grub graphics poo

If you’re console goes away during boot you can revert to old school giant font simple console with this in /etc/default/grub add nomodeset to end of GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet splash nomodeset” at boot time you can hit the Esc key and grub will pause – you can then hit “e” edit Read more

duplicity rollback

https://mailinabox.email uses duplicity for backup – the maintainers have repeatedly pushed a new releases which break duplicity for mail in a box. If this happens to you the way to get it back is thus (you’ll want find the file that goes with your version of ubuntu and with your Read more

HP M29w linux – ubuntu 24.04

This got me 90 % of the way: https://medium.com/@anzaloquin/how-to-configure-an-hp-scanner-on-ubuntu-overcoming-common-challenges-and-exploring-free-software-bf0a876cda07 the last 10 percent was getting the URI for my printer by running $ scanimage -L hpaio:/usb/HP_LaserJet_MFP_M28-M31?serial=########## and then running $ hp-scan -dhpaio:/usb/HP_LaserJet_MFP_M28-M31?serial=########## which then triggered the HPLIP to install more software and then I could get it to scan by Read more