Ubuntu/Kubuntu freezes on shutdown
Remove chrome-remote-desktop if installed.
Tag: ubuntu
updating older ubuntus | 404 Not Found [IP:aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd]
In /etc/apt/sources.list replace xyz.archive.ubuntu.com with old-releases.ubuntu.com and security.ubuntu.com with old-releases.ubuntu.com and remove (comment out) all extras.ubuntu.com lines.
Ubuntu [5.3.0-46-generic] sound problem
Your ubuntu does not find any sound devices after update? Add “options snd-hda-intel dmic_detect=0” to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf Credits: https://launchpad.net/~hui.wang
UBUNTU |OpenVPN DNS Problems
DNS ist not pushed to ubuntu clients # apt-get install openvpn-systemd-resolved Then modify your clients openvpn config file. Add script-security 2 up /etc/openvpn/update-systemd-resolved down /etc/openvpn/update-systemd-resolved down-pre before your certs block and add dhcp-option DOMAIN-ROUTE . dhcp-option DOMAIN yourinternaldomain ad the end.
Ubuntu on KVM |boot into the grub menu
QUiCKLY press the right shift.
kvm | linux | shrink sparse disk using zerofree
Install zerofree edit your fstab, set your root drive to RO like /dev/vda1 / ext2 ro 0 1 Halt your system # halt -p Start your system into the grub menu, then select rescue mode, then drop to root shell Run zerofree like # zerofree /dev/vda1 Remount your root drive RW # mount -o remount,rw […]
Ubuntu | Screen/monitor/touchpad rotation issue on notebooks
Inbuilt gyroscope fools you: # apt-get remove iio-sensor-proxy
UBUNTU // Handle old kernel mess
Automatic: dpkg-reconfigure unattended-upgrades vi /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades //Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-Dependencies “false”; —> //Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-Dependencies “true”; By hand: apt install byobu purge-old-kernels or apt autoremove –purge
Ubuntu | add custom launcher
# sudo su – # cd /usr/share/applications Copy and modify an existing item. Search @ desktop for your created app.
Install OpenVPN plugin on ubuntu
apt-get install network-manager-openvpn
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