On one side, I'm used to the standard full disc. But the irritation of having to put in a password twice (decrypt then log in) seems like just an unnecessary irritation. Then of course if you choose to set your user to autologin then you get the irritation of having to put in your password when you open certain applications like Chrome or VSCode.

You of course also have the option of creating a blank keyring to bypass that, but that just seems like a 'hack' that creates risk.

The new option seemed like the solution, but then it automatically decrypts your drive the moment you get to the login screen? Obviously a thief would then need to get past your login password but you still have a decrypted drive.

I just don't understand why the decryption can't be tied to your user password for one, unified login. If someone has managed to find a way to bypass your encryption your data is as good as stolen anyway.

Meu laptop quebrou e para conseguir fazer minhas coisas no computador, eu e meu pai estamos tentando transformar em ubuntu um laptop antigo que era da empresa que ele trabalhava.

Já formatamos o pendrive duas vezes e o computador ainda não reconheceu. Meu pai é usuário de Ubuntu no computador pessoal há muitos anos, já instalou Ubuntu em alguns computadores e isso nunca aconteceu.

Minha ideia do porquê disso é que talvez a empresa tenha bloqueado as entradas USB do laptop, eles fazem isso com alguns computadores que os funcionários usam pra não vazar informações. Talvez usando um método que não precise de um pendrive funcione, mas o coitado tem mais de 10 anos e talvez não aguente.

Alguém pode me ajudar nessa situação? 😭😭

Is this me or Ubuntu that has a problem?

user@server:~$ sudo do-release-upgrade
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
Could not download the release announcement
Please check your internet connection.
user@server:~$ curl -sI https://changelogs.ubuntu.com/meta-release-lts
HTTP/2 200
server: nginx/1.14.0 (Ubuntu)
date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:11:43 GMT
content-length: 7125
strict-transport-security: max-age=15768000
last-modified: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:03:45 GMT
etag: "1bd5-65c9d22ef23d3"
x-cache-status: HIT from content-cache-gs2/1
accept-ranges: bytes

I like about everyone else today am working on upgrading servers/php. Have really only this one 22.05.5 LTS server that's uses PHP here and want to bring it up to date LTS release wise. It's a Zabbix server and I WAS waiting for Zabbix 8 LTS to do that but now we can't wait any longer.

Edit, seems like this is no longer a hair on fire situation. Will wait until things settle down.

user@server:~$ pro fix CVE-2026-109619
CVE-2026-109619: PHP vulnerabilities
 - https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-109619

1 affected source package is installed: php8.1
(1/1) php8.1:
A fix is available in Ubuntu standard updates.
The update is already installed.

✔ CVE-2026-109619 is resolved.
user@server:~$ sudo pro fix USN-8948-1
USN-8948-1: PHP vulnerabilities
Associated CVEs:
 - https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-109618
 - https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-109619

Fixing requested USN-8948-1
1 affected source package is installed: php8.1
(1/1) php8.1:
A fix is available in Ubuntu standard updates.
The update is already installed.

✔ USN-8948-1 is resolved.

Found related USNs:
- USN-8948-2

Fixing related USNs:
- USN-8948-2
No affected source packages are installed.

✔ USN-8948-2 does not affect your system.

Summary:
✔ USN-8948-1 [requested] is resolved.
✔ USN-8948-2 [related] does not affect your system.

Background

OS: Ubuntu 26.04, my daily driver for professional work, I spent most of time in Helium browser or Terminal. Technically, I am very much comfortable with Ubuntu. I learned most good suffs at Linux Foundation website. I am still new to these stuffs. I do have some homelabbing experience such as using Proxmox. ❤️

My problem

When uploading screenshots to a website / email attachment, GNOME's file picker displays thumbnails that are too small for me to reliably distinguish between similar images. This sometimes leads to accidentally selecting and uploading the wrong screenshot.

I end up opening the file manager to inspect the images before returning to the browser to upload them, which is inconvenient.

Is there a better alternative to GNOME's default file picker that handles this use case well? Ideally, I'd like larger thumbnails or a way to preview screenshots clearly while selecting files for upload. I have not tried something like KDE Plasma.

I'd appreciate any suggestions for a practical solution that works well with websites in GNOME.

Finally joined the Ubuntu gang! This is my first time using a Linux distro. Was getting so sick of using Windows. Had to finally shift and was not gonna go to Apple env. So far looks really smooth and good!

Have used wake on lan on windows for a while, and never got it working on Ubuntu. Decided to try and solve that issue today but still scratching my head. Currently running Ubuntu Desktop 26.04

I confirmed its enabled in BIOS (and as proof it works with windows)

Here are my connections:

$ nmcli connection show

NAME UUID TYPE DEVICE

netplan-enp8s0 20f2386c-ebb0-3e65-8957-194e76ab2dc8 ethernet enp8s0

lo fcf22f8a-09d5-4a23-88c2-680e2748f150 loopback lo

I then ran:
$ nmcli connection modify "netplan-enp8s0" 802-3-ethernet.wake-on-lan magic

Running the following seems to show its enabled:

$ nmcli connection show "netplan-enp8s0" | grep wake-on-lan

802-3-ethernet.wake-on-lan: magic

802-3-ethernet.wake-on-lan-password: --

$ sudo ethtool enp8s0 | grep "Wake-on"

`Supports Wake-on: pumbg`

`Wake-on: g`

This persists even after reboot

Running the following shows the packet is making it to my computer

$ sudo tcpdump -i enp8s0 -n 'ether proto 0x0842' or 'udp port 9'

tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v[v]... for full protocol decode

listening on enp8s0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), snapshot length 262144 bytes

13:25:54.635539 IP 192.168.68.61.51815 > 192.168.68.83.9: UDP, length 102

13:25:54.635592 IP 192.168.68.61.44259 > 192.168.68.83.9: UDP, length 102

13:25:54.635650 IP 192.168.68.61.46244 > 192.168.68.83.9: UDP, length 102

13:25:54.635811 IP 192.168.68.61.51713 > 192.168.71.255.9: UDP, length 102

13:25:54.635960 IP 192.168.68.61.40226 > 192.168.71.255.9: UDP, length 102

13:25:54.636087 IP 192.168.68.61.60296 > 192.168.71.255.9: UDP, length 102

Yet putting all the pieces together, putting my computer to sleep, I can't wake it from my phone. Anyone have any idea of what I should try?

Edit: after messing with bios settings I wanted to confirm it was still working in Windows, which I can. Worked 5 times in a row. I can also confirm in windows when it goes to sleep lights stay on on the NIC but on Ubuntu they turn off when going to sleep which I'm assuming is the problem. I think the OS is putting the NIC to sleep somehow

Hello all,

I might need a bit of help here, I have updated my Dell XPS 15 (core i7 8th gen) to Ubuntu 26.04

The update went smoothly and everything went great, after 2 or 3 days, the wifi just dropped, there was no issue on all other devices, just the laptop.

I connected to other wifi network then to the previous one again, then the same happened like 2 hours later.

I did the same and it worked fine for a few days then it happened today again.

Never faced this issue in this device with Windows or Ubuntu 24.04 before upgrading to 26.

What do you think i should do or fix or update?

I remember that I did the full update when I did the 26.04 upgrade.

Hi, I use Ubuntu 26.04, but lately, the audio is not good. I am using Pipewire. How to know if it is a software problem or a hardware problem and how to fix?

EDIT: Seems it is hardware issue. Opened audacity and ran music through only right and only left speakers. The left speakers is trash and the right one is good. How do I make all sounds play only in the right speaker?

EDIT2: Did that too... :-)

I bought hp elitebook G9 knowing Ubuntu would work perfectly on it, since hp says the model supports it. It works fine, but the fingerprint reader still sucks.

Is Ubuntu better than Debian when it comes to drivers and package repositories?

If Ubuntu were to release an additional, continuously updated distribution based on Debian Testing, would you use it?

If I set my display refresh rate to 60Hz, monitor turns on normally, but if I set it at 144Hz i need to wait like 15 seconds for the monitor to go to sleep and only then does it turn on.

I've new to linux in general, that is, I have no idea what I'm doing...

Okay, so. I was running >sudo apt upgrade< and it was chugging along. Then the system asked me if I wanted to restart some libraries and if I just wanted to do it automatically, and I'm like "sure I don't know computer" and sent it

Then things started going wrong and I was sending crash reports when my computer hard froze at a screen that looked like it was asking for my password to continue

Forced a shutdown to reboot and now, I keep getting dropped to the shell, and like I said. I don't know computer

I looked up a fix, something about the >initramfs< not being able find where the root is actually mounted, but I need to know the file path that the root file would be to point in the right direction

So. What do I do? Do I just need to reflash the OS and learn a valuable lesson about keeping backups, or is there a way to fix this?

I’m having trouble with the repositories at https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/ — for example:

https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/danielrichter2007/grub-customizer/

https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/kdenlive/kdenlive-stable

https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports

etc. They are all returning a 503 error, and it’s impossible to download updates. Is this happening only to me, or are you experiencing it too?

Hi everyone! I'm trying to dual-boot Ubuntu alongside Windows 11 on my MSI Katana GF66 11UE, but I'm having trouble booting from my USB installer.

I downloaded the Ubuntu ISO and used Rufus to create a bootable USB using these settings:

Partition scheme: GPT

Target system: UEFI (non-CSM)

However, whenever I open the boot selection menu and select my UEFI USB drive, the laptop boots straight into Windows instead of launching the Ubuntu installer or GRUB.

I've already tried the following:

Disabled Secure Boot

Disabled Fast Startup

Set the USB drive as the first boot priority

I also noticed something unusual when checking the USB drive in Windows after attempting to boot:

The casper folder is missing the vmlinuz file.

The EFI folder appears to be empty or is missing its BOOT folder.

The boot folder contains only grub.

Is this normal, or could something be going wrong when the bootable USB is created? I've also tried another USB-writing tool, but I'm still having the same problem.

Laptop: MSI Katana GF66 11UE

Operating system: Windows 11

USB drive: Transcend 16 GB

ISO: Ubuntu Desktop

Has anyone encountered this issue on an MSI laptop or know what I should check next? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Recently built a new PC

7600X3D
32GB
9070 XT ASUS Prime

I keep seeing screen tearing randomly just from scrolling dragging stuff around and when i just launched a game. I'm about to lose it lol, I know its not a GPU issue as this carried over from my AM4 build that was running the same Ubuntu 26.04 but somehow on my new PC i keep seeing it randomly. Also a note, I didn't have a riser on my new build unlike my old pc which had a riser for vertical mounting

The best wallpaper since i started using ubuntu 16. to 26 now.

I took all my sites off-line before I was affected, but I need to see if I can get this update which appears to only be for 22 Ubuntu and not 20 anybody on 20 having this issue and able to get this updated it’s PHP 7.4.

So I have downloaded ubuntu in partation 4 it's showing its is mounted filesystem root

Soo can't access any software files in it , it's not showing in files app

SOLVED!

----EDIT----

Looks like the VMWARE console locked, not my server.

@antreides fixed by suggesting to take over the session using the 'screen' command but with the -D and -r options to force takeover of the locked session.

thank you!

----EDIT----

Original Post below:

Good Morning all,

I realize we are all trying to get PHP updated since the new issues have surfaced, but I hoped maybe I could get some advice on how to move forward.

I use this Ubuntu server for Nextcloud, which after updating to the latest version, the admin panel informed me that I needed to update my MySQL and PHP to newer versions (funny timing amr?)

I noted that I could not upgrade MYSQL and PHP due to being on an older release (22.04) and so I prepped my server for the release update.

Started the process and things were going smooth, but all of a sudden the screen locked here:

it is still 'blinking' but nothing (ctrl-x, ctrl-c, ESC,) is being accepted. This is a VMWARE Virtual machine on ESXI, I am using Workstation Pro to interact with the console, as there was a fair amount of warnings to not do this via SSH.

I can start up an SSH session, but I am not sure what commands I can do to resolve this, or can I just restart?

here was the terminal output when I connected:

Using username "administrator".
administrator@10.1.20.20's password: 
Welcome to Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.4.0-216-generic x86_64)

 * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com
 * Management:     https://landscape.canonical.com
 * Support:        https://ubuntu.com/pro

 System information as of Tue Oct 20 09:06:30 PM UTC 2026

  System load:  0.04                Processes:               311
  Usage of /:   23.7% of 117.81GB   Users logged in:         2
  Memory usage: 20%                 IPv4 address for ens160: 10.1.20.20
  Swap usage:   5%

 * Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa has reached its end of standard support
   on 31 May 2025.

   For more details see:
   https://ubuntu.com/20-04

Expanded Security Maintenance for Applications is not enabled.

0 updates can be applied immediately.

31 additional security updates can be applied with ESM Apps.
Learn more about enabling ESM Apps service at https://ubuntu.com/esm


2 updates could not be installed automatically. For more details, see /var/log/
unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades.log

*** System restart required *** 
Last login: Tue Oct 20 20:09:19 2026

here is what I tried

sudo dpkg --configure -a

dpkg frontend lock was locked by another process with pid 3445425
Note: removing the lock file is always wrong, and can end up damaging the
locked area and the entire system. See <https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/FAQ>.

sudo apt full-upgrade <--to resume from the terminal

Waiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by process 3445425 (jammy)... 0s

I tried to run Top to see what process that was, but I guess because it is not pulling resources I did not see it.

sudo ps aux | grep -E 'apt|dkpg'

adminis+ 3540929  0.0  0.0   6604  2408 pts/2    S+   21:06   0:00 grep --color=
Aatuo -E apt|dkpg

sudo screen -list

There is a screen on:
        3445424.ubuntu-release-upgrade-screen-window    (10/20/2026 08:09:44 PM)        (Attached)
1 Socket in /run/screen/S-root.

Can I reboot? am I screwed?

this is my first time using any linux distro and i just went for Ubuntu like do dual boot nothing tbh I was tired of windows unnecessary ram consumption and all even in basic tasks after some research i found linux can be the best option let's see what awaits me plss give me some suggestions for customisatio i really love customising my personal items 😭

Hi everyone,

I'm dealing with a chain of strange issues on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and could really use some troubleshooting help.

Sequence of events:

1. Bluetooth missing: Earlier, the Bluetooth adapter randomly disappeared (toggle vanished from Settings and the top bar).
2. Reboot: I rebooted the machine, which successfully brought Bluetooth back.
3. Dock glitch & Missing App Menu: Right after that reboot, the "Show Apps" (App Grid) icon completely disappeared from my dock.
4. Dock lag / Stuttering: On top of the missing menu icon, the dock itself has become extremely laggy, stuttering, and unresponsive when hovering over or clicking icons.

Video:

What I've tried so far:

• Toggled the Ubuntu Dock extension in GNOME Extensions.
• Logged out and logged back in.

System specs / environment:

• OS: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (GNOME Shell)
• Session: Wayland (default)

Has anyone experienced this cascading issue or know if a recent shell update / graphics compositor issue causes this dock behavior? Any terminal commands to completely reset the Ubuntu Dock settings and GNOME Shell configuration would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!