathon.

I'm new to Linux. I'm running Ubuntu 24.04.4 on a desktop computer. When updates happen I keep getting an error message that the update failed.

I have run sudo apt-get install -f and sudo apt autoremove. I get the following error message from both:

Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub'
/usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig: 1: /etc/default/grub: Syntax error: ")" unexpected
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 2
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-6.17.0-19-generic (--remove):
 installed linux-image-6.17.0-19-generic package post-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 2
dpkg: too many errors, stopping
Errors were encountered while processing:
  linux-image-6.17.0-19-generic
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I have looked at the grub file in /etc/default/grub and it shows:

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
GRUB_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`( . /etc/os-release; echo ${NAME:-Ubuntu} ) 2>/dev/null || echo Ubuntu`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

It seems the issue is in the GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR= line, but according to what I've found on the internet the line looks OK from a syntax standpoint.

This error shows up on Ubuntu 25.10 (fresh install)

You're running in a GNOME environment but the OS keyring is not available for encryption. Ensure you have gnome-keyring or another libsecret compatible implementation installed and running.

Open troubleshooting guide points to https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/configure/settings-sync#_troubleshooting-keychain-issues but my keyring is working fine, I can start it up

How can I fix this?

I have an AMD Radeon HD 4850 card.

$ sudo lshw -c video
[sudo] password for archisman:         
  *-display                 
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: RV770/M98L [Mobility Radeon HD 4850]
       vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       logical name: /dev/fb0
       version: 00
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list fb
       configuration: depth=32 latency=0 resolution=2560,1440
       resources: memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0620000-d062ffff ioport:2000(size=256) memory:d0600000-d061ffff

The default installation of Ubuntu 24.04 seems to be using software rendering instead of utilizing graphics card.

$ glxinfo | grep "OpenGL renderer"
OpenGL renderer string: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.1, 128 bits)

AMD provides some legacy drivers, which fail to install with the error that it cannot find kernel headers, even though the kernel headers are installed.

$ cat /usr/share/ati/fglrx-install.log
Check if system has the tools required for installation.
fglrx installation requires that the system have kernel headers.  /lib/modules/6.8.0-59-generic/build/include/linux/version.h cannot be found on this system.
One or more tools required for installation cannot be found on the system. Install the required tools before installing the fglrx driver.
Optionally, run the installer with --force option to install without the tools.
Forcing install will disable AMD hardware acceleration and may make your system unstable. Not recommended.

How to use these legacy drivers (or some other drivers) in recent versions of Ubuntu, like 24.04?

Note that this is a iMac 11,1, which shows black screen after boot unless the nomodeset parameter has been set.

lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
Release:    22.04
Codename:   jammy

I have a swap partition and I would like to try lz4 and z3fold on the zswap

nano /etc/default/grub

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
GRUB_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="vga=normal nomodeset iommu=pt"

GRUB_DEVICE=UUID=2da46135-a1a2-4833-ba81-d9802358ddbd

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash cgroup_enable=memory swapaccount=1 zswap.enabled=1 zswap.compressor=lz4 zswap.max_pool_percent=20 zswap.zpool=z3fold "

I understand that zswap is enabled already on 22.04 but I put the zswap.enabled in there just in case.

nano /etc/initramfs-tools/modules

lz4
lz4_compress
z3fold

update-grub
update-initramfs -u -k all
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-47-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-125-generic

After reboot I see

dmesg | grep -i zswap

[   36.460295] zswap: loaded using pool lzo/zbud

grep -R . /sys/module/zswap/parameters

/sys/module/zswap/parameters/same_filled_pages_enabled:Y
/sys/module/zswap/parameters/enabled:N
/sys/module/zswap/parameters/max_pool_percent:20
/sys/module/zswap/parameters/compressor:lzo
/sys/module/zswap/parameters/zpool:zbud
/sys/module/zswap/parameters/accept_threshold_percent:90

lsmod

z3fold                 32768  0
lz4                    16384  0
lz4_compress           36864  1 lz4
... etc

Why don't the modules/parameters get enabled?

I recently switched from gnome to i3 and was wondering how to change my color theme. I want to set a custom bg and text color as well as font. I have the yaru-dark theme using an app called "Customize look and feel", although I was able to change it to the same theme using another app called "GTK Ch-theme".

The issue is that I can't change it to custom colors. I want to change the grey color to black. When I try to do this using the "Customize look and feel" app, there is an option to do this. However, the option is disabled and I need to install lxsessions and change my current window manager for that, which I don’t want to. How can I set a custom theme without switching to LXDE?

What is the best practices to leave this kind of file? I dont want to leave it on /Downloads folder

Will it be logical by means of Debian oriented logic to unite the three commands apt-get clean and apt-get autoclean, and apt-get autoremove into one single command that does all of them?

I just installed Ubuntu 17.04 And I have problems with my WiFi card. It can detect networks but it can't connect. I've tried wicd but it just said Bad Password even if it was right one.

Output of lshw:

  *-network
   description: Wireless interface
   product: AR9227 Wireless Network Adapter
   vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
   physical id: 6
   bus info: pci@0000:04:06.0
   logical name: wlp4s6
   version: 01
   serial: <censored>
   width: 32 bits
   clock: 66MHz
   capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
   configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=4.10.0-20-generic firmware=N/A latency=168 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
   resources: irq:20 memory:fe800000-fe80ffff

I have an TP-Link TL-WN751ND

wireless-info.txt: https://pastebin.com/puiDDuwN

Is there any macro recorders for ubuntu? I want a program that i could assign a key to do a recorded mouse movement and keyboard typing. Thanks

I'm new to GNU/Linux, running xubuntu 15.10 with a GTX 570 graphics card, and am trying to prevent screen tearing in scrolling web pages, videos, and steam games. I get no screen tearing with the PPA version of the nvidia 355.11 drivers, but it requires me to enter the following in the terminal after every boot and during a steam game.

 nvidia-settings --assign CurrentMetaMode="nvidia-auto-select +0+0 { ForceFullCompositionPipeline = On }"

It seems in order to make the change permanent, I need to add a line to the xorg.conf file (which seems to be deprecated) or the 20-nvidia.conf file in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/ but neither files exist. In my /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/ directory there are only the following files:

10-evdev.conf         11-evdev-trackpoint.conf  50-wacom.conf
10-quirks.conf        50-synaptics.conf         51-synaptics-quirks.conf
11-evdev-quirks.conf  50-vmmouse.conf           glamoregl.conf

and none of them have a screen section, or serverlayout section. I've tried several workarounds but they either don't fix the tearing or cause lightdm to not start at all. I've made a xorg.conf file with sudo X :1 -configure and placed it in the /etc/X11/ directory then added in the following:

Section "Screen"
Option  "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0 { ForceFullCompositionPipeline = On }"
EndSection

and tried a shell script in /etc/profile.d/ to run the first terminal command I mentioned earlier. It either doesn't stop the tearing and I have to change the nvidia setting in the terminal to fix it like usual, or lightdm just doesn't display anything and I have to recover through grub loader. If I save the configuration settings in nvidia x server settings it creates a file .nvidia-settings-rc but nowhere in the file can I see it mentioning the current metamode.

Some of this information used to get me where I am seems outdated, but I can't find 20-nvidia.conf or some kind of equivalent on my drive.

Giovanni Toraldo's answer will fix my screen tearing but the permanent solution isn't applicable.

• xorg.conf manual
• PPA drivers

I need to organize my lists of work contacts and I can't find a suitable software for the purpose.

My needs are (a) it has to run offline on my desktop PC, (b) allows me to perform searches across all the contacts, (c) light, no-hassle GUI.

Do you know a program which can do the trick?

I've wrote this command line: "if [ "$DESKTOP_SESSION" == "gnome-shell" ]; then (unity-2d-shell) ; fi". If I type it into a terminal then the 2D unity launcher would start and would work like a charm on top of the gnome-shell, however, if I add the line to the startup applications, it would have no effect. Is there something wrong with the command line? Or is it just impossible to run the launcher on startup?

Is it possible to mangle a Bash script such that it becomes unreadable by any human? If so, can it be de-mangled? Or, can I view what commands are being executed when I run the script?

Otherwise, is there any alternative command line utility that can achieve this?