Shell scrpit Haaving problems running this......Or Installing this https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565678/shell-scrpit-haaving-problems-running-this-or-installing-this

I downloaded a shell script so I can get remote access on rdp for work cannot get the script to install.....enter image description here

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Unable to save edited files on a connected server https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565676/unable-to-save-edited-files-on-a-connected-server

I'm running Ubuntu 24.04. I am trying to edit files on a connected server with Gedit and Sublime text editor. When I try to save them I get this message:

Could not save the file "/run/user/1000/gvfs/sftp:host= ...

This doesn't happen on my old laptop which runs Ubuntu 22.04 and which is set up in exactly (I think) the same way. Could someone tell me how to fix it?

What’s the easiest way you’ve found to convert MP3 files into .wav or other formats without losing quality? [duplicate] https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565675/what-s-the-easiest-way-you-ve-found-to-convert-mp3-files-into-wav-or-other-form

I want to convert MP3 files to WAV or other audio formats, but I’m looking for the easiest and most reliable way to do it. There are so many tools and methods available online, and I’m not sure which one is the simplest for beginners. Can anyone suggest a quick and easy method or software that can convert MP3 to WAV without losing audio quality? I’m mainly looking for something fast, user-friendly, and hassle-free. Any recommendations or personal experiences would be really helpful.

NetBeans 29 - how to change the font of menus https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565673/netbeans-29-how-to-change-the-font-of-menus

How can I change the font that's used for menus in NetBeans 29 in Ubuntu 24.04? I found these settings:

Fonts and colors:

Fonts and colors
Click the image to enlarge it.

...but that doesn't change the fonts for menus.

Occasionally, I have a problem with ubuntu [closed] https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565671/occasionally-i-have-a-problem-with-ubuntu

Canonical, please, I beg of you to not make Ubuntu say it reached an unrecoverable error when I can LITERALLY GET INTO THE OVERVIEW. At the same time, it also begs the question: what counts as an unrecoverable error?

Unrelated, but an issue I had, I tried installing Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on some old MacBook Pro (mid 2015 i believe) I found to try to give it a new life, right? Anyways, when I connected the USB drive, and tried to install, the screen would just go white, with the menu bar still on screen. I just thought "oh, no problem, just go in safe mode."

Although yes, it did fix the screen issue, it would fail to install every time I tried. But why?

Unfortunately, I do not have the log, but it would fail to install when it reached the "installing the system" stage in the installer.

The thing is, I know it did something because if I used Internet Recovery and open Disk Utility, it shows that it did, in fact, do something. I know it did install but just doesn't like the MacBook I guess?

All in all, CANONICAL PLS FIX UBUNTU !!1!11!!1!1!

(i fully understand that this is a 3rd party website and i have also submitted to the bug tracker. and, let me yell in all caps even for one sentence. like, take a joke, people.)

Mouse actions and how to get rid of them or configure them https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565669/mouse-actions-and-how-to-get-rid-of-them-or-configure-them

I would like to configure the assumptions the mouse actions make when I use the mouse. It's really annoying to be selecting text or something else and the cursor wants to help but gets in my way. These "actions" have been present for a few years now.

Is there a way to revert to the old ways or something that can be configured?

How to touch type / glide type / gesture type with a touchscreen in Ubuntu? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565667/how-to-touch-type-glide-type-gesture-type-with-a-touchscreen-in-ubuntu

I am using Ubuntu 24.04 on a touch screen tablet. I want to gesture type like Android/iOS mobile devices. How do I do it?

How do I get the menus of bluray discs in VLC? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565666/how-do-i-get-the-menus-of-bluray-discs-in-vlc

I have fresh installs of VLC and java (both 64-bit versions) on my Ubuntu 22.04 system. But I get this message in VLC when I try to play bluray discs:

Java required: This Blu-ray disc requires Java for menus support. The disc will be played without menus.

Before I installed java, there was also a bit about java not being found, which went away after I installed java. Some information on vlc and java:

$ file $(which vlc)
/usr/bin/vlc: ELF 64-bit LSB pie executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, BuildID[sha1]=28dd482700deb8eac9e975a72af5076c3efec138, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, stripped

$ java -version
openjdk version "11.0.30" 2026-01-20
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.30+7-post-Ubuntu-1ubuntu122.04)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0.30+7-post-Ubuntu-1ubuntu122.04, mixed mode, sharing)

In the vlc logfile, I found this:

libbluray error: BD-J menus not supported. Playing without menus. BD-J support: 1, JVM found: 1, JVM usable: 0

So it looks like it finds java but cannot use it. Do I need a different version of java?

Repair Windows startup https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565662/repair-windows-startup

I have two disks, C: and D:.

Windows was installed on C: and Linux on D:. Initially, it worked fine, but now Windows has disappeared from the boot menu. I've tried using Ubuntu's GRUB recovery tool and a bootable Windows image, but I haven't been able to get it working. Furthermore, when I try to access the drives from Ubuntu, C: isn't mounted and I get an error when I try to mount it. I've also tried using os-prober.

project that models human organs and body movement in software [closed] https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565659/project-that-models-human-organs-and-body-movement-in-software

I am building a project that models human organs and body movement in software, with the goal of eventually mapping this to physical robotic parts (servo motors, sensors, actuators).

I have a basic question:

In order to work on robotics on linux systems, what is the standard project structure for a ROS2 workspace that also contains non-ROS Python simulation code?

Thank you in advance for any suggestions.

I am a beginner with ROS2 but comfortable with Python. Any pointers to official documentation or working examples would be appreciated.

In 2026 is there a linux equivalent to the GUI renaming programs in Windows - BRU (Bulk Rename Utility) and Advanced Renamer? [closed] https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565655/in-2026-is-there-a-linux-equivalent-to-the-gui-renaming-programs-in-windows-br

I'm using Mint Cinnamon. This is my last roadblock to using Linux and not Windows. Over the last few weeks I've managed to find ways to configure linux versions of programs to work closely to the way I'm used to and find ways to manage the differences.

I have two basic types of file renaming that I do almost daily.

  1. One connected with managing my video collection for which there are about 4 or 5 normally used operations &

  2. One connected with my file management for photographs, which actually needs about 10 different renaming operations.

These have been going on for about 15 years and 25 years respectively so however helpfully intentioned I'm not interested in suggestions of alternate ways to do this other than file renamers. I wish to retain the way that things are named and the fundamental processes I use. I just need 2 or if I'm really lucky 1 program that fits the bill 95%.

I'm not after any recursive directory or file renaming functions, just files within a directory - may be a very very large in terms of content networked directory but just a single directory.

I use both the above programs for different things. Even with the plethora of Windows devs I couldn't find one nice GUI solution that suited both.

  • BRU is really powerful, yes the i'face is heavy and takes a little while to wrap your head around the more powerful features but it's very simple to use, all naming functions can be turned on and off easily, everything, including result previews is literally on one screen in front of you, there's an undo if you screw up while trying something out and MOST importantly you can save any file renaming operations as "templates" or presets. So after spending 30-40 minutes when you work out the next important renaming thing, you never have to again. BRU isn't powerful as Advanced renamer in extracting info from files for use in renaming operations but for everything else it's fine.

  • Advanced renamer is similar but is much more like Krenamer and has the advantage that it uses EXIF tools and other plugins to extract specific fields from media files that can be used in renaming operations. Again most importantly it's all in front of you and you can save the rules as templates or presets.

Most of my searches come back with a relatively short list, which with the exception of rename I've tried. While I can use a command line and batch/command/script files I'd rather have a GUI if it exists.

Here are the ones I've found that people seem to rate, with my comments on use alongside.

It would be incredibly helpful if anyone could tell me that I've been an idiot and missed something obvious with any of these. Give pointers on how to better use them and overall let me know if there are any I've missed that have the characteristics of either BRU or Advanced renamer as described above.

  • Bulky - attractive because it's built in to nemo.

    Simple, not many different rename options but doesn't allow saving of templates and not all in front of you at once.

  • Krename - because it's powerful.

    To be honest if I could see a way of saving templates this is so much like advanced renamer I could probably replace all my existing templates and workflow steps in an evening. I don't like that you have to step through tabs but it is what it is.

  • GPrename

    Sort of like Bulky but another program to install

  • The command line Rename

    It's not a GUI so no preview of results alongside originals and TBH I've seen some reports that while it is incredibly powerful it's a bit obscure in format.

  • Thunar

    Again a bit like Bulky. Maybe a few operation differences but otherwise if that's the level, then I'd stick with bulky.

  • and the rename functions in Double Commander.

    I'm afraid that after 5 minutes of trying to change the source and destination directories from the default SMB share it decided to default to (that wasn't actually mounted when I invoked the program but was afterwards) I just gave up on this. I've used various file commander clones before on Windows and Android and never had such a basic issue. Let's say I didn't find it intuitive at that point so I never got to the rename functions.

After increasing the memory available for my guest OS in VMware, Ubuntu 22.04 will not boot. Possibly boot is blocked due to excess disk space usage https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565652/after-increasing-the-memory-available-for-my-guest-os-in-vmware-ubuntu-22-04-wi

I run Ubuntu 22.04 as a VM, using VMware Workstation as the host for any guest OS I wish to use. While using Ubuntu, I got a warning that disk space was topping out. After getting that message, I went and deleted a lot of very large files. After I shut down Ubuntu normally, I increased the disk allocation from 65 GB to 110 GB, waited while the partition resizing completed successfully, and then shut down VMware and my Windows 11.

Today I tried to start the VM as usual and encountered a screen showing: /dev/sda3: clean, 250714/4227072 files, 1607934/16907264 blocks. As noted, this now comes up after I had increased the available disk space. There must be a way to achieve the fix, either via Ubuntu or by VMware, but I am unable to see how to get past that first screen that shows /dev/sda3: clean, 250714/4227072 files, 1607934/16907264 blocks in what appears to be a terminal. I see the screen, but have no ability to enter the guest OS, which in fact seems to be running Ubuntu 22.04. The startup screen shows all of the same normal Ubuntu startup icons, etc., but then the boot process dead-ends at a black screen with that same /dev/sda3... and never get to the login screen.

Although I have read aboutsimilar situations, I am blocked by the fact that I have no controllable way to get into Ubuntu. In my Ubuntu I have the GParted tool, but I don't know how to get into the guest OS where I could make that adjustment. I see several possible answers to resolving the issue, but all of them require being able to somehow get into Ubuntu to run commands from a terminal.

How do I fix battery detections on Ubuntu 25.10 on my MacBook Air? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565649/how-do-i-fix-battery-detections-on-ubuntu-25-10-on-my-macbook-air

I am having battery detection problems on my MacBook Air running Ubuntu 25.10. For example, Ubuntu will say my battery is at 29% when it is actually at 5%, and then my MacBook dies. Is there any way to fix this?

I am using an Early 2014 MacBook air (A1466)

I never replaced the battery once.

initramfs after every reboot https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565627/initramfs-after-every-reboot

I installed Ubuntu 24.04 on my old 2015 MacBook Pro to try and play around and learn Linux with it. On every reboot I get the stuck in intiramfs. I've used fsck /dev/sdax -y multiple times and keep getting stuck. When I do fsck it says everything is fixed, but then when I use exit to continue it writes a couple more lines. The last one starts with failed and then it boots. It moves on too quickly for me to read, so I don't know what's failing.

It runs fine when I'm using it right after booting, but as soon as I leave Firefox on and suspend and then come back, the whole thing freezes/crashes and I can't open any apps other than home and maybe the App Center. When this happens the system completely bogs down, but according to the System Monitor none of the CPU is being used. Is there anything I should do right after installation to smooth anything out?

trying to automatically restart wifi https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565613/trying-to-automatically-restart-wifi

Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS

To preface, I didn't have this issue with Ubuntu 22...Trying to automatically restart wifi for my jellyfin server. I can't remotely connect to jellyfin at all times, because at some point my wifi is possibly going to sleep (everything appears connected, can reach all websites, jellyfin works locally). So I initially disabled wifi power saving. Didn't stop the issue. Then I tried an auto script via cron, it runs every 10 minutes to check if there is a connection and if there isn't it restarts the network. Problem is everything appears connected, in fact is connected. So it doesn't go through restarting the network. Does anyone have a possible solution? Perhaps a way to restart the network every 4 hours regardless of a current connection.

How to make a Bluetooth game controller show up under /dev/input/js* in addition to /dev/input/event*? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565596/how-to-make-a-bluetooth-game-controller-show-up-under-dev-input-js-in-addition

I'm using Ubuntu Cinnamon 24.04, and have a Bluetooth gamepad (a Gioteck WX5 that emulates a Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller). I can pair it with my laptop, and when I do, it shows up as a pair of devices in /dev/input (specifically, "Pro Controller" in /dev/input/event18, which responds to button presses and thumbstick movements, and "Pro Controller (IMU)" in /dev/input/event19, which I think (but am not totally sure) is the accelerometer / motion controls).

I can confirm that the gamepad is working by using evtest, which displays the button presses. I have added myself to the input group in /etc/group, giving myself permissions to read from /dev/input directly.

However, the gamepad doesn't show up under /dev/input/js*, which means that some programs (such as jstest-gtk) aren't able to see it. I'm particularly interested in using the gamepad from a browser such as Firefox or Chromium, but they don't appear to see the gamepad either, and I think that the fact that it doesn't show up under /dev/input/js* is the most likely cause. (To rule out possibilities, I also tried a wired Xbox 360 game controller, and this does show up as /dev/input/js0 and does work correctly in at least Chromium.)

I tried checking for existing questions but none seemed to have similar enough circumstances: in most of them, the controller was appearing in /dev/input/js* and the problem was elsewhere. This question is the closest, but the journalctl entries I'm seeing are substantially different from the ones seen in that case:

kernel: nintendo 0005:057E:2009.0005: hidraw2: BLUETOOTH HID v80.01 Gamepad [Pro Controller] on [REDACTED]
kernel: nintendo 0005:057E:2009.0005: controller MAC = [REDACTED]
kernel: nintendo 0005:057E:2009.0005: using user cal for left stick
kernel: nintendo 0005:057E:2009.0005: using user cal for right stick
[...]
kernel: nintendo 0005:057E:2009.0005: failed reading SPI flash; ret=-110
kernel: nintendo 0005:057E:2009.0005: Failed to read left stick cal, using defaults; e=-110
kernel: nintendo 0005:057E:2009.0005: failed reading SPI flash; ret=-110
kernel: nintendo 0005:057E:2009.0005: Failed to read right stick cal, using defaults; e=-110
kernel: nintendo 0005:057E:2009.0005: using factory cal for IMU
kernel: nintendo 0005:057E:2009.0005: assigned player 1 led pattern
kernel: input: Pro Controller as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-8/3-8:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:3/0005:057E:2009.0005/input/input31
kernel: input: Pro Controller (IMU) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-8/3-8:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:3/0005:057E:2009.0005/input/input32
systemd[1]: Starting iio-sensor-proxy.service - IIO Sensor Proxy service...
systemd[1]: Started iio-sensor-proxy.service - IIO Sensor Proxy service.
systemd[1]: iio-sensor-proxy.service: Deactivated successfully.

I also don't want to blacklist the Nintendo driver because part of the reason I bought this controller is that I was interested in making use of the motion/accelerometer inputs (given that I already have a different controller for which the button/joystick inputs work).

Is there a way to configure the Bluetooth gamepad to show up under /dev/input/js* in addition to /dev/input/event*, and/or to allow Chromium to see it directly from /dev/input/event*?

Information requested in the comments

One of the comments asked for information from the udevadm command; here it is (with MAC addresses redacted):

$ udevadm info --no-pager /sys/class/input/input35
P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-8/3-8:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:1/0005:057E:2009.0007/input/input35
M: input35
R: 35
U: input
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-8/3-8:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:1/0005:057E:2009.0007/input/input35
E: SUBSYSTEM=input
E: PRODUCT=5/57e/2009/8001
E: NAME="Pro Controller"
E: PHYS="[REDACTED]"
E: UNIQ="[REDACTED]"
E: PROP=0
E: EV=20000b
E: KEY=7ffb000000000000 0 0 0 0
E: ABS=3001b
E: FF=107030000 0
E: MODALIAS=input:b0005v057Ep2009e8001-e0,1,3,15,k130,131,133,134,135,136,137,138,139,13A,13B,13C,13D,13E,ra0,1,3,4,10,11,mlsf50,51,58,59,5A,60,w
E: USEC_INITIALIZED=34383723107
E: ID_INPUT=1
E: ID_INPUT_JOYSTICK=1
E: ID_BUS=bluetooth
E: ID_PATH_WITH_USB_REVISION=pci-0000:00:14.0-usbv2-0:8:1.0
E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:14.0-usb-0:8:1.0
E: ID_PATH_TAG=pci-0000_00_14_0-usb-0_8_1_0
E: ID_FOR_SEAT=input-pci-0000_00_14_0-usb-0_8_1_0
E: TAGS=:seat:
E: CURRENT_TAGS=:seat:

$ udevadm info --no-pager /sys/class/input/input36
P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-8/3-8:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:1/0005:057E:2009.0007/input/input36
M: input36
R: 36
U: input
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-8/3-8:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:1/0005:057E:2009.0007/input/input36
E: SUBSYSTEM=input
E: PRODUCT=5/57e/2009/8001
E: NAME="Pro Controller (IMU)"
E: PHYS="[REDACTED]"
E: UNIQ="[REDACTED]"
E: PROP=40
E: EV=19
E: ABS=3f
E: MSC=20
E: MODALIAS=input:b0005v057Ep2009e8001-e0,3,4,kra0,1,2,3,4,5,m5,lsfw
E: USEC_INITIALIZED=34383723420
E: ID_INPUT=1
E: ID_INPUT_ACCELEROMETER=1
E: ID_BUS=bluetooth
E: ID_PATH_WITH_USB_REVISION=pci-0000:00:14.0-usbv2-0:8:1.0
E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:14.0-usb-0:8:1.0
E: ID_PATH_TAG=pci-0000_00_14_0-usb-0_8_1_0
E: ID_FOR_SEAT=input-pci-0000_00_14_0-usb-0_8_1_0
E: IIO_SENSOR_PROXY_TYPE=input-accel
E: SYSTEMD_WANTS=iio-sensor-proxy.service
E: TAGS=:systemd:seat:
E: CURRENT_TAGS=:systemd:seat:

joydev appears in the output of lsmod (showing a size of 32768 and no users, regardless of whether or not I connect the gamepad). The kernel version is 6.17.0-20-generic #20~24.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC.

If I blacklist the hid_nintendo module, then things are barely functional: the gamepad does show up in /dev/input/js0, but the mappings are extremely messed up (e.g. the d-pad doesn't show up at all and the analog sticks are interpreted as d-pad movements, many buttons show as permanently pressed, and many button presses are interpreted as things other than button presses like axis quarter-movements). The gamepad is not recognised by Chromium in this state, and there is no /dev/input/event* entry for the accelerometer.

Without the module blacklisted, hidraw seems to be able to pick up the gamepad, but with extremely restricted permissions (root:root 600), meaning that no programs are able to see the raw access to the gamepad. Trying to relax the permissions manually didn't obviously do anything.

/etc/udev/rules.d/ is suspiciously empty: it contains only rules used by Snap packages (all starting 70-snap.). I would have expected to see a lot more rules than that (and vaguely remember hearing something about udev rules being picked up from the initramfs: perhaps they're there rather than on my main filesystem). I found the udev rules in /usr/lib/udev/rules.d, as the comments suggested.

How do I make my programs stop spamming app icons when installed? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1565590/how-do-i-make-my-programs-stop-spamming-app-icons-when-installed

I'm not sure how to phrase this. Every time I download an app or program, no matter if it's from Steam, App Center, Flathub, or anywhere else, I get either one icon of it on my app screen, or I get 1-2 pages full of it.

or i get 1-2 pages full of it

I thought maybe I pressed a button to mess it up, but I just downloaded something new, and the same thing happened again.

Before you ask, no, I didn't download most of these programs from different sources. only a few apps were downloaded from different sources, and those aren't the ones I'm confused about. For example, all of my Steam games have several respective icons.

all of my steam games have several respective icons

...and you can't download a game from Steam twice. Most things I download are Steam games, so this is the bigger issue.

I only have one semi-normal page. It's getting out of control.

i only have one semi-normal page.

Edit: this doesn't happen on my desktop screen, it only happens on my app screen. Here's my desktop screen, for clarity: enter image description here

There also isn't a way for me to delete the icons by right-clicking them.

enter image description here

Edit 2: I'm using Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS. The issue doesn't just happen with Steam games, but also with programs downloaded with WINE. I only have one version of Steam installed (snap). If there is any other missing information, please let me know.

Kernel 6.17 failing on Raspberry Pi 4? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1562527/kernel-6-17-failing-on-raspberry-pi-4

I just upgraded my Raspberry Pi 4 to the 25.10 release, and it won't boot kernel 6.17, only the 6.14 kernel from 25.04. When I log in, I get:

piboot-try:
New boot assets in /boot/firmware/new failed. Fallen back to known good
state. Use piboot-try --reset-new to re-test boot assets. If you are able
to determine the boot failure is due to a bug, please file an issue:
ubuntu-bug flash-kernel

uname -r says it's running kernel 6.14.0-1019-raspi.

I've followed the advice in the message, but it still uses 6.14. I've looked through various logs, but I don't see anything that says what the error might be.

How can I find out what's going wrong with 6.17, and ideally how can I get the new kernel booting?

How to disable HDMI output sinks in Pipewire? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1557133/how-to-disable-hdmi-output-sinks-in-pipewire

I want to do that for two reasons:

Firstly, in the workplace setting I never need or indeed tolerate HDMI output to broadcast my sounds at large. Secondly, there seems to be a bug in Ubuntu where when I plug in headphones, the system correctly re-routes sound from HDMI to laptop, but towards speaker not headphone - still broadcasting at large; I hope disabling HDMI will get rid of that. So I need to disable specific sinks instead, because of integrated chipset.

It looks like not only Pipewire has new bugs Pulseaudio didn't, but it also has no GUI or even command-line tuning (wireplumber exists but has laughable cmdline and no GUI), instead user is expected to write json files to their dot dirs to configure. I would prefer a console or GUI tool, but JSON writing recipe is not off limits.

I've reviewed existing popular answers:

  • Disabling port switch looks wrong because I still want switching between headphones and speakers, just never HDMI;
  • Blacklisting snd_hda_codec_hdmi does not work - upon reboot the module is still loaded and HDMI sinks present; even if it worked, I believe it would disable the entirety of Meteor Lake controller, including speaker/headphone.
  • I am using Meteor Lake super integrated chipset, meaning there's not two separate audio controllers but a single one - so there is no option to disable separate HDMI controller entirely: pavucontrol controllers
Ubuntu 24.04 Network printer not printing https://askubuntu.com/questions/1556928/ubuntu-24-04-network-printer-not-printing

I have used a network Epson printer for years with various versions of Ubuntu. I'm currently on Ubuntu 24.04. After a recent update I can no longer print to the network printer. I have:

Removed and re-added the printer. Edited the discovered address to remove "local". Set the printer to default, shared. Removed all Epson printer drivers to force it to use the driverless 2.0.0 configuration.

Current printer address is: ipps://EPSON%20ET-4750%20Series._ipps._tcp/

When I attempt to print, nothing happens. No job is created. No error messages. Nothing prints.

I used "troubleshooting" option in Printer Settings. It said that there is no obvious resolution.

This all used to work just a few days ago-- and I have no idea what's changed. I haven't installed any new software, I haven't changed the printer. I can print to the printer from my (Android) phone. My wife can print to it from her Windows computer. It's not the printer or the network.

Any insights would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely, DSM

How to get modifier keys such as ctrl, alt, tab and so on in an on-screen-keyboard in Wayland? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1555182/how-to-get-modifier-keys-such-as-ctrl-alt-tab-and-so-on-in-an-on-screen-keyboa

The onboard on-screen-keyboard offers a lot of buttons.

onboard

Unfortunately, it does not work on Wayland, and Ubuntu and Kubuntu are going to deprecate x11.

The default on-screen-keyboard in wayland does not have too many buttons enter image description here

The on-screen-keyboard in Ubuntu is not as feature-rich as onboard. For example, it does not come with tab or control buttons, which are often necessary to operate in a terminal on a tablet device running GNU/Linux.

How to either

  1. Run Onboard in Wayland?
  2. Add the additional keys (ctrl, tab and so on) to the existing Wayland keyboard?
Lubuntu 24.04.2 LTS does not find wifi device https://askubuntu.com/questions/1547234/lubuntu-24-04-2-lts-does-not-find-wifi-device

My device: Acer One 10 S1003

As there is no ethernet cable, the only option is WiFi to connect the internet.

It does not find WiFi device. Anyone has an idea how can I fix this problem and in general where to find relevant drivers?

Netflix on Firefox: "The WidevineCdm plugin has crashed" https://askubuntu.com/questions/1418203/netflix-on-firefox-the-widevinecdm-plugin-has-crashed

I installed Firefox from ppa:mozillateam/ppa but Netflix is not working and gives the error: "The WidevineCdm plugin has crashed".

I tried to use another user (a new user), I tried to disable and enable again drm, I tried it with no extensions, I tried to reinstall Firefox and install libavcodec-extra as suggested in other threads but nothing, always the same error.

I'm using Ubuntu 22.04 and Firefox version is 102.0.1 (64-bit).

Using the Snap version is not an option for me, I would rather change OS than using Firefox as a Snap, so I'm looking for a way to have a working Firefox installed with a .deb.

Edit:

Apparently the problem is related only to this version of Firefox. Firefox-ESR version 91.11.0 installed from the same ppa works perfectly, I think I will use this until the other is fixed.

What GUI file managers show most details during file transfer? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1296956/what-gui-file-managers-show-most-details-during-file-transfer

When transferring many or very large files it is annoying to just wait with very little information. I find it comforting to be able to see what is going on, even if I have to wait. That's why I would like to have something similar to what I see in Windows 10, namely:

  1. a progress bar
  2. size of file copied
  3. speed of transfer
  4. estimated time left
  5. percentage of progress
  6. a speed variation graph

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I know that Dolphin has more details than others, but now I don't use KDE for the moment.


Note about the Windows 10 file manager: I have taken that as a benchmark in order to illustrate what would be the expected parameters. In fact Windows Explorer doesn't show all those parameters in all cases, e.g. while copying from an Android phone to the computer: it only shows progress and ETA. (I haven't noticed that kind of limitation in Linux.) Also, the size of file(s) copied vs total size (parameter no 2) is more limited in Windows than in Linux.

ACPI errors, kernel panics + boot problems on my laptop https://askubuntu.com/questions/1177874/acpi-errors-kernel-panics-boot-problems-on-my-laptop

I recently bought an HP 17-cb0011nv laptop, and I was trying to install Ubuntu on it. I tried to install several Ubuntu versions on it, like Ubuntu 18.04, 19.04 and even 19.10. The installation process was very buggy. After multiple tries I was able to install all of the above versions of Ubuntu, but none of them were stable. During the startup sequence the most frequent outcome was either a blank screen or the splash screen running indefinitely.

When on the splash screen, by pressing F3 I would get a fast never-ending scrolling wall of text with ACPI errors. I then tried to boot with ACPI=off from the grub menu and as a result it would crash around 30 seconds of usage or get a kernel panic (more often). After that I tried several other flags like nolapic which seem to work more often (even though the performance suffers greatly). I am very frustrated by this, and I have spent a lot of time already trying to fix it. Do you have any idea how can I fix it?

Kernel panic:

[    0.076945] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000018
[    0.076945] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[    0.076945] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[    0.076945] PGD 0 P4D 0
[    0.076945] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
[    0.076945] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.3.0-13-generic #14-Ubuntu
[    0.076945] Hardware name: HP OMEN by HP Laptop 17-cb0xxx/8603, BIOS F.16 09/05/2019
[    0.076945] RIP: 0010:tick_nohz_get_sleep_length+0x41/0xb0
[    0.076945] Code: fe 41 55 41 54 49 c7 c4 40 e0 01 00 53 65 4c 03 25 cc 2b 2d 4b 65 44 8b 3d bc 2b 2d 4b 8b 6c 24 78 41 f6 44 24 4c 01 74 5e <48> 8b
[    0.076945] RSP: 0018:ffffffffb6203db0 EFLAGS: 00010002
[    0.076945] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000077359400 RCX: 0000000000000000
[    0.076945] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff94e9b4036400 RDI: ffffffffb6203e10
[    0.076945] RBP: ffffffffb6203dd8 R08: 0000000049619993 R09: 00000000000000f8
[    0.076945] R10: 0000000000031140 R11: 00000000fffffff4 R12: ffff94e9b401e040
[    0.076945] R13: 00000000a188bc9 R14: ffffffffb6203e10 R15: 0000000000000000
[    0.076945] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff94e9b4000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[    0.076945] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[    0.076945] CR2: 0000000000000018 CR3: 000000044c00a002 CR4: 00000000003606f0
[    0.076945] Call Trace:
[    0.076945]  menu_select+0x63/0x640
[    0.076945]  ? sched_clock_local+0x17/0x90
[    0.076945]  cpuidle_select+0x19/0x20
[    0.076945]  do_idle+0x1ca/0x280
[    0.076945]  cpu_startup_entry+0x20/0x30
[    0.076945]  rest_init+0xae/0xb0
[    0.076945]  arch_call_rest_init+0xe/0x1b
[    0.076945]  start_kernel+0x569/0x587
[    0.076945]  x86_64_start_reservations+0x24/0x26
[    0.076945]  x86_64_start_kernel+0x75/0x79
[    0.076945]  secondary_startup_64+0xa4/0xb0
[    0.076945] Modules linked in:
[    0.076945] CR2: 0000000000000018
[    0.076945] ---[ end trace 3b688dc30fc14a09 ]---
[    0.076945] RIP: 0010:tick_nohz_get_sleep_length+0x41/0xb0
[    0.076945] Code: fe 41 55 41 54 49 c7 c4 40 e0 01 00 53 65 4c 03 25 cc 2b 2d 4b 65 44 8b 3d bc 2b 2d 4b 8b 6c 24 78 41 f6 44 24 4c 01 74 5e <48> 8b
[    0.076945] RSP: 0018:ffffffffb6203db0 EFLAGS: 00010002
[    0.076945] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000077359400 RCX: 0000000000000000
[    0.076945] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff94e9b4036400 RDI: ffffffffb6203e10
[    0.076945] RBP: ffffffffb6203dd8 R08: 0000000049619993 R09: 00000000000000f8
[    0.076945] R10: 0000000000031140 R11: 00000000fffffff4 R12: ffff94e9b401e040
[    0.076945] R13: 00000000a188bc9 R14: ffffffffb6203e10 R15: 0000000000000000
[    0.076945] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff94e9b4000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[    0.076945] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[    0.076945] CR2: 0000000000000018 CR3: 000000044c00a002 CR4: 00000000003606f0
[    0.076945] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task!
[    0.076945] Kernel Offset: 0x33c00000 from 0xffffffff81000000 (relocation range: 0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffffbfffffff)
[    0.076945] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task! ]---
_

ACPI errors + kernel panic:

[   22.774431] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 65, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[   22.774833] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 67, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[   22.775212] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 68, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[   22.775451] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 6A, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[   22.775888] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 6C, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[   22.776252] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 6E, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[   22.776490] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 70, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[   22.776721] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 71, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[   22.776951] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 73, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[   22.777180] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 74, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[   22.777409] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 75, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[   22.781744] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 76, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[   22.782022] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 77, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[   37.382373] ACPI Error: No installed handler for fixed event - PM_Timer (0), disabling (20190703/evevent-255)
[   37.382595] ACPI Error: No installed handler for fixed event - SleepButton (3), disabling (20190703/evevent-255)
[  142.887126] systemd-udevd[411]: Giving up waiting for workers to finish.
[  145.289179] systemd-udevd[411]: Event loop failed: Connection timed out
[  155.249238] [1128]: /usr/lib/systemd/system-shutdown/fwupd.shutdown failed with exit status 2.
[  155.249503] reboot: Power down
[  155.249772] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000000
[  155.250041] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: systemd-shutdown Tainted: P           OE     5.3.0-13-generic #14-Ubuntu
[  155.250310] Hardware name: HP OMEN by HP Laptop 17-cb0xxx/8603, BIOS F.16 09/05/2019
[  155.250571] Call Trace:
[  155.250831]  dump_stack+0x63/0x8a
[  155.251091]  panic+0x101/0x2d7
[  155.251341]  do_exit.cold+0x1a/0xdb
[  155.251601]  __do_sys_reboot+0x128/0x210
[  155.251861]  ? vfs_writev+0xc3/0xf0
[  155.252111]  ? do_writev+0x71/0x120
[  155.252371]  __x64_sys_reboot+0x1e/0x20
[  155.252631]  do_syscall_64+0x5a/0x130
[  155.252891]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9
[  155.253151] RIP: 0033:0x7f45cc85c5f7
[  155.253411] Code: Bad RIP value.
[  155.253671] RSP: 002b:00007ffeec9a4c68 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a9
[  155.253931] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f45cc85c5f7
[  155.254191] RDX: 000000004321fedc RSI: 0000000028121969 RDI: 00000000fee1dead
[  155.254451] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007ffeec9a4c70
[  155.254711] R10: 00007f45cba1b8c0 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000000000000000
[  155.254971] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
[  155.255231] Kernel Offset: 0x36c00000 from 0xffffffff81000000 (relocation range: 0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffffbfffffff)
[  155.255491] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000000 ]---
_

ACPI errors:

[    22.759908] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 25, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.759930] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 27, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.759959] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 60, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.759984] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 63, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.759994] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 64, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.760004] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 65, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.760022] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 67, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.760032] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 68, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.760050] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 6A, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.760060] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 6B, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.760070] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 6C, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.760087] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 6E, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.760105] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 70, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.760115] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 71, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.760132] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 73, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.760142] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 74, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.760152] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 75, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.760162] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 76, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.760172] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 77, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.760235] ACPI Error: No installed handler for fixed event - PM_Timer (0), disabling (20190703/evevent-255)
[    22.760246] ACPI Error: No installed handler for fixed event - SleepButton (3), disabling (20190703/evevent-255)
[    22.760257] ACPI Error: Could not disable RealTimeClock events (20190703/evxfevnt-243)
[    22.760268] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 10, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.760277] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 11, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.760294] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 13, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.760326] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 15, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.760335] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 16, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.760346] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 17, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.760418] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 20, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.760466] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 21, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.760475] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 22, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.776703] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 23, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.776712] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 24, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.776722] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 25, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.776741] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 27, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.777646] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 60, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.777890] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 63, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.778121] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 64, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.778350] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 65, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.778587] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 67, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.778816] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 68, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.779054] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 6A, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.779283] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 6B, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.779512] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 6C, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.779751] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 6E, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.779988] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 70, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.780252] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 71, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.780490] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 73, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.780721] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 74, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.780951] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 75, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.781180] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 76, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.781409] ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 77, disabling event (20190703/evgpe-839)
[    22.781744] ACPI Error: No installed handler for fixed event - PM_Timer (0), disabling (20190703/evevent-255)
[    22.782022] ACPI Error: No installed handler for fixed event - SleepButton (3), disabling (20190703/evevent-255)
[    37.382373] systemd-udevd[411]: Giving up waiting for workers to finish.
[    37.382595] systemd-udevd[411]: Event loop failed: Connection timed out
Error opening opvn configuration file https://askubuntu.com/questions/1070429/error-opening-opvn-configuration-file

After downloading the gns3vm.opvn file provided by my remote server at Packet.net, as per instruction issued this command:

$ sudo apt-get install openvpn

... no problem ...
then this command:

$ sudo openvpn gns3vm.opvn 
Options error: In [CMD-LINE]:1: Error opening configuration file: gns3vm.opvn

I am a long time Mac user, and totally new to Ubuntu 18.04 .

Pls help thanks.

How to use Kde connect to "add devices by IP"? https://askubuntu.com/questions/917270/how-to-use-kde-connect-to-add-devices-by-ip

I am trying to connect my android phone to pc. But generally my phone is not detected. I donot have any firewall enabled. Eventhen KDE connect is not showing my device.

How can I connect my android device by "ADD DEVICES BY IP " option. How to use it. How to find which IP to keep?

Reinstall latest kernel? https://askubuntu.com/questions/253244/reinstall-latest-kernel

I did something silly with a build/modprobe/make while running on my latest installed kernel. Now that kernel will not boot. I am currently running on a previous kernel.

How can I clean this up? I would like to just get back to the "stock" latest kernel that is in the apt repo.

I should note that I was trying to install flashcache (https://github.com/facebook/flashcache/)

I tried to do:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-image-generic linux-image

That didn't fix it; so I tried the "recovery mode" option and see a kernel panic around the loading of the flashcache module. I must need to delete something, somewhere.

[    1.558895] [<ffffffff8168bb69>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[    1.558933] Kernel panic - not syncing: VERIFY: assertion ((dmc-cache[i].cac
he_state & (VALID | INVALID)) != (VALID | INVALID)) failed at /var/lib/dkms/flashcache
/1.0-176-g8b1e2cb2eb65/build/flashcache_conf.c (716)
[    1.558933]
[    1.558980] Pid: 253, comm: dmsetup Tainted: G        D 3.5.0-23-generic #35-Ubuntu
[    1.559018] Call Trace:
[    1.559055]  [<ffffffff816762fd>] panic+0xba/0x1c9
[    1.559093]  [<ffffffffa00430d9>] flashcache_writeback_load+0x5e9/0x6f0 [flashcache]
[    1.559133]  [<ffffffffa0043df4>] flashcache_ctr+0x2b4/0xad0 [flashcache]
[    1.559171]  [<ffffffff81519f18>] ? dm_split_args+0x58/0x160
[    1.559208]  [<ffffffff8151a1ba>] dm_table_add_target+0x19a/0x460
[    1.559245]  [<ffffffff8151d06d>] table_load+0xed/0x340
[    1.559281]  [<ffffffff8151cf80>] ? table_clear+0x90/0x90
[    1.559318]  [<ffffffff8151e5db>] ctl_ioctl+0x18b/0x2c0
[    1.559354]  [<ffffffff8151e723>] dm_ctl_ioctl+0x13/0x20
[    1.559391]  [<ffffffff81193d19>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x99/0x590
[    1.559428]  [<ffffffff811a06b4>] ? mntput+0x24/0x40
[    1.559464]  [<ffffffff811834e2>] ? fput+0x1a2/0x260
[    1.559501]  [<ffffffff811942a9>] sys_ioctl+0x99/0xa0
[    1.559537]  [<ffffffff81684a5e>] ? do_device_not_available+0xe/0x10
[    1.559575]  [<ffffffff8168bb69>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
How to Edit PDFs? https://askubuntu.com/questions/162037/how-to-edit-pdfs

I typically have two needs:

Scenario A. Change a single PDF page.

In this case I have a PDF but not the original source file used to create the PDF. I don't want to try to recreate the document from scratch. I'd like to open the PDF and change a few things. A good example of this scenario: I was responsible for planning a big event at a campground site, I had a PDF of the site. I wanted to start with that document, highlight some parts, add some labels, remove some parts that weren't relevant.

or

Scenario B. Combine PDFs or extract page(s) from a PDF

This scenario usually arises because I want a single PDF deliverable that is made up of parts that are best created in different programs. In this case I have the source files for all the documents but they don't play well enough together to easily create a single PDF deliverable. For part of it, I may want to use Libre Office Writer. For another page I may want to use Gimp. Still another page I may use Libre Office Calc. I could use Writer as the master document and embed images or the Calc object into that, but for ultimate control, you can't beat separate PDF documents that are then combined.

What are the best tools / processes for editing PDFs in Ubuntu?

Email threads by subject in Thunderbird (just as in Gmail) https://askubuntu.com/questions/71339/email-threads-by-subject-in-thunderbird-just-as-in-gmail

Is it possible to have threaded email conversations in Thunderbird just like how it is in Gmail? How can I do that?