Questions tagged [linux]
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How to force resolution for displaylink udl kernel module
I have a usb to vga display adapter using the DL-165 chipset. I have tested it functions with windows and linux (Fedora 42/rawhide (20260227); gnome/wayland and debian 12; xfce4/x11) with different ...
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How to prevent a UEFI entry for bootable USB drive from disappearing from BIOS when UEFI entries updated by Linux on fixed drive?
SOLVED: My USB is apparently over Thunderbolt, so the thunderbolt needs to be enabled in BIOS for it to boot from USB. Even though USB works perfectly fine in the system without that enabled (except ...
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How to deal with a potentially broken hardware fan not accessible for control? The fan only reacts to hardware temperature changes
I have a second hand laptop, Asus Zenbook UX3402ZA, running 6.18.9-arch1-2 btw.
The fan seems to be controlled by hardware, having only two states - high or off and in the high state it is really loud,...
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Does the latest version of Linux Mint Cinnamon have a music app on par with iTunes? [closed]
I'm thinking of switching from Windows 10 instead of "upgrading" to 11 but want to be able to bring my iTunes library mp3's over without any issues. As far as I know Linux can't run iTunes ...
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Why are Flatpak icons missing even after restart?
In my case, on fedora silverblue, I noticed none of my package installed via the sofware app store (such as intellij idea, vscode, steam or lutris) displayed an icon. Even after time pass and multiple ...
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Black screen after grub welcome message [closed]
I've installed kali linux on my lenovo g505s. I'm getting a black screen straight after the grub welcome message. I'm unable to use the command line. I've tried pressing the shift key, esc key, ctr+...
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How to remove a “Trash-1000” folder from USB flash drive?
I recently got a digital photo frame and when removing photos I did the move to trash instead of Shift+Del and deleting proper and now I have a hidden folder with read only files that I can not remove....
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Netfilter hiccup during cron.daily procedure
I use a netfilter-based daemon, ibd-judge (part of ipqbdb). It runs undisturbed from system boot to the next. Its job is to block certain network packets, based on values in a database and to ...
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Why am I getting "Too many levels of symbolic links" mount error on specific system combination with Samba?
To make my point clear I define 4 Linux machines:
Server 1:
OS: Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
Kernel: 5.15.0-170-generic
Samba: 4.15.13-Ubuntu
Server 2:
OS: Fedora 43 Server
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How can I properly unmount a FUSE filesystem in a Docker container?
I have a Docker container that mounts a Google Drive shared folder using FUSE (google-drive-ocamlfuse).
The compose file maps the drive onto the host system (the capabilities and /dev/fuse are ...
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How to configure excluded dirs for updatedb.plocate in Kubuntu 25.10?
Whenever I start my Kubuntu 25.10 in the morning, updatedb.plocate runs for an ever increasing time and creates 100 % CPU load during that period. What's especially strange is that the corresponding ...
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Are bluetooth A2DP codecs hardware dependent?
I talking about the codecs for the A2DP profile like AAC and aptX. My question is: are these hardware dependent, thus the device either supports them or it doesn't? Or is it possible to install a ...
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How to specify default display connected to secondary GPU, hybrid graphics in an Xorg config?
I have a Lenovo P16 Gen2 laptop, with integrated Intel graphics + Arc Pro A30M card, running EndeavourOS.
$ lspci -nn | grep -Ei 'VGA|DISPLAY'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel ...
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How to change Grub cmdpath to be the same partition as grub prefix?
My dual boot grub is totally messed up.
Grub won't load.
I can only get the GRUB 2 command line.
I have tried to repair it using this link via grub command line but after setting root to the hd07 ...
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Distribute/sync passkeys on local network (without cloud or always-on server)
I looking for a way to spread my Password/Passkey-Database over all my devices and propagate changes whenever I add a new password in some device. But I don't want to put it online. And I don't want ...
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