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After some more investigation I've found the problem.

Nautilus hides hidden files and folders by default. You have to override this in preferences 'show hidden files'. At this point the trash...

I'm booting from an Ubuntu DVD (20.04) and selecting the evaluation option. This loads Ubuntu into ram and leaves the hdd untouched.
I then run terminal and type 'su nautilus'. I then click on...

Trash cannot be displayed while in su mode, it generates an error. In normal user mode the trash is empty, but the disk free space doesn't increase.

I'm looking at the disk free space in GParted....

Hello,

I'm trying to delete some files from a Ubuntu installation that no longer boots because the hdd is full. An installation went wrong and used up too much disk space - I did check before...

Update.

Upgraded to VirtualBox 7.0.8 this evening. This is as high as I can go on Win7x64. Not too far of current. All my existing VMs work though.

I started over with a fresh Ubuntu 20.04.2...

There is no evidence that VirtualBox is the problem here. The problem is the guest OS running the script, and the assumptions the script authors made about its runtime environment. It's a shame they...

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linux-headers-5.15.0-88-generic/focal-updates, focal-security,now 5.15.0-88.98~20.04.1 amd64 [installed]

Are you really using Virtualbox 5.0.24

Yes. It's worked for everything else, so no need to change it.

If so, what host system are you running on?

Win7x64

Virtualbox 5.0.24 is outdated.

Installed bison. It still errors in the same place. Log below.

>>You may also need other packages

I'm new to linux. I can follow instructions but that's it. It still cannot find the correct...

tried that. installed ok. still errors at the same place. log file below:



Uninstalling modules from DKMS

Attempting to install using DKMS

Hello SeijiSensei,

I'm using 20.04 because it has an installer option for a minimum install. 22.04 doesn't have this and the install is much larger. I don't need all the extra stuff. It just takes...

Hi,

I've installed ubuntu-20.04.2.0-desktop-amd64 on Virtualbox. Minimal install selected to save disk space. the latest version of Ubuntu take up a lot more disk space.

Trying to install the...

Hi, I've gone back to ubuntu version 20, which had an installer that allowed for a minimum install. Not sure why this has been removed in the latest version. Ver20 is also smaller. I'll see how I get...

Hello,

I'm trying to install Ubuntu_22.04.03 on a hard drive from an ISO.

Part way through the installation I receive the error message:

You need at least 15.7GB disk space to install...

Thanks for the tip.

I looked for another config file and the new file below seems to have fixed it. A lot more complicated, but it displays more detail. Screenshot attached. Config file below. I...

Update; setting 'own_window_transparent no' has fixed the gibberish text, but now the background is black. Not a deal breaker. I think this might be a bug.

Hi,

I installed Ubuntu Conky today (Aug 31 2021) but the text on the desktop seems to persist between overwriting. This leaves gibberish text on the desktop.

I see others have this issue and...

Marked as solved.

Thanks for your help.

No new software. This is a brand new Ubuntu installation with default options. I built the laptop a few days ago.

Command output is shown below:


xxx@xxx-Latitude-5400:~$ sudo apt-get update...

I googled 'Repair broken packages' and found an article that recommends the following commands, but none of them work. All produce errors.:
...

Hello ThFu,

I've run the above commands with the same result, even after a reboot;

xxx@xxx-Latitude-5400:~$ sudo apt update
[sudo] password for xxx:
Hit:1...

Hi,

I've just completed a fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS and the hardinfo install fails. No other applications have been installed. I've tried installing from the GUI and from the command...