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Unable to boot Raspberry Pi with Ubuntu 20.04

About a month ago, I successfully installed Ubuntu MATE 20.04 on my Raspberry Pi 4B by flashing it into the card. Then I flashed Ubuntu MATE 22.04 and now I’m trying to go back to 20.04 but, no matter ...
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Can I get help with playing a DVD movie? [duplicate]

I am trying to play a DVD movie using VLC. I did this. sudo apt install libdvdcss2 Then this. sudo dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg [sudo] password for andy: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/...
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Two services allocated for the same bus name org.bluez

When I run sudo apt upgrade on my Ubuntu MATE 20.04, I get the following: [various stuff] Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Setting up bluez (5.53-0ubuntu3.7) ... Failed to restart bluetooth.service: ...
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How can I restore my desktop

I am not sure what I did or what is is called, but I no longer have that bar on the bottom of my screen. https://imgur.com/a/3fF6DYb Can someone help me restore it ?
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Timer program that plays 4 sounds one after another for 30 seconds each

Could someone help me. I need a bash script to play a short sound file, wait for 30 seconds, play another sound file, wait for another 30 seconds. (I will use it as a reminder to spend 30 seconds on ...
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Program that shows the sound output in decibels of my speakers

Is there a program for Ubuntu 20.04 that shows the sound output in decibels of my speakers? My speakers are connected to a home computer system.
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Hide the mouse cursor while viewing a Amazon movie [duplicate]

Is there a way to hide the mouse cursor while viewing an Amazon movie? Without disabling it when I stop viewing the movie. I also frequently have to adjust my volume which does require my mouse. A ...
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Prevent an open terminal from being closed

It has been a long time, so I am rusty with my commands. I use a script to have reminders. One I have running will display "Meteor shower occurs after midnight." after 3 hours. Is there a ...
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Error with Brother hl 2240

When I tried to print a document, I got a blinking light on the Brother hl 2240 printer showing error. It has paper and I could find no jam. What else can I check for ? Using ubuntu mate 20.04. This ...
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New keyboard has no sleep button

I got a new keyboard(Lenovo) but it has no sleep key which I use very frequently. I have a script to do the suspension. Can I take a rarely used key, like the Pause/Break key and cause it's pressing ...
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Need to get more info on my sensors, fan speed etc

I had sensors working in 18.04 but having difficulties with 20.04 I installed sensors and ran sensors-detect selecting the default choices. I would appreciate the opportunity to learn what I need to ...
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Criteria used by update-notifier

I did a search for "update-notifier criteria used for determining when to update" but did not find anything. I have always been curious about the criteria used to determine when an update is ...
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Creating tar files without including the directories

I am fairly new using tar having used zip files in the past. I want to just create the tar file without the directories being included. I went here, but found it a bit confusing. https://www.baeldung....
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Make phone calls from desktop computer

I have a microphone and camera on my desktop system. I would like to be able to make phone calls using the computer. I use zoom, so it seems like it should be doable. Is it possible using Ubuntu Mate?
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File is not being copied to a valid directory

Ubuntu_Documents.zip is not being copied to Local_Backup_Dir? /home/andy/Backup/Ubuntu_Mate_20.04/ does exist. Other files are being copied to that directory. Can someone offer some things I can check?...
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