Q: Can’t add any ppa repositories (gpg: keyserver receive failed: General error) [especially on non-current distro]
A: sudo apt install ca-certificates
Category: Software
Setting AwesomeWM for Higher DPI Displays
Case: Running a 15.6″ full-HD screen /1920×1080/, fresh install of AwesomeWM, text in menus and panel is too small to be read comfortably.
Ubuntu: Websites Refuse to Load Despite Active Internet Connection
Case: On Ubuntu (and derivatives), after booting up, websites suddenly fail to resolve and instant messengers fail to connect. Other devices on the LAN resolve addresses successfully.
Device browser fails with:
This site can't be reached
DNS address could not be found.
DNS_PROBE_POSSIBLE
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Viber Fails To Start: FATAL:xkb_keyboard_layout_engine.cc(640)
Case: Viber cannot start. After a flatpak or appimage install, running through terminal, Viber fails with error xkb_keyboard_layout_engine.cc(640)] Keymap file failed to load: us-phonetic
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How To Format USB Key With FDISK?
Q: How To Format USB Key With FDISK?
A: fdisk manages partitions. Use mkfs instead!
# FAT
mkfs.vfat /dev/sdxy # /dev/sdxy is your usb
# Or for ext4
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdxy src: https://askubuntu.com/questions/86890/how-to-completely-reformat-a-usb-using-fdisk
Improve Wine Framerate for Esync Games by Increasing `ulimit`
Increase ulimit value with vim to improve FPS for Wine games that utilise esync .
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Vim Not Finding New Colour Schemes
Case: Added new colour schemes to ~/.vim/colors but Vim not registering when testing with :colo + space + ctrl+d from within the editor.
Running `pip install` fails with fatal `error: Python.h: No such file or directory`
Case: Installing a package with pip install <package_name> fails. Part of the output looks like: imageloader.c:1:10: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory
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Ubuntu/Mint Error: The Volume boot is low on space
Case: Updating a Linux Mint 20 installation successfully, rebooting and receiving a pop-up message: Error: The volume "boot" has only 54 MB disk space remaining.
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Partition Scheme For Running Grub on XFS
Case: After a fresh install of Linux Mint 20.3 on an XFS-partitioned drive, GRUB boots to a command prompt for no apparent reason.
Note: Issue appears to be distro-agnostic.