I installed emacs using flatpak install flathub org.gnu.emacs. But when I try to run it, I get error. I am using Ubuntu via wsl2. Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS.
$ flatpak list --app
Name Application ID Version Branch Installation
Free Software Foundation org.gnu.emacs 29.4 stable user
$ flatpak run org.gnu.emacs
bwrap: Can't mount tmpfs on /newroot/tmp/.X11-unix: No such file or directory
How can I fix this?
I am using Ubuntu 24 with the default desktop. Does anyone have any idea how I could accomplish the following:
When the user has some text selected (in any application) and they press Ctrl-C twice in quick succession (defined as, say, the mouse double click time), then the default browser is launched with a command line pointing at a search for that text.
I have this on Windows via a utility called SearchClip and I find it's super handy, but I don't know how to port that to Ubuntu - it uses a global keyboard hook and that's a really Windows-specific thing.
I'm running Ubuntu 22.04.4 in a VirtualBox VM. I would like to change my password but the password change GUI says "Account disabled" next to the Password option:
I can still click into the Password change option and enter the old and new password, but the Change button is greyed out and cannot be clicked:
Note that to be able to click into that change dialog, I had to initially click Unlock on the blue notice at the top of the main dialog and enter my existing password:
From looking through other similar questions, it seems like most ppl see this issue when either a) their account never had a password set, b) their account really is disabled, or c) their account does not have permission to change its own password (like, it need to be done by an admin).
In my case, my account definitely has a password and definitely is not disabled, or at least not completely. I can lock the screen and login with the existing password. And if I try to login with a blank password that does not work.
I'm not sure about the account admin level stuff.
Can anyone tell me how to fix this issue? And also, what does Account disabled mean in this context since for me it's not indicating I can't log in. Does that have some more specific meaning in this context? I feel like this could be clearer in the GUI.
Thanks.
For example, with the tool 'needrestart' in interactive mode, it creates an option dialog after a system update. But i dont understand how to select or deselect options. I cannot seem to even find the term for this popup, much less an article describing how to use it.
for reference im talking about the dialog box shown here as well: apt-get upgrade auto restart services
e: using tuxedoOS, so ubuntu 23 LTS + kde rolling (iirc)
I am an engineering student, and for a cybersecurity class, the professor assumes everyone uses Mac or Windows (I’m the only one on Ubuntu). He wants us to use a virtual machine called LabTainer, which runs on VirtualBox (.ova extension). Unfortunately, when I try to launch the VM, I get the error message
Result Code:
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component:
MachineWrap
Interface:
IMachine {e36a5081-a82a-40bd-9e4e-42a44d6ce50f}
No log is created in the ~/VirtualBox VMs/LabtainerVM24 folder. After hours of searching, I can’t find a solution, and it’s frustrating because I’m losing time on the actual work. Do you know how to resolve this or if there’s an alternative to VirtualBox? I’m currently trying to convert the ova file to work with Virtual Machine Manager. I've already tried uninstalling using the command purge and remove and re-installing the latest VirtualBox version 7.1 from the official website, and I have latest Qt and SDL dependencies.
Thanks!
EDIT : I finally found a solution