[03:52] <fuze> i installed a new nvidia graphics card and now the settings won't save for my duel monitor setup and every time i reboot one of the displays is disabled
[06:08] <lordievader> Good morning
[10:11] <BluesKaj> Hiyas all
[11:28] <daniel__> If I use Super_L+Tab for the task switcher and _also_ for the launcher the task switcher I cannot actually switch windows with Super_L+Tab. Super_L+Tab brings up the task switcher but nothing happens on the second Tab-press. Is there a fix for this?
[18:02] <luc4> Hello! Anyone who knows if there is any reason why after reboot an old sddm.conf is replaced?
[18:04] <ikonia> replaced with what ?
[18:04] <ikonia> it's likley it's a package upgrade that can't complete it's install until a reboot
[18:09] <luc4> ikonia: sddm is just showing a black screen cause it is trying to autologin with a user that does not exist. So I'm trying to change that user or remove the autologin portion. Whatever I do, it works until I reboot. After the reboot, the old sddm.conf is back. Any idea why?
[18:10] <ikonia> so it keeps coming back after every reboot ?
[18:10] <ikonia> is this your machine ? or a managed machine by someone else
[18:10] <luc4> ikonia: my machine
[18:11] <luc4> ikonia: I just tried to purge sddm, and the file was still there... very weird...
[18:11] <ikonia> is it a systemd generated file ?
[18:11] <ikonia> (I've never really looked at it in ubuntu)
[18:12] <luc4> that is what I was asking... is it maybe something generated? I read online that it is normal behavior to edit it...
[18:13] <ikonia> change the permission on it to be read only, see if it still gets changed
[18:13] <ikonia> (as a quick test)
[18:14] <luc4> I can try... ok, I reboot, thanks for your help :-)
[18:24] <luc4> ikonia: nothing worked, something is appending that section to the file. Probably cause this is a live system built with mkusb.
[18:24] <luc4> ikonia: I wonder what is doing this...
[18:25] <ikonia> live system !!!!
[18:25] <ikonia> livesystem is read only
[18:25] <ikonia> it uncompresses into ram
[18:25] <ikonia> so when you reboot it reparses the disk and loads a fresh version of the disc into ram
[18:25] <ikonia> disk even
[18:25] <luc4> ikonia: this is persistent
[18:25] <ikonia> right, but not all files are
[18:26] <luc4> ah damn...
[18:26] <ikonia> normally only user space or specific installs are,
[18:26] <luc4> I should unpack the system then
[18:27] <ikonia> luc4: is that file / file system being delivered from the squash FS component
[18:27] <ikonia> if so - then it's not going to be part of the persistant install
[18:31] <luc4> ikonia: I'm not entirely sure... cause the file was very long, then I removed everything, now the file is just a couple of lines, just with the autologin section appended
[18:31] <luc4> ikonia: so it did change
[18:31] <ikonia> I suspect it's part of the immutable system
[18:32] <luc4> ikonia: not only, but if I purge sddm, the file is not there after the reboot
[18:32] <ikonia> I thought you said it was there ?
[18:33] <luc4> ikonia: if I purge sddm and remove the file manually, I get no file after reboot
[18:33] <ikonia> right because the package is gone, and from memory (I could be wrong on this) persistance does hold a package manifest
[18:36] <luc4> ikonia: but isn't there a better way to build a system from usb?
[18:37] <luc4> ikonia: I tried every possible way and this is the only one that worked :-(
[18:37] <ikonia> are you trying to make a live system - or just a standard install on USB ?
[18:37] <luc4> ikonia: I intend to work on this system
[18:38] <ikonia> not the question I asked
[18:38] <luc4> ikonia: I need a regular system, just on USB instead of on internal HD
[18:38] <ikonia> ok - so why not just install to USB a full system ?
[18:38] <ikonia> why use any form of "live system"
[18:39] <luc4> ikonia: eh tried that, it just broke the bootloader on the macbook
[18:39] <ikonia> shouldn't do
[18:39] <luc4> ikonia: and the usb didn't run
[18:39] <ikonia> I suspect the install was not setup properly
[18:39] <luc4> ikonia: well, I could try again, but I don't think it is going to change
[18:40] <ikonia> why do you not think it will change ?
[18:40] <luc4> ikonia: seems like it should be the proper way
[18:40] <luc4> ikonia: same actions -> same result
[18:40] <ikonia> not if the action is the wrong action
[18:40] <luc4> ikonia: the system was on the USB, but it couldn't boot
[18:40] <ikonia> understanding the mac boot process and the grub install location importance will be key
[18:41] <luc4> ikonia: I selected to install on the usb device
[18:41] <luc4> ikonia: also the bootloader
[18:41] <luc4> ikonia: I was careful to that
[18:41] <ikonia> right, but where did you install grub ?
[18:41] <luc4> ikonia: on the usb
[18:41] <ikonia> ok - so how did you expect the mac to boot it ?
[18:42] <luc4> ikonia: the mac has its own bootloader
[18:42] <ikonia> yes, thats why I'm asking how did you expect the mac to boot it ?
[18:42] <luc4> the mac has its own bootloader, which lets you select the device to start
[18:42] <luc4> which is what I'm doing now
[18:43] <luc4> after that, grub starts
[18:43] <luc4> when I installed on the USB, nothing was starting at all
[18:43] <ikonia> luc4: ok - so you're chainloading grub, great
[18:43] <ikonia> so what's the problem then ?
[18:43] <ikonia> "nothing was starting" ?
[18:43] <luc4> nothin
[18:43] <ikonia> and you said "it broke the mac boot loader"
[18:43] <luc4> yes
[18:44] <luc4> nothing was starting in fact
[18:44] <ikonia> so how could a USB install, self contained on a USB device touch the mac boot loader ?
[18:44] <luc4> ikonia: that is unknown
[18:44] <luc4> but that happened
[18:44] <ikonia> right, which is why I'm saying understand the mac boot process and the grub setup
[18:44] <luc4> unless a bug in the installer installed grub in the wrong device
[18:44] <ikonia> no
[18:45] <ikonia> that goes where you tell it
[18:45] <luc4> then it was on the usb device
[18:45] <luc4> but the mac bootloader did not show the usb device anymore, so I couldn't reach grub
[18:46] <luc4> the only app that creates a proper device is mkusb
[18:46] <luc4> tried others but the mac does not detect it
[18:47] <luc4> I'll try again anyway, just to be sure... thanks for your time