All of a sudden, when the computer started, the log in screen was strange and the text almost unreadable so small it was. I typed the password and all the system text remained very tiny and unreadable. I went to universal access in configs and changed to large text, the problem was solved, but soon after came back. I have to keep going to config to change to &quot;enable large text&quot; and when the problem comes back &quot;disable large text&quot;. I am looking for a more definitive solution for this strange system interface problem.
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So I was configuring VS code on my Notebook when suddenly I noticed that my interface font got really small on my desktop, terminal and files. I use Gnome Tweaks Tool to increase my scaling factor to 1,15 , but, even though it was active, the font stayed tiny. The solution I found was moving my scaling factor, which instantly fixed my font issue, however, every time I restart my Notebook the font gets tiny again and I have to repeat the process. I tried reseting my font configuration using this command, but had no success. gsettings reset org.gnome.desktop.interface text-scaling-factor  I also tried using the command dconf reset -f /  Finally, I tried using dconf-editor, but still had no success altering the font rendering DPI or changing the scaling factor. All of the steps I mentioned fixed my fonts temporarily, but the issue still persists when I restart my Notebook I am out of ideas and even considered getting a fresh Ubuntu install by now... My video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 GPU
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I disabled all services in services using msconfig and restarted.  Now - my login details no longer work. I have no network access and the forgot my password option doesn't do anything.  I have restarted using shift+restart to try get into safe mode but this just brings me to the same logon page.  Does anybody know what caused this or how I can resolve the issue?
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I've discovered this yesterday, as it was generating system load on otherwise idle Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop machine.  Today, I've confirmed such behavior also on another Ubuntu instance (17.10 in Virtualbox VM)  The sub-process in command line looks like below ( I've put this as picture below intentionally to prevent askubuntu.com from changing/escaping the content )   For me it looks like exploit/malware. Or at least there is something to hide.  this happens even for url
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I have installed ubuntu minimal(mini.iso) on my vm. I then used recovery mode to login as root and create an account with useradd -m admin and then set a password with passwd admin.  When I login on the new account, instead of the normal prompt I only see a $ sign. If I try to tab-complete a command or file name it prints a normal tab. If I try to use the arrow keys it prints ^[[A, ^[[B, ^[[C or ^[[D. Also, ls no longer adds colors.  None of these problems were in recovery mode. How can I fix this?
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I had to reinstall recently. I installed normal Ubuntu 14.04. I then installed gnome/gnome shell/gdm. I then logged in my user to gnome. Since then I have been configuring my system.  Yesterday, unlock was working fine. Today, the automatic lock screen is not accepting my password as valid. It just takes the input like it's processing it, then takes me right back to the same password prompt. If I click the 'login as a new user' link, it takes me right back to the lock screen. Ctrl+Alt+F1, etc, does nothing.  I had to resort to a hard boot. I've tried this more then once. (first time was from automatic, idle time lock, second time was from my triggering the lock screen with the keyboard command).  I'm certain I have my password right, as I am able to get logged in after the cold boot.
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A password is always combination of characters &amp; numbers. I am so much used to num pad that every time windows start I end up entering wrong password just because NUM lock isn't ON by default. Since it's network login, it takes a bit long time to reset &amp; prompt for right password. Is there a way to enable NUM Lock on when Windows loads?
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I upgrade my Ubuntu to 11.10. I restarted and it worked perfectly until now when I restarted again and it is now in text mode after I login. Can somebody please provided some suggestions on what I should do? I do not understand what happened.    I tried restarting lightdm but it is already running.
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How can I make text that is larger than the size of the output of {\Huge ...}?   I would like to be able to make text arbitrarily large (even if that is done by some suboptimal scaling routine).
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I have verbose mode turned on always so I can see if a kernel panic or some error happens. After having it on for a few times, I started to notice that most of the boot was happening after the login. I can't show a picture as it is in boot, but the login screen loads before most of the OS. This is only after a cold boot but I can't seem to find any information on this. All I want is some information on this. EDIT: Basically, the machine starts to boot, the apple logo pops up, a small box of text scrolls down, where the rest of the monitor is not used, it shows the login screen, and after I type the password, the login screen goes away. now the whole screen is used and the rest of the machine boots up. EDIT 2: There is no firmware password. I have not locked the firmware.
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I see an empty drop down box where the language code of the  should be.  To reproduce the bug: Lock screen or log out and log in again.    I also get the same behavior on the lock screen at the time when I try to log in with my password:    After I tried the workaround (below) the language code on the login screen disappeared as soon as I typed the first character of my password.  Workaround (not permanent): Switching with keyboard (Super+space) or mouse.  System info: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS, GNOME 3.28.2.    Please  if also affects you.
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This morning I started my Google Chrome browser as I do every day. The text size was suddenly bigger than normal, on all sites. I did not change any setting anywhere.  If I set the zoom to 90% it looks fine, but this breaks various things (e.g. Stack Exchange chat) so prefer to avoid it if possible.  Setting font size to Small in Chrome Settings also help, but it's too small.  I have uninstalled Chrome (deleting local data) and installed again, same thing. Tried beta channel as well, no change.  Windows 7 OS 64 bit, Display set to 125% from the very beginning. (Did not change this for years)  What could have caused this and how can it be solved?  This very question turns out to be a good example to demonstrate what I mean:        While the body itself is small (as I changed the font size in Settings), other things are still huge and not affected by the setting.
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I have accidentally pressed some key combination that enabled a feature that I cannot turn off and cannot name. The visible desktop area I see on monitor is enlarged and as I move the cursor, the visible area moves with it. I do not see the whole desktop, only a part of it. How can I turn this off, whatever it is? Inside accessibility, the screen reader is turned off, it is something else.
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Question refers to Windows 7 Professional 64-bit.  When I lock my computer I don't want people to be able to mess about with it, so would like the Ease of Access button (in the bottom left corner of the logon screen) to either be removed or disabled.  Does anybody know how to do this?  Thank you for your help :-)
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My windows 10 show garbage characters, I guess I didn't do anything special, but when I start my computer, it looks like this now. is there anything I can do right now?
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I recently got an Acer Aspire E11 (E3-112m) and in order to install another OS I had to set a Supervisor password, so I used a well known password to me, the problem is that such password contains a special character ! which the password prompt won't let me input, though it let me when I had to set the password (buggy prompt I believe). Now everytime I need to change something in the BIOS I have to fail 3 times and go to  to generate a master key.  I have already tried several different methods to clear it:   Removing the CMOS battery Looking for the reset jumper (which doesn't even exist).   I also noticed there were 2 weird buttons on the front and back sides of the motherboard, I don't know what they are for but I also pressed them (while both the CMOS and the regular battery were disconnected). All of this without luck, the password just won't reset (though the RTC did).  Are there other ways to reset the Supervisor/Admin password on this model?
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I'm not sure how this machine was setup, but I do have control over it now as a local admin.  I need to enable fast user switching, but the option is greyed out along with some others. This is after unlocking the changes padlock.    Is there anything I can do to reenable these options?
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There's been one problem I've had since I installed Ubuntu to run alongside Windows, I assume this would also be the same if it was installed to replace the other operating system as well, the installer prompts you to create a password upon typing in the user account name and if you don't put in a password and just put in the user account name, it ends up saying to create a password. My comparison is in Windows and Mac OS X, you are never forced to create a password.  If you remove the password on your Admin account in System Settings > User Accounts, you won't be able to authenticate whenever you try to install something, because it requests for a password and putting in no password at all isn't going to work, it will just act as if you put in an invalid password. This is what I call "getting locked out of privileges".  I'm finding the "Authenticate" window that comes up whenever you install something or accessing somewhere a nuisance, 'cause it always requests for your password.  So my question is - Why does Ubuntu force users to create a password upon installation?