u/LVDave

I just upgraded three different systems that had been running KUbuntu 24.04 to 26.04 via the "do-release-upgrade". EVERYTHING works fine but one.. Don't judge me, but I love the old-skool Gkrellm monitor program, and on Kubuntu 24.04 it was working fine. Now, under 26.04, It refuses to stay BEHIND other windows. No matter how I set the configuration/properties "set on top of windows of the same type" OR "set below windows of the same type".I cannot get other windows to go OVER Gkrellm, they ALL go UNDER. I have properties set "set sticky state" and "set window type to be a dock or panel". On 24.04, the "set below other windows" made other windows go over Gkrellm.. Is this some different way 26.04 handles this issue? Is there a fix?

I've noticed the very handy feature on Android 16 that showed the charge level of a connected BT headset seems to be missing, now that my Pixel 6 has been upgraded to Android 17. Is there something now I need to enable?

I have a 1Tb NVme ssd on my Linux system. I want to split it in half, and I rebooted the system with a Ventoy USB with the Gparted ISO on it. I can edit the partition, making a 512gb space. After doing this, I click the "apply" button and it appears to now have an active ~512mb drive and a ~512mb "space".. No errors, just like I've done the thing countless times on all OTHER drive types.. However, when I boot the system back up that drive STILL shows 1Tb (actually 931.51Gb).. I'm not sure of the version of the GParted ISO on the Ventoy stick. Is there some magic incantation NVme's need to partition properly??

Since I often don't erase nvram before upgrading, I took screenshots of each FT screen to speed up reconfig after upgrading to 2026.3. I have one problem that may/may not be casued by my previous upgrades without mvram clear. I grabbed the .trx, clicked the box that said "erase all data in nvram" and started the upgrade. Everything seemed to go fine, I got thanked for upgrading to the latest version. Then I started trying to connect to the GUI at 192.168.1.1, no joy,, With my workstation IP set to 192.168.1.2, if I pinged 192.168.1.1, there was nobody home...After a bit of banging my head against the wall, just for the HELL of it, I tried going back to my workstation's default config, that being a DHCP address of 192.168.240.2.. And voila!! Freshtomato 2026.3 was STILL configured... In other words, nvram was NOT erased... WTF?? The issue I have with USB printer support NOT seeing my Brother printer, yet doing lsusb shows the printer is detected just fine... One more time WTF??

Anybody got any ideas??? (and yes I KNOW I checked the "erase nvram" checkbox.... Thanks

I recently bought an off-lease Dell Precision 5560 laptop. The system came with one 512mb Nvme drive, but has a second slot for another drive. I purchased another 512mb and proceeded to attempt to remove the bottom cover's 8 T5 torX screws. 7 of the screws were able to be removed via a t5 torx screwdriver, but one of them, in the lower left corner acts like its been lock-tite'ed. I put as much force as I could and all I got was the screwdriver slipped and after several more tries the screw was damaged, and the t5 screwdriver would slip. I'm wondering if the Dell off-lease site I bought it from (www.dellrefurbished.com) is doing this to prevent access to the interior of the laptop with an impromptu "security screw". Anybody got any ideas?

Thanks