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Installing VirtualBox in linux via a script with also includes signing kernal modules

I have a linux VM (ubuntu 20.04) with secure boot settings active. Basically I need to install virtualBox and then create multiple VMs via virtual box via script only. No manual intervention should be ...
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SSD read/write error on ASUS Vivobook S15 S533 (11th Gen Intel) running Ubuntu 22.04 after update

I have Ubuntu 22.04 upgraded from 20.04 installed in 2020. This machine]1 worked well with kernel 5.15.0-43. After recent update (2023.11.28) it often crashes random with I/O error. While crashing it ...
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How do I install the newest Linux kernel (6.5 currently) on Linux Mint (21.2 Victoria currently)

I know how to use Mainline, and can install that kernel, but the headers require a newer libc (>= 2.38) than what’s installed (2.35-0ubuntu3.1), and I need the headers to build two modules (...
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How to install specific kernel version on ubuntu, which disappeared already from repo `deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/`

My current kernel version is "5.15.0-73-generic". There is some "leading" crypto company, which offers product to strenghten company machines, and our company bought their product ...
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Cannot upgrade linux kernel due to space, but cannot remove older ones

uname -r 5.15.0-60-generic My apt upgrade is failing with: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done Get more ...
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Change default kernel for an AWS instance running Ubuntu 18.04

1. Problem summary I have an instance on AWS running Ubuntu 18.04. The kernel version is 5.4.0. I have installed kernel 4.15.0 but I am failing to set it as the default. 2. What I have tried A) I set ...
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HDD I/O error after high multithreading usage

I have a computer with 64 physical cores (AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX 64-Cores), with two threads per core capability (that is, 128 logical cores), running on Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS. Recently, I ...
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Connecting two monitors at boot causes Linux kernel to hang when enabling KMS

When two monitors are connected at boot, the Linux kernel completely hangs at fb0: switching to i915 from EFI VGA. The screens stay on and continue displaying the last message, but everything is ...
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Ubuntu Kernel Boot stuck at "raid6: sse2x1 gen() 858 MB/s"

There is this time skip during kernel boot: Jul 19 14:07:02 deetabokkusu kernel: [ 2.874776] hub 1-1.4:1.0: USB hub found Jul 19 14:07:02 deetabokkusu kernel: [ 2.877993] hub 1-1.4:1.0: 4 ports ...
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How to sign a kernel module Ubuntu 18.04

I am new to using Ubuntu. I am trying to install Genymotion so I can have access to an android emulator. In order to use Genymotion, it is required I have VirtualBox. I have VirtualBox installed but ...
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vmlinuz is missing from my system, how to fix it?

All Linux should come with vmlinuz under "/", and "/boot/" as well. However, my system doesn't have it: % ls -l /vmlinuz* /initrd* /boot/vmlinuz* ls: cannot access '/vmlinuz*': No such file or ...
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Grub/Ubuntu: Couldn't find suitable memory target after kernel upgrade

Shortly after the new kernel versions were released for the Spectre and Meltdown issues (perhaps unrelated) I installed the latest kernel update, which at the time was 4.13.0-25.29. As soon as I ...
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VirtualBox Ubuntu Guest Additions not installing : modprobe vboxsf failed

I just installed this software off virtual box, i downloaded the ISO off the official ubuntu website, was the lastest LTS. I attempted to install Guest Additions using the 'Insert Guest Additions CD ...
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GRUB doesn't show all kernels

I installed 16.04 over 14.04. $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS Release: 16.04 Codename: xenial The problem is that old ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 hanging VPS server

I have a weird issue with a VPS server I am using for a personal project. The server started hanging at 10:40 yesterday The last line from /var/log/syslog before hanging was: ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@...
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