Questions tagged [error-handling]
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Error message "sudo: unable to resolve host (none)"
When I run sudo the terminal is stuck for a few seconds and then outputs an error message. My terminal looks like this:
ubuntu@(none):~$ sudo true
sudo: unable to resolve host (none)
What can I do ...
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What is the 'whoopsie' process and how can I remove it?
On one of my machines I have a process running called "whoopsie". I'm running 12.04 server and never specifically installed anything with this name.
Google seems to imply that it has something to ...
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Dropbox error - 'echo 100000 | sudo tee / proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches'
Dropbox gives me an error that mentions echo tee 100000 but then it disappears.
How to fix or remove msg?
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Error while unzipping: need PK compat. v5.1 (can do v4.6)
I am getting this error while unzipping a file how unzip it
c0mrad3@dinp:~/output/zip$ unzip 00000018.zip
Archive: 00000018.zip
skipping: secret.txt need PK compat. v5.1 (can do v4....
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Slow shutdown on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Stopping thermal daemon/running fit make remote CUPS printers)
After a clean install of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, I am experiencing very slow shutdowns compared with 15.10. There seems to be one of two processes that hang upon shutdown. Startup is not affected at all. ...
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I'm getting a lot of "System program problem detected" error dialogs, is there any way I can make them go away? [duplicate]
After upgrading to Ubuntu 13.10 I get a lot of error messages with no info when the desktop starts:
How can I solve this? I tried to update and install kde-full and gnome. But it was not solved.
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Why does apt-get abort by itself, as though I'd pressed 'N'?
On Ubuntu 14.04, when I try to install an app or even just do:
sudo apt-get upgrade
I always end up with this message at the end:
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Abort.
I didn't type anything, it ...
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How can a frozen/locked-up program/app be closed?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Desktop.
My son and I are playing games on GCompris and several modules freeze/lockup.
When it does, I don't know how to close the program.
I know in Windows I ...
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"mce: [Hardware Error]: Machine check events logged" appears in syslog. What should I do?
I have installed the latest version of OSSEC (2.8.1) and I have also enabled email notifications. And I am getting loads of these sorts of notifications saying that there is a Hardware Error and ...
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Apps crash randomly on newly installed ubuntu 22.04
I've just installed Ubuntu 22.04 on my laptop with 8GB ram (no dual boot, ext4 + 20GB linux swap);
Installed 2 gnome shell extensions (Dash to panel, Workspace Matrix);
My working environment is just ...
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Configure error: could not find the zlib library
I am trying to install lalsuite on ubuntu according to the instructions here:
https://pycbc.org/pycbc/latest/html/install_lalsuite.html
Everything went smoothly until I ran
./00boot
./configure --...
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ACPI error on every boot
I recently switched from Windows 10 to Ubuntu. So far so good, but I get these errors on every boot. I was not getting these when on Windows 10 (not sure if it is because Windows didn't have these ...
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Unknown error: '<class 'KeyError'>' ("The cache has no package named wine-staging-i386")
There is an error sign on my Ubuntu panel which states the error given in the title. I used sudo apt-get update but it gave me no errors. However the error sign persists.
How do I fix this?
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Hard Drive error: bad/missing sense data
I recently tried to check the spin down time of my hard drive with the following command:
sudo hdparm -I /dev/sdb | grep level
and got the error:
SG_IO: bad/missing sense data, sb[]: 70 00 05 00 ...
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Why do xrandr errors "BadMatch", "BadName", "Gamma Failed" happen?
I have not found a single solution to such errors, despite the rather large number of users out there who have them.
So I want to try to find a solution myself. However, I have no idea why they occur....
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How do I check if command failed... with a pipe?
So I have a script like this:
somecommad | grep --invert-match something
I'd like to be able to conditionally run a different command if somecommand fails. Here's what I tried:
somecommand | grep --...
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Why do I receive an error message while trying to access some of my GNOME shell extension settings?
Some of my GNOME shell extensions don't let me configure their features because I receive an error message when I try to open them. The following image is what I see when I try to open the ...
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Failed to launch pgAdmin4. Error: Error: spawn /usr/pgadmin4/venv/bin/python3 ENOENT
While trying to launch pgAdmin4, I receive the following error:
Failed to launch pgAdmin4. Error:
Error: spawn /usr/pgadmin4/venv/bin/python3 ENOENT
This is the runtime environment:
Python Path: &...
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Hide 'Your profile could not be opened correctly'
I have a small public internet cafe, with Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10. I'm using
Google Chrome 7.0.517.44 (64615), with AutoScroll - Version: 2.7.5; AdBlock is removed because of high CPU loads, and ...
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GLib-Error when using apt-get update
(appstreamcli:13767): GLib-CRITICAL **: 08:57:18.126: g_variant_builder_end: assertion '!GVSB(builder)->uniform_item_types || GVSB(builder)->prev_item_type != NULL || g_variant_type_is_definite (...
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Is it possible to log/monitor Bluetooth errors?
My Bluetooth keyboard stops working after I wake up the computer from suspension, for no apparent reason (Cannot write with bluetooth keyboard after suspend).
So I believe an error is being silently ...
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Unable to install libclang on 20.04 LTS
After trying to install libclang-dev with sudo apt-get install -y libclang-dev i receive this error:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libclang-dev : Depends: libclang-10-dev (>= 10~)...
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How to disable Apport pop-up message without disabling Apport?
Is there a way to disable the Apport pop-up dialog error message that appears when an Ubuntu error occurs without disabling Apport?
Message that appears in the pop-up: "Sorry, Ubuntu 16.04 has ...
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error while installing RPi.GPIO as "ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:"
i was trying to install rpi.gpio on raspberry pi 4 with ubuntu 20.10 desktop
as follows
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install python-pip python-dev
it gave as
note, selecting '...
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Error while Booting Ubuntu 14.04
Recently I upgraded to Ubuntu14.04, whenever Boot loader starts, Getting an error message Error : file not found for 3 seconds and OS starts loading, While Loading OS also getting same error Message:
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How to eliminate EDID checksum errors?
I'm getting errors like this:
[ 17.774473] [drm:drm_edid_block_valid [drm]] *ERROR* EDID checksum is invalid, remainder is 209
During and shortly after booting my Ubuntu Server 16.04.3 system. I ...
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AUTHENTICATION REQUIRED: An application wants access to the keyring "Default Keyring", but it is locked. Can I disable this?
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AUTHENTICATION REQUIRED: An application wants access to the keyring "Default Keyring", but it is locked. Can I disable this? It keeps popping u
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Why am I getting so many errors?
I have had Ubuntu 12.10 installed for about two hours now. Google Chrome has crashed about fourteen times, I've gotten two 'Ubuntu 12.10 internal error' messages, the Software Center is not working ...
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Ubuntu clear Apache2 error log [duplicate]
I am new to Ubuntu. I can find my error log here in var/log/apache2/error.log. but i couldn't clear it. i tried to change the permission to edit the content. But couldn't achieve it.
Please help me ...
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How to filter out errors in Ubunty system log files?
How to find errors in Ubunty system log files, in particular, errors that can cause various problems and proving that system is damaged, not small arbitrary errors. I mean search for lines with error, ...
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How to hide output of first command when using the || operator and exit?
This hides output from the first command, and prints Oops to stderr if it fails. So far, so good.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
invalid_command > /dev/null 2>&1 || >&2 echo "Oops"
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Error when creating debain source package with dpkg
When entering this dpkg-source -b <packagename> into the terminal to create a debian source package, I get the following error:
dpkg-source: error: syntax error in ResolutionX_1.0-0/debian/...
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Internal error /lib/upowerd on Ubuntu 15.10. What is causing this error?
Every time I start Ubuntu 15.10 I get this error:
Internal error:
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/upower/upowerd
Package: upower 0.99.3-1build2
ProblemType: crash
I read on some forums that this may be ...
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Can't watch Udemy on Ubuntu 20.04
I tried many ways like:
Install "Gstreamer plugins from the bad set",
Installing ubuntu-restricted-extras,
Toggle DRM,
Turn of Use hardware acceleration,
Install FFmpeg. But nothing works. ...
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FreeCad and ODA file converter stopped working on Ubuntu 18.04
Recently ODA File converter stopped working entirely and FreeCad UI is acting strange. Looking squished and roll down windows are empty. Any ideas? Anyone noticed something similar?
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How to repair kernel error pcieport AER: P pcieport: device [8086:a110] error status/mask=00000001/00002000
I have installed Ubuntu 19.10, everything was working fine until i tried to install steam app.
These following errors constantly recur:
kernel pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: AER: PCIe Bus Error: severity=...
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Received SIGRTMIN+21 from PID ... (plymouthd)
Got a new crash report
Received SIGRTMIN+21 from PID ... (plymouthd).
What this error message is for and how to solve this?
Exact condition while playing online video via vlc.
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Error found when loading /home/[User]/.profile
I installed homebrew last night to enable me to install wtfutil terminal on my Ubuntu 20.4. I did successfully and later decided to uninstall it.
It seems that it uninstalled alright but left some ...
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How do I repair a Fat 32 Filesystem Partition "input/output error"
Some how the partition (Dev/sda2) partition got deleted. So I use TestDisk to bring it back... The first time I did it it erase the whole hard drive... The second time it did restore the partition ...
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problem? what problem?
Every time I boot up my desktop, (Ubuntu Mate 20.04) regardless of the system I have it in, I get a message that says "System Program Problem Detected"
ok cool, what problem? unlike other ...
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How to fix debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog error w/Packer?
I am using the Packer vsphere-iso builder to build an Ubuntu-18.04 VM on vSphere with a shell provisioner, and when I run either of the following two commands:
sudo apt-get install software-properties-...
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Failure to launch Atom on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
I have Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and installed Atom following this post. Upon launching from the icon, the window opens but remains blank and then crashes within few seconds. On terminal I get:
$ atom
/usr/bin/...
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Errno 28 No space left on device even though there is space
Hi I am fairly new to ubuntu, and today when I tried to open jupyter notebook I got the following error:
myname@My-Laptop:~$ jupyter notebook
[I 2022-08-08 07:58:41.188 LabApp] JupyterLab extension ...
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Errormessage while playing .wma in clementine: "Could not demultiplex stream."
Me and my clementine 1.2.3 on Kubuntu 14.04 again... ;/
This time it's about a .wma audio file. Clementine plays it half and then shows the following error:
Which translates to Could not demultiplex ...
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How do I fix broken LibreOffice packages
I have "broken packages" but when I attempt to fix them in Synaptic Package Manager, I get this error message:
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
files list file for package `libreoffice-...
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Cannot launch gimp
I recently tried installing gimp from the official source with "sudo apt-get install gimp", and fixed all dependencies with "sudo apt-get -f install". But whenever I try to launch gimp (via "gimp" in ...
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Where do the system error reports go?
Every once in a while an error pops up, so there's this dialogue box which asks if one would like to inform Ubuntu about it. Upon confirming, where does this report go? Can it be followed up? If it is ...
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EXT4-fs error (device sda2): ext4_find_entry:1436 Ubuntu 18.04
Anyone can help me? I am using Samsung SSD external disk installed Ubuntu 18.04. It appears this kind of problem when I keep it aside for a while.
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Trying to purge MySQL fails
I'm running in circles currently, trying to fix some mysql problem.
I couldn't use apt-get for a while now, because it always stuck at the line Setting up mysql-server-5.6 (5.6.27-0ubuntu0.15.04.1) .....
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Mysql 5.5 reinstallation 12.04 [duplicate]
I had a broken installation of mariadb over mysql 5.5. For hours i have tried to reinstall mysql with the usage of apt-get - tried to purge, remove etc everything mysql related. Uninstalled php aswell....
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