Has anyone successfully used (1) an Intel PC running Ubuntu 24, (2) with an installed VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev 80) card, and (3) a Sony DCR-TRV120 Digital8 Handycam?

I just install a PCI FireWire controller to transfer Digital8 video tapes to my PC. After several attempts to follow posted advice, I continue to receive the message, Error: no camera exists. The Handycam appears to be fully operational and supported video control / transfer in the past (~15-20 years ago) using older PCs, but I am having no luck with my current PC. It seems like others have encountered similar issues, and I have not discovered root cause.

Has anyone been successful in configuring and using this type of FireWire device? If so, please share your findings.

I have audacity - at least that opens up. Instructions on Audacity website is for windows only

Tried via the app center Audio recorder (unoffical) = no work Recorder KDE = no work, screws up screen making it flickering and unreadable

Clean new install 24.04 updates done laptop is a HP17

Before I waste any more time trying the next program would anybody please tell me what works because so far I'm batting zero here.

I'm using Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and I want to install Node.js 22 using the official NodeSource repository instead of the default Ubuntu package. I tried installing Node.js using: sudo apt update sudo apt install nodejs However, it installs an older version than I need.

My questions are:

What is the recommended way to install Node.js 22 on Ubuntu 24.04? Should I use NodeSource or another official method? How can I keep Node.js updated in the future? Is there any risk of conflicting with Ubuntu packages?

I have searched the Ubuntu documentation and several online guides, but I'm looking for the recommended approach from experienced Ubuntu users.

Bellow is the issue I am getting while installing packages using snap example Firefox is mention bellow. Can someone help me in this? is it related to organization certificate or Ubuntu?

PC info:

$ cat /etc/os-release 
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION_ID="24.04"
VERSION="24.04.4 LTS (Noble Numbat)"
VERSION_CODENAME=noble
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
UBUNTU_CODENAME=noble
LOGO=ubuntu-logo

Example for firefox:

$ sudo apt-get install firefox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  firefox
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 77.3 kB of archives.
After this operation, 124 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 firefox amd64 1:1snap1-0ubuntu5 [77.3 kB]
Fetched 77.3 kB in 2s (40.4 kB/s)                      
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 226140 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../firefox_1%3a1snap1-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb ...
=> Installing the firefox snap
==> Checking connectivity with the snap store
==> Installing the firefox snap
error: cannot perform the following tasks:
- Download snap "firefox" (8664) from channel "stable" (Get "https://canonical-bos01.cdn.snapcraftcontent.com/download-origin/canonical-lgw01/3wdHCAVyZEmYsCMFDE9qt92UV8rC8Wdk_8664.snap?interactive=1&token=1784829600_9662e0a160c85459a623a3f0789f9d939ffc92c5": tls: failed to verify certificate: x509: certificate signed by unknown authority)
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/firefox_1%3a1snap1-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 new firefox package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/firefox_1%3a1snap1-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

After installing Ubuntu 26.04 in Asus Expertbook Ultra (X7 385H) why getting problem in some function keys. Like brightness increase / decrease, fingerprint option not showing in settings, and IR facial recognition login option is not working.

Ubuntu 26.04 Freezes After Playing or Exiting Friday Night Funkin

System Information

Operating System: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Laptop: HP EliteBook 845 G8 CPU: AMD Ryzen Processor GPU: AMD Radeon Vega 7 (Integrated Graphics)

Issue Description

I'm experiencing a system freeze whenever I play Friday Night Funkin. The game itself appears to run normally while playing, but after exiting the game—or sometimes shortly after gameplay—the entire desktop becomes unresponsive.

The freeze affects the whole graphical session, making the system unusable until I force a reboot.

The desktop freezes after playing or exiting Friday Night Funkin. The display becomes unresponsive. A forced reboot is usually required to recover the system.

Hardware Information

Device: HP EliteBook 845 G8 Graphics: AMD Radeon Vega 7 (Integrated)

Possible Cause

Since the issue only occurs after running the game, I suspect it may be related to:

Wayland or X11 display server compatibility GPU reset or display rendering issue triggered after the game exits

However, I'm not certain whether this is a graphics driver problem, a Mesa bug, or an issue specific to Friday Night Funkin'.

Troubleshooting Request

Has anyone experienced a similar issue with AMD integrated graphics on Ubuntu?

I would appreciate guidance on:

How to identify whether the problem is caused by AMDGPU, Mesa, Wayland, or the game itself. Which log files or diagnostic commands should I check. Whether there are any known compatibility issues between Ubuntu 26.04 and AMD Radeon Vega 7 when running Friday Night Funkin'. Any recommended fixes or workarounds to prevent the desktop from freezing after exiting the game.

Any suggestions or debugging steps would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Among snap folders in 26.04LTS x64 Desktop there are 116 files which have the text \x2d embedded in their names - why? ordinary bash utilities such as tar and stat are having trouble with these files, in a backup utility I am writing.

Why embed a backslash code in a pathname?

Yesterday evening I updated my Ubuntu operating system, and then it requested a restart. I did that, and I lost everything that I had changed in the desktop appearance, so when I tried to refix that, it showed "Report a bug to Launchpad". How I can solve this issue? Is there any technical team that looks into my system and provides me with the solution in one go? I tried many times, but I cannot get it to work correctly because it does not appear in the settings, rather it shows Report to Launchpad.

The only difference between current/selected/highlighted icons in the Alt+Tab switcher is only few percent of gray intensity for background color, which is only visible under ideal lighting condition. If I use any of my 2 laptops in a bright environment with a screen positioned at a slight angle (to reduce glare) then there is no way to see which application is selected/highlighted in the Alt+Tab switcher window. This looks the same on Ubuntu 24 and 26, with Light or Dark theme selected, with high contrast accessibility setting enabled or disabled.

My problem is not just with yaru, which unfortunaterly uses close to 50 shades of gray to represent states of objects and it is impossible for human eye to see so many shades, but with gnome/ubuntu, which makes it super hard to modify that setting. I wasted days begging ChatGpt and Claude to give me instructions on how to change that and all I got was one hallucination after another, some of them prevented system from loading and requiring reinstall.

Finally, with help from Claude, I came up with the following procedure, which works:

# On the first run make backup of the original resource
RESOURCE=/usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/Yaru/gnome-shell-theme.gresource
RESOURCE_ORIG=${RESOURCE}.bak # Original
if [ ! -e ${RESOURCE_ORIG} ]; then
  echo "sudo cp ${RESOURCE} ${RESOURCE_ORIG}"
  sudo cp ${RESOURCE} ${RESOURCE_ORIG}
fi

WORK_DIR=~/temp
mkdir -p ${WORK_DIR}
rm -rf ${WORK_DIR}/*
cd ${WORK_DIR}

# Extract original resource to ~/temp directory
while IFS= read -r gpath; do
    local_rel="${gpath#/org/gnome/shell/theme/}"   # strip prefix
    mkdir -p "${WORK_DIR}/$(dirname "$local_rel")"
    gresource extract "${RESOURCE_ORIG}" "$gpath" > "${WORK_DIR}/$local_rel"
done < <(gresource list "${RESOURCE_ORIG}")

# Patch several "background-color" items under various "switcher-list" elemwnts, not clear which of them are really used
BACKGROUND="rgba(255, 255, 255, 1.0)"
PATCH_CSS=("gnome-shell-dark.css" "gnome-shell.css")
for css in "${PATCH_CSS[@]}"; do
    f="${WORK_DIR}/Yaru/$css"
    sed -i '/\.switcher-list \.item-box:selected {/{n;s/background-color: [^;]*;/background-color: '"$BACKGROUND"';/}' "${f}"
    sed -i '/\.switcher-list \.item-box:highlighted/{n;n;s/background-color: [^;]*;/background-color: '"$BACKGROUND"';/}' "${f}"
    sed -i '/\.switcher-list \.item-box:highlighted/{n;s/background-color: [^;]*;/background-color: '"$BACKGROUND"';/}' "${f}"
done

{
    echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>'
    echo '<gresources><gresource prefix="/org/gnome/shell/theme">'
    find "${WORK_DIR}" -type f | sort | while read -r f; do
        echo "  <file>${f#${WORK_DIR}/}</file>"
    done
    echo '</gresource></gresources>'
} > "${WORK_DIR}/theme.gresource.xml"

# Compile
(cd "${WORK_DIR}" && glib-compile-resources theme.gresource.xml)

# Deploy
sudo cp "${WORK_DIR}/theme.gresource" "${RESOURCE}"

# Reboot (or re-login)
sudo reboot

This works:

But it cannot be so complex!

Also, Claude suggested that there should be a way to modify the Yary theme locally instead of system level, but so far I did not get working instructions.

Is there a better way? Any suggestions?

(By the way, Windows simply paints a thin white rectangle around the selected icon, which is always perfectly visible).

Thank you

I also posted this question at https://github.com/ubuntu/yaru/issues/4477

I upgraded to Ubuntu Resolute (26.04) on a Dell XPS 13 Plus and now the camera and built-in microphone don't work.

System info:

• Dell XPS 9320 (13 Plus)
• Ubuntu Resolute (26.04)
• Kernel: 6.8.0-45-generic
• Intel Raptor Lake processor

What I've tried:

1. Installed intel-ipu6-dkms - failed to compile: v4l2_find_nearest_size_conditional function doesn't exist in kernel 6.8.0-45
2. Added ppa:oem-solutions-group/intel-ipu6 and installed linux-modules-ipu6-generic - no change
3. Blacklisted mei_vsc and mei_vsc_hwem modules - still failing

Current error:

[   15.985162] pci 0000:00:05.0: deferred probe pending: intel-ipu6: IPU6 bridge init failed

Audio devices load but produce no sound. Camera app gets no device.

dmesg output:

[    3.106500] intel-ipu6 0000:00:05.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[   15.985162] pci 0000:00:05.0: deferred probe pending: intel-ipu6: IPU6 bridge init failed

Is this a known issue with Resolute on XPS 13 Plus? What's the fix?

I've been trying to wipe my drive and reinstall Ubuntu after it had a kernel panic I couldn't explain. I keep trying to use a USB to load it into my computer now that the drive is wiped, and it keeps freezing once I get to the Try or install Ubuntu screen and I try and start the service. Do you have any pointers? It has never been this hard for me to download Ubuntu before.

I'm getting angry with my Ubunutu 18 (higher versions don't work me beacuse are freezing)

So... from a few days ago after updated firefox I'm struggled with internal keyboard of my Acer Aspire ES1-331:

internal keyboard sometimes get completytely disabled or is ignoring some keys (s, r, y, backspace, enter) or delays a lot, sometimes OS gets frozen. Sometyimes I'm not able to type just password on login, sometimes not. Generic solutions over internet doesn't help. USB plugged keyboard is OK, internal keyboard too untill that update.

I tryed to reconfigure keyboard with dpgkg config, but problem still persists - may I'm using incorrect model, but can't find which one is that my one - ther're like five or six models for acer. Switching to generic keyboard doesn't fix anything.

Same with switching from wayland to xorg - doesn't fix anything.

My System

1. version of Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS

2. GPU hardware name/model: GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Because the screen size is 640x480 I can only see partial dialogs. Dialogs with interactive buttons are off screen. There is no known (to me) method to views dialogs that require a space larger than 640x480 pixels.

At the time when the screen size got stuck at 640x480 I was NOT updating anything. I was only using the computer in normal ways that users use computers.

At the time when the screen size got stuck at 640x480 I had unusual problems with my external USB drive not functioning correctly and acting weird. This led to rebooting my Ubuntu machine. This is when the resolution got stuck at 640x480.

At the time when the screen size got stuck at 649x480 I tried updating my Ubuntu machine thinking this may fix the problem. Things got worse. The updater couldn't accomplish certain things and gave errors. Due to the above condition I am unable to describe what these problems were for lack of visuals (i.e. dialogs off the screen).

I'd rather not reformat the entire system - but this may be the only option.

UPDATE 1:

After reading random solutions on the internet I have this really bad feeling that it's 100% impossible for me to fix this. If my system has recently updated to something absolutely incompatible with my GPU card then I guess I'm just hosed. There's no way I'll be able to "hack" a driver as others have suggested.

This is why I've always been against upgrades - especially when nothing was broken to begin with. At the very least there should be some method to roll back to the previous state if some problem like this were to occur.

EDIT 1 & 2 - (A) added Ubuntu version (B) added descriptive text. (C) deleted a paragraph (D) Deleted and added text at top

EDIT 3

I believe I have the Desktop version of Ubuntu - it just says Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS with no mention about kernels. I installed the original Desktop version in January of 2026 using a bootable USB. Therefore, the version was likely version 22 (or close to that version).

I wasn't updating (yesterday) when the resolution got stuck at 640x480. Although it is possible that one or two or three or seven days ago I updated. I just don't know. But my machine was in high resolution mode when I booted it - it was only after rebooting (yesterday) that the resolution issue showed up. Regarding Updates: although I wasn't updating anything yesterday I began updating to try to fix the sudden resolution problem. Updating failed. I got error messages. I tried a partial update. I guess that worked. (except for the resolution).

I ran the following command to see if there were NVIDIA errors:

Sudo dmesg

I saved the above output to a text file, then searched for things like “error” – and found nothing. The output text is lengthy. The copy is on my MacBook). I am hesitant to post all this data online (it is lengthy). Therefore, it would be helpful if I had some idea what to look for.

I copied the dpkg.log file (to my MacBook). This should have information on system updates. Which there are because I deleted all NVIDIA stuff and then ran an update to force an update (this procedure is online somewhere). But there was an update prior to this (which was failing for some reason). Again, what should I look for here?

I created a bootable USB with Ubuntu 22.04.5 on it and observed that I could achieve a default resolution of 1080x1920 (and higher). I used the “Try Ubuntu” menu item (which is neat). I got the ISO from here: https://releases.ubuntu.com/jammy/

Prior to creating the above bootable USB I did the same, but using Ubuntu 26.04 for the bootable USB (the latest as of today’s date). I got this ISO from here: https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop This didn't work. I got the following error so I killed it

Ubuntu 26.04 [ 27.969569] Novacore0000:03:00.0 Unsupported chipset: boot42 = 0x136a1000 (architecture 0x13, implementation 0x6)

That's all I have for now - as of July 24, 2026.

Reinstalling an Ubuntu version that works for my NVIDA card is likely the most efficient. Long distance computer forensics will take years (sarcasm) to find the root problem. But, I think everybody already knows what the problem is. Ubuntu doesn't work with my graphics card. Pretty simple.

I now know that Ubuntu 22.04.5 works.

I recently installed Ubuntu 26.04 on my MS Surface 2 laptop. I was having issues with the wireless connection so I downloaded & updated the MS surface kernel. I would tell you specifically which one, but upon reboot, it sends me to a black screen with itty bitty font in the upper left corner of the screen saying:

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (name)SB2 TTYL

(name)SB2 login:

(I input "y" & get this option next)

Password:

When I use either of the pass-phrase or the password, it tells me it's incorrect & just repeats the prompts. I can't figure out what to do to either bypass or fix this screen. Any ideas?

PS - would love to give you the kernel but I used my laptop to find & paste it. so....I can't access it now. 😬

I have Lenovo G570 laptop with 256ssd and 6GB ram. i already using Ubuntu 25.10. i install blender but when i run it the laptop shutdown. I install synfig and it's work smoothly

I am trying (for about 3 days) to install an Ubuntu 24.04 LTS desktop with these requirements using the graphical installer:

• LVM
• Encrypted storage
• Swap (also encrypted)
• Manual partitioning

Both ChatGPT and Gemini had me believing that this was possible but after days of wrangling it seems it isn't. So can someone with lots of experience in this area please confirm/debunk that this is possible at least so the AIs can pick it up and correct themselves.

If the above is not possible with the graphical installer, what is the closest (as I write I am downloading the server ISO to give that a shot ...TIA) ?

PS: Yes there exist questions that come close to what I am asking here but they usually wander away into manually setting up most of it which is not practical for repeated use.

I am running Ubuntu release 22.04.5 Jammy Jellyfish.
When I connect the USB cables to my desktop, they do not see my Galaxy A16 5G phone?

How can that be repaired?

suddenly dmesg -W

[8354.516445] usb 1-5: new high-speed USB device number 12 using ehci -printer new USB device found, idVendor=04e8, idProduct=6860, bcdDevice= 5.04 Product:SAMSUNG_Android SerialNumber: RZCYA1MSBLV cdc_acm 1-5:1.1 ttyACM0: USB ACM device

I have the new Terminal by Ptyxis and the old gnome-terminal both in my Ubuntu 26.04. When I push Ctrl+Alt+T the old gnome-terminal appears. How to switch to modern Terminal by Ptyxis? I can call Terminal by Ptyxis manually, but I want to use Ctrl+Alt+T, and I don't want to remove gnome-terminal.

I have tried this without success:

$ sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator
[sudo: authenticate] Password:  
There are 2 choices for the alternative x-terminal-emulator (providing /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator).

  Selection    Path                             Priority   Status
------------------------------------------------------------
* 0            /usr/bin/ptyxis                   40        auto mode
  1            /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper   40        manual mode
  2            /usr/bin/ptyxis                   40        manual mode

Press <enter> to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number:

Then pressed enter key. But Ctrl+Alt+T still calls old gnome-terminal.

My professional laptop Dell Precision is under Noble 24.04 installed after delivery (delivered under Jammy).

I am french so I used fr (bepo) keyboard layout.

I stay with X11 to use Gimp, have no issue with web-conferencing app …

Early may

I still had kernel update (6.17.0-22) that switched me under wayland and qwerty keyboard layout, I run in CLI: setxkbmap fr bepo that returns me: WARNING: Running setxkbmap against an Xwayland server, I swithed back to kernel 6.17.0-20 and X11.

This morning (17th jully)

After a first use, my laptop locked up after being idle for a while, then when I entered my password, I can't connect… it switched to qwerty. I also connect to the docking station to have external screen, but it stayed black, no external screen detected in display parameters. I had no more wifi connection, I should connect by cable.

I didn't find under grub connection to switch back to X11, so I switched in /etc/gdm3/custom.conf the WaylandEnable=false, but if I switch with success to X11, I still had no wifi, external screen.

Given a local package name, I would like to open the corresponding Launchpad project in the browser. apport-bug supports this, but requires first filing a bug. I would like to go on Launchpad to read the changelog or search for duplicate bugs.

My current manual workflow is this: Retrieve the package name from dpkg -S /path or apt list --upgradable. Convert to a project name if dpkg -s packagename has a Source: line. Manually type in https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/projectname in Firefox.

I would like mycommand subcommand [pid | packagename | program path] to automatically open that one Launchpad page. Launchpad sometimes takes a few seconds to load, so I don't want to need to visit multiple Launchpad pages. Is there a built-in command that supports this?

Furthermore, the Launchpad.net search feature suggested by @user1898883 is broken. https://launchpad.net/+search?field.text=aspnetcore-runtime-10.0 and https://launchpad.net/+search?field.text=dotnet10&field.actions.search=Search both return the unrelated https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/10 and https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/10 .

I have an Ubuntu desktop that does not power all the way down. And i try to edit GRUB and modify GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT to be like this

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi=force apm=power_off"

Then I updated Grub using sudo update-grub, but the problem still persists and the machine is not shutting down.

PC build:

• Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B460M-PLUS (WiFi)

• CPU: Intel Core i5-10400F CPU @ 2.90GHz

• GPU: RTX5050

Results of neofetch:

• OS: Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS x86_64

• Kernel: 6.17.0-22-generic

• Uptime: 18 minutes

• Packages: 2284 (dpkg), 24 (snap)

• Shell: bash 5.2.21

• Resolution: 1920x1080

• DE: GNOME 46.0

• WM: Mutter

• WM Theme: Adwaita

• Theme: Orchis-Dark [GTK2/3]

• Icons: Tela-dark [GTK2/3]

• Terminal: gnome-terminal

• CPU: Intel i5-10400F (12) @ 4.300GHz

• GPU: NVIDIA 01:00.0 NVIDIA Corporation Device 2d83

• Memory: 4135MiB / 32008MiB

I connect to the internet at public sites, usually my local library, which involves a network login page.

My problem is that before that can happen, the network xfinity often hijacks the login process by connecting itself to my laptop.

How can I permanently ban xfinity network from connecting to me. I use Network Manager on Lubuntu 24.04

I have bought a Dell Latitude 7450-165 H laptop and the camera is not detecting initially. And I performed the below steps and they are detecing the camera, but after that, I get a black screen not giving any images.

1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oem-solutions-engineers/oem-projects-meta
2. sudo apt install oem-somerville-tentacool-meta
3. sudo apt update
4. sudo apt full-upgrade
5. sudo systemctl poweroff

Could someone please help me here...

After the update from 22.04 to 24.04 I get this message when connecting to ghost VPN. I check and see my IP location has not changed.

System-Product-Name:~$ sudo cyberghostvpn --traffic --country-code US --connect
Prepare OpenVPN connection ...
Select server ... sanfrancisco-s404-i11
Connecting ... 
Downloading configuration ...

I reran System-Product-Name:~$ sudo cyberghostvpn --setup. Nothing changed after the command.

I am using Ubuntu 24.04 with English and Japanese keyboards: gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources gives [('xkb', 'us'), ('ibus', 'mozc-jp')].

The Japanese layout can input roman letters (capital A sign is in top-right corner of the screen); or hiragana (hiragana あ is displayed in top-right corner).

The problem is, that while I can reliably switch with super + space from English to Japanese, I can only switch back, if the Japanese layout is set to roman letters. Switching back from hiragana to English occasionally might work, but usually does not.

In a terminal screen, having hiragana active, the combination super+space almost always results in a space (that is: as if the super key were ignored completely).

I might have read somewhere that "this has to do something with 2-byte character encoding", but I can't seem to find the source right now. This was not an issue prior with Ubuntu 22.04.

I am currently trying to install Lubuntu 20.04.2 LTS on a low-spec laptop (2 GB RAM, 30 GB SSD). I am finding the partition stage quite tricky to get it to work, as it keeps complaining about the EFI partition. The instructions in the Lubuntu installation manual are lacking in detail and all of the Q's & A's on this site and elsewhere on the web do not tell me what I need to know to get it working. After some trial and error, I came up with the following, which allowed me to get Lubuntu installed but is still wrong because /boot is FAT32 so fails on kernel upgrades:

As I say, the above installed but then failed on kernel upgrade.

I am currently trying the same as above but with /boot as ext4. But I'm still asking this question as it may or may not work and even the above might help some people.

So, questions:

1. The above is done with MBR partition table rather than GPT. Is that OK?

2. Is it necessary to have separate /boot, /boot/efi and / partitions? I would happily just have swap and / but the installer complains about efi so fair enough I can add /boot/efi but do I really need /boot as well? From trial and error it looks like maybe yes but I would rather do without it if possible.

3. Are the above file system types and flags correct (with /boot changed to ext4)? Just because the trial and error feedback loop is slow.

Thanks

I am very new to Ubuntu and I just installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS today and trying to setup XRDP so that I can remote -in into my Ubuntu machine from Windows I executed the following steps:

sudo apt install xrdp 

I then tried all of these but only one at-a-time

sudo apt-get install kde-full
sudo apt-get install kde-desktop
sudo apt-get install kde-standard
sudo apt-get install kde-plasma-desktop

echo "startkde"  > ~/.xsession


sudo systemctl restart xrdp

when I try to connect, I get the login screen from xrdp and I select xorg and enter my username and password. But then RDP session ends immediately

Can someone please help me set up XRDP and figure out what might be the issue? I can't stand gnome desktop. I would like to have KDE with XRDP.

Thanks

Well, the title says it. I have a Lenovo yoga 500, recently updated to 20.04. When I was on 19.10, the keyboard used to show automatically when I touch a textbox. However, now it won't open, unless I do it manually via the Universal Access menu. I'll be happy If someone can help me.

I have a problem with Ubuntu 14.04. Suddenly, my second monitor isn't detected on Ubuntu. It worked fine before. When i try using Windows 7, it is detected. I'm using HP Pavilion G4 1212tx AMD ATI Radeon.

Why isn't it detected? Is there a problem with my VGA card?

I have one speaker next to my computer which I use mostly as a headphone amplifier. On occasion I need to use it as a loudspeaker. Is it possible to quickly change the audio output from stereo to mono, either system-wide or as a plugin for a media player?