RDP keyboard not responding https://askubuntu.com/questions/1567540/rdp-keyboard-not-responding

I’ve been using Remmina on Ubuntu for quite sometime now to connect to a windows machine remotely (server 2008). The frustration loop is the same: I get to the login page, put in my credentials using the keyboard, login, and then keyboard doesn’t work. Mouse is operational during the whole session. When I use the top bar to send prompt I do get “hello world.” I’ve tried to tinker with keyboard mapping settings and other suggesting I’ve found online, but with no success. Did any of you ever encountered it?

failure trying to install waydoid https://askubuntu.com/questions/1567539/failure-trying-to-install-waydoid

i'm new to linux and am trying to install waydroid, but it only returns the following error:

/bin/sh: 1: /usr/bin/apt_hook_ubuntu_virt: not found
Error: Failure running script /usr/bin/apt_hook_ubuntu_virt

edit: here's the link for the instructions i was following

https://docs.waydro.id/usage/install-on-desktops

i want to make it very clear i have no idea what i'm doing, should i just fresh install?

Unable to connect wifi network https://askubuntu.com/questions/1567537/unable-to-connect-wifi-network

While I tried to connect acer desktop with Jio air fiber wifi with entering password then asked repeatedly for encryption key or password required to access the wifi

Remote Desktop Connection Windows to Ubuntu 24.04 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1567535/remote-desktop-connection-windows-to-ubuntu-24-04

I am trying to RDC in Ubuntu 24.04 through a Windows 10 machine and a Windows 11 machine from the same home network, using Windows' RDC .

The strange thing I found is from Windows 11 pro machine to Ubuntu machine everything goes smoothly at beginning, but after some time, i.e. while I am writing this, the remote desktop connection (in desktop sharing mode) drops and trying to restore it gives a message of error STATE_RUN_FAILED (meanwhile the Ubuntu screen blanked but not logged off and if reactivated the screen again remote connection goes through well).

(Windows 11 remote desktop connection is mstsc.exe ver 10.0.26)

From Windows 10 home (build 1709 - not updated because of touchscreen drivers limitation or something - but still working fine) and mstsc.exe ver 10.0.16 the windows OS cannot neither retrieve the Ubuntu machine via the Computer Name /Host name BUT when pointed to the internal IP address it gets to the login credential screen but don't accept the login credential (which are the correct ones as in the other try) AND it neither receive the Gnome certificate as in the Windows 11 try. (I have tried to export from one pc to the other but it doesn't change a thing.)

Should I try to do something about fixing the Windows environments somehow, maybe installing a new version of mstsc.exe or else OR should I try to install XRDP (which I have read of in internet searches) on Ubuntu environment and try to configure it according to windows (BTW can you have in place either XRDP connection and gnome-remote-desktop in the same machine or is something not very advisable

I have output files from systemctl --user status gnome-remote-desktop, This from Windows 11 machine:

 ● gnome-remote-desktop.service - GNOME Remote Desktop
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/gnome-remote-desktop.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sat 2026-06-06 14:48:02 CEST; 8min ago
   Main PID: 20579 (gnome-remote-de)
      Tasks: 21 (limit: 4461)
     Memory: 60.7M (peak: 61.2M)
        CPU: 1.605s
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/gnome-remote-desktop.service
             └─20579 /usr/libexec/gnome-remote-desktop-daemon

Jun 06 14:56:32 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [14:56:32:873] [20579:000054c0] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.peer] - [peer_recv_callback_internal]: CONNECTION_STATE_NEGO - rdp_server_accept_nego() fail
Jun 06 14:56:32 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [14:56:32:873] [20579:000054c0] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - [transport_check_fds]: transport_check_fds: transport->ReceiveCallback() - STATE_RUN_FAILED [-1]
Jun 06 14:56:32 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [14:56:32:873] [20579:00005063] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - [transport_default_write]: BIO_should_retry returned a system error 32: Broken pipe
Jun 06 14:56:32 ASUB46 gnome-remote-de[20579]: [RDP] Network or intentional disconnect, stopping session
Jun 06 14:56:34 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [14:56:34:649] [20579:000054d2] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - [transport_read_layer]: BIO_read retries exceeded
Jun 06 14:56:34 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [14:56:34:649] [20579:000054d2] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.peer] - [transport_read_layer]: ERRCONNECT_CONNECT_TRANSPORT_FAILED [0x0002000D]
Jun 06 14:56:34 ASUB46 gnome-remote-de[20579]: [RDP] Network or intentional disconnect, stopping session
Jun 06 14:56:34 ASUB46 gnome-remote-de[20579]: [RDP.CLIPRDR] Client capabilities: long format names, stream file clip, file clip no file paths, can lock clip data, huge file support
Jun 06 14:56:34 ASUB46 gnome-remote-de[20579]: [RDP.AUDIO_PLAYBACK] Client Formats: [AAC: false, Opus: false, PCM: true]
Jun 06 14:56:35 ASUB46 gnome-remote-de[20579]: [RDP.RDPGFX] CapsAdvertise: Accepting capability set with version RDPGFX_CAPVERSION_106, Client cap flags: H264 (AVC444): true, H264 (AVC420): true

This is from Windows 10 machine > ERRORS

    ● gnome-remote-desktop.service - GNOME Remote Desktop
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/gnome-remote-desktop.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sat 2026-06-06 14:48:02 CEST; 7min ago
   Main PID: 20579 (gnome-remote-de)
      Tasks: 8 (limit: 4461)
     Memory: 15.9M (peak: 19.2M)
        CPU: 402ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/gnome-remote-desktop.service
             └─20579 /usr/libexec/gnome-remote-desktop-daemon

Jun 06 14:48:08 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: Cannot load libnvidia-encode.so.1
Jun 06 14:48:08 ASUB46 gnome-remote-de[20579]: RDP server started
Jun 06 14:49:21 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [14:49:21:64] [20579:000053e0] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - [transport_read_layer]: BIO_read returned a system error 104: Connection reset by peer
Jun 06 14:49:21 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [14:49:21:64] [20579:000053e0] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.peer] - [transport_read_layer]: ERRCONNECT_CONNECT_TRANSPORT_FAILED [0x0002000D]
Jun 06 14:49:21 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [14:49:21:64] [20579:000053e0] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.nla] - [nla_server_recv_stream]: nla_recv() error: -1
Jun 06 14:49:21 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [14:49:21:64] [20579:000053e0] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - [transport_accept_nla]: client authentication failure
Jun 06 14:49:21 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [14:49:21:64] [20579:000053e0] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.peer] - [peer_recv_callback_internal]: CONNECTION_STATE_NEGO - rdp_server_accept_nego() fail
Jun 06 14:49:21 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [14:49:21:64] [20579:000053e0] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - [transport_check_fds]: transport_check_fds: transport->ReceiveCallback() - STATE_RUN_FAILED [-1]
Jun 06 14:49:21 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [14:49:21:65] [20579:00005063] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - [transport_default_write]: BIO_should_retry returned a system error 32: Broken pipe
Jun 06 14:49:21 ASUB46 gnome-remote-de[20579]: [RDP] Network or intentional disconnect, stopping session

This is another attempt with Windows 7 machine > DIFFERENT Errors

● gnome-remote-desktop.service - GNOME Remote Desktop
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/gnome-remote-desktop.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sat 2026-06-06 14:48:02 CEST; 1h 22min ago
   Main PID: 20579 (gnome-remote-de)
      Tasks: 8 (limit: 4461)
     Memory: 59.6M (peak: 74.0M)
        CPU: 33.669s
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/gnome-remote-desktop.service
             └─20579 /usr/libexec/gnome-remote-desktop-daemon

Jun 06 16:09:12 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [16:09:12:350] [20579:0000594b] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - [transport_check_fds]: transport_check_fds: transport->ReceiveCallback() - STATE_RUN_FAILED [-1]
Jun 06 16:09:12 ASUB46 gnome-remote-de[20579]: [RDP] Network or intentional disconnect, stopping session
Jun 06 16:09:37 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [16:09:37:549] [20579:00005951] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.peer] - [peer_recv_callback_internal]: CONNECTION_STATE_NEGO - rdp_server_accept_nego() fail
Jun 06 16:09:37 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [16:09:37:549] [20579:00005951] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - [transport_check_fds]: transport_check_fds: transport->ReceiveCallback() - STATE_RUN_FAILED [-1]
Jun 06 16:09:37 ASUB46 gnome-remote-de[20579]: [RDP] Network or intentional disconnect, stopping session
Jun 06 16:09:37 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [16:09:37:566] [20579:00005957] [WARN][com.freerdp.core.connection] - [rdp_server_accept_nego]: server supports only NLA Security
Jun 06 16:09:37 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [16:09:37:566] [20579:00005957] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.connection] - [rdp_server_accept_nego]: Protocol security negotiation failure
Jun 06 16:09:37 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [16:09:37:568] [20579:00005957] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.peer] - [peer_recv_callback_internal]: CONNECTION_STATE_NEGO - rdp_server_accept_nego() fail
Jun 06 16:09:37 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [16:09:37:568] [20579:00005957] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - [transport_check_fds]: transport_check_fds: transport->ReceiveCallback() - STATE_RUN_FAILED [-1]
Jun 06 16:09:37 ASUB46 gnome-remote-de[20579]: [RDP] Network or intentional disconnect, stopping sessio

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Thanks for suggesting one or the other way (gnome-remote-desktop or Xrdp).

I am very confident in potential of Ubuntu, but when it comes to talk about it I am always in the situation I didn't finish to configure it :( my fault indeed and I am trying to overcome it if I can.)

shasum : The term 'shasum' is not recognized https://askubuntu.com/questions/1567534/shasum-the-term-shasum-is-not-recognized

I get the following error

shasum : The term 'shasum' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet,

when I Run the command echo (as below) in my terminal in the directory the iso was downloaded to verify the SHA256 checksum: as directed on https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop/thank-you?version=26.04&architecture=amd64&lts=true page

echo "487f87faaf547ea30e0aba4d5b53346292571256b25333a978db1692bcee9dd2 *ubuntu-26.04-desktop-amd64.iso" | shasum -a 256 --check
Default external media mount location seems to have changed in 26.04 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1567532/default-external-media-mount-location-seems-to-have-changed-in-26-04

In Ubuntu versions previous to 26.04 the default mount point for automatically mounted removable media (by GNOME?), like USB drives, external HDDs, SD cards, etc., was something like /media/<username>/<disk_id>/. Now, after upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04, it seems that the location /run/media/<username>/<disk_id>/ is used instead.

The top-level /media/ directory still exists and it is still populated with user directories from past mounts.

Why has this change occurred?¹ What will happen to the /media/ directory? Is the /media/ directory still created in fresh Ubuntu 26.04 installs? I had upgraded my system to 26.04 from 25.10 and I don't know whether it is still an essential directory or can be safely deleted.


¹ Update: There is a short explanation for the "why" at: https://documentation.ubuntu.com/release-notes/26.04/changes-since-previous-interim/#removable-media-are-mounted-under-run-media

Canon iP installing automatically when connected but didn't print https://askubuntu.com/questions/1567529/canon-ip-installing-automatically-when-connected-but-didnt-print

I use a Canon printer. It was detected and installed automatically, but when I tried to print it didn't work.

Trainz 2022 native Steam install problems https://askubuntu.com/questions/1567524/trainz-2022-native-steam-install-problems

I just bought the Trainz 2022 Platinum Edition (or "TRS22PE") and for some reason it freezes on launch. No combination of any Proton version and/or launch options helps. Changing these does make it freeze at different times/show different things, but it's not really a difference at all.

I tried to make this come across in my video. I also have a kernel log from some time after I had recorded it (the sudo dmesg one if that makes any sense). I believe I showed it in the video, but opening the other window for the Content Store also is a problem, as the Content Store window only refreshes/shows most of the screen whenever I minimize/maximize the window. I say most of the screen because the scroll thing on the side still works and the background audio on the main menu after the launcher plays. Is this even fixable? This is on Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS. Also, changing to Xorg and X11 instead of Wayland didn't help, either.

youtube video of problem

How can I share a Canon LBP2900 printer from Ubuntu 24.04 to Windows PCs? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1567523/how-can-i-share-a-canon-lbp2900-printer-from-ubuntu-24-04-to-windows-pcs

I'm on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and have my Canon LBP2900 printer connected through a USB port. I first installed the driver after getting it from: https://printerdrivers.com/canon-lbp2900b-driver/ The printer performs well on my Ubuntu system. Now I want to share it with other computers in my local network, even those running Windows. What is the best approach to share a Canon LBP2900 from Ubuntu so that other devices can print to it?

Possible to unlock 1password with Yubikey? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1567521/possible-to-unlock-1password-with-yubikey

I am a happy user of the 1password password manager on an Ubuntu 26.04 desktop. Except - I need to type my very long master password every time I unlock the browser (Firefox) 1password extension, which is annoying.

I would like to use my Yubikey Nano 5.x series to unlock the 1password browser extension with passwordless authentication. I'd like to be able to just touch my Yubikey and be logged on to 1password in the browser. Is this feasible?

The closest I've managed to get to is to have the 1password desktop application (not browser extension) use my Yubikey as a second factor after I provide the master password. It's not very close to where I want to be, but at least it shows that 1password can use my Yubikey as an authentication factor.

To do that, I uninstalled the snap version of the 1password desktop app, installed the 1password desktop app from https://support.1password.com/install-linux/#debian-or-ubuntu and enabled "system authentication". I had already enrolled my Yubikey as a second factor in my 1password account, as I access the password vault from multiple computers.

Is my desirable setup possible on Ubuntu 26.04 and has anyone managed to get it to work?

Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS booting very slowly [closed] https://askubuntu.com/questions/1567519/ubuntu-20-04-6-lts-booting-very-slowly

My Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS was updated itself automatically and asked to be rebooted. I let it do so. It booted very slowly. If I run

systemd-analyze
Startup finished in 17.865s (firmware) + 13.633s (loader) + 1min 49.055s (kernel) + 5min 18.512s (userspace) = 7min 39.067s 
graphical.target reached after 2min 19.851s in userspace

My Virtual machine does not start automatically any more and I don't see my phone in Files, when connected by USB.
Before my machine restarted about 1 minute. Now it take 5 minutes.

Fortunately Android Studio can see my phone by USB, so I can continue developing and test apps with it, even if Files does not show my phone.

Any ideas, what causes this this slow booting now and why mount phone can't be seen in Files any more.

Printerdriver problem ASUS M509DA https://askubuntu.com/questions/1567518/printerdriver-problem-asus-m509da

I bought a second hand ASUS M509DA laptop. I installed Kubuntu-Kde on it and I updated and upgraded the system to Kubuntu 26.04 LTS. There is a keyboard problem that I can´t resolve. All the special characters are on different keys than expected. The problem is maybe that there is only ONE Asus keyboard on the whole list of keyboard definitions, called ASUS laptop. I can´t produce any diakritical characters either, nor use ALT-. I hope somebody has suggestions on how to solve this. Thanks in advance.

Auto Update Not working - Grub Error https://askubuntu.com/questions/1567515/auto-update-not-working-grub-error

I'm new to Linux. I'm running Ubuntu 24.04.4 on a desktop computer. When updates happen I keep getting an error message that the update failed.

I have run sudo apt-get install -f and sudo apt autoremove. I get the following error message from both:

Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub'
/usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig: 1: /etc/default/grub: Syntax error: ")" unexpected
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 2
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-6.17.0-19-generic (--remove):
 installed linux-image-6.17.0-19-generic package post-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 2
dpkg: too many errors, stopping
Errors were encountered while processing:
  linux-image-6.17.0-19-generic
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I have looked at the grub file in /etc/default/grub and it shows:

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
GRUB_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`( . /etc/os-release; echo ${NAME:-Ubuntu} ) 2>/dev/null || echo Ubuntu`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

It seems the issue is in the GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR= line, but according to what I've found on the internet the line looks OK from a syntax standpoint.

Feature Request - Introduce a slider, or drop-down menu for time-out value for auto dimming screen [closed] https://askubuntu.com/questions/1567514/feature-request-introduce-a-slider-or-drop-down-menu-for-time-out-value-for-a

I'm not sure why my askubuntu account seems to have been reset. I have had my launchpad account since 2013, and I have been submitting bugs since Ubuntu 10.

Either way, I noticed in the settings program, under Power, and Power Saving, it lists "Dim Screen" however, it does not list a changable timeout value for how long it takes for the screen to dim.

I would like to see the ability to change this setting via GUI, maybe have a drop down option under "Dim Screen" that is dynamic, and pops up once you toggle the option "Dim Screen"

I think that having a set list of values (30 seconds, a minute, five minutes) as opposed to a dynamic user set value field might be best.

Illustration of the settings applet.

Also, I know I posted in the wrong section, it won't let me post in the feature request forum even though I have had my account since 2013.....

How to run a .bat file? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1567493/how-to-run-a-bat-file

I'm on Ubuntu 24.04 and I have the 9.something version of Wine installed. I have a few games which require running a .bat file (since it wasn't made for Linux) in order to work. When I try to right-click -> Open with wine installer, nothing happens. Then I tried this:

~$ wine cmd.exe /c home/myself/Downloads/thegamefiles/Start—thegame.bat

I got this result:

007c:err:ntoskrnl:ZwLoadDriver failed to create driver L"\\Registry\\Machine\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\winebth": c0000135
Can't recognize '/home/myself/Downloads/thegamefiles/Start—thegame.bat' as 
an internal or external command, or batch script.

What is the problem and how can I get this to work?

I also tried to make a .sh copy of the file (with #!/bin/bash instead of @echo off), but the terminal tells me command not found for every line. edit: As asked I made this output on the terminal

~$ ls -l /home/myself/Downloads/thegamefiles/Start—thegame.bat

And I got this:

ls: cannot access '/home/myself/Downloads/thegamefiles/Start—thegame.bat': No such file or driectory

And I can also give the code inside the bat file :

@echo off
title title of the game
echo.
echo   ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
echo          title of the game
echo         the game
echo   ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
echo.
echo   Opening browser...
START http://127.0.0.1:29595/
echo   Starting server...
echo.
echo   Closing this window will stop the server
"server/miniweb.exe" -p 29595 -i 127.0.0.1 -r game/thegame >nul 2>&1
echo.
echo   Shutting down...
echo.

new edit: I tried to do as told in here with this command:

wine cmd c/ /home/myself/.wine/drive_c/users/myself/Downloads/thegamefiles/Start-thegame.bat
0080:err:ntoskrnl:ZwLoadDriver failed to create driver L"\\Registry\\Machine\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\winebth": c0000135
Microsoft Windows 10.0.7601
Computer is responding slowly since the recent upgrade https://askubuntu.com/questions/1567492/computer-is-responding-slowly-since-the-recent-upgrade

I'm running Ubuntu Studio 26.04, and have had a problem with the keyboard and mouse responding very slowly. Also when playing video on Firefox the picture is very jerky and appears to be running at a very low frame rate, 2 or 3 fps.

I think the hardware is OK as I can run Firefox from a live USB stick, and everything runs as it should.

While I was running the live distro I checked the filesystem using fsck -f /dev/sda5. It found a couple of errors with an inode (something about a wide tree) which I fixed. When I rebooted into Ubuntu it was just as slow.

This is what my system reports:

Operating System: Ubuntu Studio 26.04
KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.24.0
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Kernel Version: 7.0.0-22-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 4 × AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad-Core Processor
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (23.2 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD RS780

Unfortunately I don't know what software was updated when the problems started.

This is the list of packages that have been updated since it was last working correctly:

geany-plugin-addons 2026-05-25  11:54:57.71
geany-plugin-autoclose  2026-05-25  11:54:57.82
geany-plugin-automark   2026-05-25  11:54:57.94
geany-plugin-codenav    2026-05-25  11:54:58.04
geany-plugin-commander  2026-05-25  11:54:58.16
geany-plugin-ctags  2026-05-25  11:54:58.45
geany-plugin-debugger   2026-05-25  11:54:58.57
geany-plugin-defineformat   2026-05-25  11:54:58.69
geany-plugin-doc    2026-05-25  11:54:58.82
geany-plugin-extrasel   2026-05-25  11:54:58.93
geany-plugin-gendoc 2026-05-25  11:54:59.26
geany-plugin-geniuspaste    2026-05-25  11:54:59.38
geany-plugin-git-changebar  2026-05-25  11:54:59.49
geany-plugin-insertnum  2026-05-25  11:54:59.60
geany-plugin-keyrecord  2026-05-25  11:54:59.70
geany-plugin-latex  2026-05-25  11:54:59.85
geany-plugin-lineoperations 2026-05-25  11:54:59.97
geany-plugin-lipsum 2026-05-25  11:55:00.09
geany-plugin-lsp    2026-05-25  11:55:00.33
geany-plugin-lua    2026-05-25  11:55:00.59
geany-plugin-macro  2026-05-25  11:55:00.70
geany-plugin-markdown   2026-05-25  11:55:02.57
geany-plugin-miniscript 2026-05-25  11:55:02.68
geany-plugin-numberedbookmarks  2026-05-25  11:55:02.79
geany-plugin-overview   2026-05-25  11:55:02.90
geany-plugin-pairtaghighlighter 2026-05-25  11:55:03.01
geany-plugin-pg 2026-05-25  11:55:03.12
geany-plugin-pohelper   2026-05-25  11:55:03.22
geany-plugin-prettyprinter  2026-05-25  11:55:03.32
geany-plugin-prj    2026-05-25  11:55:03.43
geany-plugin-projectorganizer   2026-05-25  11:55:03.53
geany-plugins-common    2026-05-25  11:54:57.58
geany-plugin-scope  2026-05-25  11:55:03.66
geany-plugin-sendmail   2026-05-25  11:55:03.76
geany-plugin-shiftcolumn    2026-05-25  11:55:03.88
geany-plugins   2026-05-25  11:55:05.10
geany-plugin-spellcheck 2026-05-25  11:55:03.98
geany-plugin-tableconvert   2026-05-25  11:55:04.10
geany-plugin-treebrowser    2026-05-25  11:55:04.20
geany-plugin-updatechecker  2026-05-25  11:55:04.31
geany-plugin-vc 2026-05-25  11:55:04.59
geany-plugin-vimode 2026-05-25  11:55:04.69
geany-plugin-webhelper  2026-05-25  11:55:04.80
geany-plugin-workbench  2026-05-25  11:55:04.90
geany-plugin-xmlsnippets    2026-05-25  11:55:05.00
libctpl2t64:amd64   2026-05-25  11:54:59.15
libctpl-data    2026-05-25  11:54:59.04
libgtkspell3-3-0:amd64  2026-05-25  11:55:04.48
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0:amd64    2026-05-25  11:55:01.15
libjsonrpc-glib-1.0-1:amd64 2026-05-25  11:55:00.21
liblua5.1-0:amd64   2026-05-25  11:55:00.45
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0:amd64   2026-05-25  11:55:02.44
rename  2026-05-25  15:48:30.97
universal-ctags 2026-05-25  11:54:58.34
xdg-dbus-proxy  2026-05-25  11:55:01.28
libldb2:amd64   2026-05-26  17:00:19.23
libsmbclient0:amd64 2026-05-26  17:00:16.99
libtalloc2:amd64    2026-05-26  17:00:16.71
libtdb1:amd64   2026-05-26  17:00:18.31
libtevent0t64:amd64 2026-05-26  17:00:16.84
libwbclient0:amd64  2026-05-26  17:00:18.90
python3-ldb 2026-05-26  17:00:18.16
python3-samba   2026-05-26  17:00:17.82
python3-talloc:amd64    2026-05-26  17:00:18.77
python3-tdb 2026-05-26  17:00:18.62
samba-common-bin    2026-05-26  17:00:19.09
samba-common    2026-05-26  17:00:16.58
samba-libs:amd64    2026-05-26  17:00:20.57
smbclient   2026-05-26  17:00:17.16
tdb-tools   2026-05-26  17:00:20.72
vim-common  2026-05-26  05:17:05.84
vim-tiny    2026-05-26  05:17:05.64
xxd 2026-05-26  05:17:05.96
dnsmasq-base    2026-05-27  06:21:23.16
iotop   2026-05-27  22:15:30.57
libcaca0:amd64  2026-05-27  16:54:25.46
libgcrypt20:amd64   2026-05-27  16:54:24.86
libssh2-1t64:amd64  2026-05-27  06:21:23.29
bpftool 2026-05-29  11:15:26.92
linux-generic   2026-05-29  11:15:32.30
linux-headers-7.0.0-22-generic  2026-05-29  11:15:49.18
linux-headers-7.0.0-22  2026-05-29  11:15:43.48
linux-headers-generic   2026-05-29  11:15:49.37
linux-image-7.0.0-22-generic    2026-05-29  11:15:32.18
linux-image-generic 2026-05-29  11:15:32.41
linux-libc-dev:amd64    2026-05-29  11:15:50.26
linux-main-modules-zfs-7.0.0-22-generic 2026-05-29  11:15:27.06
linux-modules-7.0.0-22-generic  2026-05-29  11:15:31.85
linux-perf  2026-05-29  11:15:50.83
linux-tools-7.0.0-22-generic    2026-05-29  11:15:51.24
linux-tools-7.0.0-22    2026-05-29  11:15:51.13
linux-tools-common  2026-05-29  11:15:50.98
openjdk-25-jre:amd64    2026-05-29  06:26:13.77
openjdk-25-jre-headless:amd64   2026-05-29  06:26:16.00
fonts-opensymbol    2026-06-01  17:12:04.73
libreoffice-base-core   2026-06-01  17:11:59.22
libreoffice-calc    2026-06-01  17:12:02.61
libreoffice-common  2026-06-01  17:11:58.50
libreoffice-core    2026-06-01  17:12:04.28
libreoffice-draw    2026-06-01  17:11:49.04
libreoffice-help-common 2026-06-01  17:11:56.98
libreoffice-help-en-us  2026-06-01  17:11:53.70
libreoffice-impress 2026-06-01  17:11:48.29
libreoffice-kf6 2026-06-01  17:11:50.13
libreoffice-math    2026-06-01  17:11:51.05
libreoffice-plasma  2026-06-01  17:12:05.09
libreoffice-qt6 2026-06-01  17:11:50.29
libreoffice-style-breeze    2026-06-01  17:12:05.27
libreoffice-style-colibre   2026-06-01  17:12:04.94
libreoffice-style-sifr  2026-06-01  17:12:05.47
libreoffice-uiconfig-calc   2026-06-01  17:12:04.59
libreoffice-uiconfig-common 2026-06-01  17:11:51.78
libreoffice-uiconfig-draw   2026-06-01  17:11:48.76
libreoffice-uiconfig-impress    2026-06-01  17:11:48.55
libreoffice-uiconfig-math   2026-06-01  17:11:51.21
libreoffice-uiconfig-writer 2026-06-01  17:11:49.51
libreoffice-writer  2026-06-01  17:11:50.01
libuno-cppu3t64 2026-06-01  17:11:50.89
libuno-cppuhelpergcc3-3t64  2026-06-01  17:11:50.62
libuno-purpenvhelpergcc3-3t64   2026-06-01  17:11:59.49
libuno-sal3t64  2026-06-01  17:11:59.36
libuno-salhelpergcc3-3t64   2026-06-01  17:11:59.07
python3-uno 2026-06-01  17:11:58.89
uno-libs-private    2026-06-01  17:11:50.75
ure 2026-06-01  17:11:50.47
libkquickimageeditor1:amd64 2026-06-02  17:44:30.47
libmysqlclient24:amd64  2026-06-02  17:44:30.68
qml6-module-org-kde-kquickimageeditor:amd64 2026-06-02  17:44:30.83
libwww-perl 2026-06-03  19:43:53.18
python3-urllib3 2026-06-03  19:43:53.53
nano    2026-06-05  06:26:22.89

I assume that geany plugins won't affect the speed of the computer since it runs slowly without geany running. I think LibreOffice was updated after the problem started, so I'm inclined to rule them out, the same with the Linux headers etc.

wifi driver is not really comptaible with new Ubuntu upgrade (26.04) https://askubuntu.com/questions/1567423/wifi-driver-is-not-really-comptaible-with-new-ubuntu-upgrade-26-04

When I power on my computer, recently upgraded to Ubuntu 26.04, it randomly restarts (usually when I download a file or send an email). After looking into journalctl (and after asking AI), it seems like my WiFi driver isn't really happy about the update

My network controller is: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P PCH CNVi WiFi (rev 01)

Do you have another solution other than downgrading to Ubuntu 24.04?

The last lines of the log are:

Jun 02 16:51:18 architect kdump-tools[784]:  * kdump-tools: saved vmcore in /var/crash/202606021651
Jun 02 16:51:18 architect kdump-tools[927]: saved vmcore in /var/crash/202606021651

Should I send the rest of the logs (since they contain a lot of data about WiFi and network...)?

Transparency effects on KDE Plasma 6.6.5 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1567408/transparency-effects-on-kde-plasma-6-6-5

so i already turned off that "Translucency" option in settings and set the look of my panel to "Opaque" but there is still some transparent elements
panel's popups and krunner to be specific
how do I turn off transparency for them?
here is krunner
and here is panel's popup

I'm missing 400GB of storage? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1567386/im-missing-400gb-of-storage

I'm a bit of a noob to Ubuntu. I'm turning my old laptop into a media server with Ubuntu Server, and while transferring some files over with sftp i got an error code Failure, which means its got no idea why. I checked with df -h and the largest filesystem that appears is only 100GB and 100% full, whereas my internal storage is 500GB.

~$ df -h --total
Filesystem                         Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
tmpfs                              1.4G  1.8M  1.4G   1% /run
/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv   98G   93G     0 100% /
tmpfs                              3.4G     0  3.4G   0% /dev/shm
efivarfs                           182K  108K   70K  61% /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
none                               1.0M     0  1.0M   0% /run/credentials/systemd-journald.service
tmpfs                              3.4G     0  3.4G   0% /tmp
none                               1.0M     0  1.0M   0% /run/credentials/systemd-resolved.service
/dev/nvme0n1p2                     2.0G  184M  1.7G  11% /boot
/dev/nvme0n1p1                     1.1G  6.4M  1.1G   1% /boot/efi
none                               1.0M     0  1.0M   0% /run/credentials/systemd-networkd.service
none                               1.0M     0  1.0M   0% /run/credentials/getty@tty1.service
tmpfs                              690M   20K  690M   1% /run/user/1000

I checked the size of the folder with all the media in it and it only reaches 60GB. Then, using sudo fdisk -l it says I have 3 partitions, one of them being 473GB, but that partition is not listed when using df -h.

~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 476.94 GiB, 512110190592 bytes, 1000215216 sectors
Disk model: SAMSUNG MZALQ512HALU-000L2              
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 88B5DC04-2C79-4208-89A3-D7A15D2516DD

Device           Start        End   Sectors   Size Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1    2048    2203647   2201600     1G EFI System
/dev/nvme0n1p2 2203648    6397951   4194304     2G Linux filesystem
/dev/nvme0n1p3 6397952 1000212479 993814528 473.9G Linux filesystem

Am I being stupid and is my problem not actually storage space, or did I screw something up setting this server up?

Also to make myself clear, I'm not looking for a solution for file transferring, only if my storage is actually full or if it is hiding and I have a different problem. Edit: Outputs you guys requested

~$ sudo pvscan         
  PV /dev/nvme0n1p3   VG ubuntu-vg   lvm2 [<473.89 GiB / <373.89 GiB free]
  Total: 1 [<473.89 GiB] / in use: 1 [<473.89 GiB] / in no VG: 0 [0   ]
~$ sudo lvscan
  ACTIVE            '/dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv' [100.00 GiB] inherit
~$ sudo lsblk -f -e 7
NAME                      FSTYPE      FSVER    LABEL UUID                                   FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
nvme0n1                                                                                                    
├─nvme0n1p1               vfat        FAT32          F841-0F3A                                   1G     1% /boot/efi
├─nvme0n1p2               ext4        1.0            3be8f16e-5016-4f16-a82e-2648feea9725      1.6G     9% /boot
└─nvme0n1p3               LVM2_member LVM2 001       Dh9tQy-KVXw-TKT9-sxJV-RLv1-wp0u-Msd044                
  └─ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv ext4        1.0            5070efb0-e319-4713-af41-5674483d1366         0    95% /
How do I use FFmpeg under Ubuntu to create a 'Cinepak' video, as seen back in the 90s? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1567120/how-do-i-use-ffmpeg-under-ubuntu-to-create-a-cinepak-video-as-seen-back-in-th

Back in the 90s I remember being amazed at the 'dancing postage stamp' videos of the time. I now know that many of these dancing stamps were Cinepak videos. Can I use a modern FFmpeg under Ubuntu to recreate one of these early movies and make it as authentically '90s' as possible?

I am using FFmpeg 8.0.1 under Ubuntu 26.04 LTS:

andrew@ilium:~$ ffmpeg -version | grep "ffmpeg version"
ffmpeg version 8.0.1-3ubuntu2 Copyright (c) 2000-2025 the FFmpeg developers
andrew@ilium:~$ 
Periodic network and graphics drivers fail on boot https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565440/periodic-network-and-graphics-drivers-fail-on-boot

I'm still relatively new to Ubuntu, having installed it a few months ago, and I'm not a power user by any stretch. Every month or so, when I boot up, I find that I have no network (Ethernet cable) and the screen resolution is way less than it should be, like the graphics drivers are suddenly not there. These two features always break together: that is, I've never booted up to find no graphics drivers but have had internet, or vice versa.

This persists for several boot attempts, but then, somehow, it goes away. The last time it happened I was (I think) able to fix it by loading an older version of Ubuntu from the "Ubuntu Advanced.." boot menu option and updating from there. I could then boot as normal, but it's basically magic at this point.

I don't think it's a hardware problem like a loose motherboard connection, because Windows (dual boot) boots up just fine.

Nothing I've been able to find online addresses this issue in any direct way I can follow. There are so many potential rabbit holes I could go down looking for an answer, but I have no idea how to narrow down the search.

What could be causing this to happen? (Something I'm doing/not doing?) Where would be a sensible place to start looking for a solution?

Here's my Ubuntu version details:

$lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Release:    24.04
Codename:   noble

and the output from lshw when things are working:

$ sudo lshw -C network,display
*-display                 
   description: VGA compatible controller
   product: GM204 [GeForce GTX 970]
   vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
   physical id: 0
   bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
   logical name: /dev/fb0
   version: a1
   width: 64 bits
   clock: 33MHz
   capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom fb
   configuration: depth=32 driver=nvidia latency=0 mode=1920x1080 resolution=1920,1080 visual=truecolor xres=1920 yres=1080
   resources: irq:167 memory:52000000-52ffffff memory:40000000-4fffffff memory:50000000-51ffffff ioport:4000(size=128) memory:c0000-dffff
 *-network
   description: Ethernet interface
   product: RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
   vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
   physical id: 0
   bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
   logical name: enp5s0
   version: 16
   serial: 18:c0:4d:4e:5a:84
   size: 1Gbit/s
   capacity: 1Gbit/se
   width: 64 bits
   clock: 33MHz
   capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
   configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=6.17.0-20-generic duplex=full firmware=rtl8168h-2_0.0.2 02/26/15 ip=10.1.1.76 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1Gbit/s
   resources: irq:19 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:53304000-53304fff memory:53300000-53303fff

When things are broken, the only difference seems to be that the *-network entry is followed by UNCLAIMED (or something like that, I think... I didn't make a note of it).

Running dkms status gives no output.

Running dmesg gives more output than I can post here. The main differences I noticed were

[    0.000000] x86/CPU: Running old microcode

...appearing near the start, and

[  138.145962] FAT-fs (sda1): Volume was not properly unmounted. Some data may be corrupt. Please run fsck.

...at the end, when things were broken. There were a lot of other differences, but these were the most salient. (And I didn't read the whole thing because it was largely meaningless to me). Would it be worth figuring out a way to post the entire output?

How do I properly update Python? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1538584/how-do-i-properly-update-python

I am on Python 3.10 and would like to upgrade to 3.13.1. I have been trying to figure out how to do this, and have managed to get it installed, but it uses the python3.13 alias instead of the python alias.

Not able to install Howdy in Ubuntu https://askubuntu.com/questions/1499209/not-able-to-install-howdy-in-ubuntu

Every time i try to install howdy, i get the same message, I even tried making a virtual python environment but it did not work. { Upgrading pip to the latest version error: externally-managed-environment

× This environment is externally managed ╰─> To install Python packages system-wide, try apt install python3-xyz, where xyz is the package you are trying to install.

If you wish to install a non-Debian-packaged Python package,
create a virtual environment using python3 -m venv path/to/venv.
Then use path/to/venv/bin/python and path/to/venv/bin/pip. Make
sure you have python3-full installed.

If you wish to install a non-Debian packaged Python application,
it may be easiest to use pipx install xyz, which will manage a
virtual environment for you. Make sure you have pipx installed.

See /usr/share/doc/python3.11/README.venv for more information.

}

How to eliminate duplicate files https://askubuntu.com/questions/1238035/how-to-eliminate-duplicate-files

I use UbuntuStudio 20.04.

I want to know if there is some Linux native app (with GUI) to eliminate duplicate files, not only related with the names of the files, but its content.

I'm talking about to compare the lenght and the internal values to get if there are duplicated files even if their names aren't the same (example: the same video with different names in different folders).

Is there something like that? Where?

fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory (Unsolved with python-devel) https://askubuntu.com/questions/1007459/fatal-error-python-h-no-such-file-or-directory-unsolved-with-python-devel

When trying to compile pycaffe on Ubuntu 16.04, with Anaconda 3.6 installed I get the following error:

python/caffe/_caffe.cpp:1:52: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory

I have tried to install the python-devel packages with

sudo apt-get install python3-dev 
sudo apt-get install python3.5-dev
sudo apt-get install python3.6-dev 

But even after trying with each of those separately the same error occurs.

The correct PATH seems to be added in .bashrc

export PATH="home/jdevezas/anaconda/bin:$PATH"

And in Caffe's makefile.config I have

# NOTE: this is required only if you will compile the python interface.
# We need to be able to find Python.h and numpy/arrayobject.h.
#PYTHON_INCLUDE := /usr/include/python2.7 \
        /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/core/include
# Anaconda Python distribution is quite popular. Include path:
# Verify anaconda location, sometimes it's in root.

ANACONDA_HOME := /home/jdevezas/anaconda

#PYTHON_INCLUDE := $(ANACONDA_HOME)/include \
#            $(ANACONDA_HOME)/include/python2.7 \
#            $(ANACONDA_HOME)/lib/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/core/include

# Uncomment to use Python 3 (default is Python 2)
 PYTHON_LIBRARIES := boost_python3 python3.5m
 PYTHON_INCLUDE := /usr/include/python3.5m \
                 /usr/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/numpy/core/include

I have also tried with Python 2.7 with no results. I have checked the /usr/include/python3.5m and Python.h is there. Suggestions?

How to install Brother Printer MFC-L2740DW https://askubuntu.com/questions/866647/how-to-install-brother-printer-mfc-l2740dw

I am using Lubuntu, and I wanted to connect my printer, to my computer. But I followed the commands given by the brother company, but I was unable to make that work, because I wanted the wireless approach of it. For that I need the device URI, but I clicked auto for that, and that worked, but the installation of the device didn't work.

What device should I put as the 'device for boot loader installation' https://askubuntu.com/questions/802182/what-device-should-i-put-as-the-device-for-boot-loader-installation

Right now, I am installing Ubuntu to dual boot on my PC. So, I am at the 'installation type' screen. I have already made a swap, "/", and "/home" partitions (after shrinking the volume of my hard drive). So, now the only field left to fill out is the 'device for boot loader installation' field. I have a boot SSD and a general storage HDD. Where should I tell it to put the boot loader? Thanks!

Login as domain user Ubuntu 14.04 https://askubuntu.com/questions/498108/login-as-domain-user-ubuntu-14-04

I have installed PowerBroker aka Likewise-open on my Ubuntu 14.04 desktop. I successfully added the desktop to the domain but I am unable to login as a domain user at login screen. I found some answers on other posts saying to edit the 'lightdm' file but 14.04 has no such file.

Any help would be appreciated.

Set Multiple values for StartupWMClass (to group under same launcher in Unity) https://askubuntu.com/questions/248826/set-multiple-values-for-startupwmclass-to-group-under-same-launcher-in-unity

This a specific example of a generic problem I haven't been able to find a solution for yet.

I have a program (Android Virtual Device Manager) that launches 'sub-programs' (namely emulators or virtual devices) from within itself (also can be launched from else where). I want any instances of EITHER of these programs to be grouped under the same Unity icon.

I have created a .desktop file to try and accomplish this but don't exactly know how to go about it. The desktop file is as follows:

#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Name=Android Virtual Device
Icon=/home/ben/.icons/android.svg
Exec=/home/ben/usr/bin/android avd
StartupWMClass=Android Virtual Device Manager

From what I understand, StartupWMClass is what I need to set to achieve this correctly. I have obtained the two class names ('Android Virtual Device Manager' and 'emulator64-arm') using xprop WM_CLASS on the repsective windows. Both work individually (the launcher icon is correctly attached to the program no matter what way it is launched), but I cannot get it to work for both.

I am assuming that I somehow need to set two values for StartupWMClass but have not been able to do it correctly (or know if it is a valid operation). I have tried, colon separated like environment variables, comma separated, quotes, etc and I cannot find any hints in the official documentation.

Any suggestions?

EDIT:

Another, more pedantic, but probably more identifiable example is with Matlab. I am running 2013a and the splash screen that initially shows and the program have completely different WM_CLASS values. This means, when I click my launcher with StartupWMClass=com-mathworks-util-PostVMInit in it, the splash screen comes up with a different (default Unknown) Unity icon, while the rest comes up grouped under my launcher.

By using xprop WMCLASS and clicking on first the splash screen, then repeating with an active Matlab session I get the following terminal output:

ben@ben-OptiPlex-9010:~$ xprop WM_CLASS
WM_CLASS(STRING) = "MATLAB", "MATLAB"
ben@ben-OptiPlex-9010:~$ xprop WM_CLASS
WM_CLASS(STRING) = "sun-awt-X11-XFramePeer", "com-mathworks-util-PostVMInit"

If I could specify something along the lines of:

StartupWMClass=com-mathworks-util-PostVMInit&&MATLAB

That would work perfectly (as both work separately) but I have no idea of the syntax, if it even exists. I just know nothing I have tried has worked thus far.

Any help or a definitive answer either way would be great as I believe this is a pretty fundamental element of a well functioning desktop.

What's the official name for that area on the top of the screen in GNOME 2? https://askubuntu.com/questions/19138/whats-the-official-name-for-that-area-on-the-top-of-the-screen-in-gnome-2

What's the official name for that area on the top of the screen, similar to the Mac Menu Bar, where you see icons representing running apps? I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 (GNOME 2).