[00:02] hey [00:02] can anyone suggest noninteractive MTUs? [00:03] duoi: This isn't really the place for software suggestions. Maybe try #ubuntu-offtopic? [00:03] SlidingHorn okay [00:04] maetthew: generally, no. i've only seen KDE do anything like that for nearly the whole session [00:10] need help setting up wifi ap on my ubuntu laptop to share internet [00:11] deadrom: Nvidia recommends the 490 version driver: https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/137276/en-us . what shows ' sudo ubuntu-drivers list ' ? [00:11] ryuo: ok [00:12] Bashing-om: nvidia-340 / nvidia-driver-390 [00:13] deadrom: ' sudo apt update ; sudo apt upgrade ; sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall ' should install the 390 driver :) === cgundersson_ is now known as cgundersson [00:22] hello, just wondering.... would it be bad for a firmwareupdate to have a passwd file with this line?: root:ToCOv8qxP13qs:0:0:root:/root/:/bin/psh [00:23] please tell me that this isn't a password-hash.... === iwhb4u is now known as Mo4_xi1_ge1_Ren2 [00:34] Phischi: that looks like.. plaintext, if you ask me [00:34] hashid says DES [00:34] just probing IPcamfirmware [00:34] well, see if that gives you root [00:35] so, can't check if it works [00:35] shenzen toy? [00:35] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18711970 [00:35] not directly... major brand.... looks like a 0-day :p [00:35] though I bet they just got the parts somewhere in Shenzen [00:36] I was just bored and checked the next gen of a camera I once used and found a root-password in the firmware... so.... [00:36] I think this will get a CVE entry soon [00:37] * deadrom dips white hat ;) [00:37] maybe it's the default password.. [00:38] EriC^^: haven't checked Shodan yet. The camera webinterface doesn't deliver anything specific to search for. But I'm not that deep into the pentest-thing yet, too [00:38] Phischi: is this an ubuntu install? [00:39] ducasse: my VM uses Ubuntu to dissect the firmware :) [00:41] Morning all! I was wondering, How do I move files from one machine to another via ssh? I got myself a pi-zero and want to use it as my always-on irssi client... however all my scripts/log-in info, etc. is on this machine [00:41] Odd but easy one. I have to install nvidea drivers, and i have to install displaylink driver. I installed the displaylink drivers, and tried to setup my second monitor, "Displays and Monitor" see the second monitor, but i cant pitch anything to it. The computer also appears to allow the actions for a second screen, but- nothing is presented on the screen. [00:41] Phischi: https://blog.donbowman.ca/2018/01/18/hacking-the-hikvision-part-1/ [00:42] Two- while doing this, i tried to disable the second screen. it disabled the main screen. I uninstalled, and reinstalled it. When i resintall, the main display goes blank. [00:43] Galactor: 'man scp' [00:43] EriC^^: lol, nice find [00:43] same pass [00:44] hiklinux :) [00:44] :D [00:44] but just for the learning, I need to get a hang on how hashcat works with mask-attacks (better bruteforce) [00:45] ducasse: ah thats the command! thank you! [00:46] Galactor: i'd make sure it's the same version irssi on both machines before copying user config files over across installs [00:48] EriC^^: Good advice! thanks for saving me the headache. I've only dedicated myself to linux (made that windows uninstall) recently so I still got a lot to learn [00:51] duh [00:51] hashcat can't find a Cuda-device in the VM.... laaaaaaame [00:58] EriC^^: whoa, under 30mins on just 1 i5 core in the VM... [01:10] https://pastebin.com/DMdbAwWU [01:11] whichi file do i remove to prevent previous installations to mess with my re-installation [01:13] subcool: I'm not understanding what your issue is. If you reinstall, it will overwrite everything. [01:33] SlidingHorn, i had the issue, lost my screen, went to another login (ctrl+alt), uninstalled it, rebooted, reinstalled - lost my screen immediately. swtich to another login again, uninstalled it. reboot. everyting worked again. [01:39] can anyone help me debug mDNS in bionic? works in the live session but not in the installed system. https://paste.debian.net/hidden/6c45e527/ [01:42] subcool: I'm sorry, but what you're saying doesn't make any sense without a little context === mkv is now known as m4v [02:11] SlidingHorn, Sorry. THe pastebin you see is after displaylink has be removed. Techinally i believe there is only 3 files of question that might of concern from the pastbin. [02:12] SlidingHorn, when i install the displaylink, it appears to refer to previous installations, because after i messed it up the first time. No matter how many times i uninstall and reinstall it. After its installed, my main screen goes black. [02:14] Sven_vB, what does "getent hosts xxx.local" say? That calls gethostbyname through the NSS. (BTW, no point in "sanitizing" names in .local or addresses in 192.168.x.x, nobody outside your net can get to them anyway.) [02:20] rfm, on live, getent hosts says the same as avahi-resolve-host-name. on installed, its output is empty. === mkv is now known as m4v [02:24] Sven_vB, ok good that means the failure's in the gethostbyname call. We should look at the output of "strace getent xxxx.local" (on the installed/failing system.) You could pastebinit, or if you think it needs to be sanitized, I could pastebin my working one and you could eyeball compare it... [02:24] flags -fyxo? [02:26] I'll try with fyxo and maybe it shows enough [02:26] Sven_vB, don't need any flags its only gonna be 185 lines or so [02:28] Sven_vB, unless you have a huge /etc/hosts file... [02:28] Is there a way to speed up Visual Studio Code snap startup time? It's super slow compared to VSC on Windows on the same hardware [02:29] (which was already super slow compared to Sublime Text) [02:29] WM_: I would imagine that'd probably be a better question to point to the snap maintainer(s) [02:29] SlidingHorn: even though I got it through "Software"? [02:30] WM_ did you try twice? There's a problem in some versions of snapd where the first startup after install is slow. [02:30] rfm: I think it was still slow, I'm dual booted to Windows right now [02:31] WM_: I'd say so, as it's not directly an Ubuntu issue. while snaps are available through the "Software" store, they're not maintained or officially supported (as anyone can make/maintain a snap) [02:31] Fair enough, I just thought since I didn't modify my sources that it'd be supported [02:32] Also, how do I save my modifications to /sys/devices to persist across boots [02:32] WM_: it's a weird scenario, and that's a perfectly logical assumption [02:32] I figure I can create a custom systemd unit but maybe there's an official method [02:32] rfm, can I just redact the hex blobs from socket read/writes or do you need them? [02:33] Basically my trackpoint needs tweaking in /sys/devices/platform to work properly [02:34] Sven_vB, sure, if you must [02:35] WM_: what exactly is the change you have to perform? [02:36] SlidingHorn: speed and sensitivity. Gnome just gives me "Mouse Speed" [02:36] WM_: do you just run a command or script to do it? [02:36] SlidingHorn: yeah something like "echo 2 > /sys/foo" [02:36] For a few settings [02:37] But I thought there might be a "proper" way instead of my own hacky concoction [02:39] rfm, https://paste.debian.net/plainh/9cb7613a/ [02:40] WM_: you could create a .service file in /etc/systemd/system/ and run sudo systemctl enable --now myservice.service (that would start the service and tell it to run on boot in the future) [02:40] ok, manual hacks it is! [02:40] i should just always opt for hacks [02:40] WM_: A couple helpful (but lengthy) reads if you need them: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.service.html https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/understanding-systemd-units-and-unit-files [02:41] WM_: There may be another less-hacky way to do it, but I'm not aware of it :/ [02:42] all good thanks SlidingHorn [02:44] WM_, you could also install it regular instead of as a snap. [02:45] Sven_vB: that might be a good idea, avoid this snap business entirely [02:45] Sven_vB: thought i'd stop being an old grumpy *** and try it [02:45] WM_, as for /sys mods, you could just hook a shell script into cron with "date/time" "@reboot" [02:47] WM_, to make it pluggable, give it its own file in /etc/cron.d [02:48] pluggable? [02:48] "just add/remove a file" [02:48] ah [02:49] you could even put a weirdly encoded archive in a line comment inside the same cron file and then have the cron command unpack that. :D [02:49] * WM_ stares at Sven_vB [02:49] or store it in an env var [02:49] don't make me come over there [02:50] Sven_vB, where it seems to go off the rails is after it reads nsswitch.conf and is trying to read the libnss libraries.... it can't even find libnss_mdns4_minimal.so.2 [02:51] rfm, then I'll go check why one bionic does have it and the other don't. [02:51] Sven_vB, and I don't know why it's looking in so many more places than my system does.... [02:51] Sven_vB, gotta go sorry [02:52] rfm, thanks a lot! [02:55] gotta install libnss-mdns it seems [02:56] and libnss-myhostname while I'm at it [02:59] works. problem solved. thanks again, rfm! [03:18] does ubuntu still overwrite the windows boot manager with GRUB on uefi systems? [03:18] yes [03:19] in my bios, I was able to select just the windows boot manager and it worked, not sure how [03:20] as far as I can tell grub never ran on that last boot [03:25] nshire, are you looking for http://jaeger.morpheus.net/linux/ntldr.php ? [03:26] maybe it's still compatible with modern windows [03:26] no, I'm mostly confused as to how I was able to successfully boot win10 while skipping grub [03:26] I think there is some old documentation on the ubuntu site [03:26] i always used grub to chainload [03:29] https://i.imgur.com/p2o4LhM.jpg [03:31] not sure what's going on here [03:42] Ok.. better question. [03:42] If i needed to modify screen resolution, and displays, and which monitor is which... what file would i edit in CLI [03:43] xorg.conf [03:43] same for KDE? [03:44] i thought it was for all [03:44] idk, when i tried getting into all this in the beggin... it was something else. [03:45] once u said it - i was Oh yea. [03:45] ok... time ti figure this out-- thanks a lot man. [03:45] lata guys [03:51] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18711970 [04:06] Article is about the sad state of using linux on touchscreen devices. turns out you can't if you're using ubuntu bionic (released in april). Their kernel just doesn't support a whole device class (iio) and seemingly they can't be bothered fixing this... [04:07] ntd: more of a #ubuntu-offtopic or #ubuntu-discuss topic [04:08] or about the ubuntu kernel 4.15 be faulty? [04:08] nacc confirmed this, read the article [04:08] Heh. As the owner of a whole pile of touchscreen laptops on the other end of the age scale, where someone wrote a driver that works in kernel 2.2 and nothing since :P [04:10] ntd: I'm not saying it's not confirmed or anything else for that matter. I'm saying it's not a support request, and therefore is off topic here. === WM_ is now known as epicmetal === capella is now known as capella|away === cyp3d_ is now known as cyp3d [05:24] help [05:25] I have a monitor that suddenly appears to be aliasing (I think?). Can someone help me troubleshoot this problem? Running Ubuntu 16.04. [05:27] septemhill: you need to expand on "help" question. it's too vague for any of us to help ya [05:31] Vysty: more details would probably make it easier for folks :) [05:31] SlidingHorn: Damn thing just fixed itself. I walked out the room and walked back in and it's back to normal. [05:31] Problem was I had no idea how to describe the problem. :/ [05:42] How can I test/configure my new mic sound. The os is not getting it [05:42] !sound [05:42] If you're having problems with sound, click the Volume applet, then Sound Preferences, and check your Volume, Hardware, Input, and Output settings. If that fails, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sound - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting - http://alsa.opensrc.org/DmixPlugin - For playing audio files, see !players and !mp3. [05:43] is there a more featurefull app>? [05:46] howcome i cant see visual studio code in the "installed" tab in software? [05:47] the snap is on my system, installed via software yesterday [05:48] epicmetal: I'm not sure if it accounts for snaps...I could be wrong. Let me see something... [05:51] epicmetal: I'm incorrect - All the snaps I've installed are accounted for. Not sure what to make of the VS Code situation [05:51] epicmetal: sounds like you're having a load of fun with that program so far xD [06:06] how to check audio [06:07] !details | Intelo [06:07] Intelo: Please elaborate; your question or issue may not seem clear or detailed enough for people to help you. Please give more detailed information; for example, we might need errors, steps, relevant configuration files, Ubuntu version, and hardware information. Use a !pastebin to avoid flooding the channel. [06:08] SlidingHorn, My m6700 jus does not records sound when external mic is plugged in. What could be wronge here? I used an external sound card too (usb based [06:09] i will b back [06:21] SlidingHorn: yeah it's a ton of fun [06:21] SlidingHorn: i use it on windows so i thought i'd try it on ubuntu [06:23] SlidingHorn: snap remove vscode did the trick [06:26] epicmetal: oh, I didn't know you were looking to remove it. *That* I could have helped with [06:26] SlidingHorn: still weird that it was missing from Software though [06:27] 18.10 [06:30] epicmetal: It *might* be worth filing a bug report to the gnome-software package to see if it's something they could recreate - Was that the only snap you had installed? [06:31] epicmetal: (you can do snap list to see if there are others) [06:36] SlidingHorn: yeah just vscode [06:37] SlidingHorn, back [06:38] Intelo: tell us more about your issue...what mic is it (make/model)? How are you connecting it? What version and flavor of Ubuntu are you running? [06:38] SlidingHorn, On my m6700 I hear no sound while I record /input via external mic. I plugged in the input jack and also used external usb sound card. Tried kubuntu 18 and windows 10. The boya m1 mic works on another laptop I have. [06:39] I tried skype, obs studio for testing audio [06:39] Did it work in Windows on this same machine? [06:40] SlidingHorn, no [06:40] Intelo: well that kinda nails it down to a hardware issue on the machine itself, I'd think [06:42] SlidingHorn, I have a dell lattitude e5430, it has only one jack for mic/headphone. When I plug the mic there, it works but when I use the external soundcard in that laptop also, it does not works. [06:42] SlidingHorn, if it was hardware issue, the external sound card would have worked on m6700 but it seems the internal mic jack and external usb card, both dont work [06:44] Hm, what does a root:: in the /etc/shadow mean? No root-password? Especially if the /etc/passwd shows root:x: ? [06:46] !root | Phischi [06:46] Phischi: Do not try to guess the root password, that is impossible. Instead, realise the truth... there is no root password. Then you will see that it is 'sudo' that grants you access and not the root password. Look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo [06:47] no, in general :) [06:47] dissecting a IoT firmware === [1]MrMobius is now known as MrMobius [06:47] empty field does mean empty password, yes. So you can log in as root without a password [06:48] obviously, not recommended [06:58] geirha: so root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/sh [06:58] means shellaccess (if SSHd/Telnetd runs) even remotely? Would this count as a 0-day? [06:58] yay, this is hardware that was updated 10months ago the last time :) [07:07] sshd that's not a few years old should generally block password login into root, but in IoT security is more of a meme than a real concern [07:13] Hello. I changed my Home directory permission to 'dwrxwrxw-x' and now I cannot ssh into my ubuntu instance. it's in aws. Is there any way I can log in to change the permission? Thanks [07:14] sorry its 'drwxrwxw-x' [07:14] sorry its 'drwxrwxr-x'* [07:14] this is the final version [07:18] i normally do these setups with a usb boot drive. i happen to have a usb-sata cable around today. can i make use of that to install onto the os drive without leaving my main computer? [07:31] I've been looking for some good whiteboard software for Ubuntu, since I got a drawing tablet, but everything is either online, very shitty, or doesn't work. [07:33] OpenBoard doesn't work with Ubuntu 18.04 [07:49] Goop: There's an OpenBoard snap and a flatpak - Have you tried those? (for the snap: sudo snap install openboard ) just note that snaps aren't maintained by Ubuntu, so they're not technically supported on an individual level [07:53] SlidingHorn, Openboard does not work. [07:53] SlidingHorn, I installed it, and it doesn't exist anywhere on my system. No "openboard" command nor entry shows on the Dashboard. [07:56] Goop: I've seen folks say they need to use "OpenBoard" rather than openboard for the command? [08:59] morning, havnig this problem that apt update failes (can't resolve the name) but ping $domain works just fine.. I did add a nameserver manually to /etc/resolv.conf .. pinging $domain before that didn't work either (something wrong with dns) so could it be that apt does not use resolv.conf to resolve the repos [08:59] and if thats the case, what does it use? [09:03] steven, try to change repos [09:04] gigirock: I am not physically on the machine :D its my co-workers machine (whom works in a different city) who needs to install something from CLI .. he sends me photos [09:04] so is there a fancy one liner to change those? [09:04] cos I am not aware of one [09:05] all I can see is ping is working, dig is working, but apt says it failes to resolve it === nullifidian_ is now known as nullifidian [09:24] I am quite sure it does not use /etc/resolv.conf tho.. I just don't remember what it used instead === alekksander_ is now known as alekksander [09:37] ah cool, its netplan now.. I knew there was something changed in ubuntu18.. ok next questioin, can I set a custom dns when using networkmanager as a renderer? [09:45] how do i make the taskbar thingy like gnome in 18.10? [09:45] it's eating screen real estate and the autohide is weird [09:45] so i just want gnome's back [09:47] https://askubuntu.com/questions/1030138/how-can-i-get-rid-of-the-dock-in-ubuntu-18 [09:47] apparently i have to go back to vanilla gnome :( [09:48] at least you have a desktop lol [09:49] i like ubuntu's gnome except for this [09:49] it's pretty [09:49] does vanilla-gnome stay themed like ubuntu gnome? [09:49] i'm guessing no since it wants to install adwaita [09:49] I wouldn;t know, I normally don't use ubuntu. [09:50] and...transmission [09:50] :\ [09:55] energizer: what are you trying to do exactly, install ubuntu without usb stick? [09:55] lotuspsychje: i went ahead and did it with a usb stick, but yeah that's what i was asking [09:57] is there a way to do that? [09:58] energizer: there are several install methods you can do, depends what you really want? [09:59] energizer: like install iso from grub, or cd/dvd [10:00] ok problem solved, told the coworker to remove ubuntu :D [10:00] lotuspsychje: i was interested in installing the os onto the drive without plugging it in to its own mobo [10:01] energizer: whatever connected to your computer, setup 'could' see the install media in the partitioning screen [10:02] energizer: did you see your device there? [10:02] lotuspsychje: yes i saw it the same way i'd see an external usb hdd [10:03] energizer: then you can install ubuntu on it, if you select that hd [10:03] !partitioning | energizer see also [10:03] energizer see also: For help with partitioning a new install see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowtoPartition | For partitioning programs, see !GParted (recommended) or !PartitionManager. Other partitioning topics include !fstab, !home, and !swap [10:04] lotuspsychje: how would i go through the prompts of the installer? [10:04] energizer: what do you mean? [10:07] lotuspsychje: given an iso, a sata drive, and a usb-sata cable, can i install and configure ubuntu on the drive from my other computer, so that then i can just go insert it into the new box and turn it on and it'll work? new box has no display or keyboard [10:08] I just did an apt install of something and apt notified me of upgradeable packages. Shouldn't something in the GUI be blinking at me about these? They seem to be security builds. [10:08] s/other computer/main computer/ === SimonNL is now known as _SimonNL [10:09] energizer: you have an usb install media with ubuntu seperate too? [10:09] lotuspsychje: to be clear, i already did the job using a usb installer. now i'm just curious [10:10] if i could do it without usb install media [10:11] energizer: the problem would be, if you make the setup iso on the sata drive, you cant install on the install media [10:11] lotuspsychje: yeah that's what i suspected [10:12] energizer: what you 'could' do, is the iso to grub method from your ubuntu pc, and then install on the sata hd [10:12] energizer: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/ISOBoot [10:14] does anyone know the channel for thunderbird? [10:15] Boyette: i dont but might try moznet instead [10:16] SlidingHorn: vscode runs at normal speed when installed from Microsoft's .deb, so that's good news [10:16] SlidingHorn: it's just the snap that's cactus [10:16] moznet [10:16] ok will try [10:16] lotuspsychje: ok then i'd run it in vbox or something, configure network & ssh, and then move it into the real computer? [10:16] because i have a strange issue which is related to thunderbird or ubuntu [10:16] but i dont know [10:17] moznet its just me there :P [10:17] Boyette: you know what i mean moznet is another irc network, not freenode [10:17] Boyette: irc.mozilla.org [10:18] Boyette: because thunderbird is made by mozilal [10:18] not anymore [10:19] ooh [10:19] i thought u mean the channel moznet [10:19] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Thunderbird [10:20] which channel on moznet network then? === spiffy123 is now known as anon111 [10:20] Boyette: #thunderbird /topic says " *VISIT SUPPORT* https://mzl.la/2hEY7ef if no answer in this *SLOW CHANNEL* ——get info/make suggestion http://mzl.la/qdZ8y5 — Add functions http://bit.ly/tbamo — #calendar Lightning — #maildev code,addon,dev — test the BETA http://bit.ly/tbchan" [10:21] https://imgur.com/a/vX6hfON [10:21] thx [10:26] is netplan just a thing that converts the yaml into .. systemd-networkd configs? === remy^ is now known as Remy^ [10:59] Hi all, is this the place to ask about an issue I'm having with networking in Server 18.04? [11:06] DemomanCA: come join in #ubuntu-server please === _SimonNL is now known as SimonNL [11:33] hi, i changed my system time setting and i want to "restore" it. is it possible? [11:33] i changed it a few min ago [11:36] change it again [11:36] you mean you dont know what it was set to? [11:47] Hi, my workstation is in emergency mode. Problem is mdadm somehow ... mdadm error opening /dev/md * and the cat /proc/mdstat shows what seem to be default lines ... not that I have md0 there. I have raid1 setup [11:48] Maybe I have forgot to add that sda and sdb are belonging to md0 somehow, but this is 2 weeks later, I think I did some reboots 2 weeks ago and it worked... any help ? [11:50] EriC^^: yes, i donot know :( [11:51] The way I created is mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md0 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sda /dev/sdb . Then I put XFS filesystem on md0, sda and sdb only have gpt partitions on them [11:52] its nothing major, but changed i timezones and wanted new time. [11:54] in boot log, there is Timed out waiting for device dev-md0.device. [11:54] I am totally lost with these errors [11:54] shouldn't it be sda1/sdb1 or something [12:12] hello [12:12] im looking for a way to quickly record a gif and upload it to some service [12:12] anybody know someting? [12:12] like gyazo-gif but for ubuntu :) [12:17] have you tried google? [12:19] NerdTheThird, Yes [12:19] NerdTheThird, I haven't found a single result [12:20] that would match my requirement [12:20] Hi! If vt.handoff is set in GRUB - Ubuntu's default - the display retains GRUB's background until something happens. How would I figure out what the trigger is that disables vt.handoff? I've experimented with throwing various ioctls like KDSETMODE/KD_TEXT and ctrl-alt-F#s without success. [12:20] lies [12:20] https://github.com/gyazo/Gyazo-for-Linux [12:22] https://github.com/phw/peek [12:25] NerdTheThird, did you read the links you just posted? [12:26] peek might be worth a shot, it doesn't allow me to upload the gif to some service fast but it can atleast record a gif I guess [12:26] gyazo-for-linux does not support gif recording. [12:29] On my m6700 I hear no sound while I record /input via external mic. I plugged in the input jack and also used external usb sound card. Tried kubuntu 18 and windows 10. The boya m1 mic works on another laptop I have. I have a dell lattitude e5430, it has only one jack for mic/headphone. When I plug the mic there, it works but when I use the external soundcard in that laptop also, it does not works. if it was hardware issue, the external sound [12:29] card would have worked on m6700 but it seems the internal mic jack and external usb card, both dont work [12:34] Hey all! New to Ubuntu here, and Linux in general. I've got a problem: when using Chromium (or Chrome), all keyboard shortcuts are disabled when any input element has focus. Drives me crazy. Any way to fix this? [12:44] nkoren: I've had similar issues when using Wayland. What DE are you running? [12:47] joop_: I'm on Unity. [12:47] Howdy folks [12:51] hi, i have ubuntu desktop 18.04 installed. Will it mess up anything if it run: sudo apt install xfce4 xfce4-goodies ? [12:51] diverdude: you can safely test out other flavors on your current ubuntu, but its reccomended if you like one, to install it clean [12:52] lotuspsychje: its mostly because i am following a guide to install VNC and they tell me to install those xfce packages first [12:52] diverdude: maybe share your endgoal first? be carefull with vnc for security reasons === andyhuzhill_ is now known as andyhuzhill [12:53] lotuspsychje: my endgoal is to get VNC up and running (i am connected over VPN) [12:54] !vnc | diverdude [12:54] diverdude: VNC is a protocol for remote desktop. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNCOverSSH describes how to use it securely. It works best over fast connections, otherwise look at !FreeNX [12:54] lotuspsychje: ah ok...im over rather slow connection. I should maybe use FreeNX then? [12:54] diverdude: if vnc port is connected to the internet, it will get hammered 24/7 id reccomend safer protocols [12:55] diverdude: do you need one time remote control, or always remote access? [12:55] lotuspsychje: always remote access would be neat [12:56] diverdude: i would be carefull with that, perhaps consider ssh to do your remote work? and secure it with alternate port and fail2ban [12:57] diverdude: the #openssh channel can surely help you with ssh X for a GUI [12:57] lotuspsychje: but nothing is exposed to the internet. its running behind a firewall and accessible only via vpn [12:59] diverdude: whatever you choose, check your logs and see if your vnc port gets scanned or not ok [13:09] On my m6700 I hear no sound while I record /input via external mic. I plugged in the input jack and also used external usb sound card. Tried kubuntu 18 and windows 10. The boya m1 mic works on another laptop I have. I have a dell lattitude e5430, it has only one jack for mic/headphone. When I plug the mic there, it works but when I use the external soundcard in that laptop also, it does not works. if it was hardware issue, the external sound [13:09] card would have worked on m6700 but it seems the internal mic jack and external usb card, both dont work [13:11] Intelo: did you try with pavucontrol? [13:12] Intelo, does lsusb show the external card? [13:13] lotuspsychje, its an app? [13:13] !info pavucontrol | Intelo [13:14] Intelo: pavucontrol (source: pavucontrol): PulseAudio Volume Control. In component universe, is optional. Version 3.0-4 (bionic), package size 126 kB, installed size 804 kB [13:15] BluesKaj, Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0d8c:000c C-Media Electronics, Inc. Audio Adapter [13:19] lotuspsychje, I see the mic there but the audio is not being recorded/seen in audio bar when I pank the mic [13:19] Intelo: sudo lshw -C sound , is the driver= loaded at bottom? [13:20] Intelo, sudo modprobe snd_usb_audio if the driver isn't loaded [13:22] Intelo, also that sound card probly doesn'r capture sound from external sources like a mic [13:23] lotuspsychje, BluesKaj https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/6n6hGw8jrD/ [13:23] BluesKaj, no results for sudo modprobe snd_usb_audio [13:23] Intelo: driver looks loaded correctly [13:26] lotuspsychje, why would it show the mic and not record sound? [13:27] see what BluesKaj suggested [13:27] Intelo, also that sound card probly doesn'r capture sound from external sources like a mic ? [13:27] why? [13:28] lotuspsychje, I didn't got what it means [13:28] lotuspsychje, that sound card has a mic jack. Thats the function of it [13:28] as being a 'sound card [13:29] so it's a capture card, the as lotuspsychje mentioned pavucontrol will have a setting for audio input/mic [13:29] then [13:30] BluesKaj, it has settings, it shows it, it just dont show the sound bar changing when I tap the mic head. ie no sound recording/ [13:33] Intelo: try the gnome sound recorder package, and plug your mic in both headphone & mic jack to test your recording as a test [13:33] Intelo, install gnome-sound-recorder [13:34] lotuspsychje, :-) [13:34] :p [13:34] k [13:34] iam on kubuntu [13:34] one for you BluesKaj :p [13:35] Intelo: didn't you say last night that it didn't work on Windows either? [13:35] SlidingHorn, correct [13:35] SlidingHorn, I said that few minutes ago too [13:37] Intelo, try Ecasound on Kubuntu [13:40] How would i check, tuntap is enabled in my Ubuntu? [13:41] Intelo, another option is audacity, I should have mentioned that app first [13:47] bipul, use with netstat, example netstat -tuntap in the console [13:55] BluesKaj, Netstat to find out the TUN/TAP is enabled or not? [13:57] lotuspsychje, SlidingHorn BluesKaj not recording sound by mic. Only thing working is with the same mic and dell lattitude e5430, it has only one jack for mic/headphone. When I plug the mic there, it works but when I use the external soundcard in that laptop also, it does not works. [14:01] bipul, well for internet traffic, otherwise I wasn't sure what you meant [14:02] BluesKaj, I would like to see inside the default kernel configuration. Where is TUN/TAP is enabled. [14:05] lotuspsychje, SlidingHorn BluesKaj Do I need to put a cell/battery in boya m1 mic? or change the button in some way? http://www.boya-mic.com/Upload/1499065820.jpg [14:05] I have tried googling. And found a link, but i'm not sure it's the correct way to know/identify TUN/TAP is enabled or not. https://www.copahost.com/blog/openvpn-in-ubuntu-tun-tap/ [14:07] bipul, for what do you want to use it ? [14:11] BluesKaj, OpenVPN [14:12] bipul, ok, so want to monitor your vpn connection? [14:19] Yes. [14:24] bipul, are you setting up a vpn server/client like what's shown in the url you posted? [14:24] Yes. [14:24] sir do you know the solution for my problem? Then kindly let me know? :( [14:26] bipul, run cat /dev/net/tun, If the output shows “File descriptor in bad state”, then it means it is working correctly. [14:27] Why bad sector is indication of working correctly? [14:29] "ip tuntap" will list TUN/TAP devices you have setup. you can also use this command (suppying additional options) to create and delete TUN/TAP devices. "ip route" shows how traffic is routed through these devices, if any. [14:30] kernel documentation is at https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt [14:33] okay thank you tomreyn and BluesKaj [14:46] guys, i had installed ubuntu v16 earlier on my machine and then installed wine using the package manager. This presented me with an open with wine option when ever i click on an .exe file. [14:46] Now i have installed the ubuntu 18 and the default wine using the package manager and it only operates command line ! [14:47] it does not present me an open with wine option, as well as the other wine tools are not available now [14:47] can somebody help me why and how to fix this please ? [14:50] There is/was not "Ubuntu 16" or "Ubuntu 18". there is / was Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, 16.10, 18.04 LTS and 18.10. [14:51] i would recommend against relying on wine for anything you require to be working reliably. [14:51] !wine [14:51] WINE is a compatibility layer for running Windows programs on GNU/Linux - More information: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wine - Search the !AppDB for application compatibility ratings - Join #winehq for application help - See !virtualizers for running Windows (or another OS) inside Ubuntu [14:51] tomreyn, thanks for replying and sorry for inadequate details. it was 16.04 LTS and now its 18.04 LTS [14:53] tomreyn, but my old hardware lags when i run a virtual os to run the package. and more over i ran perfectly fine in 16.04 with wine [14:54] tomreyn, and its just games, and microsoft office probably [14:54] tamarind: as was told to you already, try asking in #winehq [14:56] leftyfb, thank you [15:03] hi [15:04] 16.04 to 18.04, fresh install actually, remote machine won't redirect pulseaudio to this one anymore. what's missing? === SimonNL is now known as _SimonNL [15:08] deadrom: to "this"? [15:09] leftyfb: "this one". the upgraded machine. [15:09] explain how you're accessing remotely, how you'd expect audio to become available on the other system accessing the upgraded system. [15:11] maybe you're missing a cookie-file https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/en/man5/pulse-client.conf.5.html [15:15] I've Nvidia 415 drivers with plasma on 18.10. I'm having problems with slight screen tearing even when using the intel prime profile. ( Vsync is set at full screen repaints) I found a solution to make a 20-intel.conf file and adding a 'tearfree' parameter in it. I read how suse prime package works by copying xorg-intel.conf or xorf-nvidia.conf into the xorg conf.d directory. Does Ubuntu's prime-select package works in a similar way? If yes, [15:15] then where i find the intel conf file to edit. [15:15] tomreyn: from alice I ssh -X into the machine bob. there I launch audio applications who should redirect sound form bob to alice. alice has been upgraded. [15:16] Any help would be appreciated [15:16] somenamewhichisn: you said you found a solution... what exactly do you need? [15:17] deadrom: i think it still works like this: https://askubuntu.com/questions/371687/how-to-carry-audio-over-ssh [15:18] obviously you'll need to redo this configuration you previously did on this system, since you reinstalled it. [15:20] deadrom: by adding ' Option "TearFree" ' to the Device section of intel conf file [15:21] somenamewhichisn: sorry, can't follow [15:22] deadrom: the pulse cookie should be located at ~/.config/pulse/cookie [15:23] somenamewhichisn: you can place the file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ (create directory + file there if it does not exist) and restart X. [15:23] deadrom: I folloed this guide somenamewhichisn: sorry, can't follow [15:24]