I am using Ubuntu 17.04 but I don’t know why my Ethernet interface was disabled. I tried lshw -C network and it shows this: WARNING: you should run this program as super-user. *-network DISABLED description: Ethernet interface product: 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 19 bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0 logical name: enp0s25 version: … Read more
I reinstalled Ubuntu 17.04 Desktop 64-bit UEFI on my Laptop on a harddisk. Laptop: Intel Core i5-5200U, Intel HD Graphics 5500, 16 GB Ram. Booting takes ~120 seconds (from pressing the powerswitch to loginscreen, with Ubuntu 16.04.2 on a ssd it takes less than 20 seconds). syslog $ systemd-analyze blame 5.187s dev-sdb2.device 4.268s ModemManager.service 3.138s … Read more
I could not find any information on this anywhere (and I don’t want to set up a new 17.04 installation just for that), what is the default location of the swap file in 17.04? Answer 2 commands: ~$ cat /proc/swaps Filename Type Size Used Priority /swapfile file 2097148 0 -1 and $ grep swap /etc/fstab … Read more
When I use Google Chrome (currently 61, but the error exists before), I constantly get ERR_NETWORK_CHANGED. Often, the webpage reloads and works a second later, but often things simply don’t work. For example, I’m not able to download files from Google Drive at all, because a XHR call fails with this error (this is an … Read more
I have a Dell XPS 15 9550. I’ve been running Ubuntu 16.10 on it for four months with no dramas. Two days ago, I upgraded to Ubuntu 17.04. About an hour after upgrading, my hard-drive remounted into read-only mode. When I jumped to a tty screen, this appeared: [ 746.341551] EXT4-fs error (device nvme0n1p7): ext4_find_entry:1463: … Read more
[Update] I’m able to install the 375 drivers fine using sudo apt-get install nvidia-375 but the issue below still persists with 381.[/Update] So last night I decided to update my nvidia drivers to 381 following some steps I found online. Here are the steps I followed: sudo apt-get purge nvidia* sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers sudo apt-get … Read more
I just installed Ubuntu 17.04 on my Asus ROG GL752VW laptop and I decided to install gnome-shell and then install ubuntu-gnome-desktop. After some use, I noticed a delay when using Fn + F5or F6 as media controls. The first time I push these key combination Gnome hangs for a short time, and the next Fn … Read more
I tried to install Startup Disk Creator using: sudo apt-get install usb-creator-gtk But it didn’t appear in the dash. What should I do? Answer If you cannot find it just install it running in terminal those commands (first two are optional, to update the repos, and upgrade what should be upgraded, but if you just … Read more
I have exactly the following issue with Ubuntu 17.04 (Gnome shell and desktop installed) When clicking on the Bookmark root or on one of the bookmarks below the mouse cursor gets stuck in “drag n drop” mode, blocking all keyboard entry and also mouse clicks for the the whole GUI (systemwide). https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rapidsvn/+bug/402892 It`s a very … Read more
This question already has an answer here: Ubuntu GNOME 17.04: wi-fi not working — mac address keeps changing? (1 answer) Closed 4 years ago. I booted Ubuntu 17.04 live on my Fujitsu Amilo Li3710 laptop and I was surprised to see that I couldn’t connect to wifi. I tried to connect to my router and … Read more
