Questions tagged [lubuntu]
Lubuntu is a lightweight and energy-saving variant of Ubuntu using the LXDE (Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment) desktop. Use this tag only for questions that are Lubuntu specific (installation, hardware compatibility, etc.).
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A little white light shining through windows
It looks like a pinpoint of light shining through any opened window, always at the same place (it doesn't move if I move the window). It looks like a screen-related hardware problem, only I don't ...
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How to keep windows 11 bootable while nuking one distro for a new distro
Essentially can anyone tell me how i can.
keep windows 11
remove Linux cinnamon that's installed on a HDD
while still being able to install Lubuntu on a different HDD
to note windows 11 is NVME + 4tb ...
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xrandr not changing to propper resolution
I am trying to use an vga monitor with a 1024x720 resolution, however, xrandr is not detecting that resolution, nor dos it show other resolution options for it. Its weird because when doing the live ...
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Why is my GPU malfunctioning during startup?
This issue was previously posted on the Lubuntu subreddit, and the person who graciously spent time helping me figure it out told me to share it on here, because we ran out of ideas. I hope someone on ...
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How do i get the bash command below to stop echoing these bash alias not found errors?
I think these bash commands were created with the intention of increasing htops refresh interval, cant remember where i found them. However I have since figured out all that was needed to do to get it ...
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Exec format error: Unable to run appimage files on ubutu 16.04 and lubuntu 18
I've been trying to run Qv2ray and other programs on Ubuntu 16.04 and Lubuntu 18, but I always get this error:
cannot execute binary file: Exec format error.
Here's the article that I've read in ...
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Corrupted Disk & Initramfs booting
I was using my Lubuntu PC when someone came and shut it down pressing the power button. When I started it again it started to show the initramfs booting (every time that I start it).
I use fsck when I ...
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How to read elm327 obd2 raw data over bt using rfcomm?
I am trying to read my car data, i have hooked a cheap elm327 bt obd2 connector to it, and using lubuntu.
Basically this is what i have done, but its not fully working i end up with a sort of buggy ...
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Recovery factory of a blind computer. No user interaction
We have a PC with Lubuntu, without monitor, keyboard and mouse. We can only restart it with a button.
We need that when we insert a USB stick and reboot it will automatically start and restore the ...
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Why hf -h returns correct total disk space but hf default returns incorrect number of 1024 blocks?
I was testing hf command on VirtualBox VM, Lubuntu with exactly 30 Gb allocated virtual drive (note: real Gb not gibi/mebi stuff). But some very strange stuff happens when I use hf command:
root@vbox:~...
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Kill command refuses to work when using 'screen' utility what am I doing wrong?
Ctrl+a+k does nothing I've tried to get it to work but nothing happens no confirmation prompt shows at the bottom I looked up the file .screenrc and I'm considering changing the keys but I would like ...
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Is it possible to save a less session and return to where you've left a mark?
I'm reading through the man page and so far the only thing I can find is --save-marks which doesn't save both my reading mark and session when I open up my pdf file in less again, this is my first ...
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Migrate Firefox profile to a new one
I reinstalled Firefox, because my profile was crashing. I backed up my ~/.mozilla folder to some other place, uninstalled firefox and installed it again.
New firefox wasn't crashing. So I copied one ...
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WiFi has disappeared on Lubuntu 20.04.6
I have been running Lubuntu on my old late 2008 Macbook successfully for a couple of years. This week, the WiFi has suddenly stopped working. Running lshw, lsusb and lspci shows no sign of the WiFi ...
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Why is `systemctl --user` broken unless I run it using `su`?
In a recent Lubuntu 22.04 install, when running systemctl --user with user 1000 I get:
❯ systemctl status --user
Failed to connect to bus: $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS and $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not defined (...
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