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How to turn on "Num Lock" by default

JamesKB — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:02:25 GMT

Where is the setting to turn on "Num Lock" when I boot into Kubuntu?

Thanks for your time.
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James K Becker

Critical Python Update: How Soon Will it Be in Kubuntu 26.04 LTS?

DinoNerd — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:36:14 GMT

Multiple sources tell me that Python has released emergency updates thanks to a significant security issue. See e.g. https://www.linuxcompatible.org/stor...ate-authority/

Kubuntu 26.04 seems to include python3.14. The patched version of that is 3.14.9 After installing all pending updates on my 26.04 LTS system, but not yet rebooting, I'm at 3.14.4

Well, I didn't really expect the critical update to make it through ubuntu and kubuntu distro updates in 24 hours.

My questions are:

- approx. how long should this take?
- what are best practices for a kubuntu user in this case? Should I be replacing the system provided python3 with one direct from the python project?

Related, it seems that in a ubuntu derived release, an update to ca-certificates might solve the underlying problem, but I have no idea what version would be required, or whether it's out yet. (See e.g. https://askubuntu.com/questions/1570...an-updated-uni)

My system is probably relatively safe, with my site behind a firewall - unless I use pip. But I'd like to get this fixed ASAP.

External NTFS HDD only mounts from terminal

LinuxNewbie — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:25:09 GMT

I've got this external, NTFS-formatted HDD which won't mount from the "Disks & Devices" menu.
I cannot reformat to ext4, since I need it to be cross-compatible between with Windows at the moment.
Pressing mount returns "Could not mount this device" and checking for errors returns "This device has no errors".

I keep having to mount from the terminal (Konsole) using the following command:

Code:

sudo ntfsfix -b -d /dev/disk/by-id/usb-IB-_366-C31_123456789150-0:0-part1

After typing my password, I get this output, which makes it look like the drive is in perfect, working order:

Code:

Mounting volume... OK
Processing of $MFT and $MFTMirr completed successfully.
Checking the alternate boot sector... OK
NTFS volume version is 3.1.
Going to un-mark the bad clusters ($BadClus)... No bad clusters...OK
NTFS partition /dev/disk/by-id/usb-IB-_366-C31_123456789150-0:0-part1 was processed successfully.

The drive can then be read from and written to with no problems.

Any idea what the problem is?
Thank you!

what does snapd.failure mean??

Pancake-chan — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:54:04 GMT

I already had asked for help last time but im back wondering how to trouble shoot this

Lost in process

Pancake-chan — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 16:55:35 GMT

Im reaching for the first: im confused on how to update my computer since i haven’t done it in a sec and ive tried a couple things and idk how to upload a photo

Graphics Drivers / Mesa help AMD

clammer — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 03:38:35 GMT

Currently on Kubuntu 26.04 LTS , installed and only OS, Plasma 6.6.6

I'm on an AMD computer and having what I can only assume are graphics issues- I'm not sure exactly what caused them but I guess either I installed an update that wasn't ready or the program itself updated to become slightly incompatible. A theory I saw is that the graphics card could be dying, but I doubt it since it's fairly new and it only has problems in very specific cases. (I'd rather be optomistic anyway)

I'm getting occasional graphics issues from openGL renderers, and suddenly Deadlock's been stalling after only a couple of minutes of play. Those are the only things I've noticed having problems so far (but that second one could be out of my hands).

Anyway, I've been trying to fix it but I don't understand what to do. I've looked at other help topics and they imply I don't use AMD drivers? I downloaded the .deb from the official website in case I need it but haven't done anything else because these other topics have me confused. I ran glxinfo -B | grep "OpenGL" and Mesa is 26.0.8, which isn't up to date as I checked... running flatpak list | grep Mesa shows it should be 26.2.4 but running flatpak upgrade says "nothing to do." sudo apt upgrade didn't do anything as it was all up to date, allegedly. Also, checking drivers in GUI in driver manager shows "No additional drivers available."

From what I understand Mesa is, itself, a driver for AMD systems using Linux? How would I update it to hopefully fix my problems? Discover also doesn't have a pending Mesa update. Is there anything else I should be doing? Please help, thank you!

fsck failed

trvatrva — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:02:32 GMT

I have problem with my Sumsung Portable SSD T5 (SSD disk). I can't mount it in my system. I wrote in bash:

sudo fsck /dev/sdb1

and reply is:

fsck from util-linux 2.41.3
fsck: fsck.ntfs not found; ignore /dev/sdb1

Can you help me to fix my SSD Disk by fsck.

[RESOLVED]format external ssd for backup

LostRaccoon — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:26:21 GMT

Hi everyone,
I am new to linux (Kubuntu 26.04, transitioning from macos) and I am a bit lost... I just bought a new external ssd which I intend to use for backup, but I am unable to mount it... The device is seen in the KDE partition manager and the SMART status seems ok. However partition manager stated that no usable partition could be found, so I supposed this was the problem. I tried creating a single partition with the partition manager, and I now have one, unallocated, partition on the disk. Yet this did not solve the issue... The question is how should I format / partition the disk for its intended usage ? Thank you for your help !