Questions tagged [20.04]
Eighth LTS (Long Term Support) release of Ubuntu, code-named "Focal Fossa". Released on April 23, 2020. Will reach End of Standard Support (ESS) in April 2025. Only use this tag for version-specific questions.
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Upgrade button to Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS does nothing
I am on Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS and the Software Updater suggests me to upgrade my Ubuntu to 22.04.1 LTS. I click the Upgrade... button and nothing happens. What might be the problem in your opinion?
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Ubuntu 18.04 -> 20.04 alt-tab gets slow / laggy after a while
I recently updated to 20.04 LTS from 18.04 LTS.
When my system is up for like a day, alt-tab starts to lag. Not the window switcher panel, but when I select the window I want and release keys, it ...
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NVIDIA On-Demand: run specific applications on dGPU
I enabled the new "NVIDIA On-Demand" option in the NVIDIA X Server Settings. Now everything uses the iGPU by default, which should be better for battery life (at least, that's what I'm hoping for).
I'...
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One click GPU passthrough to VM in Gnome-Boxes?
Felipe Borges, Gnome Developer, spoke last year about new feature in gnome-boxes that allow simple PCI GPU passthrough to VM.
However, I can't find any information on the gnome documentation or ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 top bar text disappearing - system starts lagging a lot
I would like to know if anyone has a clue about what may be causing my top bar + sidebar text disappearing after longer uptime (few hours).
System also becomes very laggy, display (except of cursor) ...
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Pairing Apple AirPods Pro as headset on Ubuntu 20.04
On my Lenovo ThinkPad P1 and Ubbuntu 20.04, after paring my Apple AirPods Pro, it is detected as Headhpones:
Airpods Pro pairing details
Thus, no microphone is reported as an input for Sound settings:
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Ubuntu 20.04 boot error - Firmware bug; Hardaware error; ACPI does not cover the entire command/response buffer;
I get this error with some linux distros (I use ubuntu, but I checked and tested several others distros to see if the same problem occurred) when I click to try or when I install and boot (exept ...
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Add Microsoft Work account to Ubuntu 20.04
I'm trying to add my Microsoft work account to ubuntu 20.04 on Settings -> Online Accounts.
However, when I click on it, it asks for my password, which indicates it only supports personal accounts. Is ...
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How to use a more recent version of nautilus on Ubuntu 20.04
A bug has been introduced in Nautilus 4 years ago, where opening a multi-selection of files with an app launches N instances of the app, instead of opening the N files in a single instance (previous/...
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Ubuntu 20.04, on-screen keyboard not showing when using touchscreen on LENOVO YOGA 500
Well, the title says it. I have a Lenovo yoga 500, recently updated to 20.04. When I was on 19.10, the keyboard used to show automatically when I touch a textbox. However, now it won't open, unless I ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 unable to mark as star to few file and folder
I am able to mark as star "*" to a directory:
But, I am not able to mark any subdirectory and another file inside the parent directory:
I have checked for permissions: both parent and ...
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Evolution Calendar sometimes has error 403 with my Google Calendar?
So this problem never appeared before this started happening like 1 week ago.
Sometimes I get an Error 403 when syncing to the Google Calendar and Google tasks, but this only happens with the Ubuntu ...
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Ubuntu Advantage subscriptions show 3 machine but only 1 machine known. How to gain the 2 subscriptions slot?
I just checked that from my Ubuntu Advantage subscriptions, there is 3 machine connected to my subscriptions. The problem is, the only machine that actually use the subscriptions only 1. I don't know ...
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Ubuntu 20.4 update broke my Nvidia 460 driver config
It was working perfectly before. (Previous updates had broken it, like every 3 months, but it could be fixed by making sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall work after "fighting" with removing old ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 system freezes [drm:intel_pipe_update_end [i915]] *ERROR* Atomic update failure on pipe A
My Ubuntu 20.04 system has been affected by occasional freezes (~ each 1-2 days) which completely blocks any interaction (not even REISUB works) and requires pressing on the power button to restart ...
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