To reproduce: open chrome, open a new window (ctrl-n), move that window to a different workspace, use chrome normally (i.e. open and close new tabs, type into omnibar). Google Chrome will behave extremely slowly. This is only after upgrade to Ubuntu 16.10. However Chrome Version 55.0.2883.75 (64-bit). Happy to dig deeper and post logs, etc., … Read more
I am trying to upgrade my nodejs to 7.6 but failed. Now I have a new problem after re-installing node 6.10: $ sudo apt-get purge nodejs npm Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done Package ‘npm’ is not installed, so not removed The following packages were automatically installed and are no … Read more
Ubuntu 16.10+ uses systemd-resolved as DNS resolver. I prefer the setup 16.04 uses, dnsmasq as the resolver. How can I do that on 16.10+, especially on 17.04? Answer dnsmasq packages are still available in 16.10 and 17.04. Install dnsmasq and dependencies (or at least download their packages) before disabling systemd-resolved: sudo apt-get install dnsmasq Disable … Read more
So I just updated to 16.10 (just got 16.04 a few weeks ago, still new to Linux). The keyboard still works when I need to enter my password to unencrypt the lvm drive, but stops working (along with the mouse) when I get to the login screen. Is this a known problem? How do I … Read more
I am setting up quota on my Linode server running Ubuntu 16.10, and I get the following error Cannot stat() mounted device /dev/root: No such file or directory So to fix this, I reached this thread for the fix which is done by adding ln -s /dev/xvda /dev/root /etc/init.d/quota restart to the /etc/rc.local. But Ubuntu … Read more
I got a strange error after upgrading Ubuntu 16.04 to 16.10. The Software Updater suggests a partial update: Could not install ‘systemd-shim’ The upgrade will continue but the ‘systemd-shim’ package may not be in a working state. Please consider submitting a bug report about it. subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 2 sudo … Read more
