Olumide's questions

My upgrade to 22.04.1 LTS a few days ago halted at near completion a because of my GPU issue that I cannot recall. Now I am stuck with an awful looking window manager. I'm trying to remedy that by installing choosewm but that too fails with the error

Unpacking choosewm (0.1.6-3build1) ...
Setting up nvidia-dkms-390 (390.154-0ubuntu0.22.04.1) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
INFO:Enable nvidia
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/lenovo_thinkpad
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/put_your_quirks_here
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/dell_latitude
Removing old nvidia-390.154 DKMS files...
Deleting module nvidia-390.154 completely from the DKMS tree.
Loading new nvidia-390.154 DKMS files...
Building for 5.15.0-48-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
Building initial module for 5.15.0-48-generic
ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/nvidia-kernel-s
ource-390.0.crash'
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.15.0-48-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/390.154/build/make.log for more information.
dpkg: error processing package nvidia-dkms-390 (--configure):
 installed nvidia-dkms-390 package post-installation script subprocess returned 
error exit status 10
Setting up choosewm (0.1.6-3build1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/choosewm to provide /usr/bin/x-session-manag
er (x-session-manager) in auto mode
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nvidia-driver-390:
 nvidia-driver-390 depends on nvidia-dkms-390 (<= 390.154-1); however:
  Package nvidia-dkms-390 is not configured yet.
 nvidia-driver-390 depends on nvidia-dkms-390 (>= 390.154); however:
  Package nvidia-dkms-390 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package nvidia-driver-390 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nvidia-384:
 nvidia-384 depends on nvidia-driver-390; however:
  Package nvidia-driver-390 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package nvidia-384 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates it's a follow-up er
ror from a previous failure.
                            No apport report written because the error message i
ndicates it's a follow-up error from a previous failure.
                                                        Processing triggers for 
man-db (2.10.2-1) ...
Processing triggers for menu (2.1.47ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.140ubuntu13) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-48-generic
Errors were encountered while processing:
 nvidia-dkms-390
 nvidia-driver-390################################.......................................] 
 nvidia-384
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

The file /var/crash/nvidia-kernel-source-390.0.crash contains

ProblemType: Package
DKMSBuildLog:
 DKMS make.log for nvidia-390.154 for kernel 5.15.0-48-generic (x86_64)
 Sun 25 Sep 06:04:23 BST 2022
 make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.15.0-48-generic'
 arch/x86/Makefile:142: CONFIG_X86_X32 enabled but no binutils support
 make[1]: /usr/bin/gcc: No such file or directory
 test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || (               \
 echo >&2;                                                      \
 echo >&2 "  ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid.";          \
 echo >&2 "         include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\
 echo >&2 "         Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it.";     \
 echo >&2 ;                                                     \
 /bin/false)
 warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel
   The kernel was built by: gcc (Ubuntu 11.2.0-19ubuntu1) 11.2.0
   You are using:           
 make -f ./scripts/Makefile.build obj=/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/390.154/build \
 single-build= \
 need-builtin=1 need-modorder=1
 
 The C compiler '/usr/bin/gcc' does not appear to be able to
 create object files.  Please make sure you have 
 your Linux distribution's libc development package
 installed and that '/usr/bin/gcc' is a valid C compiler
 name.
 
 *** Failed CC sanity check. Bailing out! ***
 
 make[2]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/390.154/build/Kbuild:187: cc_sanity_check] Error 1
 make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
 make[1]: *** [Makefile:1884: /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/390.154/build] Error 2
 make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.15.0-48-generic'
 make: *** [Makefile:81: modules] Error 2
DKMSKernelVersion: 5.15.0-48-generic
Date: Sun Sep 25 06:04:24 2022
Package: nvidia-kernel-source-390 390.154-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
PackageVersion: 390.154-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-390
Title: nvidia-kernel-source-390 390.154-0ubuntu0.22.04.1: nvidia kernel module failed to build

What can I do to fix this problem?

My dual-boot laptop has two SSDs:

1. A 480Gb disk containing the master boot record and Windows. (This disk has lots of free space because I no longer user Windows.)
2. A 180Gb disk containing my Linux install. This disk is pretty much full as I use Linux daily. In fact I cannot install the latest LTS because I don't have enough free space.

I would like to relocate the Windows disk image to the smaller 180Gb disk (currently occupied by the Linux install) and vice versa. Basically, I want to move the OS in the large disk to the small disk and the OS in the small disk to the small disk.

How can I safely perform this operation? I know I will require an external drive, which I am ready to purchase.

For a few weeks now my Ubuntu install 18.04 routinely opens two tabs instead of one when I perform a single slick or a Ctrl+Click. I have tried adjusted the mouse speed in Devices > Mouse & Touchpad but this has no effect.

What is responsible for this behaviour and how can I fix it? I am running the GNOME shell window manager.

I'd like to install Qt 5.15 from this PPA (I don't want to use the installer). I've added the PPA but I cannot find an apt get command that installs the all the packages in the right order i.e. sudo apt install "qt515*" produces the error

...
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies.
 qt515networkauth-no-lgpl-dbg : Depends: qt515networkauth (= 5.15.2-1basyskom1) but it is not installable
 qt515webglplugin-no-lgpl-dbg : Depends: qt515webglplugin (= 5.15.2-1basyskom1) but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

I installed kgraphviewer following the steps here, namely sudo apt-get install kgraphviewer-dev but when I start kgraphviewer I get the error message

/snap/kgraphviewer/2/kf5-launch: line 209: /snap/kgraphviewer/2/kf5-locale-gen: No such file or directory

What can I do to fix the problem? Ubuntu version 18.04.3 LTS.

Yesterday, in the bid to lengthen by battery life I switched my GPU from NVIDIA (Performance Mode) to Intel (Power Saving Mode) in the app shown below (screenshot borrowed) -- not the first time that I have done this but its the first time I have done so in a while. (No other changes to the system were made.)

After the change I got a messages saying that the change will take effect after I logon again. So I thought "oh well ... I'll do that later" but never did and powered down. Today when I booted up I could not logon again.

BTW, I have to logon to the console by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F3 or Ctrl+Alt+F7 but that too fails. And if I overdo it the systems freezes. I was able to get to the console once through the recovery mode though.

Apparently, its that time of the year again when an update breaks ubuntu. This year after a routine update Ubuntu 18.04 LTS gets stuck at the splash screen. (Please note that I was not upgrading to LTS 18.04. I did that months ago. This was a routine software update.). I've tried booting to recovery mode and was presented with a root log on which I could not use because I hadn't created a root user.

Update

The bootup process does eventually proceed past the splash screen after a loooooong time.

A few hours ago I installed a set of updates including GTK+ and I've noticed that my application menu fonts now look unsightly.

For example Netbeans

And Pinta

How can I revert back to the nicer looking fonts?

Accordint to /var/log/apt/history.log this is the last update I did before my fonts got messed up

Commandline: aptdaemon role='role-commit-packages' sender=':1.1740'
Upgrade: 
libreoffice-style-breeze:amd64 (1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.4, 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5),
libreoffice-math:amd64 (1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.4, 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5),
libreoffice-gtk3:amd64 (1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.4, 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5),
libreoffice-java-common:amd64 (1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.4, 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5),
libreoffice-base:amd64 (1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.4, 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5),
libreoffice-core:amd64 (1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.4, 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5),
libreoffice-style-oxygen:amd64 (1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.4, 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5),
google-chrome-stable:amd64 (64.0.3282.186-1, 65.0.3325.146-1),
libreoffice-kde:amd64 (1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.4, 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5),
libpq5:amd64 (9.6.7-0ubuntu0.17.10, 9.6.8-0ubuntu0.17.10),
python3-uno:amd64 (1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.4, 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5), 
libreoffice-style-galaxy:amd64 (1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.4, 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5), 
libreoffice-base-core:amd64 (1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.4, 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5), 
libreoffice-ogltrans:amd64 (1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.4, 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5), 
libreoffice-impress:amd64 (1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.4, 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5), 
libreoffice-style-elementary:amd64 (1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.4, 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5), 
ure:amd64 (5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.4, 5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5), 
libreoffice-sdbc-hsqldb:amd64 (1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.4, 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5), 
libreoffice-writer:amd64 (1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.4, 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5), 
libreoffice-common:amd64 (1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.4, 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5), 
fonts-opensymbol:amd64 (2:102.10+LibO5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.4, 2:102.10+LibO5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5), 
libreoffice-pdfimport:amd64 (1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.4, 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5), 
uno-libs3:amd64 (5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.4, 5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5), 
libreoffice-style-tango:amd64 (1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.4, 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5), 
libreoffice-gnome:amd64 (1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.4, 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5), 
libreoffice-calc:amd64 (1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.4, 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5), 
libreoffice-base-drivers:amd64 (1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.4, 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5), 
libreoffice-draw:amd64 (1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.4, 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5), 
libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer:amd64 (1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.4, 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5)

I'm trying to install glut by running the command sudo apt-get install freeglut3-dev but instead of installing glut apt-get attempts to install Java, which I remember trying to install a few days ago.

Error message:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
freeglut3-dev is already the newest version (2.8.1-3).
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 
Setting up oracle-java7-installer (7u80+7u60arm-0~webupd8~1) ...
Downloading Oracle Java 7...
--2017-06-05 22:27:09--  http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u80-b15/jdk-7u80-linux-x64.tar.gz
Resolving download.oracle.com (download.oracle.com)... 2.127.246.99, 2.127.246.88
Connecting to download.oracle.com (download.oracle.com)|2.127.246.99|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: https://edelivery.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u80-b15/jdk-7u80-linux-x64.tar.gz [following]
--2017-06-05 22:27:09--  https://edelivery.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u80-b15/jdk-7u80-linux-x64.tar.gz
Resolving edelivery.oracle.com (edelivery.oracle.com)... 2a02:26f0:6000:188::2d3e, 2a02:26f0:6000:182::2d3e, 72.246.145.28
Connecting to edelivery.oracle.com (edelivery.oracle.com)|2a02:26f0:6000:188::2d3e|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u80-b15/jdk-7u80-linux-x64.tar.gz?AuthParam=1496698149_caee32bd2be689be6e287d0dc2327b9b [following]
--2017-06-05 22:27:09--  http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u80-b15/jdk-7u80-linux-x64.tar.gz?AuthParam=1496698149_caee32bd2be689be6e287d0dc2327b9b
Connecting to download.oracle.com (download.oracle.com)|2.127.246.99|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2017-06-05 22:27:11 ERROR 404: Not Found.

download failed
Oracle JDK 7 is NOT installed.
dpkg: error processing package oracle-java7-installer (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 oracle-java7-installer
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Update

sudo apt-get autoremove also fails with the error message

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up oracle-java7-installer (7u80+7u60arm-0~webupd8~1) ...
Downloading Oracle Java 7...
--2017-06-05 22:40:46--  http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u80-b15/jdk-7u80-linux-x64.tar.gz
Resolving download.oracle.com (download.oracle.com)... 90.223.189.171, 90.223.189.136
Connecting to download.oracle.com (download.oracle.com)|90.223.189.171|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: https://edelivery.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u80-b15/jdk-7u80-linux-x64.tar.gz [following]
--2017-06-05 22:40:46--  https://edelivery.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u80-b15/jdk-7u80-linux-x64.tar.gz
Resolving edelivery.oracle.com (edelivery.oracle.com)... 2a02:26f0:a1:29d::2d3e, 2a02:26f0:a1:2a0::2d3e, 72.246.145.28
Connecting to edelivery.oracle.com (edelivery.oracle.com)|2a02:26f0:a1:29d::2d3e|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u80-b15/jdk-7u80-linux-x64.tar.gz?AuthParam=1496698966_f1174438ea33637e096efb0850659a23 [following]
--2017-06-05 22:40:46--  http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u80-b15/jdk-7u80-linux-x64.tar.gz?AuthParam=1496698966_f1174438ea33637e096efb0850659a23
Connecting to download.oracle.com (download.oracle.com)|90.223.189.171|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2017-06-05 22:40:46 ERROR 404: Not Found.

download failed
Oracle JDK 7 is NOT installed.
dpkg: error processing package oracle-java7-installer (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 oracle-java7-installer
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Oddly the password works in the the command line.

I've created a new account on command line and logged to the the desktop from that. However the password of my old account no longer logs to the desktop.

I recently updated my Ubuntu 14.04 installation and upon rebooting I am no longer able to sign into the Ubuntu Desktop environment. I've tried several approaches such as:

1. renaming .Xauthority and restarting
2. ensuring that .Xauthority is not owned by root (also ran the command sudo chown -R $USER:$USER $HOME now pretty much all the files in my home directory are executable)
3. sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop and sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop

Content of .xsession-errors:

Script for ibus started at run_im.
Script for auto started at run_im.
Script for default started at run_im.
init: at-spi2-registryd main process ended, respawning
init: at-spi2-registryd main process ended, respawning
init: at-spi2-registryd main process ended, respawning
init: at-spi2-registryd main process ended, respawning
init: gnome-session (Unity) main process (6756) terminated with status 1
init: unity-settings-daemon main process (6735) killed by TERM signal
init: Disconnected from notified D-Bus bus
init: logrotate main process (6631) killed by TERM signal
init: xsession-init main process (6726) killed by TERM signal
init: unity-panel-service main process (6760) killed by TERM signal
init: upstart-dbus-session-bridge main process (6675) terminated with status 1
init: hud main process (6740) killed by TERM signal

And are the contents of /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log

Update

I tried the fix described here and now the Ubuntu Desktop environment is gone. -- and now I have three desktop environments (including gnome) and only xfce works.

Latest Update

I've installed loads of desktop managers(?) as shown below but only two of them work. GNOME Flashback (Metacity) and Xfce session. The rest don't work.

Final Update

Because my many attempt to fix the system made it worse I eventually had to install Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

I'd like to install and run Oracle Developer Studio on Ubuntu but the application will only install on Oracle Linux and Redhat. Is there a way to get this application in order to install and run on Ubuntu. Appimage perhaps? I'm not sure exactly what it does or if its for this kind of task.

Edit

All the techniques that I've tried so far, including the ones suggested, generate a developerstudio.sh bundle that launches an installer that refuses to install on Ubuntu.

Update

Version 12.3 can be installed by bcat/tar but when I launch the ide it runs, shows a splashscreen and then segfaults, with the message

Segmentation fault      (core dumped) ${SPROHOME}/lib/condev/bin/check_update IDE > /dev/null 2>&1 < /dev/null

I

I'd like to Oracle developer studio (ODS) on Ubuntu (in order to use its advanced parallel debugging features), unfortunately the install script will only install on Oracle Solaris, Oracle Linux or Redhat systems. I've followed the advise in an earlier post but it doesn't work on Ubuntu 14.04 with the latest version of ODS. Short of installing a VM and then Redhat on the VM or another Linux installation I am at loss of what to do.

BTW, I don't mind using an older version of ODS.

Lately whenever I run software update I get the message

suggesting that my version of Ubuntu is EOL. But when I run lsb_release -a I get

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
Release:    14.04
Codename:   trusty

Which of these numbers should I pay attention to? 14.04 or 14.04.5? Because according to the release wiki support for 14.04.5 runs out on April 2019.

I've recently fixed a broken installation by reinstalling Ubuntu with a new username, and thankfully my old account survived (yay). Now I'd like to add my old account back to Ubuntu. Note that I'm not necessarily trying to overwrite the new user account. I just want to restore the old account and have it be the default when I boot up Ubuntu.

Edit I can create a new account under the old name but I'm worried that that will destroy the old account data.

Update

I've replaced the my new home folder with my old home folder but that didn't work.

I recently broke my installation and I've tried in vain to repair it using apt-get and all his friends. Now I'm trying the live USB and I'm not sure how to continue. And I desperately don't want to damage my existing Windows 7 installation or my Linux profile.

At first I don't know which installation option I should select

I've tried the option Something else but I'm stumped as to which partition I should select. I get the error message no root filesystem regardless of which option I select

Please advise.

Update

I selected /dev/sdb1 and then the change button in order to select the mount point as / now I can proceed but with the warning

When I proceed I get the even scarier dialog (gonna stop here before I do something I'll regret)

**Update 2 **

I've attempted to go the less scary route and try the boot repair disk. Here's my pastebin

I recently broke my dual boot installation (Windows & and Ubuntu) during an upgrade -- supposedly to fix missing dependencies but unwittingly upgraded from trusty to vivid, and now vivid won't boot up to the UI, obviously due to driver issues and now I've got a black screen.

In fact, initially grub went crazy and I couldn't boot up to Windows as well until I booted up from the Ubuntu bootable USB drive the grub issue "resolved itself". But the Ubuntu installation is still booting to blackscreen. I can select the recovery mode (recovery/dpkg) option but I get the error message upgrade from vivid to trusty is not supported. I can also bootup Ubuntu to terminal with networking support. I've tried loads up options to bootup without the nVidia driver but NONE of them work.

How can I fix my installation without having to reinstall Ubuntu in a way that it messes up working applications in the previous install? I don't mind staying on vivid or rolling back to trusty as long as my installation works.

Update

Here's what my screen looks like when I boot up