[02:02] <Donald_ET3> So, I was using this computer earlier today when suddenly everything became read-only. Even root couldn't write any new files. When I tried rebooting, I got a command line that said "BusyBox" and "(initramfs)". Does anyone know what happened?
[02:04] <Donald_ET3> The drive is only half full.
[02:08] <DarinMiller_> Donald_ET3: I would help if I could but I have no idea how everything would become read only.
[02:09] <Donald_ET3> I suppose it must have been a hardware error.
[02:10] <sintre> test a live usb /dvd
[02:10] <DarinMiller_> yes, a hw error would be a good guess...
[02:10] <sintre> see if same problem
[02:11] <Donald_ET3> Well, I'm using a live usb stick on the computer right now and it's fine.
[02:11] <Donald_ET3> So, probably a HDD error?
[02:11] <sintre> then   trs the hdd
[02:11] <sintre> sounds like it
[02:12] <sintre> hdd failure are a pain , sometime sthey came come on slowly then this type of things happen
[02:13] <sintre> once had a new pc , and the controller on the hdd worked then didn't then did
[02:13] <sintre> pain to get a replacement
[02:13] <sintre> got a space hdd enclosure around?
[02:13] <sintre> spare
[02:13] <DarinMiller_> Donald_ET3: install gnome-disk-utility and use it to review your hard drives SMART data.
[02:14] <Donald_ET3> Hmmm, maybe SSDs do have some merits... when I play audio, the disk activity light goes solid even if I'm not doing anything. I suppose the HDD can't handle the vibration?
[02:14] <sintre> na , they're meant to spin lol
[02:14] <sintre> but they can go bad just like anything
[02:14] <Donald_ET3> I guess so
[02:14] <sintre> i have some that lasted 8 years others dead in 6 months
[02:15] <sintre> i use ssd myself in my to notebooks
[02:15] <sintre> haven't had a problem so far
[02:15] <sintre> but the logngevity of them is still up for time to tell on a whole
[02:15] <sintre> biggest problem now is i have more platter hdd's than i know what to do with
[02:15] <sintre> sitting on like 2 tb of drives lol
[02:16] <sintre> they come in handy though once an awhile
[02:17] <sintre> kde partition manager can give a mini smart report
[02:18] <sintre> doesn't work on my ssd for some reason though
[02:18] <Donald_ET3> Okay, I'll try that as soon as I rescue a bit of data I didn't backup and reinstall the OS.
[02:21] <DarinMiller_> Donald_ET3:  kde partition manager can be installed on your current enviro (if its not already installed).  Check your driver to ensure its good before re-installing...
[02:24] <Donald_ET3> Okay, KDE Partition Manager says "SMART status: good", "Bad sectors: 1"
[02:25] <sintre> does it say na by most of the tests
[02:25] <Donald_ET3> yes
[02:25] <sintre> ok not full report like mine
[02:27] <sintre> try the gnome-disk-utility
[02:27] <sintre> that darrin recomended
[02:27] <Donald_ET3> "errors resulting from shock and vibration: 107"
[02:27] <sintre> hmm where did that come from
[02:27] <DarinMiller_> Donald_ET3: Laptop?
[02:27] <sintre> kdde part?
[02:27] <Donald_ET3> Yea, this is a laptop
[02:29] <Donald_ET3> intersting to know
[02:30] <sintre> darin downloaded gnome-disk-utility  doesn't seem to have a feature to check smart settings
[02:30] <DarinMiller_> Donald_ET3: if gnome-disk-utility give you a clean bill of health, you should be fine to re-install.  But without hands on, I don't know what else to advise.
[02:30] <DarinMiller_> It's the hamburger icon at the top.
[02:31] <sintre> lol there it is
[02:31] <Donald_ET3> So, should I just use apt to install it to a live system, or is it more complicated than that?
[02:33] <DarinMiller_> ?
[02:33] <DarinMiller_> Did you live boot to run the test?
[02:33] <sintre> well do you want to install ontop of a potentiall already failing hdd?
[02:35] <Donald_ET3> Well, I am in a live environment. Does apt work in a live environment?
[02:35] <sintre> yes
[02:36] <Donald_ET3> okay
[02:36] <sintre> sudo apt install gnome-disk-utility
[02:36] <DarinMiller_> yes, but it only installs to your live enviro unless you chroot....
[02:36] <Donald_ET3> good
[02:39] <Donald_ET3> Okay, SMART data from GNOME Disks says "Disk is OK, one bad sector"
[02:39] <Donald_ET3> Alright then.
[02:39] <sintre> wlel then gues sonly one way to find out then
[02:40] <Donald_ET3> :D
[02:40] <sintre> give it an install
[02:40] <DarinMiller_> Donald_ET3: a few bad sectors are typical.
[02:40] <sintre> why is ystem completely went down still the mystery
[02:40] <sintre> without any  kinda of causation
[04:30] <luis_> Hello all
[04:30] <sintre> hi
[04:30] <luis_> Can you setup the chat client to connect to Facebook
[04:30] <luis_> I have Google Chat working but not Facebook
[04:31] <sintre> no clue personally , as i don't use facebook
[04:31] <luis_> Any?
[04:31] <sintre> what program are you using to try to connect
[04:31] <luis_> Anyone?
[04:31] <sintre> new years weekend alot of people out get smashed :)
[04:32] <luis_> IM Contact
[04:33] <luis_> I should be getting wasted.
[04:33] <luis_> lol
[04:34] <luis_> My mic isn't working either
[04:34] <luis_> I'm trying to move to kde over Gnome
[04:34] <luis_> Things just worked on Gnome
[04:35] <sintre> i looked at that basic im that come sout the box seems no option t configure facebook chat , but i'm using 16.04
[04:36] <luis_> Thanks! Any clue about the internal mic not working
[04:36] <sintre> well i'm not gonna talk you into staying or leaving , but normally people have little unqiue problems with time you can either fix or work around
[04:37] <sintre> notebook i assume?
[04:37] <sintre> have you updated , and then upgraded if this is a new install?
[04:37] <luis_> Yes! I'm sticking with KDE for a bit.
[04:38] <luis_> Yes! It's a new install. I've updated but I'll run it again now. Just for shit and giggles
[04:38] <sintre> install back ports ?
[04:38] <sintre> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports
[04:39] <sintre> then sudo apt full-upgrade
[04:39] <sintre> wb darin
[04:39] <DarinMiller> thanks sintre :)
[04:39] <sintre> luis_ has mic and facebook chat problem can you help trouble shoot
[04:39] <DarinMiller> sure.
[04:40] <luis_> Thanks guys
[04:40] <luis_> I'm updated
[04:40] <sintre> ok lets figure out mic problem atleast
[04:40] <sintre> what doesn't it work in
[04:40] <luis_> Yes! I had my team laughing at me on Google Hangout because I had mic issues
[04:41] <luis_> lol
[04:41] <luis_> The internal mic. Doesn't pick up my voice
[04:41] <luis_> I know it works. I used it before installing Kubunut
[04:41] <luis_> Kubuntu
[04:42] <sintre> right click on little speaker icon
[04:42] <luis_> I have an intel motherboard
[04:42] <luis_> Yep
[04:42] <sintre> then  click on input devices
[04:42] <sintre> what volume does it say mic is
[04:42] <luis_> full
[04:43] <sintre> is there a red bar by lil microphone in that?
[04:43] <luis_> No red bar. Just a blue volume adjustment
[04:44] <sintre> k in drop down menu do you have another option
[04:44] <luis_> There's a button with a speaker looking thing
[04:44] <sintre> yes that inside that tab
[04:45] <sintre> should say port
[04:45] <sintre> if you can switch to internal mic to mic
[04:45] <sintre> try that
[04:46] <luis_> Let me try
[04:49] <luis_> It showing builtin Audio Analog Stereo
[04:50] <sintre> thats config tab
[04:50] <sintre> i believe
[04:50] <sintre> under input devices
[04:50] <sintre> if not new plan c lol
[04:51] <luis_> Aside note, is the backport stable software
[04:51] <luis_> ?
[04:51] <sintre> yes
[04:52] <luis_> Okay
[04:54] <sintre> best idea to reboot after full-upgrade
[04:55] <luis_> I have a python conflict after installing backport
[04:55] <luis_> Doing a dist-upgrade
[04:57] <sintre> hmm , never had that problem myself
[04:58] <sintre> went thru around 15 installs working and playing with my new lappy over last month or so
[04:58] <luis_> Waiting on the dist-upgrade to finish. 71 packages are being updating
[04:59] <DarinMiller> luis_: to fix the conflict, try sudo apt upgrade -f
[04:59] <luis_> Is that the same as sudo apt-get install -f
[04:59] <sintre> get command isn't needed
[04:59] <sintre> i believe
[05:00] <luis_> Yeah, I'm old school
[05:00] <luis_> lol
[05:00] <luis_> getting used to just using the newer apt
[05:01] <DarinMiller> luis_: yes, both apt and apt-get work, but apt is a slightly new package manager interface but work essentially the same as apt-get.
[05:02] <luis_> Yes, yes
[05:02] <sintre> as for tresting is there any  lile simpleton mic recording software in the repo
[05:02] <luis_> I like that it give you a bit more graphical informantion on the terminal
[05:02] <sintre> so he doesn't have to try to voice chat somebody
[05:03] <DarinMiller> apt-get always confused me as I have to type 2 verbs to install something: get and install. (I would always forget the install command as I would think that "get" was the command).
[05:04] <DarinMiller> luis_: sudo apt install audacity
[05:04] <luis_> DarinMiller: I hated typing out that long command too
[05:05] <DarinMiller> :)
[05:05] <luis_> sintre: Should I install the intel drivers
[05:05] <luis_> ?
[05:05] <sintre> sure no harm
[05:05] <DarinMiller> ^^
[05:05] <sintre> darin?
[05:06] <DarinMiller> I was ditto'ing your comment :)
[05:06] <sintre> ohh ok
[05:06] <sintre> making sure it wasn't another ut-oo moment
[05:06] <sintre> that guy never came back lol
[05:06] <sintre> j/l  :P
[05:06] <DarinMiller> :)
[05:07] <sintre> as for driver what that command to snagg that driver fetching app in disocver
[05:07] <sintre> see if somethign else he may be missing
[05:09] <luis_> Just Googled. The intel is for Graphic
[05:09] <DarinMiller> I recommend the Driver Manager in System Settings... don't recall the command at the moment...
[05:09] <sintre> thats fine
[05:09] <DarinMiller> luis_: updates complete?
[05:09] <luis_> No
[05:09] <luis_> lol
[05:10] <luis_> Still going
[05:10] <DarinMiller> ok, np
[05:11] <DarinMiller> Is this a 16.04 or 16.10 install?
[05:11] <luis_> 16.04
[05:12] <DarinMiller> Make/model of PC?
[05:12] <luis_> BRb with that
[05:13] <luis_> I forgot the command for grabbing specs
[05:13] <sintre> if it works in gnome we'll find a way to make it work :)
[05:13] <sintre> but it may take awhile
[05:13] <luis_> haha
[05:13] <sintre> :)
[05:14] <luis_> installing sudo apt install audacity
[05:14] <DarinMiller> updates are done?
[05:15] <luis_> YEs
[05:15] <DarinMiller> before trying audacity, lets just try Multimedia option in  System Settings
[05:16] <luis_> sudo apt upgrade -f had nothing to update
[05:16] <DarinMiller> good
[05:16] <luis_> DarinMiller: Multimedia?
[05:16] <sintre> settings> sytem settings
[05:16] <DarinMiller> Launch System Settings
[05:16] <sintre> multimedia
[05:17] <DarinMiller> luis_: are you familiar with krunner?
[05:17] <luis_> Woah! Now I'm getting errors when I right click on the speaker
[05:17] <sintre> reboot
[05:17] <luis_> okay. brb
[05:17] <DarinMiller> yes reboot
[05:17] <luis_> brb
[05:23] <DarinMiller> hmmm, must not have as SSD or the upgrade did not go so well...
[05:23] <sintre> well not sure  what he installred before he got to channel
[05:24] <sintre> as i'said he gota  python conflict from installing backports?
[05:24] <sintre> never had that happen , on his own decided to do a ful distro upgrade
[05:24] <sintre> wb
[05:24] <luis_> sintre:
[05:24] <luis_> Guess what?
[05:24] <sintre> what
[05:25] <luis_> Not only is the interace a lot nicer. All that wasn't working is now working
[05:25] <luis_> that backport upgrade did it
[05:25] <sintre> now is your mic working
[05:25] <luis_> Yes
[05:25] <sintre> :)
[05:26] <sintre> ok now we gotta figure out how to get you on facebook chat
[05:26] <sintre> and i can't help as i don't use facebook lol
[05:26] <DarinMiller> Yes, I wish Canonical will allow the backports updates be moved the default repos.  So many issues with base 16.04.
[05:26] <luis_> haha
[05:27] <luis_> Since I'm new to Kubuntu I don't read the blogs
[05:27] <sintre> luis_ irony this was convo before you czcame in
[05:27] <luis_> wasn't aware that I had to add the backport n
[05:27] <sintre> https://thepasteb.in/p/k5hY81WjqmzUE
[05:28]  * sintre has pie on face
[05:28] <sintre> well some how one down to go
[05:29] <sintre> one down one to go hehe
[05:29] <luis_> I have another one
[05:29] <luis_> haha
[05:29] <luis_> sintre: http://pastebin.com/xuBzzv4U
[05:31] <sintre> no clue where to start with that :)
[05:32] <luis_> haha
[05:32] <DarinMiller> luis_: try installing from the command line:  sudo apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
[05:32] <luis_> Reading package lists... Done
[05:32] <luis_> Building dependency tree
[05:32] <luis_> Reading state information... Done
[05:33] <luis_> ttf-mscorefonts-installer is already the newest version (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2).
[05:33] <luis_> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
[05:33] <luis_> sintre:
[05:34] <sintre> so all well?
[05:34] <luis_> sintre: It's the info alert. It keeps popping up that it failed
[05:35] <luis_> sintre: Thanks for your help.
[05:35] <luis_> you too DarinMiller
[05:35] <DarinMiller> luis_: safe to ignore.  Looks like the adale32.exe package has been removed from http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/
[05:36] <DarinMiller> np luis_, I didn't help much. sintre did all the heavy lifting :)
[05:36] <luis_> haha
[05:36] <luis_> Just hanging in there with us was enough.
[05:36] <luis_> You could be out there drinking
[05:37] <luis_> Or with your family
[05:37] <luis_> :-)
[05:37] <DarinMiller> Wife is sick in bed, so this is a good distraction :)
[05:37] <sintre> thx for compliments guys
[05:38] <sintre> but really it was luis_ who helped enough so we could help him
[05:38] <sintre> its kind hard when somebody says erm my pc don't boot make it
[05:39] <luis_> haha
[05:39] <luis_> Damn it
[05:39] <luis_> You won't believe it
[05:39] <luis_> My sound is out
[05:39] <luis_> haha
[05:39] <luis_> but the mic works
[05:39] <luis_> haha
[05:39] <luis_> I'm not joking
[05:39] <sintre> of course there couldn't be a happy ending
[05:39] <sintre> na i believe you
[05:40] <sintre> what program were you using , chance its switching it on and off depending
[05:41] <luis_> sintre: I'm just running Youtube
[05:41] <luis_> no sound
[05:41] <sintre> ok go back to audio tab like before but this time al the way to right with the tab that say config
[05:41] <sintre> drop down box that says profile
[05:41] <sintre> start going thru each
[05:42] <sintre> until sound come back on  'hopefully'
[05:42] <luis_> haha
[05:42] <luis_> I was doing that now
[05:42] <sintre> also if you closed audicity / or a mic chat program , look in ksystemguard
[05:42] <sintre> and see if one of the programs crashed on closing
[05:43] <sintre> if so kill em
[05:43] <luis_> No
[05:43] <luis_> That did it
[05:43] <luis_> both mic and sound is back
[05:43] <luis_> lol
[05:43] <luis_> Yay
[05:44] <sintre> ok thank god lol
[05:44] <DarinMiller> sweet!
[05:44] <sintre> yea better not give us a bad new years weekend luis_ :)
[05:45] <luis_> haha
[05:45] <luis_> I have tons to learn about the Kde DE
[05:45] <luis_> kmail
[05:45] <sintre> its cool but has quirks at times
[05:45] <DarinMiller> If you have more than one soud devcie like an HDMI output, stereo output and line out.  you may need to disable the device you don't use so that the preferred options are the default.
[05:45] <luis_> Why?
[05:45] <sintre> i like it atm over and DE though
[05:46] <luis_> To be honest. I live in the terminal.
[05:46] <luis_> What I can't live without is notification
[05:47] <luis_> Sounds silly, but with my phone, I don't miss a thing
[05:47] <luis_> I wanted that for my desktop too
[05:47] <DarinMiller> luis_:  do you have kdeconnect installed on your phone?
[05:47] <luis_> Big bonus... I can run krunner and it knows my bookmards
[05:48] <luis_> bookmarks
[05:48] <luis_> I'm sold alone with that
[05:48] <luis_> DarinMiller: I have an Iphone?
[05:48] <luis_> Isn't it only for Android
[05:48] <luis_> ?
[05:49] <DarinMiller> Maybe.  I know the devs were discussing an IOS release, but I never heard if that was completed....
[05:49] <DarinMiller> https://community.kde.org/KDEConnect: Connect clients on KDE, Android and Blackberry, and soon we will support iPhone as well.
[05:50] <DarinMiller> soon
[05:50] <luis_> It's okay! I'm not an Apple fan. My Nexus broke on me and I"m using an old friend Iphone 4
[05:50] <luis_> lol
[05:51] <sintre> i use a cheap 30 dollar android phone
[05:51] <sintre> i held out as long as i can with a flip phone
[05:51] <sintre> but dumb bank kept wanting text confirmation for purchases on cc
[05:51] <DarinMiller> LOL.  I held out as long as I could for no cell phone...
[05:51] <luis_> Is this Gary?
[05:51] <sintre> pissed me off trying to use old dial pad
[05:52] <luis_> sintre: You sound like my coworker Gary
[05:52] <sintre> lol not sure if thats good , but no contact before tonight and this chat i promise
[05:52] <sintre> :)
[05:52] <luis_> haha
[05:53] <luis_> sintre: should I break something so we can fix it?
[05:53] <luis_> lol
[05:53] <sintre> na , come monday lol
[05:53] <sintre> i have long day tomorrow almost done with my obligated "apearances
[05:54] <sintre> then holidays over thank god
[05:54] <luis_> That's something Gary would say
[05:54] <luis_> lol
[05:54] <sintre> lol
[05:54] <luis_> I just have to configure everything and then I'm done
[05:54] <luis_> haha
[05:54] <[Relic]> then time to get rid of the 12000 calories you put on
[05:55] <sintre> yea hey only 3 pounds gained so far
[05:55] <sintre> but heard tha takes like 20 miles to job off
[05:55] <sintre> not lookin forward to it
[05:55] <luis_> Hey, why doesn't the menu calendar dispaly my Google events?
[05:55] <sintre> jog
[05:55] <sintre> tell goggle to go to hell  > something gary would say
[05:56] <luis_> haha
[05:56] <luis_> That is so something he would say
[05:56] <luis_> sintre == Gary
[05:56] <luis_> lol
[05:57] <sintre> lol
[05:57] <DarinMiller> well guys, I am done for the night.  TTL. gn
[05:57] <sintre> well i'm gonna head off on a good note , luis_  hope you hang around alot of good help to be found here
[05:58] <sintre> i'm off to shower and get ready for tomorrow
[05:58] <luis_> Thanks guess
[05:58] <sintre> night luis darin and relic or whoever is around the chat
[05:58] <[Relic]> Bye  :)
[05:59] <sintre> night and happy and safe new years eve!
[05:59] <luis_> sintre: night..
[08:55] <Bvhgh> Hi
[08:55] <Bvhgh> Is anybody
[08:55] <Bvhgh> ?
[08:56] <Bvhgh> Hat
[09:28] <prabhakar> which text editor is a better option for an intermediate programmer? gedit kate vim or emacs?
[10:53] <IrcsomeBot2> MySQL was removed by: MySQL
[10:58] <viewer|19863> I installed kubuntu 16.10 on usb. Booted to usb. Now I'm just getting a black screen with the task bar. When I click on "install kubuntu 16.10" it'll pop up for a bit then the window will disappear, so I can't install 16.10. I've download the torrent on different computers and used on different usbs.
[10:59] <viewer|19863> what's wrong or is it possible to upgrade to 16.10 from 14.04 via cli?
[11:04] <koffeinfriedhof> viewer|19863: you couldnt upgrade from 14.04 to 16.10 directly. First upgrade to 16.04 (next LTS)
[11:05] <koffeinfriedhof> But you'll prefer a clean installation and just copy the things you need. There was much changed from 14.04 to 16.04 (systemd, new plasma,...)
[11:05] <viewer|19863> I couldn't get the 16.10 torrent to work so I tried the 14.04 one. That worked. Is it sudo do-release-upgrade to update to 16.04?
[11:06] <koffeinfriedhof> Yes. But it is NOT recommended to upgrade from 14.04 to 16.04. But have a try or download the 16.04 ISO directly.
[11:07] <viewer|19863> alright. Will try that iso first.
[11:07] <viewer|19863> thanks happy new year.
[11:07] <koffeinfriedhof> good luck :)
[12:01] <BluesKaj> Happy New Year folks !
[17:23] <jubo2> y0
[17:23] <jubo2> what was the name of that app discovery app
[17:23] <jubo2> the GUI thingy to avoid 'apt search something'
[17:23] <jubo2> I need some .pdf viewer that doesn't do a messy job at it
[17:24] <jubo2> LibreOffice Draw not doing the job well
[17:24] <jubo2> I'm remembering the name of the software I'm looking for ... ocular.. ?
[17:24] <jubo2> I 'apt show ocular'
[17:24] <jubo2> no, nope
[17:25] <jubo2> not even with 'search ocular'
[17:27] <efeciftci> okular
[17:28] <efeciftci> and it comes preinstalled with kubuntu afaik
[17:29] <lethu> not the 16.10 version
[17:29] <lethu> it comes with libreoffice as default viewer for pdf files
[17:32] <efeciftci> my bad :)
[17:40] <lethu> :)
[17:43] <kus> Hi, I have a question about networking. so I have a domain through go daddy and I added an a record for subdomain.domain.tld and pointed it to my digitalocean box I then did ping subdomain.domain.tld but I get 184.168.221.18 which is godaddy's ip address not my digital ocean box. Did I do something wrong? It has been over 24 hours since I added the a record so I assume it should have propagated. Also going to https://subdomain.domain.
[17:43] <kus> tld gets me to my do box but for some reason http://subdomain.domain.tld doesn't redirect to https. thank you for your help
[18:02] <jubo2> thanks for infos efeciftci and lethu
[19:50] <lordblueblaze> hey
[19:58] <murthy> Wish you all a happy and prosperous new year!
[20:36] <hay207> Hi, i got a problem with a game from steam
[20:37] <hay207> Warhammer, dawn of war 2, using ubuntu 14.04, amd 8500m hybrid
[21:44] <luis_> hola
[21:44] <luis_> What are you guess using for backing up your files?
[21:44] <luis_> guys**
 Not a guy, but i'll say anyway: rsync rules
 Luis_ ^^^
[22:30] <dorien> ?
[22:50] <lethu> luis_, luckybackup
[22:51] <lethu> hay207_, what is your problem, can you elaborate please?
[23:08] <luis_> IrcsomeBot2: guys in general means everyone... lol