I am currently running Lubuntu 16.04 LTS on an ASUS Eee PC R101D with an Intel Atom N455 CPU. The OS is still laggy despite LXDE being very light. Any ideas on a desktop environment even lighter than LXDE that is compatible with Ubuntu or possibly even another distro?
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Ideas for a lighter desktop environment?
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[ubuntu] no sound in 16.04
HP laptop, running Ubuntu 16.04. No problems with sound until today, for reasons unknown I have no sound. Rhythmbox doesn't work, and the sound icon under settings cannot be used to change the volume. The bar (status bar?) at the top of the display has some symbols showing wifi, battery level, time of day, etc. and a symbol of a speaker that is greyed out with an "X" to show there is no volume.
If I open "sound" under system settings, the box showing the "Play through" information is empty.
What's going on? How to get my sound back? Can't think of anything I've done out of the ordinary. Youtube and Facebook are all I ever listen to, video on both of those still work, but obviously no sound.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
If I open "sound" under system settings, the box showing the "Play through" information is empty.
What's going on? How to get my sound back? Can't think of anything I've done out of the ordinary. Youtube and Facebook are all I ever listen to, video on both of those still work, but obviously no sound.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
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Palette mismatch
This is something odd. I set the colour of a pane using Python/tkinter to 'navy' and it came out bright blue (unexpectedly). I checked the X-window definition and it was 0 0 128. So I checked the CSS colours under Firefox and sure enough 'navy' is #000080 and is a dark blue. As expected, exactly the same numbers. So I tried bypassing the X-window definition and set the tkinter pane to #000080. It looked just the same as before. Side by side #000080 looked quite different in tkinter and Firefox. A bit of experiment (it was quite late at night by the time) and I got tkinter #000028 to look about the same as Firefox #00080.
Who is messing with me? And how are they doing it?? And why???
BTW, I chose a chat forum because I don't really expect 'support', just sympathy.
Who is messing with me? And how are they doing it?? And why???
BTW, I chose a chat forum because I don't really expect 'support', just sympathy.
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Ways to utilise RAM to speed up Ubuntu.
Are there any way's I can utilise my 16GB of RAM to speed up any aspect of Ubuntu, from boot times to software load times (anything to improve UX)?
I'm currently using a 64 bit, Ubuntu 17.10 with 4.13.0-16-generic.
I'm currently using a 64 bit, Ubuntu 17.10 with 4.13.0-16-generic.
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OpenVPN Server can't connect to anything but google sites?
Hello, I am using Ubuntu 14.04 on my server and windows 10 on the client and I have spent days trying to fix this and no one has been able to help, I am hoping i can get some help on here. My openvpn server will connect but can only connect to google sites. I can provide any info needed to help.
My Server config is
And my client config is
My Server config is
Code:
################################################## Sample OpenVPN 2.0 config file for #
# multi-client server. #
# #
# This file is for the server side #
# of a many-clients <-> one-server #
# OpenVPN configuration. #
# #
# OpenVPN also supports #
# single-machine <-> single-machine #
# configurations (See the Examples page #
# on the web site for more info). #
# #
# This config should work on Windows #
# or Linux/BSD systems. Remember on #
# Windows to quote pathnames and use #
# double backslashes, e.g.: #
# "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\foo.key" #
# #
# Comments are preceded with '#' or ';' #
#################################################
# Which local IP address should OpenVPN
# listen on? (optional)
;local a.b.c.d
# Which TCP/UDP port should OpenVPN listen on?
# If you want to run multiple OpenVPN instances
# on the same machine, use a different port
# number for each one. You will need to
# open up this port on your firewall.
port 443
# TCP or UDP server?
proto tcp
;proto udp
# "dev tun" will create a routed IP tunnel,
# "dev tap" will create an ethernet tunnel.
# Use "dev tap0" if you are ethernet bridging
# and have precreated a tap0 virtual interface
# and bridged it with your ethernet interface.
# If you want to control access policies
# over the VPN, you must create firewall
# rules for the the TUN/TAP interface.
# On non-Windows systems, you can give
# an explicit unit number, such as tun0.
# On Windows, use "dev-node" for this.
# On most systems, the VPN will not function
# unless you partially or fully disable
# the firewall for the TUN/TAP interface.
;dev tap
dev tun
# Windows needs the TAP-Win32 adapter name
# from the Network Connections panel if you
# have more than one. On XP SP2 or higher,
# you may need to selectively disable the
# Windows firewall for the TAP adapter.
# Non-Windows systems usually don't need this.
;dev-node MyTap
# SSL/TLS root certificate (ca), certificate
# (cert), and private key (key). Each client
# and the server must have their own cert and
# key file. The server and all clients will
# use the same ca file.
#
# See the "easy-rsa" directory for a series
# of scripts for generating RSA certificates
# and private keys. Remember to use
# a unique Common Name for the server
# and each of the client certificates.
#
# Any X509 key management system can be used.
# OpenVPN can also use a PKCS #12 formatted key file
# (see "pkcs12" directive in man page).
ca ca.crt
cert server.crt
key server.key # This file should be kept secret
# Diffie hellman parameters.
# Generate your own with:
# openssl dhparam -out dh1024.pem 1024
# Substitute 2048 for 1024 if you are using
# 2048 bit keys.
dh dh2048.pem
# Configure server mode and supply a VPN subnet
# for OpenVPN to draw client addresses from.
# The server will take 10.8.0.1 for itself,
# the rest will be made available to clients.
# Each client will be able to reach the server
# on 10.8.0.1. Comment this line out if you are
# ethernet bridging. See the man page for more info.
server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0
# Maintain a record of client <-> virtual IP address
# associations in this file. If OpenVPN goes down or
# is restarted, reconnecting clients can be assigned
# the same virtual IP address from the pool that was
# previously assigned.
ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt
# Configure server mode for ethernet bridging.
# You must first use your OS's bridging capability
# to bridge the TAP interface with the ethernet
# NIC interface. Then you must manually set the
# IP/netmask on the bridge interface, here we
# assume 10.8.0.4/255.255.255.0. Finally we
# must set aside an IP range in this subnet
# (start=10.8.0.50 end=10.8.0.100) to allocate
# to connecting clients. Leave this line commented
# out unless you are ethernet bridging.
;server-bridge 10.8.0.4 255.255.255.0 10.8.0.50 10.8.0.100
# Configure server mode for ethernet bridging
# using a DHCP-proxy, where clients talk
# to the OpenVPN server-side DHCP server
# to receive their IP address allocation
# and DNS server addresses. You must first use
# your OS's bridging capability to bridge the TAP
# interface with the ethernet NIC interface.
# Note: this mode only works on clients (such as
# Windows), where the client-side TAP adapter is
# bound to a DHCP client.
;server-bridge
# Push routes to the client to allow it
# to reach other private subnets behind
# the server. Remember that these
# private subnets will also need
# to know to route the OpenVPN client
# address pool (10.8.0.0/255.255.255.0)
# back to the OpenVPN server.
;push "redirect-gateway def1"
;push "route 192.168.20.0 255.255.255.0"
# To assign specific IP addresses to specific
# clients or if a connecting client has a private
# subnet behind it that should also have VPN access,
# use the subdirectory "ccd" for client-specific
# configuration files (see man page for more info).
# EXAMPLE: Suppose the client
# having the certificate common name "Thelonious"
# also has a small subnet behind his connecting
# machine, such as 192.168.40.128/255.255.255.248.
# First, uncomment out these lines:
;client-config-dir ccd
;route 192.168.40.128 255.255.255.248
# Then create a file ccd/Thelonious with this line:
# iroute 192.168.40.128 255.255.255.248
# This will allow Thelonious' private subnet to
# access the VPN. This example will only work
# if you are routing, not bridging, i.e. you are
# using "dev tun" and "server" directives.
# EXAMPLE: Suppose you want to give
# Thelonious a fixed VPN IP address of 10.9.0.1.
# First uncomment out these lines:
;client-config-dir ccd
;route 10.9.0.0 255.255.255.252
# Then add this line to ccd/Thelonious:
# ifconfig-push 10.9.0.1 10.9.0.2
# Suppose that you want to enable different
# firewall access policies for different groups
# of clients. There are two methods:
# (1) Run multiple OpenVPN daemons, one for each
# group, and firewall the TUN/TAP interface
# for each group/daemon appropriately.
# (2) (Advanced) Create a script to dynamically
# modify the firewall in response to access
# from different clients. See man
# page for more info on learn-address script.
;learn-address ./script
# If enabled, this directive will configure
# all clients to redirect their default
# network gateway through the VPN, causing
# all IP traffic such as web browsing and
# and DNS lookups to go through the VPN
# (The OpenVPN server machine may need to NAT
# or bridge the TUN/TAP interface to the internet
# in order for this to work properly).
push "redirect-gateway def1 bypass-dhcp"
# Certain Windows-specific network settings
# can be pushed to clients, such as DNS
# or WINS server addresses. CAVEAT:
# http://openvpn.net/faq.html#dhcpcaveats
# The addresses below refer to the public
# DNS servers provided by opendns.com.
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8"
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.4.4"
# Uncomment this directive to allow different
# clients to be able to "see" each other.
# By default, clients will only see the server.
# To force clients to only see the server, you
# will also need to appropriately firewall the
# server's TUN/TAP interface.
;client-to-client
# Uncomment this directive if multiple clients
# might connect with the same certificate/key
# files or common names. This is recommended
# only for testing purposes. For production use,
# each client should have its own certificate/key
# pair.
#
# IF YOU HAVE NOT GENERATED INDIVIDUAL
# CERTIFICATE/KEY PAIRS FOR EACH CLIENT,
# EACH HAVING ITS OWN UNIQUE "COMMON NAME",
# UNCOMMENT THIS LINE OUT.
;duplicate-cn
# The keepalive directive causes ping-like
# messages to be sent back and forth over
# the link so that each side knows when
# the other side has gone down.
# Ping every 10 seconds, assume that remote
# peer is down if no ping received during
# a 120 second time period.
keepalive 10 120
# For extra security beyond that provided
# by SSL/TLS, create an "HMAC firewall"
# to help block DoS attacks and UDP port flooding.
#
# Generate with:
# openvpn --genkey --secret ta.key
#
# The server and each client must have
# a copy of this key.
# The second parameter should be '0'
# on the server and '1' on the clients.
;tls-auth ta.key 0 # This file is secret
# Select a cryptographic cipher.
# This config item must be copied to
# the client config file as well.
;cipher BF-CBC # Blowfish (default)
;cipher AES-128-CBC # AES
;cipher DES-EDE3-CBC # Triple-DES
# Enable compression on the VPN link.
# If you enable it here, you must also
# enable it in the client config file.
comp-lzo
# The maximum number of concurrently connected
# clients we want to allow.
;max-clients 100
# It's a good idea to reduce the OpenVPN
# daemon's privileges after initialization.
#
# You can uncomment this out on
# non-Windows systems.
user nobody
group nogroup
# The persist options will try to avoid
# accessing certain resources on restart
# that may no longer be accessible because
# of the privilege downgrade.
persist-key
persist-tun
# Output a short status file showing
# current connections, truncated
# and rewritten every minute.
status openvpn-status.log
# By default, log messages will go to the syslog (or
# on Windows, if running as a service, they will go to
# the "\Program Files\OpenVPN\log" directory).
# Use log or log-append to override this default.
# "log" will truncate the log file on OpenVPN startup,
# while "log-append" will append to it. Use one
# or the other (but not both).
;log openvpn.log
;log-append openvpn.log
# Set the appropriate level of log
# file verbosity.
#
# 0 is silent, except for fatal errors
# 4 is reasonable for general usage
# 5 and 6 can help to debug connection problems
# 9 is extremely verbose
verb 3
# Silence repeating messages. At most 20
# sequential messages of the same message
# category will be output to the log.
;mute 20Code:
############################################### Sample client-side OpenVPN 2.0 config file #
# for connecting to multi-client server. #
# #
# This configuration can be used by multiple #
# clients, however each client should have #
# its own cert and key files. #
# #
# On Windows, you might want to rename this #
# file so it has a .ovpn extension #
##############################################
# Specify that we are a client and that we
# will be pulling certain config file directives
# from the server.
client
# Use the same setting as you are using on
# the server.
# On most systems, the VPN will not function
# unless you partially or fully disable
# the firewall for the TUN/TAP interface.
;dev tap
dev tun
# Windows needs the TAP-Win32 adapter name
# from the Network Connections panel
# if you have more than one. On XP SP2,
# you may need to disable the firewall
# for the TAP adapter.
;dev-node MyTap
# Are we connecting to a TCP or
# UDP server? Use the same setting as
# on the server.
proto tcp
;proto udp
# The hostname/IP and port of the server.
# You can have multiple remote entries
# to load balance between the servers.
remote I entered ip, just not gonna leave it here haha 443
;remote my-server-2 1194
# Choose a random host from the remote
# list for load-balancing. Otherwise
# try hosts in the order specified.
;remote-random
# Keep trying indefinitely to resolve the
# host name of the OpenVPN server. Very useful
# on machines which are not permanently connected
# to the internet such as laptops.
resolv-retry infinite
# Most clients don't need to bind to
# a specific local port number.
nobind
# Downgrade privileges after initialization (non-Windows only)
user nobody
group nogroup
# Try to preserve some state across restarts.
persist-key
persist-tun
# If you are connecting through an
# HTTP proxy to reach the actual OpenVPN
# server, put the proxy server/IP and
# port number here. See the man page
# if your proxy server requires
# authentication.
;http-proxy-retry # retry on connection failures
;http-proxy [proxy server] [proxy port #]
# Wireless networks often produce a lot
# of duplicate packets. Set this flag
# to silence duplicate packet warnings.
;mute-replay-warnings
# SSL/TLS parms.
# See the server config file for more
# description. It's best to use
# a separate .crt/.key file pair
# for each client. A single ca
# file can be used for all clients.
ca ca.crt
cert client.crt
key client.key
# Verify server certificate by checking
# that the certicate has the nsCertType
# field set to "server". This is an
# important precaution to protect against
# a potential attack discussed here:
# http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm
#
# To use this feature, you will need to generate
# your server certificates with the nsCertType
# field set to "server". The build-key-server
# script in the easy-rsa folder will do this.
ns-cert-type server
# If a tls-auth key is used on the server
# then every client must also have the key.
;tls-auth ta.key 1
# Select a cryptographic cipher.
# If the cipher option is used on the server
# then you must also specify it here.
;cipher x
# Enable compression on the VPN link.
# Don't enable this unless it is also
# enabled in the server config file.
comp-lzo
# Set log file verbosity.
verb 3
# Silence repeating messages
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Upgrade from Ubuntu 17.04 to 17.10
Hi Community,
I am newbie to Ubuntu. Recently, I did in-place upgrade to Ubuntu 17.10 via System Updates. All looked till i spun up vmware workstation. After running couple of VMs, i found that screen of vmware workstation ver 12.5.7 build-5813279 goes black and white and physical CPU roars. Upon checking , i found that ntfs.mount process is hogging 100% CPU. It takes heaps of seconds to resume control.
It only happened after in-place upgrade to Ubuntu 17.10.
Now, i reverted the version back to 17.04 via a clean install.
Is it a bug in 17.10 that hogs CPU utilization and takes away complete control?
Last and the least, my existing 17.04 Wifi does not connect to Corporate WLAN . However, it does get IP address. Our corporate WLAN has EULA via webpage that we accept but it does not appear. Conversely, same works via Wi-fi at home.
I have Zbook 15 with 32GB of RAM and Core i7.
cheers
Aleem Uddin
I am newbie to Ubuntu. Recently, I did in-place upgrade to Ubuntu 17.10 via System Updates. All looked till i spun up vmware workstation. After running couple of VMs, i found that screen of vmware workstation ver 12.5.7 build-5813279 goes black and white and physical CPU roars. Upon checking , i found that ntfs.mount process is hogging 100% CPU. It takes heaps of seconds to resume control.
It only happened after in-place upgrade to Ubuntu 17.10.
Now, i reverted the version back to 17.04 via a clean install.
Is it a bug in 17.10 that hogs CPU utilization and takes away complete control?
Last and the least, my existing 17.04 Wifi does not connect to Corporate WLAN . However, it does get IP address. Our corporate WLAN has EULA via webpage that we accept but it does not appear. Conversely, same works via Wi-fi at home.
I have Zbook 15 with 32GB of RAM and Core i7.
cheers
Aleem Uddin
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Getting a different MD5 checksum each time I check it.
Whenever I download a large file (over 1GB), if I do an md5sum on the file in Terminal, weird things happen:
I've tried downloading the iso file multiple times with both direct download and Bittorrent, onto 2 different hard drives in my system. Same problem in both cases.
Problem first happened in UbuntuStudio 64 bit 17.10, then I used a live USB to clean install Ubuntu 64bit 17.10 instead, and it still happens.
Not limited to md5, same problem happens using SHA256.
I can't figure out what the problem is. Any help would be very appreciated.
- The checksum returned never matches what it's supposed to be. In this case, I checked using the UbuntuStudio 17.10 iso
- If I do a md5sum on the file with a short delay between each try, the hash stays the same on sequential tries (as in pics)
- But if I wait a few minutes between tries, the hash of the file changes(!) (as in pics)
I've tried downloading the iso file multiple times with both direct download and Bittorrent, onto 2 different hard drives in my system. Same problem in both cases.
Problem first happened in UbuntuStudio 64 bit 17.10, then I used a live USB to clean install Ubuntu 64bit 17.10 instead, and it still happens.
Not limited to md5, same problem happens using SHA256.
I can't figure out what the problem is. Any help would be very appreciated.
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[ubuntu] cloning boot drive.
Hello i have been using Ubuntu on my PC for about 8 months and it has been great Linux and Ubuntu in my opinion is far better than windows or mac OS. However the PC on which it is installed has a single 7200 rpm 1TB HDD. as a result it is quite slow when booting and loading applications. i was wondering if there is a way to clone the entire boot drive to an ssd and then select the ssd to boot from. i want to do this as i spent ages downloading stuff and customising my OS. i have like 300GB of games on here that i dont want to haft to re download. so is there anyway to copy the entire OS in its current state to an ssd without reinstalling anything. all help will be much appreciated.
thanks.
thanks.
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[ubuntu] GTK3 Proposed Patch Version 3.22.25 & KDE Server Side Decorations Patch -- Included?
Hi friends. After an unsuccessful swing at the IRC channels, I'm trying my luck here to see if anybody else happens to be testing the particular scenario I'm looking at.
It's no secret that Gnome focuses on CSD - Client Side Decorations. There are a number of programs out there that don't do CSD and depend on SSD instead - Server Side Decorations. One of the apps I'm using falls into the category of depending on SSD to present a titlebar and window decorations, known as MPV, a popular video player. Other apps fall into this same camp, though MPV is the, do I dare say "target", of this post. Side note: MPV defaults to using X (xwayland), though through the mpv.conv file you can force Wayland mode, which is necessary if you want to utilize hardware acceleration (which I'm doing). By enforcing Wayland mode, you eliminate the window decoration because MPV is now requiring SSD and not getting it, while Gnome is ignorantly assuming CSD and likewise, not seeing it -- thus no window decoration.
A patch was written and submitted upstream. As indicated by devs in IRC, GTK3, specifically version 3.22.25 in the Proposed repository on Ubuntu 17.10, should have these packages available for download and testing. By running apt list --upgradable | grep 3.22.25, I was presented with a list of these GTK3 packages, and thus installed them. The end result of this is me having GTK 3.22.25 on Ubuntu 17.10. Hold that thought.
Simultaneously, my Antergos laptop updated to Gnome 3.26.2 (17.10 has 3.26.1 currently). On a hunch I fired up MPV and... huzzah! Window decorations! And I was using Wayland! Woohoo! I checked in the package manager for GTK3 and sure enough, I was on version 3.22.25. Same version as what I pulled down from Proposed on my 17.10 system. [Resuming my hold-that-thought remark above] : The catch is, my Ubuntu 17.10 system *still* fails to draw window decorations on MPV in a Wayland session.
I spoke to the patch author who said the patch is specific to GTK3 and others have said the exact gnome-shell package version shouldn't have any bearing on that. I asked this due to the fact Antergos is on 3.26.2 while 17.10 is on 3.26.1. In the end, it sounds like this patch is rather specific to GTK3 and not tied to other packages. Maybe I'm wrong? Maybe it's dependent on other Gnome components being on a specific version? From what reading I did, I couldn't find evidence to suggest that there was any deciding factor on this KDE SSD Protocol patch depending on anything other than GTK3 version 3.22.25.
With that said, here I am, throwing a hail-mary in an effort to try and dig up some information surrounding this topic. Clearly the patch works in GTK3 as it works in Antergos, but what I'm after is why it's not working in the same version of GTK3 on a different distro. Given that this is in Proposed and there's been a lengthy, massive outcry in the MPV camp for window decorations in Wayland (along with other apps that other folks use also suffering from lack of SSD) I find myself more inclined with curiosity to poke at this. Is anybody else out there testing out 17.10 with proposed enabled? Has anybody tried MPV in particular in a wayland session, specifically with the line gpu-context=wayland entered into your ~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf file to enforce Wayland-mode on MPV? Again, MPV may be the topic of this question, but other apps exist that also fall into this same category of being rather server-side-decoration dependent.
In short, I'm wondering if GTK3 version 3.22.25 in Proposed includes the KDE SSD Protocol patch, and if so, why it's not working in its (my?) current state of my 17.10 installation.
Thanks for any help.
It's no secret that Gnome focuses on CSD - Client Side Decorations. There are a number of programs out there that don't do CSD and depend on SSD instead - Server Side Decorations. One of the apps I'm using falls into the category of depending on SSD to present a titlebar and window decorations, known as MPV, a popular video player. Other apps fall into this same camp, though MPV is the, do I dare say "target", of this post. Side note: MPV defaults to using X (xwayland), though through the mpv.conv file you can force Wayland mode, which is necessary if you want to utilize hardware acceleration (which I'm doing). By enforcing Wayland mode, you eliminate the window decoration because MPV is now requiring SSD and not getting it, while Gnome is ignorantly assuming CSD and likewise, not seeing it -- thus no window decoration.
A patch was written and submitted upstream. As indicated by devs in IRC, GTK3, specifically version 3.22.25 in the Proposed repository on Ubuntu 17.10, should have these packages available for download and testing. By running apt list --upgradable | grep 3.22.25, I was presented with a list of these GTK3 packages, and thus installed them. The end result of this is me having GTK 3.22.25 on Ubuntu 17.10. Hold that thought.
Simultaneously, my Antergos laptop updated to Gnome 3.26.2 (17.10 has 3.26.1 currently). On a hunch I fired up MPV and... huzzah! Window decorations! And I was using Wayland! Woohoo! I checked in the package manager for GTK3 and sure enough, I was on version 3.22.25. Same version as what I pulled down from Proposed on my 17.10 system. [Resuming my hold-that-thought remark above] : The catch is, my Ubuntu 17.10 system *still* fails to draw window decorations on MPV in a Wayland session.
I spoke to the patch author who said the patch is specific to GTK3 and others have said the exact gnome-shell package version shouldn't have any bearing on that. I asked this due to the fact Antergos is on 3.26.2 while 17.10 is on 3.26.1. In the end, it sounds like this patch is rather specific to GTK3 and not tied to other packages. Maybe I'm wrong? Maybe it's dependent on other Gnome components being on a specific version? From what reading I did, I couldn't find evidence to suggest that there was any deciding factor on this KDE SSD Protocol patch depending on anything other than GTK3 version 3.22.25.
With that said, here I am, throwing a hail-mary in an effort to try and dig up some information surrounding this topic. Clearly the patch works in GTK3 as it works in Antergos, but what I'm after is why it's not working in the same version of GTK3 on a different distro. Given that this is in Proposed and there's been a lengthy, massive outcry in the MPV camp for window decorations in Wayland (along with other apps that other folks use also suffering from lack of SSD) I find myself more inclined with curiosity to poke at this. Is anybody else out there testing out 17.10 with proposed enabled? Has anybody tried MPV in particular in a wayland session, specifically with the line gpu-context=wayland entered into your ~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf file to enforce Wayland-mode on MPV? Again, MPV may be the topic of this question, but other apps exist that also fall into this same category of being rather server-side-decoration dependent.
In short, I'm wondering if GTK3 version 3.22.25 in Proposed includes the KDE SSD Protocol patch, and if so, why it's not working in its (my?) current state of my 17.10 installation.
Thanks for any help.
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17.10 and good graphics tests
16.04.3 to 17.04w/gnome to 17.10 via upgrade over time. Finally got around to testing graphics on 17.10 and was very pleased. Ran all of the full screen parts of GpuTest_Linux_x64_0.7.0 - only piano stuttered, rest were smooth. Both Heaven and Valley were smooth, fullscreen. GTX750Ti got up to 70C but didn't seem to bother it. I don't run tests for too long. I boot to Gnome on xorg. driver is Nvidia 387.12 "from nvidia 387 proprietary". I do have nomodeset in grub. So far this seems to be a fast release! All my old wine games (NWN, NWN2 from GOG) play with no problem. Things just work. I was getting a fairly regular (daily) SIGSEGV on 17.04, less so now. Seems to be caused by chrome doing something. I always submit the reports, but I consider it very minor. - causes brief pause but no reboot or restart of chrome.
So yeah I'm looking forward to 18.04, though I won't do it until it is released - I had some problems trying prerelease 17.10
Great job Canonical!!! :D I continue to be astounded at how well the "upgrade" process works!!!
So yeah I'm looking forward to 18.04, though I won't do it until it is released - I had some problems trying prerelease 17.10
Great job Canonical!!! :D I continue to be astounded at how well the "upgrade" process works!!!
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[ubuntu] Ubuntu 17.10 Ubuntu software
Hy guyz , fresh install of Ubuntu 17.10 and in my Ubuntu Software Center i can only see Editor's Picks nothing else.
How can i fix this ?
How can i fix this ?
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I have some questions about Ubuntu/Linux
Hi. I'm new to linux and ubuntu. I have many, many questions, but I
I have Ubuntu and Windows 10 on my laptop. Is there a way to load the other OS on my hard drive without performing a restart?
My Windows time is wrong since installing Ubuntu. It is 4 hours ahead. I tried the advice from this website:
https://www.howtogeek.com/323390/how-to-fix-windows-and-linux-showing-different-times-when-dual-booting/
but it still shows 4 hours ahead. Also, in another thread someone suggested making sure my Ubuntu time is in the right time zone. Ubuntu shows the correct time.
Any other ideas? Thanks
I have Ubuntu and Windows 10 on my laptop. Is there a way to load the other OS on my hard drive without performing a restart?
My Windows time is wrong since installing Ubuntu. It is 4 hours ahead. I tried the advice from this website:
https://www.howtogeek.com/323390/how-to-fix-windows-and-linux-showing-different-times-when-dual-booting/
but it still shows 4 hours ahead. Also, in another thread someone suggested making sure my Ubuntu time is in the right time zone. Ubuntu shows the correct time.
Any other ideas? Thanks
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[other] Generating and Registering OpenPGP Keys
How do I generate an OpenPGP key in Ubuntu and register it with the Ubuntu key server so I can use it in Launchpad?
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[ubuntu] Post beeps, ubuntu not starting, but windows is
Have an Acer aspire 5536 that is giving post beeps. I think they are 1-3-2-2/or 1-3-4. Ubuntu 14.04 will give a page or two of ^[[3 with libcypt about half page down on page one, then seems to give pages of starting/stopping processes with 'ok'. Might be looping. Ubuntu does not boot to desk top. Windows 7 and Windows 10 will boot up well. All OSs are needing updates for last three or four months,from when Win 7 and ubuntu were updated last, Win10 was not updated. Just play with Windows, but use Ubuntu. Any ideas on what I can do, it is a secondary laptop not been booted up for three months. Any infomation you need will have to come from Windows OS
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Troubleshooting simple Python script and printing class objects
Im learning to read, create, use and manipulate Python classes.
For practice I have begun to create a class tracking user input for a US PassPort application. In my script I have documented each code segment for readability. Here it is:
In my shell, it throws this output:
I'm not sure what this shell output is trying to say. Ive tried swapping out the str() for int() when referring to the last two class variables. Ive also tried running the script with neither str() nor int(). Still throws an error. Any one here have an idea as to what is wrong with my program?
Here is my code on GitHub. I am accepting pull requests.
Thanks for your attention.
For practice I have begun to create a class tracking user input for a US PassPort application. In my script I have documented each code segment for readability. Here it is:
Code:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# MIT License
# By Drone4four / Angeles4four and Daniel08 on GitHub
# The purpose of this script is to collect personal US citizen passport information
# General initilization of libraries which I may use down the road:
import random
import os
# Create a new object type called, PassPort:
class PassPort(object):
# Initilization of special method, right?
def __init__(self, first_name, middle_name, last_name, gender, YOB, iQ):
# Universal class object attribute:
species = 'homo-sapien'
# Regular class objects:
self.first_name = first_name
self.middle_name = middle_name
self.last_name = last_name
self.gender = gender
self.YOB = YOB # (Year of birth)
self.iQ = iQ # (Inteligence Quotient)
# Comparing the iQ variable among the entire citizenry:
def iQcomparison():
average = int(100)
genius = int(75)
if self.iQ < average:
print(str("The citizen is less smart than average."))
elif self.iQ > average:
print(str("The citizen is smarter than average."))
elif self.iQ <= genius:
print(str("The citizen is among smartest of Americans."))
# Instance of PassPort:
citizen256032 = PassPort(first_name='Jon', middle_name='Ross', last_name='Dobbs', gender='male', YOB=int(1947), iQ=int(44))
# Prints specific instance to CLI (second format ), right?
print("The citizen's first name is {}. \n The citizen's middle name is {}. \n The citizen's last name is {}. \n The species of the citizen is {}. \n The gender of the citizen is {}. \n The citizen was born in the year {}. \n And finally, the citizen has an iQ of {}." format(citizen256032.first_name, citizen256032.middle_name, citizen256032.last_name, citizen256032.species, citizen256032.gender, str(citizen256032.YOB), str(citizen256032.iQ)))
# and this iQ, as compared to other citizens, he there is a flippin {iQcomparison()}.")
# Prints specific instance to CLI (first format), right?
# print("The citizen's first name is" + citizen256032.first_name + ". The citizen's middle name is" + citizen256032.middle_name + ". The citizen's last name is " + citizen256032.last_name + "The citizen was born in the year " + str(citizen256032.YOB) + ". And finally, " str(citizen256032.iQ) + ".")
'''
====== TO DO =======
* Prompt user for all his/her citizen information instead of feeding it in the script
* Rename file
* Have print statement print all the information into a flowing plain english sentence
'''Code:
$ python3 main.py
File "main.py", line 44
print("The citizen's first name is {}. \n The citizen's middle name is {}. \n The citizen's last name is {}. \n The species of the citizen is {}. \n The gender of the citizen is {}. \n The citizen was born in the year {}. \n And finally, the citizen has an iQ of {}." format(citizen256032.first_name, citizen256032.middle_name, citizen256032.last_name, citizen256032.species, citizen256032.gender, str(citizen256032.YOB), str(citizen256032.iQ)))
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
$Here is my code on GitHub. I am accepting pull requests.
Thanks for your attention.
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Can't boot with new hard drive
I recently built a new PC and for a hard drive I thought to use Ubuntu. I don't have access to a secondary computer so I'm using my mobile device to download and transfer files.
The problem is that my computer isn't registering it as something it can boot from, so please tell me what I'm doing wrong.
This is my process:
- Download Ubuntu 17.10 on to phone
- Transfer file into SanDisk 32GB USB
- Plug USB into computer
- Change boot priority to USB
Then I get the message "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key" which repeats every time I press a key.
Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong please?
The problem is that my computer isn't registering it as something it can boot from, so please tell me what I'm doing wrong.
This is my process:
- Download Ubuntu 17.10 on to phone
- Transfer file into SanDisk 32GB USB
- Plug USB into computer
- Change boot priority to USB
Then I get the message "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key" which repeats every time I press a key.
Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong please?
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[lubuntu] Flash stopped working / Ubuntu 17.04
I'm on an Acer Aspire 5750.
OS: Ubuntu 17.04
Release: 17.04
Codename: zesty
EDIT: I uninstalled all things flash, reinstalled flashplayer-installer and restarted. Flash is now working properly in Firefox but not in Chromium. I prefer Chromium, as it is a bit faster, so any help would be awesome. Thanks.
EDIT: I have already tried this, as recent posts suggest....
dennis@dennis-Aspire-5750:~$ sudo apt install adobe-flashplugin
[sudo] password for dennis:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package adobe-flashplugin is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package 'adobe-flashplugin' has no installation candidate
OS: Ubuntu 17.04
Release: 17.04
Codename: zesty
EDIT: I uninstalled all things flash, reinstalled flashplayer-installer and restarted. Flash is now working properly in Firefox but not in Chromium. I prefer Chromium, as it is a bit faster, so any help would be awesome. Thanks.
EDIT: I have already tried this, as recent posts suggest....
Quote:
dennis@dennis-Aspire-5750:~$ sudo apt install adobe-flashplugin
[sudo] password for dennis:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package adobe-flashplugin is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package 'adobe-flashplugin' has no installation candidate
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Ubuntu and USB Sound (X-fi)
Hello!
I am brand new to Ubuntu (and linux) - I have an old HP laptop which I thought would be great to try Ubuntu on (not managed to install it yet, I think the HDD is kaputen)
However, I intend to use this as a music player and would like to connet to an external USB sound card (I prefer the Creative Labs X-Fi), but I can't work out if this will work natively?
I am brand new to Ubuntu (and linux) - I have an old HP laptop which I thought would be great to try Ubuntu on (not managed to install it yet, I think the HDD is kaputen)
However, I intend to use this as a music player and would like to connet to an external USB sound card (I prefer the Creative Labs X-Fi), but I can't work out if this will work natively?
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Problem updating adobe flash in Chromium browser
Hey there,
struggling with this same issue. found this thread. I just treid your suggestion and got this:
Is there another solution?
struggling with this same issue. found this thread. I just treid your suggestion and got this:
Code:
dennis@dennis-Aspire-5750:~$ sudo apt install adobe-flashplugin
[sudo] password for dennis:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package adobe-flashplugin is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package 'adobe-flashplugin' has no installation candidate↧
Lenovo y510P 24GB SSD for caching. What should i do?
Okay so this is my situation right now. I have a lenovo y510P from my girlfriend and i want to start exploring Ubuntu. Originally there was Windows 8 installed on the device and it used it's 24 GB ssd for caching with IRST. I had a lot of struggles with getting this thing to work with flashcache. Before i try any further does it make sense im trying to use the ssd for caching? Can't i just install the root partition on this ssd? And if the caching makes sense what would be the best way to approach it? I hope someone can help. I would really appreceate it.
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