disable drag & drop https://askubuntu.com/questions/1560756/disable-drag-drop

Ubuntu 22.04 with Cinnamon desktop. I do something with the mouse, like my hand is shaking (my hand shakes, I'm older) and I move the mouse laterally by 1 mm at the same time as a click, and that is interpreted as a drag & drop. Sometimes I move the mouse cursor to the edge of the window or screen and the drag & drop is interpreted as still in progress. This can be a mess for what I'm trying to do and I don't use drag & drop. Is there a way to disable this?

"Waiting for unattended update" https://askubuntu.com/questions/1560754/waiting-for-unattended-update

I was in the process of updating my ubuntu desktop version 24.04. A message displayed saying "waiting for unattended update". I would like to know what that means. Will it affect my ability to install updates in the future.

How to troubleshoot a software crash? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1560753/how-to-troubleshoot-a-software-crash

I installed DaVinci Resolve and been having some issues with it. In Fusion tab, if I press CTRL key in my keyboard the program closes instantly. How do I discover why this is happening?

I have the hardware to run it and it will be working fine as long as I don't press the CTRL key, that's very odd to me. I need help to understand the core of the issue and solve it.

Obs.: I do not want to report a bug to Blackmagic, I just need to run the software to work.

Thank you in advance.

Ubuntu server not accepting TCP connections https://askubuntu.com/questions/1560752/ubuntu-server-not-accepting-tcp-connections

I'm having trouble with my Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS virtual machine not accepting TCP connections.

I installed monit and configured the httpd to work on all IPs on TCP 2812. I can connect to the port with netcat when run on the local host but not from remote host. The connection times out. I disabled ufw (ufw disable) without effect.

The Ubuntu server and the host from which I'm testing are in Azure, on the same vnet (same IP network). I updated the network security group to permit TCP 2812 to all hosts, even though that's not necessary for this to work (hosts are on the same vnet). I can connect to the Ubuntu server via SSH and TCP 80 and TCP 443.

To rule out the monit process being the problem, I shutdown monit and configured netcat to listen on 2812 (nc -l -p 2812). After confirming that the server was listening on the port, I tried to connect from the remote host. The connection timed out. I was able to connect from another shell session on the Ubuntu server (using netcat).

To see if the problem is specific to my Ubuntu server or to the Azure vnet, I configured a Debian VM on the same vnet to listen on TCP 2812 using netcat. I can connect to that server on that port from multiple hosts on the vnet.

Something else I've noted is that even with ufw disabled, my Ubuntu server doesn't respond to pings from hosts on the local network.

The Ubuntu server is behaving as though there's a firewall blocking connections even though ufw is disabled.

I'm stumped as to what could be the problem.

Getting a no space left on device message when trying to run apt update [duplicate] https://askubuntu.com/questions/1560748/getting-a-no-space-left-on-device-message-when-trying-to-run-apt-update
Filesystem                         Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
tmpfs                              3.2G  1.5M  3.2G   1% /run
efivarfs                           128K  103K   21K  84% /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv   98G   94G     0 100% /
tmpfs                               16G     0   16G   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs                              5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
/dev/sda2                          2.0G  198M  1.6G  11% /boot
/dev/sda1                          1.1G  6.2M  1.1G   1% /boot/efi
tmpfs                              3.2G   16K  3.2G   1% /run/user/1000
Where can I find data/file about which last seen page/reading position of a pdf? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1560745/where-can-i-find-data-file-about-which-last-seen-page-reading-position-of-a-pdf

I've read some pdf documents throughout a long period of time and I'd like to backup the last known position where I stopped reading/last read page of each document.

I hope I'm explaining my self properly. Another way to put it is that I'd like to back up the data that saves my last read page on a series of pdf documents .

Every time I open a pdf that I read previously my system opens the last known page . Is it possible to back up such data ? It must be saved somewhere as it is accessible every time I open a old read pdf .

Terminal Issue in ubuntu 22.04 [duplicate] https://askubuntu.com/questions/1560742/terminal-issue-in-ubuntu-22-04

My terminal is not opening at all so i have installed warp for it but i am facing issue in it

Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease                                                     
Hit:2 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable InRelease                                            
Hit:3 https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease                                                 
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease                                             
Ign:5 https://releases.warp.dev/linux/deb stable InRelease                                                    
Hit:6 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease                                           
Hit:7 https://releases.warp.dev/linux/deb stable Release                                                      
Hit:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease                                      
Hit:10 https://download.sublimetext.com apt/stable/ InRelease                   
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/cnf-update-db", line 3, in <module>
    import apt_pkg
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'apt_pkg'
Reading package lists... Done
W: https://download.sublimetext.com/apt/stable/InRelease: Key is stored in legacy trusted.gpg keyring (/etc/apt/trusted.gpg), see the DEPRECATION section in apt-key(8) for details.
E: Problem executing scripts APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success 'if /usr/bin/test -w /var/lib/command-not-found/ -a -e /usr/lib/cnf-update-db; then /usr/lib/cnf-update-db > /dev/null; fi'
E: Sub-process returned an error code
I'm having trouble installing Minecraft.deb on Ubuntu 25.10 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1560741/im-having-trouble-installing-minecraft-deb-on-ubuntu-25-10

EN:My operating system: Ubuntu 25.10

The error message I received while installing the Minecraft.deb file:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  minecraft-launcher: Bağımlılıklar: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0) but it is not installable

Please help.

TR:

İşletim sistemim:Ubuntu 25.10

Minecraft.deb dosyasını yüklerken aldığım hata mesajım :

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  minecraft-launcher: Bağımlılıklar: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0) but it is not installable

lütfen yardımcı olun.

Ubuntu Server on ARM fails to boot after cloning EFI partition from HDD to SSD https://askubuntu.com/questions/1560735/ubuntu-server-on-arm-fails-to-boot-after-cloning-efi-partition-from-hdd-to-ssd

Description:

I’m unable to boot Ubuntu Server after migrating the system from an HDD to an SSD on an ARM-based system. Here’s what I did and the current state:

Steps to reproduce:

  1. I cloned the EFI partition from my original HDD (/dev/sdc1) to a new SSD (/dev/sde1) using mount and cp (or another cloning tool). Both partitions are 500 GB.
  2. Set the SSD as the boot drive in UEFI/BIOS as the first priority.

Current behavior:

When booting, GNU GRUB (version 2.12) only shows one option:

*UEFI Firmware Settings

No Ubuntu boot entry appears, and I cannot proceed to the OS.

Seeing only "UEFI Firmware Settings" in GRUB usually means GRUB isn't detecting your Linux kernel or other OS entries, often due to incorrect EFI System Partition (ESP) mounting, missing kernel modules, issues during installation, or disabled OS Prober, requiring steps like reinstalling GRUB with correct partition mounts (e.g., ESP to /boot or /boot/efi), enabling os-prober, disabling Windows Fast Startup, or running efibootmgr to manually create entries.


What I’ve tried:

  1. Checked that the EFI partition on the SSD contains a /boot/efi/EFI folder.
    userA@ubuntu:~$ sudo ls -al /boot/efi
    total 24
    drwx------ 3 root root 16384 Jan  1  1970 .
    drwxr-xr-x 1 root root   120 Dec 10 17:17 ..
    drwx------ 4 root root  8192 Dec 17  2018 EFI
    
  2. Try to use Boot Repair to fix the problem but got error message:

    64bits detected. Please use this software in a 64bits session. (Please use Boot-Repair-Disk-64bit (www.sourceforge.net/p/boot-repair-cd) which contains a 64-bits-compatible version of this software.) This will enable this feature.

  3. Try to re-generate the GRUB configuration file.
    # Regenerate the GRUB configuration file
    grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
    
    # Reinstall GRUB for UEFI systems
    grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=GRUB
    
    But got error:
    grub-install: error: /usr/lib/grub/aarch64-efi/modinfo.sh doesn't exist. Please specify --target or --directory.
    

System information:

  • Architecture: ARM (Marvell® ThunderX2® CN9975 28-core ARM processors)
  • Original HDD: /dev/sdc1 (EFI partition)
  • Target SSD: /dev/sde1 (cloned EFI partition)
  • Ubuntu version: 24.04.3 LTS

How can I rebuild the GRUB boot entries or fix the boot configuration from a USB live Ubuntu desktop environment?

Xubuntu v25.10 App Center causing Screen Tearing on an Intel N3xxx Integrated Graphics Controller https://askubuntu.com/questions/1560727/xubuntu-v25-10-app-center-causing-screen-tearing-on-an-intel-n3xxx-integrated-gr

I have installed Xubuntu v25.10 on a old Chromebook.

It seems to be working fine however if I open the App Center app there is screen tearing happening.

It flickers between normal and scrambled.

I have no problems with other apps I have tried. I have used Xfce Terminal, Firefox and LibreOffice Writer so far.

If I run lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display' I get the following:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 35)
   DeviceName: VGA compatible controller
   Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 7270
   Kernel driver in use: i915
   Kernel modules: i915

I am not a Linux user so I don't know where to start to fix the problem.

I tried the following from the https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/1cfzjpj/screen_flickering_in_ubuntu_2404/ thread but Xubuntu was no longer booting into the graphical environment so I had to delete the created file:

sudo gedit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel_flicker_fix.conf 

Created these lines in the file:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
Option "TripleBuffer" "true"
Option "TearFree" "true"
EndSection 

I have now tried all the programs installed on Xubuntu and the screen tearing is happening on 2 apps; App Center and Firmware Updater.

What is this asking for? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1560726/what-is-this-asking-for

I ended up just booting from a USB & reinstalling, which is really annoying but it's fine I guess since I need my laptop to finish out the semester. I'd still like to know what went wrong if possible in case it reoccurs

Apologies in advance for poor formatting. I have to do this on my phone because I'm locked out on my laptop & it's infuriating.

I installed a few apps (GIMP, Inkscape, Krita, Gnome Tweaks) then my laptop locked from idle time while I was waiting for a few updates. When I went to log in again it gave me "Authentication Error" when just clicking on the password entry box. I attempted to restart to fix the issue (There was no option to do a normal shut down so I suppose this would be considered an unclean shutdown) & this is what I was left with

I've tried running the command sudo systemctl start graphical.target to no avail, it simply moves me to another line as if to enter another command

Why am I stuck on this screen? It's like a full screen terminal & nothing else is showing. I've tried everything I can think of & it keeps saying it's wrong.

Do I need to reinstall Ubuntu? What is the problem?

picture of login screen as best I could get it Trying command both in sudo & in root

Installed new RX 9070XT OC Tiachi GPU on ubuntu 25.10. GPU is not recognized https://askubuntu.com/questions/1560704/installed-new-rx-9070xt-oc-tiachi-gpu-on-ubuntu-25-10-gpu-is-not-recognized

Yesterday I installed a new GPU the Radeon RX 9070XT Tiachi. My system won't recognize the card.

Steps I have taken:

Motherboard MSI PRO B850-P wifi, updated BIOS:

latest version: AMI BIOS 7E56v2A75 2025-09-10

Updated my kernel from 6.17 to 6.18.0-061800-generic (Ubuntu 25.10)

also updated to Mesa 25.3.1

Uninstalled the AMD GPU stack and reinstalled the latest version:

dpkg -l | grep amdgpu

ii amdgpu-install 30.20.1.0.30200100-2255209.24.04 all AMDGPU driver repository and installer

ii libdrm-amdgpu1:amd64 2.4.125-1ubuntu0.1 amd64 Userspace interface to amdgpu-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime

ii libdrm-amdgpu1:i386 2.4.125-1ubuntu0.1 i386 Userspace interface to amdgpu-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime

Currently I have my HDMI plugged into the motherboard (R7 7700 cpu) so that I can see, because when I connect the DP to the GPU my screen stays black.

Here is some extra info from glxinfo:

name of display: :0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer):
    Vendor: AMD (0x1002)
    Device: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 8-Core Processor (radeonsi, raphael_mendocino, LLVM 20.1.8, DRM 3.64, 6.18.0-061800-generic) (0x164e)
    Version: 25.3.1
    Accelerated: yes
    Video memory: 512MB
    Unified memory: no
    Preferred profile: core (0x1)
    Max core profile version: 4.6
    Max compat profile version: 4.6
    Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1
    Max GLES[23] profile version: 3.2
Memory info (GL_ATI_meminfo):
    VBO free memory - total: 67 MB, largest block: 67 MB
    VBO free aux. memory - total: 14155 MB, largest block: 14155 MB
    Texture free memory - total: 67 MB, largest block: 67 MB
    Texture free aux. memory - total: 14155 MB, largest block: 14155 MB
    Renderbuffer free memory - total: 67 MB, largest block: 67 MB
    Renderbuffer free aux. memory - total: 14155 MB, largest block: 14155 MB
Memory info (GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info):
    Dedicated video memory: 512 MB
    Total available memory: 15823 MB
    Currently available dedicated video memory: 67 MB
OpenGL vendor string: AMD
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 8-Core Processor (radeonsi, raphael_mendocino, LLVM 20.1.8, DRM 3.64, 6.18.0-061800-generic)
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 25.3.1 - kisak-mesa PPA
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.60
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile

OpenGL version string: 4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 25.3.1 - kisak-mesa PPA
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.60
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: compatibility profile

OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 25.3.1 - kisak-mesa PPA
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.20
Memory info (GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info):
    Dedicated video memory: 512 MB
    Total available memory: 15823 MB

I am curious about this bit, 512MB is from the integrated graphics, but the 16GB should be my new card?

I've been scouring the internet for a couple of hours trying to find a solution, but so far anything I've tried hasn't worked.

I hope someone can help me out with figuring this out, thanks in advance.
Grub bootloader doesn't show up anymore https://askubuntu.com/questions/1560636/grub-bootloader-doesnt-show-up-anymore

I recently installed Ubuntu 24.03.3 LTS on a new bought Lenovo IdeaPad 5 2-in-1 14IAL10, alongside Windows 11. Everything worked fine (except the Realtek sound card, but that's another issue) until after two days the bootloader didn't show up anymore. It's not listed in the bios either. The only option there is the Windows bootloader. I can still log in the Windows 11 partition, but not anymore into Ubuntu. With an Ubuntu live edition I downloaded "Boot repair" and got the following report:

boot-repair-4ppa2081                                              [20251208_1536]

============================== Boot Info Summary ===============================

 => No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/nvme0n1.

nvme0n1p1: _____________________________________________________________________

    File system:       vfat
    Boot sector type:  FAT32
    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  
    Boot files:        /efi/Boot/bootx64.efi /efi/Boot/fbx64.efi 
                       /efi/Boot/mmx64.efi 
                       /efi/Microsoft/Boot/SecureBootRecovery.efi 
                       /efi/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi 
                       /efi/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgr.efi

nvme0n1p2: _____________________________________________________________________

    File system:       
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info: 

nvme0n1p3: _____________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ntfs
    Boot sector type:  NTFS
    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  Windows 8 or 10
    Boot files:        /Windows/System32/winload.exe

nvme0n1p4: _____________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ntfs
    Boot sector type:  NTFS
    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  
    Boot files:        

nvme0n1p5: _____________________________________________________________________

    File system:       
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info: 

sda: ___________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       iso9660
    Boot sector type:  Grub2 (v1.99-2.00)
    Boot sector info:  Grub2 (v1.99-2.00) is installed in the boot sector of 
                       sda and looks at sector 0 of the same hard drive for 
                       core.img, but core.img can not be found at this 
                       location.
    Mounting failed:   mount: /mnt/BootInfo/FD/sda: /dev/sda already mounted or mount point busy.
       dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.


================================ 1 OS detected =================================

OS#1 (windows):   Windows 8 or 10 on nvme0n1p3

================================ Host/Hardware =================================

CPU architecture: 64-bit
Video: Arrow Lake-U [Intel Graphics] from Intel Corporation
Live-session OS is Ubuntu 64-bit (Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS, noble, x86_64)

===================================== UEFI =====================================

BIOS/UEFI firmware: RBCN20WW(1.20) from LENOVO
The firmware is EFI-compatible, and is set in EFI-mode for this live-session.
SecureBoot disabled (confirmed by mokutil).
BootCurrent: 0000
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 2001,0003,2002,2003
Boot0000* EFI USB Device (KingstonDT 101 G2)    UsbWwid(951,1642,0,001CC0EC34F1FAC1B7E3143)/HD(2,GPT,b5416491-a6d3-42b2-a3f4-260427bcf601,0xbcf500,0x27b0)RC
Boot0003* Windows Boot Manager  HD(1,GPT,1ed5da32-f79a-4135-9767-74ed4fe68ff5,0x800,0x82000)/File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)57494e444f5753000100000088000000780000004200430044004f0042004a004500430054003d007b00390064006500610038003600320063002d0035006300640064002d0034006500370030002d0061006300630031002d006600330032006200330034003400640034003700390035007d00000000000100000010000000040000007fff0400
Boot2001* EFI USB Device    RC
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM RC
Boot2003* EFI Network   RC

07e25dcaf57c776875f78fa36827c58e   nvme0n1p1/Boot/bootx64.efi
39bc76ff6662f4fbe9aa116e4c997b41   nvme0n1p1/Boot/fbx64.efi
4ba5a5aad43c197e9fb58b76b404d287   nvme0n1p1/Boot/mmx64.efi
2460f2fe283f93b48d7618e4d8fcf05e   nvme0n1p1/Microsoft/Boot/SecureBootRecovery.efi
5a2a56ec90a9e18a186e8aecf57515f5   nvme0n1p1/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
cee6ba033a2c963880f0d92778ed36a7   nvme0n1p1/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgr.efi

============================= Drive/Partition Info =============================

Disks info: ____________________________________________________________________

nvme0n1 : is-GPT,   no-BIOSboot,    has---ESP,  not-usb,    not-mmc, has-os,    has-win,    2048 sectors * 512 bytes

Partitions info (1/3): _________________________________________________________

nvme0n1p1   : no-os,    64, nopakmgr,   no-docgrub, nogrub, nogrubinstall,  no-grubenv, noupdategrub,   not-far
nvme0n1p3   : is-os,    64, nopakmgr,   no-docgrub, nogrub, nogrubinstall,  no-grubenv, noupdategrub,   end-after-100GB
nvme0n1p4   : no-os,    64, nopakmgr,   no-docgrub, nogrub, nogrubinstall,  no-grubenv, noupdategrub,   end-after-100GB
nvme0n1p5   : no-os,    64, nopakmgr,   no-docgrub, nogrub, nogrubinstall,  no-grubenv, noupdategrub,   end-after-100GB

Partitions info (2/3): _________________________________________________________

nvme0n1p1   : is---ESP, part-has-no-fstab,  no-nt,  no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid,   no-bmgr,    notwinboot, vfat
nvme0n1p3   : isnotESP, part-has-no-fstab,  no-nt,  haswinload, no-recov-nor-hid,   no-bmgr,    notwinboot, ntfs
nvme0n1p4   : isnotESP, part-has-no-fstab,  no-nt,  no-winload, recovery-or-hidden, no-bmgr,    notwinboot, ntfs
nvme0n1p5   : isnotESP, part-has-no-fstab,  no-nt,  no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid,   no-bmgr,    notwinboot, 

Partitions info (3/3): _________________________________________________________

nvme0n1p1   : not--sepboot, no-kernel,  part-has-no-fstab,  not-sep-usr,    no---usr,   part-has-no-fstab,  no--grub.d, nvme0n1
nvme0n1p3   : not--sepboot, no---boot,  part-has-no-fstab,  not-sep-usr,    no---usr,   part-has-no-fstab,  no--grub.d, nvme0n1
nvme0n1p4   : not--sepboot, no---boot,  part-has-no-fstab,  not-sep-usr,    no---usr,   part-has-no-fstab,  no--grub.d, nvme0n1
nvme0n1p5   : maybesepboot, no---boot,  part-has-no-fstab,  not-sep-usr,    no---usr,   part-has-no-fstab,  no--grub.d, nvme0n1

fdisk -l (filtered): ___________________________________________________________

Disk nvme0n1: 953.87 GiB, 1024209543168 bytes, 2000409264 sectors
Disk identifier: C6F83763-09F9-4B27-A7D6-952947FC5267
              Start        End    Sectors   Size Type
nvme0n1p1       2048     534527     532480   260M EFI System
nvme0n1p2     534528     567295      32768    16M Microsoft reserved
nvme0n1p3     567296  222046207  221478912 105.6G Microsoft basic data
nvme0n1p4 1996312576 2000408575    4096000     2G Windows recovery environment
nvme0n1p5  222046208 1996312575 1774266368   846G Linux filesystem
Partition table entries are not in disk order.
Disk sda: 7.45 GiB, 7995197440 bytes, 15615620 sectors
Disk identifier: B5416491-A6D3-42B2-A3F6-260427BCF601
        Start      End  Sectors  Size Type
sda1        64 12383487 12383424  5.9G Microsoft basic data
sda2  12383488 12393647    10160    5M EFI System
sda3  12393648 12394247      600  300K Microsoft basic data
sda4  12394496 15613951  3219456  1.5G Linux filesystem

parted -lm (filtered): _________________________________________________________

sda:7995MB:scsi:512:512:gpt:Kingston DT 101 G2:;
1:32.8kB:6340MB:6340MB::ISO9660:hidden, msftdata;
2:6340MB:6346MB:5202kB::Appended2:boot, esp;
3:6346MB:6346MB:307kB::Gap1:hidden, msftdata;
4:6346MB:7994MB:1648MB:ext4::;
nvme0n1:1024GB:nvme:512:512:gpt:SAMSUNG MZAL81T0HFLB-00BL2:;
1:1049kB:274MB:273MB:fat32:EFI system partition:boot, esp;
2:274MB:290MB:16.8MB::Microsoft reserved partition:msftres;
3:290MB:114GB:113GB:ntfs:Basic data partition:msftdata;
5:114GB:1022GB:908GB:::;
4:1022GB:1024GB:2097MB:ntfs:Basic data partition:hidden, diag, no_automount;

blkid (filtered): ______________________________________________________________

NAME        FSTYPE   UUID                                 PARTUUID                             LABEL                    PARTLABEL
sda         iso9660  2025-08-05-18-20-26-00                                                    Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS amd64 
├─sda1      iso9660  2025-08-05-18-20-26-00               b5416491-a6d3-42b2-a3f7-260427bcf601 Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS amd64 ISO9660
├─sda2      vfat     73B7-988D                            b5416491-a6d3-42b2-a3f4-260427bcf601 ESP                      Appended2
├─sda3                                                    b5416491-a6d3-42b2-a3f5-260427bcf601                          Gap1
└─sda4      ext4     5e7f783e-fa91-499c-ba85-947fa6bada52 3795c79d-7169-40de-9751-4d9490da2d35 writable                 
nvme0n1                                                                                                                 
├─nvme0n1p1 vfat     5C17-39E0                            1ed5da32-f79a-4135-9767-74ed4fe68ff5 SYSTEM_DRV               EFI system partition
├─nvme0n1p2                                               c9f71b0a-b454-449c-82b4-73d192717260                          Microsoft reserved partition
├─nvme0n1p3 ntfs     3AC417C7C41783F3                     1820a08c-b60e-4652-a352-ab9c22ee9b00 Windows-SSD              Basic data partition
├─nvme0n1p4 ntfs     4A8C181E8C18075B                     f0089e24-1ec3-4b7b-bfd4-95b3b32111d7 WINRE_DRV                Basic data partition
└─nvme0n1p5                                               d6783c6f-3105-4772-a296-31f45f34337a                          

Mount points (filtered): _______________________________________________________

                                                               Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/nvme0n1p1                                                  207M  19% /mnt/boot-sav/nvme0n1p1
/dev/nvme0n1p3                                                 20.1G  81% /mnt/boot-sav/nvme0n1p3
/dev/nvme0n1p4                                                  1.3G  35% /mnt/boot-sav/nvme0n1p4
/dev/sda1                                                          0 100% /cdrom
efivarfs                                                      107.9K  58% /sys/firmware/efi/efivars

Mount options (filtered): ______________________________________________________

/dev/nvme0n1p1                                                vfat            rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro
/dev/nvme0n1p3                                                fuseblk         ro,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096
/dev/nvme0n1p4                                                fuseblk         ro,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096
/dev/sda1                                                     iso9660         ro,noatime,nojoliet,check=s,map=n,blocksize=2048,iocharset=utf8

======================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =========================


/dev/nvme0n1p4: unknown GPT attributes
8000000000000001



Suggested repair: ______________________________________________________________

The default repair of the Boot-Repair utility would not act on the MBR.
Additional repair would be performed:  win-legacy-basic-fix

(copied from https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/JhZQ9w8JSV/)

Does anybody have an idea what to do? Thanks for input on the issue.

Discover update fails in an endless loop https://askubuntu.com/questions/1560524/discover-update-fails-in-an-endless-loop

In October I migrated from Windows 10 to Ubuntu, rather than suffer Windows 11. It has been going well, but I am getting this problem when Ubuntu Discover tries to do a firmware update:

Ubuntu Discover update "failed to write-firmware: failed to write (null): failed to write data to efivarsfs: Error writing to file descriptor: Invalid argument"

Even more irritating, I dismiss the error message and it pops right back. The Discover updater captures the cursor too quickly to close the program, leaving me stuck. The cursor/mouse is captured by Discover, leaving me unable to do anything other than close the error message box, which pops right back endlessly.

The first time this happened, I tried the reset button on the PC, but that had the bad side effect of leaving a couple drives with "missing mount points", which I had to remove from the PC and put in my old Windows 10 PC and run partition manager to scan them for errors, then back in to my main PC and all was happy again. Yes, I know there is a way to do this in Ubuntu, but I felt too newbie to try it and risk losing important data. And yes, I do have a back up, but some recent things might have been lost.

The second time this happened, just this morning, I was able to click on the Discover icon on the left of the Task Manager bar and manage to quit Discover after several tries. A quick right click on the icon and then a typed Q to quit, if done quickly enough was able to do the job.

The stuff everyone will ask:

  • Operating System: Ubuntu Studio 25.10
  • KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.5
  • KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0
  • Qt Version: 6.9.2
  • Kernel Version: 6.17.0-7-generic (64-bit)
  • Graphics Platform: Wayland
  • Processors: 16 × Intel® Core™ i7-6900K CPU @ 3.20GHz (overclocked -to 4.2GHz)
  • Memory: 128 GiB of RAM (125.7 GiB usable)
  • Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti driving 3 monitors
  • Manufacturer: ASUS
  • Product Name: All Series
  • Motherboard - Asus X99-A II
sudo dmidecode -t 0
# dmidecode 3.6
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 3.0.0 present.

Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
        Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
        Version: 1401
        Release Date: 11/08/2016
        Address: 0xF0000
        Runtime Size: 64 kB
        ROM Size: 16 MB
Characteristics:
                PCI is supported
                APM is supported
                BIOS is upgradeable
                BIOS shadowing is allowed
                ...
                BIOS boot specification is supported
                Targeted content distribution is supported
                UEFI is supported
        BIOS Revision: 5.11
fwupdmgr update -v
(fwupdmgr:428045): GLib-GIO-DEBUG: 07:13:34.760: _g_io_module_get_default: Found default implementation dconf (DConfSettingsBackend) for ‘gsettings-backend’
....
appears to be installed


╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ Upgrade KEK CA from 2011 to 2023?                                            ║
╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
║ This updates the UEFI Signature Database (the "KEK") to the latest release   ║
║ from Microsoft, signed by ASUSTeK MotherBoard PK Certificate.                ║
║                                                                              ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
Perform operation? [Y|n]: Y
(fwupdmgr:428045): FuMain-DEBUG: 07:14:48.251: ignoring: No releases found
(fwupdmgr:428045): FuMain-DEBUG: 07:14:48.251: ignoring: No releases found
(fwupdmgr:428045): FuMain-DEBUG: 07:14:48.252: ignoring: No releases found
(fwupdmgr:428045): FuMain-DEBUG: 07:14:48.252: ignoring: No releases found
(fwupdmgr:428045): FuMain-DEBUG: 07:14:48.263: ignoring: No releases found
Fwupd-INFO: 07:14:48.263: downloading https://fwupd.org/downloads/73ea2c69621eec29df454264907a2d3586d57ab2e58b7ff596d013bc37ca1714-KEK-ASUS.cab
(fwupdmgr:428045): pxbackend-DEBUG: 07:14:48.264: px_manager_get_proxies_sync: url=https://fwupd.org/downloads/73ea2c69621eec29df454264907a2d3586d57ab2e58b7ff596d013bc37ca1714-KEK-ASUS.cab online=1
(fwupdmgr:428045): pxbackend-DEBUG: 07:14:48.264: px_manager_get_proxies_sync: Proxy[0] = direct://
(fwupdmgr:428045): pxbackend-DEBUG: 07:14:48.264: px_manager_get_proxies_sync: url=none://fwupd.org:65535 online=1
(fwupdmgr:428045): pxbackend-DEBUG: 07:14:48.264: px_manager_get_proxies_sync: Proxy[0] = direct://
(fwupdmgr:428045): Fwupd-DEBUG: 07:14:48.334: Emitting ::status-changed() [downloading]
Downloading…             [          |                            ]Fwupd-INFO: 07:14:48.517: download progress: 100%
Downloading…             [***************************************]Fwupd-INFO: 07:14:48.755: download progress: 9%
Downloading…             [***                                    ]Fwupd-INFO: 07:14:48.755: download progress: 15%
Downloading…             [*****                                  
...
Downloading…             [************************************   ]Fwupd-INFO: 07:14:48.761: download progress: 100%
(fwupdmgr:428045): Fwupd-DEBUG: 07:14:48.761: Emitting ::status-changed() [idle]
Fwupd-INFO: 07:14:48.761: status-code was 200
(fwupdmgr:428045): Fwupd-DEBUG: 07:14:48.764: Emitting ::status-changed() [decompressing]
Decompressing…           [***************************************](fwupdmgr:428045): Fwupd-DEBUG: 07:14:48.894: Emitting ::status-changed() [waiting-for-auth]
Authenticating…          [ -                                     ](fwupdmgr:428045): Fwupd-DEBUG: 07:14:48.927: Emitting ::status-changed() [device-busy]
Waiting…                 [ -                                     ](fwupdmgr:428045): Fwupd-DEBUG: 07:14:48.927: Emitting ::device-changed(b7a1d3d90faa1f6275d9a98da4fb3be7118e61c7)
(fwupdmgr:428045): Fwupd-DEBUG: 07:14:48.927: Emitting ::device-changed(b7a1d3d90faa1f6275d9a98da4fb3be7118e61c7)
(fwupdmgr:428045): Fwupd-DEBUG: 07:14:48.935: Emitting ::device-changed(b7a1d3d90faa1f6275d9a98da4fb3be7118e61c7)
(fwupdmgr:428045): Fwupd-DEBUG: 07:14:48.935: Emitting ::device-changed(b7a1d3d90faa1f6275d9a98da4fb3be7118e61c7)
(fwupdmgr:428045): Fwupd-DEBUG: 07:14:48.935: Emitting ::status-changed() [device-write]
Writing…                 [                                       ](fwupdmgr:428045): Fwupd-DEBUG: 07:14:48.936: Emitting ::status-changed() [decompressing]
Decompressing…           [                                       ](fwupdmgr:428045): Fwupd-DEBUG: 07:14:48.936: Emitting ::status-changed() [device-restart]
Restarting device…       [******************************         ](fwupdmgr:428045): Fwupd-DEBUG: 07:14:48.936: Emitting ::status-changed() [device-write]
Writing…                 [******************************         ](fwupdmgr:428045): Fwupd-DEBUG: 07:14:48.936: Emitting ::device-changed(b7a1d3d90faa1f6275d9a98da4fb3be7118e61c7)
(fwupdmgr:428045): Fwupd-DEBUG: 07:14:48.936: Emitting ::device-changed(b7a1d3d90faa1f6275d9a98da4fb3be7118e61c7)
(fwupdmgr:428045): Fwupd-DEBUG: 07:14:48.954: Emitting ::device-changed(b7a1d3d90faa1f6275d9a98da4fb3be7118e61c7)
(fwupdmgr:428045): Fwupd-DEBUG: 07:14:48.954: Emitting ::device-changed(b7a1d3d90faa1f6275d9a98da4fb3be7118e61c7)
(fwupdmgr:428045): Fwupd-DEBUG: 07:14:48.962: Emitting ::device-changed(b7a1d3d90faa1f6275d9a98da4fb3be7118e61c7)
(fwupdmgr:428045): Fwupd-DEBUG: 07:14:48.963: Emitting ::status-changed() [idle]

failed to write-firmware: failed to write (null): failed to write data to efivarsfs: Error writing to file descriptor: Invalid argument
Constant hardware connect/disconnect sound after upgrading to Ubuntu 25.10 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1560076/constant-hardware-connect-disconnect-sound-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-25-10

Since I upgraded to Ubuntu 25.10, once I connected my Bluetooth headphones, it just keeps making the hardware connect/disconnect sounds repeatedly.

I checked dmesg, journalctl, etc - no unusual activity, nothing connecting or disconnecting.

Any idea what could be happening? The only "solution" I've found is to turn off system sounds altogether.

Wifi dead on Dell after recent 24.04 update https://askubuntu.com/questions/1558986/wifi-dead-on-dell-after-recent-24-04-update

Last year I bought a Dell G15 5530. It came with Ubuntu 22 LTS. I decided to change OS to Ubuntu 24, and it worked perfectly for a year until recently.

After an update I lost wifi access: after boot my wifi connected for a minute, then stopped working. Turning off and on the wifi from the applet resulted in two behaviours:

  • the wifi adapter not being able to detect networks;
  • no wifi adapter found.

I am on slow USB tethering since the update in mid september.

I tried to solve the issue looking for my problem here, then using chatGPT. Summarizing more than a month of tribulation, I tried to:

  • update the kernel from generic 6.8 to HWE (6.14)
  • reinstall the singular required modules from web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/intel/iwlwifi/
  • restart after powering off for 30 seconds the machine.
  • boot a clean ubuntu 24 from a usb

Lastly, I present a sequence of commands after which I fixed the issue for a week:

  1. change updates' source to https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu and reinstall the firmware (I was using the US source with http)
  2. sudo apt-get clean
  3. sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
  4. sudo apt-get -o Acquire::ForceIPv4=true -o Acquire::Retries=3 update
  5. sudo apt-get upgrade
  6. sudo apt-get clean
  7. sudo apt autoremove
  8. wget http://ftp.usf.edu/pub/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux-firmware/linux-firmware_20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.17_amd64.deb
  9. sudo dpkg -i linux-firmware_20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.17_amd64.deb
  10. sudo reboot now sudo apt-get clean

wget http://ftp.usf.edu/pub/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux-firmware/linux-firmware_20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.17_amd64.deb && sudo dpkg -i linux-firmware_20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.17_amd64.deb

For a week, and I thought the problem was solved. Hours after another update (which did not contain firmware updates), while using bluetooth headphones to watch a streamed movie, the bluetooth disconnected, then the wifi went down, and the issue came back.

The file linux-firmware_20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.17_amd64.deb is not hosted anymore on the source I used.
Running again sudo dpkg -i linux-firmware_20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.17_amd64.deb results in the wifi applet to display, and work for a minute.
Running sudo dpkg -i linux-firmware_20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.19_amd64.deb results in the wifi applet to disappear, sometimes alongside the bluetooth one.

Booting from a ubuntu 22 usb results in wifi working, but I would prefer to keep this os.

To get a full report of my system I disconnected the Tethering USB, and ran wget -N -t 5 -T 10 https://github.com/UbuntuForums/wireless-info/raw/master/wireless-info && chmod +x wireless-info && sudo ./wireless-info

I posted the results here: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/JP5qshCDmF/

Update: after running sudo dpkg -i linux-firmware_20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.17_amd64.deb, reboot, disconnecting power source and flea power reset, it seems that I have working wifi, as long as I don't turn on bluetooth and do not update to the 2.19 firmware.
How do I proceed? from now?

Update: I turned on the pc, and in the matter of minutes the wifi was gone again: first troubles finding networks, then the applet disappeared.
I tried to update again (to 2.19), and reboot + flea power reset. For now I have wifi again, but this process takes more than an hour to fix every time, and the fix is not guaranteed to last.

ZFS still cant upgrade to 25.04 despite 24.10 being phased out https://askubuntu.com/questions/1553177/zfs-still-cant-upgrade-to-25-04-despite-24-10-being-phased-out

I have the issue that ubuntu 24.10 is no longer receiving security updates but cannot upgrade to 25.04 due to me having ZFS on my filesystem. When i try to update my computer i get the error:

"Sorry, cannot upgrade this system to 25.04 right now System freezes have been observed on upgrades to 25.04 with ZFS 
enabled. Please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PluckyPuffin/ReleaseNotes for more 
information. "

I do not know what to do as the only way for me to have both ZFS and security upgrades would be to reinstall 24.04, which would make me lose all of my data and also access to wayland.

My question is:

What do i do to not reinstall the system while also not being on an unsuportted version?

Install Microsoft Teams for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS https://askubuntu.com/questions/1459302/install-microsoft-teams-for-ubuntu-22-04-lts

I want to install microsoft teams for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS so I can join a video conference. Unfortanetly, I am getting a 404 from the deb download page. I don't want to install the unofficial client from snap for security concerns. Does anyone have this working?

Ubuntu 22.04 Nvidia driver 520 error trying to sleep https://askubuntu.com/questions/1443473/ubuntu-22-04-nvidia-driver-520-error-trying-to-sleep

The error message is as follows:

pci_pm_suspend(): nv_pmops_suspend+0x0/0x30 [nvidia] returns -5
dpm_run_callback(): pci_pm_suspend+0x0/0x190 returns -5
nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PM: failed to suspend async: error -5

I have tried the steps outlined here https://ask.fedoraproject.org/t/laptop-unable-to-suspend/16290/14 but this seems to be a solution for fedora and my system does not seem to contain nvidia-suspend.service in that location

I also completely ripped my computer of my nvidia driver and reinstalled driver from scratch to no success

Does anyone have advice on getting Nvidia to suspend properly?

Ubuntu 22.04 issues with mouse settings https://askubuntu.com/questions/1404290/ubuntu-22-04-issues-with-mouse-settings

From couple of days I have the latest Ubuntu 22.04 and I'm very happy - but first time I have issues with my bt mouse (Logitech MX Master) When I connect my mouse via bluetooth and set pointer speed and flat type - everything is fine, but everytime when I disconnect mouse and reconnect I loose mouse settings and have to set pointer speed manually. I'm using KDE and have a question - why after reconnect my mouse Ubuntu don't launch saved mouse configuration ? I tried even set configuration with xinput but with no effect. Is is possible to install some alternative app for ubuntu which will control my mouse settings ?

TSC_DEADLINE disabled due to Errata; please update microcode to version: 0x22 (or later) couldn't get size: 0x0000000000000e https://askubuntu.com/questions/1165177/tsc-deadline-disabled-due-to-errata-please-update-microcode-to-version-0x22-o

Hi first of all i'm a first time user and a newbs in this computer thing.

So i try to install linux on my windows laptop and it gave the eror:

TSC_DEADLINE disabled due to Errata; please update microcode to version: 0x22 (or later)*  
couldn't get size: 0x0000000000000e

My laptop is Asus X450J:

Intel® Core™ i7 4700HQ Processor,

Intel® HM86 Express Chipset

8GB DDR3L 1600 MHz SDRAM, up to 16 G

NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 745M 2GB DDR3

I have updated my bios in the asus website:

https://www.asus.com/Laptops/X450JF/HelpDesk_BIOS/

and also try the solution from:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/92uxbf/unable_to_install_ubuntu_firmware_bug_tsc_deadline/

yet nothing works, any suggestion?

Edited: First thank you for the input.

  1. Are you booting off of a CD? A USB? How did you create the USB?

USB, i created with Rufus 3.6 bootable from ISO file

2.When does this error occur? What solution did you try from the redit thread?

it happened when I try to install ubuntu or try ubuntu everytime. the solution i try from reddit is this:

  • Boot the usb and press arrow down for "install ubuntu"
  • Press "E"
  • go down to the linux line and press END-key
  • write ACPI=off nomodeset
  • press F10 to restart

But nothing changes

  1. Are you first booting into the "try Ubuntu" and installing from there or are choosing "install Ubuntu" from the menu that appears when you boot?

I tried all of the methods: a. "try Ubuntu" resulted in same error. b. install ubuntu also resulted in same eror

When I wait out the process (after screen showing TSC_DEADLINE disabled due to Errata....) lots of programming line seems flashing really fast after that it enters a screen with ubuntu and loading dots but after that nothing happen.

The installation is done with USB. I also tried with Linux mint but the results remain the same. I also try to redownload the installation from the website and redo the process but nothing changes.

Wireless Card Restart on Ubuntu 18.04 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1077612/wireless-card-restart-on-ubuntu-18-04

I want to restart the network service in Ubuntu 18.04. I tried /etc/init.d/networking restart but the command didn't come out as expected. Can someone help resolve my issue?

Unsupported proxy in Ubuntu software center https://askubuntu.com/questions/1037363/unsupported-proxy-in-ubuntu-software-center

When i try to install apps from Ubuntu software center it's showing the error Unsupported proxy configured. Proxy in terminal and browser is working fine.

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Passwords missing from Seahorse (Passwords and Keys) https://askubuntu.com/questions/931780/passwords-missing-from-seahorse-passwords-and-keys

I’ve been having problems with Seahorse lately. I suspect an update, but can’t say exactly when it started. It may also be two co-incidental problems.

In Thunderbird I use the Enigmail add-on to sign messages using PGP key. When you type in the passphrase there is an option to have it remembered (presumably by Seahorse), but this doesn’t work any more. Every session it asks for the passphrase again.

In Nemo (or Nautilus) if I do an adhoc connection to a SMB share and choose an option to remember the password, it is not saved.

If I run Seahorse (Passwords and Keys) there is no Passwords section, only Certificates, PGP Keys and Secure Shell. On the other 16.04 system I have, there is a Passwords section and the keys are in ~/.gnome2/keyrings/. On this computer (upgraded from 14.04) the keys are in ~/.local/share/keyrings/ and there is no ~/.gnome2/keyrings/ folder. I see references to both, but which is right?

Also if I choose to create a new item in the GUI, the options for creating a new Password Keyring or Stored Password (which are available on the clean install) are missing.

Ubuntu server install failing under Hyper-V https://askubuntu.com/questions/878926/ubuntu-server-install-failing-under-hyper-v
  • Windows 10 Pro with Hyper-V enabled.
  • Latest Ubuntu 16.10 x64 server iso.
  • Created a new Hyper-V vm with defaults, 20GB vhd, 2 cpu's, 2GB memory, virtual switch, mounted the iso and started install.
  • VM is Gen 2. I disabled Secure Boot in the firmware settings, read a number of articles that by doing so Gen2 was supported in Linux and esp in Ubuntu.
  • It was able to access the internet and downloaded packages while installing.
  • Chose all defaults, let LVM partition disk, let it install GRUB, again with all defaults.

But when I start the VM I get a screen saying no OS can be found. Please help.

VLC doesn't fill the screen in full-screen mode https://askubuntu.com/questions/820452/vlc-doesnt-fill-the-screen-in-full-screen-mode

Whenever I try to watch a video with VLC media player and try to watch it full screen, the size of the video stays the same, and the rest of the screen is filled with the color blue. This happened for both 480p as well as for 720p videos. I already installed ubuntu-restricted-extras.

What other packages/codecs do I need to install to be able to watch videos?

More information:

  • output of lscpu:

    Architecture:          x86_64
    CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit
    Byte Order:            Little Endian
    CPU(s):                4
    On-line CPU(s) list:   0-3
    Thread(s) per core:    2
    Core(s) per socket:    2
    Socket(s):             1
    NUMA node(s):          1
    Vendor ID:             GenuineIntel
    CPU family:            6
    Model:                 78
    Stepping:              3
    CPU MHz:               499.968
    BogoMIPS:              4797.88
    Virtualization:        VT-x
    L1d cache:             32K
    L1i cache:             32K
    L2 cache:              256K
    L3 cache:              3072K
    NUMA node0 CPU(s):     0-3
    
  • Ubuntu version: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS

  • I did not install the proprietary drivers; I have an AMD graphics card

dnsmasq unrecognized command https://askubuntu.com/questions/442640/dnsmasq-unrecognized-command

I'm attempting to run a script which calls service dnsmasq restart

service dnsmasq restart
dnsmasq: unrecognized service

No matter what I call for dnsmasq, it gives me the "unrecognized service" error.

Also if I type dnsmasq restart I get

dnsmasq restart
dnsmasq: junk found in command line

I have tried autoremoving and reinstalling dnsmasq. I've googled both responses, and not finding any fixes. Can anyone help?

Thanks!

GTK+ Themes not showing up https://askubuntu.com/questions/331459/gtk-themes-not-showing-up

I downloaded some themes from gnome-look.org and I extracted and put them in /usr/share/themes folder and when I opened gnome-tweak-tool windows theme was working but GTK+ themes section was showing only the default ones. Then I put the themes into ~/.themes folder but still no luck. How can I fix this?

For example, one of the themes is this one:

http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/absolute?content=126326

Need a kid-safe browser like Zoodles https://askubuntu.com/questions/268515/need-a-kid-safe-browser-like-zoodles

I have a six year old little sister. She gets online. My parents want her on a kid safe browser like Zoodles.

Are there any for Linux? Is it possible to install Zoodles on Linux? All the ones I've found download the install stuff for windows.

Also. I'm brand new to Linux, so instructions on how to would be much appreciated. =3

I have Ubuntu 12.10, Just in case that matters.

Dvorak layout with Qwerty hotkeys (Dvorak — Qwerty Ctrl) https://askubuntu.com/questions/35803/dvorak-layout-with-qwerty-hotkeys-dvorak-qwerty-ctrl

How can I use Qwerty hotkeys with the Dvorak keyboard layout? For example I want C to map to J, but Ctrl + C to remain as Ctrl + C.

The dvorak-qwerty program is supposed to do this, but does not work for me.

Desired behaviour seems to occur in the terminal and with foreign language layouts.