trouble with Samba https://askubuntu.com/questions/1568180/trouble-with-samba

I have a Ubuntu server running in my home. Mostly for streaming movies and such but we just got a laptop for the kids and I was trying to set up samba so I can share files from my windows desktop to the laptop, but I'm running into a snag. When I attempt to connect to the share it asks me for my username and password but then I get a message that windows cannot access this network resource

when I read log.aragorn (name of my desktop) I get

[2026/07/05 17:50:08.185990,  0] ../../source3/param/loadparm.c:3448(process_usershare_file)
  process_usershare_file: stat of /var/lib/samba/usershares/winshare failed. Permission denied

I have created a samba user and added it to the sambashare group.

permissions of my shared file are this:

drwxrwxr-x 2 neal neal 4096 Jul 5 17:34 winshare

my conf file is below (I removed all comments to make it easier to read.

#======================= Global Settings =======================

[global]

           hosts allow = 192.168.0.0/16
           hosts deny = 0.0.0.0/0
           server min protocol = SMB2

   workgroup = WORKGROUP

   server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)

#### Networking ####


;   interfaces = 127.0.0.0/8 eth0

;   bind interfaces only = yes



#### Debugging/Accounting ####

   log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

   max log size = 1000

   logging = file

   panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d


####### Authentication #######

   server role = standalone server

   obey pam restrictions = yes

   unix password sync = yes

   passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
   passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .

   pam password change = yes

   map to guest = bad user

########## Domains ###########

;   logon path = \\%N\profiles\%U
;   logon drive = H:
;   logon script = logon.cmd

; add user script = /usr/sbin/adduser --quiet --disabled-password --gecos "" %u

; add machine script  = /usr/sbin/useradd -g machines -c "%u machine account" -d /var/lib/samba -s /bin/false %u

; add group script = /usr/sbin/addgroup --force-badname %g

############ Misc ############

;   include = /home/samba/etc/smb.conf.%m

;   idmap config * :              backend = tdb
;   idmap config * :              range   = 3000-7999
;   idmap config YOURDOMAINHERE : backend = tdb
;   idmap config YOURDOMAINHERE : range   = 100000-999999
;   template shell = /bin/bash

   usershare allow guests = yes

#======================= Share Definitions =======================

;[homes]
;   comment = Home Directories
;   browseable = no

;   read only = yes

;   create mask = 0700

;   directory mask = 0700

;   valid users = %S

;[netlogon]
;   comment = Network Logon Service
;   path = /home/samba/netlogon
;   guest ok = yes
;   read only = yes

;[profiles]
;   comment = Users profiles
;   path = /home/samba/profiles
;   guest ok = no
;   browseable = no
;   create mask = 0600
;   directory mask = 0700

[printers]
   comment = All Printers
   browseable = no
   path = /var/spool/samba
   printable = yes
   guest ok = no
   read only = yes
   create mask = 0700

[print$]
   comment = Printer Drivers
   path = /var/lib/samba/printers
   browseable = yes
   read only = yes
   guest ok = no
;   write list = root, @lpadmin
[winshare]
path = /srv/samba/winshare
guest ok = yes
browsable = yes
read only = no
writeable = yes
force user = username
Broken desktop by using lxqt and then switching back to Ubuntu desktop https://askubuntu.com/questions/1568179/broken-desktop-by-using-lxqt-and-then-switching-back-to-ubuntu-desktop

I switched desktop environments and now that I switched back to the original, the desktop is not working properly. I have leftover apps from the other environment stuck on the screen. I kept typing different commands in and now I got a frozen Ubuntu screen and the other screen is stretched out.

Is version 26.04 beta? [closed] https://askubuntu.com/questions/1568176/is-version-26-04-beta

My homelab VM collapsed, it was on for a few years, so I thought I give a try to the new version.

It is nice, looks good, fast enough, lot programs, just the basic things don't work. You click on SSH allowance, it is on, until you click somewhere else, turnes automaticly off. Remote desktop never worked, screen sharing ask for authentication every second minute... If I just try to setup the system it asks for authentication every minute. And I am in the same vlan! It is far from the old reliable system, I was getting annoyed very fast, probably I put back the old version, if no repair update will arrive.

how long provides mozillateam (ppa) backports of firefox/thunderbird ESR for OLD Ubuntu versions? [closed] https://askubuntu.com/questions/1568171/how-long-provides-mozillateam-ppa-backports-of-firefox-thunderbird-esr-for-old

for many years I'm user of Ubuntu (only LTS) - with the mozillateam ppa added for firefox / thunderbird ESR usage; all running fine.

I would like to know:
--> Who knows a roadmap / timetable etc. of mozillateam relating to older versions of Ubuntu (desktop) ?
In other words:
--> How long does mozillateam make backports of older versions of firefox & thunderbird ESR for older versions of Ubuntu LTS ?

I'm family - cognation - neighbour & friends admin, ca. 20 PCs. All PCs on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with mozillateam ppa from the start (installation), only FF/TB ESR versions installed - no "standard".
...but there are 2 or 3 PCs still running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. And the owners won't change because "it is running fine - don't change ! ...". Auto update is still running: OS & software, and FF/TB are regularly updated (to 140ESR by now) - the only ones (& for longer).

No major security concerns: low internet usage - some surfing and emails. But thunderbird will be a problem: migration (of the mailboxes) to a new system is ugly when there are different versions running of old and new TB. Therefore I do need roadmaps of Ubuntu (and mozillateam) and Mozilla software.

Ubuntu 20.04 EOL was in 05/2025, and I know the Ubuntu release cycles too - as well as some of mozillas release hints.
mozillateam is the black box here. And I could not find any roadmap or similar on the web relating to old Ubuntu OS versions. Just relating to FF & TB (security updates until 1 year after release of successor...) - but no roadmap to the underlying OS versions.
Btw: Ubuntu Wiki (mozillateam) link is completely outdated; there are no valid contacts of mozillateam.

Thanks for any help
(and plz: no 'helpful' tips for customer communication / convince...) ;-)

I need some expert advice regarding Ubuntu and NTFS external/internal hard drives. Here is the full story of what happened: [duplicate] https://askubuntu.com/questions/1568170/i-need-some-expert-advice-regarding-ubuntu-and-ntfs-external-internal-hard-drive

I need some expert advice regarding Ubuntu and NTFS external/internal hard drives. Here is the full story of what happened:

The Setup & Version: I am using Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. I have an SSD and a separate Hard Drive full of important data. To keep my data safe, I disconnected the hard drive completely while installing Ubuntu on my SSD. After a successful installation, I reconnected the hard drive.

The First Issue: Once Ubuntu booted, it completely refused to mount my hard drive partitions. When I click on the partition in the file manager, a popup appears saying 'Error mounting... cannot mount'. After searching online and doing some manual tweaks using the Ubuntu 'Disks' app and the Terminal, I finally got the partitions to show up and open.

The Power Cut / Outage Issue: Shortly after fixing it, we had a sudden power outage, and the computer shut down abruptly. When the power came back and I booted into Ubuntu, the partitions were completely locked again. The same error popup came back, and I had to repeat the same tedious manual troubleshooting fixes via the Disks app and Terminal all over again.

The AI Advice: I asked an AI assistant for a permanent fix, and it suggested that I should format my NTFS partitions to ext4 because Linux handles its native format much better during power cuts. However, I have over 260GB of important data on this hard drive, so formatting is absolutely not an option for me right now.

Right now, I have temporarily moved back to Windows 10 because going through this manual process every single day after a power cut is very frustrating, but I really want to use Ubuntu as my main OS.

I get this pop up https://i.sstatic.net/XE3dUvcg.png

Long time screen issues https://askubuntu.com/questions/1568166/long-time-screen-issues

I have a Dell Latitude 3590 with Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 with VGA output.

The VGA is connected to a ViewSonic VA2446 External monitor.

   Built-in screen set to 1920×1080 (16:9)
   VA2446 is set to 1920×1080 (16:9)
   OS is Ubuntu Studio 24.04

The issue is the screen is too large for the displays, so the desktop will move to the edge (slide might be a better term) up and down, left or right. Even when the external is disconnected the Dell still does the same thing.

What am I missing here?

Sistematic Reboot/Reset Ubuntu 26.04 LTS [closed] https://askubuntu.com/questions/1568165/sistematic-reboot-reset-ubuntu-26-04-lts

Whever i download a documento i try to open it my Ubuntu 26.04 LTS reboots.
This is creating creppling conditions for a normal ubunut use. Can you help me?

I cannot start Steam anymore in Ubuntu 26.04 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1568164/i-cannot-start-steam-anymore-in-ubuntu-26-04

I tried to run it from the terminal and received the following message.

steam-runtime-check-requirements[55261]:  
W: Child process exited with code 1: bwrap:  
Can't open /proc/self/mountinfo: Permission denied  
Spell Check Dictionary missing common words? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1568163/spell-check-dictionary-missing-common-words

Question:

For common U.S. English words that are flagged as misspelled, is there a way to get updated or better U.S. English support, other then selecting "Ignore" or "Add to Dictionary" for each word?

Background:

GNOME Text Edit (gnome-text-editor) flags some widely accepted English words as misspelled. The spell-check dictionary seems outdated to me; otherwise, the dictionary / spell-check functionality works well for most words.

Since the same dictionary is used across GNOME applications, this is also an issue for other applications on my desktop, such as Firefox (deb package), Gnome Builder, etc..

Examples:

For example, the following words are not found in the dictionary.

  • Repurposed (or repurpose)
  • Unselected (or unselect)

Current Language Support on My System

As you can see I already have hunspell-en-us installed:

    $ dpkg -l hunspell-en-*
    Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
    | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
    |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
    ||/ Name           Version        Architecture Description
    +++-==============-==============-============-========================================
    ii  hunspell-en-us 1:2020.12.07-4 all          English_american dictionary for hunspell

If I navigate to "Region & Language" in System Settings, Ubuntu recommends I install the following language support. However, I do not see the value of installing these, since I am a U.S. English speaker, and I suspect installing language packs for other English regions will not address the core issue.

  • hunspell-en-au

  • hunspell-en-ca

  • gimp-help-en

  • hunspell-en-gb

  • wbritish

  • gimp-help-en-gb

  • hunspell-en-za

Ubuntu 26.04 terminal font change https://askubuntu.com/questions/1568154/ubuntu-26-04-terminal-font-change

I am using Ubuntu 26.04 with the default GNOME desktop.

I want to change the font and font size in the Terminal, but I cannot find the Preferences option. Most tutorials say to open Terminal and go to Preferences, but that option does not exist in my installation.

I tried:

  • Checking the Terminal menu (top-right/hamburger menu).
  • Right-clicking inside the Terminal window.
  • Looking through the application settings.

None of these show a Preferences option.

Questions:

  1. Has the Terminal application changed in Ubuntu 26.04?
  2. How can I change the Terminal font and font size?
  3. If the Preferences menu was removed, what is the new way to configure the Terminal?

If needed, I can provide screenshots of the Terminal window and menu.

REVISED - How to download Kubuntu ISO from Windows 7 and SUCCESSFULLY RUN CHECKSUM https://askubuntu.com/questions/1568147/revised-how-to-download-kubuntu-iso-from-windows-7-and-successfully-run-checks

Windows 7 is running on my desktop. How can the Kubuntu ISO be successfully downloaded for use on a Linux laptop? Previous attempts result in this for the downloaded ISO. What am I doing wrong? Is the Kubuntu version an important consideration?


Thanx to all those folks who posted very helpful suggestions. Version 26.04 has been successfully downloaded (abt 3 hrs run time) but before burning to CD the checksum will be validated. Step # 1 is to click on downloaded file Properties -> File Hashes tag which displays 3 hash tag totals (CRC-32, MD-5, SHA-1). Step # 2 probably compares at least one of these to the corresponding values within the "source" file's checksum but where is it displayed ??

still Bewildered Bob

Octave fails to display plots after removing GNU freefonts. How to fix? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1568123/octave-fails-to-display-plots-after-removing-gnu-freefonts-how-to-fix

I removed GNU Freefonts, because it makes the text in Bengali render badly.
However, after removing it, Octave is failing to show plots.

I tried changing the default Octave fonts, but it still looks for these missing freetype fonts, and the plot does not display.

How to fix the issue?

firefox disable auto update https://askubuntu.com/questions/1568120/firefox-disable-auto-update

I'm running Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS and recently installed FireFox 152 through the apt install channel.

When I open Settings/About Firefox, I see the Firefox updates is set to "Updates are managed by your operating system." There doesn't seem to any longer be a setting to check for updates manually or to notify me that an update is available so that I can chose when to do the update.

I opened about:config and changed app.update.auto from True to False, but that had no effect.

I would like to be able to disable the automatic updates so that I have control over when the updates happen. What are the steps to do this?

Additional info: Prior to today I was using Snap to update Firefox. Something went haywire with the auto update that broke Firefox, so I no longer care to use Snap.

More info: I added a config file to /etc/apt/preferences.d so that firefox should no longer be using snap.

$ apt policy firefox
firefox:
  Installed: 152.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1~mt1
  Candidate: 152.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1~mt1
  Version table:
     1:1snap1-0ubuntu2 -1
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages
 *** 152.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1~mt1 1001
       1001 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mozillateam/ppa/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

The only information I'm looking for is: "How can I set up firefox so that I can choose when to apply updates." It's just that simple. If there is a config setting change to allow that to happen, that would be the perfect solution.

Error on updating packages in Ubuntu server after running sudo apt modernize-sources [duplicate] https://askubuntu.com/questions/1568118/error-on-updating-packages-in-ubuntu-server-after-running-sudo-apt-modernize-sou

So, what I did was run a command:

'> sudo apt modernize-sources`

The following files need modernizing:
  - /etc/apt/sources.list
  - /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mariadb.list
  - /etc/apt/sources.list.d/packages.cloudpanel.io.list

Modernizing will replace .list files with the new .sources format,
add Signed-By values where they can be determined automatically,
and save the old files into .list.bak files.

This command supports the 'signed-by' and 'trusted' options. If you
have specified other options inside [] brackets, please transfer them
manually to the output files; see sources.list(5) for a mapping.

For a simulation, respond N in the following prompt.
Rewrite 3 sources? [Y/n] y
Modernizing /etc/apt/sources.list...

Modernizing /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mariadb.list...
- Writing /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mariadb.sources

Modernizing /etc/apt/sources.list.d/packages.cloudpanel.io.list...
- Writing /etc/apt/sources.list.d/packages.cloudpanel.io.sources
Warning: Could not determine Signed-By for URIs: https://d17k9fuiwb52nc.cloudfront.net/, Suites: resolute

So, I got the error at the very end.

'> Warning: Could not determine Signed-By for URIs: https://d17k9fuiwb52nc.cloudfront.net/, Suites: resolute`

Whenever I run the command to update the packages sudo apt update -y I get the following error:

'> Notice: Missing Signed-By in the sources.list(5) entry for 'https://d17k9fuiwb52nc.cloudfront.net'

When I use the command

'> cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources'

I get the following:

'> \## Note, this file is written by cloud-init on first boot of an instance  
> \## modifications made here will not survive a re-bundle.  
> \##  
> \## If you wish to make changes you can:  
> \## a.) add 'apt_preserve_sources_list: true' to /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg  
> \##     or do the same in user-data  
> \## b.) add supplemental sources in /etc/apt/sources.list.d  
> \## c.) make changes to template file  
> \##      /etc/cloud/templates/sources.list.ubuntu.deb822.tmpl  
> \##  
>   
> \# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to  
> \# newer versions of the distribution.  
>   
> \## Ubuntu distribution repository  
> \##  
> \## The following settings can be adjusted to configure which packages to use from Ubuntu.  
> \## Mirror your choices (except for URIs and Suites) in the security section below to  
> \## ensure timely security updates.  
> \##  
> \## Types: Append deb-src to enable the fetching of source package.  
> \## URIs: A URL to the repository (you may add multiple URLs)  
> \## Suites: The following additional suites can be configured  
> \##   \<name\>-updates   - Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the  
> \##                      distribution.  
> \##   \<name\>-backports - software from this repository may not have been tested as  
> \##                      extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes  
> \##                      newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.  
> \##                      Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review  
> \##                      or updates from the Ubuntu security team.  
> \## Components: Aside from main, the following components can be added to the list  
> \##   restricted  - Software that may not be under a free license, or protected by patents.  
> \##   universe    - Community maintained packages. Software in this repository receives maintenance  
> \##                 from volunteers in the Ubuntu community, or a 10 year security maintenance  
> \##                 commitment from Canonical when an Ubuntu Pro subscription is attached.  
> \##   multiverse  - Community maintained of restricted. Software from this repository is  
> \##                 ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu team, and may not be under a free  
> \##                 licence. Please satisfy yourself as to your rights to use the software.  
> \##                 Also, please note that software in multiverse WILL NOT receive any  
> \##                 review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.  
> \##  
> \## See the sources.list(5) manual page for further settings.  
> Types: deb  
> URIs: https://mirror.hetzner.com/ubuntu/packages  
> Suites: resolute resolute-updates resolute-backports  
> Components: main universe restricted multiverse  
> Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg  
>   
> \## Ubuntu security updates. Aside from URIs and Suites,  
> \## this should mirror your choices in the previous section.  
> Types: deb  
> URIs: https://mirror.hetzner.com/ubuntu/security  
> Suites: resolute-security  
> Components: main universe restricted multiverse  
> Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg'

How to fix this error while updating packages?

Ubuntu Desktop 26.04 wakes up right after suspending https://askubuntu.com/questions/1568091/ubuntu-desktop-26-04-wakes-up-right-after-suspending

I have been having this problem for a while where the computer upon clicking suspend (or even typing systemctl suspend in the terminal) the display goes black for 1-2 seconds and turns back up in the lock screen.

I have tried the following command:

cat /proc/acpi/wakeup

Which shows this:

Device  S-state   Status   Sysfs node
GPP0      S4    *enabled   pci:0000:00:01.1
GPP1      S4    *disabled
GPP3      S4    *disabled
GPP4      S4    *disabled
GPP5      S4    *disabled
GPP6      S4    *disabled
GPP7      S4    *disabled
X161      S4    *disabled  pci:0000:07:00.0
X162      S4    *disabled
GPPA      S4    *disabled
GPPB      S4    *disabled
GPPC      S4    *disabled
GPPD      S4    *disabled
GPPE      S4    *disabled
GPPF      S4    *disabled
GP10      S4    *disabled
GP11      S4    *disabled
GP12      S4    *enabled   pci:0000:00:07.1
GP13      S4    *enabled   pci:0000:00:08.1
XHC0      S4    *enabled   pci:0000:09:00.3
GP30      S4    *disabled
GP31      S4    *disabled
PS2K      S3    *disabled
PS2M      S3    *disabled
UAR1      S4    *disabled  pnp:00:01
        *disabled  serial-base:00:01:0
        *disabled  serial-base:00:01:0.0
GPP2      S4    *enabled   pci:0000:00:01.3
PTX2      S4    *disabled  pci:0000:04:00.0
RLAN      S4    *disabled  pci:0000:05:00.0
PTX1      S4    *disabled
PTXH      S4    *enabled   pci:0000:02:00.0

I have the tried to disable all of the enabled devices with this command(obviously typing the actual device in the place of [DEVICE])

sudo /bin/sh -c '/bin/echo [DEVICE] > /proc/acpi/wakeup'

...but even still nothing worked.

(Ubuntu 24.04.4 Desktop [Wayland]/Gnome 46.0/Linux 6.17.0) How do I rotate login screen portrait left? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1568079/ubuntu-24-04-4-desktop-wayland-gnome-46-0-linux-6-17-0-how-do-i-rotate-login

I have turned my monitor physically in portrait position. I adjusted Settings -> Displays so that the layout for my desktop is okay, but the login screen is still landscape.

I read that this problem could be fixed with following instructions:

sudo cp ~/.config/monitors.xml /var/lib/gdm3/.config/
sudo chown gdm:gdm /var/lib/gdm3/.config/monitors.xml
sudo systemctl restart gdm3

But to no avail, it just does not work. No matter if I reboot or even completely turn off and back on computer. The login screen remains in landscape position.

According to mutter documentation monitors.xml is read from /etc/xdg. Copied file there but it did not work either. This is clearly an issue that cannot be fixed with blind workarounds.

I edited /etc/xdg/monitors.xml so that there were different settings than in ~/.config/monitors.xml. After that tothing happens in gdm process login screen as I have tested oh so many times. But the change had effects in user process desktop. Is it so that mutter under gdm does not have same capabilities than under user process desktop? If so, this is just banging head on the wall.

Could someone please explain the architecture behind all this gdm/mutter/gnome-shell mess?

Hibernation not working in HP 15 gr0012au https://askubuntu.com/questions/1567876/hibernation-not-working-in-hp-15-gr0012au

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/15cf6fe2-efa4-47b6-9adc-bb279ca2ef48 / 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=15cf6fe2-efa4-47b6-9adc-bb279ca2ef48 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"

/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume

RESUME=UUID=15cf6fe2-efa4-47b6-9adc-bb279ca2ef48 resume_offset=169984
findmnt -no UUID -T /swapfile
15cf6fe2-efa4-47b6-9adc-bb279ca2ef48
sudo filefrag -v /swapfile | awk '$1=="0:" {print substr($4,1,length($4)-2)}'
169984

here is the result for the kernel command

journalctl --since today -p emerg..err
Jun 22 17:44:22 Zenbook kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.PCI0.GPP>
Jun 22 17:44:22 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: AE_NOT_FOUND, During name lookup/catalog (20251212>
Jun 22 17:44:22 Zenbook kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.WLBU._ST>
Jun 22 17:44:22 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WLBU._STA due to previous err>
Jun 22 17:44:22 Zenbook kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.WLBU._ST>
Jun 22 17:44:22 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WLBU._STA due to previous err>
Jun 22 17:44:22 Zenbook kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.WLBU._ST>
Jun 22 17:44:22 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WLBU._STA due to previous err>
Jun 22 17:44:22 Zenbook kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.WLBU._ST>
Jun 22 17:44:22 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WLBU._STA due to previous err>
Jun 22 17:44:25 Zenbook systemd[1]: Failed to activate swap swapfile.swap - /swapfile.
Jun 22 17:44:26 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: No handler for Region [RCM0] (000000002bbd688e) [S>
Jun 22 17:44:26 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: Region SystemCMOS (ID=5) has no handler (20251212/>
Jun 22 17:44:26 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WMID.ESDT due to previous err>
Jun 22 17:44:26 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.PCI0.LPC0.EC0._Q42 due to pre>
Jun 22 17:44:28 Zenbook systemd[1]: Failed to activate swap swapfile.swap - /swapfile.
Jun 22 17:44:29 Zenbook systemd[1]: Failed to activate swap swapfile.swap - /swapfile.
Jun 22 17:44:35 Zenbook kernel: 
Jun 22 17:44:35 Zenbook kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Attempt to CreateField of length zero (>
Jun 22 17:44:35 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WMID.WQBC due to previous err>
Jun 22 17:44:35 Zenbook kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Attempt to CreateField of length zero (>
Jun 22 17:44:35 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WMID.WQBE due to previous err>
Jun 22 17:44:41 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:44:41 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:44:42 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:44:42 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:44:42 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:44:42 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:44:43 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:44:44 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:44:45 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:44:46 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:44:46 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:44:46 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:44:47 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:44:47 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:44:47 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:44:47 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:44:49 Zenbook gdm-password][2992]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file
Jun 22 17:44:53 Zenbook systemd[3231]: Failed to start app-gnome-snap\x2duserd\x2dautostart-37>
Jun 22 17:44:56 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:44:56 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:44:57 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:44:58 Zenbook systemd[3231]: Failed to start snap.prompting-client.daemon.service - >
Jun 22 17:45:00 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:45:00 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:45:10 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:45:11 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:45:27 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:45:27 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:48:00 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:48:01 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:48:49 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:48:49 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:49:21 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:49:21 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:49:24 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:49:25 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:49:40 Zenbook gdm3[1640]: Gdm: Failed to list cached users: GDBus.Error:org.freedesk>
-- Boot 6222b8fdb133452c9a58e6ee5f5c0f39 --
Jun 22 17:50:01 Zenbook kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.PCI0.GPP>
Jun 22 17:50:01 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: AE_NOT_FOUND, During name lookup/catalog (20251212>
Jun 22 17:50:01 Zenbook kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.WLBU._ST>
Jun 22 17:50:01 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WLBU._STA due to previous err>
Jun 22 17:50:01 Zenbook kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.WLBU._ST>
Jun 22 17:50:01 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WLBU._STA due to previous err>
Jun 22 17:50:01 Zenbook kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.WLBU._ST>
Jun 22 17:50:01 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WLBU._STA due to previous err>
Jun 22 17:50:01 Zenbook kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.WLBU._ST>
Jun 22 17:50:01 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WLBU._STA due to previous err>
Jun 22 17:50:01 Zenbook kernel: Failed to create device parport0
Jun 22 17:50:05 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: No handler for Region [RCM0] (00000000d3275a16) [S>
Jun 22 17:50:05 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: Region SystemCMOS (ID=5) has no handler (20251212/>
Jun 22 17:50:05 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WMID.ESDT due to previous err>
Jun 22 17:50:05 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.PCI0.LPC0.EC0._Q42 due to pre>
Jun 22 17:50:14 Zenbook kernel: 
Jun 22 17:50:14 Zenbook kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Attempt to CreateField of length zero (>
Jun 22 17:50:14 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WMID.WQBC due to previous err>
Jun 22 17:50:14 Zenbook kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Attempt to CreateField of length zero (>
Jun 22 17:50:14 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WMID.WQBE due to previous err>
Jun 22 17:50:20 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:50:20 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:50:21 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:50:21 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:50:21 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:50:22 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:50:22 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:50:24 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:50:24 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:50:25 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:50:25 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:50:25 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:50:25 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:50:26 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:50:26 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:50:26 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:50:45 Zenbook gdm-password][3131]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file
Jun 22 17:50:51 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:50:51 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:50:52 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:50:52 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:50:54 Zenbook systemd[3204]: Failed to start snap.prompting-client.daemon.service - >
Jun 22 17:50:56 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:50:56 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:51:15 Zenbook systemd-sleep[5143]: Failed to put system to sleep. System resumed aga>
Jun 22 17:51:15 Zenbook kernel: PM: hibernation: Image allocation is 79836 pages short
Jun 22 17:51:15 Zenbook systemd[1]: Failed to start systemd-hibernate.service - System Hiberna>
Jun 22 17:51:26 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:51:26 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:51:34 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:51:35 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 17:51:51 Zenbook chronyd[1427]: Could not connect to [2620:2d:4002:1::3123]:4460 (4.ntp>
Jun 22 17:51:52 Zenbook chronyd[1427]: Could not connect to [2620:2d:4000:1::2123]:4460 (1.ntp>
Jun 22 12:28:26 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 12:28:26 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 12:28:31 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 12:28:32 Zenbook kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.
Jun 22 12:43:13 Zenbook systemd-sleep[9679]: Failed to put system to sleep. System resumed aga>
Jun 22 12:43:13 Zenbook kernel: PM: hibernation: Image allocation is 116000 pages short
Jun 22 12:43:13 Zenbook systemd[1]: Failed to start systemd-hibernate.service - System Hiberna>
-- Boot f38d6bb7801c425387f1a8e9dbed4398 --
Jun 22 12:55:39 Zenbook kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.PCI0.GPP>
Jun 22 12:55:39 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: AE_NOT_FOUND, During name lookup/catalog (20251212>
Jun 22 12:55:39 Zenbook kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.WLBU._ST>
Jun 22 12:55:39 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WLBU._STA due to previous err>
Jun 22 12:55:39 Zenbook kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.WLBU._ST>
Jun 22 12:55:39 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WLBU._STA due to previous err>
Jun 22 12:55:39 Zenbook kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.WLBU._ST>
Jun 22 12:55:39 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WLBU._STA due to previous err>
Jun 22 12:55:39 Zenbook kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.WLBU._ST>
Jun 22 12:55:39 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WLBU._STA due to previous err>
Jun 22 12:55:43 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: No handler for Region [RCM0] (000000003573ea84) [S>
Jun 22 12:55:43 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: Region SystemCMOS (ID=5) has no handler (20251212/>
Jun 22 12:55:43 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WMID.ESDT due to previous err>
Jun 22 12:55:43 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.PCI0.LPC0.EC0._Q42 due to pre>
Jun 22 12:55:51 Zenbook kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Attempt to CreateField of length zero (>
Jun 22 12:55:51 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WMID.WQBC due to previous err>
Jun 22 12:55:51 Zenbook kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Attempt to CreateField of length zero (>
Jun 22 12:55:51 Zenbook kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.WMID.WQBE due to previous err>
Jun 22 12:56:00 Zenbook chronyd[1458]: Could not connect to [2620:2d:4002:1::3123]:4460 (4.ntp>
Jun 22 12:57:43 Zenbook gdm-password][3020]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file
Jun 22 12:57:51 Zenbook systemd[3095]: Failed to start snap.prompting-client.daemon.service - >
Jun 22 12:58:16 Zenbook kernel: PM: hibernation: Image allocation is 83357 pages short
Jun 22 12:58:16 Zenbook systemd-sleep[4989]: Failed to put system to sleep. System resumed aga>
Jun 22 12:58:17 Zenbook systemd[1]: Failed to start systemd-hibernate.service - System Hiberna>
free
               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:         5479732     3315900      944936      138456     1614868     2163832
Swap:       16777212       42820    16734392
sudo swapon --show
NAME      TYPE SIZE   USED PRIO
/swapfile file  16G 925.1M   -1
ls -lha /dev/disk/by-uuid
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 160 Jun 28 22:19 .
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 240 Jun 28 22:19 ..
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  10 Jun 28 22:19 15cf6fe2-efa4-47b6-9adc-bb279ca2ef48 -> ../../sda4
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  10 Jun 28 22:19 28D6-4C0F -> ../../sda3
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  15 Jun 28 22:19 4E4A61734A61592B -> ../../nvme0n1p2
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  10 Jun 28 22:19 8E5A33945A337853 -> ../../sda2
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  15 Jun 28 22:19 C260-A33D -> ../../nvme0n1p1
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  10 Jun 28 22:19 b8cfc018-6aa3-407c-bae8-4c7f643c146d -> ../../sda5
df
Filesystem     1K-blocks     Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs            1200800     5032   1195768   1% /run
/dev/sda4       54822144 34869628  17135236  68% /
tmpfs            3002000    39544   2962456   2% /dev/shm
efivarfs             160       87        69  56% /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
none                1024        0      1024   0% /run/credentials/systemd-journald.service
none                1024        0      1024   0% /run/credentials/systemd-resolved.service
tmpfs            3002000      348   3001652   1% /tmp
/dev/sda3        1046508     6452   1040056   1% /boot/efi
tmpfs             600400      100    600300   1% /run/user/1000
sudo blkid
/dev/nvme0n1p1: UUID="C260-A33D" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="ae7b16d0-eb14-47e7-9a6c-4b9e75b0af67"
/dev/nvme0n1p2: BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="4E4A61734A61592B" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="f6b6807e-f516-4383-a17b-600f9967e2f9"
/dev/sda2: LABEL="Directory" BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="8E5A33945A337853" TYPE="ntfs" PARTLABEL="Basic data partition" PARTUUID="59c46e43-2a47-437e-9b29-917a7baebede"
/dev/sda3: LABEL_FATBOOT="BOOT" LABEL="BOOT" UUID="28D6-4C0F" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTLABEL="BOOT" PARTUUID="588b1594-4bd0-44f9-922d-0f5b0ca8a030"
/dev/sda4: LABEL="ROOT" UUID="15cf6fe2-efa4-47b6-9adc-bb279ca2ef48" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTLABEL="ROOT" PARTUUID="ae5cab5c-3514-494c-99f8-7acbb7710d44"
/dev/loop1: BLOCK_SIZE="131072" TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop17: BLOCK_SIZE="131072" TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop8: BLOCK_SIZE="131072" TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop15: BLOCK_SIZE="131072" TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop6: BLOCK_SIZE="131072" TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop13: BLOCK_SIZE="131072" TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop4: BLOCK_SIZE="131072" TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop11: BLOCK_SIZE="131072" TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop2: BLOCK_SIZE="131072" TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop0: BLOCK_SIZE="131072" TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop9: BLOCK_SIZE="131072" TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop16: BLOCK_SIZE="131072" TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop7: BLOCK_SIZE="131072" TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop14: BLOCK_SIZE="131072" TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop5: BLOCK_SIZE="131072" TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop12: BLOCK_SIZE="131072" TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop3: BLOCK_SIZE="131072" TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop10: BLOCK_SIZE="131072" TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/sda1: PARTLABEL="Microsoft reserved partition" PARTUUID="236f1e99-7832-4089-9411-4dfdbeb10e8b"
Best way to sync Google Drive on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://askubuntu.com/questions/1567829/best-way-to-sync-google-drive-on-ubuntu-26-04-lts

I need the best way to sync Google Drive on my Ubuntu LTS 26.04 with local cache that allows me to keep working for at least a day without any internet.

Requirements are similar to Google Drive for PC:

  1. Ability to work completely offline (not even internet to "mount" the drive first and then disconnect).
  2. Download and caching of files when they are accessed.

What I have tried and fails:

  1. rclone vfs local mount: Doesn't mount without internet! No usable cache! Can this be fixed? This is my most hopeful option currently. Here is the code I currently use:
[Unit]
Description=Google Drive Mount
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target
OnFailure=gdrive-mount-failed.service

[Service]
Type=simple

ExecStart=/usr/bin/rclone mount gdriveboi: %h/G \
    --vfs-cache-mode full \
    --cache-dir %h/.cache/rclone \
    --vfs-cache-max-size 100G \
    --vfs-cache-max-age 720h \
    --vfs-write-back 30s \
    --vfs-read-ahead 128M \
    --dir-cache-time 5m \
    --poll-interval 30s \
    --log-level INFO \
    --log-file %h/.local/share/rclone-mount.log \
    --rc \
    --rc-addr 127.0.0.1:5572 \
    --rc-no-auth

ExecStop=/bin/fusermount3 -uz %h/G

Restart=no

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
  1. Nautilus doesn't support native Google Drive starting GNOME 50. https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/google-drive-not-working-nautilus-ubuntu-26-04

  2. Dolphin + Dolphin Plugins + Konqueror + KIO GDrive + KIO Admin: Can't even add the Google account on Dolphin. Page shows blank.

  3. rclone bisync fails randomly and repeatedly. --resyncing has destroyed my work multiple times now. I can provide the last used code if asked.

Ubuntu 26.04 installer freezes at Get:5 /cdrom resolute/main amd64 Packages on older Dell https://askubuntu.com/questions/1567178/ubuntu-26-04-installer-freezes-at-get5-cdrom-resolute-main-amd64-packages-on-o

I am trying to install Ubuntu onto an older Dell laptop using a freshly flashed and validated SanDisk USB 3.0 drive (flashed via balenaEtcher).

The boot sequence starts up fine, but it completely freezes every single time right after reading the very last APT cache repository line: Get:5 file:/cdrom resolute/main amd64 Packages [31.7 kB]

I tried:

  • Replaced the USB drive entirely (originally used a generic UDisk which threw I/O buffer errors, switched to a brand new SanDisk 16GB).

  • Removed quiet splash from the GRUB menu to view the verbose terminal logs.

  • Tried booting with nomodeset (Safe Graphics mode).

  • Tried appending various combinations of boot flags like acpi=off, noapic, and irqpoll.

The logs:

Right before it hits the Get:5 line and hangs, the logs show a couple of errors regarding the communication bus and filesystem:

fuse: device /dev/fuse not found. Kernel module not loaded?
dbus-daemon: A connection to the bus can't be made
Failed to create stream fd: No such file or directory

This is the terminal output right at the freezing point. Since it is stalling the exact millisecond it finishes loading the configuration files and tries to hand over control to the display manager/graphics, I suspect it's a legacy hardware or kernel conflict with this specific Dell motherboard architecture.

Begin: Creating debconf-communicate fifo mechanism ... [    6.216597] evm: overlay not supported
done.
Begin: Running /scripts/casper-bottom ... Begin: Moving mount points... ... done.
Begin: Configuring fstab... ... done.
Begin: Setting up swap... ... done.
Begin: Setting up locales... ... done.
Begin: Setting up automatic login... ... done.
Begin: Setting hostname... ... done.
Begin: Setting up console keyboard... ... done.
Begin: Applying desktop settings... ... done.
Begin: Regenerating SSL certificate... ... hostname: Name or service not known
make-ssl-cert: Could not get FQDN, using '(none)'.
make-ssl-cert: You may want to fix your /etc/hosts and/or DNS setup and run
make-ssl-cert: 'make-ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil --force-overwrite'
make-ssl-cert: again.
done.
Begin: Loading preseed file... ... done.
Begin: Adding live session user... ... passwd: password changed.
Failed to create stream fd: No such file or directory
Failed to create stream fd: No such file or directory
Failed to create stream fd: No such file or directory
dbus-daemon[723]: [session uid=1000 pid=18446744073709551615 pidfd=5] Activating service name='org.gtk.vfs.Daemon' re
dbus-daemon[723]: [session uid=1000 pid=18446744073709551615 pidfd=5] Successfully activated service 'org.gtk.vfs.Daemon'
dbus-daemon[723]: [session uid=1000 pid=18446744073709551615 pidfd=5] Activating service name='org.gtk.vfs.Metadata' re
fuse: device /dev/fuse not found. Kernel module not loaded?
dbus-daemon[723]: [session uid=1000 pid=18446744073709551615 pidfd=5] Successfully activated service 'org.gtk.vfs.Meta
A connection to the bus can't be made
done.
Begin: Setting up init... ... done.
Begin: Configuring accessibility options... ... done.
Begin: Disabling update-notifier... ... done.
Begin: Enabling detection of crashes... ... done.
Begin: Disabling unnecessary KDE services... ... done.
Begin: Disabling the lock screen for LXQt (LP: #2000787)... ... done.
Begin: Generating APT cache for cdrom... ... Ign:1 file:/cdrom resolute InRelease
Get:2 file:/cdrom resolute Release [664 B]
Get:2 file:/cdrom resolute Release [664 B]
Get:3 file:/cdrom resolute Release.gpg [228 B]
Get:3 file:/cdrom resolute Release.gpg [228 B]
Get:4 file:/cdrom resolute/restricted amd64 Packages [14.5 kB]
Get:5 file:/cdrom resolute/main amd64 Packages [31.7 kB]

Do you have any advice on what specific kernel boot parameters or BIOS tweaks I need to use to force it past this graphical handshake?

Updated Dell Inspiron 16 5625 to Ubuntu 26.04, now system freezes with kernel 7.0.0-15 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1567174/updated-dell-inspiron-16-5625-to-ubuntu-26-04-now-system-freezes-with-kernel-7

I had updated Ubuntu from 25.10 to 26.04.

Now, when booting into kernel 7.0.0-15, the system freezes while on login screen, goes black, then login screen is displayed again. Keeps occurring in an endless loop. If I select kernel 6.17.0-29-generic instead, the laptop runs fine, and I can log in without issue.

I ran the command sudo journalctl -b -1 -p err, and "Kernel Out of Memory error"s were present.
Are there known issues with the 7.0.0-15 kernel?

System specifications on 2026-05-25 20:39:59:

Hardware Model: Dell Inc. Inspiron 16 5625
Memory: 8.0 GiB
Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 5 5625U with Radeon™ Graphics × 12
Graphics: AMD Radeon™ Graphics
Disk Capacity: 512.1 GB
Firmware Version: 1.27.0
OS Name: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
OS Build: (null)
OS Type: 64-bit
GNOME Version: 50
Windowing System: Wayland

EDIT Jun 07 2026, 08:15 EDT

Currently running kernel 7.0.0-22, and I am seeing the same freezing issue as with kernel 7.0.0-15. Output of sudo journalctl -b -1 -p err is below. Please let me know if more data is needed. Thank you.

$sudo journalctl -b -1 -p err
[sudo: authenticate] Password:         
Jun 07 08:02:52 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.PCI0.LPC0.EC0], AE_NOT_FOUND (20251212/dswload2-162)
Jun 07 08:02:52 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: ACPI Error: AE_NOT_FOUND, During name lookup/catalog (20251212/psobject-220)
Jun 07 08:02:53 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: leds platform::micmute: Setting an LED's brightness failed (-5)
Jun 07 08:02:55 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: leds platform::micmute: Setting an LED's brightness failed (-5)
Jun 07 08:02:55 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: leds platform::micmute: Setting an LED's brightness failed (-5)
Jun 07 08:02:55 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: leds platform::micmute: Setting an LED's brightness failed (-5)
Jun 07 08:02:55 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: leds platform::micmute: Setting an LED's brightness failed (-5)
Jun 07 08:02:56 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: leds platform::micmute: Setting an LED's brightness failed (-5)
Jun 07 08:02:56 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: amdgpu 0000:04:00.0: [drm] *ERROR* dc_dmub_srv_log_diagnostic_data: DMCUB error - collecting diagnostic data
Jun 07 08:02:59 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: leds platform::micmute: Setting an LED's brightness failed (-5)
Jun 07 08:02:59 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: leds platform::micmute: Setting an LED's brightness failed (-5)
Jun 07 08:02:59 user-Inspiron-16-5625 bluetoothd[1791]: Failed to set mode: Failed (0x03)
Jun 07 08:03:04 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 2665 (pipewire) total-vm:99844kB, anon-rss:12kB, file-rss:160kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60578 pgtables:88kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:04 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 2667 (pipewire-pulse) total-vm:108296kB, anon-rss:12kB, file-rss:96kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60578 pgtables:104kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:04 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 2711 (gnome-keyring-d) total-vm:185780kB, anon-rss:0kB, file-rss:8kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60578 pgtables:112kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:04 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 2763 (gnome-session-s) total-vm:320132kB, anon-rss:4kB, file-rss:12kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60578 pgtables:128kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:04 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 2713 (ssh-agent) total-vm:10480kB, anon-rss:4kB, file-rss:8kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60578 pgtables:64kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:04 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 2710 (gcr-ssh-agent) total-vm:97552kB, anon-rss:0kB, file-rss:8kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60578 pgtables:84kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:04 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 2666 (pipewire) total-vm:87932kB, anon-rss:4kB, file-rss:8kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60578 pgtables:80kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:04 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 2664 (dbus-daemon) total-vm:8592kB, anon-rss:20kB, file-rss:36kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60578 pgtables:60kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:04 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 2712 (gnome-session-c) total-vm:89808kB, anon-rss:0kB, file-rss:8kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60578 pgtables:84kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:04 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 2681 (mpris-proxy) total-vm:7560kB, anon-rss:8kB, file-rss:72kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60578 pgtables:56kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:04 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 2235 (systemd) total-vm:23832kB, anon-rss:8kB, file-rss:32kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60578 pgtables:96kB oom_score_adj:100
Jun 07 08:03:04 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 2244 ((sd-pam)) total-vm:23392kB, anon-rss:0kB, file-rss:0kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60578 pgtables:76kB oom_score_adj:100
Jun 07 08:03:04 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 1801 (littlesnitch) total-vm:1892560kB, anon-rss:4kB, file-rss:536kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:0 pgtables:376kB oom_score_adj:0
Jun 07 08:03:13 user-Inspiron-16-5625 canonical-livepatch.canonical-livepatchd[2083]: refresh patch failed: livepatch check failed: POST request to "https://livepatch.canonical.com/v1/client/5047702a3e134442936e10fb8d830de2/upda>
Jun 07 08:03:13 user-Inspiron-16-5625 canonical-livepatch.canonical-livepatchd[2083]: Task "refresh" returned an error: livepatch check failed: POST request to "https://livepatch.canonical.com/v1/client/5047702a3e134442936e10fb8>
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 4270 (xdg-desktop-por) total-vm:559032kB, anon-rss:4kB, file-rss:8kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:180kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 3540 (ibus-daemon) total-vm:388568kB, anon-rss:4kB, file-rss:8kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:124kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 3178 (pipewire) total-vm:105844kB, anon-rss:100kB, file-rss:388kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:100kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 3180 (pipewire-pulse) total-vm:109092kB, anon-rss:56kB, file-rss:212kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:108kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 3543 (gsd-media-keys) total-vm:546832kB, anon-rss:4kB, file-rss:8kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:172kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 3553 (gsd-sharing) total-vm:470256kB, anon-rss:4kB, file-rss:8kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:148kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 3550 (gsd-power) total-vm:478688kB, anon-rss:4kB, file-rss:8kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:156kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 4237 (ibus-engine-sim) total-vm:171772kB, anon-rss:84kB, file-rss:764kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:92kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 3709 (ibus-dconf) total-vm:245592kB, anon-rss:88kB, file-rss:820kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:108kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 3713 (ibus-portal) total-vm:311096kB, anon-rss:68kB, file-rss:660kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:112kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 3177 (dbus-daemon) total-vm:9192kB, anon-rss:180kB, file-rss:136kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:56kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 3262 (gnome-session-s) total-vm:468284kB, anon-rss:0kB, file-rss:8kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:148kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 3541 (gsd-a11y-settin) total-vm:256652kB, anon-rss:16kB, file-rss:168kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:128kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 3556 (gsd-smartcard) total-vm:388568kB, anon-rss:24kB, file-rss:236kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:124kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 3221 (gnome-keyring-d) total-vm:185780kB, anon-rss:64kB, file-rss:332kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:116kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 3558 (gsd-usb-protect) total-vm:540600kB, anon-rss:32kB, file-rss:184kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:148kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 3551 (gsd-rfkill) total-vm:459524kB, anon-rss:68kB, file-rss:228kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:132kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 3490 (at-spi2-registr) total-vm:168680kB, anon-rss:120kB, file-rss:504kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:88kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 3512 (xdg-permission-) total-vm:309964kB, anon-rss:96kB, file-rss:544kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:112kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 3480 (at-spi-bus-laun) total-vm:381384kB, anon-rss:84kB, file-rss:500kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:104kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 4282 (xdg-document-po) total-vm:542228kB, anon-rss:92kB, file-rss:496kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:144kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 3542 (gsd-keyboard) total-vm:385992kB, anon-rss:56kB, file-rss:392kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:120kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 3229 (ssh-agent) total-vm:10480kB, anon-rss:4kB, file-rss:8kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:64kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 4435 (dconf-service) total-vm:165220kB, anon-rss:84kB, file-rss:324kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:80kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 3220 (gcr-ssh-agent) total-vm:97552kB, anon-rss:0kB, file-rss:8kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:84kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 3179 (pipewire) total-vm:87932kB, anon-rss:4kB, file-rss:8kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:76kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 3487 (dbus-daemon) total-vm:8548kB, anon-rss:16kB, file-rss:64kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:68kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 3222 (gnome-session-c) total-vm:89808kB, anon-rss:0kB, file-rss:8kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:84kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 4332 (fusermount3) total-vm:4416kB, anon-rss:4kB, file-rss:8kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:0 pgtables:48kB oom_score_adj:200
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 3268 (gnome-shell) total-vm:9182312kB, anon-rss:20kB, file-rss:16kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:1676kB oom_score_adj:100
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 2970 (systemd) total-vm:23968kB, anon-rss:32kB, file-rss:80kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:84kB oom_score_adj:100
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 3006 ((sd-pam)) total-vm:23388kB, anon-rss:24kB, file-rss:104kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60579 pgtables:76kB oom_score_adj:100
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 4283 (littlesnitch) total-vm:1958096kB, anon-rss:0kB, file-rss:536kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:0 pgtables:388kB oom_score_adj:0
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 1806 (networkd-dispat) total-vm:55096kB, anon-rss:4kB, file-rss:8kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:0 pgtables:140kB oom_score_adj:0
Jun 07 08:03:38 user-Inspiron-16-5625 kernel: amdgpu 0000:04:00.0: [drm] *ERROR* dc_dmub_srv_log_diagnostic_data: DMCUB error - collecting diagnostic data
Jun 07 08:03:39 user-Inspiron-16-5625 systemd-logind[1840]: Failed to start user service 'user-runtime-dir@60580.service': Transaction for user-runtime-dir@60580.service/start is destructive (nss-lookup.target has 'stop' job que>
Jun 07 08:03:39 user-Inspiron-16-5625 systemd-logind[1840]: Failed to start user service 'user@60580.service': Transaction for user@60580.service/start is destructive (systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-044F\x2d1AC7.service has 's>
Jun 07 08:03:39 user-Inspiron-16-5625 gdm-password][4678]: pam_unix(gdm-password:auth): conversation failed
Jun 07 08:03:39 user-Inspiron-16-5625 gdm-password][4678]: pam_unix(gdm-password:auth): auth could not identify password for [user]
Jun 07 08:03:39 user-Inspiron-16-5625 canonical-livepatch.canonical-livepatchd[2083]: daemon shutting down

Still experiencing freeze issue after upgrading to kernel 7.0.0-27. Some dmesg output below:

[   16.589403] kernel: oom-kill:constraint=CONSTRAINT_NONE,nodemask=(null),cpuset=/,mems_allowed=0,global_oom,task_memcg=/user.slice/user-60578.slice/user@60578.service/session.slice/pipewire-pulse.service,task=pipewire-pulse,pid=2829,uid=60578
[   16.589433] kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 2829 (pipewire-pulse) total-vm:108296kB, anon-rss:4kB, file-rss:8kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60578 pgtables:108kB oom_score_adj:200
[   16.589457] kernel: littlesnitch invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xc2cc0(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC), order=0, oom_score_adj=0
[   16.589485] kernel: CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 2182 Comm: littlesnitch Not tainted 7.0.0-27-generic #27-Ubuntu PREEMPT(lazy) 
[   16.589499] kernel: Hardware name: Dell Inc. Inspiron 16 5625/0TGWG4, BIOS 1.28.1 05/12/2026
[   16.589522] kernel: Call Trace:
[   16.589540] kernel:  <TASK>
[   16.589558] kernel:  show_stack+0x49/0x60
[   16.589575] kernel:  dump_stack_lvl+0x5f/0x90
[   16.589611] kernel:  dump_stack+0x10/0x18
[   16.589626] kernel:  dump_header+0x48/0x1c7
[   16.589645] kernel:  oom_kill_process.cold+0x8/0xac
[   16.589666] kernel:  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[   16.589684] kernel:  out_of_memory+0xff/0x2b0
[   16.589698] kernel:  __alloc_pages_may_oom+0x10a/0x1d0
[   16.589721] kernel:  __alloc_pages_slowpath.constprop.0+0x3e0/0x9b0
[   16.589736] kernel:  __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x327/0x360
[   16.589762] kernel:  allocate_slab+0x1f3/0x430
[   16.589776] kernel:  refill_objects+0xe9/0x150
[   16.589790] kernel:  __pcs_replace_empty_main+0x146/0x3c0
[   16.589804] kernel:  __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x3d9/0x4b0
[   16.589828] kernel:  ? copy_verifier_state+0x218/0x2c0
[   16.589847] kernel:  copy_verifier_state+0x218/0x2c0
[   16.589865] kernel:  ? push_stack+0x3c/0x100
[   16.589889] kernel:  push_stack+0x85/0x100
[   16.589910] kernel:  check_cond_jmp_op+0x43f/0xb40
[   16.589928] kernel:  do_check_insn+0x453/0x6e0
[   16.589946] kernel:  do_check+0x32b/0x630
[   16.589968] kernel:  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[   16.589981] kernel:  do_check_common+0x1b5/0x6d0
[   16.590019] kernel:  bpf_check+0xbb4/0x13e0
[   16.590054] kernel:  bpf_prog_load+0x645/0xb90
[   16.590068] kernel:  __sys_bpf+0x97c/0xcd0
[   16.590084] kernel:  __x64_sys_bpf+0x1d/0x30
[   16.590098] kernel:  x64_sys_call+0x1182/0x2390
[   16.590118] kernel:  do_syscall_64+0x105/0x5a0
[   16.590146] kernel:  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[   16.590164] kernel:  ? handle_pte_fault+0x1cb/0x1f0
[   16.590192] kernel:  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[   16.590210] kernel:  ? __handle_mm_fault+0x493/0x720
[   16.590235] kernel:  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[   16.590255] kernel:  ? count_memcg_events+0x103/0x250
[   16.590282] kernel:  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[   16.590299] kernel:  ? handle_mm_fault+0x1c0/0x2e0
[   16.590314] kernel:  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[   16.590327] kernel:  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[   16.590347] kernel:  ? arch_exit_to_user_mode_prepare.isra.0+0xd/0x100
[   16.590375] kernel:  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[   16.590393] kernel:  ? irqentry_exit+0x97/0x5a0
[   16.590414] kernel:  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[   16.590428] kernel:  ? exc_page_fault+0x94/0x1e0
[   16.590448] kernel:  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
[   16.590466] kernel: RIP: 0033:0x7fb79a334d0d
[   16.590479] kernel: Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0x7fb79a334ce3.
[   16.590493] kernel: RSP: 002b:00007fb76b7fa3a8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000141
[   16.590533] kernel: RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fb76b7fa470 RCX: 00007fb79a334d0d
[   16.590550] kernel: RDX: 0000000000000098 RSI: 00007fb76b7fa5c8 RDI: 0000000000000005
[   16.590565] kernel: RBP: 0000000000000005 R08: 0000000000000100 R09: 0000000000000000
[   16.590579] kernel: R10: 00007fb71c004b20 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001
[   16.590596] kernel: R13: 00000000000003d6 R14: 00007fb76b7fa5c8 R15: 0000000000000000
[   16.590614] kernel:  </TASK>
[   16.590629] kernel: Mem-Info:
[   16.590642] kernel: active_anon:18 inactive_anon:168 isolated_anon:0
                        active_file:6 inactive_file:162 isolated_file:0
                        unevictable:4898 dirty:9 writeback:38
                        slab_reclaimable:9984 slab_unreclaimable:1548786
                        mapped:3407 shmem:112 pagetables:2925
                        sec_pagetables:775 bounce:0
                        kernel_misc_reclaimable:0
                        free:25295 free_pcp:309 free_cma:0
[   16.590664] kernel: Node 0 active_anon:72kB inactive_anon:672kB active_file:24kB inactive_file:648kB unevictable:19592kB isolated(anon):0kB isolated(file):0kB mapped:13628kB dirty:36kB writeback:152kB shmem:448kB shmem_thp:0kB shmem_pmdmapped:0kB anon_thp:0kB kernel_stack:8164kB pagetables:11700kB sec_pagetables:3100kB all_unreclaimable? no Balloon:0kB
[   16.590680] kernel: Node 0 DMA free:14336kB boost:0kB min:148kB low:184kB high:220kB reserved_highatomic:0KB free_highatomic:0KB active_anon:0kB inactive_anon:0kB active_file:0kB inactive_file:0kB unevictable:0kB writepending:0kB zspages:0kB present:15992kB managed:15360kB mlocked:0kB bounce:0kB free_pcp:0kB local_pcp:0kB free_cma:0kB
Camera Intel IUP6 not working on Ubuntu 26.04 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1566791/camera-intel-iup6-not-working-on-ubuntu-26-04

On Ubuntu 26.04 I have some troubles with the Dell Latitude 73640's camera/webcam. On the live session camera is working but in the installed OS.

The following is a short diagnosis of what is available on the live session:

dpkg -l | grep -Ei 'ipu|ivsc|camera|libcamera|pipewire|portal|v412'    

ii  accountsservice                            23.13.9-8ubuntu5                           amd64        query and manipulate user account information
    ii  bpftool                                    7.7.0+7.0.0-14.14                          amd64        Inspection and simple manipulation of BPF programs and maps
    ii  bubblewrap                                 0.11.1-1                                   amd64        utility for unprivileged chroot and namespace manipulation
    ii  cups-ppdc                                  2.4.16-1ubuntu1                            amd64        Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - PPD manipulation utilities
    ii  gnome-remote-desktop                       50.0-0ubuntu2                              amd64        Remote desktop daemon for GNOME using PipeWire
    ii  gstreamer1.0-libcamera:amd64               0.7.0-1ubuntu2                             amd64        complex camera support library (GStreamer plugin)
    ii  gstreamer1.0-pipewire:amd64                1.6.2-1ubuntu1                             amd64        GStreamer 1.0 plugin for the PipeWire multimedia server
    ii  iputils-ping                               3:20250605-1ubuntu1                        amd64        Tools to test the reachability of network hosts
    ii  iputils-tracepath                          3:20250605-1ubuntu1                        amd64        Tools to trace the network path to a remote host
    ii  libaccountsservice0:amd64                  23.13.9-8ubuntu5                           amd64        query and manipulate user account information - shared libraries
    ii  libblockdev3:amd64                         3.4.0-1                                    amd64        Library for manipulating block devices
    ii  libcamera-ipa:amd64                        0.7.0-1ubuntu2                             amd64        complex camera support library (IPA modules)
    ii  libcamera0.7:amd64                         0.7.0-1ubuntu2                             amd64        complex camera support library
    ii  libexiv2-28:amd64                          0.28.8+dfsg-1                              amd64        EXIF/IPTC/XMP metadata manipulation library
    ii  libexiv2-data                              0.28.8+dfsg-1                              all          EXIF/IPTC/XMP metadata manipulation library - shared data
    ii  libgphoto2-6t64:amd64                      2.5.33-1ubuntu1                            amd64        gphoto2 digital camera library
    ii  libgphoto2-l10n                            2.5.33-1ubuntu1                            all          gphoto2 digital camera library - localized messages
    ii  libgphoto2-port12t64:amd64                 2.5.33-1ubuntu1                            amd64        gphoto2 digital camera port library
    ii  libisl23:amd64                             0.27-1build1                               amd64        manipulating sets and relations of integer points bounded by linear constraints
    ii  libjansson4:amd64                          2.14-2build4                               amd64        C library for encoding, decoding and manipulating JSON data
    ii  libjson-c5:amd64                           0.18+ds-3                                  amd64        JSON manipulation library - shared library
    ii  libjson-glib-1.0-0:amd64                   1.10.8+ds-2                                amd64        GLib JSON manipulation library
    ii  libjson-glib-1.0-common                    1.10.8+ds-2                                all          GLib JSON manipulation library (common files)
    ii  libmailtools-perl                          2.22-1                                     all          modules to manipulate email in perl programs
    ii  liboeffis1:amd64                           1.5.0-3                                    amd64        RemoteDesktop portal DBus helper library
    ii  libparted-fs-resize0t64:amd64              3.6-6                                      amd64        disk partition manipulator - shared FS resizing library
    ii  libparted2t64:amd64                        3.6-6                                      amd64        disk partition manipulator - shared library
    ii  libpipeline1:amd64                         1.5.8-2                                    amd64        Unix process pipeline manipulation library
    ii  libpipewire-0.3-0t64:amd64                 1.6.2-1ubuntu1                             amd64        libraries for the PipeWire multimedia server
    ii  libpipewire-0.3-common                     1.6.2-1ubuntu1                             all          libraries for the PipeWire multimedia server - common files
    ii  libpipewire-0.3-modules:amd64              1.6.2-1ubuntu1                             amd64        libraries for the PipeWire multimedia server - modules
    ii  libpixman-1-0:amd64                        0.46.4-1                                   amd64        pixel-manipulation library for X and cairo
    ii  libportal-gtk3-1:amd64                     0.9.1-2build1                              amd64        Flatpak portal library for GTK 3 GUIs
    ii  libportal-gtk4-1:amd64                     0.9.1-2build1                              amd64        Flatpak portal library for GTK 4 GUIs
    ii  libportal1:amd64                           0.9.1-2build1                              amd64        Flatpak portal library - non-GUI part
    ii  libsepol2:amd64                            3.9-2                                      amd64        SELinux library for manipulating binary security policies
    ii  libspa-0.2-bluetooth:amd64                 1.6.2-1ubuntu1                             amd64        libraries for the PipeWire multimedia server - bluetooth plugins
    ii  libspa-0.2-libcamera:amd64                 1.6.2-1ubuntu1                             amd64        libraries for the PipeWire multimedia server - libcamera plugin
    ii  libspa-0.2-modules:amd64                   1.6.2-1ubuntu1                             amd64        libraries for the PipeWire multimedia server Simple Plugin API - modules
    ii  libtimedate-perl                           2.3300-2                                   all          collection of modules to manipulate date/time information
    ii  liburi-perl                                5.34-2build1                               all          module to manipulate and access URI strings
    ii  libvolume-key1:amd64                       0.3.12-10build2                            amd64        Library for manipulating storage encryption keys and passphrases
    ii  libxkbfile1:amd64                          1:1.1.0-1build5                            amd64        X11 keyboard file manipulation library
    ii  linux-firmware-intel-graphics              20260319.git217ca6e4-0ubuntu2              all          Firmware for Intel graphics and IPU and VSC processors
    ii  mokutil                                    0.7.2-2                                    amd64        tools for manipulating machine owner keys
    ii  mount                                      2.41.3-3ubuntu2                            amd64        tools for mounting and manipulating filesystems
    ii  parted                                     3.6-6                                      amd64        disk partition manipulator
    ii  pipewire:amd64                             1.6.2-1ubuntu1                             amd64        audio and video processing engine multimedia server
    ii  pipewire-alsa:amd64                        1.6.2-1ubuntu1                             amd64        PipeWire ALSA plugin, for ALSA applications to output via PipeWire
    ii  pipewire-audio                             1.6.2-1ubuntu1                             all          recommended set of PipeWire packages for a standard audio desktop use
    ii  pipewire-bin                               1.6.2-1ubuntu1                             amd64        PipeWire multimedia server - programs
    ii  pipewire-pulse                             1.6.2-1ubuntu1                             amd64        PipeWire PulseAudio daemon
    ii  python3-jaraco.text                        4.0.0-1build1                              all          jaraco text manipulation functions
    ii  python3-lazr.uri                           1.0.6-7build1                              all          library for parsing, manipulating, and generating URIs
    ii  python3-netaddr                            1.3.0-1build1                              all          manipulation of various common network address notations (Python 3)
    ii  python3-xkit                               0.5.0ubuntu8                               all          library for the manipulation of xorg.conf files (Python 3)
    ii  sbsigntool                                 0.9.4-3.1ubuntu9                           amd64        Tools to manipulate signatures on UEFI binaries and drivers
    ii  udisks2                                    2.10.91-1ubuntu2                           amd64        D-Bus service to access and manipulate storage devices
    ii  wireplumber                                0.5.13-1ubuntu1                            amd64        modular session / policy manager for PipeWire
    ii  xdg-desktop-portal                         1.21.1+ds-1ubuntu3                         amd64        desktop integration portal for Flatpak and Snap
    ii  xdg-desktop-portal-gnome                   50.0-0ubuntu1                              amd64        GNOME portal backend for xdg-desktop-portal
    ii  xdg-desktop-portal-gtk                     1.15.3-2ubuntu1                            amd64        GTK+/GNOME portal backend for xdg-desktop-portal
    ii  xorriso                                    1:1.5.6-1.1ubuntu4                         amd64        command line ISO-9660 and Rock Ridge manipulation tool

And

lsmod | grep -Ei 'iup|ivsc|v4l2|uvc'
videobuf2_v4l2         36864  1 intel_ipu6_isys
videobuf2_common       90112  4 videobuf2_v4l2,intel_ipu6_isys,videobuf2_dma_sg,videobuf2_memops
ivsc_ace               16384  0
ivsc_csi               12288  3
mei                   184320  10 ivsc_ace,mei_hdcp,mei_pxp,ivsc_csi,mei_vsc,mei_me
ipu_bridge             24576  3 intel_ipu6,ivsc_csi,intel_ipu6_isys
v4l2_fwnode            40960  8 hi556,ivsc_csi,intel_ipu6_isys
v4l2_async             32768  4 v4l2_fwnode,hi556,ivsc_csi,intel_ipu6_isys
videodev              376832  16 v4l2_async,v4l2_fwnode,hi556,videobuf2_v4l2,ivsc_csi,intel_ipu6_isys
mc                     90112  10 v4l2_async,videodev,snd_usb_audio,hi556,videobuf2_v4l2,ivsc_csi,intel_ipu6_isys,videobuf2_common

And to complete

sudo dmesg | grep -Ei 'iup|ivsc|camera|sensor|ov'
[    0.000000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
[    0.000000] efi: Remove mem99: MMIO range=[0xc0000000-0xcfffffff] (256MB) from e820 map
[    0.000000] e820: remove [mem 0xc0000000-0xcfffffff] device reserved
[    0.000000] efi: Remove mem100: MMIO range=[0xf9800000-0xf9ffffff] (8MB) from e820 map
[    0.000000] e820: remove [mem 0xf9800000-0xf9ffffff] device reserved
[    0.000000] efi: Remove mem102: MMIO range=[0xff000000-0xffffffff] (16MB) from e820 map
[    0.000000] e820: remove [mem 0xff000000-0xffffffff] device reserved
[    0.000011] e820: remove [mem 0x000a0000-0x000fffff] System RAM
[    0.009607] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl)
[    0.009609] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 high level)
[    0.009704] Movable zone start for each node
[    0.115649] thermal_sys: Registered thermal governor 'fair_share'
[    0.115649] thermal_sys: Registered thermal governor 'bang_bang'
[    0.115649] thermal_sys: Registered thermal governor 'step_wise'
[    0.115649] thermal_sys: Registered thermal governor 'user_space'
[    0.115649] thermal_sys: Registered thermal governor 'power_allocator'
[    0.115649] cpuidle: using governor ladder
[    0.115649] cpuidle: using governor menu
[    0.653235] NetLabel:  protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4 CALIPSO
[    0.826156] fbcon: Deferring console take-over
[    0.840610] Key type fscrypt-provisioning registered
[    1.839677] hid-generic 001F:8087:0AC2.0002: hidraw1: SENSOR HUB HID v2.00 Device [hid-ishtp 8087:0AC2] on 
[    1.854131] hid-generic 001F:8087:0AC2.0003: hidraw2: SENSOR HUB HID v2.00 Device [hid-ishtp 8087:0AC2] on 
[    1.866426] hid-generic 001F:8087:0AC2.0004: hidraw3: SENSOR HUB HID v2.00 Device [hid-ishtp 8087:0AC2] on 
[    1.873646] hid-generic 001F:8087:0AC2.0005: hidraw4: SENSOR HUB HID v2.00 Device [hid-ishtp 8087:0AC2] on 
[    1.878387] hid-sensor-hub 001F:8087:0AC2.0002: hidraw1: SENSOR HUB HID v2.00 Device [hid-ishtp 8087:0AC2] on 
[    1.879948] hid-sensor-hub 001F:8087:0AC2.0003: hidraw2: SENSOR HUB HID v2.00 Device [hid-ishtp 8087:0AC2] on 
[    1.881466] hid-sensor-hub 001F:8087:0AC2.0004: hidraw3: SENSOR HUB HID v2.00 Device [hid-ishtp 8087:0AC2] on 
[    1.882495] hid-sensor-hub 001F:8087:0AC2.0005: hidraw4: SENSOR HUB HID v2.00 Device [hid-ishtp 8087:0AC2] on 
[    2.127658] usb 2-1.3: Manufacturer: Lenovo
[    3.067688] raid6: using avx2x2 recovery algorithm
[    3.866954] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
[    4.808951] overlayfs: null uuid in non-single lower fs '/', falling back to xino=off,index=off,nfs_export=off.
[    5.254541] EXT4-fs (sda4): recovery complete
[    5.773359] evm: overlay not supported
[   14.550372] systemd[1]: /usr/lib/systemd/system/xfs_scrub_all.service:26: Support for option CPUAccounting= has been removed and it is ignored
[   14.550782] systemd[1]: /usr/lib/systemd/system/system-xfs_scrub.slice:15: Support for option CPUAccounting= has been removed and it is ignored
[   16.866612] RAPL PMU: API unit is 2^-32 Joules, 4 fixed counters, 655360 ms ovfl timer
[   17.174889] fbcon: Deferring console take-over
[   29.575149] pci 0000:00:05.0: Found supported sensor INT3537:00
[   29.575381] pci 0000:00:05.0: Connected 1 cameras
[   29.760132] hi556 i2c-INT3537:00: supply dovdd not found, using dummy regulator

And

systemctl --user --no-pager | grep -E 'pipewire|portal|wireplumber'
  pipewire-pulse.service                                                                                                                                              loaded active     running         PipeWire PulseAudio
  pipewire.service                                                                                                                                                    loaded active     running         PipeWire Multimedia Service
  wireplumber.service                                                                                                                                                 loaded active     running         Multimedia Service Session Manager
  xdg-desktop-portal-gnome.service                                                                                                                                    loaded active     running         Portal service (GNOME implementation)
  xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.service                                                                                                                                      loaded active     running         Portal service (GTK/GNOME implementation)
  xdg-desktop-portal.service                                                                                                                                          loaded active     running         Portal service
  xdg-document-portal.service                                                                                                                                         loaded active     running         flatpak document portal service
  pipewire-pulse.socket                                                                                                                                               loaded active     running         PipeWire PulseAudio
  pipewire.socket                                                                                                                                                     loaded active     running         PipeWire Multimedi

After the installation on the PC, cam -l returned the following results:

cam -l
[0:07:40.546835667] [10325]  INFO Camera camera_manager.cpp:340 libcamera v0.7.0
[0:07:40.564887582] [10333]  WARN CameraSensor camera_sensor_legacy.cpp:355 'hi556 15-0020': Recommended V4L2 control 0x009a0922 not supported
[0:07:40.564931589] [10333]  WARN CameraSensor camera_sensor_legacy.cpp:427 'hi556 15-0020': The sensor kernel driver needs to be fixed
[0:07:40.564938308] [10333]  WARN CameraSensor camera_sensor_legacy.cpp:429 'hi556 15-0020': See Documentation/sensor_driver_requirements.rst in the libcamera sources for more information
[0:07:40.565146356] [10333]  WARN CameraSensorProperties camera_sensor_properties.cpp:548 No static properties available for 'hi556'
[0:07:40.565153890] [10333]  WARN CameraSensorProperties camera_sensor_properties.cpp:550 Please consider updating the camera sensor properties database
[0:07:40.565158322] [10333]  WARN CameraSensor camera_sensor_legacy.cpp:595 'hi556 15-0020': Failed to retrieve the camera location
[0:07:40.565162437] [10333]  WARN CameraSensor camera_sensor_legacy.cpp:617 'hi556 15-0020': Rotation control not available, default to 0 degrees
[0:07:40.565168593] [10333]  WARN CameraSensor camera_sensor_legacy.cpp:502 'hi556 15-0020': No sensor delays found in static properties. Assuming unverified defaults.
[0:07:40.566589384] [10333]  WARN IPAProxy ipa_proxy.cpp:192 Configuration file 'hi556.yaml' not found for IPA module 'simple', falling back to '/usr/share/libcamera/ipa/simple/uncalibrated.yaml'
[0:07:40.566616685] [10333]  WARN IPASoft soft_simple.cpp:104 IPASoft: Failed to create camera sensor helper for hi556
[0:07:40.566813437] [10333]  INFO Camera camera_manager.cpp:223 Adding camera '\_SB_.PC00.LNK1' for pipeline handler simple
Available cameras:
1: 'hi556' (\_SB_.PC00.LNK1)
Mic works on Windows but not in Ubuntu - ASUS Laptop https://askubuntu.com/questions/1566090/mic-works-on-windows-but-not-in-ubuntu-asus-laptop

I've been reading the forums and found quite a few people with a similar issue, but none of the solutions worked for me.

My internal microphone is not working on Ubuntu. It works fine on Windows (dual boot), so it's definitely a software/driver issue.

System info:

  • Computer: ASUS VivoBook X515EA
  • Ubuntu: 25.10 (Questing)
  • Audio chip: Realtek ALC256 (Intel Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound)
  • Audio server: PipeWire 1.4.7

What I've tried:

  • Setting options snd-hda-intel model=asus-zenbook in /etc/modprobe.d/
  • Adjusting capture levels in alsamixer (F4 view, HDA Intel PCH card)
  • Setting the default source with pactl set-default-source
  • Reinstalling PipeWire and resetting WirePlumber config
  • Running amixer -c 0 cset numid=6 2 to select Internal Mic 1 (node 0x1b)

What I found:

  • arecord -D hw:0,0 with Internal Mic 1 selected (numid=6 set to 2) does show vumeter activity so ALSA can capture audio at the hardware level
  • However, PipeWire does not seem to pass the audio through, parecord and pw-record both record silence
  • The dmesg shows the driver picks up two internal mic nodes: Internal Mic=0x12 and Internal Mic=0x1b
  • Capture Switch (numid=8) needs to be set on,on manually after every reboot

arecord -l output:

List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices  
card 0: PCH \[HDA Intel PCH\], device 0: ALC256 Analog \[ALC256 Analog\]  
  Subdevices: 1/1  
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0  

It seems like ALSA captures audio correctly when configured manually, but PipeWire/WirePlumber doesn't route it properly to applications. Any ideas on what could be causing this or how to fix it?

Second monitor not detected with HDMI, but well with HDMI to USB-C adapter https://askubuntu.com/questions/1559519/second-monitor-not-detected-with-hdmi-but-well-with-hdmi-to-usb-c-adapter

I am on a dual-boot (Ubuntu 24.04.03 LTS - Windows 10) configuration, and noticed that my second monitor stopped being detected via HDMI when on Ubuntu. Prior to my 24.04 upgrade (I was using 22.04), everything worked fine.

My setup is the following:

[HP E243i monitor's HDMI port]->[HDMI cable]->[laptop's HDMI port]

On Windows, it works fine. On Ubuntu, nothing is detected (the screen blinks when connecting to the computer, then goes back to sleep).

Running xrandr -q --verbose | rg -i HDMI outputs

HDMI-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

After trying X vs Wayland, upgrading the NVIDIA drivers to 535, 550 or 580 (recommended), nothing worked. Then, I tried to use an HDMI to USB-C adapter I have... and it worked!

[HP E243i monitor's HDMI port]->[HDMI cable]->[HMDI to USB-C adapter]->[laptop's USB-C port]

However, that's not really ideal for me and I'd like not to have to use the adapter.

Finally, it's probably worth mentioning that using the same HDMI cable, but with my TV, the following works...

[TV's HDMI port]->[HDMI cable]->[laptop's HDMI port]

Changing the HDMI cable doesn't seem to have any impact.

Does anyone have an idea of how to fix this?

Thanks in advance!


System info:

Linux jeertmans 6.14.0-35-generic #35~24.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Oct 14 13:55:17 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] (rev 01)
    Subsystem: Lenovo TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics]
    Kernel driver in use: i915
    Kernel modules: i915, xe
--
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU117GLM [Quadro T500 Mobile] (rev a1)
    Subsystem: Lenovo TU117GLM [Quadro T500 Mobile]
    Kernel driver in use: nvidia
    Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia
Package list update of apt-daily.service is failing silently, update-success-stamp despite errors https://askubuntu.com/questions/1529622/package-list-update-of-apt-daily-service-is-failing-silently-update-success-sta

We have an unattended update setup. To make sure nothing slips, we check for pending security updates and trigger a warning if there is something available but not installed for a week.

Now we have a server with security updates not installed for a while because of the periodic package update failing without any indication of it. We would like to add a trigger to the monitoring to detect this, however, that seems not so simple.

apt update prints an error and has a non-zero exit status:

# apt update
. . . 
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
# echo $?
100

However, the above did set the "success" stamp at:

# ls -l /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 11 10:58 /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp

Also, despite the error, the systemd service apt-daily.service is exiting with exit status 0.

How is it possible to detect that the daily package update is failing?

I am running Ubuntu 22.04

cat /etc/lsb-release 
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=22.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=jammy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS"
Getting an error when trying to install libcurl4-openssl-dev on Ubuntu 20.04 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1458080/getting-an-error-when-trying-to-install-libcurl4-openssl-dev-on-ubuntu-20-04

I am currently trying to run some R code on Databricks. Some R packages require that I install libcurl4-openssl-dev. I am getting the following error while trying to install libcurl4-openssl-dev:

Ign:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 libcurl4-openssl-dev amd64 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.15
Err:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 libcurl4-openssl-dev amd64 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.15
  404  Not Found [IP: 185.125.190.39 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/c/curl/libcurl4-openssl-dev_7.68.0-1ubuntu2.15_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 185.125.190.39 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

I have tried apt-get update before installing packages, but it hasn't helped. The problem seems to be that it is trying to look for 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.15 whereas the latest version seems to be 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.16

I have also tried running the following before trying to install again:

sudo apt --fix-missing update

sudo apt update

sudo apt install -f

Didn't help either. Any suggestions how I can install libcurl4-openssl-dev will be very helpful. Thanks!

Edit: sudo apt update gives the following output

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.
Hit:1 https://repos.azul.com/zulu/deb stable InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease
Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease
Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
All packages are up to date.

apt-cache policy libcurl4-openssl-dev gives the following output

libcurl4-openssl-dev:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.15
  Version table:
     7.68.0-1ubuntu2.15 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main amd64 Packages
     7.68.0-1ubuntu2 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages`

Not sure if the order of installation of packages matters, but thought I will mention it anyway here. Here is what I am trying:

apt-get update

apt-get install -y make libnode-dev libgdal-dev gdal-bin libgeos-dev libproj-dev libsqlite3-dev libpng-dev libudunits2-dev libicu-dev

sudo apt --fix-missing update

sudo apt update

sudo apt install -f

apt-get install -y libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev pandoc

If I try apt install libcurl4-openssl-dev after the above, I get the following, but it has been 15 minutes now and the command hasn't finished running yet. Not sure if this should be taking this much time. It is still running as I post this update.

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Suggested packages:
  libcurl4-doc libidn11-dev libkrb5-dev libldap2-dev librtmp-dev
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libcurl4-gnutls-dev
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libcurl4-openssl-dev
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 322 kB of archives.
After this operation, 13.3 kB of additional disk space will be used.

Solution The following seems to work, but I am not completely sure why. I am very new to Linux, so I don't understand this a lot. I thought I will mention it here so it could help others. If there is anyone here who can explain why this happens, that would be great!

Here is the output of sudo apt-get update

Hit:1 https://repos.azul.com/zulu/deb stable InRelease
Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease
Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease
Reading package lists...

Now, here is the result of sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu focal-updates main'

sudo apt-get update

Hit:2 https://repos.azul.com/zulu/deb stable InRelease
Hit:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease
Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Get:1 http://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease [114 kB]
Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease
Hit:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease
Get:7 http://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 Packages [3,014 kB]
Fetched 3,128 kB in 2s (1,690 kB/s)
Reading package lists...
Hit:2 https://repos.azul.com/zulu/deb stable InRelease
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:1 http://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease
Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease
Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease
Hit:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease
Reading package lists...

When I try to install libcurl4-openssl-dev after I add the repository, I am able to install it without any issue. If I try to do it without adding the repository, I get an error. I am happy that I found a solution, but would love to know why I need to do this. Why doesn't it search the "focal-updates main" right away at the beginning? Should I be doing this every time that I need to install a package?

gnome-remote-desktop: Couldn't retrieve RDP username: Credentials not set - AND MORE https://askubuntu.com/questions/1419705/gnome-remote-desktop-couldnt-retrieve-rdp-username-credentials-not-set-and

After installing a fresh copy of Ubuntu 22.04 I attempted to enable Remote Desktop: auth info

I then went to another workstation (tried both Windows and macOS with the Microsoft RDC and with Jump Desktop) and tried to connect. When it failed without any significant details I jumped into /var/log/syslog on Ubuntu and found the following:

Jul 21 02:04:16 HOSTNAME gnome-remote-de[3006]: Couldn't retrieve RDP username: Credentials not set
Jul 21 02:04:55 HOSTNAME gnome-remote-de[3006]: message repeated 6 times: [ Couldn't retrieve RDP username: Credentials not set]

I then opened the system SettingsSharingRemote Desktop and was confronted with they keychain login prompt. After authenticating I attempted to again connect via RDP with the previous RDCs.

As I watched syslog, I observed the following results: Jump Desktop:

gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[3006]: [02:28:37:827] [3006:4409] [ERROR][com.winpr.sspi.NTLM] - NTLM_NEGOTIATE_MESSAGE::NegotiateFlags invalid flags 0x08e0080231, 0x00000205 required
gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[3006]: [02:28:37:827] [3006:4409] [WARN][com.winpr.negotiate] - AcceptSecurityContext status SEC_E_INVALID_TOKEN [0x80090308]
gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[3006]: [02:28:37:827] [3006:4409] [WARN][com.winpr.sspi] - AcceptSecurityContext status SEC_E_INVALID_TOKEN [0x80090308]
gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[3006]: [02:28:37:827] [3006:4409] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.nla] - AcceptSecurityContext status SEC_E_INVALID_TOKEN [0x80090308]
gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[3006]: [02:28:37:827] [3006:4409] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - client authentication failure
gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[3006]: [02:28:37:827] [3006:4409] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.peer] - peer_recv_callback: CONNECTION_STATE_INITIAL - rdp_server_accept_nego() fail
gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[3006]: [02:28:37:827] [3006:4409] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - transport_check_fds: transport->ReceiveCallback() - -1
gnome-remote-de[3006]: Unable to check file descriptor, closing connection

Microsoft Remote Desktop:

gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[3006]: [02:29:09:352] [3006:4421] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - BIO_read returned a system error 0: Success
gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[3006]: [02:29:09:352] [3006:4421] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core] - transport_read_layer:freerdp_set_last_error_ex ERRCONNECT_CONNECT_TRANSPORT_FAILED [0x0002000D]
gnome-remote-de[3006]: Unable to check file descriptor, closing connection
gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[3006]: [02:29:20:233] [3006:4415] [WARN][com.winpr.negotiate] - AcceptSecurityContext status SEC_I_CONTINUE_NEEDED [0x00090312]
gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[3006]: [02:29:20:234] [3006:4415] [WARN][com.winpr.negotiate] - AcceptSecurityContext status SEC_I_COMPLETE_NEEDED [0x00090313]
gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[3006]: [02:29:20:234] [3006:4415] [ERROR][com.winpr.sspi.NTLM] - Message Integrity Check (MIC) verification failed!
gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[3006]: [02:29:20:234] [3006:4415] [WARN][com.winpr.sspi] - CompleteAuthToken status SEC_E_MESSAGE_ALTERED [0x8009030F]
gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[3006]: [02:29:20:234] [3006:4415] [WARN][com.freerdp.core.nla] - CompleteAuthToken status SEC_E_MESSAGE_ALTERED [0x8009030F]
gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[3006]: [02:29:20:234] [3006:4415] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - client authentication failure
gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[3006]: [02:29:20:234] [3006:4415] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.peer] - peer_recv_callback: CONNECTION_STATE_INITIAL - rdp_server_accept_nego() fail
gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[3006]: [02:29:20:234] [3006:4415] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - transport_check_fds: transport->ReceiveCallback() - -1
gnome-remote-de[3006]: Unable to check file descriptor, closing connection
gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[3006]: [02:29:25:263] [3006:4433] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - BIO_read returned a system error 0: Success

This is using the "User Name" and "Password" generated in the above screenshot.

Aside from what seems to be an obvious bug in the beginning wherein it's necessary to authenticate before FreeRDP even tries to connect, clearly there are other issues at play beyond that.

Anyone aware of what may be going on and failing here?

Canon printer driver issue https://askubuntu.com/questions/968308/canon-printer-driver-issue

I have been trying to install the driver for my canon printer but I always get the error shown below. I also tried to convert the package from .rpm to .deb and try it to run it from there, but again it does not work.

jorge@jorge-VPCEH3N6E:~/Downloads/cnijfilter-mg2500series-4.00-1-rpm$ 
sudo bash install.sh
[sudo] password for jorge: 
==================================================

Canon Inkjet Printer Driver

Version 4.00
Copyright CANON INC. 2001-2013

All Rights Reserved.

==================================================
An error occurred. A necessary package could not be found in the proper location. 

Can someone let me know where can a get the file -deb?? Thanks

SSL certificate error : certificate file does not exist or is empty https://askubuntu.com/questions/887128/ssl-certificate-error-certificate-file-does-not-exist-or-is-empty

I am getting this error on service apache2 restart

Error: SSLCertificateFile: file '/etc/apache2/ssl/www_example_com.crt' does not exist or is empty

I am trying to configure comodo ssl certificate on ubuntu ec2 instance with LAMP and I have performed all official steps by following below links.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP

https://help.ubuntu.com/14.04/serverguide/httpd.html#https-configuration

Please help.

GTA San Andreas screen issue running on wine https://askubuntu.com/questions/635367/gta-san-andreas-screen-issue-running-on-wine

When I launch gta_sa.exe the screen goes blank and comes back with the screen resolution messed up. The desktop is HUGE.

With the game also fully responsive I can only see the top right of the game.

How do I format or partition a read-only USB drive? https://askubuntu.com/questions/182849/how-do-i-format-or-partition-a-read-only-usb-drive

Whenever I try formatting my Sandisk Cruzer Glide 16GB, I get this error message on Gparted.

GParted 0.11.0 --enable-libparted-dmraid

Libparted 2.3

Create Primary Partition #1 (ntfs, 14.42 GiB) on /dev/sdc  00:00:00    ( ERROR )

create empty partition  00:00:00    ( ERROR )
libparted messages    ( INFO )

Unable to open /dev/sdc read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/sdc has been opened read-only.
Unable to open /dev/sdc read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/sdc has been opened read-only.
Unable to open /dev/sdc read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/sdc has been opened read-only.
Can't write to /dev/sdc, because it is opened read-only.
Unable to open /dev/sdc read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/sdc has been opened read-only.

========================================

How do I disable / delete the read only filesystem? Is my USB corrupted?