Somehow, my ‘guest’ account disappeared from my machine. I found this account very useful, so I tried to setup a ‘guest’ on my own. However, I cannot find any option in the Users and Groups dialogue that support the concept of delete all generated files upon exit. What is the best way to achieve this? … Read more
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Ask Ubuntu. Closed 4 years ago. Improve this question I have just installed the final 17.04 Release. Having problems with the Unity Launcher (not Dash, don’t use that), compared to what has … Read more
Just upgraded to 17.04 from 16.10 and my external monitor is not recognized. Checked the display settings, no external monitor is showing up. In my previous upgrades from 14.04 to 16.10, my external monitor is recognized. Hardware platform is a Dell XPS M1330 with a NVIDA GeForce 8400M video card connected via VGA cable to … Read more
I’m using Ubuntu 17.04, with PulseAudio 10.0 and ofono 1.19. I’m trying to make phone call using ofono from my PC. When I make call I can see in pavucontrol that profile is changed to HSP/HFP, but the is no audio on PC speakers. There is an audio output on the phone side. Extra information: … Read more
I was using Ubuntu 16.10 with no problems at all. I was able to run some programs for days or weeks with no interruptions. I updgraded to 17.04 recently. Now, I get some processes crashing almost daily. I am leaving my PC running overnight. When I arrive in my office next day, I get error … Read more
I installed Ubuntu 17 but it would not boot up after install was complete. I think it is a problem with the MBR. I tried installing it again and I get the error grub2 install failed: installing for i386-pc platform grub2 -install :warning this GPT partition label contains no BIOS boot partition …….. Here is … Read more
I was running Ubuntu Unity 17.04, and I decided to install ubuntu-gnome-desktop so I could start playing with GNOME ahead of the release of 17.10 where it becomes the default desktop environment. In the Unity desktop environment, this initially broke some stuff, as evidenced by my question at Unity problems after installing GNOME desktop (ubuntu-gnome-desktop). … Read more
I have tried the following in order to install pipelight-multi so I can watch videos powered by Microsoft Silverlight (e.g HBO Now): sudo apt-get install wine-staging sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pipelight/stable sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install –install-recommends pipelight-multi However, I get the following error: Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done Package … Read more
I am new to ubuntu17.04 . I installed alongside windows 10. I didn’t have any problem when I was installing it but after installing and restarting, mouse cursor disappears. I make it visible by using gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.cursor active false. After this mouse moves at first black screen but when desktop loads, mouse stops wherever … Read more
Wired network shows connected, but internet doesn’t work. sudo lshw -C network shows following in terminal : description: Ethernet interface product: RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 logical name: enp1s0 version: 07 serial: fc:45:96:84:73:b8 size: 10Mbit/s capacity: 100Mbit/s width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: … Read more
