[00:06] <grimesb> hi
[02:14] <al_> hi
[06:14] <BigP> I am very new to linux ubuntu and simply am having trouble where to find the version i am running? anyone able to help out? peeweespc.com is my site so far. We are custom building a few imacs we have to run ios,ubuntumate,windows 7 virtual and bliss android7.0. Just need to know how to find what version of ubuntu we are running. My business partner
[06:14] <BigP>  is at work and im trying t do this without him as he is the linux man not me. any input would be appreciated.
[06:14] <BigP> my phone number is on my website
[06:23] <diogenes_> BigP, lsb_release -a
[06:24] <BigP> thank you dio
[06:25] <diogenes_> yw
[06:25] <BigP> now to cone this drive hopefully wont take too long
[06:25] <BigP> clone
[06:25] <diogenes_> if you need architecture, run: arch
[06:26] <BigP> this is a core 2 duo no hyperthread x64 intel wih 4 gig ddr 2 nvidia gpu 2gig with 160gbsata 2.5 hdd. liking it so far
[06:27] <BigP> very nice dio ty again
[06:27] <BigP> what other useful commands?
[06:28] <BigP> forr a novice
[06:28] <diogenes_> BigP, inxi -Fxrc0
[06:30] <BigP> holy shit lol
[06:30] <BigP> that is so fucking badas
[06:30] <BigP> s
[06:30] <BigP> dio
[06:30] <BigP> how long have you been using linux?
[06:31] <diogenes_> BigP, I'm still learning, 4 years
[06:31] <BigP> you just showed me in 3 cmds what i needed
[06:33] <BigP> when i get back to my house at a fellow tech support friends house. we may be taking this thing apart and upgrading some hings before its ready
[06:33] <BigP> not necessary though just use external storage
[06:34] <BigP> gotta test it out tonite
[06:34] <BigP> thanks so much dio
[06:34] <BigP> i really honestly do
[06:34] <BigP> you just prolly saved me hours
[06:34] <BigP> now i can have a lil crown
[06:35] <BigP> :p
[06:35] <diogenes_> :) you're welcome
[06:35] <BigP> how often are you in this room
[06:35] <diogenes_> most of time
[06:35] <BigP> and you really dont mind me asking you stuff?
[06:36] <BigP> cause ima pester u lolol jk
[06:36] <BigP> many thanks kind sir
[06:36] <diogenes_> you ask and if anyone knows, he will help
[06:36] <BigP> im not leaing this room cause i like dio :P
[06:36] <BigP> leaving
[06:37] <diogenes_> hehe ok
[06:38] <BigP> would like some honest input on wording of my site did you look at it? got alot to do on it aving fun though and main focus next few days is to do these 2 imac things lol
[06:39] <BigP> and thanks to you i can now support linux without havin to call bananaman
[06:39] <BigP> dio u da mane
[06:40] <diogenes_> you site is ok
[06:40] <BigP> dio how much money u want after i sell one of these i got ya bro 100/
[06:40] <BigP> ?
[06:41] <BigP> money is a necessity i hate it but ya now we gtta have it
[06:41] <diogenes_> it looks nice even through the filter of my custom css
[06:41] <BigP> whats css
[06:42] <diogenes_> I don't like money lol
[06:42] <BigP> i hate money
[06:42] <BigP> but damn a mane gotta feed his kids and stuff lol
[06:42] <diogenes_> css is a language used to design
[06:43] <BigP> ahh.dio you code huh nice
[06:43] <BigP> i used to
[06:43] <BigP> when i was 12 to 18
[06:43] <BigP> than i quit
[06:44] <BigP> found the world of young fun and didnt devote myself to it
[06:44] <BigP> im an old fart lol
[06:45] <diogenes_> I don't code that much nowadays, mostly bash scripts
[06:45] <BigP> html?
[06:45] <diogenes_> nope, bash
[06:46] <BigP> i need some sort of forum wfor my site that shows what people who are registered are listening to at any time anywhere hey are including myself and chat and share links and stuff
[06:46] <BigP> could u do that?
[06:46] <BigP> lie teach me
[06:46] <BigP> like
[06:47] <BigP> or if u wanna do it you could csll it whtever u want and id give admin to tht page
[06:48] <BigP> call
[06:50] <diogenes_> BigP, type: /j #websites
[06:50] <diogenes_> there dudes might help
[06:55] <BigP> awesome
[06:56] <BigP> goin outside gotta hit vape lol my bro wont let me do "that" inside :P
[09:35] <guiteye> hello
[09:37] <diogenes_> hello
[09:44] <Chandler_Vercett> Hello everyone, i just recently installed Ubuntu MATE 16.04.3 on my system, but i seem to have an issue with my audio outputting nothing but static through my wireless headset. The previous install of the same version worked just fine, i even ran updates in hopes that the issue resolves itself, no such luck however. Is there some special driver i m
[09:44] <Chandler_Vercett> ight need for the Logitech G933 wireless headset or anything like that?
[09:45] <diogenes_> Chandler_Vercett, do you happen to work at Best Buy?
[09:45] <Chandler_Vercett> um.. no
[09:45] <diogenes_> ok
[09:45] <Chandler_Vercett> why?
[09:46] <diogenes_> just confused you with another dude
[09:46] <Chandler_Vercett> ah
[09:47] <diogenes_> Chandler_Vercett, maybe you should install some sort of firmware drivers for your system
[09:47] <diogenes_> look in driver manager
[09:49] <Chandler_Vercett> you talking about aditional drivers in control center or something else
[09:52] <diogenes_> Chandler_Vercett, something like that yes
[09:52] <m4t> Chandler_Vercett: i have a different headset (turtle beach) and one thing i know is it only likes a certain type of input. if uncompressed pcm, non-audio bit has to be unset on the iec958 frames. if it's e.g. dolby digital then it *has* to have the non-audio bit else it tries to decode it as pcm, and sounds like static garbage
[09:52] <Chandler_Vercett> the only things i get is the driver for my GPU and CPU microcode firmware
[09:53] <m4t> Chandler_Vercett: maybe pull open the audio settings and try various output configs e.g. analog stereo output or digital (iec958) output
[09:55] <Chandler_Vercett> m4t i only get one output option, just Logitech G933 Gaming Wireless Analog Stereo
[09:55] <m4t> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
[09:55] <m4t> sorry
[09:56] <Chandler_Vercett> is that all u had to do to get your headset working?
[09:57] <Chandler_Vercett> on my other laptop which is running the same distro, it works just fine with no issues at all
[09:57] <Chandler_Vercett> both systems are running 16.04.3
[09:58] <m4t> no i had to modify the driver to set different configuration registers on the chipset lol
[09:58] <m4t> in order to play digital. cuz the non-audio bit was static
[09:59] <Chandler_Vercett> hmm
[09:59] <m4t> but yours seems to work elsewhere fine so i dunno
[09:59] <m4t> usb connected right?
[09:59] <Chandler_Vercett> i don't even get the slightest bit of sound, just static
[10:00] <Chandler_Vercett> yes
[10:00] <Chandler_Vercett> works great under windows 7
[10:00] <m4t> sound from which application?
[10:00] <m4t> anything?
[10:00] <Chandler_Vercett> system wide
[10:00] <Chandler_Vercett> everything is static
[10:01] <m4t> i guess you could check which sample rate it's trying to use
[10:01] <Chandler_Vercett> how would i do that?
[10:01] <Chandler_Vercett> the audio control panel is quite limited
[10:02] <m4t> uhm maybe try find /proc/asound -name stream0
[10:02] <m4t> it might have that
[10:02] <m4t> if you cat it it shows supported sample rates and current sample rate
[10:02] <m4t> maybe compare the 2 on working and non-working linux systems
[10:04] <m4t> i guess another thing to try would be to launch alsamixer (from alsa-utils pkg) and mess with the settings there
[10:05] <m4t> e.g. press 'm' to mute/unmute
[10:05] <m4t> various controls
[10:05] <m4t> it might not have a mixer though, in which case that wouldn't let you see the card
[10:07] <Chandler_Vercett> nothing for my headset is muted in alsamixer
[10:08] <m4t> which controls does it give that are *not* volume controls. some are just mute/unmute
[10:08] <m4t> but i'd check the stream0 thing
[10:08] <m4t> or stream1 potentially
[10:09] <m4t> i'd compare what you see there with another working linux system
[10:10] <Chandler_Vercett> i'll give it a look
[10:10] <m4t> k
[10:12] <Chandler_Vercett> works perfectly on that system, fresh untouched install as well
[10:12] <Chandler_Vercett> no crackling at all
[10:17] <Chandler_Vercett> m4t everything looks the same across both systems
[10:17] <m4t> check dmesg for clues? try different usb ports?
[10:18] <Chandler_Vercett> oooh!
[10:18] <Chandler_Vercett> it works
[10:18] <Chandler_Vercett> i think it doesn't like my USB 3 bus
[10:19] <m4t> ah
[10:19] <m4t> cool
[10:19] <Chandler_Vercett> which is odd because my storage drive is connected through said ports
[10:19] <m4t> i've got a usb sound interface that doesn't work right on usb3 but works fine on usb2
[10:19] <Chandler_Vercett> hmm
[10:19] <Chandler_Vercett> odd
[10:19] <m4t> yea i dunno
[10:21] <Chandler_Vercett> problem is i only have 2 usb 2.0 ports on my motherboard excluding the ones at the front of my case
[10:21] <m4t> hub?
[10:23] <Chandler_Vercett> don't have one, i'll just move my keyboard over to the USB 3, it's working on there
[10:25] <Chandler_Vercett> yep, that was the issue, i moved my reciever base's cable to a USB 2 port and that fixed it
[10:26] <Chandler_Vercett> awesome, that helps a lot, now i just gotta figure out why VMWare workstation isn't installing properly
[10:26] <Chandler_Vercett> thank you though for the tips
[10:27] <m4t> np
[10:28] <Chandler_Vercett> i am off, good night/morning everyone
[13:52] <Guest81525> yo, I have a problem: mozilla keeps crashing... please help
[13:55] <sam-Blueman> yo, I have a problem: mozilla keeps crashing... please help
[14:03] <sam-Blueman> yo someone connected
[14:04] <diogenes_> sam-Blueman, pi?
[14:06] <pep_> anyone know of a multi miner cpu/gpu for cryptonight-lite
[17:37] <xmetal> hmm having some sort (while i am on a nightly build atm it did happen before i clean formatted 17.10 too) issue with Xorg where i get auto-logged out back to the welcome screen (logging back in, always wants to send an error report repated to Xorg) ... THOUGHT it was related to installing/removing snaps since that is when it use to only happen, now it happened again and I wasn't doing anything with snaps
[17:52] <Boyette> hi im trying to find an application like spotnet or spotlite for ubuntu mate
[17:52] <diogenes_> Boyette, what does it do?
[17:53] <Boyette> its to connect to usenetservers
[17:54] <Boyette> usenet providers
[17:55] <Boyette> so i need a usenetclient
[17:55] <Boyette> hmm maybe sabnzbd
[17:59] <xmetal> hmm this xorg (?? still dont 100% know whats going on, but it seems to be related to xorg crashing, as I said) thing has me curios
[18:12] <daniel_> Hey! New to Linux, and Im not sure if this is the right place to ask. I think I might have a BIOS-virus or a rootkit
[18:13] <daniel_> Im on a laptop. Removing my BIOS would be very difficult
[18:13] <daniel_> Anything I can do to fix/solve this?
[18:13] <Boyette> why do you think that
[18:13] <diogenes_> daniel_, who told you that you have a bios virus?
[18:14] <daniel_> Thing is, Im not sure, but I strongly suspect it. Long story. However, the only solution would be to fix this
[18:14] <daniel_> People I know who do this type of shit have been near my pc
[18:15] <daniel_> I dont know, its not relevant. But how do I make sure I dont have it/remove it? Ive updated my bios, though.
[18:15] <diogenes_> daniel_, lenovo?
[18:16] <daniel_> Both a HP pavilion and a lenovo
[18:20] <Boyette> i think if u update ur bios u get rid of it .. those viruses are kind of high tech.. unlikely you have that on a random laptop
[18:20] <daniel_> thats reassuring to hear. I really hope so
[18:21] <xmetal> My Lenovo (lost $140 on the warrenty, but at least THAT got me my $699 back) got bit by that BIOS issue that was in the news a few months ago
[18:21] <Boyette> lenovo has a history of bringing malicious content
[18:22] <diogenes_> I would not recommend lenovo to anyone who wants to run linux,
[18:22] <Boyette> just format it all before you use it
[18:22] <diogenes_> even for windows I'd never buy it
[18:22] <daniel_> what type of BIOS issue, xmetal? the built in adware/spyware?
[18:22] <daniel_> or security vulnurability (aka for hackers)
[18:22] <daniel_> ?
[18:22] <xmetal> ... hackers?
[18:23] <daniel_> yeah, thats what im asking about
[18:23] <daniel_> trying to protect my pc from hackers
[18:23] <xmetal> note that it happened to me before any 17.10 release was even in alpha mode ... by MONTHS ... https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/12/ubuntu-corrupting-lenovo-laptop-bios (picked link at random)
[18:24] <daniel_> and the only way I guess my linux would be hacked, would be if i had a bios virus. i dont download anything/dont visit shady sites
[18:24] <daniel_> so it has more to do with ppl have been around my pc or hacked it remotely
[18:25] <xmetal> like i said before as soon as (I think it was pope y .... space before the Y so i dont ping him, unnecessarily) that mentioned it after an episode of LUP .. I nstatnky knew that is what happened to me
[18:25] <xmetal> o_O @ so much "hacking"
[18:27] <daniel_> yeah, my obsession with all this shit has gone too far. but it has happened
[18:27] <daniel_> by people ive had contact with
[18:27] <daniel_> again, not relevant for all this
[18:27] <diogenes_> daniel_, why don't you sell your pc and buy a new one?
[18:28] <daniel_> yeah, thats probably the best to do
[18:28] <daniel_> thank you all for info and suggestions. ill stick around, if anyone knows more about this, just write
[18:29] <daniel_> ill stick around later* gtg for a while
[18:29] <xmetal> not everything that "goes wrong" with a system means "it was hacked!"
[18:29] <daniel_> btw, how does this chat work? is everything deleted after a while?
[18:29] <Boyette> @diogenes im using sabnzbd now but after installation it runs like some chrome addon.. what i dont like :P
[18:32] <daniel_> or is this logged forever?
[18:32] <daniel_> ah, nvm, got it
[18:33] <diogenes_> Boyette, some chrome addons you can run as styandalone apps
[18:33] <diogenes_> standalone
[18:38] <Boyette> well i think its not supposed to be a chrome addon but it behaves like that
[18:38] <Boyette> https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/
[18:39] <Boyette> but i dont understand why
[20:59] <iseeyou> hi
[21:00] <iseeyou> hi
[21:00] <Boyette> hi
[21:01] <iseeyou> from?
[21:02] <Boyette> NL
[21:02] <iseeyou> DE
[21:02] <Boyette> i know
[21:02] <iseeyou> were?
[21:03] <Boyette> ipconnect.de
[21:04] <iseeyou> ahh
[21:05] <iseeyou> nice..
[21:12] <Boyette> offcourse its not a guarantee but indication
[22:37] <ole_denmark> hello friends clsscr in g++ whats the order ?
[22:41] <ole_denmark> ok i go to bed