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HiddenCannonI just installed xubuntu, and now my computer won't start01:53
HiddenCannonPlease help01:53
HiddenCannonI've got a black screen with three messages01:55
HiddenCannon"/dev/sda1: recovering journal"01:55
HiddenCannon"/dev/sda1: Superblock last mount time is in the future.01:55
HiddenCannon"(by less than a day, probably due to the hardware clock being incorrectly set)"01:56
HiddenCannon"/dev/sda1: clean, 6025/15269888 files, 2040187/61049344 blocks"01:56
Unit193How long did you leave it at that point?  Is there screen flashing?  You should remove  'quiet splash'  from the grub boot options.02:03
HiddenCannonHow do I do that? all I have is a blank screen02:03
Deadlock783Okay so I am using xubuntu (duh) and I am having problems with xrandr, it's saying xrandr: failed to get size of gamma for output default....How do I fix this for my monitor so I can setup my two monitors02:57
codebrainzhi. for 16.04, how can I get a volume control in the panel?06:30
codebrainzi tried xfce4-goodies and xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin, neither does anything06:30
codebrainzxfce4-mixer isn't found in repos06:31
Unit193(Answered elsewhere: volumeicon-alsa)07:49
codebrainzyeah, thanks again07:50
Unit193Sure thing, been using it for quite a while. :)07:51
sugardrunkoh thanks :) got the answer about the volume control... was thinking it yesterday totally drunk... now everything is set, more coffee. Thanks commonity.09:28
sugardrunk*munity :)09:28
xubuntu59ihi11:26
xubuntu59iwhat can i do here?11:26
xubuntu59ibye11:27
bliplaphi all, I've always used Xubuntu on my laptops for the lighter weight/performance - but on current hardware Ubuntu and Kubuntu wms run just as fast.   Do you think it's reasonable to still use XFCE in 2017, just because I feel it's more distraction free?   I'll still need to install some Gnome/KDE libs for certain apps.  any thoughts ?13:35
Spassbliplap: hello, my thoughts are 1) people should use whatever they like the most 2) people are leaving IRC after they asked a question way to early13:48
drumcode303how do i do /mount -t autofs /dev/sda1 /mnt/somewhere when i want to mount a specific device by id that is listed in /lsusb, but not in thunar/disks/gparted/fdisk?19:04
drumcode303the output of /lsusb would be: Bus 002 Device 004: ID 1043:8011 name of the usb stick. but how would i integrate the device id into the mount command?19:07
diogenes_try blkid19:09
diogenes_sudo blkid19:09
drumcode303the usb stick is not listed in blkid19:10
diogenes_maybe it has no falesystem?19:10
diogenes_filesystem*19:11
drumcode303it likely has, there is data on it, probably just not recognised yet19:11
diogenes_trylsblk19:11
diogenes_lsblk19:11
drumcode303probably listed as sr019:12
drumcode303judging by size, and it's listed as: rom19:12
diogenes_try sudo fsck /dev/sr019:13
diogenes_but I doubt it's your usb19:13
mrkrampscheck logfiles with dmesg or journalctl19:13
mrkrampsshould tell you what's going on there19:14
diogenes_yes you can try dmesg | grep "sdb" (or sdc)19:14
drumcode3031) fsck for sr0: fsck.ext2: No medium found while trying to open /dev/sr019:19
drumcode3032) dmesg | grep sr0: [    2.268982] sr 5:0:0:0: [sr0] scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray19:19
drumcode303[    2.269133] sr 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr019:19
drumcode303looks like my cd rom that is not powered, but still inside the tower.19:19
drumcode303well, /lsusb clearly shows it though. i wanted to try to mount it by device ID, not a good idea that way?19:20
drumcode303journalctl - can't read anything useable from it i'm afraid19:21
diogenes_i guess you can't mount it by id19:21
diogenes_it's just vendor id and device id whereas you need uuid19:22
diogenes_does gparted show it?19:23
drumcode303no gparted does not show it, not even as unallocated.19:27
mrkrampsbecause your system did not find any block device19:27
diogenes_install gnome-disks19:27
diogenes_then unplug and reconnect it19:27
mrkrampsrather use journalctl -f , unplug and plug it back in … then check the journal output19:28
mrkrampsinstalling gnome-disks is completely pointless for analysing this issue19:28
drumcode303gnome-disk-utility shows as installed in synaptic19:29
diogenes_drumcode303, then type in menu disks19:29
diogenes_sometimes I had more luck with gnome disks than with gparted19:30
drumcode303do i have to do ctrl+c each time the prompt doesn't bring me back to myname@myname:~$ to be able to enter the next command?19:31
drumcode303when i do journalctl -f it suspends in the air it seems, ctrl+c brings me back19:32
mrkrampsdrumcode303, you could use a second terminal window?19:32
mrkrampsbut yeah, journalctl -f follows the journal live and requires a manual exit19:33
drumcode303ahh ok i see.  - want me to copy paste it in here?19:34
mrkrampsno here, but use https://paste.ubuntu.com/ instead19:34
mrkrampsand paste the url here19:34
drumcode303is it a problem that anyone sees my login name? :f19:37
drumcode303better erase before?19:37
diogenes_:) we can hack via ssh :)19:37
drumcode303that everyone could see*19:38
drumcode303https://paste.ubuntu.com/24532508/19:38
mrkrampsthe device should be /dev/sdd19:38
mrkrampsbut it is lacking partions/file system19:39
drumcode303so i go? /mount -t autofs /dev/sdd /mnt/usbstick19:39
mrkrampsdrumcode303, your system did not find something to mount19:40
mrkrampsthere's somthign wrong with the usb stick19:41
mrkrampsor the file system at least19:41
drumcode303i'm sure it was fat32 a year ago19:43
mrkrampshave you tried mounting it with another computer or operating system?19:44
diogenes_drumcode303, if you won't find a workaround for it then, before you go to bed, put your usb stick into the fridge and in the morning try to plug it in again, rumors say it helps or, if it's a firmware failure then you can go to flashboot.ru introduce your VID and PID and see if they have the available recovery software for your device19:44
drumcode303mrkramps: no i haven't, will try that next then.19:44
drumcode303the fridge workaround sounds lovely :D19:45
diogenes_:)19:45
drumcode303thanks a lot for your great help guys!19:46
diogenes_yw19:46
drumcode303disks does recognise at least one of the sticks.19:48
drumcode303if you want to look at no.2 :)) https://paste.ubuntu.com/24532585/19:51
drumcode303this second thumb drive is rather new (32GB) the former was very old (512MB)19:52
drumcode303mrkramps still around?19:54
mrkrampsyes, researching …19:54
drumcode303awesome!19:54
drumcode303gparted error: The driver descriptor says the physical block size is 2048 bytes, but Linux says it is 512 bytes.19:54
drumcode303i'll try both on windows, brb 10minutes.19:55
drumcode303re20:03
mrkrampswb20:04
drumcode303ty:)20:04
drumcode303win recognises the thumb drive, offers to format it, then goes on to say that there is no device in G:/20:05
mrkrampssounds like a hardware issue to me20:06
drumcode303other usb pen drives work though, it is just those two that don't20:07
diogenes_drumcode303, on windows you can try minitool power ecovery20:07
drumcode303can i partition them somehow anyway and waive data recovery?20:09
diogenes_drumcode303, with that software is searches for lost partitions and filesystems and recovers your data first, then you can format it20:10
drumcode303shouldn't linux be able to that as well/better?20:10
diogenes_yes, but you should know how to do that20:11
drumcode303i ran testdisk on one of the sticks a week ago, many i/o errors, but i didn't know how to proceed really.20:11
drumcode303are you referring to this? http://download.cnet.com/MiniTool-Power-Data-Recovery-Free-Edition/3000-2094_4-10561431.html20:13
diogenes_minitool power recovery20:17
diogenes_it recovers 1GB for free, what is more you have to pay20:17
drumcode303once i got away from windows, i don't really feel like going back there to fix problems with proprietary software :P20:18
diogenes_me too, but if you have to recover EXTREMELY important data, then you should,20:20
drumcode303mrkramps: any other notion from the last journalctl btw? should I just dump the thumb drives or could it be some usb issue with my hardware?20:20
drumcode303going to try a different system anyway before i retire them20:21
mrkrampsi'd guess the drives are both broken20:29
mrkrampsyou could try some data recovery with gddrescue and running testdisk on the image20:30
mrkrampsbut i'd not expect much20:30
drumcode303ok tyvm :)20:31
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