Lost wired connectivity but WIFI OK (for Ubuntu PC and Ubuntu Live CD but Windows is OK) https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565051/lost-wired-connectivity-but-wifi-ok-for-ubuntu-pc-and-ubuntu-live-cd-but-window

This morning when I booted my Ubuntu 24.04, I saw a small popup on top of screen, at the middle, saying it is trying to connect to a network that I ignore. Then I saw the wired connection status icon was showing there is no Ethernet connection. I checked the WIFI and it can connect without issue.

My setup is to connect to Ethernet automatically. I never use the WIFI with my PC. I use it for our cells, tablette and laptop.

I restarted it and booted in Windows-11 (dual boot). I had no issues connecting on the Ehternet.

So I restarted but booted with the Ubuntu 24.04 Live CD and was surprised to see it also could not connect to the Ehternet. I could connect to WIFI.

I rebooted again but into my PC Ubuntu and looked at the configuration of my wired connection. Following instructions found on the net, I tried restarting the Network manager but nothing changed. I installed the essential package but nothing changed.

Right now I am writing this using the WIFI. I had updates done on my Ubuntu for the past 3 days.

Is there anyone else having this same issue since 3 days ago?

But bottom line, how do I fix this?

Where are the instructions to do this?

Why is this happening? Its the first time in 2 years since I installed it.

In the mean time, I will check the logs for any meaningful messages ...

Here outputs of a few things I tried. (don't know why format is messed up)

browserice:~$ sudo lshw -c network *-network description: Ethernet interface product: Ethernet Controller I225-V vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0 logical name: enp3s0 version: 03 serial: d8:5e:d3:87:9a:2d capacity: 1Gbit/s width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi msix pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=igc driverversion=6.17.0-19-generic duplex=full firmware=1082:8770 ip=10.0.0.35 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair resources: irq:16 memory:53200000-532fffff memory:53300000-53303fff *-network description: Wireless interface product: Wi-Fi 6 AX200 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0 logical name: wlp4s0 version: 1a serial: 68:54:5a:ff:6e:b9 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=6.17.0-19-generic firmware=77.b405f9d4.0 cc-a0-77.ucode ip=10.0.0.2 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11 resources: irq:19 memory:53400000-53403fff

browserice:~$ ifconfig Command 'ifconfig' not found, but can be installed with: sudo apt install net-tools

browserice:~$ route Command 'route' not found, but can be installed with: sudo apt install net-tools

browserice:~$ sudo nano /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf browserice:~$ sudo nano /usr/lib/NetworkManager/conf.d/10-globally-managed-devices.conf

browserice:~$ sudo service network-manager restart Failed to restart network-manager.service: Unit network-manager.service not found.

browserice:~$ ls /etc/NetworkManager conf.d dispatcher.d dnsmasq.d dnsmasq-shared.d NetworkManager.conf system-connections VPN

browserice:~$ netstat -rn Command 'netstat' not found, but can be installed with: sudo apt install net-tools

browserice:~$ lspci -nn | grep -i ethernet 03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller I225-V [8086:15f3] (rev 03)

browserice:~$ lspci -knn | grep Eth -A3; ifconfig 03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller I225-V [8086:15f3] (rev 03) Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Ethernet Controller I225-V [1458:e000] Kernel driver in use: igc Kernel modules: igc 04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX200 [8086:2723] (rev 1a) Command 'ifconfig' not found, but can be installed with: sudo apt install net-tools

browserice:~$ cat /etc/netplan/01-network-manager-all.yaml network: version: 2 renderer: NetworkManager

browserice:~$ sudo netplan generate [sudo] password for browserice:

** (generate:12108): WARNING **: 16:07:58.093: Permissions for /etc/netplan/01-network-manager-all.yaml are too open. Netplan configuration should NOT be accessible by others.

browserice:~$ sudo netplan apply

** (generate:12254): WARNING **: 16:08:11.986: Permissions for /etc/netplan/01-network-manager-all.yaml are too open. Netplan configuration should NOT be accessible by others.

** (process:12252): WARNING **: 16:08:12.690: Permissions for /etc/netplan/01-network-manager-all.yaml are too open. Netplan configuration should NOT be accessible by others.

** (process:12252): WARNING **: 16:08:12.845: Permissions for /etc/netplan/01-network-manager-all.yaml are too open. Netplan configuration should NOT be accessible by others. systemd-networkd is not running, output might be incomplete. Failed to reload network settings: Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.network1.service not found. Falling back to a hard restart of systemd-networkd.service

browserice:~$ cat /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf [main] plugins=ifupdown,keyfile

[ifupdown] managed=true <<===== was false before

[device] wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=no

browserice:~$ cat /usr/lib/NetworkManager/conf.d/10-globally-managed-devices.conf [keyfile] unmanaged-devices=*,except:type:wifi,except:type:gsm,except:type:cdma,except:type:ethernet <<==== I added the "except:tpe:ethernet"

I rebooted without the ethernet cable than plugged it in. It still cannot connect.

24.04.4 prompts me to connect to Wi-Fi network but I don't have Wi-Fi card https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565049/24-04-4-prompts-me-to-connect-to-wi-fi-network-but-i-dont-have-wi-fi-card

How can I connect to that network when I don't have a Wi-Fi card, just wired? Screenshot here, can’t embed yet due to rep limit

I have a ? in my wifi icon https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565048/i-have-a-in-my-wifi-icon

I can't figure out why my wifi icon in Ubuntu 24.04 has a question mark inside it. I'm connected to my home network, and my browser and Wireguard and OpenVPN all work normally, but I don't know how to get that corrected. Does anyone have any advice for me so that I can correct this?

  • GNOME display manager
  • Wayland
Question mark on ethernet and wifi icons https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565046/question-mark-on-ethernet-and-wifi-icons

I'm having a small issue, apparently with Ubuntu 24.04/GNOME. My desktop computer, connected via Ethernet, and my laptop, connected via Wi-Fi, both have a working connection (940 Mbps download speed / 800 Mbps upload speed). However, a question mark appears on the Ethernet icon on the desktop computer and on the Wi-Fi icon on the laptop.

I read that this might be because Gnome is unable to connect to its own test site. Is this true, and how can I make the question mark disappear?

Occasionally, the Wi-Fi icon is displayed normally on the linux laptop. (In fact, now, the question mark is gone and the Wifi icon is displayed normally)

This isn’t a router issue, as I also have a MacBook connected via Wi-Fi with no question mark on the Wi-Fi icon.

Installed a new graphics card - tried everything, does not connect to driver https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565044/installed-a-new-graphics-card-tried-everything-does-not-connect-to-driver

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Ok, so I have installed a new graphics card - and I am unable to boot into any graphics using Ubuntu 25.10. I have tried to add all libs and graphics drivers, but all graphics freeze at the boot portion, not loading the graphical portion of Ubuntu - just the text of the boot process. The screenshot is the details of my new graphics card, which is not "technically" compatible with Linux, but I believe that there are third-party drivers which can make it work, yet have not been able to get to work properly.

Anybody have the same issue with NVIDIA cards that can please assist? I am currently using integrated graphics to bypass the card.

Ethernet shows question mark icon in Ubuntu, but internet works normally https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565043/ethernet-shows-question-mark-icon-in-ubuntu-but-internet-works-normally

I am experiencing an issue where my Ethernet connection icon shows a question mark (?), even though the internet is working perfectly without any interruptions.

This started recently after I installed TLP and ran an automatic cleanup command.

Recent actions I performed:

  • Installed the TLP power management package

  • Enabled restore settings in TLP

  • Ran:

    sudo apt autopurge
    
  • Restarted NetworkManager multiple times

Current behavior:

  • Internet works normally (browsing, downloads, etc.)

  • Ethernet interface is connected

  • Connectivity check reports "full"

  • But the network icon still shows a question mark

System diagnostics:

Connectivity status:

nmcli networking connectivity
full

Device status:

nmcli device status

DEVICE     TYPE      STATE                   CONNECTION
enp2s0     ethernet  connected               Wired connection 1
docker0    bridge    connected (externally)  docker0
wlp0s20f3  wifi      unavailable             --
lo         loopback  unmanaged               --

Routing table:

ip route

default via 192.168.0.1 dev enp2s0 proto dhcp metric 100
default via 192.168.0.1 dev enp2s0 proto dhcp metric 20100
169.254.0.0/16 dev enp2s0 scope link metric 1000
172.17.0.0/16 dev docker0 proto kernel scope link src 172.17.0.1 linkdown
192.168.0.0/24 dev enp2s0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.0.162 metric 100

Connectivity check test:

curl http://nmcheck.gnome.org
NetworkManager is online

Question:

Why does the Ethernet icon show a question mark even though:

  • Internet connectivity is working

  • NetworkManager reports full connectivity

  • The interface is connected and has a valid IP address

Could this be related to:

  • The duplicate default routes

  • The recent apt autopurge

  • TLP configuration

  • Or just a UI / NetworkManager state issue?

Any guidance on how to permanently fix or reset the network indicator would be appreciated.

Suspend mode makes apps unopenable https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565042/suspend-mode-makes-apps-unopenable

Note: Im using a persistent live ISO due to intel RST. I have important data on disc and no way of backup so anybody saying just to install ubuntu will be ignored.

Ubuntu versions: 24.04.3 LTS Noble Numbat Laptop: Acer Aspire a315-54k Issue: The apps don't open and disconnects from WI-FI after waking up from suspension.

Ask for clarifications in comments in case of confusion.

WiFi icon showing "no internet" even though internet works fine — connectivity.ubuntu.com unreachable https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565041/wifi-icon-showing-no-internet-even-though-internet-works-fine-connectivity-u

wifi icon showing "no internet"

My wifi icon showing "no internet" but actually internet working fine. browsing, youtube, download everything working no problem.I did some checking and found that connectivity.ubuntu.com not reachable at all:

$ ping connectivity.ubuntu.com
ping: connectivity.ubuntu.com: Name or service not known

But google ping working fine:

$ ping google.com
64 bytes from ...: icmp_seq=1 ttl=108 time=50.6 ms
0% packet loss

I think my ISP in Bangladesh blocking this domain or something. because of this NetworkManager thinking no internet and showing wrong icon. icon also flickering sometimes connected sometimes not. so my questions:

Is this common problem in some countries/ISP? how to fix properly without breaking anything? any alternative URL that ubuntu support for this check?

HD with strange partition https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565040/hd-with-strange-partition

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After I have used a live usb to fix my boot I have found this situation. before I had only sda2 not sda2 with sda5

GHow can I fix it?

Thanks

Unexpected gateway in Ubuntu 22.04 server https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565039/unexpected-gateway-in-ubuntu-22-04-server

I have issued the following commands to set up my network on this Ubuntu 22.04 server:

nmcli con modify 06563f32-7cd9-3ee1-ac71-e5bb775a4840 ipv4.address 192.168.1.6/24
nmcli con modify 06563f32-7cd9-3ee1-ac71-e5bb775a4840 ipv4.gateway 192.168.1.1
nmcli con modify 06563f32-7cd9-3ee1-ac71-e5bb775a4840 ipv4.dns "192.168.1.2"
nmcli con modify 06563f32-7cd9-3ee1-ac71-e5bb775a4840 ipv4.method manual
nmcli con modify 06563f32-7cd9-3ee1-ac71-e5bb775a4840 ipv4.dns-search "mydomain.com"
nmcli con modify 06563f32-7cd9-3ee1-ac71-e5bb775a4840 ipv6.method disabled
nmcli connection up 06563f32-7cd9-3ee1-ac71-e5bb775a4840

Until today this has been working great, but now there is a phantom gateway (.254) set for the default. To resolve this, I have reissued these commands:

nmcli con modify 06563f32-7cd9-3ee1-ac71-e5bb775a4840 ipv4.gateway 192.168.1.1
nmcli con up 06563f32-7cd9-3ee1-ac71-e5bb775a4840

Everything works like it should until I reboot. Route looks like this:

> route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
default         192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG    20100  0        0 eth0
default         192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG    20600  0        0 wlan0
link-local      0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     1000   0        0 eth0
192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     100    0        0 eth0
192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     600    0        0 wlan0

but after rebooting, route looks like this again:

> route                                                                                                                                    
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
0.0.0.0         192.168.1.254   0.0.0.0         UG    20100  0        0 eth0
0.0.0.0         192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG    20600  0        0 wlan0
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     1000   0        0 eth0
192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     100    0        0 eth0
192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     600    0        0 wlan0

Why would this phantom/incorrect default route appear upon reboot (again, suddenly - This has been working since moving to 22.04, years ago)?

By the way, this is what the persistent configuation hows:

root@velmicro:/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections# cat Wired\ connection\ 1.nmconnection 
[connection]
id=Wired connection 1
uuid=06563f32-7cd9-3ee1-ac71-e5bb775a4840
type=ethernet
autoconnect-priority=-999
interface-name=eth0
timestamp=1774099155

[ethernet]

[ipv4]
address1=192.168.1.6/24,192.168.1.1
dns=192.168.1.2;
dns-search=lovelady.com;
method=manual

[ipv6]
addr-gen-mode=eui64
method=disabled

[proxy]    

Additional information: the file /etc/netplan/01-network-manager-all-yaml had this configuration:

network:
  version: 2
  renderer: NetworkManager
  ethernets:
    eth0:
      dhcp4: no
      addresses:
        - 192.168.1.6/24
      gateway4: 192.168.1.254
      nameservers:
        addresses: [192.168.1.2]

Changing that gateway, also fixed the issue. That file had a change date of March 2021. How this worked for five years, is beyond me. What bothers me more than that, is that it worked for five years, then suddenly didn't work anymore! What a scary world is awaiting our helpless entry!

connectivity-check.ubuntu.com offline https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565036/connectivity-check-ubuntu-com-offline

I have a DGX Spark running a version of Ubuntu. The OOBE depends on connectivity-check.ubuntu.com. That site is offline. Does anyone know if anyone is working on this yet? Setup is impossible if the endpoint is offline.

Thanks Folks

xxx@MacBook-Pro-von-xxx ~ % curl -v https://connectivity-check.ubuntu.com
* Host connectivity-check.ubuntu.com:443 was resolved.
* IPv6: (none)
* IPv4: 185.125.190.96, 185.125.190.97, 185.125.190.98, 91.189.91.96, 91.189.91.97, 91.189.91.98
*   Trying 185.125.190.96:443...
* Connected to connectivity-check.ubuntu.com (185.125.190.96) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers h2,http/1.1
* (304) (OUT), TLS handshake, Client hello (1):
*  CAfile: /etc/ssl/cert.pem
*  CApath: none
* (304) (IN), TLS handshake, Server hello (2):
* (304) (IN), TLS handshake, Unknown (8):
* (304) (IN), TLS handshake, Certificate (11):
* (304) (IN), TLS handshake, CERT verify (15):
* (304) (IN), TLS handshake, Finished (20):
* (304) (OUT), TLS handshake, Finished (20):
* SSL connection using TLSv1.3 / AEAD-CHACHA20-POLY1305-SHA256 / [blank] / UNDEF
* ALPN: server accepted h2
* Server certificate:
*  subject: CN=connectivity-check.ubuntu.com
*  start date: Jan  8 08:13:33 2026 GMT
*  expire date: Apr  8 08:13:32 2026 GMT
*  subjectAltName: host "connectivity-check.ubuntu.com" matched cert's "connectivity-check.ubuntu.com"
*  issuer: C=US; O=Let's Encrypt; CN=R12
*  SSL certificate verify ok.
* using HTTP/2
* [HTTP/2] [1] OPENED stream for https://connectivity-check.ubuntu.com/
* [HTTP/2] [1] [:method: GET]
* [HTTP/2] [1] [:scheme: https]
* [HTTP/2] [1] [:authority: connectivity-check.ubuntu.com]
* [HTTP/2] [1] [:path: /]
* [HTTP/2] [1] [user-agent: curl/8.7.1]
* [HTTP/2] [1] [accept: */*]
> GET / HTTP/2
> Host: connectivity-check.ubuntu.com
> User-Agent: curl/8.7.1
> Accept: */*
> 
* Request completely sent off
* Recv failure: Connection reset by peer
* LibreSSL SSL_read: LibreSSL/3.3.6: error:02FFF036:system library:func(4095):Connection reset by peer, errno 54
* Failed receiving HTTP2 data: 56(Failure when receiving data from the peer)
* Connection #0 to host connectivity-check.ubuntu.com left intact
curl: (56) Recv failure: Connection reset by peer
At times my screen stays black after the screensaver comes back out of DPMS, what could be the cause? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565025/at-times-my-screen-stays-black-after-the-screensaver-comes-back-out-of-dpms-wha

Once in a while, my screensaver doesn't come back out. The screen stays black. I think it's out of DPMS because the blinking light is off which means the monitor is ON. But I see nothing on the screen, as if the video card was not sending anything (because it's not lightly lit, like if I don't have DPMS).

I had an issue when the VGA-1-1 (at times called None-1-1) screen and since I disabled that screen, it worked again for one week straight. But today, black screen again. I could come out of it by going through the three inputs on the monitors (HDMI2 → DP → HDMI1 → HDMI2). As if the video board was detecting the signal anew. But looking at the X11 logs, there is nothing about the screen that looks suspicious. It says connected like so after it wakes up:

[778083.399] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Samsung U32J59x (DFP-1): connected
[778083.399] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Samsung U32J59x (DFP-1): Internal TMDS
[778083.399] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Samsung U32J59x (DFP-1): 600.0 MHz maximum pixel clock

But still doesn't show anything until I go through all the monitor's inputs.

Anyone else experienced such and found a solution to avoid the situation?

I'm on Ubuntu 24.04, fresh install (not an upgrade from older versions).
I use the NVidia proprietary drivers.
And the card is an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060.


To disable the VGA-1-1, I use the following:

$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-disable-vga.conf 
# Get rid of the VGA-1-1 monitor
Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "VGA-1-1"
    Option "Ignore" "true"
EndSection

and once I had that, checking the xrandr output clearly did not include that monitor:

$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 3840 x 2160, maximum 32767 x 32767
DVI-D-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-0 connected primary 3840x2160+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 697mm x 392mm
   3840x2160     60.00*+  59.94    50.00    30.00    29.97    25.00    23.98  
   2560x1440     59.95  
   1920x1080     60.00    59.94    50.00    29.97    23.98  
   1680x1050     59.95  
   1600x900      60.00  
   1440x900      59.89  
   1280x1024     75.02    60.02  
   1280x800      59.81  
   1280x720      60.00    59.94    50.00  
   1152x864      75.00  
   1024x768      75.03    70.07    60.00  
   800x600       75.00    72.19    60.32    56.25  
   720x576       50.00  
   720x480       59.94  
   640x480       75.00    72.81    59.94  
DP-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

X11 waking up logs from this morning (a time when it worked). I find these logs in this file:

~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.1.log

First the strange mouse event, possibly the wake up call:

[834497.248] (II) event8  - Logitech G203 Prodigy Gaming Mouse: SYN_DROPPED event - some input events have been lost.

Then, the NVidia driver cycle through all the monitors (DFP-0 to DFP-3) and detect them as disconnected. DFP-1 is where my monitor is connected.

[834498.656] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: disconnected
[834498.656] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: Internal TMDS
[834498.656] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock

I see 5 messages saying "disconnected" and then this message:

[834498.704] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "NULL"

The "disconnected" message appear another 3 times and finally, the monitor is detected:

[834500.091] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Samsung U32J59x (DFP-1): connected
[834500.091] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Samsung U32J59x (DFP-1): Internal TMDS
[834500.091] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Samsung U32J59x (DFP-1): 600.0 MHz maximum pixel clock

The message above (and the other disconnected DFPs) appear another 4 times before the following message:

[834500.395] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "HDMI-0: nvidia-auto-select @3840x2160 +0+0 {ViewPortIn=3840x2160, ViewPortOut=3840x2160+0+0}"

Then the "connected" message (and the other disconnected DFP) repeats yet another 5 times. Since it generally takes about 2 or 3 seconds for the screen to appear, I think those are checks to make sure that the screen is stable. The logs stop after that, but timing wise, it feels like the "Setting mode ..." message is the time when the screen is shown again.

Well... I came out of the screensaver again a minute ago, checked the logs. Nothing more. I used the keyboard to wake the computer up. I guess I'll try just the mouse next time and see what happens. But this is really inconsistent making debugging rather difficult.

Unable to install packages - 6.14 kernal error https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565017/unable-to-install-packages-6-14-kernal-error

Running Kubuntu 24.04 LTS using 6.17 kernel (at .4 point release) on a Framework 13 laptop and keep encountering the following error whenever I try to install or update packages through Discover:

Package failed to install:

Error while installing package: installed linux-image-6.14.0-27-generic package post-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 127

When I try to reinstall the package in terminal, I get the following for both the 6.17 and the 6.14 kernals

Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub'

/usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig: 10: /etc/default/grub: snd_intel_dspcfg.dsp_driver=1: not found

And the same error message as above. Because of this, I'm thinking it might be an issue with the GRUB bootloader, but when I try to install Boot Repair, I get the same error:

dpkg: error processing package linux-image-6.14.0-27-generic (--remove):
  installed linux-image-6.14.0-27-generic package post-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 127
dpkg: too many errors, stopping
Errors were encountered while processing:
  linux-image-6.14.0-27-generic
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

So it looks like installing software through the terminal similarly doesn't work. Is there a way to repair the kernal without installing anything new? Would appreciate any input, I am relatively new to Linux and have not been able to find a solution online.

Update:

I have identified the issue. Last month when troubleshooting a different issue with pipewire, I found a post suggesting to add snd_intel_dspcfg.dsp_driver=1 to /etc/default/grub. At the time, it seemingly didn't have an effect on the system, so I forgot about it until now. Here is what the /etc/default/grub file currently looks like:

grub file

How do I fix line 11 so that the file works as expected again?

Using Apache on 24.04, unable to change document root https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565016/using-apache-on-24-04-unable-to-change-document-root

I'm setting up a test server on 24.04, moving it from W11 actually.

Got Apache all installed, works fine, http://localhost gives the expected output. Now need to move the web root from /var/www/html to a directory webroot on a different drive mounted as /media/nick/DATA. So:

Edited /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf to change the DocumentRoot line to /media/nick/DATA/webroot, added the following to /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

<Directory /media/nick/DATA/webroot/>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Require all granted
</Directory>

copied the index.html from the original document root into /media/nick/DATA/webroot, and restarted the server

sudo service apache2 restart

But, all I get is error 403, access forbidden.

Seems I have missed something?

5.1.2 Atmos not working in VLC https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565013/5-1-2-atmos-not-working-in-vlc

uname -r: 6.17.0-14-generic

System: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, pipewire sound server.

GPU: Nvidia GTX 980

Speaker: onn 5.1.2 Dolby Atmos soundbar, connected via HDMI, to the soundbar's "HDMI in" port.

I tried playing an atmos test file in VLC, but all the channels came out the stereo speakers.

Minecraft appears to use surround sound correctly. (not atmos of course) It's the only app that gets the surround LR speakers to make noise, besides internet archive's surround sound test files (different than the file I tested on VLC)

On that topic, most of the archive's test files don't work. Just one mp4 does, that's it. The videos that don't work have the surround speakers playing out of buth front LR, and surround LR, with front center appearing to be mimicked by front LR. It's hard to tell on a soundbar. At the very least front center plays out of all three front speakers.

1: How do I know if the file I have for VLC has Atmos in it at all?

2: Are there settings in VLC that allow me to use Atmos?

3: Do I need to activate bitstreaming?

In answer to a question: For now, I am only expecting 5.1 surround, not Atmos. That is a task for later.

That brings up another question: Are Atmos files downmixed to stereo, or to surround, when you play them with out a renderer/passthrough?

EDIT: I switched to pulseaudio

sudo apt install pulseaudio pulseaudio-module-bluetooth gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio systemctl --user stop pipewire.socket pipewire-pulse.socket systemctl --user disable pipewire.socket pipewire-pulse.socket systemctl --user mask pipewire.socket pipewire-pulse.socket systemctl --user enable pulseaudio.service pulseaudio.socket systemctl --user start pulseaudio.service pulseaudio.socket

I don't know weather or not that fixed things. I will have to check. Kodi will tell me what format an audio track is in, so I was able to find a few 5.1 Atmos videos. They are working perfectly as 5.1 PCM, now.

I found this command

pasuspender -- env KODI_AE_SINK=ALSA kodi

in this article about switching to pulseaudio. I ran it, and all the passthrough options I've been hunting for magically appeared, yay!

Not yay, because when I try to play any audio with kodi launched this way, it doesn't work, and the playback counter will not advance.

Any video playback attempt goes in the same fashion on the audio side, except the counter will always get to 9 seconds, and the video plays up to that point. Once it gets to that point, it immidiately freezes up and the next 3 or so frames play very choppily.

What is happening here?

If you need more info, feel free to ask.

Cursor size is too large in Cosmic [closed] https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565011/cursor-size-is-too-large-in-cosmic

I have installed Cosmic in place of GNOME but in cosmic cursor size is too large , in main window. although in normal size inside chrome or vscode

Trial 1: set using gesettings and check with gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-size is 32

Trial 2: set export XCURSOR_SIZE=16 in ~/.profile

Trial 3 :

nano ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
gtk-cursor-theme-name=Pop
gtk-cursor-theme-size=24
I need to know where to go on the Ubuntu Pro website to download the Desktop OS [duplicate] https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565009/i-need-to-know-where-to-go-on-the-ubuntu-pro-website-to-download-the-desktop-os

I'm a new user for this type of software and don't know what I'm doing. Clear step-by-step instructions will be appreciated.

Why launching steam from gnome fails? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1555612/why-launching-steam-from-gnome-fails

I have ubuntu 25.04. I installed steam the recommended way (via the deb package on their website).

When I open steam from gnome (clicking the icon) the window of steam fails to open and it's blinking in the app bar...

But there's no issue if I run it from the terminal. (by typing just steam)

Why?

Can't install UNetbootin in ubuntu 22.04 to flash a USB drive. What to do? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1488945/cant-install-unetbootin-in-ubuntu-22-04-to-flash-a-usb-drive-what-to-do

I want update BIOS with FreeDOS. I want to use Ubuntu to make a live USB for FreeDOS. I tried using UNetbootin, but I can not install UNetbootin in Ubuntu 22.04.

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How can I make a live USB image image for FreeDOS in Ubuntu 22.04?

No Wifi after fresh installation of ubuntu 22.04 intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1484464/no-wifi-after-fresh-installation-of-ubuntu-22-04-intel-wi-fi-6-ax200

After a fresh installation of Ubuntu 22.04 I'm not able to use my wifi. The card is the intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200.

During installation I had no trouble using the card downloading updates. After the installation I can't use wifi.

I use a dual boot with Windows 11.

I tried to fix it with sudo apt install backport-iwlwifi-dkms. After rebooting there was no change.

After that I installed the official firmware from Intel for this card by unzipping the ucode file and transferred it to /lib/firmware. After a reboot it worked.

a few hours later I started into win11 where I got a prompt regarding some firmware files that where tried to install. After googling the name it was about the mentioned network card (before I never saw this and didn't have issues in win11 with the card). After that I just forced closing the window and never saw this dialog again (I didn't know what to do and I also don't know if there is a correlation, but I wanted to mentioned it)

After my next boot to Ubuntu the network drivers where gone in terms of I couldn't use wifi so I reproduced the initial fix, but I had no luck.

$ lshw -k
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
07:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (rev 1a)
    Subsystem: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX200NGW
    Kernel modules: iwlwifi
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I211 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
    Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation I211 Gigabit Network Connection
    Kernel driver in use: igb
    Kernel modules: igb
$ rfkill list
0: hci0: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
$ dmesg | grep iwl
[    3.712065] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    3.747228] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: CSR_RESET = 0x10
[    3.747238] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: Host monitor block 0x0 vector 0x0
[    3.747247] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 0]: 0x3f7f0430
[    3.747255] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 1]: 0x3f7f0c30
[    3.747263] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 2]: 0x3f7f8830
[    3.747271] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 3]: 0x3f7f0030
[    3.747278] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 4]: 0x3f7f0430
[    3.747286] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 5]: 0x3f7f8430
[    3.747294] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 6]: 0x3f7f8030
[    3.747302] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 7]: 0x3f7f0030
[    3.747309] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 8]: 0x3f7f0c30
[    3.747317] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 9]: 0x3f7f0c30
[    3.747325] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 10]: 0x3f7f0030
[    3.747332] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 11]: 0x3f7f0030
[    3.747340] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 12]: 0x3f7f8430
[    3.747348] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 13]: 0x3f7f8430
[    3.747356] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 14]: 0x3f7f8030
[    3.747361] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: Host monitor block 0x0 vector 0x1
[    3.747369] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 0]: 0x044466c2
[    3.747377] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 1]: 0x044466c2
[    3.747385] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 2]: 0x044466c2
[    3.747392] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 3]: 0x044466c2
[    3.747400] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 4]: 0x044466c2
[    3.747408] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 5]: 0x044466c2
[    3.747416] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 6]: 0x044466c2
[    3.747423] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 7]: 0x044466c2
[    3.747431] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 8]: 0x044466c2
[    3.747438] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 9]: 0x044466c2
[    3.747446] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 10]: 0x044466c2
[    3.747454] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 11]: 0x044466c2
[    3.747461] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 12]: 0x044466c2
[    3.747469] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 13]: 0x044466c2
[    3.747477] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 14]: 0x044466c2
[    3.747482] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: Host monitor block 0x0 vector 0x6
[    3.747490] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 0]: 0xb00c4471
[    3.747498] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 1]: 0xf00c4471
[    3.747506] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 2]: 0xe00c4471
[    3.747513] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 3]: 0xe00c4471
[    3.747521] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 4]: 0xf00c4471
[    3.747529] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 5]: 0xb00c4471
[    3.747536] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 6]: 0xa00c4471
[    3.747544] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 7]: 0xe00c4471
[    3.747551] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 8]: 0xb00c4471
[    3.747559] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 9]: 0xb00c4471
[    3.747567] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 10]: 0xe00c4471
[    3.747574] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 11]: 0xe00c4471
[    3.747582] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 12]: 0xf00c4471
[    3.747590] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 13]: 0xb00c4471
[    3.747598] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 14]: 0xa00c4471
[    3.747603] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: Host monitor block 0x22 vector 0x0
[    3.747611] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0:     value [iter 0]: 0x00000000
[    3.747829] iwlwifi: probe of 0000:07:00.0 failed with error -110
KDE plasma input method settings shows "Cannot connect to Fcitx by DBus, is Fcitx running?" https://askubuntu.com/questions/1402552/kde-plasma-input-method-settings-shows-cannot-connect-to-fcitx-by-dbus-is-fcit

When I open Input Method settings in KDE plasma and it showed "Cannot connect to Fcitx by DBus, is Fcitx running?" and I can't do any changes to input method since everything is grayed out.

Only "Input Method" tab affected. "Global Config" and "Addon Config" works fine:

"Screenshot 1"

I also have Gnome installed and this happened after changing some system-wide language settings (Setting system-wide language to English, previously Traditional Chinese). Everything worked normally before the change.

When I tried dbus-launch fcitx, it shows Start XIM error. Another XIM deamon named ibus is running?

I can provide more information if needed. Thank you.

Some system information:

OS: Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
Kernel: 5.13.0-37-generic
DE installed: Ubuntu-desktop(Gnome 3.36.8), KDE Plasma 5.18.8
Windowing system: Wayland

Language support settings in Gnome:

Screenshot 2

Region & Language settings in Gnome settings:

Screenshot 3

I cannot set default java with update-alternatives https://askubuntu.com/questions/1248850/i-cannot-set-default-java-with-update-alternatives

I have installed three Versions of Java. I tried to set a default option with update-alternatives. However, it didn't change the default. What am I missing? I know that one is from JRE and the other two are from JDK, but all of them should work, I think. I am using Ubuntu 20.04.

$ echo 1 | sudo update-alternatives --config java
There are 3 choices for the alternative java (providing /usr/bin/java).
------------------------------------------------------------
  Selection    Path                                         Priority   Status
  0            /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/bin/java   1111      auto mode
  1            /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/bin/java   1111      manual mode
  2            /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-14.0.1/bin/java              200       manual mode
* 3            /usr/lib/jvm/jre1.8.0_251/bin/java            100       manual mode
Press enter to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/bin/java to provide /usr/bin/java (java) in manual mode

I checked if jre1.8 version was ok:

$ ./jre1.8.0_251/bin/java -version
java version "1.8.0_251"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_251-b08)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.251-b08, mixed mode)

However, default still is 14 from sdk.

$ java -version
java version "14.0.1" 2020-04-14
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 14.0.1+7)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 14.0.1+7, mixed mode, sharing)
Kubuntu 20.04 shows only a black screen after login https://askubuntu.com/questions/1234632/kubuntu-20-04-shows-only-a-black-screen-after-login

I would like your help solving this issue. I recently installed Kubuntu 20.04 and sometimes (randomly, but specially after shutting down abruptly) the system gives no GUI after login (I'm not sure how to call it properly :) ... )

I'm gonna add some pictures to clarify what I'm saying.

First Image - Login screen

Second Image - After entering password

Third Image - I can enter the terminal

Fourth Image - Hitting ALT + Space Bar

So, it gets to login screen as usual. After entering the password a black screen appears, with only a grey line at the bottom. Hitting CTRL + ALT + T enters the terminal. Hitting ALT + Space Bar shows only a grayish rectangle at the top of the screen. Entering $shutdown -r now restarts the computer and the error is gone. I can use it perfectly.

I can reproduce this problem by pressing down the power button until the system is forced to shutdown. When it boots again, the error is there.

The computer specs are: Lenovo S145-15API AMD Ryzen 7 8GB RAM 256GB SSD 1920x1080 No dedicated GPU

Linux DLinux 5.4.0-28-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 22 17:40:10 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Thank you!

Linux cannot find Documents Directory https://askubuntu.com/questions/1179483/linux-cannot-find-documents-directory

One day I moved the Documents directory inside the Downloads directory. I could still access it as usual, but, eventually, I ended receiving this message (also see the screenshot):

Oops! Something went wrong.
Unable to find the requested file. Please check the spelling and try again.

error screenshot

$ cat ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop"
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Templates"
XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Public"
XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/"
XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/"
XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Pictures"
XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/"

I ran

gedit ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs

Rerun of

$ cat ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop"
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Templates"
XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Public"
XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documents"
XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Music"
XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Pictures"
XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos"

Update 21st October 2019
As mentioned I moved my Music and Video files to the Home directory. So I did the re-run of gedit ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs. Type in Documents, Music and Videos.

Everything appeared as usual. I tried restarting it and shutting down my laptop. The Music and Videos directory remains there and can be opened. Did it again:

gedit ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs

XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop"
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Templates"
XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Public"
XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documents"
XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Music"
XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Pictures"
XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos"

Yet the Documents directory has not appeared. So the Document Directory is deleted. I will now try to use Photorec to use recover my Home Directory and files.

mv $HOME/Downloads/Documents $HOME/Documents
mv: cannot stat '/home/user/Downloads/Documents': No such file or directory

Older information:

I clicked properties on Documents everything on basic came up unknown and permissions: The permissions of "" could not be found.

Older information:
cat '/etc/xdg/user-dirs.defaults'
# Default settings for user directories
#
# The values are relative pathnames from the home directory and
# will be translated on a per-path-element basis into the users locale
DESKTOP=Desktop
DOWNLOAD=Downloads
TEMPLATES=Templates
PUBLICSHARE=Public
    DOCUMENTS=Documents
    MUSIC=Music
    PICTURES=Pictures
    VIDEOS=Videos
    # Another alternative is:
    #MUSIC=Documents/Music
    #PICTURES=Documents/Pictures
    #VIDEOS=Documents/Videos
Error No iqr handler for vector https://askubuntu.com/questions/1067680/error-no-iqr-handler-for-vector

Sorry for my bad English, I've a problem during the boot of Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver.

When I boot the first option of the grub "Ubuntu", a black screen appears and

says: [ 0.004000] 1.55 No iqr handler for vector 
      [ 0.004000] 2.55 No iqr handler for vector
      [ 0.004000] 3.55 No iqr handler for vector 

Or something like that and takes a long time to start the OS, then I can perfectly use it, my laptop is a Lenovo G50-45. I have had problems with the privative drivers, really I'm a newbie in Linux, but this problem makes me annoying.

If you have a link in this forum o another please share me the results or if you know how to resolve it, IDK please.

Apache mod_rewrite rules don't work with dynamic virtual host and php-fpm https://askubuntu.com/questions/939130/apache-mod-rewrite-rules-dont-work-with-dynamic-virtual-host-and-php-fpm

I've created a dynamic virtual host using this configuration file:

UseCanonicalName Off
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName %1.dev
    ServerAlias *.%1.dev

    ServerAdmin daniel@localhost
    VirtualDocumentRoot /home/daniel/public_html/%1

    LogLevel error rewrite:trace8 proxy:trace2

    ErrorLog /home/daniel/public_html/error.log
    CustomLog /home/daniel/public_html/access.log combined

    <Directory ~ "/home/daniel/public_html/.*">
        Options Indexes FollowSymlinks Multiviews
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
        DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
        RewriteEngine On

        <FilesMatch "\.php$">
            SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock|fcgi://localhost:9000"
        </FilesMatch>
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

This works fine with php scripts, but I can't make it work with SEF URLs such as those used by WordPress (e.g. http//mysite.dev/blog return 404).

Any ideas on this?

How can I print the breakdown of disk usage by directory? https://askubuntu.com/questions/706779/how-can-i-print-the-breakdown-of-disk-usage-by-directory

My cloud instance (running a web app) disk usage went up inexplicably, I suspect there is something like a storage leak there. Is there any way to the breakdown of disk usage by directory, in order to find out the directories that take up a lot of storage, so that I can investigate?

Note that in this cloud instance, I don't have GUI and have to rely on the terminal (through SSH).

The difference between this question and the linked related question is I want to find a breakdown, not just total usage of a directory.

Error running make - array type has incomplete element type https://askubuntu.com/questions/572404/error-running-make-array-type-has-incomplete-element-type

I am trying to install libbow library. When i run make file the following error is generated

gcc -c   -Ibow -I. -I./argp -DHAVE_LIBNSL=1 -DHAVE_STRERROR=1 -DHAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY=1 -DHAVE_RANDOM=1 -DHAVE_SRANDOM=1 -DHAVE_SETENV=1 -DHAVE_STRCHR=1 -DHAVE_STRRCHR=1 -DHAVE_ALLOCA_H=1  -g -O -Wall -Wimplicit -o array.o array.c
In file included from array.c:22:
./bow/libbow.h:2128: error: array type has incomplete element type
make: *** [array.o] Error 1

The Source of libbow is :http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mccallum/bow/src/ (The latest version)

Search results showed it as a compiler problem. How to resolve this? Or is there any other source for libbow?

libgl error, Unity and compiz not loading on startup https://askubuntu.com/questions/260727/libgl-error-unity-and-compiz-not-loading-on-startup

Recently when I restarted my dual boot Ubuntu (windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10), all I can see is just my desktop, no dash, no launcher or any topbars. Here is the output of usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p:

 libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
 libGL error: Try again with LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose for more details.
 OpenGL vendor string:   ATI Technologies Inc.
 OpenGL renderer string: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series 
 OpenGL version string:  1.4 (2.1 (4.2.11995 Compatibility Profile Context))

 Not software rendered:    yes
 Not blacklisted:          yes
 GLX fbconfig:             yes
 GLX texture from pixmap:  yes
 GL npot or rect textures: yes
 GL vertex program:        yes
 GL fragment program:      yes
 GL vertex buffer object:  no
 GL framebuffer object:    yes
 GL version is 1.4+:       yes

 Unity 3D supported:       no

Also, when I try to start compiz manually using terminal I get following output:

[vj]:~$ compiz
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: core
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: core
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: ccp
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: ccp
compizconfig - Info: Backend     : gsettings
compizconfig - Info: Integration : true
compizconfig - Info: Profile     : unity
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: composite
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: composite
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: opengl
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
libGL error: Try again with LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose for more details.
compiz (core) - Info: Unity is not supported by your hardware. Enabling software rendering instead (slow).
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
libGL error: Try again with LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose for more details.
compiz (core) - Info: Unity is not supported by your hardware. Enabling software rendering instead (slow).
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: opengl
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
libGL error: Try again with LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose for more details.
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: compiztoolbox
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: compiztoolbox
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: decor
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: decor
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: vpswitch
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: vpswitch
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: snap
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: snap
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: mousepoll
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: mousepoll
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: resize
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: resize
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: place
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: place
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: move
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: move
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: wall
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: wall
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: grid
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: grid
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: regex
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: regex
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: imgpng
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: imgpng
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: session
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: session
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: gnomecompat
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: gnomecompat
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: animation
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: animation
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: fade
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: fade
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: unitymtgrabhandles
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: unitymtgrabhandles
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: workarounds
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: workarounds
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: scale
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: scale
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: expo
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: expo
compiz (expo) - Warn: failed to bind image to texture
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: ezoom
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: ezoom
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: unityshell
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: unityshell
compiz (unityshell) - Error: GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object not supported

compiz (core) - Error: Plugin initScreen failed: unityshell
compiz (core) - Error: Failed to start plugin: unityshell
compiz (core) - Info: Unloading plugin: unityshell
X Error of failed request:  BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
Major opcode of failed request:  18 (X_ChangeProperty)
Resource id in failed request:  0x2800005
Serial number of failed request:  9454
Current serial number in output stream:  9457

I'll be really grateful if someone can help me with this problem.

How to use the keyboard in gthumb image viewer? https://askubuntu.com/questions/142632/how-to-use-the-keyboard-in-gthumb-image-viewer

I cannot use arrows nor shift-space, nor any key or key combination to go to previous image in gthumb 2.13.1 (Ubuntu Natty Narwhal 11.10). There should be shortcut-keys even to flip horizontally and vertically. And I cannot have a preview box (like before).
I think that there is no need to do image viewers that are worse and more clumsy to use than previews programs or previous versions of the same program. Hello! What is going on?