Questions tagged [single-user]
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Single Click Expose
Is it possible to have single click on the dock icons activate expose by default?
If you have a single window open in ubuntu it doesn't activate expose but if you have multiple windows open it does. This cause issues when I tried to use expose on…
William
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Considerations for using `/tmp` directory on multi-user systems
As I've been learning more about Ubuntu and bash programming I've been storing variables in /tmp. For example in-between calls to the same bash script I want to record the previous state.
On my current single user system there is no danger of…
WinEunuuchs2Unix
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CRTL-ALT-F1 Keys not Recognized with 16.04
When I press CTRL+ALT+F1 ubuntu does not do anything. I have had the same problem with a lot of keyboard shortcuts(although I think those are GNOME shortcuts, unlike this one), particularly ones involving CTRL.
I have a macbook pro with a USB…
James
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Change boot perminantly to Single user mode with gui
I am making a computer testing image for my work. I also want this to run automagically at startup, or at least simply without having to input passwords and start things manually etc. We have a lot of machines we test...
I am using Ubuntu 14.04…
Ryan Brown
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Booting in single user mode
On 14.10 holding shift at boot time doesn't bring up the grub menu. Is there another way I can boot in single user mode?
I have bricked my sudoers file so I can't use sudo btw.
I don't get a grub menu as I only have one OS on my machine.
I have…
thomas-peter
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How do I turn a laptop into a single-purpose word-processing appliance?
I wish to turn a laptop into a device that does nothing but word-processing, with the option to save/load files from a usb thumb drive. The only way out of this mode would be with a password. The single-app mode should persist across reboots.
How…
Michael
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Long startup time in ubuntu 20.04.with SSD
I switched from windows 10 to Ubuntu 20.04.1 desktop single boot. Having SSD in my system the startup time in windows was in order of seconds. But in Ubuntu I am getting a start up time of 1 min 42 seconds.
This is what I got after running:…
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ubuntu root password set in recovery mode not working
I am using 19.10 upgraded from 19.04.
The OS was a virtual machine image downloaded from
https://www.osboxes.org/ubuntu/
the downloaded image was 19.04 which I had upgraded to 19.10
There were some problems during upgrade which I managed to…
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How can I force anyone who tries to log in with Single User Mode to enter the root password?
I am on a Ubuntu 14.04 LTS machine with Mate desktop.
I am enrolled in a Stackskills course named "Linux security and hardening, the practical security guide".
The first security issue mentioned in the physical security section is about
Single User…
Asarluhi
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Single User Mode [Snappy Ubuntu Core]
I am trying to boot an Intel Nuc running Snappy Ubuntu Core into single user mode. I have tried the usual method, but have gotten no where. Any suggestions for getting this to work would be greatly appreciated.
-Austin
Austin Barrett
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How to start a KVM-guest as single user mode
How to start a KVM-guest as single user mode?
When I tried to start the VM as sigle user mode, it displayed "Booting a command line" on the screen and got stucked. This guest VM starts fine as multi user mode.
Here is the procedure I did:
Start a…
matsuzaki
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Ubuntu 24.04 Setting a single external display for laptop . . . Obtuse or not?
Since 24.04 came in, when you try to get a single external monitor using
Settings > Displays > Join tab
and then select the desired monitor at the Primary Display drop-down list.
Unlike 22.04 we can't choose a Single Display or Multiple Display…
Trunk
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How to change the language in single-user mode to English
I have this problem: when I start single-user mode, the keyboard layout is Russian. I'm trying to change it to English using the keyboard shortcut ctrl+shift, super+space. Nothing comes out. How do I change the layout to English? I have a Lubuntu…
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Does Ubuntu block the single user mode without password
Today I try to use the way that I've known for several years to enter the Single User mode: enter the edit mode of grub and add single at the end of line of kernel and type F10.
I thought I could enter the Single User mode without typing password…
Yves
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Boot issues i get this screen while I boot
I get this screen while booting
I need to power of my pc to get rid of this screen sometimes even it won't work
I tried reinstalling the os it is not working
4 Ii tried upgrading it is not working
