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Questions about 18.10 are off-topic on Ask Ubuntu. Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) is a non-LTS version released on October 18, 2018. It became End Of Life (EOL) on July 18, 2019.

Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) was released on October 18, 2018 and became EOL (End Of Life) on July 18, 2019. Questions about 18.10 are off-topic on Ask Ubuntu.

Notable features include:

  • Linux kernel 4.18
  • Gnome 3.30, including:
    • GNOME Disks now supports VeraCrypt
    • Fingerprint libraries promoted to main to allow unlocking with fingerprints
  • OpenSSL 1.1.1 long-term series

Release notes

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Error while trying to upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 to 18.10: "Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading."

On a Lenovo laptop, I want to upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 18.10 (budgie). When I select upgrade on the update manager, the dialog box disappears and nothing happens. The upgrade doesn't start. Note- I went through the same procedure this…
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Can't install Ubuntu 18.10 on XPS 15 - EFI\BOOT\mmx64.efi not found

I tried to install Ubuntu 18.10 on my XPS 15 9570 earlier. Everything was working fine until I got to the partition selection part of the installation. That's when the installer crashed and I had to shut down my machine. I think it's because I had…
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Missing firmware for amdgpu

After sudo apt-get dist-upgrade, I saw the following output in my terminal: Setting up linux-modules-extra-4.18.0-16-generic (4.18.0-16.17) ... Setting up linux-image-generic (4.18.0.16.17) ... Setting up linux-headers-generic (4.18.0.16.17)…
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How to set the RESUME variable to override these issues?

I have an Ubuntu 18.10 dual boot with Windows 10. I think that because of the error below my Ubuntu crashes/hangs a lot lately at the time of reboot/startup. $ sudo apt-get --with-new-pkgs upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency…
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E: Package 'libvirt-bin' has no installation candidate

I'm trying to install KVM\qemu on Ubuntu 18.10. According to this page I'm running the command: apt-get install qemu-kvm libvirt-bin ubuntu-vm-builder bridge-utils and get an error about the packge "libvirt-bin" and "ubuntu-vm-builder": E: Package…
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Relocation error involving libgnutls.so.30, error code (127) after last updates

After the last update this happened: /usr/lib/apt/methods/http: relocation error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgnutls.so.30: symbol _idn2_punycode_decode version IDN2_0.0.0 not defined in file libidn2.so.0 with link time reference Reading package…
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Ubuntu 18.10 Slack not working

I've updated to Ubuntu 18.10 yesterday. Now I can't find a version of Slack which isn't crashing. Tried the version from snap and also the download from the site. Has someone found a working version?
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Ubuntu 18.10 stuck on "Started bpfilter" while booting

Today I have updated from my Ubuntu 18.04 to 18.10 by software upgrade app ( coudn't wait till tomorrow ). It took a bit of time, but at the end of it I was asked to restart my PC. Upon restarting, I get to boot runtime. The boot log on screen …
Akimbas
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Your system is unable to reach the snap store

I tried to upgrade my windows ubuntu subystem to 18.10 using this instruction: https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-upgrade-ubuntu-to-18-10-cosmic-cuttlefish#h9-how-to-upgrade-ubuntu-the-debian-way But within the upgrade I get this error: Your system is…
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Ubuntu 18.10 - Unattended-upgrades-shutdown --wait-for-signal

I have a process as listed in htop under Command stating the following: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/share/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrade-shutdown --wait-for-signal Judging by the: --wait-for-signal and some researching about what…
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Change Bluetooth Headphones default audio mode (A2DP Sink vs HSP/HFP)

I have Sony WH-1000XM2 Bluetooth 4.1 headphones (with profiles A2DP, AVRCP, HFP, and HSP) which work with Ubuntu 18.10. However, they constantly connect to the PC in the headset mode with subpar mono audio. For proper high def stereo, I must: Turn…
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Can't run CS:GO at fullscreen (Ubuntu 18.10)

I am unable to run CS:GO (OpenGL) at full screen natively. It ignores every time I try to change any of the screen settings. Does anyone know how to fix this issue? At the moment, it can only run windowed mode. Other games such as Rust have no issue…
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Control-R stopped working, I have to press Control-Shift-R instead

Before, I could hit Control-R in GNOME Terminal to enter Bash's (reverse-i-search) mode. However, this stopped working, the cursor just flashes without doing anything. This also affects remote and container shells (where it was working…
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Upgrade from 18.10 to 20.04 options

I've just spent ages trying to work out how to upgrade from 18.10 to 20.04 now it's almost out. I realize I was on an end of life and would have to upgrade through another end of life and this appeared prohibitively difficult and the advice is to…
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GRUB_TIMEOUT in /etc/default/grub not changing the wait time with LVM

First of all: Yes, I ran sudo update-grub after changing the value. After a new install of Ubuntu 18.10 on an empty disk the wait time at the grub menu is of 30 seconds (half an eternity!). The line GRUB_TIMEOUT in /etc/default/grub had a value of…
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