For those who just want a simple solution to this conundrum, write the
following to /usr/local/bin/update-smart-drivedb:
--- snip
#!/bin/bash
(( UID == 0 )) || exec sudo "$0";
wget
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/smartmontools/smartmontools/master/smartmontools/drivedb.h
--- snip
Then sudo
This bug is 5 years old, and really, it should be a release-blocking
bug.
How much more severe can a bug be than causing physical damage,
bypassing security, corrupting the filesystem, and causing users to lose
work?
It's difficult to believe that Canonical has a competent release manager
if they
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1600622 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1600622
This bug isn't Gnome or XFCe4-specific. This bug affects the entire
Ubuntu desktop ecosystem and should be a release-blocking bug because it
causes physical damage to people's hardware and has security
impl
This bug has been around since 14.04 and persists in 18.04
This bug causes unexpected filesystem corruption
- hit the power button to suspend the laptop and put it in your suitcase.
Take a flight and find it dead and corrupt on arrival.
This bug causes lost work
- Suspend the laptop, suspend
There's a lot of reviews from Windows users saying this drive hangs if
connected to a USB 2.0 port, however I see you have it connected to a
USB 3.0 port (xhci_hcd).
The other issue could be that you are using an unpowered hub, or
plugging it into a regular USB 3.0 port (900mA) instead of a dedica
Public bug reported:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/448702
When my laptop attempts to suspend itself to avoid powerfail, instead of
successfully suspending, I get a popup from xfce4-power-manager: "Are
you sure you want to hibernate the system? An application is currently
disabling the
Sorry, I gave up trying to run Quetzal on that machine since it kept
trashing my home folder and ruining my desktop settings such that I
couldn't even keep a panel or usable desktop colours in place to be able
to see what I was doing, so I kept having to drop to a fbcon and log in
via shell, delete
Anyone else out there brave enough to try running KDE on Ubuntu, just to see
whether Kate has been fixed?
I suggest using a stable editor instead: JEdit. It
has all of Kate's features and then some. Kate was the only thing which kept
me using KDE for the last 2 years. Now there's a stable ne
Skype's gdk loader complaints about 64-bit arch are just a red herring.
The real problem is that Skype messed up its configuration file. To fix
it, simply delete it, or move it elsewhere.
mv ~/.Skype/shared.xml ~/.Skype/shared~.xml
Maybe there should be a bug filed against the gdk loader to make
Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: kdebase
To reproduce:
enter block-select mode (CTRL+SHIFT+B)
cursor 1 char pas the end of any line
enter CTRL-RIGHT to jump to the next word.
** Affects: kdebase (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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You received this bug notifi
New version of Skype no longer uses skype-wrapper, so it deleted my
version and the link I copied from the gnome menu to the panel now
reports (unsurprisingly) 'Could not launch application Failed to execute
child process "skype-wrapper" (No such file or directory)'
New menu item does work, auto-l
Here's the contents of my version of skype-wrapper:
The reason Skype forgets the password is generally that the user clicks
the skype start icon more than once during a session. This makes skype
attempt to log in again. When it fails because it is already logged in,
it resets the stored password
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