Hey guys I restarted pop_os and then I can't log in, it's stuck there for a while and I can't get into the desktop

I went to swap operating systems an I think crypt data pulled me out I can’t give my password cause. For some reason caps lock and shift doesn’t work what do I do

Steps to Enable TRIM on LUKS-Encrypted Drives:

1. Ensure the LUKS partition supports TRIM: You need to verify that LUKS (the encryption layer) supports TRIM for the encrypted volume. Since Pop!_OS uses LUKS, you’ll need to enable the discard option at the LUKS layer, not just the filesystem layer.

2. Check if TRIM is supported on your LUKS volume: Run the following command to check the LUKS volume status:

   sudo cryptsetup status cryptdata

   Replace cryptdata with the name of your encrypted volume (you can find it by checking the output of lsblk).

   The output should indicate whether TRIM is supported or not. If TRIM is supported, proceed to the next steps.

3. Enable TRIM in crypttab: To enable TRIM for the encrypted volume, you’ll need to edit the /etc/crypttab file. This is where the system defines how encrypted partitions are unlocked during boot.

   • Open the /etc/crypttab file for editing:

     sudo nano /etc/crypttab

   • You should see a line similar to this:

     data    /dev/nvme0n1p3    none    luks

   • Add the discard option to enable TRIM:

     data    /dev/nvme0n1p3    none    luks,discard

   • Save and exit (Ctrl+X, then Y, then Enter).

4. Enable TRIM for the filesystem: After enabling TRIM for the encrypted volume, you need to add the discard option to the underlying filesystem, just like you would with a non-encrypted volume.

   • Open /etc/fstab for editing (this time we’ll be editing the filesystem mount, not the encryption layer):

     sudo nano /etc/fstab

   • Find the line for the root partition (it may look something like this):

     /dev/mapper/data-root / ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1

   • Add the discard option to enable TRIM for the filesystem:

     /dev/mapper/data-root / ext4 defaults,noatime,discard 0 1

   • Save and exit the editor.

5. Regenerate initramfs: Since Pop!_OS uses initramfs for boot-time mounting, you may need to regenerate the initramfs after making changes to crypttab:

   sudo update-initramfs -u

6. Reboot: Finally, reboot your system for all changes to take effect:

   sudo reboot

I was wondering if anyone has had any luck getting either Deskflow or Synergy to work in the Cosmic desktop. This is a big breaking point in my workflow and keeps me from being able to use Cosmic 100% of the time. I have been able to get these working in pop_os gnome and pop on Wayland, but it is unable to connect with Cosmic DE so far.

I've been using Pop! for about a week now. I installed KDE Plasma on it.

I'm enjoying the experience so far, just worried that something is going to go wrong at some point. I have a PopOS live USB stick waiting, but I'd really like to create my own bootable live USB using the current software and setting I have for the OS. Is that even possible (and easy)?

Is there another method I should consider?

Just brought a 2015 MacBook Pro 15” back to life with Pop!_OS. Picked it up from a second-hand laptop store in Japan, wiped it clean, and now it’s running exclusively on Pop!

So far loving it!

I recently dual-booted and installed Pop!_OS. After a fresh install, I set up browser etc. However, every time I open it, the browser feels sluggish—animations are janky, delay, and overall, it feels like there are frame drops.

This happens even when browser is the only application running. I'm wondering if this is due to Pop!_OS needing some performance tweaks or if there's a specific setting in browser that could help.

Found out a solution by switching to NVIDIA Graphics only instead of Hybrid Graphics. This significantly improved performance—animations are smoother, and there's no more noticeable frame drop.

However, I'm still not sure about the long-term effects of always using this setting, as I'm still new to Linux. If anyone has insights on whether keeping it on NVIDIA-only all the time has any drawbacks, I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Hello, I was wondering if there was a way to unable the Third-Level Key and Esperanto Circumflexed Letters at Corresponding QWERTY Location on Cosmic Desktop similarly to KDE or Gnome? Using the x-system is very inconvenient, and I would like to be able to type those letters.

Thank you for your help!

Relatively new to PopOS, running Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS, and I tried updating my pipewire configs but nothing seems to fix the sound crackling when playing a game with Proton/Steam and a video with Chrome.

Sound is: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller

My /usr/share/pipewire/pipewire.conf is set to:

default.clock.rate = 48000

default.clock.allowed-rates = [ 44100 48000 88200 96000 176400 192000 352800 384000 ]

default.clock.quantum = 2048

default.clock.min-quantum = 64

default.clock.max-quantum = 2048

default.clock.quantum-limit = 2048

Anything else I can tweak or change to try to fix this?

It seems that no matter what I try to do, it always goes to sleep. This is on a Desktop machine, and I don't want it to sleep. Even running ollama in the background and end result it sleep.

Ideas?

I want to use a PC as a little storage target (my NAS devices and store back ups on it, and I want to eventually get syncthing on it) but I am running into an issue - Pop OS doesn't load when a monitor is not attached.

This is my first time using linux. This PC used to be a pfsense router and it ran fine w/o monitor on start up.

I plan to have this as a PC without keyboard, mouse, and monitor. Just the power and ethernet cable.

Is there a way to force Pop OS to load even without a monitor attached?

ChatGPT gave me this but I don't want to screw up anything so I wanted to check whether it makes sense:

Force HDMI Output (If Relevant): In some cases, Pop!_OS may fail to boot because it is waiting for a monitor signal (especially with HDMI). You can edit your boot parameters to force a display output even when no monitor is connected. This can be done by modifying the GRUB configuration:

Edit the GRUB config file:

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

Find the line that begins with GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT and add the following option to force HDMI or another output:

video=HDMI-A-1:1920x1080@60

(Adjust the resolution and output based on your setup.)

Then update GRUB:

sudo update-grub

Reboot your system and check if it boots properly without the monitor.

if this isn't legit I can buy the dummy plug

Yeah hi I was wondering if anyone knew the general timeline for being able to upgrade via the desktop to get to 24.04 LTS with cosmic DE?

I'm keen to try it out as I've heard it's pretty stable. I'm not gaming, just coding and productivity with a bit of web browsing too. I don't really want to run the risk of bricking my current install however and I want to keep the files I have at the moment and the various services I've configured.

Hi there ! I've dualboot my computer with pop os and windows, because I want to take my time since the end of support from Microsoft is on this year. I've dedicated a certain volume of freespace during installation, so now I've 3 files systems :

• Root
• Boot
• Home

Everything worked as expected, but now I'm trying to add more disk space to pop os, so I went on the windows disk management app to shrink more space and make it available for this partition. But now I'm unable to resize the volume of HOME with the free space. I tried it with GParted and with Gnome Disk and I don't really want to do something wrong. Did you faced this issue ? I'm totally new to all of that so may be my problem sound kind of basic but thank you for your time un advance.

Just completed a new 9700x build with 64gb of ram and an RTX 2060 12GB and decided to give PopOS a try (trying to transition to Linux from Windows 11).

It feels laggy/slow. Like scrolling, page renders in Firefox, not to mention Firefox seems to take several seconds to resolve DNS before a page loads. I dual boot into Windows, and Windows is snappy and fine.

Basically it feels like I'm using a 12 year old i3 laptop and I don't know the first place to start to figure out why. Any suggestions/common causes?

tl;dr - I'm currently running COSMIC Epoch 1 (alpha 5) on the Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS alpha with a MacBook Air 2017 i5-5350, I'm trying to get some keyboard and trackpad features working. Also been using the standard version Pop on other computers with success, and plan to start replacing unsupported OSes with supported Pop!_OS current and upcoming version.

...

A few years ago I bought this brand new MacBook Air 2017 model, at a great price. It was helpful to learn how macOS works and it has great integration with my iPhone and iPad but it's truly legacy now that Apple has switched to the ARM M chips on all their models over the past few years. Also, as of October 2024 it no longer will get macOS updates/upgrades. This coming October 2025 many other Intel based systems that are from 2017 will be getting left behind as well since Windows 10 will be end of life for support unless you pay to continue to use the hardware you already own. I'm not willing to do that so I've been trying out a few different distros over this last year knowing this time is coming.

Why I'm choosing Pop!_OS COSMIC (alpha 5) as the one I'd like to actually get fully acquainted with comes down to a few reasons; RUST is now, Cosmic is new and I'd like to be a part of the beginning, System76's business model (Software AND Hardware), Pop!_OS has been the most stable and fully functional from the distros I've tested, and with minimal tweaks it's an attractive useful OS.

My main interest for starters will be working with others to find solutions to some of the issues I have with this nice piece of hardware from Apple that is no longer supported, and laptops that have Intel Core processors that are 7th gen or older (~2017 and earlier), and eventually newer systems as well that will gain functionality by switching to an open source OS that is more capable of taking advantage of the powerful resources of new hardware.

My immediate want/need is to get the keyboard and trackpad to improve functionality in the following ways:

• 3 finger gestures for switching between Workspaces
• 3 finger gestures up for the Applications modal window
• keyboard backlighting
• keyboard backlight adjustments using the F5 and F6 keys that MacBooks have defined for that purpose

Note: the other top row function keyboard keys such as screen brightness on F1 and F2, work and the mute, volume down, and volume up keys work as expected. The fn key switches the top row keys to their F# functions, such as fn+F5 will refresh a webpage.

I look forward to any help y'all can provide and can't wait to see COSMIC on more and more distros in the future.

So for my use case, i want to backup my whole home folder and /root/.minecraft on terabox on a daily basis, is it even possible to backup online? if so which tool should i go with and will be best for me

Greetings,

So after a couple of months of futzing with distros for the Dell XPS13-9333 laptop (yes, nearly 10 years old!) I decided to bite the bullet and install COSMIC Alpha.

Truth be told, I'm very pleased with the operation thusfar. There are some niggles, and I know they will get worked out, but by and large it's everything I wanted from a Desktop Environment and more.

So, kudo's to the System76 team. Nicely done.

About my only wish would be for some sort of forum system for support. The "Pop! Chat" thing is basically Discord. I'm an old fart and Discord hurts my head. Just a lot of chatter with little to no rhyme or reason.

Hi,

So I recently built a new computer and now I am having regular crashes.
I suspect it might be a firefox issue or the ssd but I cannot be sure.

What happened twice is that it just freezes while I only have 10 tabs open in firefox
and watching youtube. The BIOS is up to date.

I cannot check the journal because the screen goes black, I just hear the sound of the video I am watching and I have to reboot the pc via the on/off button.

Inxi output:
CPU: 6-core AMD Ryzen 5 8600G w/ Radeon 760M Graphics (-MT MCP-)
speed/min/max: 2011/400/5073 MHz Kernel: 6.9.3-76060903-generic x86_64
Up: 15m Mem: 8521.3/31173.2 MiB (27.3%) Storage: 1.82 TiB (24.6% used)
Procs: 356 Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.13

System:

Deskmini X600
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G Boxed
Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (no vPro)
Noctua NH-L9a-AM5
Kingston Fury Impact KF556S40IBK2-32
Kingston NV3 (retail) 1TB

So I read on COSMIC's GitHub tracker and game compatibility isn't looking good.

So I want to ask if anyone here can report to me otherwise and possibly if a COSMIC developer here can tell me how these issues are being ironed out

I have done a bit of research on why this would happen but I didn't find any answers. My left speaker works in windows but not in pop. I'm not super used to linux so most things I will be fine with but I might ask for a little help with more difficult things.

Thanks.

Is there a way to make the cursor larger on COSMIC that doesn't involve a 3rd party cursor theme? And locating the cursor with CTRL ... that would be a wonderful addition also!

The cursor size in Firefox is fine for me, but elsewhere in COSMIC it's too small for my declining eyesight.

Thank you!

Hey guys,

is there a clipboard gnome extension for pop os 22.04 that allows to have pictures in the clipboard? Its a pain in the ass for workflow with chatbots.

Pop_Os 22.04 LTS

Since I download lots of apps, I like to keep them organised. Unfortunatly, the App Folder feature of the App Launcher has stopped working a while ago and I can't change App Folders anymore. Here's a few screenshots demonstrating the issue :

https://preview.redd.it/0glyuwl3gkge1.png?width=1245&format=png&auto=webp&s=38718a04625b0330536b72a9fc457fd99721f689

https://preview.redd.it/ym7rm795gkge1.png?width=1245&format=png&auto=webp&s=8c931ef96fdc17b03969631b0baf69ecf4d70c17

https://preview.redd.it/0wxvv137gkge1.png?width=1245&format=png&auto=webp&s=be7177136a628be60715a6259ec1a0bed403db28

You can also see from the pictures my App Launcher is now a mess.

Is there a way to change folders manually, or install an extension to fix that? It's getting really anoying. Thanks.

Hi, I'm trying out the experimental theming settings on cosmic-de (pop-os 24.04), and I've noticed that Tenacity isn't being affected. I've already tried logging out. Is there anything else I need to download? I remember having to install adw-gtk3 for it to be themed in GNOME.

Thank you in advance for any help you can offer!

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So i cant do ne thing with multiple monitors and i cant transfer files with bluetooth, the monitors show up in the display settings but none of the commands work for them. and to xfer files with bluetooth either i cant figure it out n its not simple or it just cant be done.

Thats my day one errors, so far. other than that its great, functions the way it shud was east to install and looks good. cosmic is a great addittion, im sure therell be more problems i come accross but ill make do, loving it so far the experience is great!

Hello im new to this just isntalled pop os but its permantly on airplane mode

I did the nmcli radio and only wifi is deactivated

It sorts the icons alphabetically, but I want to put them in a custom order. It does not allow me to drag and drop like in a normal Gnome install. I assume this is on purpose, but is there an setting or extension that will allow me to sort how I want?

Im new to linux as I just installed it on my acer nitro 5 V15 today and the fans don't ramp up. There is nothing in bios about fan control and I heard about CoolerControl but I can't figure out how to install it and there is no video tutorials I can find.

Good day,

Anyone else using the latest X-Plane 12 beta's encountering issues with it crashing when entering the menu or settings?

I don't think its the graphics driver, everything else works. and someone else using a different distro has no issues. I am suspecting something old on 22.04 maybe at fault here...

Currently two options I think, roll the dice and go to Cosmic Alpha or install a different distro (different more up to date Ubuntu version though).