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17.10

Ubuntu 17.10 – gpg/ssh with USB token (yubikey)

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A shell script to properly configure GNOME to play nice with a Yubikey. This script allows you to use your Yubikey for GPG and SSH while leaving passwords and PK11 for GNOME keyring (Ubuntu 15.04-17.10) Copied from hyper3xpl0iter@github I just modified the deb source locations since the country mirrors of archive.ubuntu.org do not contain vivid anymore. Download it here CAVE: The removal of the new versions of gpg and so on also removes gnome-control-center so a sudo apt-get -y install gnome-control-center has to be done afterwards.

Ubuntu 17.10 – keepass auto-type

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Start by installing the xdotool package On Debian/Ubuntu/etc simply run: sudo apt-get install xdotool keepass2 Next find out where the keepass2 executable is installed on your system The easiest way to do this is to run: which keepass2 On my system this returns /usr/bin/keepass2 This file is actually not the program itself but a script that bootstraps the program. So to find out where the real executable run:

Ubuntu 17.10 – reboot hangs on blank screen

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There are lots of reports that Ubuntu 17.10 hangs with a black screen if reboot is issued. Some users report they need to press Alt+F7 to go further, some users report it only takes a looong time to go through the reboot sequence. I could confirm both issues, luckily there is help! Edit /etc/default/grub and remove quiet and splash from GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT. Issue a sudo update-grub and reboot.