Have you tried turning it off and on again
Why Ask Ubuntu recommends it
Ask Ubuntu users link it as a joking reference when the fix for a problem turns out to be restarting a service, a network connection or the whole machine.
Recommended by 0 people across 0 different months, 2017 to 2022.
What it is
A 9-second clip from the British sitcom The IT Crowd in which a tech support worker answers every call with the line 'Have you tried turning it off and on again?'. It is a short comedy snippet uploaded by the channel ukgebe.
What people said
Cites Elijah Lynn · 2017-07 · Ask Ubuntu · on “Ubuntu 14.04 keeps asking for passphrase when ssh”
In my case the GUI keychain agent for Ubuntu had stopped running somehow. I restarted and the first attempt it popped up and asked me my passphrase and then remembered it afterwards. [this video]
Cites flaszlok · 2022-04 · Ask Ubuntu · on “Improve stability of Cisco Anyconnect Secure Mobility Client”
I'm using Cisco Anyconnect Secure Mobility Client version 4.8.01090 on Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS. The VPN works fine for about 10 minutes at a time, at which point the connection drops and the client takes about the same amount of time to reconnect. This happens irrespective from the network I'm using (e.g. at home, in a hotel, etc.). While I'm able to "fix" it fast by turning the Wifi off and on again [this video] , at which point the client quickly reconnects, it is very annoying because whatever I was doing at the time gets interrupted (e.g. video calls). Question: How can I improve the performance of Cisco Anyconnect Secure Mobility Client, so that it a) doesn't drop connection all the time and b) d
Cites Janne Mattila · 2022-06 · Ask Ubuntu · on “Distorted audio on USB speakerphone on Ubuntu 22.04, worked fine first but broke in system update”
Seems to be related to restarts and maybe dual booting to windows. Powering off/on before boot seems to improve things [this video] Unfortunately there's no option to disable fast startup in my win 10 even when I click "Change settings that are currently unavailable"