[00:00] hey guys... attempting to mount an smb share using kerberos authentication. I see that I have a valid kerberos ticket if i issue: klist - however, when i attempt to mount the share via cifs, i receive the following error: "Required key not available" [00:00] any ideas? [00:08] is it possible to reach my router's admin page through ssh without using x11? [00:08] (using a browser) [00:11] Dice: this is not exactly an ubuntu support topic, unless you're trying to reach the router, from outside your LAN, by hopping through an ubuntu system in its LAN? [00:16] tomreyn: yes exactly [00:18] Dice: what does the client run? [00:19] tomreyn: what do you mean? [00:21] Dice i understand that you want to connect like this: your current computer, somewhere remote from your home LAN <-- internet --> <-- your home router --> your ubuntu system (portforwarded ssh) <-- your home LAN --> your router [00:22] if this is correct, what does "your current computer" run? [00:22] which operating system [00:22] tomreyn: putty on windows 8.1 [00:23] Dice: do you know the LAN IP address of your home router? [00:24] tomreyn: yes [00:26] Dice: create a new profile in putty (or edit the editing one) to connect to your ubuntu system in your LAN. make sure it works. then edit this profile to make it look as seen here https://dimitar.me/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/putty3.jpg [00:27] i.e. make sure you end up with D8080 in the this large box [00:27] this is a dynamic port forwarding on port 8080 [00:28] thanks [00:29] Dice: once that is done, save this profile and start the connection (it will look exactly as before). now start your web browser, access its settings / preferences and configure the following SOCKS5 proxy: host 127.0.0.1 port 8080 [00:30] Dice: finally, point your web browser to the ip address of your home router, as if you were at home in its LAN. [00:30] tomreyn: adding something to the box doesn't work [00:30] is there a metrically equivalent font to calibri-light? [00:30] Dice: you need to use the options below the box to add to it. [00:31] I know that carlito is equivalent to calibri but I can't find anything to replace calibri-light [00:31] tomreyn: destination is 127.0.0.1 then? [00:31] Dice: i think you can omit the destination, just need the port [00:32] ah i see [00:32] so source port=8080, destionation=(empty), [X] Dyanmic, [X] Auto [00:33] then press Add [00:33] now I'm connected [00:35] so configure the web browsers' proxy settings next, as discussed above [00:35] I don't know where to find them, I only know how to use the gui [00:35] It's firefox [00:36] press alt and release to bring up the menu. then select edit -> preferences [00:36] I'm only able to use the terminal [00:36] Dice: on windows? [00:38] Dice: you're supposed to reconfigure the proxy server settings on your current computer. [00:38] ok got it, then I'm using chrome [00:38] those of the web browser specifically [00:39] so access the menu, then settings, or open a new tabl and go to this url: chrome://settings/ [00:39] scroll down, click on advanced, scroll down further. under system, you should see a way to configure proxy settings. [00:41] yes [00:41] tomreyn: what are the proxy settings? [00:42] what i said they are: Dice: [..] now start your web browser, access its settings / preferences and configure the following SOCKS5 proxy: host 127.0.0.1 port 8080 [00:43] Set it up and it says the proxy server refused the connection [00:44] then i guess the putty configuration didnt succeed [00:44] check the profile you're currently using there [00:45] make sure it says D8080 like on the image https://dimitar.me/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/putty3.jpg [00:45] and that you connected to your server at home using this profile [00:46] i mean your computer at home, not necessarily a server [00:46] it does but I had port problems earlier so I think I have to solve that first [00:50] Dice: okay. this is pretty much off topic here most of the time (it's about configuring software running on your windows system), so maybe just ask in ##windows. === semeion is now known as mnemonic === wowaname is now known as opal [01:56] hi everyone, i've got a problem with 18.04 where X locks up but I can still use the mouse. I have to do alt+sysreq+R,E,I,U,S,B to restart [01:57] how do I go about diagnosing the issue? [01:58] clicking with the mouse does nothing, and I still have the audio of my video by the video is just frozen [02:01] Does Youtube-dl really work? It seems the only option now that convert2mp3.net etc refuses to DL any music or related mp4's [02:03] works like a charm [02:03] jwash: /var/log/gpu-manager.log , /var/log/syslog* and ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.*.log* [02:03] tomreyn, ty [02:03] i'll look now [02:05] Can anyone tell me what package is responsible for the keyboard audio control on Ubuntu 18.04 ? [02:13] jwash: yt-dl works like a charm? [02:13] yea man [02:13] jwash: OK thx [02:14] I've used it alot [02:14] this is what I have set up [02:14] alias yt='youtube-dl --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" -i' [02:14] Its just a pity about the German plugin, that was quick click no command line. [02:15] I see your alias - nice. Thanks. [02:15] I think the -o let's it skip not found songs [02:18] tomreyn, none of the files had a clue [02:19] i've switched to the proprietary nvidia driver and I'll see how it goes === only1byte is now known as onlyabyte [03:09] Hi, after upgrading to 18.04, I got a black screen when booting. Safemode works, but the graphic resolution is pore [03:09] poor* [03:10] I think it could be related to the graphic cars drivers but not sure, it worked well before upgrading [03:12] obrown: whats your graphics card chipset, driver version and ubuntu version please? [03:14] it's an Intel GMA 950 [03:15] ubuntu 18.04 [03:15] for the driver version, I'm not sure when to find it [03:15] obrown: ok thank you, whats happening at wich point please? [03:16] When I boot, I can see the ubuntu logo with the little dots below (loading), then the screen freezes and becomes black [03:16] I does now make it to the loggin screen [03:16] not* [03:17] obrown: and you came from 16.04 upgrade? [03:17] yes [03:17] obrown: ok good, is your system up to date to latest? [03:17] yes, every updates are done [03:18] !nomodeset | obrown lets try this first as a test [03:18] obrown lets try this first as a test: A common kernel (boot)parameter is nomodeset, which is needed for some graphic cards that otherwise boot into a black screen or show corrupted splash screen. See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132 on how to use this parameter [03:19] ok one moment please [03:24] lotuspsychje: I will go to the grub menu and try to change the nomodeset [03:25] obrown: good luck mate [03:34] lotuspsychje: ok so with the nomodeset setting, I can now loggin to ubuntu [03:34] obrown: aha, good news [03:35] obrown: now, before we make a bug, can you test a liveusb 18.04 and see if you can enter the desktop too? [03:36] obrown: can you also check uname -a please? [03:36] yes, one moment [03:37] I just write this line in the terminal? [03:37] obrown: yes please [03:38] obrown: you can paste the output here [03:43] lotuspsychje: 4.15.0-35-generic #38-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 12 10:37:13 UTC 2018 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux [03:44] obrown: that doesnt seem right, 18.04 kernel is currently .34 [03:45] obrown: have you been playing with mainline kernels? [03:45] no, I don't know how to do that [03:45] is there a way I can fixe this? [03:46] lotuspsychje: IRT obrown i686 GNU/Linux [03:47] obrown: lsb_release -a please [03:50] No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 18.01.1 LTS Release: 18.04 Codename: bionic [03:51] hi o/ [03:51] obrown: 18.01 does not exist, are you making this up? [03:51] I have a USB audio device passed through to a VM and whenever I turn the VM off, gnome automatically switches my audio output device to that USB card. Is there a config file I can edit to tell gnome to not automatically switch to a newly plugged in audio device? [03:52] sorry typing mistake 18.04.1 LTS [03:52] I'm on my cellphone since I could not boot [03:52] obrown: is your system 64-bit capable? [03:52] why are so many screenshots missing for apps in the software store, what can i do to help? [03:52] obrown: you said you can boot into ubuntu with nomodeset? [03:53] !contribute | linuxliam [03:53] linuxliam: To contribute and help out with Ubuntu, see http://community.ubuntu.com and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ContributeToUbuntu [03:53] now yes, but I could not when we started this conversation [03:54] linuxliam: perhaps take a look also at the gnome-software launchpad [03:54] linuxliam: also mind, the gnome guys are planning to makeover software completly soon, perhaps join this group? [03:55] linuxliam: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/09/canonical-wants-to-make-its-software-center-more-like-the-apple-app-store [03:56] lotuspsychje: my processor is not 64 bits capable [03:56] linuxliam: Ya might find this of interest: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/09/canonical-wants-to-make-its-software-center-more-like-the-apple-app-store [03:56] obrown: for ubuntu 18.04 there are no 32bit images anymore, sorry [03:57] obrown: perhaps go for 16.04 32bit? [03:57] it would be cool if they allow for user contributed screenshots [03:57] can I type a command to do this without loosing my home files? [03:57] obrown: or lubuntu https://lubuntu.net/downloads/ [03:58] nevermind, i figured it out. I had to comment out some usb stuff in /etc/pulse/default.pa [03:59] was pretty straight forward [04:01] obrown: wich command? [04:01] Question: Why would chown say ownership retained as user:user, but when I stat the file it's owned by root? [04:02] is Thunderbird being updated to 60 in 18.10? [04:02] !chown | systemd0wn can this help? [04:02] systemd0wn can this help?: An explanation of what file permissions are and how they can be manipulated can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FilePermissions [04:03] linuxliam: not at this time [04:03] lotuspsychje: do you know why it hasn't been updated in a while? [04:04] !latest | linuxliam [04:04] linuxliam: Packages in Ubuntu may not be the latest. Ubuntu aims for stability, so "latest" may not be a good idea. Post-release updates are only considered if they are fixes for security vulnerabilities, high impact bug fixes, or unintrusive bug fixes with substantial benefit. See also !backports, !sru, and !ppa. [04:04] ubottu: no. That wasn't helpful. Thank you though. [04:04] systemd0wn: I am only a bot, please don't think I'm intelligent :) [04:05] thanks [04:12] systemd0wn, the context of why you got the message you asked about, may help us to provide more useful information [04:23] hi how can I search the repos for a file. [04:23] looking for openssl/aes.h' === capella|away is now known as capella [04:24] https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?searchon=contents&keywords=openssl%2Faes.h&mode=exactfilename&suite=bionic&arch=any [04:31] JZA: apt-file locally, as well [05:31] Hi, anyone know method to unlock encrypted partition at boot? === lotuspsychje_ is now known as lotus|NUC [05:37] gagan662_: assumign this is a dmcrypt-luks encrypted partition, it should normally happen automatically. [05:39] !ping [05:39] pong! [05:42] tomreyn: It prompt me for password for every boot. [05:47] gagan662_: so it works properly. then what are you trying to accomplish? [05:48] gagan662_: are you trying to remove the full disk encryption layer (thus storing your data plain and unencrypted on the storage)? [05:49] I want do it automaticaly without the need of entring password manually. [05:49] tomreyn: ^ [05:50] Can i remove the password encryption without reformatting the HDD. [05:50] ? [05:54] gagan662_: according to its man page (i never did this, do not know if it works, and whether ti works without data loss) "cryptsetup-reencrypt --decrypt" can be used to remove the dmcrypt-luks encryption layer off a given block device. be sure you have complete and proven recoverable backups. [05:57] tomreyn: ok. I've two disk it does not show any sub partition like /dev/sd[ab][12] [05:58] only /dev/sd[ab] [05:59] gagan662_: okay, and you're telling me this because? === HappyHotDog is now known as JudgeHotDog [06:01] tomreyn: why is it like that there is no /dev/sda[12] [06:01] I'm new to this RAID/LUKS. Don't know much [06:01] gagan662_, sda & sdb will be drives, sda1, sda2, sdb1 etc are partitions on drives === remy_ is now known as remy^ [06:02] exactly there is only /dev/mapper/isw_blaw [06:02] gagan662_: i don't know. maybe you have file systems directly on these driver, or you have some other kind of block device layer on them which you have not readied, yet, so it does not yet show up. [06:02] gagan662_: oh that's an intel fakeraid you have there [06:02] yes [06:02] https://vitobotta.com/2018/01/13/ubuntu-automatically-unlock-encrypted-drives-at-boot/ [06:03] gagan662_: if you already know, why make us guess? :) [06:03] this article refers to /dev/sdb1. When i looked for it there is no partitions either on sda or sdb [06:05] this article is about how you can prevent having to type multiple passphrases on boot. you can then just enter one passphrase and then unlock the other encrypted block devices automatically. using this approach makes no sense, however, if you only have a single crypto container. === JudgeHotDog is now known as HappyHotDog [06:07] if you only have a single crypto container, you should either ocntinue to enter the decryption passphrase manually on boot, or decide to remove the crypto container, storing your data unencrypted on the disk. [06:07] thinking of doing so tomreyn [06:07] It's a pain when i want to restart my work computer remotely [06:09] gagan662_: not if you have a networked serial console attached, granting you out of band access. [06:15] ^^ never heard of that tamaros [06:15] ^^ never heard of that tomreyn [06:22] gagan662_: you can also run an ssh server from initrd to allow you to enter the decryption password remotely. [06:23] (the putty ssh server is usually used for this) [06:34] tomreyn: yep yep that what i found. may be i need to install dropbear [06:36] tomreyn: Any guide to do configure that? === Blade is now known as BgLameTeam === BgLameTeam is now known as Dreaman [07:22] hello all was hoping someone could help out am running 18.04 (vanilla-stock standard) and one of my usb keeps being hijacked by a bluetooth pairing i made in the past(ps3 controller and bluetooth dongle pairing|not working as a normal usb anymore/does work now and then but intermittently how can i work out whats actually going on with the problem usb from ubuntu so i can fix it ) [07:22] i was thinking lsblk perhaps [07:23] but not sure what to look for after that [07:31] i meant to say lsusb [07:35] which package is python 3 on xenial? 'python' seems to be 2? [07:37] oh there seems to be a python3, weird that it didnt come up at all when i searched for it on the website [07:42] gagan662_: https://www.pbworks.net/ubuntu-guide-dropbear-ssh-server-to-unlock-luks-encrypted-pc/ [07:52] Ghosthree3: check this out. https://pythonprogramming.net/introduction-to-python-programming/ [07:52] why though [07:57] Ghosthree3, You should be able to find it with something like apt-cache saerch python3 [07:57] I simply grabbed the sources, builts and installed from there though.. thinnk it's 3.7 now [07:58] i just needed >=3.4 installed for a build [08:03] what's a good way for me to identify the source of a program crash? [08:03] run it frmo terminal? [08:03] thats always a good start [08:04] the crashing is very unpredictable [08:04] so it will take me a few days or weeks to get a result :/ [08:05] prsstnt: you can always do something from the terminal like nohop program.name &>> ~/check.me.for.errors.log & [08:05] prsstnt: and then when you get a crash check that log [08:06] nohop? [08:07] Maybe it's "nohup" [08:07] nohup lol sorry [08:07] * mouses has not had enough coffee [08:07] none of these are recognised [08:08] should that be in deb coreutils? [08:08] maybe cause im on lubuntu i dont have it [08:12] it's in coreutils, yes [08:28] whats a good way to find out why a usb port in not working [08:32] conjo tail -f /var/log/syslog and plugin your device in the usb port [08:46] hi to all, i have a problem with cups, the page localhost:631 doesn't appears comeone cah help me? [08:52] !cups | MoL0ToV [08:52] MoL0ToV: Printing in Ubuntu is done with cups. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Printers - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsPrinters - http://linuxprinting.org - Printer sharing: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkPrintingWithUbuntu [09:18] hi to all, i have a problem with cups, the page localhost:631 doesn't appears someone cah help me? [09:18] the service is not running [09:18] i tryed to apt-get purge and install but don't work for me [09:23] bye [09:23] MoL0ToV: enable the service? [09:33] Is there a grep-like tool that does glob pattern matching instead of regex? [09:34] i *know* it's going to fail anyway, how do i tell it "stop trying" without waiting the full 5 minutes and 10 seconds? https://i.imgur.com/ldpmq0k.png [09:43] Hello. I want to limit my kid from using apps, so I thought I will change binaries ownership to some groups, let's call them "adults_only" and "kids_allowed", then add adult's users to both, and kid [09:43] kid's to "kids_allowed". [09:43] on ubuntu i'm writing a shell script that uses ffmpeg to create video files with spaces and using cp to copy video files with spaces. for some reason in the ls output one set of files has a ' ' around them and the other has " " around them. any idea why? [09:44] It works fine, but Now I need to change all apps ownerships. Any idea how to do it not one by one? [09:44] And possibly change default ownership of new installed apps? [09:45] what is the badass code editor for ubuntu 16.04 one would recommend me? not sure which one to pick up between sublime, atom, vstudio or w.e.? perhaps emacs? please point me a direction so i feel comfortable with my code writing [09:45] illuminated_, when there are spaces, ls use '' to delimit, but you should not use ls output, is for humans === beaver is now known as evilnewbie [09:47] Alina-malina, check all jetbrains products. Those are cool. And eclipse is cool also. [09:47] hmmm oh you mean like intelijidea? [09:48] Alina-malina, depends on what language you want to code in. [09:48] well thats the problem because i do work with many languages lol...i used to work in terminal nano, but now i got nice powerful laptop with cool gui of ubuntu, but i never used those editors [09:49] Hi folks, dumb ubuntu question: Considering an upgrade from 16.04 lts to 18.04 lts and have a networking question: The 16.04 system is obviously set up with the old style networking configuration, not netplan. If I upgrade to 18.04 will I be required to switch to netplan or will it still maintain the legacy configuration? I don't want to upgrade and suddenly find my networking borked [09:50] illuminated_, dunno but try asking ##linux [09:50] mikepapa, also i am not sure how i am going to restore the .iso that system offered me to backup, is there any tutorial on this? this is very important for me [09:51] try eclipse. It's huge enviorement made for variuous languages and frameworks. I use both. Eclipse for C and microcontrollers programming, and PyCharm from jetbrains for python. I love PyCharm for how it's integrated with popular python's frameworks. [09:51] illuminated_, (i don't think that ls behaviour is ubuntu-specific) [09:51] mikepapa: i think there are ubuntu kiosk software out there [09:51] mikepapa: perhaps you could also make a seperate kids user and lock everything with chmod? [09:51] hmmm alright thanks mikepapa i will install both [09:52] lotus|NUC, I believe so, but I don't want to be that restrictive to make a kiosk. [09:53] lotus|NUC, I want to lock everything with chmod, it's just pain to do it one by one. I'd like to change all apps with one command, and I'm not sure how to do it without killing the system. ;) [09:53] lotus|NUC, something like "chmod o-x /usr/bin/*"? But [09:54] Alina-malina, lots to choose from, personally i use eclipse for just about everything these days (C/C++/PHP/HTML/CSS/javascript), but back in the 16.04 days, i used Code::Blocks for C/C++ (but in 18.04, codeblocks has become unreliable/unstable for me, random segfaults, and autocomplete randomly freezes/stops working, so yeah..) [09:54] hans_, alrighty, what about intelijidea? do you have experience with it? [09:54] I remeber using Code::Blocks for AVR C as well. It was fine. [09:55] Alina-malina, nope [09:55] anyone? :o [09:56] dxc: networking will work fine normally, nut never say never on upgrades === TerraMar is now known as terramar [09:56] dxc: most users have sucessfully LTS upgraded to bionic [09:56] ok [09:57] dxc: dont forget to make backups right [09:57] I don't wanna have to go and sacrifice a chicken to get my ipmi working :p [09:57] Alina-malina, Jetbrains products are great. Out of the box integration with frameworks, VCSes, support for template languages, support for accompanying languages (like js for web frameworks). Cons: those are not free. PyCharm has free community version with limited functionality. [09:57] anyone having problems getting stuck in loop with kernel 4.15.0.34-generic? [09:57] it doesnt like connecting sometimes for some reason [09:57] dxc, you will not be required to set up netplan, but i'm not 100% sure if the ubuntu updater will manage to keep your existing network config intact, you may have to re-configure it post-upgrade (probably not, but i'm not 100% sure), so backup your current network config [09:57] dxc: are you on desktop or server? [09:57] server [09:57] oh [09:58] dxc: then you best join #ubuntu-server mate, ask for known issues [09:58] I haven't run ubuntu desktop in ages [09:58] kay, ty [09:58] I actually run it on a NUC :D [09:58] I'm srtuggling to install Unifi Controller on 18.04 :( [09:58] (but not the system in question) [09:58] nice1 dxc [09:58] I'll go ask 'em :D [09:59] yeah I bought it when my old fileserver/ubuntu-screwaround box died [10:00] its surprisingly snappy [10:00] dxc: feel free to share specs in #ubuntu-discuss [10:00] probably because of the nvme drive [10:00] k, I'll pop over there [10:00] So anyone has any idea howto make "chmod o-x" on all existing apps and make it default for new installed? [10:04] !chmod | mikepapa perhaps check here [10:04] mikepapa perhaps check here: An explanation of what file permissions are and how they can be manipulated can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FilePermissions [10:12] ubottu, I do understand how permissions can be manipulated, I just believe doing "chmod o-x -r /*" might not be the best idea. So I need to do it for non-system binaries only. Unfortunatelly those are not gathered in one place. Even /usr/bin contains multiple links, that need to be followed to get to the related binary. It seems like huge work to be done. [10:12] mikepapa: I am only a bot, please don't think I'm intelligent :) [10:12] lol [10:12] Please, update kernel at least to 4.16. Kernel version 4.15 causes Chrome crashes and YouTube freezes on Skylake CPUs. [10:15] Ubuntu 18.10 will be with Gnome 3.30? [10:18] mikepapa, why do you want -x for others? [10:19] !mainline | Eightynine [10:19] Eightynine: The kernel team supply continuous mainline kernel builds which can be useful for tracking down issues or testing recent changes in the Linux kernel. More information is available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds [10:21] Thank you. Another problem is Gnome Boxes doesn't work. Shows "Unable to run (distribution name), when restarting Boxes it automatically removes all virtual machines. [10:24] Can I use UKUU? I tried to remove older kernels yesterday and it froze and then made system to logoff. === semeion is now known as mnemonic [10:25] Where can I find Chrome crash logs? [10:36] enzotib, So I will ten only specific users run specific apps. I want binaries to be in either "adults_only", or "kids_allowed" groups. Adults' users will be in both groups, kids' users only in latter. It works fine, but it's a pain to change permissions one by one. [10:37] ..I will allow* not "ten" I have no idea where "ten" came from. === beaver is now known as evilnewbie [10:49] is there a known problem with the sudo file in 18.04? [10:52] mikepapa: you could try to play with ACL (access control list), see the GUI eiciel === semeion is now known as mnemonic [11:17] enzotib, tnx. I'll check it [11:19] Hey, does anyone know why php-fpm is in universe rather that in main? [11:19] *than === capella is now known as capella|away [11:23] i'm looking for a solution for multiroom audio streaming [11:23] What is a good short book for learning kernel for an absolute beginner? [11:23] anyone got any experience with that or can recommend a solution? [11:25] i'm thinking about connecting some pis with speakers and the wifi [11:34] how would i _generally_ go about streaming audio to multiple devices? [11:34] i tried doing it natively in pulse, but it turned out stuttery and flaky [11:40] hey community! i run a virtualization host (qemu/kvm) based on ubuntu 18.04 LTS. the machine has 192GB ram, the vms eating about 58 of those. free -mh tells me that only 5,8GB are used in cache ... is there any way to force the system into using more ram for fs caching ? [11:48] Hiyas all [12:16] Do you know how to connect to WhatsApp without a smartphone? [12:16] I apparently updated perl to 5.28.0 and now I need to manually set PERL5LIB=/usr/share/perl5. since that's a system thing, I assume that's a package being misconfigured? [12:19] repro: echo "use String::Escape" |perl [12:20] nvm, I got another perl in my path, nvm [12:20] *sigh* === juboxi is now known as jubo2 [12:22] that opt-in data collection bionic. is there a way to disable it globally, instead of not opting in at every new user sign-in? [12:30] greenEarth: there's a website you can use from ubuntu [12:31] https://web.whatsapp.com/ [12:33] dreadkopp: you could reduce swapiness, which should have this effect [12:35] for now i set vfs_cache_pressure=50 which let the cache eat up to 10GB for now. will test lower values soon [12:35] there is no swap defined on the host [12:38] oh then your approach is actually better [12:40] how can I substitute "Calibri Light:Bod" with "Carlito:Regulat" ? [12:44] ntd, what data collection? do you mean popularity-contest? [12:45] no, ubuntu-report [12:45] there's a prompt at every new gnome sign-in [12:45] just a guess but have you tried `sudo apt remove --purge ubuntu-report` ? [12:46] well, that also purges ubuntu-server et al [12:46] thinking that might have an unfortunate outcome down the road [12:47] it's a systemd service, which you can probably disable? === apetresc_ is now known as apetresc [12:48] ln -s /bin/false $(which ubuntu-report) then? :p === jstein_ is now known as jstein [12:48] chmod -x $(which ubuntu-report) ? [12:48] gmm, Unit ubuntu-report.service could not be found. [12:49] Hi all [12:49] Linux has let me down one more time now [12:49] 👍 [12:49] It's eaten up all the RAM and just hanged. Again. [12:50] OnkelTem, neat, how much ram r we talking about? [12:50] ntd: so i guess my suggestion about disabling the service may have been wrong. [12:50] hans_: 10 years ago when I had much less RAM I didn't experience such problems. It's called development I believe... [12:50] hans_: 16GB [12:51] OnkelTem, cool, maybe it's some sort of a record! could you see which process ate the ram? [12:51] purging ubuntu-report workjs fine, here (an ubuntu 18.04 desktop), though [12:51] hans_: no I cannot - it had hanged. [12:51] But let me guess... Google Chrome? This bastard is always eating up all what you have [12:51] OnkelTem, well, reboot it and run `dmesg | pastebinit`, what do you get? [12:51] tomreyn, ok. you should purge apport, whoopsie and popularity-contest while you're at it [12:52] wait a sec [12:52] ntd: i don't need to, if they behave as they say they do. [12:52] OnkelTem, sec, does it do anything if you press ctrl+shift+...F10 was it? [12:52] hans_: http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/t42DnKB9BX/ [12:52] doh [12:53] tomreyn, at least take out whoopsie [12:53] is dmesg automatically reset on reboot? [12:53] hans_: sure I tried to switch to tty1 and it had switched, but then I couldn't log in. After entering my credentials the shell prompt never appeared [12:54] which is quite expected as it waste all my RAM on something else [12:54] ntd: unless i learn otherwise, i will assume that whoopsie reports are only sent over secure connections to canonical, and do not contain unique ids. do you know otherwise? [12:54] OnkelTem, ctrl+alt+F2? [12:55] well, i caught it making connections when trying out xenial [12:55] never asked me, so away it went [12:55] BluesKaj: I switched to tty1, didn't try tty2. Is it different? [12:56] ntd: sure, it will report crashes in the background, that's its purpose [12:56] not without god dang asking [12:56] nowadays F1 doesn't normally bring up a vt/tty [12:57] BluesKaj: I noticed yeah, but this time it worked [12:57] OnkelTem, there's no differnce between the vt/ttys [12:58] ntd: i agree that defaulting to on is bad. [12:58] BluesKaj: I got just the normal login prompt, I could type letters - hence the PC didn't hang really - but then when it instantiates the shell - this failed [13:00] and my HDD was working constantly (the lights were blinking) and I waired for 10 minutes and then I restarted and got a message from UEFI that CPU temperature is too high (it was 75 celsius to be specific) [13:00] I believe it'd been working hard to free up some RAM LOL [13:01] hi [13:02] so I have the iso image named ubuntu-18.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso on my usb [13:02] This is really weird to face such situations. Isn't it clear that you should allocate some space for possible root login prompts? Odd really odd [13:02] and im trying to boot it up but its not working, so what im doing is pressing f2 than setting my boot priority to the usb. but my normal OS keeps loading [13:03] how do I install ubuntu than? [13:03] OnkelTem, btw if a kernel thread is stuck in IO (a harddrive or soemthing that never responds), that could cause similar issues to what you're describing [13:03] hey how is someone meant to diagnose network manager? i.e. turn on max debug/verbose/etc... it's a VPN i want to get working but it's not providing very useful output - just says it disappears :S [13:04] Swyper: how did you write the iso file to the usb storage? [13:04] hans_: thanks for sharing this. But how can someone detect it to undertake some... something? [13:04] OnkelTem, check your drive's SMART data, nothing interesting there? [13:05] (everything looks healthy?) [13:05] tomreyn: I downloaded the iso file from ubuntu's site than moved it to my usb from my downloads folder [13:05] the last time I did it, hans_ , it was clear. But let me try one more time [13:06] hans_: honestly I'm not a good s.m.a.r.t reader :) [13:06] Swyper: i see. well that's not the right way. iso files are like file archives, in a special format. they need to be unpackaged and written to the usb storage in a special way. there are applications which can do this. https://etcher.io is such an application [13:06] (there are several others) [13:06] hans_: http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/s9WYcmt5dR/ [13:07] How does that look for you guys? It's a SMART report [13:07] (ssd) === Class7_ is now known as Class7 [13:07] Swyper: see also https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-install-ubuntu-desktop [13:08] tomreyn: https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-windows#4 is this a tutorial that will give me what im looking for? [13:08] what I'm looking for is to create a partition with ubuntu on it [13:09] OnkelTem, laptop? [13:09] hans_: no. A desktop [13:09] Swyper: sorry, wrong tutorial, i meant https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntu [13:10] tomreyn: :P that is the one I linked [13:10] Swyper: note this one also links to similar tutorials for creating an installer usb stick on windows and os x [13:10] Swyper: no it's not [13:10] o [13:11] Swyper: but if you're on windows, then you got the right one already [13:11] OnkelTem, the drive looks ok. the only disturbing line was " 13 Soft_Read_Error_Rate 0x0032 052 052 000 Old_age Always - 1995252/137069159" - but given that Raw_Read_Error_Rate is at zero, it has never truly failed.. probably [13:12] OnkelTem, that doesn't happen often, right? the freeze thing? [13:13] Swyper: does this put you into the position to create the usb installer and boot off it? [13:13] tomreyn: im trying it out now will report the results back asap :P [13:14] alright, let us know if there are any issues [13:15] stevenm: there is nmcli to manage network manager. NM logs to syslog which is at /var/log/syslog [13:25]