[00:29] <rundata> Hey people
[00:30] <penguin42> hey
[00:30] <rundata> I need a bit of help man. You got 5?
[00:31] <penguin42> well, not technically a help channel, but ask
[00:32] <rundata> I've loaded ubuntu live onto a USB stick and Booted it on my Asus t100-ta transformer style "laptop" and when x loads it goes all weird man
[00:32] <rundata> Also its cool I know man. Just wondered if someone, somewhere somehow, some when.. Lol.. Might be able to help
[00:33] <penguin42> can you define 'all weird'
[00:34] <rundata> Anyway. Basically ubuntu loads x. X (I assume) decides to assign the left hand side of the screens boundry to be about 500 or so pixels right of the edge of the screen
[00:35] <penguin42> ah
[00:35] <penguin42> is this the internal LCD?
[00:35] <rundata> And like . "wrap" the rest so that the furthest right of the screen is actually the first 500 (or so) horizontal pixels of the screen
[00:35] <rundata> I pray that is somewhat comprehendable lol
[00:36] <penguin42> yeh sounds like it's just wrapped a bit
[00:36] <rundata> Sorry..  Pretty fucked on coke and trying to configure this shit to work... Not a good combo. Or even a good choice but oh well.. Here we are lol
[00:36] <penguin42> yeh I guessed
[00:37] <rundata> I've literally never encountered this shit before.
[00:37] <rundata> X not working.  Fine. Error logs. W.e fix it
[00:37] <penguin42> rundata: Is this the internal LCD that's screwy or an external?
[00:37] <rundata> This technically works. No errors. Much stress lol
[00:38] <rundata> Internal bro
[00:38] <rundata> However... Additionally. It randomly adjusts the screen orientation
[00:38] <rundata> Also the capacitive touch display is borked
[00:39] <penguin42> which ubuntu version?
[00:39] <rundata> Dropped it and smashed screen lol. In windows I've just disabled the touch screen but not sure how to replicate ij n li ux
[00:39] <rundata> Lijn
[00:40] <penguin42> notes, X generally doesn't work on smashed screens
[00:40] <rundata> Yeah.. On a bloody tablet now desperately trying to get help. Sorry for shut autocorrect
[00:41] <rundata> Can't I like... Somehow maybe..
[00:41] <rundata> I have an idea
[00:41] <rundata> The touch screen is detected as a USB device.... One cable comes off the screen
[00:41] <rundata> A ribbon
[00:41] <penguin42> yeh
[00:42] <penguin42> rundata: So anyway, my guess on the display is it's upset by the 1366x768 res - I've seen similar problems on some others; I'd try fighting with an xrandr line
[00:42] <rundata> 5 fuckers on that ribbon are a USB right? It would appear so
[00:42] <penguin42> rundata: as for the touchscreen hmm - I'd expect you can probably configure that out not tried it though
[00:43] <rundata> You reckon its possible to physically cut the ribbon in the right place
[00:43] <rundata> Mebbeh
[00:43] <penguin42> bit drastic
[00:44] <rundata> Risky but what have I got to lose lol
[00:44] <rundata> I've already broke the micro USB port (the only port that acts as a charging socket)
[00:45] <penguin42> is there anything left of this poor thing
[00:46] <rundata> I might stream this shit lol. Really need as oscilloscope. Maybe I can use a 5v motor and guess pins 1-5 from 5v to ground lol
[00:48] <rundata> Not much man. I broke up with my ex (random fact, linked to next titbit tho..), so I kinda went postal a bit.. (Newfact also due my first child(girl) in 8 days!!)  And she pulled the "yoiu will never see your daughter" card. So yeah.. Its pretty fucked
[00:48] <rundata> Also yay me lo!
[00:49] <penguin42> suggests sleep may be the best way of dealing with this machine
[00:50] <rundata> But yeah.. Technically.. You reckon the ribbon from screen (only link from physical screen to board) holds a uan portion I could just exactoknife away?
[00:51] <rundata> I dunno why I'm asking.  Lol. We both know I'm gonna regret this in the morning lol
[00:51] <rundata> Fancy seeing if it works?
[00:52] <rundata> Just need a 5v something.. !maybe a usb flash drive! That could work
[00:52] <rundata> That or......
[00:53] <rundata> What you reckon my chances of manually charging the lithium battery without blowing my hands off are?
[00:55] <rundata> I literally know you electricity flows. In a direction. Somehow. And things can. Spark. I once fished a bit of exploded light bulb out of a Pixar logo style lamp. Forgetting, or not realising, I had to turn off the mains
[00:55] <rundata> Literally wired a solar panel to a car battery with a diode on positive to stop back flow
[00:56] <rundata> Anyone know someone I can hire? Im pretty sure I can't achieve anything I've set out to do tonight lo?
[00:56] <rundata> Lol
[00:57] <rundata> Like. I could literally pay a random Facebook person to solder a new micro usb port on
[00:58] <rundata> But fuck it. Let's build a charging circuit cos its too hard to solder it myself (too small, shakes, twisted up and wrecked).....(me that is lp
[00:59] <rundata> So fuck it
[00:59] <rundata> Let's wire a charger direct to the battery yeah?
[01:00] <rundata> Phone chargers work when plugged  into the USB of a phone right? And you can get chargers that charge a spare battery
[01:01] <rundata> Laptop only has 5v 2A coming in... Maybe if I just wire a phone charger directly to the battery.... It should work right?
[01:02] <rundata> Penguin42 ?
[01:03] <penguin42> it'll have gone through a DC-DC converter etc before the battery
[01:03] <rundata> You reckon the charging circuit in a mobile charger could charge a laptop battery that charges off of a 5v phone USB charger directly?
[01:03] <penguin42> no
[01:04] <rundata> Hmm probably yeah.. I bet those chargers can't charge a phone directlt the way the send charge to a battery inserted into it
[01:04] <penguin42> the phone 'chargers' are normally just USB powersupplies - all the charging circuitry is in the phone
[01:04] <penguin42> and/or phone/battery
[01:04] <rundata> Sneaky gets probably reversed the charging circuit and made a cheap version that does the as!e
[01:05] <rundata> Yeah same input
[01:05] <rundata> Different dc-dc converter to rejig the voltage and amps and timing for the battery
[01:07] <rundata> So... Do I risk losing a battery (possibly also a limb) and fudge a charging circuit with no soldering iron. No knowledge of electrical engineering and a head full of narcotics
[01:07] <rundata> Or go sleep
[01:07] <rundata> .... Shall I record it?
[01:07] <rundata> Lol
[01:07] <penguin42> sleep seems the sanest thing
[01:09] <rundata> Well you say that
[01:10] <rundata> But how awesome woul (literally, probably, solely for me)
[01:11] <rundata> Would it be.. Realised the "would it be" part should have been after the brackets.. I failed
[01:11]  * rundata commits the Japanese word for self disgraced suicide
[01:12] <rundata> Wanna say haricari harycari? Harry carry? :o
[01:12] <rundata> Sleep you say?
[01:12] <rundata> :p
[01:15] <rundata> Penguiin42 so sorry dude... Lol bet this channel doesn't see as much shit spoken even during class times when hundreds of students come in asking a solution for an obscure question asked by a sneaky ninja guru teacher
[01:16] <rundata> Cocaine. A hell of a drug
[01:16] <rundata> Lol
[01:16] <penguin42> I did consider pointing that out, but there didn't seem much point
[01:18] <penguin42> anyway, the original question of a skewed X was reasonable enough
[01:19] <rundata> Lol. Soz man. Been about since I was a kid. I literally am ashamed I've had to come back on irc and ask this.. Also happy cos I've spammed a few old mates I haven't spoke to in years
[01:19] <rundata> But hey lol
[01:20] <penguin42> I've not seen that one before, but  X breakages with 1366 displays is not too unusual, and tablets are a bit odd
[01:20] <rundata> Righto.. What yuou reckon could be skewing the display drawing area? Personally I don't think it's to do with the broken screen
[01:20] <rundata> Mainly cos up until 3/4 of the way through boot. It displays correctly. Then.. Ahh! Even the cli goes skewed
[01:21] <rundata> So its not x
[01:21] <penguin42> rundata: 1366 isn't divisible by 8 - it confuses some things
[01:22] <rundata> It's something loaded (not gone a say it but perhaps... The display driver? Lol) after the basic bootloader is done doing its shizzle?
[01:22] <penguin42> yeh
[01:22] <rundata> Brainstorm. Possible solutions?
[01:22] <penguin42> last time I hit it (quite a while ago) I found a 1366x758 mode line and hacked it with xrandr
[01:23] <rundata> Force a display mode within "normal"/" expected " ranges?
[01:23] <penguin42> or just give it a 1360 res
[01:24] <rundata> Soz I wish I could try it now. But the whole USB pott borked. Smashed out me tree etx
[01:24] <penguin42> rundata: It might be something specific to how that tablet drives its LCD
[01:24] <rundata> Etc
[01:24] <rundata> Mebbe. I fear it might be tbh.. But this is a new path to test.
[01:24]  * penguin42 wonders if this works like the balmer peak; I wouldn't know
[01:24] <rundata> Bal!er peak?
[01:25] <rundata> Ffs who puts a ! Next to m
[01:25] <penguin42> rundata: https://xkcd.com/323/
[01:25] <rundata> Onscreen shitboard moarliek
[01:26] <rundata> Lmao I remember now haha
[01:26] <rundata> Best coding I ever did was on methcathinone
[01:27] <rundata> Or maybe methlyaminopropysomething
[01:27]  * penguin42 sticks to chocolate
[01:27] <rundata> 5 days straight. No sleep. Wrote a pure code website
[01:27] <rundata> Php SQL ajax css
[01:28] <penguin42> that explains a lot about many websites
[01:28] <rundata> Literally it was a pixel perfect clone of the LCARs system in star trek (next gen in particular lol)
[01:28] <penguin42> perhaps earl grey might be more effective at helping you get some sleep
[01:29] <rundata> So awesome. I used pingdom.com speed test and tweaked it using the suggestions
[01:29] <rundata> Eventually it said "your website is 100% faster than all websites tested"
[01:30] <rundata> Granted they probably round up and I was simply in the top percentile
[01:30] <rundata> But still. Mcat
[01:30] <rundata> Hell of a drug
[01:30] <rundata> Lol :p
[01:30] <rundata> Moral of the story is....
[01:32] <rundata> Don't do drugs and irc. You will literally make almost no sense. Gratuitously over (and mis)use the word "literally" and mildly entertain whilst simultaneously pissing off a few people trying to just irc
[01:32] <rundata> Also hi
[01:32] <rundata> Lol
[01:33] <penguin42> erm yes
[01:34] <rundata> So.. To turn to more non computer topics.. Being as noone is here to moan that we are off channel topic
[01:34] <rundata> Never any drugs ever?
[01:34] <rundata> Tried I mean
[01:36] <penguin42> nope, and that is getting off topic very much
[01:36] <rundata> Good man (I assume male) never go this route lol
[01:37] <rundata> Might feel great. But FFS. Just look at me. Even over irc I manage to be a shining example of why not to di druga
[01:37] <rundata> Do drugs.
[01:37] <rundata> Or use tablets without checking spelling
[01:38] <rundata> *drops mic and walks out*
[01:38] <rundata> Sorry mike
[01:38] <rundata> .....Terrible hahaha
[01:39] <penguin42> yes, using tablets while on tablets is probably bad
[01:41] <rundata> Not tablets man
[01:42] <rundata> Peruvian marching powder
[01:48] <rundata> As bad as, but subtly different than tablet forms of similar stimuilants. Even itself taken "per os" has a much lower level of bioavailability
[01:48] <rundata> I'm totally gonna get kick banned lol
[01:50] <rundata> Let it be known.. As much as I enjoy stupid stuff. I highly recommend against drugs and maintain that an IRC channel dedicated to helping people with issues with and discussing this GS ra
[01:50] <rundata> Related to Ubuntu
[01:50] <rundata> Is probably not gonna be cool with everyone lol
[01:50] <rundata> As such I'll shut the hell up and hope noone ever reads their irc logs
[01:51] <rundata> The father the sun and a holey toast. Arm sucks
[01:52] <rundata> Please never remind me of this haha
[01:52]  * penguin42 will try to only use it when I need money
[01:54] <rundata> You take buttcoins? Lol
[01:54] <rundata> I can pay in sex
[01:54] <penguin42> best not
[01:54] <rundata> Lol yeah
[01:58] <penguin42> anyway, sleep
[08:26] <brobostigon> morning boys and girls.
[10:30] <santhust>  I have noticed automatic downloads from cdce.sin002.internap.com. Multiple times. I do not understand what for it is, why it occurs, or how to stop it. I have disabled all auto updates, even security updates. Recently, I even did $ sudo systemctl disable apt-daily.timer. But the said auto download occurs even now. Any clues? Suggestions how to stop this?
[11:57] <penguin42> ah, isn't it quiet
[12:06] <zmoylan-pi> sound issues on linux again? :-P
[12:07] <zmoylan-pi> _OR_ you finally conquered your web browser and no videos autoplay anymore? :-)
[12:07] <penguin42> well coincidentally I did have yes; but if you've got scrollback to about 2am it'll make more sense
[12:08] <zmoylan-pi> yes, i saw that earlier....
[12:40] <diddledan> that was .. interesting, penguin42
[12:41] <zmoylan-pi> you don't get the good old late night rantings of yore... :-P
[12:42] <diddledan> no, shauno ragequit
[12:46] <zmoylan-pi> i still feel bad about that...
[14:05] <foobarry> why?
[14:05] <foobarry> wasn't that about 2yrs ago now?
[19:54] <daftykins> zmoylan-pi: so you should ;)
[19:57]  * zmoylan-pi goes out and finds a mac user to give an ice cream to... they've suffered enough... :-P
[20:02] <daftykins> :D
[21:26] <daftykins> weyhey the result of PIA's funded OpenVPN audit - https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/16/openvpn_security_audit/
[21:52] <penguin42> daftykins: Hmm good; but hmm - so one audit found nothing and the other made two CVEs ?
[21:58] <daftykins> makes you wonder!
[21:58] <daftykins> already patched, too
[22:08] <zmoylan-pi> unless... someone got to the auditors to cover their tracks... *dun* *dun* *dun*
[22:57] <Azelphur> Woo, I can add to the list of crazy stuff I've broken again...and now, systemd-boot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0uCQJHqkEk
[22:58] <diddledan> why are you using systemdboot?!
[22:58] <Azelphur> diddledan, recommended for ArchLinux, and it's supposed to be faster
[22:59] <diddledan> "faster" how fast do you need a menu to be?!
[22:59] <Azelphur> diddledan, maybe GRUB would be the better answer, or at the very least an alternative to this brokenness
[23:02] <penguin42> Azelphur: That looks like a disagreement about terminal type/width?!
[23:02] <Azelphur> penguin42, I'd agree :)
[23:02] <penguin42> diddledan: A lot of people never liked Grub 2 that's been in use for a while (last 5 years ish?) - the grub 2 config files are ludicrously complex, I'm not sure if systemd-boot is any better