Can't access smb share on ubuntu 24.04 from windows 11 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1559589/cant-access-smb-share-on-ubuntu-24-04-from-windows-11

I just installed ubuntu 24.04 on a pc and would like to share a drive with the windows 11 PCs on my network. I have installed and configured samba. I can see the windows 11 pcs in ubuntu, but I can't see the ubuntu share on the windows 11 pcs. I can ping the ubuntu pc from the windows 11 pcs but when I try to connect to the share using the ip address, I'm told windows can't connect to the server. Does anybody have any suggestions?

Thank you, Steve

Question on build a customized Xubuntu live USB based on xubuntu-24.04.3-minimal-amd64.iso https://askubuntu.com/questions/1559588/question-on-build-a-customized-xubuntu-live-usb-based-on-xubuntu-24-04-3-minimal

I’m trying to build a customized Xubuntu live USB based on xubuntu-24.04.3-minimal-amd64.iso.
I don’t need to install it to a hard drive—just run it from a bootable USB.

In a chroot environment, I removed the installer and added Chrome.
I noticed the ISO now has two squashfs images:

/casper/minimal.squashfs
/casper/minimal.live.squashfs

(22.04 ISO only had one squashfs file/casper/filesystem.squashfs.)

I built an ISO with just filesystem.squashfs, but it fails to boot with:

KERNEL PANIC! VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)

Question:
Does initrd/initramfs automatically load /casper/filesystem.squashfs?
Or does 24.04 require the new layout (minimal.squashfs + minimal.live.squashfs)?
If so, how should I build the ISO correctly?

WiFi and Bluetooth (MediaTek MT7902 [14c3:7902]) not working on ASUS Vivobook X1404ZA, Ubuntu 24.04 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1559587/wifi-and-bluetooth-mediatek-mt7902-14c37902-not-working-on-asus-vivobook-x1

I have a new ASUS Vivobook X1404ZA laptop. I installed Ubuntu, but the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are not working. The Wi-Fi icon doesn't show any networks, and Bluetooth seems to be missing. Here is my technical information: --- **

1. My Wi-Fi/Network Controller:** (Output of `lspci -nn | grep -i network`)

03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: MEDIATEK Corp. Device [14c3:7902]


---

**2. My Kernel Version:**

6.17.7-061707-generic

---

**3. My Kernel Log (dmesg):**

(Output of `sudo dmesg | grep -iE 'mt79|7902'`)

[ 0.276113] pci 0000:03:00.0: [14c3:7902] type 00 class 0x028000 PCIe Endpoint

[ 221.622095] mt7921e: unknown parameter 'disable_usb_sg' ignored

*(Note: My `dmesg` also shows many `mt7921e` errors, but this seems to be the wrong driver for my [14c3:7902] hardware).*

---

**4. RFKill Status:**

(Output of `rfkill list`)

0: hci0: Bluetooth

Soft blocked: no

Hard blocked: no

*(As you can see, `rfkill` only detects Bluetooth, not the Wi-Fi device, confirming the kernel is not loading the Wi-Fi driver).*

---

What is the correct driver for the MediaTek MT7902? I tried loading `mt7925e` but it didn't seem to work. How can I get this hardware enabled?

Thank you.
Wi-Fi not detected on Ubuntu 24.04.3 (r8168e-2 Realtek) https://askubuntu.com/questions/1559583/wi-fi-not-detected-on-ubuntu-24-04-3-r8168e-2-realtek
lsblk 

$ lsblk -e7 -o NAME,UUID,SIZE,FSTYPE,MOUNTPOINTS
NAME                    UUID                                    SIZE FSTYPE      MOUNTPOINTS
sda                                                               1.4T
├─sda1                  8A08-858A                                 1G  vfat        /boot/efi
├─sda2                  8ac8da88-0a6e-4a18-abca-3068fd988c29      2G  ext4        /boot
└─sda3                  DwDsJbSh-T70y-l8NY-oWaz-boath-Lzld-pZFzlC 1.4T LVM2_member
  └─ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv 534f01d4-8748-41f3-be34-6c0441dc1484    1.4T ext4        

sudo lshw -C network

  *-network
       descrizione: Ethernet interface
       prodotto: RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
       fornitore: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       id fisico: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
       nome logico: eno1
       versione: 06
       seriale: e8:39:35:3f:82:6f
       capacità: 1Gbit/s
       larghezza: 64 bits
       orologio: 33MHz
       capacità: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configurazione: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=6.14.0-35-generic firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8168e-2.fw latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       risorse: irq:17 ioport:e000(size=256) memoria:fe400000-fe400fff memoria:d0000000-d0003fff

  *-network
       descrizione: Ethernet interface
       id fisico: 4
       bus info: usb@1:1.1
       nome logico: enx8ee83824d8ac
       seriale: 0e:e0:80:88:d8:ac
       capacità: ethernet physical
       configurazione: autonegotiation=off broadcast=yes driver=rndis_host driverversion=6.14.0-35-generic duplex=half firmware=RNDIS device ip=18.186.253.188 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair


lspci -nnk | grep -A4 -i net

07:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 06)
    DeviceName: Onboard LAN
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [103c:2abf]
    Kernel driver in use: r8169
    Kernel modules: r8169


dmesg | grep -i renamed  
 
[    1.104046] r8169 0000:07:00.0 eno1: renamed from eth0 
[    1.456097] rndis_host 1-1.1:1.0 enx8ee83824d8ac: renamed from usb0 
[ 3742.091782] rndis_host 1-1.1:1.0 enx8ee83824d8ac: renamed from usb0  

cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true


/usr/sbin/rfkill   
-- null --  


gh repo clone mtorromeo/r8168  

Clone in 'r8168' in corso... 
remote: Enumerating objects: 305, done. 
remote: Counting objects: 100% (40/40), done. 
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (18/18), done. 
remote: Total 305 (delta 32), reused 22 (delta 22), pack-reused 265 (from 2) Ricezione degli oggetti: 100% (305/305), 879.57 KiB | 869.00 KiB/s, fatto. Risoluzione dei delta: 100% (208/208), fatto.   


dmesg | grep -i wireless # Verifica WiFi attivi e relativi firmware 
 
-- null -- 

  
sudo -i apt-get update 
apt-get autoremove 
apt-get clean 
UNUSCONF=$(dpkg -l|grep "^rc" | awk '{print $2}') apt-get remove --purge $UNUSCONF NEWKERNEL=$(uname -r|sed 's/-*[a-z]//g'|sed 's/-386//g') 
ADDKERNEL="linux-(image|headers|ubuntu-modules|restricted-modules)" METAKERNEL="linux-(image|headers|restricted-modules)-(generic|i386|server|common|rt|xen)"  

update-grub   


--   

lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b5)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev b5)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b5)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b5)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev b5)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation H61 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port Desktop SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)

lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID -d6b:000- Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 808-:002- Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID -3-b:1-8- USB tethering
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1--b:0--2 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8--7:0--4 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0--1:4--7 Primax Electronics, Ltd HP USB Multimedia Keyboard
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0--d:c--a Logitech, Inc. M90/M100 Optical Mouse
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0--f:6--6 Alcor Micro Corp. Multi Flash Reader

How to find the newform command https://askubuntu.com/questions/1559578/how-to-find-the-newform-command

I'm trying to find the newform command in WSL. What am I doing wrong? Thanks! I'm trying to convert a binary file to ASCII.

Font Login Screen too small https://askubuntu.com/questions/1559576/font-login-screen-too-small

I find that the font of the Login Screen is too small. I did some research and I tried the option "Appply Plasma Settings" on SDDM but that has not resolved the issue. I'm running the latest Kubuntu on a Yoga laptop (3200x1800). -Thanks

Sandisk Mini USB Disconnects when Laptop Suspends on Battery https://askubuntu.com/questions/1559554/sandisk-mini-usb-disconnects-when-laptop-suspends-on-battery

I have a 128Gb Sandisk mini USB device that I am using for extra storage on an old Lenovo V145-15AST (model 81MT) running Xubuntu 24.04.2.

I have it mounted using fstab and everything works as intended.

# mount Sandisk 128Gb USB
/dev/disk/by-uuid/3936-3889 /media/Sandisk    auto  x-gvfs-name=USB-Sandisk,x-gvfs-show,uid=1000,gid=1000   0 1

Initially, the presence of the USB drive would cause the system to hang when waking from suspend, but only when running on battery power. The following command

echo "XHC0" | sudo tee /proc/acpi/wakeup

fixed the problem, so that is now automated on startup.

Then I noticed that the USB device would just "disappear" if I left it suspended on battery for longer than an hour. I assume that is to do with power states and entering a deeper suspend/freeze. So I tried disabling auto-suspend by editing GRUB.

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash usbcore.autosuspend=-1"

And checking

cat /sys/module/usbcore/parameters/autosuspend

gives -1 on a reboot.

lsusb gives the following:

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0438:7900 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Root Hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0bda:c024 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Bluetooth Radio 
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 13d3:5a02 IMC Networks EasyCamera
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 0781:5583 SanDisk Corp. Ultra Fit

So I added the below rule to /etc/udev/rules.d/92-usb-input-no-powersave.rules

ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0781", ATTR{idProduct}=="5583", TEST=="power/control", ATTR{power/control}="on"

I also tried with SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", but the USB device is still powered off after an hour. (again, this only happens on battery power).

udevadm info -a /dev/sda

outputs the below:

  looking at device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0/usb3/3-3/3-3:1.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda':
    KERNEL=="sda"
    SUBSYSTEM=="block"
    DRIVER==""
    ATTR{alignment_offset}=="0"
    ATTR{capability}=="0"
    ATTR{discard_alignment}=="0"
    ATTR{diskseq}=="53"
    ATTR{events}=="media_change"
    ATTR{events_async}==""
    ATTR{events_poll_msecs}=="-1"
    ATTR{ext_range}=="256"
    ATTR{hidden}=="0"
    ATTR{inflight}=="       0        0"
    ATTR{integrity/device_is_integrity_capable}=="0"
    ATTR{integrity/format}=="none"
    ATTR{integrity/protection_interval_bytes}=="0"
    ATTR{integrity/read_verify}=="0"
    ATTR{integrity/tag_size}=="0"
    ATTR{integrity/write_generate}=="0"
    ATTR{mq/0/cpu_list}=="0, 1, 2, 3"
    ATTR{mq/0/nr_reserved_tags}=="0"
    ATTR{mq/0/nr_tags}=="2"
    ATTR{partscan}=="1"
    ATTR{power/async}=="disabled"
    ATTR{power/control}=="auto"
    ATTR{power/runtime_active_kids}=="0"
    ATTR{power/runtime_active_time}=="0"
    ATTR{power/runtime_enabled}=="disabled"
    ATTR{power/runtime_status}=="unsupported"
    ATTR{power/runtime_suspended_time}=="0"
    ATTR{power/runtime_usage}=="0"
    ATTR{queue/add_random}=="1"
    ATTR{queue/atomic_write_boundary_bytes}=="0"
    ATTR{queue/atomic_write_max_bytes}=="0"
    ATTR{queue/atomic_write_unit_max_bytes}=="0"
    ATTR{queue/atomic_write_unit_min_bytes}=="0"
    ATTR{queue/chunk_sectors}=="0"
    ATTR{queue/dax}=="0"
    ATTR{queue/discard_granularity}=="512"
    ATTR{queue/discard_max_bytes}=="0"
    ATTR{queue/discard_max_hw_bytes}=="0"
    ATTR{queue/discard_zeroes_data}=="0"
    ATTR{queue/dma_alignment}=="511"
    ATTR{queue/fua}=="0"
    ATTR{queue/hw_sector_size}=="512"
    ATTR{queue/io_poll}=="0"
    ATTR{queue/io_poll_delay}=="-1"
    ATTR{queue/io_timeout}=="30000"
    ATTR{queue/iosched/async_depth}=="4"
    ATTR{queue/iosched/fifo_batch}=="16"
    ATTR{queue/iosched/front_merges}=="1"
    ATTR{queue/iosched/prio_aging_expire}=="10000"
    ATTR{queue/iosched/read_expire}=="500"
    ATTR{queue/iosched/write_expire}=="5000"
    ATTR{queue/iosched/writes_starved}=="2"
    ATTR{queue/iostats}=="1"
    ATTR{queue/iostats_passthrough}=="0"
    ATTR{queue/logical_block_size}=="512"
    ATTR{queue/max_discard_segments}=="1"
    ATTR{queue/max_hw_sectors_kb}=="512"
    ATTR{queue/max_integrity_segments}=="0"
    ATTR{queue/max_sectors_kb}=="512"
    ATTR{queue/max_segment_size}=="65536"
    ATTR{queue/max_segments}=="2048"
    ATTR{queue/minimum_io_size}=="4096"
    ATTR{queue/nomerges}=="0"
    ATTR{queue/nr_requests}=="4"
    ATTR{queue/nr_zones}=="0"
    ATTR{queue/optimal_io_size}=="0"
    ATTR{queue/physical_block_size}=="512"
    ATTR{queue/read_ahead_kb}=="128"
    ATTR{queue/rotational}=="1"
    ATTR{queue/rq_affinity}=="1"
    ATTR{queue/scheduler}=="none [mq-deadline] "
    ATTR{queue/stable_writes}=="0"
    ATTR{queue/virt_boundary_mask}=="0"
    ATTR{queue/wbt_lat_usec}=="75000"
    ATTR{queue/write_cache}=="write back"
    ATTR{queue/write_same_max_bytes}=="0"
    ATTR{queue/write_zeroes_max_bytes}=="33553920"
    ATTR{queue/zone_append_max_bytes}=="0"
    ATTR{queue/zone_write_granularity}=="0"
    ATTR{queue/zoned}=="none"
    ATTR{range}=="16"
    ATTR{removable}=="1"
    ATTR{ro}=="0"
    ATTR{size}=="240328704"
    ATTR{stat}=="     265    28681    35982     5139        1        0        1        3        0     2477     5143        0        0  >
    ATTR{trace/act_mask}=="disabled"
    ATTR{trace/enable}=="0"
    ATTR{trace/end_lba}=="disabled"
    ATTR{trace/pid}=="disabled"
    ATTR{trace/start_lba}=="disabled"

  looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0/usb3/3-3/3-3:1.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0':
    KERNELS=="0:0:0:0"
    SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi"
    DRIVERS=="sd"
    ATTRS{blacklist}=="SKIP_IO_HINTS"
    ATTRS{cdl_enable}=="0"
    ATTRS{cdl_supported}=="0"
    ATTRS{delete}=="(not readable)"
    ATTRS{device_blocked}=="0"
    ATTRS{device_busy}=="0"
    ATTRS{dh_state}=="detached"
    ATTRS{eh_timeout}=="10"
    ATTRS{evt_capacity_change_reported}=="0"
    ATTRS{evt_inquiry_change_reported}=="0"
    ATTRS{evt_lun_change_reported}=="0"
    ATTRS{evt_media_change}=="0"
    ATTRS{evt_mode_parameter_change_reported}=="0"
    ATTRS{evt_soft_threshold_reached}=="0"
    ATTRS{inquiry}==""
    ATTRS{iocounterbits}=="32"
    ATTRS{iodone_cnt}=="0x3d1f"
    ATTRS{ioerr_cnt}=="0x4"
    ATTRS{iorequest_cnt}=="0x3d1f"
    ATTRS{iotmo_cnt}=="0x0"
    ATTRS{model}==" SanDisk 3.2Gen1"
    ATTRS{power/async}=="enabled"
    ATTRS{power/autosuspend_delay_ms}=="-1"
    ATTRS{power/control}=="on"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_active_kids}=="0"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_active_time}=="31342045"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_enabled}=="forbidden"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_status}=="active"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_suspended_time}=="0"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_usage}=="2"
    ATTRS{queue_depth}=="2"
    ATTRS{queue_type}=="simple"
    ATTRS{rescan}=="(not readable)"
    ATTRS{rev}=="1.00"
    ATTRS{scsi_level}=="8"
    ATTRS{state}=="running"
    ATTRS{timeout}=="30"
    ATTRS{type}=="0"
    ATTRS{vendor}==" USB    "
    ATTRS{vpd_pg0}==""
    ATTRS{vpd_pg80}==""
    ATTRS{vpd_pg83}==""
    ATTRS{vpd_pgb0}==""
    ATTRS{wwid}=="t10. USB\0\0\0\0 SanDisk 3.2Gen10002321502222516"

  looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0/usb3/3-3/3-3:1.0/host0/target0:0:0':
    KERNELS=="target0:0:0"
    SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi"
    DRIVERS==""
    ATTRS{power/async}=="enabled"
    ATTRS{power/control}=="auto"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_active_kids}=="1"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_active_time}=="31342046"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_enabled}=="enabled"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_status}=="active"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_suspended_time}=="0"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_usage}=="0"

  looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0/usb3/3-3/3-3:1.0/host0':
    KERNELS=="host0"
    SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi"
    DRIVERS==""
    ATTRS{power/async}=="enabled"
    ATTRS{power/control}=="auto"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_active_kids}=="1"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_active_time}=="31342153"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_enabled}=="enabled"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_status}=="active"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_suspended_time}=="0"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_usage}=="0"

  looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0/usb3/3-3/3-3:1.0':
    KERNELS=="3-3:1.0"
    SUBSYSTEMS=="usb"
    DRIVERS=="uas"
    ATTRS{authorized}=="1"
    ATTRS{bAlternateSetting}==" 1"
    ATTRS{bInterfaceClass}=="08"
    ATTRS{bInterfaceNumber}=="00"
    ATTRS{bInterfaceProtocol}=="62"
    ATTRS{bInterfaceSubClass}=="06"
    ATTRS{bNumEndpoints}=="04"
    ATTRS{physical_location/dock}=="no"
    ATTRS{physical_location/horizontal_position}=="left"
    ATTRS{physical_location/lid}=="no"
    ATTRS{physical_location/panel}=="unknown"
    ATTRS{physical_location/vertical_position}=="upper"
    ATTRS{power/async}=="enabled"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_active_kids}=="1"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_enabled}=="disabled"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_status}=="unsupported"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_usage}=="0"
    ATTRS{supports_autosuspend}=="0"

  looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0/usb3/3-3':
    KERNELS=="3-3"
    SUBSYSTEMS=="usb"
    DRIVERS=="usb"
    ATTRS{authorized}=="1"
    ATTRS{avoid_reset_quirk}=="0"
    ATTRS{bConfigurationValue}=="1"
    ATTRS{bDeviceClass}=="00"
    ATTRS{bDeviceProtocol}=="00"
    ATTRS{bDeviceSubClass}=="00"
    ATTRS{bMaxPacketSize0}=="9"
    ATTRS{bMaxPower}=="896mA"
    ATTRS{bNumConfigurations}=="1"
    ATTRS{bNumInterfaces}==" 1"
    ATTRS{bcdDevice}=="0100"
    ATTRS{bmAttributes}=="80"
    ATTRS{busnum}=="3"
    ATTRS{configuration}==""
    ATTRS{devnum}=="4"
    ATTRS{devpath}=="3"
    ATTRS{idProduct}=="5583"
    ATTRS{idVendor}=="0781"
    ATTRS{ltm_capable}=="no"
    ATTRS{manufacturer}==" USB"
    ATTRS{maxchild}=="0"
    ATTRS{physical_location/dock}=="no"
    ATTRS{physical_location/horizontal_position}=="left"
    ATTRS{physical_location/lid}=="no"
    ATTRS{physical_location/panel}=="unknown"
    ATTRS{physical_location/vertical_position}=="upper"
    ATTRS{power/active_duration}=="31341730"
    ATTRS{power/async}=="enabled"
    ATTRS{power/autosuspend}=="-1"
    ATTRS{power/autosuspend_delay_ms}=="-1000"
    ATTRS{power/connected_duration}=="31342655"
    ATTRS{power/control}=="on"
    ATTRS{power/level}=="on"
    ATTRS{power/persist}=="1"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_active_kids}=="1"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_active_time}=="31342168"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_enabled}=="forbidden"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_status}=="active"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_suspended_time}=="0"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_usage}=="2"
    ATTRS{product}==" SanDisk 3.2Gen1"
    ATTRS{quirks}=="0x400"
    ATTRS{removable}=="removable"
    ATTRS{remove}=="(not readable)"
    ATTRS{rx_lanes}=="1"
    ATTRS{serial}=="00023215022225165640"
    ATTRS{speed}=="5000"
    ATTRS{tx_lanes}=="1"
    ATTRS{urbnum}=="31631"
    ATTRS{version}==" 3.20"

  looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0/usb3':
    KERNELS=="usb3"
    SUBSYSTEMS=="usb"
    DRIVERS=="usb"
    ATTRS{authorized}=="1"
    ATTRS{authorized_default}=="1"
    ATTRS{avoid_reset_quirk}=="0"
    ATTRS{bConfigurationValue}=="1"
    ATTRS{bDeviceClass}=="09"
    ATTRS{bDeviceProtocol}=="03"
    ATTRS{bDeviceSubClass}=="00"
    ATTRS{bMaxPacketSize0}=="9"
    ATTRS{bMaxPower}=="0mA"
    ATTRS{bNumConfigurations}=="1"
    ATTRS{bNumInterfaces}==" 1"
    ATTRS{bcdDevice}=="0614"
    ATTRS{bmAttributes}=="e0"
    ATTRS{busnum}=="3"
    ATTRS{configuration}==""
    ATTRS{devnum}=="1"
    ATTRS{devpath}=="0"
    ATTRS{idProduct}=="0003"
    ATTRS{idVendor}=="1d6b"
    ATTRS{interface_authorized_default}=="1"
    ATTRS{ltm_capable}=="yes"
    ATTRS{manufacturer}=="Linux 6.14.0-35-generic xhci-hcd"
    ATTRS{maxchild}=="4"
    ATTRS{power/active_duration}=="31998874"
    ATTRS{power/async}=="enabled"
    ATTRS{power/autosuspend}=="-1"
    ATTRS{power/autosuspend_delay_ms}=="-1000"
    ATTRS{power/connected_duration}=="31999661"
    ATTRS{power/control}=="on"
    ATTRS{power/level}=="on"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_active_kids}=="1"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_active_time}=="31999200"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_enabled}=="forbidden"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_status}=="active"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_suspended_time}=="0"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_usage}=="2"
    ATTRS{power/wakeup}=="disabled"
    ATTRS{power/wakeup_abort_count}==""
    ATTRS{power/wakeup_active}==""
    ATTRS{power/wakeup_active_count}==""
    ATTRS{power/wakeup_count}==""
    ATTRS{power/wakeup_expire_count}==""
    ATTRS{power/wakeup_last_time_ms}==""
    ATTRS{power/wakeup_max_time_ms}==""
    ATTRS{power/wakeup_total_time_ms}==""
    ATTRS{product}=="xHCI Host Controller"
    ATTRS{quirks}=="0x0"
    ATTRS{removable}=="unknown"
    ATTRS{remove}=="(not readable)"
    ATTRS{rx_lanes}=="1"
    ATTRS{serial}=="0000:00:10.0"
    ATTRS{speed}=="5000"
    ATTRS{tx_lanes}=="1"
    ATTRS{urbnum}=="242"
    ATTRS{version}==" 3.00"

  looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0':
    KERNELS=="0000:00:10.0"
    SUBSYSTEMS=="pci"
    DRIVERS=="xhci_hcd"
    ATTRS{ari_enabled}=="0"
    ATTRS{broken_parity_status}=="0"
    ATTRS{class}=="0x0c0330"
    ATTRS{consistent_dma_mask_bits}=="64"
    ATTRS{current_link_speed}=="Unknown"
    ATTRS{current_link_width}=="0"
    ATTRS{d3cold_allowed}=="1"
    ATTRS{dbc}=="disabled"
    ATTRS{dbc_bInterfaceProtocol}=="01"
    ATTRS{dbc_bcdDevice}=="0010"
    ATTRS{dbc_idProduct}=="0010"
    ATTRS{dbc_idVendor}=="1d6b"
    ATTRS{dbc_poll_interval_ms}=="64"
    ATTRS{device}=="0x7914"
    ATTRS{dma_mask_bits}=="64"
    ATTRS{driver_override}=="(null)"
    ATTRS{enable}=="1"
    ATTRS{irq}=="18"
    ATTRS{local_cpulist}=="0-1"
    ATTRS{local_cpus}=="3"
    ATTRS{max_link_speed}=="Unknown"
    ATTRS{max_link_width}=="255"
    ATTRS{msi_bus}=="1"
    ATTRS{msi_irqs/27}=="msix"
    ATTRS{msi_irqs/28}=="msix"
    ATTRS{msi_irqs/29}=="msix"
    ATTRS{numa_node}=="-1"
    ATTRS{power/async}=="enabled"
    ATTRS{power/control}=="on"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_active_kids}=="2"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_active_time}=="31999531"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_enabled}=="forbidden"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_status}=="active"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_suspended_time}=="0"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_usage}=="3"
    ATTRS{power/wakeup}=="disabled"
    ATTRS{power/wakeup_abort_count}==""
    ATTRS{power/wakeup_active}==""
    ATTRS{power/wakeup_active_count}==""
    ATTRS{power/wakeup_count}==""
    ATTRS{power/wakeup_expire_count}==""
    ATTRS{power/wakeup_last_time_ms}==""
    ATTRS{power/wakeup_max_time_ms}==""
    ATTRS{power/wakeup_total_time_ms}==""
    ATTRS{power_state}=="D0"
    ATTRS{remove}=="(not readable)"
    ATTRS{rescan}=="(not readable)"
    ATTRS{resource0}=="(not readable)"
    ATTRS{revision}=="0x20"
    ATTRS{subsystem_device}=="0x380b"
    ATTRS{subsystem_vendor}=="0x17aa"
    ATTRS{vendor}=="0x1022"

  looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00':
    KERNELS=="pci0000:00"
    SUBSYSTEMS==""
    DRIVERS==""
    ATTRS{power/async}=="enabled"
    ATTRS{power/control}=="auto"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_active_kids}=="21"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_active_time}=="0"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_enabled}=="disabled"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_status}=="unsupported"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_suspended_time}=="0"
    ATTRS{power/runtime_usage}=="0"
    ATTRS{waiting_for_supplier}=="0"

I notice from some manual experimenting with unmounting/remounting and unbinding/rebinding that the sda block is simply gone, and after a replug the drive is reconfigured under sdc (sdb is the main internal drive). Issuing the below on a normal working system:

echo 0000:00:10.0 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/xhci_hcd/unbind

then suspending the system for a while before waking then issuing

echo 0000:00:10.0 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/xhci_hcd/bind

works fine IF the system wake happens before an hour elapses (I think it was an hour but I could be wrong on the exact time it takes to enter a deeper suspend state). At any rate, if I leave it suspended for too long on battery the block device disappears.

Here is dmesg when running on power:

[ 2606.418682] PM: suspend entry (deep)
[ 2606.430180] Filesystems sync: 0.011 seconds
[ 2606.434316] Freezing user space processes
[ 2606.436191] Freezing user space processes completed (elapsed 0.001 seconds)
[ 2606.436200] OOM killer disabled.
[ 2606.436202] Freezing remaining freezable tasks
[ 2613.235524] Freezing remaining freezable tasks completed (elapsed 6.799 seconds)
[ 2613.235589] printk: Suspending console(s) (use no_console_suspend to debug)
[ 2613.240341] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Synchronizing SCSI cache
[ 2613.240533] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Synchronizing SCSI cache
[ 2613.243870] ata1.00: Entering standby power mode
[ 2613.304485] ACPI: EC: interrupt blocked
[ 2613.329275] ACPI: PM: Preparing to enter system sleep state S3
[ 2613.333134] ACPI: EC: event blocked
[ 2613.333138] ACPI: EC: EC stopped
[ 2613.333140] ACPI: PM: Saving platform NVS memory
[ 2613.333257] Disabling non-boot CPUs ...
[ 2613.335495] smpboot: CPU 1 is now offline
[ 2613.338153] ACPI: PM: Low-level resume complete
[ 2613.338178] ACPI: EC: EC started
[ 2613.338179] ACPI: PM: Restoring platform NVS memory
[ 2613.338253] LVT offset 0 assigned for vector 0x400
[ 2613.338687] Enabling non-boot CPUs ...
[ 2613.338789] smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 1 APIC 0x11
[ 2613.338970] [Firmware Bug]: CPU   1: APIC ID mismatch. CPUID: 0x0001 APIC: 0x0011
[ 2613.360203] CPU1 is up
[ 2613.360680] ACPI: PM: Waking up from system sleep state S3
[ 2613.391367] ACPI: EC: interrupt unblocked
[ 2613.393584] ACPI: EC: event unblocked
[ 2613.395892] [drm] PCIE GART of 1024M enabled (table at 0x000000F400600000).
[ 2613.395917] amdgpu: smu version 26.17.00
[ 2613.601597] amdgpu 0000:00:01.0: [drm:amdgpu_ring_test_helper [amdgpu]] *ERROR* ring comp_1.0.1 test failed (-110)
[ 2613.648811] usb 1-1.2: reset full-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
[ 2613.782015] amdgpu 0000:00:01.0: [drm:amdgpu_ring_test_helper [amdgpu]] *ERROR* ring comp_1.0.3 test failed (-110)
[ 2613.809755] usb 1-1.3: reset high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
[ 2613.811213] [drm] UVD initialized successfully.
[ 2613.859755] ata1: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)
[ 2613.861726] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Starting disk
[ 2613.863571] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
[ 2613.912182] [drm] VCE initialized successfully.
[ 2613.919040] OOM killer enabled.
[ 2613.919045] Restarting tasks ... 
[ 2613.927449] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: examining hci_ver=08 hci_rev=000c lmp_ver=08 lmp_subver=8821
[ 2613.928509] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: rom_version status=0 version=1
[ 2613.928520] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: loading rtl_bt/rtl8821c_fw.bin
[ 2613.929187] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: loading rtl_bt/rtl8821c_config.bin
[ 2613.929333] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: cfg_sz 10, total sz 34926
[ 2613.936337] done.
[ 2613.936351] random: crng reseeded on system resumption
[ 2614.099169] PM: suspend exit
[ 2614.369794] Generic FE-GE Realtek PHY r8169-0-100:00: attached PHY driver (mii_bus:phy_addr=r8169-0-100:00, irq=MAC)
[ 2614.400411] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: fw version 0x75b8f098
[ 2614.469674] Bluetooth: MGMT ver 1.23
[ 2614.549849] r8169 0000:01:00.0 enp1s0: Link is Down

Here is dmesg when running on battery:

[ 1286.383813] PM: suspend entry (deep)
[ 1286.392576] Filesystems sync: 0.008 seconds
[ 1286.396463] Freezing user space processes ... (elapsed 0.002 seconds) done.
[ 1286.398976] OOM killer disabled.
[ 1286.398977] Freezing remaining freezable tasks ... (elapsed 5.641 seconds) done.
[ 1292.040416] printk: Suspending console(s) (use no_console_suspend to debug)
[ 1292.054616] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Synchronizing SCSI cache
[ 1292.054616] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Synchronizing SCSI cache
[ 1292.057289] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Stopping disk
[ 1292.170613] ACPI: EC: interrupt blocked
[ 1292.206741] ACPI: PM: Preparing to enter system sleep state S3
[ 1292.211027] ACPI: EC: event blocked
[ 1292.211029] ACPI: EC: EC stopped
[ 1292.211030] ACPI: PM: Saving platform NVS memory
[ 1292.211136] Disabling non-boot CPUs ...
[ 1292.212971] smpboot: CPU 1 is now offline
[ 1292.214198] ACPI: PM: Low-level resume complete
[ 1292.214221] ACPI: EC: EC started
[ 1292.214222] ACPI: PM: Restoring platform NVS memory
[ 1292.214308] LVT offset 0 assigned for vector 0x400
[ 1292.214607] Enabling non-boot CPUs ...
[ 1292.214669] x86: Booting SMP configuration:
[ 1292.214670] smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 1 APIC 0x11
[ 1292.214842] microcode: CPU1: patch_level=0x06006705
[ 1292.217125] ACPI: \_PR_.C001: Found 2 idle states
[ 1292.217615] CPU1 is up
[ 1292.218078] ACPI: PM: Waking up from system sleep state S3
[ 1292.249120] ACPI: EC: interrupt unblocked
[ 1292.250992] ACPI: EC: event unblocked
[ 1292.251039] [drm] PCIE GART of 1024M enabled (table at 0x000000F400401000).
[ 1292.251056] amdgpu: smu version 26.17.00
[ 1292.253742] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Starting disk
[ 1292.307774] [drm] UVD initialized successfully.
[ 1292.408004] [drm] VCE initialized successfully.
[ 1292.535374] usb 1-1.2: reset full-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
[ 1292.723334] ata1: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)
[ 1292.723339] usb 1-1.3: reset high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
[ 1292.728037] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
[ 1295.213277] OOM killer enabled.
[ 1295.213282] Restarting tasks ... 
[ 1295.223222] usb 3-3: USB disconnect, device number 2
[ 1295.252225] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: examining hci_ver=08 hci_rev=000c lmp_ver=08 lmp_subver=8821
[ 1295.253226] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: rom_version status=0 version=1
[ 1295.253234] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: loading rtl_bt/rtl8821c_fw.bin
[ 1295.253263] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: loading rtl_bt/rtl8821c_config.bin
[ 1295.253303] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: cfg_sz 10, total sz 34926
[ 1295.267355] done.
[ 1295.511257] PM: suspend exit
[ 1295.703193] Generic FE-GE Realtek PHY r8169-0-100:00: attached PHY driver (mii_bus:phy_addr=r8169-0-100:00, irq=MAC)
[ 1295.730166] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: fw version 0x75b8f098
[ 1295.903351] r8169 0000:01:00.0 enp1s0: Link is Down
[ 1296.115463] usb 3-3: new SuperSpeed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
[ 1296.140769] usb 3-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0781, idProduct=5583, bcdDevice= 1.00
[ 1296.140779] usb 3-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 1296.140783] usb 3-3: Product:  SanDisk 3.2Gen1
[ 1296.140786] usb 3-3: Manufacturer:  USB
[ 1296.140788] usb 3-3: SerialNumber: 00023215022225165640
[ 1296.157509] scsi host2: uas
[ 1296.296102] FAT-fs (sdb1): unable to read boot sector to mark fs as dirty
[ 1297.260340] kauditd_printk_skb: 16 callbacks suppressed
[ 1297.260345] audit: type=1400 audit(1762975487.044:186): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" profile="snap.firmware-updater.firmware-notifier" name="/proc/sys/vm/max_map_count" pid=9291 comm="firmware-notifi" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000 ouid=0
[ 1301.369265] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlp2s0: link becomes ready
[ 1304.127460] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlp2s0 OUT= MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:01:20:37:f0:59:a3:0e:08:00 SRC=0.0.0.0 DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=36 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=1 PROTO=2 
[ 1316.715011] scsi 2:0:0:0: tag#0 uas_eh_abort_handler 0 uas-tag 1 inflight: CMD IN 
[ 1316.715029] scsi 2:0:0:0: tag#0 CDB: Inquiry 12 00 00 00 24 00
[ 1316.730989] scsi host2: uas_eh_device_reset_handler start
[ 1316.860744] usb 3-3: reset SuperSpeed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
[ 1316.886773] scsi host2: uas_eh_device_reset_handler success
[ 1316.890848] scsi 2:0:0:0: tag#0 uas_eh_abort_handler 0 uas-tag 1 inflight: CMD 
[ 1316.890863] scsi 2:0:0:0: tag#0 CDB: Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1316.890869] scsi host2: uas_eh_device_reset_handler start
[ 1317.020618] usb 3-3: reset SuperSpeed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
[ 1317.047049] scsi host2: uas_eh_device_reset_handler success
[ 1317.047065] scsi 2:0:0:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery

So this appears to be the problem:

[ 1296.296102] FAT-fs (sdb1): unable to read boot sector to mark fs as dirty

and then a few lines later:

[ 1317.047065] scsi 2:0:0:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery

After a replug and running

sudo fsck.vfat -a /dev/sdb1

Gives this:

fsck.fat 4.2 (2021-01-31)
There are differences between boot sector and its backup.
This is mostly harmless. Differences: (offset:original/backup)
  65:01/00
  Not automatically fixing this.
Dirty bit is set. Fs was not properly unmounted and some data may be corrupt.
 Automatically removing dirty bit.

*** Filesystem was changed ***
Writing changes.
/dev/sdb1: 4083 files, 912858/3754218 clusters

So I will double check and add the below to the /lib/systemd/system-sleep folder:

#!/bin/sh
# rebind sandisk usb
case "$1" in
    pre)
     # unmount sandisk usb before suspend
     umount /dev/disk/by-uuid/3936-3889 
    ;;  
    post)
     # rebind sandisk usb when waking
     sleep 1 
     mount /dev/disk/by-uuid/3936-3889
    ;;
esac

This isn't a huge deal since I don't often suspend on battery for any great length of time, and a replug of the USB device is all that is necessary. However, it does happen occasionally and I would prefer to minimise physical replugging if there is another way.

Any ideas? I suspect it might not be possible with that USB device and the 'proper' solution is a bigger SSD. Still, I am open to suggestions.

TIA

EDIT I have added the fstab entry above and dmesg logs of a clean suspend/resume on power versus a failed suspend/resume on battery. I am also going to change the drive from fat to ext4 and retest.

-- Mark

CUPS not finding existing files; 404 in web interface and server-error-internal-error https://askubuntu.com/questions/1559545/cups-not-finding-existing-files-404-in-web-interface-and-server-error-internal

On my Ubuntu Desktop 24.04.3 LTS I purged and reinstalled CUPS because it seemed that several files were messed up and the USB printer didn't work.

Now its even worse; it doesn't even find the printer any more.

When I open the web interface, I get 404 for all pages except home.

Checking the logs, I see a bunch of complaints about "missing files".

Unable to fork /usr/lib/cups/daemon/cups-driverd - No such file or directory.

Unable to fork /usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/help.cgi - No such file or directory.

I can verify that these files exist:

$ ls -l /usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/help.cgi 
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 48000 sept.  5 17:58 /usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/help.cgi

$ ls -l /usr/lib/cups/daemon/cups-driverd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 133968 sept.  5 17:58 /usr/lib/cups/daemon/cups-driverd

It might be related to a similar error in lpinfo:

lpinfo: L’exécution de « cups-driverd » a échoué.

Is there an error with permissions? CUPS is running as root.

There are additional errors I get from the log, I cannot find anything on Google about them:

Returning IPP server-error-internal-error for CUPS-Get-Devices (no URI) from localhost.

Returning IPP client-error-not-possible for Create-Printer-Subscriptions (/) from localhost.
Virtualbox W10 guest not working after 25.10 upgrade https://askubuntu.com/questions/1559529/virtualbox-w10-guest-not-working-after-25-10-upgrade

Host system is legacy BIOS with secure boot disabled. Guest system is W10 legacy boot. When I start the W10 guest, I get the error message below, and all the fixes I can find assume the host is UEFI. All worked OK before the upgrade from 25.04. Any ideas, please?

Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver is either not loaded or not set up correctly. Please reinstall virtualbox-dkms package and load the kernel module by executing
'modprobe vboxdrv'
as root.
If your system has EFI Secure Boot enabled you may also need to sign the kernel modules (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp, vboxpci) before you can load them. Please see your Linux system's documentation for more information.
where: suplibOsInit what: 3 VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED (-1908) - The support driver is not installed. On linux, open returned ENOENT.*

Sorry for lack of info - I am not sure what is relevant.

VB is v7.2.2 installed with apt. (AMD motherboard)

I have tried removing and installing virtualbox-dkms with reboots.

modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'vboxdrv': Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

dmesg: vboxdrv: Unknown symbol kvm_enable_virtualization (err -2) after a long list of kvm_amd: Unknown symbol errors.

Blacklisting as suggested as suggested makes no difference, except dmesg errors are not there.

I have removed and re-installed virtualbox-dkms - no difference.

lsmod | grep vboxdrv returns to prompt.

sudo modprobe vboxdrv ; sudo dmesg | tail gives:

modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'vboxdrv': Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
[   20.349112] audit: type=1400 audit(1762965757.286:305): apparmor="DENIED" operation="capable" class="cap" profile="fusermount3" pid=3324 comm="fusermount3" capability=7  capname="setuid"
[   20.349216] audit: type=1400 audit(1762965757.286:306): apparmor="DENIED" operation="capable" class="cap" profile="fusermount3" pid=3325 comm="fusermount3" capability=7  capname="setuid"
[   21.410003] audit: type=1400 audit(1762965758.347:307): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" class="file" profile="snap.thunderbird.thunderbird" name="/sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/product_sku" pid=3289 comm="thunderbird-bin" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000 ouid=0
[   21.703720] audit: type=1107 audit(1762965758.641:308): pid=1652 uid=103 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=unconfined msg='apparmor="DENIED" operation="dbus_method_call"  bus="system" path="/org/freedesktop/login1" interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" member="GetAll" mask="send" name=":1.8" pid=3289 label="snap.thunderbird.thunderbird" peer_pid=1849 peer_label="unconfined"
                exe="/usr/bin/dbus-daemon" sauid=103 hostname=? addr=? terminal=?'
[   21.703807] audit: type=1107 audit(1762965758.641:309): pid=1652 uid=103 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=unconfined msg='apparmor="DENIED" operation="dbus_method_call"  bus="system" path="/org/freedesktop/timedate1" interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" member="GetAll" mask="send" name=":1.28" pid=3289 label="snap.thunderbird.thunderbird" peer_pid=2386 peer_label="unconfined"
                exe="/usr/bin/dbus-daemon" sauid=103 hostname=? addr=? terminal=?'
[   29.373915] audit: type=1400 audit(1762965766.311:310): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" class="file" profile="snap.firefox.firefox" name="/proc/pressure/memory" pid=3643 comm="firefox" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000 ouid=0
[  212.216354] vboxdrv: Unknown symbol kvm_enable_virtualization (err -2)
[  212.216469] vboxdrv: Unknown symbol kvm_disable_virtualization (err -2)

virtualbox from command line gives:

WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist.
     Please install the virtualbox-dkms package and the appropriate
     headers, most likely linux-headers-generic.
Prevent users from changing the background image Ubuntu 24.04 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1559527/prevent-users-from-changing-the-background-image-ubuntu-24-04

As the title states, how can I prevent users from changing the background. I already made locks with dconf, it works, but not for downloaded images, the option to define the image as background still works.

What I've follow until now:

Prevent users from changing the desktop background on Ubuntu 18.04

dconf System Administrator Guide

My files are as follow:

/etc/dcof/profile/user:
user:user
system-db:local

/etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/default_background:
/org/gnome/desktop/background/picture-uri
/org/gnome/desktop/background/picture-uri-dark
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Gnome randomly locks up while using file manager, Firefox, and gedit to edit PHP program https://askubuntu.com/questions/1559504/ubuntu-24-04-lts-gnome-randomly-locks-up-while-using-file-manager-firefox-and

I replaced my Windows 10 Pro with Ubuntu 24.04 recently...I'm not new to Linux or Ubuntu.

My computer is an HP Compaq 8200 Elite with 8gb RAM and an i5 processor. It is EFI capable but does not have the secure boot available. I did update my Grub to reflect this. It should be okay for what I'm doing as I understand things.

Ubuntu keeps randomly locking up while I'm editing my Zen Cart PHP files.

I usually have 2 to 4 tabs open in Firefox, 3 or 4 files in gedit or text edit, and 2 to 4 nautilus file manger windows.

I have reduced a Firefox setting for "instances" from 8 to 4, tried running in the alternative graphics environment, printed journalctl, and kept open programs to a minimum when possible.

When it locks up, I've tried Alt SysRq REISUB but it will not work...even if I wait 10 second between each letter. Ctl Alt Del...nothing happens. Plugging in a wired mouse and keyboard does not work. My Blackweb RF keyboard becomes unresponsive. I have disconnected and reconnected it to try and unfreeze the system but nothing happens. The only way to get out of the freeze is a hard power off reset and I know that is not the correct way to exit a freeze...but necessary in my case.

I'm writing this in the alternate graphics startup so I don't know if running in this mode is going to fix my issue.

My system is up to date.

Could someone, please, guide me in the correct direction to resolve this?

Thanks.

Edit for @mchid:

After startup:

$ free -h
               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:           7.6Gi       1.3Gi       5.5Gi       137Mi       1.3Gi       6.4Gi
Swap:          4.0Gi          0B       4.0Gi

After opening Firefox, phpMyAdmin, Zen Cart admin, Zen Cart catalog, Zen Cart clean install admin, and Zen Cart clean install catalog; text editor with 4 files; Nautilus SSD drive, and Nautilus backup drive hard disk: $free -h

               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:           7.6Gi       2.1Gi       3.7Gi       374Mi       2.4Gi       5.5Gi
Swap:          4.0Gi          0B       4.0Gi

Edit 2:

After downloading 240 products with my Zen Cart plugin:

total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:           7.6Gi       2.4Gi       3.3Gi       417Mi       2.5Gi       5.3Gi
Swap:          4.0Gi          0B       4.0Gi

While running my Zen Cart plugin to resize 804 images:

total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:           7.6Gi       2.4Gi       3.2Gi       412Mi       2.5Gi       5.3Gi
Swap:          4.0Gi          0B       4.0Gi
Bluetooth Conection dies after some time, only power off helps https://askubuntu.com/questions/1559447/bluetooth-conection-dies-after-some-time-only-power-off-helps

Up to a few days Bluetooth under Ubuntu 24.04 basically would work. (Not without flaws.) I use it mainly to connect to an audio speaker. But now (Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS) the connection dies after some time (1 to 2 hours). I after that cannot connect to any paired device, and no new device is discovered. Similarly no other device can connect to my laptop, and devices which are not paired will not find it.

The only way to resolve the issue is to power off and then restart. A reboot doesn't help. Neither does restarting bluetooth via service bluetooth restart or systemctl restart bluetooth. (Even though dmesg seems to indicate that with both command Bluetooth was restarted.)

Any suggestion how to resolve the issue. (I work on a LENOVO ThinkPad E16.)

Update 1

  1. Google's AI suggests that starting bluez in experimental mode could solve the problem. I tried, to no avail.
  2. Here the messages in system log at the time the connection dies:
2025-11-09T16:49:09.504121-05:00 xxxxxx wpa_supplicant[960]: wlp2s0: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-59 noise=9999 txrate=86700
2025-11-09T16:49:28.039065-05:00 xxxxxx wpa_supplicant[960]: wlp2s0: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-24 noise=9999 txrate=86700
2025-11-09T16:49:29.019150-05:00 xxxxxx wireplumber[2294]: 0x70aeb2b94038: error 24
2025-11-09T16:49:29.055518-05:00 xxxxxx wireplumber[2294]: Failed to release transport /org/bluez/hci0/dev_xx_xx_xx_xx_xx_xx/sep5/fd0: Method "Release" with signature "" on interface "org.bluez.MediaTransport1" doesn't exist
2025-11-09T16:49:29.058900-05:00 xxxxxx gsd-media-keys[2688]: Unable to get default sink
2025-11-09T16:49:35.026007-05:00 xxxxxx bluetoothd[841]: profiles/audio/avdtp.c:avdtp_connect_cb() connect to xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx: Host is down (112)

Update 2

I so far was using the most recent version of bluez (5.72-0ubuntu5.5). Things got worse, bluetooth disconnecting after 10-20 minutes. I downgraded to 5.72-0ubuntu5 and things improved. Bluetooth disconnected once after around 2 hours. But at the moment the connection is stable since more than 12 hours. So, downgrading seems to be a workaround for the moment.

If one of my monitors is bigger than the other, how can I stop my mouse getting stuck on corners? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1559220/if-one-of-my-monitors-is-bigger-than-the-other-how-can-i-stop-my-mouse-getting

I run Xubuntu 24.04.3 LTS x86_64. The Xfce version is Xfce 4.18. I have multiple monitors, but one is much bigger than the other. I am always able to move my mouse from the small monitor to the big one. However, as the screenshot below suggests, I can never move my mouse from the bottom left side of the big monitor to the little one. The mouse hits a "wall" and will move up rather than left until it is over the wall and able to move to the smaller monitor.

display settings

How can I knock down this wall? If one of my monitors is bigger than the other, how can I stop my mouse getting stuck on corners?

For comparison, I'm pretty sure that Windows would let me increase the size of both screens in this GUI and handle the borders intelligently.

I have seen answers mentioning edge resistance. As far as I can tell, none of those settings do anything at all. I have also not seen any Xfce settings related to sticky corners.

LAN and WLAN "suddenly" vanished / resolution changed https://askubuntu.com/questions/1559209/lan-and-wlan-suddenly-vanished-resolution-changed

After a normal restart, the icons were suddenly very small and barely recognizable. The system had apparently changed the resolution (or scaling) on its own. After setting the scaling to 300%, this problem was fixed, but:

The icons for LAN/WLAN had disappeared from the system tray, and only VPN and Proxy appear in the settings - Network.

The query:

'sudo systemctl status NetworkManager'

indicates that NetworkManager is loaded and active. Restarting does not help.

What is “special” about this installation:

I chose the X11 window manager by altering custom.conf:

'sudo nano /etc/gdm3/custom.conf'

'WaylandEnable=false'

The reason:

I installed DWAGENT on the notebook so that I could control the device remotely. (See dwservice.net) This works well on several other computers and initially on this one as well. On some, there was an error message at startup, which may indicate a conflict with the automatic startup of DWAGENT(?) On some installations, dwagent must also be started manually to enable remote access—I don't know why this is the case.

I suspect that there is a connection with dwagent because after switching to Wayland, an icon with a red error message(?) from DWAGENT appears in the system tray.

Does anyone have any tips on how I can reactivate the LAN and WLAN cards (without network access)? Both are working fine: when I start the system with the UBUNTU DVD, both are available.

Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS running on an Asus Notebook Intel Core i7-4710HQx8

Kernel Ver 6.14.0-33-generic, X11 Window Manager

Resolution 3840x2160 (scales 300%) ################################################################# Update after going back to Kernel 6.14.0-29-generic and starting updates to 6.14.0-35-generic:

Network is running again.

There still is a problem with the nvidia driver:

linux-modules-nvidia-570-6.14.0-33-generic

...that is reported, known and not solved - i found here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules/+bug/2126754

Terrance recommended to post System-Info: (dkms installation failed, seems to me to be related to the nvidia-problem):

gustavson@gustavson-N550JK:~/Schreibtisch$ sudo lshw -C video
  *-display                 
       Beschreibung: 3D controller
       Produkt: GM107M [GeForce GTX 850M]
       Hersteller: NVIDIA Corporation
       Physische ID: 0
       Bus-Informationen: pci@0000:01:00.0
       Version: a2
       Breite: 64 bits
       Takt: 33MHz
       Fähigkeiten: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom
       Konfiguration: driver=nvidia latency=0
       Ressourcen: irq:46 memory:f6000000-f6ffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f0000000-f1ffffff ioport:e000(Größe=128) memory:f7000000-f707ffff
  *-display
       Beschreibung: VGA compatible controller
       Produkt: 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
       Hersteller: Intel Corporation
       Physische ID: 2
       Bus-Informationen: pci@0000:00:02.0
       Logischer Name: /dev/fb0
       Version: 06
       Breite: 64 bits
       Takt: 33MHz
       Fähigkeiten: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom fb
       Konfiguration: depth=32 driver=i915 latency=0 resolution=3840,2160
       Ressourcen: irq:43 memory:f7400000-f77fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:f000(Größe=64) memory:c0000-dffff


gustavson@gustavson-N550JK:~/Schreibtisch$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network                 
       Beschreibung: Kabellose Verbindung
       Produkt: Wireless 7260
       Hersteller: Intel Corporation
       Physische ID: 0
       Bus-Informationen: pci@0000:04:00.0
       Logischer Name: wlp4s0
       Version: 73
       Seriennummer: 80:19:34:7b:b5:a6
       Breite: 64 bits
       Takt: 33MHz
       Fähigkeiten: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       Konfiguration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=6.14.0-35-generic firmware=17.bfb58538.0 7260-17.ucode ip=192.168.179.16 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
       Ressourcen: irq:42 memory:f7900000-f7901fff
  *-network
       Beschreibung: Ethernet interface
       Produkt: RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
       Hersteller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       Physische ID: 0
       Bus-Informationen: pci@0000:05:00.0
       Logischer Name: enp5s0
       Version: 0c
       Seriennummer: ac:9e:17:2c:ee:be
       Kapazität: 1Gbit/s
       Breite: 64 bits
       Takt: 33MHz
       Fähigkeiten: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       Konfiguration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=6.14.0-35-generic firmware=rtl8168g-2_0.0.1 02/06/13 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       Ressourcen: irq:19 ioport:d000(Größe=256) memory:f7800000-f7800fff memory:f2100000-f2103fff


gustavson@gustavson-N550JK:~/Schreibtisch$ sudo apt install dkms
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Die folgenden Pakete wurden automatisch installiert und werden nicht mehr benötigt:
  libdrm-radeon1:i386 libgl1-amber-dri libglapi-amber libllvm19 libllvm19:i386 libxcb-dri2-0:i386 linux-headers-6.14.0-27-generic linux-headers-6.14.0-29-generic
  linux-hwe-6.14-headers-6.14.0-27 linux-hwe-6.14-headers-6.14.0-29 linux-hwe-6.14-tools-6.14.0-27 linux-hwe-6.14-tools-6.14.0-29 linux-image-6.11.0-29-generic
  linux-image-6.14.0-27-generic linux-image-6.14.0-29-generic linux-modules-6.11.0-29-generic linux-modules-6.14.0-27-generic linux-modules-6.14.0-29-generic
  linux-modules-extra-6.11.0-29-generic linux-modules-extra-6.14.0-27-generic linux-modules-extra-6.14.0-29-generic linux-modules-nvidia-570-6.11.0-29-generic
  linux-objects-nvidia-570-6.11.0-29-generic linux-signatures-nvidia-6.11.0-29-generic linux-tools-6.14.0-27-generic linux-tools-6.14.0-29-generic nvidia-firmware-570-570.133.07
Verwenden Sie »sudo apt autoremove«, um sie zu entfernen.
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  build-essential dpkg-dev fakeroot g++ g++-13 g++-13-x86-64-linux-gnu g++-x86-64-linux-gnu gcc gcc-13 gcc-13-x86-64-linux-gnu gcc-x86-64-linux-gnu libalgorithm-diff-perl
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  libstdc++-13-dev libtsan2 libubsan1 lto-disabled-list make
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Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von:
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gustavson@gustavson-N550JK:~/Schreibtisch$ uname -r
6.14.0-35-generic

----- Nov 12 ----

In Reply to Terrance Commented Nov 8 at 3:52: I cannot go back to 6.14.0-33-generic Kernel and update, because I have no Internet Access using that kernel. So I startet 6.14.0-35-generic Kernel and installed r8168-dkms Driver. Evrthings seems fine except the NVIDIA-Error - now I'm waiting for the next Kernel-Updates...

Pinta: how can I save a project so I can continue editing later? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1557702/pinta-how-can-i-save-a-project-so-i-can-continue-editing-later

I have a little project in Pinta with a few layers. I would like to save it in a native file format that preserves the layers so I can continue editing it later, but I don't see that as an option. I can only export to "flat" image formats like e.g. JPG, PNG, TIFF etc. What am I missing?

Using Gnome Disks, Can I use 'format internal disk' to format an external HDD? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1550542/using-gnome-disks-can-i-use-format-internal-disk-to-format-an-external-hdd

First of all, I only use Linux. I won't need to use Windows for anything. Please, have this in mind.

I have Ubuntu 22.04 installed and I have an external HDD. I want to format that full external hard drive, and I want to use the Gnome-Disks utility for that.

I want to set the type of formatting option to "Internal disk for use with Linux systems only (EXT4)", because that is the only one which allows me to use LUKS encryption.

Can I do this?

The only thing that worries me is that it says that this option is to format 'internal disks', but I am going to format an external one. So I want to know if this is going to give me any problem. I plan to plug that external HDD to several computers, all of which run Ubuntu.

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How to downgrade from kernel 6.5 to 6.2 on Ubuntu 22.04? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1503321/how-to-downgrade-from-kernel-6-5-to-6-2-on-ubuntu-22-04

How do I downgrade kernel 6.5 to 6.2 on Ubuntu 22.04? This is to resolve my Wi-Fi persistent disconnection issues.

What format choice for an Ubuntu back up disk? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1492875/what-format-choice-for-an-ubuntu-back-up-disk

Screenshot of format choices

I would like to use a 1 Tb external disk for my backup using the standard Ubuntu backup tool. The disk has been used previously and I need to format and wipe it. As a new user, I don't know which format I should choose. I have attached a screenshot showing my choices. Can anyone advise on which I should choose please?

The volume name is currently "Acer". Is it possible to change this name?

"Invalid cross-device link" hard for directories on the same filesystem https://askubuntu.com/questions/1439604/invalid-cross-device-link-hard-for-directories-on-the-same-filesystem

I know hard links can't cross filesystems, but trying to link files via bind mounts that physically live on the same filesystem fails as well. I detailed things below to visualize it better, but the TLDR of my question is why is ln treating the mounted directories as though they live separately?

Basically, copying files into a share folder would be best-served with hardlinks so I'm not duplicating space:


mymedia/
├─ share/
│  ├─ pics/
│  │  ├─ pic2.tif
│  ├─ vids/
│  │  ├─ vid1.mov
├─ homevid/
│  ├─ vid1.mov
│  ├─ vid2.mov
│  ├─ vid3.mov
├─ homepic/
│  ├─ pic1.tif
│  ├─ pic2.tif
├─ training/




mymedia/share is on one drive (Media1), whereas homepic is on Media2 and homevid on Media3. The two folders in share are mounted from Media2/Media3. This is from fstab:

/dev/disk/by-uuid/UUID_1 /mnt/Media1 auto 0 0  
/dev/disk/by-uuid/UUID_2 /mnt/Media2 auto 0 0  
/dev/disk/by-uuid/UUID_3 /mnt/Media3 auto 0 0  
/mnt/Media1 /mnt/mymedia none bind 
/mnt/Media2/homepic /mnt/mymedia/homepic none bind
/mnt/Media2/share /mnt/mymedia/share/pics none bind
/mnt/Media3/homevid /mnt/mymedia/homevid none bind
/mnt/Media3/share /mnt/mymedia/share/vids none bind

I can create the link while using the "real" path, like so: ln /mnt/Media2/homepic/pic2.tif /mnt/Media2/share/, and see the new file in both directories; stat confirms the inode is the same for the files, as well as same device:

Path Device
/mnt/Media2/homepic 831h/2097d
/mnt/Media2/share 831h/2097d
/mnt/mymedia/homepic 831h/2097d
/mnt/mymedia/share/pics 831h/2097d
/mnt/mymedia/training 821h/2081d

Unfortunately, using the bind mounts would be way better for my workflow (this fails): ln /mnt/mymedia/homepic/pic1.tif /mnt/mymedia/share/pics/pic2.tif

What am I missing?

WiFi problems - no connection with 2.4Gz network https://askubuntu.com/questions/1422579/wifi-problems-no-connection-with-2-4gz-network

I have an Archer C60 v.2.0 router (2.1.2 Build 20181227 rel.34229). There are two WiFi networks set up: 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz (with different SSIDs). My HP notebook (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Realtek RTL8822BE 802.11ac PCIe Adapter) connects only with 5G WiFi: when I try to connect to 2.4, it continuously asks for a password (I tried to write the password directly to the saved network settings, but this did not help). To the 5.0Gz wifi network, it connects successfully, but when I reboot to Windows 10, the connection to 2,4Gz wifi network is established successfully. That's why I think the problem is only in the Ubuntu setting, not in the router.

What should I check?

[error 2147942402 (0x80070002) when launching Ubuntu 18.04 in WSL https://askubuntu.com/questions/1421805/error-2147942402-0x80070002-when-launching-ubuntu-18-04-in-wsl

After adding a Python path to my environment variable I ran into an [error 2147942402 (0x80070002) when launching ubuntu.exe that's preventing me from launching Ubuntu in Windows terminal.

I don't know what happened. Is my environment variable messed up?

I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 on Windows 10 via WSL2.

"/usr/include/stdio.h:27:10: fatal error: bits/libc-header-start.h: No such file or directory" when compiling HTK https://askubuntu.com/questions/1387067/usr-include-stdio-h2710-fatal-error-bits-libc-header-start-h-no-such-file

I'm trying to compile the HTK library, but run into issues:

$ make all
(cd HTKLib && make HTKLib.a) \
  || case "" in *k*) fail=yes;; *) exit 1;; esac;
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/<path_removed_for_privacy>/htk/HTKLib'
gcc  -m32 -ansi -D_SVID_SOURCE -DOSS_AUDIO -D'ARCH="x86_64"' -Wall -Wno-switch -g -O2 -I. -DPHNALG -UPHNALG  -c -o HGraf.null.o HGraf.null.c
In file included from HShell.h:40,
                 from HGraf.null.c:25:
/usr/include/stdio.h:27:10: fatal error: bits/libc-header-start.h: No such file or directory
   27 | #include <bits/libc-header-start.h>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.

Running dpkg -S libc-header-start.h tells me:

libc6-dev:amd64: /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/libc-header-start.h

Ok. /usr/include/bits should be a symlink to /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits, but running dpkg -S /usr/include/bits gives me:

dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/include/bits

I have researched this error, and from what I can understand I ought to install gcc-multilib to resolve it. But I run into problems with this too:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 gcc-multilib : Depends: gcc-9-multilib (>= 9.3.0-3~) but it is not going to be installed

Trying to install gcc-9-multilib gives further and further dependency problems. Researching this, I found this thread, where they solved the gcc-multilib issue, but unfortunately it doesn't work for me. I get the same dependency issues as in the original post. Their solution was to downgrade libc6-dev running "sudo apt install libc6-dev=2.31-0ubuntu9.2". When I do this, it says:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
libc6-dev is already the newest version (2.31-0ubuntu9.2).
libc6-dev set to manually installed.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

So I already have the version that resolved their problem, but my problem remains.

Any suggestions on how to resolve this, and most of all get the HTK library running would be very appreciated.

EDIT:
As requested in the comments: apt policy gcc gcc-multilib gcc-9-multilib:

gcc:
  Installed: 4:9.3.0-1ubuntu2
  Candidate: 4:9.3.0-1ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 4:9.3.0-1ubuntu2 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
gcc-multilib:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 4:9.3.0-1ubuntu2
  Version table:
     4:9.3.0-1ubuntu2 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages
gcc-9-multilib:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 9.3.0-17ubuntu1~20.04
  Version table:
     9.3.0-17ubuntu1~20.04 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main amd64 Packages
     9.3.0-10ubuntu2 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages
Trying to enable USB interface for Wireless Adapter Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS https://askubuntu.com/questions/864031/trying-to-enable-usb-interface-for-wireless-adapter-ubuntu-16-04-1-lts

I am trying to setup a wireless USB adapter on my machine and I am currently lost. I believe I installed the driver correctly based on my lsusb info below:

BUS 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:818b Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

However when I run ifconfig I do not see my wireless interface. But for some reason when I run ifconfig -a I am able to see the new interface but it appears with Link encap:Ethernet:

ifconfig -a output:

In addition when I run lshw -C network it claims USB:0 Disabled.

lshw output:

I am relatively new to Ubuntu but I think I need to enable the USB in order for my adapter to work. How can I do this? Is their an alternative solution?

Lastly my wireless extention appears when I run iwconfig. I would post a screenshot but my reputation is not high enough for more than 2 links.

How to uninstall Eset NOD32 Antivirus 4 from 16.04? https://askubuntu.com/questions/849883/how-to-uninstall-eset-nod32-antivirus-4-from-16-04

I installed Eset NOD32 Antivirus 4 for Linux on my desktop with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit. Now my system has slowed to a crawl and is basically unusable. Eset keeps popping up asking me to Activate it; I choose Trial (I haven't bought it yet) and I fill out the name and email, click Activate. It either goes away to return later asking the same question, or it freezes for a while.

My other programs (Thunderbird, eg.) operate sluggishly for a few moments and then freeze for long periods.

How can I uninstall this Eset monster from my system? Especially given the state it's in? I have a low level of knowledge but can follow directions. Thanks!

proFTPd -- Operation not permitted on line 36 of '/etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf' https://askubuntu.com/questions/659780/proftpd-operation-not-permitted-on-line-36-of-etc-proftpd-proftpd-conf

sudo chown proftpd /etc/proftpd/ftpd.passwd sudo chmod o-r /etc/proftpd/ftpd.passwd sudo service proftpd start

At this stage proFTPd is running but I am unable to log in,

sudo chmod o+r /etc/proftpd/ftpd.passwd

And now I can log in to FTP However if I change the permission on the ftpd.passwd to sudo chmod o+r /etc/proftpd/ftpd.passwd before I start the proFTPd , the proFTPd won't start and will give me the error:

mod_auth_file/1.0: unable to use world-readable AuthUserFile '/etc/proftpd/ftpd.passwd': Operation not permitted Fatal: AuthUserFile: unable to use /etc/proftpd/ftpd.passwd: Operation not permitted on line 36 of '/etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf'

What my suspicion is that proFTPd is not a member of a specific group, if I execute:

groups proftpd

proftpd : nogroup is the reply.

Any ideas?

Open JDK doesn't run my jar files https://askubuntu.com/questions/434282/open-jdk-doesnt-run-my-jar-files

I decided to start java programming on Linux instead of Windows, but I can only open my projects in the NetBeans IDE. When I make the distribution into a .jar file, I can't open them. I already gave it the permission to be an executable file, but when I select Open JDK jre (either 6 or 7), it just stays there. It doesn't do anything and I don't see why it happens. Any help on what to do to proceed?

PS: The program I'm trying to open has a GUI and when I run it in NetBeans it directly loads into the GUI, instead of doing something at the console

Auto-unmount USB drive https://askubuntu.com/questions/330992/auto-unmount-usb-drive

I used to work for a long time with ubuntu 10.10 and I changed to a recent machine so I had to move to Ubuntu 13.04. One feature I'm now missing is the auto umount of usb drives. I've not been able to find easy info on internet.

MicroSD card is set to Read-only state. How can I write data on it? https://askubuntu.com/questions/213889/microsd-card-is-set-to-read-only-state-how-can-i-write-data-on-it

I have a MicroSD card reader in my notebook. When I insert a MicroSD memory card into it, I can't write any data on it - it's read-only. The same thing happens when I try to do it under root. And I can't change the permission policy for it. This problem happens for all microSD cards (I've tested 2 cards). I've encountered it on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, now I'm on Ubuntu 12.10, the problem is still on it's place. When I try to insert such a "read-only" card in my mobile phone, everything's OK and I can write data on it. So, can anybody tell me, how can I write a data onto the card?

UPD: here's fdisk -l output:

Disk /dev/sdc1: 2013 MB, 2013135360 bytes
62 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1022 cylinders, total 3931905 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

 Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

The file system of the card is msdos. As to me it's weird.

UPD2: I've found a small "lock" switch on my card adapter, and it turns out, that when I insert it in my notebook, it switches on. Perhaps, I have to find some glue or something to get that switch stuck...

UPD3: There was no glue near me, so I've decided to buy another card-reader.

How to see the Video Card Temperature (Nvidia, ATI, Intel...) https://askubuntu.com/questions/34449/how-to-see-the-video-card-temperature-nvidia-ati-intel

Is there a command (Via terminal) to see the temperature of any video card.

Already Tried sensors with the sensors-detect applied. Does not detect for example, Nvidia and ATI video card temperatures.

Code snippet manager for Ubuntu? https://askubuntu.com/questions/6035/code-snippet-manager-for-ubuntu

I'm looking for a good code snippet manager, with syntax highlighting and search capabilities. Another important feature is the capability of changing the code area background color. I have tested some Adobe Air apps that had white background everywhere, which hurts my eyes.

I'm using KDE btw. I use Kate for coding, but I don't like it's snippet plugin.