[00:06] amirite: no, you would be the first person to have ever tried this in the 13 years Ubuntu has existed [00:06] whats that? [00:08] tomreyn your sarcasm is not appreciated [00:09] the question i have is if anyone has a link/resource guiding through setting up the keyboard and whatever window manager to make the transition more comfortable, i.e. mac os gestures are really super useful [00:09] amirite: sorry :-/ but just a web search would have shown you. === evilnewbie is now known as beaver [00:24] Could anyone take a look at this please https://askubuntu.com/questions/954265 [00:51] RonWhoCares: What is the size of the file? [00:52] ~960 megs [00:53] RonWhoCares: Has anything been able to play any part of the video? [00:53] no [00:54] VLC, the video camera and video editing software "Kdenlive" don't recognize the file [00:57] RonWhoCares: Look at the file with "od /path/to/video.mov | less" and see if there are any obvious large chunks of zeroes. If most of the file is zeroes then you'll at least know that you don't really have anything. [00:58] Jordan_U: It is good data [00:59] - I am not seeing a chunk of 0's [00:59] RonWhoCares: How do you know that the data is good? [01:00] Jordan_U: The error message shows the issue is a corrupt video header [01:01] RonWhoCares: A corrupt video header tells you part of the file is corrupt, it doesn't tell you that's the only part that's corrupt. [01:02] ok [01:03] Jordan_U: Is this hopeless and i need to refilm [01:03] RonWhoCares: I don't know, but it's likely. [01:04] ok === brainwash_ is now known as brainwash [01:17] Jordan_U: I have a better question for you: [01:17] Jordan_U: My video camera has the option to stream HDMI to a computer and bypass recording on an SD card altogether. This seems to make sense for when I am home filming effectively life coaching videos for my youtube channel [01:19] Jordan_U: I use Ubuntu 16.04 desktop on an Acer Spire 5742Z laptop. I think I would need some type of an "HDMI USB input" device and a program to capture the video as I am recording. Do you know if there are programs that would accept a video input feed from an HDMI USB? [01:24] HDMI USB input doesn't make much sense === KindTwo is now known as KindOne [01:38] Is there anywhere else I can ask my question ( the problem is sotpping me from doing much of anything bc of the mess ). I tried forums and here but noone seems to grasp how ubuntu deals with thems ( specifically, directory icons ). [01:39] https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2371009 [01:39] *stopping* [01:39] *themes* [01:41] I would (dleicatly) ask something on #ubuntu-devel but I'm pretty sure I'd get yelled at [01:47] why is my cron not running? I added it to crontab via crontab -u user -e, piping it into a log file and it still doesnt run [01:47] is there a timeout on them? the script takes about 30mins to run [01:48] buggaboosanchez: for your user ~/.icons/custom-cursor-theme ~/.icons/custom-icon-theme ~/.themes/custom-theme [01:49] maslo: cron runs in a limited environment [01:49] specify absolute path to your script [01:56] hello? [01:59] the issue is that it was running fine before, 2 php scripts, 30 minutes apart but the second one depends on the first one so i merged the 2 and now they dont run at all [01:59] it'S the same exact code [01:59] running the file manually works [01:59] but adding it in crontab doesnt seem to run it at all, no logs, no file write etc [01:59] same permissions and owner/group as old file [02:00] does anyone have knowledge about how ubuntu 16.04 handles themes? Specifically7, the folder icon. [02:00] buggaboosanchez: for your user ~/.icons/custom-cursor-theme ~/.icons/custom-icon-theme ~/.themes/custom-theme [02:03] jushur: Thank you. Can you give some definition of what constitues a "icon" vs. a "cursor" ? I know, the answer seemss obvious, but maybe it isn't - I don't want to assume anything. [02:04] buggaboosanchez: id advice to install a theme of each type. and look at what they contain [02:05] for me the /usr/share/icons/Adwaita/16x16/places/folder.png for example, but im not actually using ubuntu on this machine. so path may be different for you. [02:05] jushur: I have a specific svg image that I want to replace dir icons (but need it to be comprehensive / affecting all funcitonality it pertains to). [02:05] jushur: It's a unique image [02:06] I tried something but it didn't work: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2371009 [02:09] buggaboosanchez: my tip would be to make your own theme, then in its index.theme file you put Inherits=Adwaita,gnome,hicolor [02:11] that way your picture will be the main theme, and it will fallback onto the other icons in those themes to fill other icons. [02:11] ok [02:12] So basically your saying I'm screwed [02:13] Hi! I want to remap some keys on my keyboard. I found this - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Custom%20keyboard%20layout%20definitions?action=show&redirect=Howto%3A+Custom+keyboard+layout+definitions but... really isn't there any gui app? I want to remap just a few keys, and I need to learn all of this to do that? :( [02:15] I feel the above doc will be hard to read, because at the very beginning of it, they forgot to explain what is the very first line of the layout file - I mean the "partial default alphanumeric_keys" [02:16] they also forget to explain that "include "latin(type4)" part [02:16] I screwed up all the folder icons in my 16.04 installation (that I've had for a long time). I don't have even close to the knowledge to fix this (I can't ve expected to learn everything about everything can I??). [02:17] So I guess that means I'm stuck with it [02:17] or reinstall the entire system over that [02:25] amazing that he could not ask how to restore default icons.. [02:28] konrados: xkeycaps might be the GUI you're looking for [02:28] sec... [02:29] trying to install apt-get install linux-tools-gcp but getting dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-tools-common_4.4.0-93.116_all.deb (--install): trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/perf.1.gz', which is also in package linux-base 4.5 [02:30] any ideas? [02:33] glitsj16, yeah, although it looks like an app from the 90's :) but I'll give it a try ofc, thanks! [02:34] konrados: I'm from the sixties, so that looked funky futuristic to me :p [02:34] :) [02:44] Paradox23: you can try installing that package via dpkg, using the --force-overwrite option.. or you could manually rename /usr/share/man/man1/perf.1.gz temporarily and compare that with the newly installed man page [02:47] hello everyone. I just reinstalled Ubuntu 16.04 in my laptop. When I boot, Ubuntu loads and I am prompted with my password to start the session. I type it and hit enter, and then the desktop never shows up. I had this problem originally before reinstalling when Ubuntu updated itself, but now I'm having it straight after a fresh install. Any clues on how to solve this and on why this may be happening? === r0Oter is now known as r00ter [02:47] would you happen to know how to make lightdm greeter not to show user/password textbox/prompts?? [02:48] glitsj16: sudo dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-tools-common_4.4.0-93.116_all.deb --force?overwrite so like that? [02:49] Paradox23: put the --force-overwrite bit directly after dpkg [02:50] glitsj16: sudo dpkg --force-overwrite -i /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-tools-common_4.4.0-93.116_all.deb [02:50] Paradox: correct [02:50] you might get a confirmation prompt [02:50] unknown option apperantly [02:51] maybe I got the syntax wrong, let me check in man dpkg [02:52] I tried tweak tool to "restore efaults" on my icons but it didn't change anything. Does that mean tha teven installing a new theme won't help? [02:53] *"Restore Defaults"* [02:54] cant wait for 17.10 [02:54] Is there a newer guide on building your own kernel than https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/BuildYourOwnKernel ? [02:56] Could someone, conceivably, write me a little script that will recursre through each foler properties and set the iccon back to the imaage it was? [03:02] it seems my issue may be related to nouveau drivers. Where should I add nouveau.modeset=0 in grub? At the end? or after a specific section? I'm doing this right after a fresh install [03:03] it seems my issue may be related to nouveau drivers. Where should I add nouveau.modeset=0 in grub? At the end? or after a specific section? I'm doing this right after a fresh install [03:03] sorry didn't mean to send twice [03:07] dckx-s: for testing you can press e to edit your selected grub item and append it to the line starting with "linux" .. if you want to keep it, editing of /etc/default/grub is needed (in that case add it to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX and regenerate grub.cfg [03:09] glitsj16: so I should add it to the line that says "linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-28 (...etc...) quiet splash $vt_handoff nouveau.modeset=0" ... Something like that? [03:10] dckx-s: exactly like that yes [03:11] glitsj16: thanks, I'm booting now with that option [03:11] so, I built a new kernel using the sources for the current kernel version, then I installed it, and attempted to boot into it, and it just stopped right after starting init :-( [03:11] I didn't even change any configuration options. [03:12] glitsj16: Ok, that works. Would you mean explaining me what does that mean? And why does this happen after fresh install? [03:14] Does anyone here think it woudld be wrong to single out some memver of the community and refuse to ehlp the person? [03:14] I'm curious [03:15] buggaboosanchez: I'm pretty sure it's not deliberate. [03:15] krytarik: well [03:15] :o [03:15] <[n0mad]> doesn't really sound like an ubuntu support topic, maybe #ubuntu-offtopic [03:15] dckx-s: it's actually a rather complex issue, but I always found https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernel_mode_setting to be helpful in explaining things like that [03:15] Just if you expect someone to write scripts for you... [03:16] glitsj16: Thanks, I will take a look at that [03:17] dckx-s: it just becomes apparent at first boot, which is usually straight after installing a distro obviously [03:17] I am absolutely screwed with the problem I have. It has basically decapitated any ability to organize data on my system whatsoee. Bene on the ofurm, done asked here repeatedly over the last few mos. I don't want' to destroy my whole fridggin instlal by reinstalling and paving over everythign. It's not right [03:18] buggaboosanchez: what did you do to mess up your icon theme exactly? [03:23] glitsj16: I thought it was a good idea to got theorugh manually into each folder's properties nad change the icon for that folder (until every,single, directory) had been changed (one by one). I didn't reallize that creation of new folders would nogt follow my little scheeme after that. BUT THAT'S NOT ALL! I dint' just set the directories to a single, completely unique, image - oh ho - I used several imagas throughout. The [03:23] idea was great if it owuld have worked. The implementation what shit. Now here I am stuck with this trash for 3 mos and I don't have it in me to take on anothe rlearning curve to fix it (I'm drowning in learning curves now!). I just need someone to walk me through a soln to this so I can get on with my life. [03:24] PS: My laptop battery is at 24% and I don't have a source of power (9f it dies I'll have to come back again another day). [03:24] I'm homeless [03:25] buggaboosanchez: have you tried reinstalling icon theme related packages yet? [03:26] that would be the easiest way to restore defaults i guess [03:26] glitsj16: I'm not sure but probably not [03:26] buggaboosanchez: let's try that.. what ubuntu version are you using? [03:27] While I would love to set ( ALL ) folder icons to a single, custom, image I have --> I would love to just have this mess cleaned up ( I'd still be better off ). [03:27] glitsj16: 16.04 [03:28] glitsj16: but I dont' know exacvlty what you mean. Are you reffering to some apt-get install command? [03:28] buggaboosanchez: we can see how you can achieve that later on if you want and have the time for that.. you need to get back to basic defaults first [03:29] buggaboosanchez: yes, those apt-get install --reinstall commands exactly, for icon-theme related packages [03:29] glitsj16: right [03:29] ty [03:30] glitsj16: there's a "--reinstall" flag? Interesting [03:31] buggaboosanchez: yes there is, that's the syntax used to tell apt to reinstall a package, you could use a GUI app like synaptic too though [03:33] buggaboosanchez, no cursing here [03:33] buggaboosanchez: using a GUI in this case makes it easier to search for installed icon themes, mark those for reinstall and hit a few buttons [03:36] when editing GRUB, custom settings within grub_cmd_linux_default should be added before "quiet splash" or after? Or it doesn't matter? [03:37] dckx-s: order isn't important, just make sure you don't use options more than once and you should be fine [03:38] glitsj16: I launched sofware center but there doesn't seem to be a way to both search / filter stuff as well as filter by "installed" ( button). [03:39] I thought that used to be possible [03:39] I'm down to 17% so maybe have to come back again (and againg and agian) [03:39] buggaboosanchez: never used the 'software center' for more than 10 minutes, and that's too long ago to remember anything else about it [03:40] buggaboosanchez, perhaps you are thinking of synaptic [03:40] unless someone feels like banning me for asking for help [03:40] glitsj16: Thanks. Thing is my touchpad doesn't work (it never does straight after installation). However, in previous installations, I could fix the issue by addind the option "i8041.kbdreset=1"... but now that doesn't have an effect. I can't wrap my mind around the fact that two fresh installations will produce different behaviors on the same computer. And then, that these options will have different effects on the same system. The only [03:40] difference I could think of was that I was adding the options into GRUB in a different order each time [03:40] it doesn't mater [03:40] ty [03:40] I understand === iczero is now known as orezci [03:44] dckx-s: that sounds very odd indeed if the distro's and versions you install offer the same GRUB versions.. if kernel versions differed I could see how that might change things.. did you find that specific i8041 param via a bug report or something? [03:46] glitsj16: I found it on askubuntu. And some people with my same laptop have referred to that as a solution to the trackpad issue in different forums. That always worked for me. But I also never had the nouveau.modeset=0 issue before. It's weird indeed. Perhaps I'm not remembering right and last time I installed 14.04 instead of 16.04. In any case, it's strange that i8042.kbdreset=1 doesn't work now. It seems the synaptics driver is not being loaded [03:50] dckx-s: hmm, the synaptics driver is being deprecated, it's all about libinput now .. but you can still use it though, I do so myself to deal with a semi-dysfunctional touchpad myself.. xserver-xorg-input-synaptics is installed? [03:51] glitsj16: I don't know how to check that [03:52] dckx-s: it might be kernel related also, did you install 16.04.1 or 16.04.3? in any case, try booting a different kernel if you haven't already.. "apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-input-synaptics" should provide you with the details on that [03:53] glitsj16: 16.04.03. Will boot into different kernel, and will also check that command [03:54] dckx-s: yeah, try that first, we can deal with whatever isn't fixed from there on [03:54] glitsj16: not installed [03:55] dckx-s: that explains why synaptics driver isn't used for starters, it won't hurt installing that, in fact it might help [03:56] glitsj16: By other kernel you mean selecting advanced boot options in GRUB? IT seems I only have 4.10.0-28 generic. Will boot into that and install synaptics [03:57] dckx-s: no I meant a different kernel version, like a 4.4 even in 16.04, i think that's still an LTS kernel (not sure) [03:57] take it one step at a time perhaps, if you don't mind rebooting [03:58] dckx-s: after a fresh install it's normal to have only one kernel installed [04:00] glitsj16: I see. I think I don't fully understand what a kernel is then [04:01] dckx-s: it's like your heart, that ages too with every beat :p [04:28] glitsj16: I was trying to connect to quassel on the actual laptop with the issues, but couldn't manage to get this channel to be the active window inside quassel. Anyway, how do I install synaptics? Just sudo apt install synaptics? [04:29] glitsj16: also, xinput list does not list my touchpad [04:29] at all [04:31] dckx-s: no worries, if you mean the driver, use "sudo apt install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics" [04:32] glitsj16: gives me message about unmet dependencies [04:32] dckx-s: there's also a GUI package manager called "synaptic", wasn't sure what you were refering to [04:32] glitsj16: I meant the driver. In any case, is it normal that xinput list doesn't list touchpad at all? [04:33] ok then, I'm confused and irritated, I set up this laptop when 16.10 launched and I really wasn't paying very close attention to the installer's defaults, and that has come back to bite my rear-end in the past few weeks, I'm out of space on my /boot partition to install new kernel updates and it's causing apt to fail to install anything at all, aside from a complete wipe and reload, what are my options [04:33] here? [04:33] dckx-s: can you post the full output of your commandline somewhere so the channel can have a look please? [04:34] glitsj16: http://paste.ubuntu.com/25503337 [04:34] glitsj16: in the past, it would say ELANTECH PS/2 Pointer or something like that [04:34] dckx-s: yup, that's what's usually reported for touchpads [04:35] 16.10 is end of life [04:35] dckx-s: can you post output of the install command too [04:36] glitsj16: http://paste.ubuntu.com/25503352 [04:36] ow, 16.10.. thanks for pointing that out lotuspsychje, still assuming dckx-s was on 16.04 [04:37] lotuspsychje: was that aimed at me or dckx-s ? [04:37] glitsj16: http://paste.ubuntu.com/25503362 this one [04:37] gartral: for you [04:37] yes, I'm on 16.04 [04:38] oops, misfiring braincells about your ubuntu version dckx-s, sorry about that [04:39] lotuspsychje: ok, and? I can't upgrade because there's no room to install a new kernel, and apt refuses to do jack-all because it can't install the new kernel. [04:39] gartral: upgrading on an eol version is a bad idea, would you risk security flaws? [04:41] lotuspsychje: wtf are you talking about? I'm stuck on 16.10 till I can resolve the issue with my kernel and run an upgrade to 17.04 [04:41] !eolupgrade | gartral [04:41] gartral: End-Of-Life is the time when security updates and support for an Ubuntu release stop, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases for more information. Looking to upgrade from an EOL release? See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades [04:42] gartral: its your system, you can do what you like...i just say its a security risk at this point to have 16.10 installed [04:44] dckx-s: do you have PPA's installed that offer X related packages? you should be able to install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.8.2-1ubuntu3.. what's the output of "apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-input-synaptics"? [04:44] lotuspsychje: I KNOW THAT, I'm trying to fix it. but I'm caught in an apt catch-22 [04:45] gartral: try ' sudo apt autoremove ' see if that gets ya the room to release up-grade . will remove old kernels if the package management system is consistent and has the operating head room . [04:45] Bashing-om: it won't remove the old kernels because it tried to install the new one first and fails because there's no room [04:47] gartral: then in such a case that autoremove fails, one does it manually .. and in the case of no operating room it is at the dpkg level . === rkta_ is now known as rkta [04:50] glitsj16: http://paste.ubuntu.com/25503434 [04:51] gartral: While d9-able . a lot of time might be expended . You may be better served to save your personal data and do a clean fresh install of 16.04 . [04:51] gartral: i always cleanout space with bleachbit [04:56] Bashing-om: I'd love to do a full reinstall, but I don't have a spare 2 tb of free drive drives [04:57] well, ok, it's 1.34 tb used [05:00] gartral: Your call, we are just here to help . Do you understand ' sudo dpkg -P linux-image{,-extra}-4.4.0-{46,49,52}-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-{46,49,52}{,-generic} ' ? ... ' dpkg -l | grep linux- ; uname -r ' to know the kernels . You must not mess with that booting kernel. [05:08] since the good samaritan that was helping me left, could anyone here assist me in getting my touchpad working on ubuntu 16.04? I did a freash install and doesn't work. usually, adding i8042.kbdreset=1 on GRUB did the trick. Now, ti doesn't help. Touchpad is not listed as it used to (ELANTECH PS/2) on xinput. but it sort of showed up on less/proc/bus/input/devices [05:27] Hello? [05:27] is anyone there? [05:29] yes, me, you and 1043 other people [05:38] hey hey [05:39] I have a podcast and we run discord. for longer interviews, i would like to have the audio input for discord always on but no such feature exists. so i was hoping to find a tool that will just hold down a key of my choice but only in a certain window [05:43] plex_dave: actually, if you setup a second discord and route the audio to that from pulseaudio with discords' audio trigering it should work automatically [05:44] I am using a jack system, but i like where you're going. i don't think i quite catch what you're saying though [05:46] Are you suggesting that with 2 instances of discord I can trick the application into thinking there's audio input when there is not? [05:48] plex_dave: no, because I'm sure you're going to want to talk to the people on discord, you're going to need another instance to sink your feed audio into discord if you're broadcasting to an an audiance room and talking to your intervewees in a hosts room [05:49] oh, no that's not what I need it for [05:49] but that's not a terrible idea for the future actually [05:50] If we have people chime in from discord normally during the show, they're just listening through icecast and chatting, and they mention that they have something to say, kill the icecast, and we bring them in. [05:51] what we want though, is for a longer interview with someone, we don't want to have to hold push-to-talk the entire time and the voice detection on discord isn't good at all, so using that isn't an option [05:51] plex_dave: unfortunetly it'd be easier to do all this with mumble, but good luck getting your listenership/interviewees to install and use it.. [05:51] We have a mumble server and that's the issue we encountered [05:52] was just hoping to find a way to tell the os that in the discord window the little key next to the left of the 1 is always pressed on the machine that sends audio to discord [05:52] plex_dave: can we take this to a msg, it's getting out of scope for #ubuntu [05:53] oh, well my question was about the os itself and a tool that could be used in any application. But sure, if you want to message me go ahead :) [05:55] plex_dave: to answer your question, it should be possible with a noise-reduction/low-amplitude cut-off filters to actually have discord always broadcast, and do sound detection through jack. don't forget that jack plugins can process audio and are generally much better than what's buit-in to apps [05:56] The problem with that is the latency on the pickup of the voice detection. This is why I am trying to figure out if there is a tool for ubuntu that I can use to basically tell an application that a certain key is being pressed at all times. [05:59] but if you have an idea using some other method, do in fact msg me. [06:26] plex_dave: perhaps xdotool or xautomation [06:32] i will look into that, thanks! [06:34] i know xdotool can send key/button events, xautomation is a more complex tool [06:36] yeah, i am gonna give these both a go on a machine that I don't have in production [06:36] hopefully this does the trick [06:37] I copied a large file to pendrive and noticed that it could have been faster if I could have done with GUI instead. Why? [06:38] The GUI lies to me all the time, telling me a transfer is done, but then when i go to unmount the drive it tells me it's still moving data. the command line is less comfortable lying to you. :) [06:39] pankaj: it's most likely not, i'm guessing the gui writes were cached so it finished in the background. [06:40] that's what I meant to say :) [06:40] ducasse: When the file was copying I was cheking the size of it again and again. I was changing very slowly. [06:40] ducasse: Not 'I' but 'It' [06:42] ducasse: I had copied the same pendrive before also but it was showing this delay this time only. [06:42] normally writes are buffered, if you run 'sync' it will flush to disk. [06:43] This may sound like a dumb question, but does your system have usb2 and usb3 ports? [06:43] I get a little scattered sometimes and don't pay as much attention as I should, so I always check the easy stuff first [06:45] ducasse: So, does it means that in all linux distributions I will get less copy speed in command then in GUI? [06:46] pankaj: it means that if you measure the _actual_ copy speed it's about the same in both [06:48] ducasse: So, I think that might have been a one time problem. Just wanted to know that what to do if it happens next time again. [06:49] i told you what to do if you want to make it finish writing [06:51] ducasse: But what to do. You did not told me or please tell again. Please [06:52] "08:42 normally writes are buffered, if you run 'sync' it will flush to disk." [06:53] pankaj: OK. Thanks. [06:55] I keep getting redirected to #ubuntu-unregged instead of #ubuntu I do have a registered nickname and in xchat I have the option to identify when I connect to FreeNode, this only happens in my Debian PC, on my Ubuntu laptop this is no issue, laptop uses hexchat, any suggestions? Thanks! [06:55] ducasse: Just yesterday I was using fdisk tool to create partitions in my 32 GB pendrive. I think I did some very huge mistake that is why on the way I did not see the pendrive on my system anywhere although it was mounted. Is their any ricks involved while using sdisk so the pendrive may not work? [06:55] This problem is only present in Debian [06:56] joegiampaoli: ask in #debian [06:56] ducasse: Sorry 'fdisk' not 'sdisk' [06:57] ducasse: Thanks, thought to ask here too since this is the channel that redirects me :) [06:58] ducasse: Other channels don't give me this problem... [06:58] pankaj: the major risk with using tools like fdisk are things like deleting the wrong partition [06:59] joegiampaoli: it's most likely a configuration issue on your side or other software problem [06:59] ducasse: Just found the solution in "Ubuntu Documetation" online.... [06:59] ducasse: So, I think that I should try again. The problem was that it was not listing the partition when I typed 'mount'. It was not listed there even I mounted properly. [07:00] ducasse: it says "If your client joins #ubuntu automatically on connect, it is possible that joining happens just a moment before you are identified. Check your client to see if it can wait a couple of seconds before auto-joining. " [07:00] So it's a timing issue [07:00] Thanks anyway [07:01] btw, xchat has been unmaintained for a long time, here we advice people to not use it [07:02] ducasse: OK, I'll might try hexchat for debian... I'll see if it's available, if not I'll go ahead and download the sources, Thanks... [07:05] hexchat seems to work fine and it updated recently [07:05] always a good sign === markus1189 is now known as predator11 === predator11 is now known as predator117 [07:22] So.... I used the gparted live boot disk to resize the only partition on my PC, after doing so and logging back in the entire file system, even my home folder is now read only. Any ideas how I fix this? [07:25] https://askubuntu.com/questions/195730/read-only-filesystem may be the fix. Brb =] [07:36] Hi guys, just came to report that I finally got the "exporting pictures from mailbox file to system" working [07:36] and indeed I had to use munpack, thanks for everyones help [07:38] is there a list of more morrors for old-releases, or is there just that one server at old-releases.ubuntu.com? [07:41] i don't think there are any [07:41] ok, thanks ducasse [07:43] you can check your mirror if it has older releases, it's probably up to them [07:45] That was the fix =] [07:47] k thx kneeki [07:47] and ducasse === gr33n7007h is now known as al2o3-cr === jstein_ is now known as jstein [08:53] Hi! I'm running into problems with installing Ubuntu on a (new) laptop preinstalled with Win10. I read most of the UEFI docs/threads I could find and then finally gave up and installed Ubuntu without a bootloader (ubiquity -b). How can I install grub2 to this machine now? [08:53] If I run boot-repair, it gets stuck for an eternity at the os-prober (Scanning) step. === gr33n7007h is now known as al2o3-cr [09:09] how could i reinstall ubuntu fresh, from a bootable usb, after booting into a say xfce desktop? [09:16] anonmatir: if you're on the bootable usb (which has the XFCE desktop), you can just install to the same root partition that you used earlier (ALL DATA LOST!) [09:19] i cannot boot from the usb, my function keys are apparently dead, cannot getinto bios which is set to boot from internal hdd [09:20] anonmatir hardware problems, difficult to help with that [09:21] oh well.. [09:24] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromLinux [09:24] suppose this might help.. [09:26] anonmatir: you won't be able to install from the partition you're running from [09:27] yeh, i got that part.. [09:27] i need to create a partition first [09:31] hi [09:32] opensource mail reader with inbox sound on new mail, is there one out there? [09:33] Well, nvm, guess EFI will keep me off Ubuntu for good on this box. [09:33] Peace [09:34] lavenders: i think most of them can do that [09:34] lavenders https://itsfoss.com/best-email-clients-linux/ .. https://www.slant.co/topics/1674/~native-e-mail-clients-for-linux [09:35] lavenders start here ^ [09:36] it is really irritating that the only 2 f keys that are dead are f2 which lets me enter the bios and f12 which lets me enter the temo bootmanager [09:36] its like a conspiracy [09:36] anonmatir maybe you need to clean the keyboard [09:37] anonmatir turn it upside down, use a vacuum cleaner... [09:37] anonmatir: or pick out the hdd and install in another machine [09:37] I am on the road, dont have tools, [09:38] if only I had an external kbd [09:38] may I know how do i check IP address going in and out on ubuntu ? I wanted to check what is uploading connection non stop. [09:39] I would use wireshark [09:39] nbusrone: iftop [09:45] anonmatir: check your grub menu, it should have an entry to enter efi firmware setup [09:45] ducasse : installed but how do I check which application using the connection ? the iftop auto update remove and out the connection . [09:46] oh? that's interesting, leme check [09:46] well the grub menu does not have it ATM, but if so, may be I can enable it [09:48] hi, need help to configure static ip in a machine with ubuntu server 17.10. anyone can help me? [09:48] anonmatir: /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware is responsible for setting it up [09:48] xan_IT_: ask in #ubuntu+1 [09:49] ducasse ok [09:49] I have Ubuntu 17.04 with Gnome DE. How do switch to a specific workspace without taking the foreground window to that workspace? [09:50] How do I* [09:50] xan_IT_: dud u try this https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/network-configuration.html ? [09:50] ElectroXexual try ctrl-alt arrow [09:51] thank you ducasse [09:52] that works ty but how do I switch to a specific num skipping all the middle workspaces? [09:52] MonkeyDust, thunderbird i have, but its ridicoulus unstable, does evolution have sound? [09:53] lavenders best way to find out, is by installing and trying it [09:53] thx [09:53] will try [09:53] what other IP tracking which save into log ? the iftop keep on refreshing but not logging [09:54] lavenders: if they don't have an option to play sound, many have an option to execute a command [09:57] nbusrone: tcpdump, wireshark etc - then you can dump exactly what you need [10:02] ducasse : Sorry , it is too complicated for me , how do use the command ? [10:03] nbusrone: 'man tcpdump', or use wireshark instead [10:04] ducasse : My actual reason was , running virtualization guest androidx86 live cd base.But once I connect the data keep on upload and downloading. [10:05] ducasse : I wantedto log or capture the IP adress in/out going but I am not gettinga reply on #virtualbox irc [10:05] anonmatir seams not working with 17.10. but now i have another problem. see it better later thz [10:07] wireshark. does not work with 17.10? [10:08] anonmatir: yes it does, you're mixing up two people [10:08] anonmatir too early to say, 17.10 isnt stable yet [10:08] ah OK [10:09] yeh, I confused can and nbusr, sorry, brains in my own problem.. [10:13] anonmatir brains are also hardware, not supported here [10:13] hahah [10:40] moin === semeion is now known as mnemonic [11:00] ducasse : do you think tcpdump and wireshark can capture virtualbox log for tcp/ip ? [11:02] nbusrone: they can capture all network traffic [11:07] !info zenmap | nbusrone [11:07] nbusrone: zenmap (source: nmap): The Network Mapper Front End. In component universe, is extra. Version 7.40-1 (zesty), package size 415 kB, installed size 2597 kB [11:19] ducasse : thanks for the zenmap , still need to understand how it works :) will reply back if I have question .Thank you :) [11:20] Please add info on how to use ubottu at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Bots?action=show&redirect=UbuntuBots as advertised at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat#ubottu [11:22] does audacious not work with ipod touch? [11:22] how do i listen to ipod on lubuntu? [11:27] Hiyas all [11:27] demophobia: it's a wiki, you are welcome to edit yourself [11:27] Hai World! [11:28] ducasse: must wait for mod approval, and i don't know how to use ubottu beyond /msg ubottu !iPod (which isn't helping my issue at the moment...) [11:29] hi i'm trying to use Processing with GSPipeline. I get the error Cannot load GStreamer plugins from /gstreamer/linux64/plugins [11:30] egelor: i'm not familiar with GSPipeline but the obvious thing i'd check is that files and folder usr group and world premissions are set appropriately [11:31] and that GSPipeline has access to the plugins located at /gstreamer/linux64/plugins [11:32] silvian: yes thank you i saw that too [11:33] does ubuntu 16.10 come with the latest kernel? like 4.11 and newer? [11:33] ghostnik11: 16.10 is eol [11:34] ghostnik11 or id you mean 17.10 [11:34] ducasse, wait i thought 16.10 was the newesst [11:34] ghostnik11: only ubuntu 17.10 will be coming with kernel 4.11 or newer... possibly 4.13 or 4.14 [11:34] 17.04 is the newest until next month [11:35] I believe 17.10 beta is already out [11:35] ghostnik11: 17.10 support is in #ubuntu+1, and it has 4.12 [11:35] ducasse, okay will check 17.04 since its the most stable and has 4.11 [11:36] ghostnik11: .04 has 4.10 [11:36] ghostnik11: yes my advise is to stay with a stable release. Beta's are great fun to play with in a VM environment. :) [11:37] silvian, ducasse, on the ubuntu website they don't show 17.04 as a lts? [11:37] ghostnik11: be aware, you can also get 4.10 on 16.04, which is an lts release [11:37] 17.04 is not lts, no [11:37] ghostnik11 16.04 18.04 are LTS [11:37] ghostnik11: that's right 17.04 is not an LTS. 16.04 is the current LTS. The next LTS will be 18.04 LTS. [11:38] ducasse, okay so then 16.04 is better because it has lts as compared to the 17.04? [11:38] ghostnik11: if you don't know which to choose, go for 16.04.3 [11:38] 17.04 is more buggy than 16.04 & 17.10 . [11:39] will 1710 be gnome? [11:39] ducasse, okay so i will go with the 16.04 since it has lts. other question is that i want to update from the update manager? instead of a fresh install because i just install 15.10 on my baytrail asus t100 [11:40] ghostnik11: ok so the way i would make my decision here is based on a number of factors. 1. do you want long term support without having to upgrade to often (every 6 months), 2 are you running the latest intel CPUs for which Ubuntu 16.04 kernel has no latest performance boost support for? [11:40] ghostnik11: you can use update-manager, yes [11:42] because of that i had to do a lot of querky things to get it running. well i am running a 2 in 1 pc called asus t100 transformer book silvian, and following instruction from a google + page to get everything running. i just installed like 2 days ago and want to now upgrade since 15.10 is basically dead but don't want to go through all the other stuff i had to do to get it running [11:42] so if you need the support for the latest intel chips that kernels 4.11+ version provide then try 17.04 else stick with 16.04.3 which the current kernel version is 4.4.0-93 [11:42] silvian: an lts release gets the newer kernels for hardware support, so that's not a valid point [11:42] Hi. I need to set some nvidia settings to prevent tearing. When I execute this command from the command line, it works. when I put the corresponding command in my xorg.conf, it's not loaded on boot. I even tried to put this cli command in my .xinitrc, but also without success. How can I ensure my xorg.conf is loaded correctly at start? [11:42] This command fixes my tearing problem: https://www.cmscritic.com/how-to-fix-nvidia-screen-tearing-in-xfce-mate-kde-lxde-and-others/ [11:43] i keep getting this error, web searching for it hasnt helped: https://dpaste.de/PZoA/raw [11:43] silvian, well with 16.04 i can just upgrade the kernel after that to 4.11 which is basically what i need? or should i upgrade the kernel first before i upgrade to 16.04 ducasse [11:44] ghostnik11: don't upgrade anything, just upgrade 15.10 to 16.04, then install the hwe stack [11:44] what is hwe stack? ducasse [11:44] !hwe [11:44] The Ubuntu LTS enablement stacks provide newer kernel and X support for existing LTS releases, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack [11:45] how do i remove "'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/network:/messaging:/zeromq:/release-stable/xUbuntu_16_04 ./" from source.list. I can't find it there [11:45] thanks [11:46] hosas: look in /etc/apt/sources.list.d [11:46] MonkeyDust, thanks will do as ducasse says and upgrade to 16.04 first [11:47] ducasse: it's still not there but when I sudo apt update I see it [11:47] ghostnik11, remove the ppa first [11:47] oops sorry ghostnik11, wrong user :-) [11:48] BluesKaj, oh okay [11:48] I'm very confused by my Dell 9365. It arrived in RAID mode, but Ubuntu installer couldn't detect the hard drive. Switched into AHCI mode, which enabled Win10 and Ubuntu installers to see the hard drive, but after installation was unable to boot into either of them. [11:48] ghostnik11, if you ask me that thing it's not suitable for ubuntu/linux (in the long run) , but good luck [11:48] The BIOS throws an error about not being able to detect a hard drive. [11:48] By the way anyone expert in virtualbox here ? [11:49] Need a bit of help on virtualbox. [11:49] fub: hi usually that is done in .xinitrc you had no luck with that? [11:49] ghostnik11: i agree 100% with ioria, you are pretty much on your own here [11:49] fub: and you are using xorg and not wayland correct? [11:49] ioria, lol yeah well i need it for school and as long as i can read my digital textbooks, use kiwix, goldendict, and also watch my videos for school and practice questions then it stands a chance. its mostly for reading though [11:50] ducasse, but it can be a daily? for daily use though? [11:50] fub: it should be in .xsessionrc, not .xinitrc [11:50] nbusrone: you may wish to ask in #virtualbox or #vbox . [11:51] ghostnik11: you are lucky if you get basic use out of it [11:51] sary : I did that , waited hours with no reply . [11:51] ducasse, ioria, tell me your opinion b/c if you think it will break and crash on me when i head back to school b/c i won't have internet access for a long time so if you think it will break then i might as well take one of the android tablets in the house and see? but they are slow b/c they are from 2011 [11:52]