Just installed 26.04 showtime is showing me this plugin missing issue but I've downloaded the prop codes and ubuntu-restricted-extras.If I click on "try anyway" it works but it's an annoyance.

I was installing Ubuntu and noticed the option to encrypt the system, which made me wonder what exactly the advantages of encryption are. I have very little technical knowledge and I wanted to know what specific risks a non-encrypted system has, for example if another person obtains your computer. What data would they be able to access by having access to your hard drive? Would they gain access to profiles on websites or applications that you are logged into, assuming they do not have the password to the system profile? Are there any other reasons why you would want to encrypt your hard drive besides theft?

I have a Surface Pro 7. I ran do-release-upgrade and pressed y at the 3rd-party warning, but it gave up immediately after. It mentioned 3rd-party packages listing Firefox, Mesa, and NTFS -related packages. Another computer with a superset of mentioned 3rd-party packages upgraded fine, so I doubt a Firefox or Mesa problem. Removing NTFS didn’t work. How can I upgrade this tablet from 25.10 to 26.04?

I reinstalled Ubuntu 24.04 few weeks ago and have had no issues until today when all of a sudden image files only show generic thumbnail icon instead of image preview thumbnails. Here's what it looks like:

I've followed every suggestion and solution that I could find and the problem persists. Anyone have an idea of why this happened and a solution that works?

With Ubuntu 24.04, I used the Software & Updates app to set the update frequency, schedule updates or stop them completely and do updates manually. (This is a requirement I have since I have limited bandwidth.)

I did the same for Snap with CLI commands that are well-documented. But for others, I'm a bit lost as the Software & Updates app is gone now.

Also, I know the Software & Updates app can be reinstalled, for now. But I'd like to know an alternative solution first, since they might ditch the Software & Updates app altogether in the future.

I am new to Linux. I have an RX 9060 XT and encountering a Linux-only issue where the GPU fails to initialize, resulting in a black screen when the monitor is connected to it.

The GPU works normally in Windows, but on Linux it fails during kernel driver initialization.

System information

• Kernel: 6.17.0-22-generic
• Mesa: Mesa 26.0.0-devel
• Distribution: Kubuntu 24.04
• GPU 1 (dGPU): AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT (Navi 44)
• GPU 2 (iGPU): AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Raphael (integrated)

Problem description

When the monitor is connected to the RX 9060 XT and the system boots:

• No display output. Not even the installation screen. When installing kubuntu I only see the menu where it says "Try or install kubuntu", after that is just black screen. (After connecting monitor to motherboard I get display so I can proceed to install)
• It only works when monitor is connected to iGPU
• GPU is detected in lspci, but driver initialization fails

lspci output

arib@arib-linux:~$ lspci -k | grep -A 3 -E "VGA|3D"
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Navi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT] (rev c0)
        Subsystem: Sapphire Technology Limited Device e493
        Kernel modules: amdgpu
03:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Navi 48 HDMI/DP Audio Controller
--
0e:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Raphael (rev c5)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Raphael
        Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
        Kernel modules: amdgpu

As you can see there is no Kernel driver in use for the RX 9060 XT.

Kernel logs (amdgpu failure)

journalctl -b | grep -i amdgpu logs show:

[drm:amdgpu_bo_init [amdgpu]] *ERROR* Unable to set WC memtype for the aperture base
amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: sw_init of IP block <gmc_v12_0> failed -22
amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: amdgpu_device_ip_init failed
amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: Fatal error during GPU init
amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: probe with driver amdgpu failed with error -22

What I already tried:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install --only-upgrade linux-firmware

cd /tmp
git clone https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
cd linux-firmware
sudo cp -r amdgpu/* /lib/firmware/amdgpu/
sudo update-initramfs -u

• Updated system packages (apt upgrade)
• Updated linux-firmware
• Manually replaced AMD firmware from upstream linux-firmware repo
• Rebuilt initramfs (update-initramfs -u)

Verified BIOS settings:

• Above 4G decoding: enabled
• Resizable BAR: enabled

Also, I did not install any drivers from the AMD website.

What could be causing this issue?

EDIT

I have resolved the issue by disabling Above 4G decoding and Resizable BAR in BIOS.

Yesterday I installed Ubuntu 26.04. My local network is a file dump with OpenMediaVault. I configured anonymous login to access resources. I was able to access them from other versions without any problems, but now there's not even that option in Nautilus. There used to be an option to connect anonymously, but now there isn't. How can I fix this?

I just came from Windows and the this was the first problem I had to face when I booted the OS.

Whenever I got this problem in Windows (when installing custom OSs) I just googled and downloaded the drivers manually, and then it worked fine. Obviously it wouldn't work in Ubuntu, but I've been trying for hours to get and Bluetooth back following installation guides, but it still doesn't work. The only way I can access the internet is by USB tethering hotspot from a phone.

I hope someone helps me out because I just like the OS too much to quit just yet.

alan_lk@Tharusha-HP15:~$ sudo apt install linux-firmware
linux-firmware is already the newest version (20260319.git217ca6e4.1ubuntu).
linux-firmware set to manually installed.
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
grub-pc-bin
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.

Summary:
  Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0
alan_lk@Tharusha-HP15:~$ lspci -nnk | grep -iA 3 net
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: MEDIATEK Corp. MT7902 802.11ax PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [Filog
         Subsystem: MEDIATEK Corp. Device [14c3:1ede]
alan_lk@Tharusha-HP15:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 30fa:0301  USB OPTICAL MOUSE
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 04f2:b7f3 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd HP True Vision FHD Camera
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 0e8d:1ede MediaTek Inc. Wireless_Device
Bus 003 Device 008: ID 04e8:6863 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd Galaxy series, misc. (tethering mode)
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
alan_lk@Tharusha-HP15:~$ ▓ 

I cannot install the new Ubuntu with Hardware-backed encryption because of this error:

PCR_UNUSABLE
error with secure boot policy (PCR7) measurements: unexpected EV_EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_APPLICATION event for \EFI\BOOT\BOOTEX.EXE after already seeing a verification during the OS-present environment. This event should be for the initial boot loader.

I have reset the TPM and reset the secure boot keys, I have cleared the drive so it is completely empty.

I am using a Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 1 (Intel Edition), I have disabled the Intel features like AMT.

Is there anything I can turn off to fix this issue? Anything will help.

I could not install Adobe Photoshop Elements on a Windows 11 Pro Virtuell Maschine.

I did replace the very silent Beep, Beep,... by a very loud Song. I use it very often, is it possible, to decrease the indication view size, so I have the complete clock list without scrolling ?

Starting an installation of ubuntu 26.04 with full disk wipe using graphic installer. Have an installation stuck at rsync command for 30+ minutes after an error.

Any way to proceed?

I am trying to use an HP LaserJet 1018 on Ubuntu 24.04 with HPLIP installed, but the printer does not actually print despite being detected.

🧩 Problem description

• The printer is correctly detected by the system (lsusb)

• It appears in the CUPS web interface

• However, when sending a print job:

  • The job stays in “processing”

  • Then disappears without printing

  • No clear error message is shown

🔍 Technical details

✔ USB detection

lsusb

Output includes:

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 03f0:4117 HP, Inc LaserJet 1018

❌ Printing backend issue

lpinfo -v

• No proper USB printer backend is listed

⚙️ CUPS configuration

• Printer is listed in CUPS and Ubuntu's Printers settings Menu

• Driver in use:

  HP LaserJet 1018, hpcups 3.23.12 (and required plugins are installed)
  
  

• Connection URI:

  hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_1018?serial=...
  
  

Errors shown in CUPS:

Invalid printer command "Clean"

Print job log:

processing...
cfFilterChain: pdftopdf (...) exited with no errors

• Job completes silently but nothing prints

🔧 HPLIP diagnostics

hp-check

Output:

Unable to communicate with device (code=12)
No devices found
Device not found

Also reports:

HPLIP does not support auto installation for Ubuntu 24.04

❓ Question

Why is the printer detected but not able to communicate or print, and how can this be fixed on Ubuntu 24.04? How to set up HP Laser 1018 printer properly on Ubuntu?

I was trying to install Ubuntu 26.04 and I'm getting tons of error messages. I'm asked if I want to report them and send them to Canonical (I said yes). Then I proceed with the installation and choose my options. At a certain point, I get to a screen where the installation can't continue, so I have to stop. The next button can't be clicked. I've attached a screenshot. If anyone can help, thanks! Regards, PP

_

I tried to install a VM, but at 12% ist stopped. The virt-manager stopped, and a warning with "Wait" and "Shut down" appeared.I tried to install a Windows 11 pro vm.I solved the Problem and reduced Ram of the VM. Then I installed the Windows 11 Pro VM successful.

When will Ubuntu new version 26.04 Resolute Racoon be available to install today is the release date but I still did not see it listed on official ubuntu website.

I guess that they've removed the Additional Drivers app in 26.04.

How is a user to know what video drivers are recommended?

Is there a substitute for Additional Drivers?

Ubuntu 25.10

Nvidia 580.126.09-0ubuntu0.25.10.2

Stable system. Latest Ubuntu. Latest Nvidia (from Additional Drivers).

Selecting the nvidia accelerated mode, no acceleration except for gnome-shell.

nvtop doesn't show any Nvidia activity.

Any ideas for what to check why other apps/processes aren't accelerated?

$ sudo lshw -c video

  *-display                 
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics]
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       logical name: /dev/fb0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom fb
       configuration: depth=32 driver=i915 latency=0 mode=1920x1080 resolution=1920,1080 visual=truecolor xres=1920 yres=1080
       resources: iomemory:600-5ff iomemory:400-3ff irq:164 memory:6012000000-6012ffffff memory:4000000000-400fffffff ioport:5000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff memory:4010000000-4016ffffff memory:4020000000-40ffffffff
  *-display
       description: 3D controller
       product: GP108M [GeForce MX330]
       vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       version: a1
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
       resources: iomemory:600-5ff iomemory:600-5ff irq:166 memory:61000000-61ffffff memory:6000000000-600fffffff memory:6010000000-6011ffffff ioport:4000(size=128) memory:62000000-6207ffff

$ sudo prime-select query

nvidia

$ nvidia-smi

Thu Apr 23 09:13:25 2026       
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 580.126.09             Driver Version: 580.126.09     CUDA Version: 13.0     |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce MX330           Off |   00000000:02:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| N/A   42C    P8            N/A  / 5001W |       4MiB /   2048MiB |      0%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                              |
|  GPU   GI   CI              PID   Type   Process name                        GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                               Usage      |
|=========================================================================================|
|    0   N/A  N/A            4738      G   /usr/bin/gnome-shell                      0MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

I tried switching from the desktop to the CLI and starting an app with startx. It didn't work.

So, I changed the boot mode to ONLY boot into terminal, I changed the target to multi.user.

Then I tried again. Still didn't work.

The X server starts, and then I get a screen that says: "something went wrong."

Or it doesn't start at all.

For your information, I am using Ubuntu 24.04.4 with the cinnamon desktop environment. Originally it has GNOME but I took that off and put cinnamon on.

I want to run in CLI mode and invoke GUI apps one at a time with startx only and no DE. Why won't it work.

Can anyone recommend some good disk data recovery software for Linux? I have a 4 Tb disk that was my primary Ubuntu 22.04 drive about 3/4 full that has a damaged GRUB and wouldn't boot. I spent about 2 weeks trying every repair command line strategy Google could come up with without any success. As a last resort I re-installed Grub from the installation USB. Now it boots but doesn't access any of the 257,410 items that 'properties' describes as unavailable. I presume that means I have overwritten some or all of my root directory. I have a new installation of Ubuntu 24.04 on a different computer with a larger drive so I have a safe place to put any recovered files. My question is how do I get access to those files. All the recovery software that Google comes up with seems to be for Mac and Windows and runs on Mac or Windows. I have 5 different flavors of Linux but no Mac or Windows. Any suggestions would be welcome.

User68187 asked what flavors of Linux. Ubuntu22.04 and 24.04, Mint 22, and LMDE7; all in desktop PC's. LinuxCNC (Debian 14) and BeagleBone black (Debian 12.13),in two dedicated non-PC machine controllers.

@Will: Business and bank records from the 1980s to March of this year (copied forward from DOS and OS/2 originals). Mozilla/Firefox bookmarks from 2006 forward. Lectures, tutorials, music and other interesting stuff.

I have my computer with the following settings:

UEFI

Sleep set to S2Idle (if it's on "deep" it never wakes up from sleep)

It sleeps fine, but it shuts down incompletely: the screen is off, yet they keyboard still operates and the power indicator is still on. What went wrong?

I'll have to stop using ubuntu if this isn't fixed soon. There's no way forced shutdowns every day is good for the computer.

So I've bought a JBL Quantum 100M2

I've tested it on windows and It works flawlesly when I select the option "Headset" when I plug it. (Illustation bellow)

⬆️ Realtek input type select selection.

When I try to do the same thing in Ubuntu 25.10 there's no option for selecting the mic from my headset, and the default mic selected (family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio Controller.

I've tried adding these headset options, individually, to the alsa config in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf:

options snd-hda-intel model=headset-mode
options snd-hda-intel model=alc287-acer
options snd-hda-intel model=dell-headset-multi

I've tried those above and various others I got from https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/sound/hd-audio/models.html

I've also tried disabling fast boot in combination with the configs above, but with no success.

I have no experience at all with this type of configuration, is there an easy solution for this? Is this a known bug?

Additional info:

• Motherboard model: Nitro AN515-46
• Using pulseaudio 1.4.7
• I've tried using Analog stereo Duplex and Pro audio. Neither of those worked
• Realtek ALC287

When my kernel updated itself to version 6.17.0-14-generic, my wifi disappeared (by which I mean that the wifi symbol no longer appears at the upper right menu of symbols, nor in the menu that appears when you click on the symbols, and also there is no wifi connection)

It has since updated to 6.17.0-19-generic and the wifi problem remains.

I did "sudo apt update" followed by "sudo apt upgrade". The second command gave me lots of errors which mention "broadcom" which is the hardware of my wifi. So I believe this error message should give a clue of what to do next.

Building module:
Cleaning build area...
make -j4 KERNELRELEASE=6.17.0-14-generic KVER=6.17.0-14-generic...(bad exit stat
us: 2)
ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/broadcom-sta-dk
ms.0.crash'
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.17.0-14-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/build/make.log for more informat
ion.
dkms autoinstall on 6.17.0-14-generic/x86_64 failed for broadcom-sta(10)
Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
Refer to previous errors for more information.
 * dkms: autoinstall for kernel 6.17.0-14-generic
   ...fail!
run-parts: /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 11
dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic (--configure):
 installed linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic package post-installation script subp
rocess returned error exit status 11
Setting up gdb (15.1-1ubuntu1~24.04.1) ...
Setting up linux-headers-6.17.0-19-generic (6.17.0-19.19~24.04.2) ...
/etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms:
 * dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.17.0-19-generic
Sign command: /usr/bin/kmodsign
Signing key: /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.priv
Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.der

Building module:
Cleaning build area...
make -j4 KERNELRELEASE=6.17.0-19-generic KVER=6.17.0-19-generic...(bad exit stat
us: 2)
ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/broadcom-sta-dk
ms.0.crash'
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.17.0-19-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/build/make.log for more informat
ion.
dkms autoinstall on 6.17.0-19-generic/x86_64 failed for broadcom-sta(10)
Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
Refer to previous errors for more information.
 * dkms: autoinstall for kernel 6.17.0-19-generic
   ...fail!
run-parts: /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 11
dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-6.17.0-19-generic (--configure):
 installed linux-headers-6.17.0-19-generic package post-installation script subp
rocess returned error exit status 11
Setting up libfreetype6:amd64 (2.13.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up python3-software-properties (0.99.49.4) ...
Setting up python3-cryptography (41.0.7-4ubuntu0.4) ...
Setting up intel-media-va-driver:amd64 (24.1.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.2) ...
Setting up sudo (1.9.15p5-3ubuntu5.24.04.2) ...
Setting up libnm0:amd64 (1.46.0-1ubuntu2.6) ...
Setting up gnome-keyring-pkcs11:amd64 (46.1-2ubuntu0.2) ...
Setting up libtiff6:amd64 (4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu2.5) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-generic-hwe-24.
04:
 linux-headers-generic-hwe-24.04 depends on linux-headers-6.17.0-19-generic; how
ever:
  Package linux-headers-6.17.0-19-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-generic-hwe-24.04 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup erro
r from a previous failure.
                          Setting up libgtk-4-common (4.14.5+ds-0ubuntu0.9) ...
Setting up gir1.2-nm-1.0:amd64 (1.46.0-1ubuntu2.6) ...
Setting up libbinutils:amd64 (2.42-4ubuntu2.10) ...
Setting up libpam-gnome-keyring:amd64 (46.1-2ubuntu0.2) ...
Setting up libfprint-2-2 (1:1.94.7+tod1-0ubuntu5~24.04.6) ...
Setting up libctf0:amd64 (2.42-4ubuntu2.10) ...
Setting up libinput10:amd64 (1.25.0-1ubuntu3.3) ...
Setting up linux-image-6.17.0-19-generic (6.17.0-19.19~24.04.2) ...
Setting up network-manager (1.46.0-1ubuntu2.6) ...
Setting up software-properties-common (0.99.49.4) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic-hwe-24.04:
 linux-generic-hwe-24.04 depends on linux-headers-generic-hwe-24.04 (= 6.17.0-19
.19~24.04.2); however:
  Package linux-headers-generic-hwe-24.04 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-generic-hwe-24.04 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up libgprofng0:amd64 (2.42-4ubuntu2.10) ...
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Setting up network
-manager-openvpn (1.10.2-4ubuntu0.2) ...
Setting up binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu (2.42-4ubuntu2.10) ...
Setting up software-properties-gtk (0.99.49.4) ...
Setting up network-manager-config-connectivity-ubuntu (1.46.0-1ubuntu2.6) ...
Setting up binutils (2.42-4ubuntu2.10) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0t64:amd64 (2.80.0-6ubuntu3.8) ...
Processing triggers for dbus (1.14.10-4ubuntu4.1) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (2.4-4) ...
Processing triggers for udev (255.4-1ubuntu8.14) ...
Setting up libgtk-4-1:amd64 (4.14.5+ds-0ubuntu0.9) ...
Setting up libgtk-4-bin (4.14.5+ds-0ubuntu0.9) ...
Setting up gir1.2-gdm-1.0 (46.2-1ubuntu1~24.04.7) ...
Processing triggers for install-info (7.1-3build2) ...
Setting up gir1.2-gtk-4.0:amd64 (4.14.5+ds-0ubuntu0.9) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.27-2build1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1.1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.39-0ubuntu8.7) ...
Setting up network-manager-openvpn-gnome (1.10.2-4ubuntu0.2) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.12.0-4build2) ...
Setting up python3-proton-vpn-api-core (4.17.2) ...
Setting up proton-vpn-daemon (0.13.6) ...
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/me.proton.vpn.split_
tunneling.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/me.proton.vpn.split_tunneling.servic
e.
Setting up libgtk-4-media-gstreamer (4.14.5+ds-0ubuntu0.9) ...
Setting up gdm3 (46.2-1ubuntu1~24.04.7) ...
Setting up proton-vpn-gtk-app (4.15.1) ...
Processing triggers for linux-image-6.17.0-14-generic (6.17.0-14.14~24.04.1) ...
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms:
 * dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.17.0-14-generic
Sign command: /usr/bin/kmodsign
Signing key: /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.priv
Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.der

Building module:
Cleaning build area...
make -j4 KERNELRELEASE=6.17.0-14-generic KVER=6.17.0-14-generic...(bad exit stat
us: 2)
ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/broadcom-sta-dk
ms.0.crash'
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.17.0-14-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/build/make.log for more informat
ion.
dkms autoinstall on 6.17.0-14-generic/x86_64 failed for broadcom-sta(10)
Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
Refer to previous errors for more information.
 * dkms: autoinstall for kernel 6.17.0-14-generic
   ...fail!
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 11
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-6.17.0-14-generic (--configure):
 installed linux-image-6.17.0-14-generic package post-installation script subpro
cess returned error exit status 11
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Processing trigger
s for initramfs-tools (0.142ubuntu25.8) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.17.0-19-generic
Processing triggers for linux-image-6.17.0-19-generic (6.17.0-19.19~24.04.2) ...
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms:
 * dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.17.0-19-generic
Sign command: /usr/bin/kmodsign
Signing key: /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.priv
Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.der

Building module:
Cleaning build area...
make -j4 KERNELRELEASE=6.17.0-19-generic KVER=6.17.0-19-generic...(bad exit stat
us: 2)
ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/broadcom-sta-dk
ms.0.crash'
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.17.0-19-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/build/make.log for more informat
ion.
dkms autoinstall on 6.17.0-19-generic/x86_64 failed for broadcom-sta(10)
Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
Refer to previous errors for more information.
 * dkms: autoinstall for kernel 6.17.0-19-generic
   ...fail!
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 11
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-6.17.0-19-generic (--configure):
 installed linux-image-6.17.0-19-generic package post-installation script subpro
cess returned error exit status 11
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Errors were encoun
tered while processing:
 linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic
 linux-headers-6.17.0-19-generic
 linux-headers-generic-hwe-24.04
 linux-generic-hwe-24.04
 linux-image-6.17.0-14-generic
 linux-image-6.17.0-19-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

The start of the error message says "Consult /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/build/make.log for more information." Here it is:

DKMS make.log for broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271 for kernel 6.17.0-19-generic (x86_64)
Sat Mar 28 09:25:47 PM EDT 2026
CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version
Makefile:91: Neither CFG80211 nor Wireless Extension is enabled in kernel
KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C /lib/modules/6.17.0-19-generic/build M=`pwd`
make[1]: warning: jobserver unavailable: using -j1.  Add '+' to parent make rule.
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-19-generic'
make[2]: Entering directory '/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/build'
warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel
  The kernel was built by: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-13 (Ubuntu 13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04.1) 13.3.0
  You are using:           gcc-13 (Ubuntu 13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04.1) 13.3.0
CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version
Using CFG80211 API
Kernel architecture is X86_64
  CC [M]  src/shared/linux_osl.o
src/shared/linux_osl.c:23:10: fatal error: typedefs.h: No such file or directory
   23 | #include <typedefs.h>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[4]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-19-generic/scripts/Makefile.build:287: src/shared/linux_osl.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-19-generic/Makefile:2016: .] Error 2
make[2]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-19-generic/Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/build'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-19-generic'
make: *** [Makefile:183: all] Error 2

The error message also references a file /var/crash/broadcom-sta-dkms.0.crash Here it is:

ProblemType: Package
DKMSBuildLog:
 DKMS make.log for broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271 for kernel 6.17.0-14-generic (x86_64)
 Tue Mar 24 11:11:43 AM EDT 2026
 CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version
 Makefile:91: Neither CFG80211 nor Wireless Extension is enabled in kernel
 KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C /lib/modules/6.17.0-14-generic/build M=`pwd`
 make[1]: warning: jobserver unavailable: using -j1.  Add '+' to parent make rule.
 make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic'
 make[2]: Entering directory '/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/build'
 warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel
   The kernel was built by: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-13 (Ubuntu 13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04) 13.3.0
   You are using:           gcc-13 (Ubuntu 13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04.1) 13.3.0
 CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version
 Using CFG80211 API
 Kernel architecture is X86_64
   CC [M]  src/shared/linux_osl.o
 src/shared/linux_osl.c:23:10: fatal error: typedefs.h: No such file or directory
    23 | #include <typedefs.h>
       |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~
 compilation terminated.
 make[4]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/scripts/Makefile.build:287: src/shared/linux_osl.o] Error 1
 make[3]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/Makefile:2016: .] Error 2
 make[2]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
 make[2]: Leaving directory '/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/build'
 make[1]: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
 make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic'
 make: *** [Makefile:183: all] Error 2
DKMSKernelVersion: 6.17.0-14-generic
Date: Tue Mar 24 11:11:47 2026
Package: broadcom-sta-dkms 6.30.223.271-23ubuntu1.1
PackageVersion: 6.30.223.271-23ubuntu1.1
SourcePackage: broadcom-sta
Title: broadcom-sta-dkms 6.30.223.271-23ubuntu1.1: broadcom-sta kernel module failed to build

Here is the result of "sudo lshw -class network"

  *-network UNCLAIMED       
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n
       vendor: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:a0400000-a0403fff

Here is the relevant seeming part from "lsusb" (but it may not be relevant because it says Bluetooth, and Bluetooth is not a problem right now):

Bus 003 Device 004: ID [redacted] Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)

The part that seems relevant from "lspci"

02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 01)

The output of "rfkill list all"

0: hci0: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: yes
    Hard blocked: no

Thank you if you can help.

EDIT: The comment posted by user david below seemed to be the best match for my problem, although my dkms did not contain anything newer than 6.8 so I did not use that additional step. After following those instructions the wifi is working again. Thank you!

I've hardcoded ("burned") subtitles in a mp4 file using the following command:

ffmpeg -i nosubs.mp4 -vf subtitles=mysubs.srt withsubs.mp4

However I unfortunately lost the original nosubs.mp4 file. How can I restore it from withsubs.mp4?

Hello Ask Ubuntu users,

I installed Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS on a Levono Ideapad 3 Chromebook. When installing it, I wasn't able to get the audio to work. I am assuming this is a driver issue. Does anyone have any idea on how to fix this problem?

More computer specs (If needed):

4GB - Memory Intel® Celeron(R) N4020 CPU @ 1.10GHz × 2 core - CPU Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics 600 (GLK 2)

Before the last shutdown of Ubuntu 20.04 my storage space of disk was very low, then after starting my laptop this error occurs.

Error: no partition found
Cannot read or write outside partition 

When I enter into the command line by pressing the c key grub> loads, but on giving commands like ls, cd, sudo, etc. it says error: can't find command...

After pressing the power button, the first thing that comes to the screen is error: no such partition, four times the same sentence is repeated, and at the end Press any key to continue On pressing any key, some options appear.

• Ubuntu
• Advanced options for Ubuntu
• Memory test

...but all results to reload the boot but no results. On restarting sometimes this kernel panic screen also appears.

[    0.332473] ACPI Error: Aborting method _SB.AC._PSR due to previous error 
(AE_NOT_FOUND) (20190816/psparse-529)
[    0.332558] ACPI Error: AE_NOT_FOUND, Error reading AC Adapter state (2019081ac-115)
[    0.489754] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown
-block(0,0)
[    0.489829] CPU: 3 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.4.0-58-generic #64-Ubuntu
[    0.489900] Hardware name: Dell Inc. Latitude E5470/0MT53G, BIOS 1.5.0 04/22/016
[    0.489970] Call Trace:
[    0.490033]   dump_stack+0x6d/0x9a
[    0.490097]   panic+0x101/0x2e3
[    0.490161]   mount_block_root+0x23f/0x2e8
[    0.490225]   mount_root+0x38/0x3a
[    0.490287]   prepare_namespace+0x13f/0x194
[    0.490381]   kernel_init_freeable+0x231/0x255
[    0.490459]   ? rest_init+0xb0/0xb0
[    0.490521]   kernel_init+0xe/0x110
[    0.490599]   ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40
[    0.490723] Kernel Offset: 0x18000000 from 0xffffffff81000000 (relocation range: 
0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffffbfffffff)
[    0.490845] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs
on unknown-block(0,0) ]---
_

Another time it goes until ubuntu logo appears after which the login screen failed to appear but after logo, immediately a black screen appears saying:

/dev/sda4: clean, 1500298/7749632 files, 29454730/30995712 blocks

And nothing happens, until I press the power button and it shuts down.

Recently, I was working on switching Ubuntu to Windows OS. I have forgotten what I have set in the grub GUI. When I rebooted my laptop, I found that I am stuck inside the grub command line. See grub command line.

                                                                 GNU GRUB  version 2.04

Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions.   
Anywhere else TAB lists possible device or file completions.

grub> ls
(proc) (hd0) (hd0,gpt2) (hd0,gpt1)
grub> ls -lh
Device proc: Filesystem type procfs - Sector size 512B - Total size 0KiB
Device hd0: No known filesystem detected - Sector size 512B - Total size 250059096KiB
    Partition hd0,gpt2: Filesystem type ext* - Last modification time 2020-03-28 15:01:06 Saturday, UUID 358b866a-2b54-42
    Partition hd0,gpt1: Filesystem type fat, UUID 659D-CD20 - Partition start at 1024KiB - Total size 524288KiB

grub> set root=(hd0,gpt
Possible partitions are:

    Partition hd0,gpt1: Filesystem type fat, UUID 659D-CD20 - Partition start at 1024KiB - Total size 524288KiB
    Partition hd0,gpt2: Filesystem type ext* - Last modification time 2020-03-28 15:01:06 Saturday, UUID 358b866a-2b54-4

grub> set root=(hd0,gpt2)
grub> ls boot/vm*
error: invalid file name `boot/vm*'.
grub> ls boot/vm
error: invalid file name `boot/vm'.
grub> ls /
Possible files are:

lost+found/ boot/ swapfile etc/ media/ var/ bin dev/ home/ lib lib32 lib64 libx32 mnt/ opt/ proc/ root/ run/ sbin snap/ srv/ tmp/ usr/

grub> ls boot/
error: invalid file name `boot/'.
grub> ls /boot/
config-5.3.0-42-generic grub/ initrd.img initrd.img.old memtest86+.bin memtest86+_multiboot.bin vmlinuz vmlinuz.old vmlinuz-5.3.0-42-generic

I followed a couple of guidelines from the websites, and all have stated to do the following:

set root=(hd0,gpt)
linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/sdX
boot

However as I was following these instructions, I was not able to find out that my SSD device. See no device name like sdX.

error: invalid file name `boot/vm'.
grub> ls boot/
Possible files are:

lost+found/ boot/ swapfile etc/ media/ var/ bin dev/ home/ lib lib32 lib64 libx32 mnt/ opt/ proc/ roo
grub> ls boot/
error: invalid file name boot/'. grub> ls /boot/ efi/ grub/ grub.bak/ initrd.img initrd.img.old memtest86+.bin memtest86+.elf memtest86+_multiboot.bin initrd.img-5.3.0-40-generic vmlinuz-5.3.0-42-generic System.map-5.3.0-42-generic initrd.img-5.3.0-42-g grub> ls dev/ error: invalid file name dev/'.
grub> ls /dev/
fd mapper/ pts/ shm/ console full null ptmx random stderr stdin stdout tty urandom zero
grub> _

My laptop is an Acer Swift 3, 15 inches. I have a single boot OS (Ubuntu). I have tried checking the /mnt and I saw there's a folder called boot-save which contained my SSD name, but still I can't point the root to it. See file under dev.

error: invalid file name `dev/'.
grub> ls /dev/
fd mapper/ pts/ shm/ console full null ptmx random stderr stdin
grub> ls /mnt/
boot-sav/
grub> ls
Possible commands are:

ls lsefi lsefimmap lsefisystab lsfonts lsmod lssal
grub> ls /mnt/boot-sav/
mmcblk0p1/ nvme0n1p1/
grub> _

And every time I just got a kernel panic error as shown.

I'm encountering a connection issue to my university WiFi network that I cannot solve: when attempting to connect, I get the following message with dmesg -T :

[ven. oct. 11 12:32:04 2019] wlan0: deauthenticating from X by local choice (Reason: 3=DEAUTH_LEAVING)

This problem has already been pointed out in the forum, but none of the solutions I tried worked:

• Disabling the powersave for WiFi (in /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf set wifi.powersave = 2 ).
• Changing from NetworkManager to WICD.

• Adding the following lines to /etc/sysctl.conf:

  net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
  net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1
  net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1
  

None of these worked.

Hardware:

• Intel i7
• AMD Radeon HD 6970
• SSD with plenty of space
• 6 GB RAM

Software

• OpenJDK 6, 7, and Oracle Java 7 (reproducible with all three)
• AMD Catalyst 12.8 and open source driver (reproducible with both)
• Ubuntu 12.04 x86_64 and older
• Minecraft 1.3.2 vanilla and older

On this setup I am getting rubbish frame rates after a short while of playing, dropping from about 45-55 to 15 in a couple of minutes. CPU use is 40-45 even when rendering the opening screen at 1920x1280, and gameRenderer is using about 90% CPU when playing.

Rather than trying to eke out a few more FPS out of an obviously broken rendering pipeline, I really hope to find a solution to make the GPU render Minecraft.

Edit 1: Something bizarre just happened: The first thing I always change in the settings is to turn bobbing off. Turns out that re-enabling bobbing makes the frame rate shoot right back up from 15-20 to 30-50 (mostly around 30) in fullscreen mode! It is still rather erratic, bumping down to 15-20 sometimes, but usually only for a few seconds. Also, the debug mode (F3) shows that 100% of the time is spent in "unspecified".

Edit 2: That seems to have been a dud - I disabled bobbing again a few minutes later, and it's been running at 20-40 FPS since. The snooper reports 24 FPS.

This is related to the issue discussed in Wireless mouse temporarily freezes (sleeps) on battery power.

Summary: the mouse freezes when operating on battery since it is autosuspended after a certain time and needs more time to wake up.

Disabling USB autosuspend for the mouse's receiver in PowerTOP is a temporary solution, but it does not survive a reboot.

How can I permanently disable the USB autosuspend for only one specific device?

A solution that does not involve installing additional packages is preferred (after all, I want to disable something), but it is not required. Removing PowerTOP (which seems to be a solution for some) is not what I want - I like PowerTOP...

And installing laptop-mode-tools to disable USB autosuspend altogether is not what I want, either, thus the new question.

Also: Will this affect the battery of my notebook? The Logitech unifying receiver for the mouse stays connected all the time, so if that prevents the autosuspend from happening for all devices that would probably be bad.