<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[start.ubuntu.com]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">I can see occasional outgoing requests to <a href="http://start.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">start.ubuntu.com</a> (every ten minutes or so) on a Nexus 5/OTA-15 and OPO/RC with no apps open.  Can somebody please shed some light on what's that used for in UT?  Opening <a href="https://start.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">start.ubuntu.com</a> in desktop browser reveals a Google search box.</p>
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/5812/start-ubuntu-com</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 02:51:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forums.ubports.com/topic/5812.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:17:32 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to start.ubuntu.com on Sat, 06 Mar 2021 16:55:12 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/keneda" aria-label="Profile: keneda">@<bdi>keneda</bdi></a> said in <a href="/post/47586">start.ubuntu.com</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p dir="auto">For my self learning, how do you see those requests?</p>
</blockquote>
<p dir="auto">Since you're asking explicitly, here's a hack-ish non-Libertine way to watch outgoing (DNS) connections.  Note that deb packages use xz compression nowadays that is not supported by UT's tar. So extraction of the binary has to be done on a device with a more recent version of tar.</p>
<pre><code class="language-bash"># Download armhf deb package of tcpdump.  There are newer package versions on the server, but those may not work as easily because of further dependencies.
$ wget http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/pool/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_4.7.4-1ubuntu1_armhf.deb
# Extract deb archive.
$ ar -x tcpdump_4.7.4-1ubuntu1_armhf.deb
# Extract binary.
$ tar -xf data.tar.xz 
</code></pre>
<p dir="auto">Now, move file <code>usr/sbin/tcpdump</code> to the UT device (via adb, ssh, cloud).  Then switch to a terminal on the UT device.</p>
<pre><code class="language-bash"># Make the binary executable.
$ chmod +x tcpdump
# Watch all DNS queries on the device.
$ sudo tcpdump -i any port 53
</code></pre>
<p dir="auto">Then wait and see.</p>
<p dir="auto">(Tested on OPO OTA-16 RC/W09).</p>
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/post/47687</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/post/47687</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[padu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2021 16:55:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to start.ubuntu.com on Fri, 05 Mar 2021 09:56:43 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">There's already a <a href="https://forums.ubports.com/topic/4643/ut-is-calling-home">discussion about start.ubuntu.com</a> that didn't turn up in a forum search for me before.  According to that it's a connectivity check.</p>
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/post/47631</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/post/47631</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[padu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 09:56:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to start.ubuntu.com on Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:38:20 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/padu" aria-label="Profile: padu">@<bdi>padu</bdi></a> THX <img src="https://forums.ubports.com/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f642.png?v=bc7965752a7" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--slightly_smiling_face" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":)" alt="🙂" /></p>
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/post/47592</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/post/47592</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keneda]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:38:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to start.ubuntu.com on Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:33:09 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/keneda" aria-label="Profile: keneda">@<bdi>keneda</bdi></a> In a local (LAN-wide) DNS resolver.</p>
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/post/47590</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/post/47590</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[padu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:33:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to start.ubuntu.com on Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:20:48 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/padu" aria-label="Profile: padu">@<bdi>padu</bdi></a><br />
For my self learning, how do you see those requests?</p>
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