Unanswered Questions
136,350 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Playing iPhone (iOS10) music in Rhythmbox on Ubuntu 14.04
I have been using Rhythmbox on Ubuntu 14.04 to play music from my iPhone for a while now. Sometimes I get the annoying "initialize your iPhone" dialog box, but I just cancel it, unmount and reconnect ...
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systemd-journald crashed with SIGABRT in pthread_sigmask()
Fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04 on a new Lenovo x1c6, I'm getting this error sometimes after resuming from suspend.
I have no idea what it means, and search online leads to a bug report that doesn't ...
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Unity7 and Gnome 3: How to disable "lock was blocked by an application", so that Gnome3 always locks the screen?
When I have virtualbox in full screen, on Unity it always locks after 5 minutes, but in Gnome3 (and even Unity7) it shows a popup message: lock was blocked by an application.
Can I force Unity or ...
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Failed to start Snappy Daemon
Tried restarting my computer and while it's booting Ubuntu 18.04, it gets hung up after:
[FAILED] Failed to start Snappy daemon,
See 'systemct1 status snapd.service' for details,
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CRITICAL: Unable to create a DBus proxy for GnomeScreensaver
I received this critical error in my logs, but I haven't had any problems so far. If anyone knows why I get this error and what it means, I'd really appreciate an answer from you.
CRITICAL: ...
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Get binary delta-encoded recursive diff of two directories as single patch file in CLI (and online use)
Essentially, I am looking for a GNU/Linux tool, that could recursively iterate through two directories, find file changes/additions/deletions; and for all changed files, output a diff. This can ...
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Window manager warning: Overwriting existing binding of keysym XXX with keysym XXX (keycode XX)
I performed a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on my desktop that I've been using Ubuntu on since Ubuntu 11.04. As I'm setting everything back up and installing all of the 3rd party software I ...
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Why do lines with "c-n-f Metadata" appear in the output of `sudo apt update`?
Kubuntu 19.10
I can't say when this began, but the output of sudo apt update
has lines with c-n-f Metadata.
...
Hit:11 http://ppa.launchpad....
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How can I automatically hibernate cloud storage servers?
I have cloud storage data centers running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and NextCloud/OwnCloud that have no need to be available 24/7 and need power management solutions. Servers are Dell PowerEdge 1950 Gen II and ...
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No HDMI video after suspend on Intel NUC6i7KYK
I have the latest Intel NUC, NUC6i7KYK (specs here), running close to stock Ubuntu 16.04. Its monitor is hooked up via HDMI.
When it wakes up from suspend (S3), it never wakes up the display. The ...
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Ubuntu 15.10 randomly crashing back to login screen
fresh install of Ubuntu 15.10 here.
Everything works fine, but I'm getting random crashes back to the login screen.
I pasted my syslog here: http://paste.ubuntu.com/12989589/
Edit: Confirmed bug on ...
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Gradle or Android Studio freezes Ubuntu
I've got a problem with my Android Studio/Gradle regularly freezing my entire system.
What happens?
I work on my Android Studio and at first, everything is ok. For approx 5 - 10 builds/deploys ...
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How do I configure spice with KVM?
I'm trying to install and configure spice.
However, I cannot find a source on how to do this.
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How to disable mouse scrolltabs ubuntu chrome
When I hover on tabs in chrome and scroll the mouse wheel, the tabs are changing focus. This feature is really annoying for me and i want to turn it off. Any ideas?
P.S. The way I usually close an ...
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Enable Dolby 5.1 or at least subwoofer on Acer laptop?
I have Dolby Virtual Surround Sound 5.1 speakers with Tuba CineBass Subwoofer on Acer laptop (mine is 5951G but there is also bunch of models with similar configuration of speakers with/without ...