[03:42] <lotuspsychje> good morning to all
[05:23] <Bashing-om> lotuspsychje: Comming to you live in a SSD with 16.04 - but I have had my misadventures ! Ya said ya got some advise on maintaining this SSD ? -
[05:23] <lotuspsychje> nice Bashing-om !
[05:24] <lotuspsychje> Bashing-om: what issues did you come across?
[05:26] <Bashing-om> lotuspsychje: Still not certain .. system freezing up - Possible that my partitoning scheme was a bad bad idea . reinstalled as full disk and full desktop install .. so far so good .
[05:27] <lotuspsychje> ah great
[05:27] <lotuspsychje> bios needs to be from IDE to AHCI also
[05:27] <lotuspsychje> for ssd
[05:27] <lotuspsychje> !info preload | Bashing-om first to install
[05:27] <ubot5`> Bashing-om first to install: preload (source: preload): adaptive readahead daemon. In component universe, is optional. Version 0.6.4-2 (xenial), package size 34 kB, installed size 135 kB
[05:29] <Bashing-om> lotuspsychje: Yeah I did check that AHCI was enabled .. anything wrong with a standard mount in /etc/fstab " UUID=d9c2a8e6-d014-42a6-846f-7e7892f4aef5 /               ext4    errors=remount " ?
[05:30] <lotuspsychje> no, thats good
[05:30] <Bashing-om> preload install .. any configuration ?
[05:31] <lotuspsychje> Bashing-om: no,that works automatic preloading apps, on next reboot
[05:32] <lotuspsychje> !swappiness
[05:32] <lotuspsychje> !swap
[05:32] <ubot5`> swap is used to move unused programs and data out of main memory to make your system faster. It can also be used as extra memory if you don't have enough. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq for more info
[05:32] <Bashing-om> Then all that is left is set swappiness ??
[05:32] <lotuspsychje> set swappiness on 10 instead of the 60
[05:33] <Bashing-om> yeah .. on my to-do yet .
[05:33] <lotuspsychje> you can also tweak fstab with stuff, but i hear ubuntu uses best already
[05:34] <lotuspsychje> https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/ssd
[05:34] <Bashing-om> lotuspsychje: Yeah .. that is what I gathered about tweaks .. I figger to leave well enough alone .
[05:36] <lotuspsychje> Bashing-om: setting browsers cache to 0 also helps alot on ssd
[05:37] <Bashing-om> K .. will do that also .. thanks for the hints and help by the way .
[05:38] <lotuspsychje> Bashing-om: i also use 'relatime' in fstab
[05:38] <lotuspsychje> and wiped discard
[05:40] <Bashing-om> lotuspsychje: Noted .. will see .
[05:40] <lotuspsychje> Bashing-om: that should do the tricks :p
[05:41] <lotuspsychje> unity-tweak-tool to make your unity bit lighter/better
[05:41] <lotuspsychje> and ccsm to tweak unity as your needs
[05:44] <Bashing-om> lotuspsychje: I gonna stick with xfce :) .. I do have ubuntu full install on this box .. and have a great deal of appreciation for unity  .. but my work flow/thought-process is best in xfce .
[05:44] <lotuspsychje> kk
[05:46] <Bashing-om> I noticed in my prior install that the log files were not being written, Maybe the freezes were in that respect ( ??). This install looks good thus far .
[05:47] <lotuspsychje> Bashing-om: not sure what could freezed...
[05:47] <lotuspsychje> can be comming from several points
[05:49] <Bashing-om> lotuspsychje: My thoughts too .. could be a lot of things .. rather than trouble shoot, I got impatient in wanting to ger this install operational . - A new Nvisia card - GT 710 - and no open source support for it in 14.04 .
[05:52] <lotuspsychje> i see
[05:53] <BobbyJr> Ok sorry to jump in here, but Im looking for a cheap but well supported card to replace my current AMD 7770 (which suffers from oddly poor performance with the opensource drivers)
[05:54] <BobbyJr> Is the nvidia FT 7-series worth looking at?
[05:54] <BobbyJr> GT*
[05:54] <lotuspsychje> BobbyJr: with wich ubuntu version?
[05:54] <BobbyJr> lotuspsychje: 16.10 Gnome
[05:56] <lotuspsychje> BobbyJr: you could ask in #ubuntu or #gamingonlinux where they know alof of latest cards/drivers
[05:56] <lotuspsychje> BobbyJr: but i guess 16.04 would perform well on the most of cards
[05:56] <Bashing-om> BobbyJr: I am verry inpressed wuth the nVidia gt 710 .. cheap at under $40 USD
[05:58] <BobbyJr> Bashing-om: Thats the card Ive been looking at and tbh at that price, cant go wrong.
[06:00] <Bashing-om> BobbyJr: What bkew me away .. after I found there was no open source driver ofr ot in 14,04 .. I finally got the vesa driver to load .,. and even with the vesa driver that card is sharp !
[06:02] <BobbyJr> Bashing-om: Thats good news. Im assuming the support is there in 16.x. Though tbh Im in two minds whether Im sticking with Ubuntu anyway.
[06:02] <lotuspsychje> bbl breakfast
[06:03] <Bashing-om> BobbyJr: The support for proprietary is there in 14.04. --- 16.04 has the open source driver .
[06:05] <Bashing-om> I run a minimal install .. and to install the proprietary driver is a bucket load of other stuff that I do not want .
[06:07] <BobbyJr> Bashing-om: aha yeah that makes sense.
[06:12] <ducasse> \o
[11:31] <BluesKaj_> Hiyas all
[11:32] <daftykins> \o
[11:41] <ducasse> \o BluesKaj_, daftykins - how are you guys?
[11:42] <daftykins> none too shabby here thanks, just trying to work out what to do with the day... and you?
[11:44] <ducasse> stuck on building some stuff for yakkety, got to the i-could-do-this-but-it-will-likely-bork-my-system-stage...
[11:46] <daftykins> :D
[11:46] <daftykins> time for a VM?
[11:48] <ducasse> lxc, maybe, but i kinda really need this particular thingy on the host(s). googling for an alternative :)
[11:49] <ducasse> a snap would actually be ideal here...
[11:53] <BluesKaj_> Hi ducasse, daftykins ..doing fine altho Iḿ seeing the dentist in 90 mins ..not looking forward to that
[11:54] <daftykins> erk! fingers crossed for that going smoothly :)
[11:56] <ducasse> BluesKaj_: you have my sympathy :)
[11:58] <BluesKaj_> new partial in my future , altho I think thereś an extraction sooner ot later too
[12:01] <pauljw> Hi everyone
[12:02] <ducasse> hiya
[12:03] <daftykins> o/
[12:03] <daftykins> wb pauljw
[12:03]  * daftykins is groaning looking at accomodation near London for a wedding of a friend next year
[12:03] <daftykins> the weddings really need to stop :P
[12:03] <pauljw> :D
[12:06] <ducasse> which terminal emulator do you guys use? i need to switch, and there are just sooo many to wade through.
[12:07] <daftykins> cmd.exe ?
[12:07]  * daftykins ducks
[12:08] <pauljw> lol
[12:08] <ducasse> cmd.exe is not a terminal emulator :)
[12:08] <pauljw> gnome terminal here
[12:09] <ducasse> hmm.. how are the deps, i wonder? /me looks
[12:09] <daftykins> i always thought it was a bit chubby, that one
[12:10] <daftykins> don't folk speak of terminator and so on?
[12:10] <ducasse> considering terminator, best i've found thus far.
[12:10] <ducasse> i'm going to miss roxterm.
[12:11] <BluesKaj_>  Hi pauljw
[12:12] <pauljw> hey BluesKaj_
[12:14] <daftykins> weird, my old das keyboard is working again
[12:14] <daftykins> maybe it has some capacitors i can solder >:)
[12:14] <ducasse> das keyboard <3
[12:15] <daftykins> the cherry reds on that steelseries i bought have definitely been trashing my finger joints, so i think cherry blues are where it's at for my fingers
[12:17] <pauljw> you know, solder isn't the answer for EVERYTHING... ;)
[12:17] <daftykins> 8D
[12:18] <ducasse> there's also duct tape :)
[12:18] <daftykins> be nice if it was, £100 of keyboard right here :P
[12:18] <pauljw> true, would be nice if you could fix it.
[12:18] <ducasse> what's wrong with it?
[12:19] <daftykins> well it was dropping keys up until i abandoned use of it for the new one, so for example vowels might take 5 strikes to register one press
[12:20]  * daftykins opens her up
[12:20] <daftykins> omw the reds on this one feel so different
[12:20] <daftykins> so essentially i have one keyboard now that's nice in games and one that's nice to type on XD
[12:22] <ducasse> oooh! looks like my new mikrotik will be here today! \o/
[12:27] <daftykins> hrmm there are indeed some little tiny caps
[12:27] <daftykins> 10uF 16V
[12:31] <daftykins> https://www.dropbox.com/s/o48brjqt27ppie7/IMG_20161017_133101.jpg?dl=0
[12:32] <daftykins> i think those are mostly USB port related though :(
[12:38] <ducasse> daftykins: do they look intact?
[12:40] <daftykins> they're solid so no sign of issue, yeah
[12:42] <ducasse> should think there would be a very limited amount of things that can go wrong in a keyboard...
[12:43] <daftykins> it's behaving when connected to these front USB ports, lets try some others
[12:43] <daftykins> i have a USB Y cable to power it, since it annoyingly has the hub inside requiring more power
[12:45] <daftykins> well damn, guess she's alive again... for now.
[12:46] <daftykins> needs a good scrub of the keys though ;)
[12:47] <ducasse> well-known issue :)
[13:29] <daftykins> https://www.dropbox.com/s/mj8vmv07psdwgyk/IMG_20161017_140452.jpg?dl=0
[13:29] <daftykins> eww
[13:36] <ducasse> oh man, you're being thorough :)
[13:58] <daftykins> yeah it's been dirty for a while, i'm cleaning every key with IPA right now :P
[15:24] <OerHeks>  "Zesty Zapus"
[15:24] <daftykins> yep, but if they do, zap 'em back
[15:24] <OerHeks> jumping mouse
[15:50] <ducasse> package! \o/
[15:50] <ducasse> :)
[15:51] <daftykins> :O
[15:51] <daftykins> hey i've been typing on my das for a while now and it's back to working fine O_O
[15:51] <daftykins> i wonder how long this will last...
[15:53] <ducasse> hard to say, enjoy it while you can :)
[15:53] <daftykins> ^_^
[15:53] <daftykins> no more finger joint pain \o/
[16:16] <ducasse> oh dear lord, i wonder if i should wait until the morning before i play with this...
[16:25] <daftykins> :D
[16:25] <daftykins> yesss
[16:25] <daftykins> otherwise it'll snowball ;)
[16:25] <daftykins> "i'll just try one more thing..."
[16:36] <ducasse> right now i'm in "wtf am i doing?"-mode :)
[16:38] <daftykins> :D
[16:38] <daftykins> i'm seeing the dog in the safety specs
[16:38] <daftykins> (meme image)
[16:39] <ducasse> the docs are really good, there are just sooo much of them :)
[17:17] <daftykins> hrmm can't be too ace if you can't just pick it up and go
[17:21] <ducasse> you can - it is set up as a regular home router by default, and that is not what i want.
[17:22] <ducasse> i want to use the provisioning and management features of the bigger mikrotik with this one, and that is a bit more complex...
[17:53] <ducasse> daftykins: woohoo! got it! :)
[17:54] <daftykins> \o/
[17:54] <pauljw> :)
[17:56] <ducasse> _now_ i'm going to delay the remaining config until tomorrow :)
[23:16] <Bashing-om> System froze up again .. Ouch .. what is going on may take a bit to isolate !