[00:06] how come i am able to do `ssh user@www.profess.com` but I can't do `ssh user@profess.com`? My A record is `@.profess.com` points to the right IP [00:07] why is the frame rate so low when I do this? https://streamable.com/48le4 [00:07] I'm using 18.04 [00:09] profess, do both hostnames resolve to the same IP when you resolve them locally at your machine? [00:10] Sven_vB, profess.com resolves to nothing at all. :| [00:10] profess: you broke the zone [00:10] profess, now you know :) [00:11] I don't think the "@" belongs in your A record line [00:12] also I thought @ was implicit on the right side [00:13] well is it possible to just leave subdomain blank if you have access to the actual file? My registrar's interface only lets me do that, then it replaces it with the `@` symbol. [00:13] @ is the origin of the zone, nothing do to with "right side" [00:15] @ is supposed to work to let me do just profess.com according to everything i'm reading. I guess I'll just give it more time and stop messing with hosts and hostname. [00:17] @ is the origin of the zone. so if the zone is for profess.com then @ is profess.com. so at minimum you need @ IN A and you can have www (without dot) as CNAME for that [00:18] profess: here's the doc for more info: http://www.zytrax.com/books/dns/ch8/ [00:20] is it possible to create a partition to split the size of a disk that has already been partitioned? I want to split my disk into two partitions so I can use windows in one and ubuntu in the other, but how can I do this without losing the system that is already installed? (ubuntu mate) [00:21] zmugg: show a pastebin of "sudo parted -ls" [00:22] zmugg: you can shrink windows and ubuntu will use the unallocated space and make a partition [00:22] zmugg: nevermind the pastebin, use windows to shrink it with disk management tool, you might need to defrag first if it says it cant [00:26] Thanks blackflow [00:26] Hey there! is it possible to express an /etc/network/interfaces definition for a L2 vlan interface and have it come up automatically with the system, without an ip? auto eth1.99; iface eth1.99... but this is incomplete. [00:26] haven't been able to figure this out from grepping ifreload plugin [00:27] iface eth1.99 is required but unsure what to do to tell ubuntu to just simply bring it up and dont ask questions [00:29] but has no unallocated spaces === perry is now known as Guest79071 [00:35] is it possible for me to use the live cd with gparted installed to do this? === bhalithan1 is now known as bhalithan === Dreaman is now known as Blade [00:38] resize ubuntu mate? sure, if it is not encryptes, it is easy with the live iso + parted [00:38] zmugg, ^^ [00:39] tons of howto's, https://howtoubuntu.org/how-to-resize-partitions-with-the-ubuntu-or-gparted-live-cd [00:39] zmugg: yes use gparted, i thought you meant you had windows installed [00:39] your problem will be: after installing windows, you need to fire up the live iso again, to reinstall grub bootloader [00:40] zmugg: what oerheks said ^ [00:40] that is why we advise to install windows first, but it can be done [00:44] I'll create a backup as a precaution [00:46] are there not any good python IDEs on the repos provided on install? [00:49] does Ubuntu desktop include sshd preinstalled? [00:49] I have sshd_config file but I don't seem to have sshd installed [00:50] deznutz: pycharm or bust.. not in a repo, but just available as a .tar.gz with a shell script inside. [00:50] thatlizdude: sshd is not installed by default on ubuntu desktop. and this configuration file would not be there either, unless you had sshd installed previosuly or placed it there. [00:51] oh I edited ssh_config [00:51] hmm [00:51] deznutz: thonny is readily available from apt. it's rather simple, though. [00:53] deznutz: you may find more available via !ppa or pip [00:56] Hello, I am curious what the best e-mail client is for Exchange users? Is it pretty much Evolution or Thunderbird with Davmail these days? [00:57] personally I do not like thunderbird, I have had many problems with it in mate === ztrawhcse is now known as elibrokeit [00:58] Oh I see, what do you use @zmugg [00:59] pigdin PythonMonads [01:05] thanks Tomreyn [01:06] ok zmugg [01:21] I am trying to understand why as a normal user I cannot do a 'mysql -u root.' It says 'access denied for root@localhost' but when I do sudo mysql it connects me without a password. When I do a USE mysql; SELECT user, host, password FROM user; it shows me root@localhost w/ no password. I assume that explains why I can login as root without a password, but the question I have is why I have to use sudo for it to work. is it because it's [01:21] matching user@localhost instead of 'root@localhost' when trying to connect and sudo changes the user to root? [01:22] sometimes it's not enough to know that something works, you want to understand 'why' it works. [01:26] illuminated: i don't know, but try `echo $USER $UID` with & without sudo; then `whoami` with & without sudo .. you'll note some detail changes with sudo, other doesn't. [01:28] guiverc: no change. both reports the same username and uid [01:28] oh, interesting. whoami reports differently though [01:29] one reports user, the other reports root. [01:30] illuminated: Well, here's a basic question. Let's assume it's okay for "sudo mysql" to work - it's run as root. If 'user' (any user) can say "mysql --hey-I'm-root", why would you expect (or want) that to work? [01:32] I never said it was 'ok.' I just wondered why calling it with sudo worked and without did not. [01:32] illuminated, since 16.04 : This means that a non-root user can't log in as the MySQL root user with an empty password. >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes#MySQL_5.7 [01:33] is a guest session still available for Ubuntu? and how would you set it up in bionic beaver? [01:33] bynw, all versions have a guest session standard, logout, choose.. [01:33] desktops, that is [01:35] thanks oerheks [01:35] illuminated: I agree; I just didn't consider your question completely. Based on oerheks' response, I would check the permissions of mysql.sock, wherever that's hiding these days [01:38] oerheks, no guest option was at the login screen. only my own username or a not listed link. when choosing not listed there is a prompt for a username and then a password and "guest" doesnt work. does it need to be enabled someplace. been trying to find it online and only finding stuff for older versions of ubuntu [01:38] how about top panel right side? [01:39] if you delete your username, would do too i guess [01:41] illuminated: not sure about your configuration, but I can do mysql -u root with an empty password on my laptop (which just serves as a test environment). runing 18.04 mysql 5.7.22 [01:42] howudodat: well, I'm running mariadb not straight mysql [01:42] and according to https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/authentication-plugin-unix-socket/ socket auth is default with mariadb since ubuntu some version or another back [01:42] oerheks, looks like 18.04 uses GDM/GNOME which doesnt support the guest session login. it was disabled with 16.10 according the an article i'm reading but there are work arounds [01:48] illuminated: if you do select User, Host, HEX(authentication_string), plugin from mysql.user what is your root line? [01:50] I recently installed 18.04 on a machine with a USB Ethernet gadget. I want to give it a static IP and specified one in /etc/netplan/99-usb.yaml. But when I 'netplan apply' (or --debug apply) it fails because the file /sys/..../usb0/device/unregister doesn't exist. Unfortunately I'm asking from memory; netplan sees this as a hotplug device and tries to replug it but the device/un directory and file don't exist. So, absent this, [01:50] what is the "right" way to give device 'usb0' a static IP in bionic? [01:50] howudodat: | user | host | authentication_string | plugin | [01:50] +------+-----------+-----------------------+-------------+ [01:50] | root | localhost | | unix_socket | [01:50] +------+-----------+-----------------------+-------------+ [01:50] 1 row in set (0.01 sec) [01:51] illuminated, pastebin please [01:51] apologies [01:52] so I have the following sudo policy : https://paste.ee/p/r45UK how can I get this policy to show up in ubuntu software, it just shows my superuser account instead (has sudo access) [01:52] illuminated: ok, so my install isn't fresh, but I keep migrating my db (been doing it this way since 12.04). you can do this: ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY ''; and it should work. [01:54] howudodat: cool === padgaland_ is now known as padgaland [02:10] howudodat: IDENTIFIED WITH changes which authentication plugin your db user is authed by. You can view the options with this SQL query: SELECT plugin_name, plugin_type FROM information_schema.plugins WHERE plugin_type='authentication'; [02:20] illuminated: that is correct. [02:22] haha this system76 ad is pretty funny. "I don't want a TV with a keyboard!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcWVKqeF0MY [02:22] but i do wonder if this laptop gets more than 3 hrs battery life :) [02:22] oops im in the wrong channel [02:27] illuminated: as I understand it socket auth uses the logged in users credentials by retrieving the uid. This would render -u root superfluous. since the local user doesn't have an entry in the user table for authenication you get denied. sudo pulls in the uid of root and that is allowed in the table. If you dont want that change to mysql_native auth. (I may not have explained tht 100% corr [02:27] ect, but the gist of it should be fairly close) [02:27] can someone tell me what the hell i'm doing wrong: https://toolbox.googleapps.com/apps/dig/#A/afiction.org A record gives the right thing but navigating in my browser gives me no page [02:28] like is it really possible google's dns is updated but mine isn't [02:29] howudodat: yeah, that's kinda what I read as well [02:30] max3: afiction.org returns a chart [02:30] howudodat, lol i guess my dns is gimped for real [02:30] thanks [02:31] max3: try dig afiction.org....or nslookup, then set type=a, then set debug, then afiction.org [02:31] both tools will give you some extra hints [02:32] how do i set ...? dig from terminal returns a response that says there's no answer [02:32] max3:ping afiction.org [02:33] does it respond with anything? [02:33] name or service not known [02:34] oh nm it's all set now (what i really wanted to google to see a TXT record) [02:34] thanks howudodat [02:41] hello [02:50] hey i have some kernels (old ones that i added my self and i want to get rid of them so i can get some disk space back) but autoremove and autoclean doesn't delete them and free up space [02:52] Yes, because you added them specifically. [02:53] ghostnik11: http://iam.tj/projects/ubuntu/apt-autoremove-old-kernels [02:56] good evening all [02:56] almost midnight for me [02:56] I'm looking for text to speech = something better in quality than eSpeak - but like espeak - any suggestions? [02:56] bout to say good morning [02:56] krytarik, leftyfb: yeah i was trying to do it just via commands in terminal. the only way i can do it is if i run a script? there has to be another way. and i don't understand, just becasue i added them my self, ubuntu can not autoremove them? [02:56] i just installed kubuntu 18.04 lts and having issues with copying files to my second hard drive and also the usb..in dolphin file browser my main hard drive has a green icon to the left of it and the others have a red icon? [02:57] hehe [02:57] good morning aswell [02:57] ghostnik11: that script will do the work for you [02:57] u think it is permissions related ? [02:58] leftyfb, so that means everytime i add a kernel manually, i will have to run this script to remove them? [02:58] ghostnik11: no, you can remove them manually if you like [02:59] leftyfb, yeah but with this script i am going to have to first make it using text editor then i have to make it run then i will have to put it in the command window. can [02:59] can't we just have one command to do that all for me [02:59] :/ [03:00] leftyfb, i will copy and paste it into a txt file now and get started on it [03:01] ghostnik11, if you added the kernels manually, then it's easiest to remove them manually too. After all, you know which ones you added and which ones you no longer need. [03:02] ic56, yeah but i added them through, command. i figured i could just uncommand them or something [03:03] ghostnik11, I don't understand. What do you mean "through command"? What command? [03:04] ic56, like going into terminal and telling it to add this kernel from like the kernel website or download it first from kernel website then run command to add the kernel [03:04] Is anyone able to troubleshoot this? https://www.ffxiah.com//forum/topic/52488/the-windower-50-alpha/1/#3356128 Supposedly from a couple sources Ashita is supposed to work while old versions of windower never has (but i am unable to get it going https://www.ashitaxi.com/ ) "Im on Ubuntu 18.04 & i can run Vanilla XI np its golden but when it comes to API i get no luck ;; https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28861 [03:04] bugs.winehq.org bug 28861 in imm32 "Final Fantasy XI hangs after character selection" [Normal,New] [03:04] http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/download/media/install_win.html this is where you can get the base came & well [03:05] While you cant play without a monthly fee i dont even think you would need to actually run the game updates & get beyond base installation to troubleshoot this [03:05] + honestly if Ashita was to run then that would give you access to private servers but yea trying to crossover from windows to linux I couldnt success soo far [03:05] & theres reports of Ashita working... In other word if i could get that to run on ubuntu than more than likely Windower5 Beta would work too as its requiring same components as far as i can tell [03:05] heres claim that Ashita should be working on linux https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxi/comments/7acvgv/does_ffxi_run_very_well_under_linux_thinking_of/ On top of the initial Windower5 Beta link that i gave first where someone claim that they got it working on Wine also [03:05] ghostnik11, So, after downloading, what command did you use to add each kernel? [03:05] For years ppl asked if windower could work on linux & the answer was no as you can see here : http://forums.windower.net/index.php@sharelink=download%3BaHR0cDovL2ZvcnVtcy53aW5kb3dlci5uZXQvaW5kZXgucGhwPy90b3BpYy8xMDcyLXJ1bm5pbmctd2luZG93ZXItd2l0aC1mZnhpLXRocm91Z2gtd2luZS8,%3BUnVubmluZyBXaW5kb3dlciB3aXRoIEZGWEkgKHRocm91Z2ggV2luZSk,.html but i thought Windower5 would fix that maybe no longer needing dependencies of like [03:06] !paste | buthow0 [03:06] buthow0: For posting multi-line texts into the channel, please use https://paste.ubuntu.com | To post !screenshots use https://imgur.com/ !pastebinit to paste directly from command line | Make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic. [03:06] netframework 3.5-40 as its up to 4.7 now but I have been failing at getting it solved [03:06] Ashita was alternative & assuming it would run, more than likely the new windower would too. That was my question Whew sorry for the spam [03:06] buthow0: go to #winehq for help [03:07] well i am gonna mess with the permissions gots to be that [03:09] ic56, sudo dpkg -i *.deb [03:10] ghostnik11: for those kernel images you have in /boot, you can get the packages they were installed from like this: dpkg -S /boot/*linu* [03:10] w00t w00t [03:10] LINUX 4 LIFE [03:12] HERE! https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/fkpK9wvHbj/ [03:12] tomreyn, yeah there is 3 there. one is the current kernel i am using. then you have two more that i can uninstall to save disk space [03:12] tomreyn, ic56 linux-image-4.4.0-130-generic: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-130-generic [03:12] dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-130-generic.efi.signed [03:12] linux-image-4.9.87-040987-generic: /boot/vmlinuz-4.9.87-040987-generic [03:12] ghostnik11, Ah, I see. In that case, assuming you still have the *.deb files, the easiest way might be sudo dpkg -r FILE.deb Where "FILE" is any package you want to remove. [03:16] ghostnik11: here's a better script: awk '/^[[:blank:]]*linux/ {print "/boot"$2}' /boot/grub/grub.cfg | grep -v 'signed' | sort | uniq | xargs dpkg -S [03:16] !paste | ghostnik11 [03:16] ghostnik11: For posting multi-line texts into the channel, please use https://paste.ubuntu.com | To post !screenshots use https://imgur.com/ !pastebinit to paste directly from command line | Make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic. [03:18] ghostnik11: those you want to uninstall you can run 'apt purge' against. but you'll probably want to uninstall headers as well, incase those are seperately packaged. this will list all linux* packages (probably including the headers, if any): dpkg -l 'linux*' [03:20] ghostnik11: also, some of these packages may have been installed thorugh meta packages. the 4.4.0-130 kernel image is a dependency of the linux-image-generic package on ubuntu 16.04, for example - but i dont know which ubuntu version you are running, did you discuss it? [03:21] tomreyn, i am running 16.04 [03:22] buthow0: (as lefty said) please ask in #winehq, we can't really help with making windows programs work through wine here. [03:22] tomreyn how come? i went there& ill stick to it but im looking for help nearly everywhere all i get is ppl running from it like hell [03:22] ghostnik11: ok, that's good to know. :) [03:22] ghostnik11, tomreyn: I'm off. Catch you later. [03:23] ic56, okay bro, thanks for the help [03:23] tomereyn if you dont know how sure just say it but so far all i get is getting swiped off as idk,,, [03:23] buthow0: would you join #windows and ask them how to make some closed source linux game work on windows? [03:24] tomreyn we are in 2018 & tbh no im here because of that because i try to move from windows [03:24] buthow0: software made for a different platform is best used there only. [03:24] tomereyn if anything im trying to have linux adapt further, while i do desire to learn more myself, i could just ignore it & stay on my other computer but i wanted to try linux forever [03:25] tomreyn theres testiomys of it working tho & if you clicked th elinks i gave you the guy that created the new beta API himself say it should work on linux & that he would like it to [03:26] tomereyn but of course because video game! its not important for ubuntu developpers... [03:26] tomreyn* [03:26] buthow0: i like that you try linux. i'm just saying we cvan't support you in making windows applications and games work on linux here, unless they are built for linux. in fact we only support applications available in ubuntu here (and sometimes a little bit more). [03:26] ffs i need a new keyboard [03:27] buthow0: this is not the place to discuss this. please move this elsewhere. we have #ubuntu-offtopic for non support topics. [03:28] (I'll be happy to talk a bit more there) [03:28] k [03:33] Im unable to join channel tomreyn [03:34] !register | buthow0 [03:34] buthow0: For information on registering your IRC nick, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat/Registration - For any further help, ask in #freenode. [03:35] you'll need to have your nickname registered to join [04:01] tomreyn, the apt purge worked, thanks bro. i got rid of 4.9.8 kernel and 4.0.4 kernel and freed up more than 500mb [04:03] ghostnik11: welcome. hope you'll still boot successfully then. [04:03] tomreyn, lol, we will see [04:05] is this normal for a machine without nfs installed? and for none of the inodes to show up in /proc/net/unix ? http://termbin.com/dd0k [04:05] it's an ovh dedi [04:05] 16.04 [04:07] sirensari2, could wel be, ovh provides a heavily tweaked system [04:07] oerheks, i used the non ovh kernel or w/e they call it [04:08] sirensari2, better reask in #ovh ( unofficial support ) [04:08] ghostnik11: su be sure to run update-grub, and check its output [04:08] it's not normal though right ? [04:09] i guess ill just spin up a vps to test [04:25] tomreyn, yeah it updated and only shows my current kernel and also the efi option for my android x86 boot. so i think i am safe [04:33] Heya [04:34] Got to move/resize my current /home partition live [04:34] Please help [04:35] kutt, boot a live iso, open gparted and do so? [04:36] kutt: and before you do this, make backups. [04:37] given i dont have a live iso right now [04:37] Can this be done with tty [04:37] ? [04:37] short answer: no. [04:38] because we're too lazy to guide you through it. [04:38] !cookie | tomreyn [04:38] tomreyn: Wow! You're such a great helper, you deserve a cookie! [04:38] the other approahc is much easier and less error prone [04:38] !botsnack [04:38] Yum! Err, I mean, APT! [04:38] lolz. Speaking the truth though. === bhalithan1 is now known as bhalithan [04:43] Hmm really good support [04:43] thanks. [04:43] kutt: Do you need to make it bigger or smaller? What do you mean by "move? [04:44] yes, we're kind enough to save you from mistakes you don't want to make. [04:44] make it smaller [04:44] kutt: you expect free support from people where it takes a long time, is risky? (unless you know what you're doing) - you expect a bit much in my view. using a 'live' is user level work; not cli [04:45] kutt: if you're going to make it smaller, make sure you back up all your data. shrinking a partition has a risk of data loss especially with low disk space [04:45] I am free to take risk . [04:46] growing, too, or any kind of partition table edits. [04:46] you'll need a livecd or live usb of some linux (the lighter the better). Before you boot into it, run "cat /etc/fstab" and "cat fdisk -l" [04:46] growing might be possible, but shrinking .. well, you find out. [04:47] write down the output or print it [04:47] ahhh .. but he does not want livecd, just tty [04:47] well by live I mean live console too [04:47] you can't format a mounted disk [04:48] so boot into the livecd or liveusb and if you prefer console mode, run parted [04:48] the interface is pretty intuitive. The /etc/fstab file will tell you which partition is mounted on /home [04:49] if he had, we saved 10 minutes [04:49] given i dont have a live iso right now [04:49] then fdisk -l shows you the layout so you cn locate the partition [04:49] within parted, help will display the command list. [04:50] just resize whichever partition /home is mounted on (parted allows size specification in KB, MB, GB, etc instead of sector sizes, which is convenient). Hopefully its near the end of your drive, before the swap space. [04:51] https://pastebin.com/KsSmLyRG [04:52] your linux is in one extended partition, like ubuntu 18.04 does standard now. there is no seperate /home/ [04:53] y [04:53] yeah your swap space and linux is a single partition divided into "logical partitions" [04:54] you have two Windows partitions...do you happen to know why its set up like that? [04:54] ok if you think its complicated , then one thing can I just want to copy the bytes from /home to /dev/sdb (new ssd) ? [04:55] you have another drive available? are you using it for anything? [04:55] given /home is a folder not a separate drive [04:55] ya an empty one [04:55] to keep backup [04:55] I just want to copy bytes through dd [04:55] ok...make sure you read up on this a little before executing... [04:56] yeah it would be: [04:56] dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=512 [04:56] but copy not possible through dd for directory [04:57] "/dev/sda" and "/dev/sdb" are files, not directories [04:57] linux treats all devices as files [04:58] ya what can be done for directory then. It gives error [04:59] dd: reading '/home': Is a directory [04:59] it won't copy a directory. You don't need to. Copying sda to sdb should transfer all data from one drive to another, with all metadata about directory hierarchies intact [04:59] but problem is /dev/sdb is 120gb sdd [05:00] and sda is 500 gb hdd [05:00] kutt: you can either image the entire linux / partiiton, or, probably the better option, create an archive of the /home directory tree. [05:00] Hi all, I was previously running Ubuntu 16.x on this hardware. I have since done a clean install of Ubuntu 18, but having done so, my maximum resolution is less than it was before. Where should I start for investigating this? lshw gives me this: product: 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Controller. Which I know is not a fantastic card, but it's capable of more than 1024x768, which is the current max in [05:01] settings. [05:01] that's an option if you have the disk space. You can tar the entire home directory, mount /dev/sdb, and copy to it. You'll need to format sdb first, of course [05:01] tomreyn : second option looks better [05:02] alone is 287G [05:02] so, format the disk first. My favorite console tool when I don't have to resize is cfdisk...in that case its cfdisk /dev/sdb [05:02] * root alone [05:02] tar can compress the directory and it will probably fit in 250GB [05:03] kutt: what are / were your plans for sdb? [05:03] T3ss: try hitting and typing display; I can view & change resolution from there. (this is vague sorry, as I'm using xfce & can't seem to find the gnome-settings at the moment) [05:03] kutt: did you mean to use it some otherway? [05:04] T3ss: sorry you've already tried - my mistake [05:04] kutt: I'm thinking your best option is to back up all your data in /home on the blank drive and then reinstall Linux [05:04] guiverc: yeah, the max in there is 1024x768, but I had higher options in Ub 16.x [05:05] it's probably possible to do the entire root filesystem...but only if you know you've got the space for it [05:05] space only for /home folder [05:05] is reformatting required ? [05:06] ok so cfdisk /dev/sdb (or your preferred partition editor...) [05:06] if sdb is empty, its not formatted [05:06] formatted as NTFS [05:07] oh, that's workable [05:07] so you don't have to [05:07] ok then just rysnc ? [05:07] first find an empty folder to mount it on...try "ls /mnt" [05:07] if that folder is empty, thats a good place [05:08] rsync? prob not necessary [05:08] I'm thinking just archive and compress all of /home...you'll save space [05:08] already mounted on /media [05:08] as NEw_VOlume_ [05:08] oh word...so here's the command to run [05:08] as New Volume_ [05:10] first, do you have enough space on your current drive to hold a copy of all of /home? [05:10] just temporarily [05:10] ya man [05:10] ok [05:10] all empty [05:10] go to / and run [05:11] sudo tar cvjf home.tar.bz2 /home [05:11] on / or /media/New Volume [05:11] it will output every single file it works on, which is what the v does...(you can omit the v if you don't want to see it) [05:12] T3ss: i'm at a loss sorry, other than to check your cable connections aren't loose (yes I've seen it reduce resolution) [05:12] actually yeah, try navigating to /media/New Volume [05:12] then run the command [05:12] tar -cjf home.tar.bz2 /home [05:13] it'll take awhile [05:13] I ran sudo tar cvjf home.tar.bz2 /home [05:13] guiverc: I'm thinking of going into recovery mode and creating a xorg.conf. [05:13] I know, OK [05:13] yeah that's right [05:13] Thanks [05:13] T3ss, maybe a factory reset of the monitor helps [05:14] at the end, the other disk should contain the file "home.tar.bz2". You can just unpack it to restore everything, including directory structure and permissions. see man tar for more info. good luck [05:14] oerheks: Not sure this monitor (a Samsung TV) supports that. [05:16] T3ss: it will support unplugging thze power for 1 minute. [05:17] tomreyn: heh, ok, I'll try it. [05:17] T3ss: i've actzually seen this help with edid issues, though on non 'smart' devices [05:18] Whats thre best simple video editor in unbuntu that support smany formats. Mainly need it for simply editing/snipping video and converting. nothing fancy [05:19] kutt: oh, one more thing. Just check the tar file with ls -l to make sure it isn't owned by root [05:20] MysticReverie, openshot, tons of others too https://itsfoss.com/best-video-editing-software-linux/ [05:20] tomreyn: What's 'edid' ? [05:21] T3ss: the data a monitor provides other devices to identify itself and its capabilities. [05:21] 'edit' ? [05:22] oh lol [05:22] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Display_Identification_Data [05:24] i'm beginning to think tomreyn can cure rainy day ! [05:28] unless there's an fsck wrapped command for it, no. [05:29] hmm [05:30] 'i'm a doctor Jim, not a mgician!' [05:32] So, I pulled the power on the tv for a couple of minutes, but display settings still only show up to 1024x768 [05:33] Could it be that wayland was a better server for my rig? [05:34] T3ss, i was wondering the other way, xorg better? [05:35] oerheks: isn't 18.04 defaulted to xorg? [05:36] yes [05:36] if you had better screendetection in wayland, i would switch back [05:37] oerheks: was 16.x wayland or xorg? [05:37] also xorg, wayland started with 17.04 or 17.10, as default [05:38] ok, so to switch? [05:38] I just log out and there should be an option on the login screen? [05:39] logout, click username, with password dialog you would see the settings icon to change [05:39] T3ss: probably. before you do this, can you post the output of the "dmesg -T | nc termbin.com 9999" command? [05:40] what does nc termbin.com do? [05:40] T3ss: it posts the log to this website [05:41] tomreyn: huh, cool [05:41] done [05:41] T3ss: tell us the url, please, and repeat the process for 'cat .local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log | nc termbin.com 9999' [05:43] http://termbin.com/mhty <- dmesg [05:44] tomreyn: do you mean /var/log/Xorg.0.log ? [05:45] tomreyn: http://termbin.com/930u <- Xorg log [05:45] MysticReverie, have you starred your trek today? [05:46] T3ss: remove nomodeset [05:47] tomreyn: How do you mean? 'remove' isn't a valid command. [05:48] T3ss: oh, i thought you'd know how it got there, since it's not there by default. ok, so run this in a terminal: sudo nano /etc/default/grub [05:49] there should be a line starting "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=", i it probably has "nomodeset" in it. if so, remove it. if not, is "nomodeset" listed elsewhere on this file? [05:49] tomreyn: I used a couple of xrandr commands to try and add the profiles, but reversed those when they didn't work. [05:49] tomreyn: no, "nomode" doesn't appear in the file. [05:50] how ot chang ethe size of the timeline and preview in kden live? the timeline area is huge, and the vide opreview is very small. but i cnat see to drag to chang ethe size [05:50] T3ss: oh wait you did a recovery boot. can you not boot normally then? [05:50] tomreyn: no? I haven't dont a recovery boot. I was going to in order to generate a xorg.conf. [05:51] T3ss: you can exit the file editor using ctrl-x, then answer to not save the file [05:51] tomreyn: thanks, I opened in vim anyway. [05:52] tomreyn: I did run "xrandr --newmode" and "xrandr --addmode" [05:52] T3ss: the "dmesg" output you provided is definitely from your current session. it says "Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-23-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro recovery nomodeset", which means that your kernel was booted with the "recovery" option, which takes place when you select the recovery option from grub menu. [05:52] tomreyn: to try and manually add 1900x900 and 1920x1080 - but when I activated them in the gui it wasn'tg right. So I *thought* I removed them. [05:53] tomreyn: Ah, perhaps I haven't rebooted since I had gone into recovery for a separate issue. [05:53] T3ss: ok, thanks for clarifying,. i don't think the two are related, though. can you reboot and post dmesg again, like before? [05:53] tomreyn: will do. Back soon. [05:58] recently updated my xubuntu 18.04 laptop and rebooted... now it hangs starting gdm [05:59] also weird is when I hit 'ctrl-alt-f3', keyboard stops working after about 30 seconds, and I have to hit ctrl-alt-f3 again to get back [05:59] Guest116: do you have an error like starting gnome display manager link is not ready? [05:59] any ideas as where to start trouble shooting? [06:00] Guest116: i'd suggest editing grub (E) and removing 'quiet splash' to see if useful messages appear during boot [06:00] ps: 'quiet splash' are found on the linux (kernel) line [06:01] okay I will try that now [06:06] T3ss: did the reboot help? [06:06] removed quiet splash and rebooted [06:07] tomreyn: can't currently boot. It keeps hanging just before the login screen. [06:07] it's hung on '[ OK ] Started User Manager for UID 125' [06:07] tomreyn: (I'm on IRC on a different computer now) [06:08] Guest116: nothing unusual before that? and can you ctrl+alt+f4 & use a terminal? (I assume yes) [06:08] also weird that my usb devices won't work either, though when I check /var/log/messages, it shows up that I'm connecting/disconnecting [06:08] T3ss: ok, do you know how to bring up the grub menu and edit the linux boot parameters there? [06:09] Hi, syslog reports; gvfsd-metadata[*]: message repeated 7 times: [ g_udev_device_has_property: assertion 'G_UDEV_IS_DEVICE (device)' failed] ?? why ?? [06:09] and yes, I can ctrl-alt-f4 and access the tty [06:09] Guest116: is your system up to date? if not: sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade from tty [06:09] tomreyn: yes, I'm trying (again) with quiet and splash removed, but it doesn't seem to be taking effect. [06:10] tomreyn: It just goes to a blank screen for a while, and eventually loads a cursor in the bottom right but is unresponsive. [06:10] T3ss: if this doesn't work either, then try recovery again, and choose to enable networking on the menu, then go to the root prompt. [06:10] xubuntu1804: tell us the full story please, ubuntu version? what are you trying to do? [06:10] though after about 10-15 seconds, the tty fails to take input and I have to ctrl-alt-f3 again [06:11] tomreyn: it was doing this before, I thought I'd fixed it, but apparently not. That's why it would have still been ia recovery boot before. [06:11] lotuspsychje: I just did the update 30min ago, and that is what I believe caused this [06:11] lotuspsychje: no packages need updating at this time [06:12] xubuntu-18.04, full up to date, checking why I'm getting gvfs errors [06:12] I'm interested to know what Guest116's issue is, because the snippets I've seen sound like what's happened to me. [06:12] I'm trying to figure out what device grub efi is installed on. I think I may have messed up and put it in multiple locations [06:12] Guest116: i don't know, it could be that gdm is restarted & takes control (switching to gui logically at least) but fails... forcing you to switch to term again... (guess only) [06:13] Guest116 guiverc check my recent bug on gdm, (ubuntu-desktop) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1780986 [06:13] Launchpad bug 1780986 in gdm3 (Ubuntu) "Boot stuck at ubuntu logo gnome display manager" [Undecided,Incomplete] [06:13] Any grub/EFI experts here? [06:13]