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Getting rid of "The following packages will be DOWNGRADED"
The basic answer is that you’re doing something that you shouldn’t, namely mixing repositories across releases (and distribution). Pulling in Debian packages in an Ubuntu-based distribution is a bad ...
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How do I cycle through windows with alt+tab on Pop!_OS?
go to Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts - Customize Shortcuts > Navigation
now remove Alt + Tab from Switch Applications and add it to Switch Windows instead.
Here is a video
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Getting rid of "The following packages will be DOWNGRADED"
Thank you Stephen Kitt
To be clear, Stephen Kitt's
answer is the selected one.
However, as the OP I'm adding the specifics to resolving
my particular issue (in case anyone else finds it interesting).
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Pop OS: systemd-boot can't detect Windows
Try This method has only been tested on a multi drive system
Find Windows EFI Partition
lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT
Create Path & Mount Windows EFI Partition
sudo mkdir /mnt/win-efi
sudo ...
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Enable Wayland in PopOS 22.04
The accepted answer did not provide the solution for me. Instead I found the right hint in this video. I followed these steps to enable Wayland on Pop OS 22.04 as explained in the video:
set ...
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Pop!_OS can't upgrade packages due to unconfigured zlib1g
sudo dpkg --configure -a fixed the problem.
In some cases it may need to be followed by
sudo apt --fix-broken install
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Enable Wayland in PopOS 22.04
sudo nano /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/61-gdm.rules
LABEL="gdm_prefer_xorg"
#RUN+="/usr/libexec/gdm-runtime-config set daemon PreferredDisplayServer xorg"
GOTO="gdm_end"
LABEL=...
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How do I bypass "This operation is not permitted because it will break the system. Abort." on Pop!_OS?
The reason this happens on Pop!_OS is that they applied this patch to their version of apt. To bypass this block and get the normal behavior of apt from now on, do sudo touch /etc/apt/break-my-system.
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How do I cycle through windows with alt+tab on Pop!_OS?
I solved the problem. In order to fix this, you must run ALL the following commands. On my first attempt, I only ran 1 but you have to run them all.
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings ...
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GRUB not showing up in Pop!_OS
Pop!_OS uses systemd-boot instead of GRUB. By default it boots Pop!_OS. You can set a boot menu timeout by setting timeout 10 in /boot/efi/loader/loader.conf.
timeout – menu timeout in seconds before ...
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What is the notify-send alternative command in Pop! OS
Actually, notify-send works fine in Pop! OS but just is not installed by default. There is no need for an alternative command. We just need to install libnotify-bin.
I was able to install and use ...
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Bluetooth speaker volume control doesn't work (but muting does work)
Disable absolute volume in Pulseaudio's config.
Edit the file
/etc/pulse/default.pa
And change the line
load-module module-bluetooth-discover
to
load-module module-bluetooth-discover ...
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Downgrading from OpenSSL 3.0.2 to 1.1.1 - How much can stuff break?
You don’t need to downgrade OpenSSL, versions 1.1 and 3.0 are co-installable. You can keep libssl3 installed, and install libssl1.1 alongside it. Programs built using OpenSSL 3.0 will use the former, ...
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How to remove old kernel images
Intro:
Like yourself and all other Debian & derivative users, I needed a way to prune my old Kernels. However, the ones I found on the 'net were almost perfect- they deleted all Kernels except the ...
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Can't find executable file that is obviously present
Unfortunately ldd is misleading in this type of scenario:
/lib64/ld-lsb-x86-64.so.3 => /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007acd5ec0f000)
The interpreter requested by the binary you’re looking at ...
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gjs strange process when alt tab
This is because you're using Wayland.
To get rid of it, go the the "Extensions" application that comes installed with POP_OS, then disable "Desktop Icons NG (DING)". You won't see ...
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Deleted the Windows EFI partition, What to do?
I recently had some similar issues.
If your EFI partition data is unrecoverable, you can boot into Windows install media, a Windows 10 disc or a flash drive with the Win 10 image flashed.
Once booted ...
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What are these unexpected network devices which appear in kernel log?
Your list looks like:
lo = loopback
enp7s0 = ethernet
lp5s0 = wlan
virbr* = virtual bridge
lxcbr* = lxc/lxd
docker* = docker
br* = docker bridge
veth* = virtual Ethernet devices
you can use the ...
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How can I upgrade to glibc 2.36 or later on PopOS 22.04 LTS?
How can I upgrade to glibc 2.36 or later on PopOS 22.04 LTS?
Not at all, realistically – your libc is integral to basically all software, and can't be upgraded without extensive updating of the rest.
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Can you navigate GNOME Google Drive with terminal?
As found here, you can think of gio list -d as an ls equivalent for Drive (i.e. gio list google-drive://[email protected]) See also gio copy & gio open.
These will allow you to at least browse your ...
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can someone explain what is this non-clickable permanent window called @!0,35;BDHF always open on wayland?
It looks like a known gnome-extension bug [1].
The extension at issue is DING [2].
You can workaround the issue by disabling it with: gnome-extensions disable [email protected]
[1] https://github....
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Apt fails with "The repository does not have a Release File"
I'm not familiar with pop-os. Meaning I have no idea where exactly the ubuntu repositories are selected, but I think from /etc/apt/sources.list like ubuntu.
ubuntu wiki
the sources from code #EOL ...
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I need help (both with GRUB and GPU pass-through)
Welcome to Unix & Linux StackExchange!
Please edit your question to add a link to the specific tutorial you're following, so that other people will be able to get an idea of the steps you are ...
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Diagnosing absurdly long boot time on Pop!_OS 21.10
Oh my, you have quite some list.
I'll look at it:
[ 0.240256] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol
[_SB.PCI0.PB2], AE_NOT_FOUND (20210930/dswload2-162) [ 0.240269]
ACPI Error: ...
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Unable to install MySQL Workbench
The same under ubuntu 22.04 lts.
Try to use the snap!
snap install mysql-workbench-community
Only the settings from you previous apt install of mysql workbench are gone. Don't know, if there is a way ...
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How to install LAMP stack for Pop!_OS
On Pop!_OS, installing the phpmyadmin package will install the Apache web server and PHP for you. The only remaining step is to install the database server, since that is only “suggested” by the ...
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How to see again the errors when booting?
Debian 11 seems to have /var/log/boot.log (and its logrotated older versions boot.log.1, boot.log.2 etc.). It would seem to contain the sort of messages you're looking for.
Perhaps Ubuntu has it too?
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Laptop hangs when I don't touch it for few seconds
Issue looks like a simple Power management matter;
in fact, it magically disappear on power cord plug in;
and it deals with:
hardware
firmware
software
for this reason, I would not trust the $cat /...
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how do I fix apt-file? - not working and added extra repos
To undo all of this, purge apt-file:
sudo apt purge apt-file
This will remove apt-file and its configuration, so future apt update invocations will no longer download Contents files.
The extra files ...
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GNOME Shell extension stopped working after reboot
Starting with version 3.36 [1], GNOME provides a simply tool to manage extensions, simply called Extensions: you can launch it via gnome-shell or terminal
$ gnome-extensions-app
It is a useful tool ...
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