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conrshould i just start fresh or is there an easy way to swap the Ubuntu OS HDD with a new one so I don't have to re-install everything?00:00
TJ-conr: you want to take one HD out and replace with another?00:01
conrTJ-:00:01
conryes00:01
TJ-conr: can both devices be connected to the system at the same time ?00:01
conrmaybe, i have a eSTATA port but i don't think i have the cord to connect to a SSD.00:02
TJ-conr: how about connecting both internally temporarily?00:02
TJ-conr: or is this a laptop/nnotebook?00:03
conrno desktop, i could try so if i did that what's the process?00:03
TJ-conr: well, assuming you have a spare sata cable, pop the side/cover off, put the 2nd drive in, connect to a Mobo SATA port and to power00:04
TJ-conr: the other question is how big is the new disk? larger capacity than the original?00:04
conrso the current is a 50GB and the new is 250GB00:05
conrwhat's the drive space cmd? `fdisk`00:06
TJ-conr: that's a partitioning tool, but it will report device capacity00:06
TJ-conr: so it's not just a clone, but an expand too00:07
conrso the boot `/dev/sda1` has 48.2G00:08
OerHeksa fresh install 18.04 would use one partition, including swapfile00:09
conractually i think its a 60GB SSD.00:09
conryeah but the other is a 250GB SSD00:09
TJ-conr: you could use them both if they fit internally00:09
TJ-conr: it is possible to configure things so that the space on the new device is mounted into the directories where you need it (possibly for /home/)00:10
conrwell let me explain more00:10
conri have 4TB HDDs (2x) for storage00:11
conrwith a RAID profile00:11
conrso i just use the SSD for the Bionic OS00:11
conrbut 60GBs is too small now00:11
white_magiccan anyone recommend a way to set up a dock for ubuntu 18.04? The most common suggestion is the 'dash to dock' extension, but that's not exactly what I want. I want to keep the dash as it is. There is also the 'simple dock' gnome3 extension, but it's broken on ubuntu 18.04.00:14
TJ-conr: where is most of the OS storage being used? 60GB is a LOT for just the OS?00:15
TJ-conr: I'd bet you have /home/ on the OS drive, not the RAID array?00:15
conrright00:15
conri just mnt the raid profile to the OS00:15
TJ-conr: so you could make the new drive just for /home/, move the existing /home/ content to it, and create a mount entry in fstab for it00:16
TJ-conr: that'd avoid you need to do much beyond a file copy (move)00:16
conrso i'm looking at dis usage analyzer00:16
conrit only has 10GB total for /00:16
conris that default for the partition?00:17
TJ-conr: how about "sudo du -x -sh /home"00:17
conr236M00:17
TJ-conr: 236MB for home?00:18
conrthat's the output00:18
TJ-conr: you need to identify where the space is being used then! "sudo du -x / | sort -n" will list the biggest users last00:19
TJ-conr: hang on, change that00:19
TJ-conr: you need to identify where the space is being used then! "sudo du -x -d 2 / | sort -n" will list the biggest users last00:19
TJ-conr: the "-d 2" will limit the directory depth of the report00:19
conrso like i said / is 10GB00:20
conrthen /usr is 4GB then /var is 4GB00:21
TJ-conr: does "df -h" reveal anything? It sounds like you've got multiple mount points OR some space unused00:21
TJ-conr: if the device is 60GB then its either not using a large part of that, or there's plenty of free space00:21
conrwhat's tmpfs?00:21
TJ-conr: RAM file-system00:22
TJ-conr: used for in-memory mounts for things like /dev cgroups /tmp/ and more00:22
conroh i see it00:22
conr"/dev/sda1" 48G Size 45G Used00:24
conror "udev" 3.6G Size 0 Used00:25
conr@TJ-00:28
white_magicanyone know how i can create a shortcut to a python application? E.g. catfish or deluge. I can launch them from the app menu just fine but if i create a shortcut on the desktop using ln -s, it just opens the python script file (which is a launcher for the actual application)00:28
EriC^^white_magic: create a desktop file00:33
white_magicEriC^^: ill try that, thx00:33
EriC^^np00:35
EriC^^white_magic: a nice trick if you want it to run in a terminal and stay open after finishing is to do " gnome-terminal -e "bash -c '/path/tp/pythonscript.py;bash'" or whatever terminal you're using00:37
TJ-conr: if /dev/sda1 is the / file-system, and 'df' reports 45G used, that doesn't match with what 'du' reported, which suggests some (large) deleted files are being held open by a process00:43
conrmy trash is empty00:47
conrTJ-:00:47
TJ-conr: I'm not on about trash, I mean running processes that still have file descriptors open to large files that you've unlinked, but are not yet closed and therefore not deleted. Has it rebooted recently?00:48
conrrebooted today00:48
wabbitsHi Ubuntu. I ran startx and now I can't login via lightdm, please advise.00:49
TJ-conr: Usually when the reports from 'df' and 'du' vary so much it is due to unlinked files helpd open by running processes. I'd recommend a reboot and check those values again. If 'df' doesn't agree closely with 'du' then you've got something wrong there00:50
conrTJ- what cmds am I comparing again?00:56
snowgoggleswabbits: duck season.00:57
TJ-conr: "df -h" vs "sudo du -sh /"00:57
snowgoggleswabbits: ubu server?00:57
wabbitsdesktop 14.0400:57
snowgoggleswabbits: new install?00:58
wabbitsnope ancient00:58
snowgoggleswabbits: hardware change?00:58
wabbitsnope00:58
wabbitsyes sort of00:58
snowgoggleswabbits: ?00:58
wabbitsI was having problems with my hdmi display coming out of power saver mode00:59
wabbitsIt wouldn't "sync"00:59
snowgoggleswabbits: hmm sounds like display authority lock00:59
wabbitsmy nomenclature may be way off00:59
wabbitshow do I verify or remedy?00:59
snowgoggleswabbits: gimmie a sec00:59
wabbitstake your time.01:00
wabbitsthanks for helping01:00
conrTJ-:  first is 232M second is 2.0T /01:00
TJ-conr: oh! my fault, that included your RAID! need to tell 'du' not to cross into other mountpoints, add the "-x" option as in "sudo du -x -sh /"01:02
conrnow 9.5G01:03
TJ-conr: also, to make it easier to read the 'df' output use "df /" to limit it to the root file-system01:03
snowgoggleswabbits: you on tty1?01:04
conryeah so `df -h /' says Size 48G Used 9.6G Avail 36G01:04
conryeah so `df -h /' says Size 48G Used 9.6G Avail 36G`01:04
lordcirth_ncdu is also handy for visualizing du01:05
TJ-conr: so right, you have free space :)01:05
wabbitsI am currently logged in as another user on pts/2 and pts/1101:06
TJ-conr: so your new SSD could be used alongside the existing SSD but there's no major squeeze that requires it01:06
conrTJ-: so why do i get 1GB  < popup warnings01:06
snowgoggleswabbits: multi user logged in?01:06
TJ-conr: I have no idea, I have no context as to what you're referring to01:07
wabbitsI have root on vt1 and my alternate user on vt701:07
wabbitsnot sure about multi user01:07
wabbitsI am old and losing the plot :)01:07
snowgoggleswabbits: well that would be 2 users so. yes01:08
wabbitsoh you mean run level > 201:08
snowgoggleswabbits: ctrl-alt-f7 no gui correct?01:09
conrTJ-: when i open the disk usage analyzer it has the / size as 9.9G01:09
wabbitsyes my alternate user has a gui on vt701:09
wabbitss/yes//01:09
conrshouldn't it be 36G01:09
snowgoggleswabbits: why logged on a root? ubu defaults to no root logins01:09
wabbitsroot is logged on on vt101:10
TJ-conr: 9.9G matches the used space you just reported doesn't it?01:10
wabbitsso that I could look at some logs while I poked around on vt701:10
wabbitswith my alternate user01:10
wabbitsvt1 meaning ctrl-alt-f101:11
snowgoggleswabbits: ok so alternate reg user will not startx so i would delete the user's .Xauthority and .ICEauthority files and reboot.01:12
wabbitshttps://termbin.com/kb9901:13
conrTJ-: 9.5G but yeah01:13
conrdoes /var or /var/log have size quotas?01:13
wabbitssnowgoogles do I have to reboot or can I just go back to lightdm?01:13
snowgoggleswabbits: pts are pseudo term logins01:14
wabbitsis that  a yes or  a no, I can't tell.01:14
AuroraAvenuePLEASE                                                                                             explain wat this does      ?01:14
AuroraAvenuehttps://snapcraft.io/cqtdeployer01:14
TJ-conr: no. I have /var/ as a separate file-system to avoid it causing issues with / and on some systems I have /var/cache/ as another separate01:14
snowgoggleswabbits: i'm guessing it's a locked .Xauthority file so delete the user's file and reboot to recreate it.01:15
wabbitsok so a no. will do01:15
wabbitsbrb01:15
AuroraAvenueWhere are some FPS games as snaps on Ubuntu too ? I'm getting flusteredly boredommed.01:15
OerHeksAuroraAvenue, the owner explains it all in https://github.com/QuasarApp/Console-QtDeployer/wiki01:16
AuroraAvenuecheers pal.01:16
AuroraAvenueany clue on a decent FPS on ubuntu yet?01:18
AuroraAvenueOerHeks, PMd ya.01:19
OerHekstons of them, and more on Steam01:20
AuroraAvenueI cant pay for Steam & it takes ages to update anyway - plus I don't have the associated eMail no more ... so steam .... err, No.01:20
AuroraAvenuelost hundereds of games that way.01:21
AuroraAvenueif only i could actually be heard.01:23
AuroraAvenueokay u01:24
AuroraAvenuebye01:24
wabbitssnowgoggles you have fixed my login issue. Thank you.01:25
wabbitstwo small corollarys if I may?01:26
wabbitsThe display looks "different" like anti-aliasing or some such. Its bugging my eyes.01:27
wabbitsI switched from hdmi to dvi to see if the "sync" problem returning from power saver mode would go away.01:28
snowgoggleswabbits: so the display is bad only after resume from sleep?01:30
wabbitsnope its just bad all the time now that I have switched to the dvi cable..01:31
wabbitslike indistinct or maybe soft or fuzzy01:31
snowgoggleswabbits: sounds like a screen refresh rate issue with the config01:32
wabbitsmight not be a big deal. I have also been looking at black text on white background all day and I am used to the opposite.01:32
wabbitschecking01:32
snowgoggleswabbits: my xserver display settings fu is pretty rusty01:33
wabbitsI will try the hdmi again tomorrow and see if it looks different.01:33
wabbitsfor now I am just greatful to have a working setup. Thanks again!01:34
snowgoggleswabbits: np01:34
on3pkGood evening, everyone.  I did something dumb.  I took apart my computer without remembering how I got sound to play out of the rear-audio jack.01:58
NewToLubuntuoerheks thank you for your help on november 1802:01
NewToLubuntuit did remove the adware but I think I somehow got it back so I will be deleting my user cache again02:01
NewToLubuntubut this time I think I will be trying to back up my bookmarks first before resetting firefox02:01
wabbitson3pk I can help with that02:02
on3pkwabbits, oh cool02:02
wabbitsplease pastebin `ps aux | grep pulse` and `aplay -l` and `aplay -L`02:02
coconutNewToLubuntu: she is propably in bed now, seeing it is 03:03 at night on her location.02:04
on3pkwabbits, https://pastebin.com/008XVFqw02:05
wabbitson3pk good, please pastebin `amixer -c0` and `pactl list`02:06
wabbitswhile I am looking at that try this test `pasuspender -- speaker-test --nloops=1 --channels=2 --test=wav --device=hw:0,0`02:08
wabbitsand pastebin the output. alsa tell me if you hear anything.02:08
* on3pk double checks his cables02:09
wabbitson3pk I have other things I could be doing.02:10
on3pkwabbits, Okay, this was a human error on my part02:11
on3pkSorry02:11
wabbitsso what was the error?02:11
on3pkSpeakers weren't plugged in properly02:11
wabbitsglad its working02:12
on3pkYeah, thank you for your help02:12
on3pkWhat were you looking for in that data?02:12
on3pkoh...02:12
on3pkWell, if anyone else knows what wabbits was looking for, I am genuinely interested in finding out what I should look for if/when this happens again02:14
leftyfbon3pk: if it happens again, check your cables first02:15
on3pkleftyfb, yep, that was a big mistake on my part02:15
matsamanon3pk: what's the problem?02:34
on3pkmatsaman, at one point in time I could only get audio to play out the front speaker port.  It wasn't this time, but in the past...02:39
on3pkThis time it was a human error02:40
matsamanoh02:40
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fleabeardhello, can anyone tell me which way to properly setup a cron job? I'm trying to have a cron job shutdown my computer @ midnight every night, but I'm having no luck doing it via crontab -e, nor by editing the /etc/crontab file directly.05:10
thatlizdudeDo you guys know where the scaling factor is stored in Kubuntu? I need to reset it because I believe that it's causing my programs to crash...05:11
fleabeardfwiw, I'm using 0 0    * * *   root    shutdown -h now >/dev/null 2>&105:11
fleabeard in the crontab05:11
thatlizdudeI'm on KDE right now but I can't open System Settings nor Terminal nor Dolphin05:12
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fleabeardI'm guessing tonight's not a good night for questions in this channel05:27
lotuspsychjethatlizdude: try dconf-editor05:29
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* c3r34l_milk hi05:46
c3r34l_milk:)05:47
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cfhowlettubuntu support here, c3r34l_milk.  ask your question.05:50
lotuspsychjemerry xmas cfhowlett :p05:58
cfhowlettand a happy new year to you, lotuspsychje!06:00
lotuspsychjetnx mate06:00
esjayhow can I copy a folder from ubuntu to a win10 laptop06:01
esjayon the same LAN06:01
esjayit takes too long to copy it within windows 1006:01
esjaythis laptop == ubuntu and win10 ultimate, the other laptop I wanna copy to == windows 20 home06:01
esjay...06:04
lotuspsychje!samba | esjay06:13
ubottuesjay: Samba is the way to cooperate with Windows environments. Links with more info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MountWindowsSharesPermanently and https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/samba.html06:13
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c3r34l_milkAre we happy today?06:16
cfhowlettc3r34l_milk, this is not a chat channel.  if you have ubuntu questions, please present them.06:16
c3r34l_milkok06:16
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austikohello08:43
EriC^^hi08:43
austikoI need help08:43
EriC^^with what?08:43
austikoi was trying to install windows 10 from an external hard drive, (i used mkusb) but in GRUB when i try to click on windows, it says "error: not a regular file.' "error: you need to load the kernel first."08:46
EriC^^austiko: do you want to install in uefi mode?08:46
EriC^^cause that'd be way easier to do08:47
austikook then sure08:47
austikohow would i do that?08:48
EriC^^austiko: make a fat32 partition and copy the contents of the windows iso (the actual files) to the partition08:49
austikoi have a problem though08:50
EriC^^austiko: use a gpt partition table on the usb, and set the fat32 partition to type "ef00"08:50
EriC^^what's the problem?08:50
austikomy external hard drive doesnt show up anywhere in ubuntu anymore08:50
austikoi tried to use gparted but it didnt show up08:50
EriC^^austiko: try "sudo parted -ls" and see if it's there08:50
austikook08:51
austikoModel: Seagate Portable (scsi)08:51
austikoDisk /dev/sda: 1000GB08:51
austikoSector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B08:51
austikoPartition Table: msdos08:51
austikoDisk Flags:08:51
austikoNumber  Start   End     Size    Type      File system  Flags08:51
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austikoso what do i do now?08:53
austikoModel: Seagate Portable (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B Partition Table: msdos Disk Flags:08:54
austiko@EriC^^08:56
EriC^^ok that's the ext hdd i'd guess right?08:56
austikoyes08:57
EriC^^austiko: if there's nothing on it you need, type "sudo gdisk /dev/sda"08:59
austikook08:59
EriC^^then press "o" to make a new gpt partition table08:59
austikothen what08:59
EriC^^austiko: press "n" to make a new partition09:00
austikopartition number?09:00
EriC^^use the default starting sector and ending sector (just hit enter keeping it blank)09:00
EriC^^hit enter09:00
EriC^^if it asks for type put in ef0009:00
austikoit changed the partition09:01
austikonow what?09:01
EriC^^austiko: press "w" to write the partition09:02
austikoOK; writing new GUID partition table (GPT) to /dev/sda.Warning: The kernel is still using the old partition table. The new table will be used at the next reboot or after you run partprobe(8) or kpartx(8) The operation has completed successfully.09:03
austikoso do i reboot my pc now?09:04
EriC^^:D09:07
qwebirc94569HEY ERIC09:09
EriC^^hey09:09
qwebirc94569YOU JUST WIPED MY PC09:09
qwebirc94569!!!!!!!09:10
EriC^^qwebirc94569: what? you said /dev/sda was the external hdd09:10
qwebirc94569IT WAS09:10
EriC^^ok that's the ext hdd i'd guess right?09:10
EriC^^<austiko> yes09:10
EriC^^<EriC^^> austiko: if there's nothing on it you need, type "sudo gdisk /dev/sda"09:10
EriC^^so how did i wipe your pc using that command? unless you typo'd something bro09:11
qwebirc94569>:(((((09:11
EriC^^anyways no need to fret you can get everything back, most likely09:11
EriC^^did you typo the command?09:11
qwebirc94569no09:12
EriC^^ok, so you're booting from a live usb right now?09:12
qwebirc94569Nopr09:12
qwebirc94569Everything is gone09:12
qwebirc94569I can't use it anymore09:12
lotuspsychjeqwebirc94569: you need to make backups before you try things09:13
EriC^^qwebirc94569: you dont have a live usb?09:13
qwebirc94569Nothing is on my external either it wiped both09:13
ducasserelax, at most you nuked the partition table09:13
EriC^^ducasse has a point, it's nothing major09:13
qwebirc94569It says "boot device not found" "please install an operating system on your hard disk"09:14
EriC^^oh, lol09:14
EriC^^that doesnt mean crap09:14
qwebirc94569So how can I fix it09:14
EriC^^at this point get a live usb to troubleshoot09:14
EriC^^https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop09:14
qwebirc94569how can I do that if this was the only computer in my entire household???09:15
qwebirc94569I only have the external hard drive, too09:15
EriC^^qwebirc94569: make sure you're booting the right drive in the bios with the right mode selected09:16
EriC^^how big is your usual hdd?09:17
EriC^^not the ext one09:17
qwebirc94569It is 32 gigs09:17
EriC^^ok09:18
qwebirc94569So I guess im just screwed09:19
EriC^^did you try selecting the right disk in the bios?09:19
EriC^^self pity isnt really helpful09:19
qwebirc94569It only says "os boot manager"09:19
qwebirc94569I'm not self pittying myself09:19
EriC^^well there's a solution, it might involve driving to a friends/family to make a live usb09:20
lotuspsychjeqwebirc94569: why did you have windows on an external hd exactly?09:20
qwebirc94569I was trying to switch from Ubuntu to windows09:20
EriC^^he didn't have it there lotus, he was trying to create a windows installation usb09:20
lotuspsychjeqwebirc94569: install ubuntu and load a windows with virtualbox, make your life easy09:21
qwebirc94569Yeah I probably should have done that09:22
lotuspsychjeqwebirc94569: from a liveusb ubuntu you can also recover data09:22
qwebirc94569Well I ordered a usb the other day so I'm not even gonna bother with Ubuntu I'm just going to install Windowsbackk09:23
EriC^^qwebirc94569: did you try booting in legacy mode, you might have some residual bootloader in the mbr you could (possibly) work with09:23
lotuspsychjeqwebirc94569: did you use your external hd for both data backup and install usb?09:24
qwebirc94569Yes it just showed a blinking line09:24
qwebirc94569No09:24
qwebirc94569I haven't backed up anything09:24
lotuspsychjeblinking line means wrong uefi settings09:24
qwebirc94569So what would I do to fix that09:25
lotuspsychjeqwebirc94569: what is your end goal? singleboot ubuntu? dualboot?09:25
qwebirc94569Well for now just singleboot09:25
qwebirc94569Because I won't be able to do the windows thing for a whe09:26
qwebirc94569While*09:26
lotuspsychjeqwebirc94569: disable fastboot & secureboot then boot your ubuntu usb F1209:26
qwebirc94569Secureboot is disabled and there isn't a fastboot option09:27
qwebirc94569F12 just makes a beeping sound09:27
lotuspsychje!uefi | qwebirc9456909:28
ubottuqwebirc94569: UEFI is a specification that defines a software interface between an operating system and platform firmware. It is meant as a replacement for the BIOS. For information on how to set up and install Ubuntu and its derivatives on UEFI machines please read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI09:28
lotuspsychjeqwebirc94569: if your system is uefi, you have to get a fastboot09:28
EriC^^qwebirc94569: do you remember running any efibootmgr commands?09:30
qwebirc94569No09:30
lotuspsychjeqwebirc94569: did you install grub on external hd?09:31
qwebirc94569Everything that was Ubuntu was on my computer's hard drive09:31
qwebirc94569I made the external a bootable drive using mkusb09:32
lotuspsychjeqwebirc94569: did you try to enter your system with grub?09:32
qwebirc94569Now it doesn't show up at all in boot manager09:32
qwebirc94569How do I do that09:32
lotuspsychjeqwebirc94569: hold shift before boot09:32
qwebirc94569Holding shift doesn't do anything09:33
EriC^^qwebirc94569: did you run any commands or something in gparted prior to us talking here? it would be felt after the reboot09:33
EriC^^mkusb /dev/sdb for instance?09:33
qwebirc94569Yes09:33
qwebirc94569I think I did09:33
EriC^^was it /dev/sdb ?09:33
qwebirc94569I don't remember09:33
EriC^^cause that'd be your ubuntu OS as your system had them reversed09:33
qwebirc94569I think all of them were /sda09:34
EriC^^if you followed some online guide they probably had that there as an example as the usb is usually sdb sdc etc09:34
EriC^^they cant all be sda09:34
qwebirc94569Like sda1, sda2, etc09:34
qwebirc94569But one of them was sdb09:34
qwebirc94569I tried running that one09:34
EriC^^those are partitions on the same, not separate disks09:34
EriC^^aha, well that toasted the ubuntu install09:35
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qwebirc94569fuck09:36
Xardseems like I can't start jackd2 (1.9.12) as the jackdbus just freezes on 18.0409:36
lotuspsychjeqwebirc94569: try to get an usb stick somewhere, then rescue data from a live09:36
qwebirc94569I am getting a usb stick delivered here Monday, luckily I ordered that before this09:36
EriC^^qwebirc94569: your ubuntu is pretty toast i'd think at this point09:38
EriC^^googling mkusb says it basically uses "dd" to put an image on the disk09:38
EriC^^you'd be able to recover individual files possibly using photorec, or if your ubuntu partition was more than 4gb in size (i think that's the windows installer size) then the filesystem should still be in tact and you could find and mount it using testdisk09:39
heroyoojinI'm on ubuntu right now!09:40
EriC^^i mean if the ubuntu partition is further in the disk than 4g in size *09:40
qwebirc94569So how would I run testdisk?09:40
EriC^^sudo apt-get install testdisk && sudo testdisk09:41
EriC^^you just need to do "sudo testdisk" later on09:41
qwebirc94569Oh I can't do that my computer is just a shell now lol09:41
qwebirc94569I'm going to go to bed09:44
Xardokay, found out it might have something to do with ALSA09:45
Xardhttps://github.com/jackaudio/jack2/issues/116 - changing mode from duplex to playback only enables jack to start09:46
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austikohello09:55
EriC^^hi09:57
austikoIsn't irc really old09:58
ducasseaustiko: stick to ubuntu support questions here please, #ubuntu-offtopic for chat09:59
austikoK09:59
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SiamasterHi11:47
lotuspsychjewelcome Siamaster11:48
SiamasterI have a 8 tb hard drive. It's new. It's a NAS hard drive and I think that's why it's showing only 1.4 gb11:48
Siamastersorry 1.4 tb11:48
Siamasterhow can I format it so I can use all available space?11:49
Siamasterthere are no partitions on the drive, it's new11:49
lotuspsychjeSiamaster: gparted is nice11:49
ducasseSiamaster: see if using a gpt partition table makes a difference11:49
Siamasterok. what should I look for ? What are the terminology for this setup?11:49
SiamasterI mean, what should I remove?11:50
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austikoWhat time is it where you guys are11:51
lotuspsychjeaustiko: you already got told this is not a chat11:52
austikoJeez sorry11:52
lotuspsychjeaustiko: use #ubuntu-discuss or #ubuntu-offtopic please11:52
SiamasterError: The location 5.00TB is outside of the device /dev/sdb. when I try to create a gpt partition with partet11:54
SiamasterI tried mkpart primary 0.00TB 5.00TB11:55
EriC^^Siamaster: try using gdisk11:57
EriC^^Siamaster: what does sudo parted -ls show for the size11:57
SiamasterDisk /dev/sdb: 1404GB11:58
EriC^^i guess you have to let it see the full disk first11:58
Siamasterhow do I do that?11:58
EriC^^no idea, you mentioned some NAS stuff is related?11:59
EriC^^maybe remove that and do it barebones after restarting?11:59
Siamasteryes, it's a "Nas hard drive" I don't even know why11:59
Siamasterremove what?11:59
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EriC^^i thought you meant NAS like some networking layer stuff12:02
EriC^^Siamaster: does "dmesg | grep /dev/sdb" mention anything?12:02
Siamasterno, it says nothing12:03
SiamasterIt's a new hard disk. I haven't even mounted it once12:03
SiamasterBut I don't know how to do that either, also it says that it only has 1.4 TB12:04
EriC^^hmm try sudo grep /dev/sdb /var/log/kern.log12:04
Siamastersays nothing either12:04
Siamasterbut this is what gdisk says: Partition table scan:   MBR: protective   BSD: not present   APM: not present   GPT: present12:04
EriC^^seems like others had the same issue https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/8-tb-usb-drive-detected-as-1-4-tb.63217/12:07
EriC^^Siamaster: how are you connecting the hard disk? many people seem to have issues with the connections making different brand hdd's show as less12:09
EriC^^Siamaster: in the bios is it set to raid or ahci? that's important it seems12:09
SiamasterI'm using a cabinet12:10
Siamastermust I do this on bios?12:10
EriC^^i dont know what that is12:11
EriC^^the raid ahci settings should be in the bios12:11
SiamasterI plug my hdd in that and connect it to my pc using a USB-port12:11
SiamasterOk, I'll try.12:12
EriC^^oh, try connecting it using the cables the company sent with it or recommends12:12
EriC^^it's likely that12:12
SiamasterI didn't get any cables12:12
ducasseSiamaster: the controller in the cabinet might be the problem, try connecting it to a sata port in your pc12:13
Siamasterand I've tried doing these stuff on my BIOS before. I can't find the raid options12:13
EriC^^can you connect it directly without the cabinet for a trial?12:13
Siamasterno, but I don't understand why it should be needed12:13
Siamasterit's a hard drive I should be able to control it12:14
ducasseread what i just wrote12:14
neurehi12:14
EriC^^hi12:15
neurei have an extra NVMe drive I plugged in12:15
SiamasterI did, I just didn't understand12:15
neurehow do i remove all old partitions?12:15
Siamasterwhat controller? why does it cause problems?12:15
EriC^^neure: type "sudo parted -ls | nc termbin.com 9999" and share the link here12:16
EriC^^Siamaster: the controller in the cabinet12:16
EriC^^the hdd might not be designed to work with it, it needs the sata port12:16
SiamasterIt's working12:17
Siamasterit fits, and it's found12:17
SiamasterI don't understand why the cabinet would cause me to see only 1.4 TB12:17
ducassethat does not mean it's working *properly*12:18
Siamasterbut why?12:18
neureEriC^^, https://termbin.com/330n12:18
Siamasterwhy is this not properly?12:18
ducasseare you trolling?12:18
Siamasterno. I don't get it honestly12:18
Siamasterwhy would a cabinet not work properly and instead show 1.4 tb12:19
Siamasterit's a setting on the hard drive12:19
EriC^^neure: sudo gdisk /dev/nvme0n112:19
neureEriC^^, /dev/sda is my current drive with Windows and Ubuntu dual booting, nvme0n1 is the new (old) drive i would like to reuse12:19
EriC^^neure: then press "o" to create a fresh gpt partition table, and "w" to write to disk12:19
ducassenot the cabinet, the controller inside the cabinet. it might not be designed to handle disks that big.12:19
tomreynneure: if you want to delete everything stored on this drive, just write a new partition table. you can use 'parted' (runs in a terminal, text based) or gnome-disk (gnome/gtk3 based graphical user interface) for it12:20
Siamasterducasse it has worked good with 4 TB disks12:20
neurealready did gdisk thing12:20
Siamasterso it should be able to show at least that12:20
SiamasterI think it's a setting on the hard drive12:20
neurehow should I format the drive now?12:20
Siamastersince it's a "NAS hard drive"12:20
tomreynneure: depends on what you want to use it for, i guess.12:21
Siamasterit's sounds like a really weird limitation too12:21
EriC^^neure: create partitions first, an easy tool is sudo cgdisk /dev/nvme0n112:21
Siamasterif it can't work with disks this big, then it shouldn't work at all12:21
ducassebeing a nas hard drive just means it's designed to run 24/712:21
ducassethere are no settings to mess with12:22
ducasselook, can you or can you not connect it to a sata port to test?12:22
Siamasterno, I can't12:23
EriC^^neure: then run sudo partprobe to load the partition table again, and use sudo parted -ls to get the names and do "sudo mkfs.<filesystem> /dev/nvme0n1p1" for instance12:23
EriC^^you'll want to use mkfs.ntfs -Q for ntfs12:23
ducasseyou don't have a sata cable?12:23
Siamasterno12:24
Siamasterand I honestly don't believe this is the problem12:24
EriC^^that's just your laziness12:25
Siamasterit's not. It doesn't make sense12:25
tomreynSiamaster: i do. either the cabinet is the issue or you got ripped off about the disk you bought.12:25
ducasseok, best of luck then.12:26
EriC^^stuff can half work, you know12:26
ducassewe can explain it to you, but we can't understand it for you12:27
EriC^^i can pour bad gas in my car, it'll still run though it detonates like crazy, it's not something so nonexistent12:27
SiamasterOk then. You all seem so sure.12:27
SiamasterI'll try that, in some way12:28
Siamasterusing sata12:28
SiamasterI'll let you know12:28
ducassemaybe there's a reason we are sure12:28
Siamasterthat's what I'm thinking12:28
Siamasterbut I still don't get it12:28
Siamasterit's weird12:28
ducasseyou can ask the people in ##hardware too12:28
Siamasterah ok, cool ty12:29
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tomreynbe sure to provide the disk, cabinet and computer model / product number if you 'll have more questions about it12:30
BluesKajHiyas all12:31
Siamasterokay you were right12:38
Siamasterand not being able to connect to sata was my laziness :P12:38
Siamasterty for help12:38
tomreynSiamaster: looks like you learnt 2 things in one go today. ;-)12:42
lipe66good morning from Brazil!12:47
lotuspsychjewelcome lipe66 , how can we help you today?12:48
lipe66i have a Dell inspiron 7472 and a few minutes ago i tryied to login and and i got only a black screen12:48
lipe66after i googled i got a sugestion that i should remove nvidia drivers and reboot12:49
lipe66this did the trick and i am n my note book again. My question is: should i stick with nuveau drivers or a can use nvidia again?12:50
lotuspsychjelipe66: whats your ubuntu version and your graphics card chipset & driver version?12:50
tiggster79lipe66: what happened prior to this? did you install nvidia drivers?12:50
lipe66i am on ubuntu 18.04 i7 8550U12:52
lipe66the graphics card is a hybrid with Intel UHD 620/Nvidia GeForce MX15012:53
lipe66This machine is a fresh install of 18.04 with all the updates and livepatch enabled12:54
lipe66the nvidia drivers where installed12:54
lotuspsychjelipe66: from where12:54
lipe66from the updates&install package12:55
lotuspsychjelipe66: ok, try and see if you can still enter your system with !nomodeset12:55
lotuspsychje!nomodeset | lipe6612:55
ubottulipe66: 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 parameter12:55
lipe66ok thanks I will take a look12:56
lotuspsychjelipe66: if you can, come back we will take a look for you12:56
lipe66thanks12:56
lipe66So I just reinstalled the nvidia drivers and rebooted to see if it happened again13:07
lipe66and is working normly.13:07
lipe66maybe something i did broke the login process somehow13:07
lipe66since i can set the profile of the main GPU, I will keep the intel GPU as the main one and activate nvidia when I need it13:09
iorialipe66, glxinfo | grep "OpenGL renderer string"  what returns ?13:09
lipe66OpenGL renderer string: GeForce MX150/PCIe/SSE213:10
iorialipe66, ok13:10
lipe66lotuspsychje, ioria, thanks for the support13:11
lotuspsychjelipe66: welcome13:11
iorialipe66, i'd say or a gdm3 glitch or you logged in Xayland13:12
ioria*Waylan13:12
lotuspsychjeioria: we having a lot of loginloops lately13:12
iorialotuspsychje, ha, didn't know that13:13
lotuspsychjeioria: but not sure how they relate13:13
lipe66maybe some obscure line in a program generating instability13:14
lotuspsychjelipe66: was this clean install or lts upgrade?13:14
lipe66clean install, I had to many problems in upgrading13:15
Siamasterstill can't get why the cabinate behaves this way13:15
lipe66in the past and in other oses13:15
SiamasterSo I need to buy new cabinate for this if I want to use a cabinet13:15
lotuspsychjelipe66: you recall wich driver version your system chosen?13:15
Siamastercabinet*13:15
lipe6639013:15
lipe66could it be related to suspession of the sistem?13:16
lotuspsychjelipe66: earlier you mentioned to stick with nouveau, did you try nouveau too?13:16
lotuspsychjelipe66: not sure yet what causes the login loops13:17
lipe66well yes and no. yes because after i puged nvidia the system booted in nuveau13:18
lotuspsychjelipe66: thats normal procedure, but why did you purge nvidia?13:18
lipe66but no because i did not used for a long time13:18
lipe66I read in a forum that was how it solved the problem13:19
lotuspsychjelipe66: so your clean install chosen 390 and you reinstalled the 390 after right?13:19
lipe66thinking bout is kind of a hard reset13:19
lipe66yes13:19
tomreynSiamaster: looks for a firmware update for it. but this is really a ##hardware issue, has nothing to do with ubuntu13:19
lotuspsychjelipe66: ok tnx for the feedback13:19
lipe66you are welcome13:19
lipe66I actually do not believe is the nvidia driver issue I believe is probably a mixed condition of softwares I installed and configurations that i made, that created a condition that made this happenend. removing the video driver is a work around.13:23
lotuspsychjelipe66: the problem we had before is with an older version of 390, now its 390.77 and should be fixxed13:24
lipe66I see13:24
lotuspsychjelipe66: alot of bugs like this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-390/+bug/177311313:24
ubottuLaunchpad bug 1773113 in nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 (Ubuntu) " nvidia-390 does not show GUI" [Undecided,Confirmed]13:24
lotuspsychjelipe66: hence why i was interested in wich driver version your system chosen13:25
lipe66that is why i will change the prime GPU to intel.13:25
BluesKajOptimus?13:26
lotuspsychjelipe66: thats the users choice13:26
lipe66nvidia is allways problematic. that was my biggest doubt before buying this laptop. (I bought it with Ubuntu preinstalled from dell)13:26
lotuspsychjelets continue in #ubuntu-discuss lipe6613:27
Siamastertomreyn I see, thanks13:34
ericusis there any way here for me to free up some space on /boot? https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/MmjqzXVpTv/13:46
ericusWhy do I have 4.4.x-kernel when it's using 4.15.0-38?13:47
EriC^4.15 is the hwe one13:48
EriC^ericus: type sudo apt-get autoremove --purge   it should remove a bunch of kernels and free some space13:48
ericushwe?13:48
EriC^!hwe | ericus13:48
ubottuericus: The Ubuntu LTS enablement stacks provide newer kernel and X support for existing LTS releases, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack13:48
ericusEriC^ it doesnt :/13:48
ericus0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 68 not upgraded13:49
tomreyn/boot doesn't seem to be the main issue, with 56 packages pending installation it's more likely that / or /usr have run full13:51
tomreyn*68 packages13:51
ericusboot is the main issue, tells me to clean up 52MB13:52
tomreynokay, it's rather small indeed13:52
EriC^ericus: try sudo apt-get purge linux-image-4.4.0-{38,104}-generic linux-image-4.15.0-36-generic13:53
ericusyeah13:53
EriC^105mb is free though, more than enough for any kernel installation13:53
EriC^!info linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04 xenial13:54
ericus"The upgrade needs a total of 157 M free space on disk '/boot'. Please free at least an additional 52,4 M of disk space on '/boot'. "13:54
ubottulinux-image-generic-hwe-16.04 (source: linux-meta-hwe): Generic Linux kernel image. In component main, is optional. Version 4.15.0.43.64 (xenial), package size 2 kB, installed size 11 kB (Only available for i386; amd64; armhf; arm64; ppc64el; s390x)13:54
EriC^ericus: ok13:54
ericushttps://paste.ubuntu.com/p/5s4Bdmky92/13:55
tomreynthere are updates poending for both the 4.4 and 4.15 kernel images, that's why so much space is needed.13:55
EriC^ericus: try "dpkg -l | grep linux-image"13:56
ericusdo I need the 4.4?13:56
EriC^no13:56
ericushttps://paste.ubuntu.com/p/spvFFRYxJb/13:57
EriC^hmm the package seems to be missing yet the files are still there13:58
EriC^ericus: which ubuntu is this? 18.04?13:58
tomreynit was uninstalled, not purged13:58
EriC^tomreyn: but the initrd and stuff is still there13:58
EriC^even without purging it should remove those stuff13:58
EriC^i think he had xenial before and updated to bionic, cause his linux-image-generic meta is 4.15 so no hwe being used13:59
ericusit's 18.0413:59
EriC^ericus: ok, manually remove the old kernel stuff13:59
ericusthe 4.4?13:59
EriC^yeah, all the stuff with 4.4 in them in /boot do sudo rm <stuff here>14:00
tomreynEriC^: you requested info on installed kernels, not liunux-modules\* - but i agree that autoremove --purge should have removed it14:00
EriC^also remove the 4.15-36 stuff since the package isnt installed either14:00
EriC^tomreyn: initrd is part of linux-modules now?14:01
tomreynEriC^: oops, i may be mistaken there14:01
EriC^it's a good idea to get the linux-modules though14:02
EriC^ericus: could you also run "dpkg -l | grep linux-modules" and paste the results please?14:02
tomreynmy guess is that some packages are marked as manually installed when they should be marked as automatically installed.14:03
ericushttps://paste.ubuntu.com/p/CdzFRFgFmv/14:04
ericus"The upgrade needs a total of 157 M free space on disk '/boot'. Please free at least an additional 14,8 M of disk space on '/boot'."14:04
ericusa little closer14:04
EriC^ericus: ok, run sudo apt-get purge linux-modules-4.15.0-36-generic14:05
EriC^i feel like it's not going to reach that space14:05
ericusmaybe if it didnt download the 4.4?14:06
EriC^boot is 250mb and the rest are 80 and 70 so that's 150 you're left with 100 free14:06
EriC^what is it trying to download right now?14:07
EriC^oh wait my bad the kernel is only 8mb not 8014:07
ericushttps://paste.ubuntu.com/p/RjGgRn46Jt/14:07
ericusthat14:08
EriC^it looks right14:08
EriC^ericus: what does "ls -lh /boot" give after rm'ing the 4.4 packages and linux-modules package given above14:08
EriC^*4.4 files14:09
ericusI think it's working now, from the terminal. Tried the software updater earlier14:09
ericusyay14:09
ericushttps://paste.ubuntu.com/p/7ydN4QXSB6/14:10
ericusguess it worked?14:10
EriC^yeah it looks good14:10
ericusthank you so much for the help EriC^!14:10
tomreynericus: you may want to resize /boot sooner or later to get rid of this issue which may otherwise re-occur14:11
ericusnot sure if I'm able to, LVM with luks encryption14:12
ericusfull disk14:12
EriC^ericus: np, you're welcome14:12
tomreynericus: then maybe you'd beter want to move /boot intot he LVM14:15
EriC^ericus: it's easy to move it into the encryption, you just need to add a grub variable in /etc/default/grub and update-grub afterwards14:17
coconutAny chance for amdgpu drivers to get supported for coming version of ubuntu?14:17
EriC^GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK=y14:17
EriC^and obviously remove /boot from fstab after copying the stuff to the rootfs's /boot14:18
EriC^tomreyn: have you tried this with uefi? i kinda only tried this with legacy install once for kicks14:19
ikoniacoconut: what do you mean "get support" ?14:19
coconutikonia: like to get support here the same way we have now with nvidia14:20
tomreynEriC^: i did it just yesterday. key is to not use the (secureboot) *signed* grub package14:20
ikoniacoconut: what do you mean by get support ?14:20
ikoniacoconut: what support is missing ?14:20
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EriC^tomreyn: aha interesting, ericus ^14:20
EriC^thanks!14:20
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ikoniatomreyn: that sounds like something that would be hugely important to document somewhere14:20
tomreynikonia: there are bug reports :)14:20
ikoniatomreyn: close enough I guess14:21
tomreynhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/156595014:21
ubottuLaunchpad bug 1565950 in grub2 (Ubuntu) "Grub 2 fails to boot a kernel on a luks encrypted volume with Secure Boot enabled" [Medium,Confirmed]14:21
coconutikonia: by support i mean installing the driver and get it to run well14:21
ikoniacoconut: that doesn't make sense14:22
OerHekscoconut, for what AMD card?14:22
coconutikonia: why? we all need our graphics to work well, right?14:23
ikoniacoconut: we do14:24
ericusI'll have a look at it EriC^ tomreyn :)14:24
ikoniacoconut: but you're saying it's not supported and doesn't work well, which it does for cards that it's designed for14:24
ikoniacoconut: and you understand ubuntu doesn't actually "make" the amdgpu modules ?14:24
coconutOerHeks: radeon pro WX 4150 or 710014:24
tomreynthat's probably not an amdgpu supported chipset14:25
ikoniadon't see it in the list14:25
tomreynoh actually it's a new one14:26
ikoniamaybe why it's not on the list yet14:26
ikonia(although I thought it was old looking at the name)14:27
coconutikonia: nope, i am just trying to figure out whether it is right to buy amd graphics already. And seeing i do not see support request for amd cards to come by here on irc, i choose to ask about it.14:27
tomreynwell it's from 2017, but i assuemd it would be older just by its name14:27
ikoniacoconut: amdgpu is supported14:27
coconut:)14:27
tomreynPolaris 1114:27
ikoniatomreyn: I also made that assumption, which I couldn't see on the list too14:27
coconuttomreyn:probably new yes ( https://www.dell.com/nl-nl/work/shop/cty/pdp/spd/precision-17-7730-laptop/xctop7730emea )14:29
coconutoops, that was the dutch one14:30
coconut( https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/cty/precision-17-7730-laptop/spd/precision-17-7730-laptop?redirect=1 )14:30
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tomreyncoconut: so, generally amd graphics do, of course, work fine. not all chipsets may be supported by the amdgpu driver which is in ubuntu 18.04 with its 4.15 kernel out of the box.14:37
coconutikonia: yes i know it's amd creating the amdgpu and amdgpupro drivers, with some non-categorized work after that14:37
deadromhi14:38
ikoniacoconut: what ?14:38
tomreyncoconut: whether this specific (budget) chipset works well out of the box is hard to tell, it does not seem to be sold a lot and there are not a lot of reports that i can find.14:39
deadrom18.04: [laptop|display|display], nv prime on nvidia profile, all was fine until yesterday, now laptop screen is gone (black with a console cursor at the top left, nothing else)14:39
deadromxrandr only lists the 2 external displays, so does display settings and nvidia-settings. Logo shows on laptop during boot, so in general the laptop screen works.14:40
lotuspsychjedeadrom: see if you can still anter your system with !nomodeset please14:43
lotuspsychje!nomodeset | deadrom14:43
ubottudeadrom: 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 parameter14:43
lotuspsychje*enter14:43
* deadrom reads14:43
coconuttomreyn:thx for researching!14:44
deadromon a sidenote, how do I disable the splash screen? I like to see the kernel messages fly by14:45
lotuspsychjedeadrom: edit your grub with "quiet splash" to ""14:46
lotuspsychjedeadrom: or press F1 at boot splash14:46
tomreyncoconut: you're welcome. if you buy this hardware, be sure to buy it so that you'll be able to return it in case you need it working out of the boix (and are not into building your own kernels, X, mesa stack, and not into experimenting with other peoples' builds)14:46
tomreyncoconut: it may work from day one, i just can't tell for sure14:47
deadromlotuspsychje: thanks.. reboot14:47
coconutgreat tomreyn :D14:49
w0rpDoes anyone have any experience with fixing a GRUB configuration file so you can dual boot with Windows and Ubuntu, where the Ubuntu disk is encrypted, and you don't have to enter the password for the Ubuntu disk if you just want to boot into Windows?14:50
w0rpI've got a configuration file with `cryptomount` early in it, and I'm wondering if I can replace that with something that prompts for the password only after the Ubuntu menu item is selected.14:50
deadromlotuspsychje, well, it's *different* now: both my external displays are gone now...14:52
deadromxrandr does not list them anymore at all14:53
deadromhow prone are laptops to dead bios batteries? T530 Thinkpad, I think some 6 years old14:54
lotuspsychjedeadrom: ca you enter your system now?14:55
deadromlotuspsychje, I am in the booted system but only have the laptop screen14:56
deadromIRC on x2go so I can stick around of sorts and reboot14:57
lotuspsychjedeadrom: lets have a look wich drivers available on your system: ubuntu-drivers list14:57
deadromlotuspsychje, nvidia-driver-390 and nvidia-34014:58
lotuspsychjedeadrom: allrighty, install the 390 please14:58
deadrom390 is installed and has been workign ok for about 2 weeks since fresh install of 18.0414:58
lotuspsychjedeadrom: yes, lets try if a reinstall fixes14:59
deadromok... hang on15:00
lotuspsychjedeadrom: also make sure nomodeset is disabled after the install & reboot15:00
deadromhow do I force reinstall with apt?15:01
deadromi'll use apt-get15:02
lotuspsychjedeadrom: wich driver is currently in use? sudo lshw -C video ? at bottom driver=15:02
BluesKajsudo apt install --reinstall package15:02
deadromah15:02
deadromlotuspsychje, http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/fpsK2ZbjZN/15:04
deadromif I reasd this right, NV is in charge15:04
deadrom*read15:04
lotuspsychjedeadrom: correct, try what BluesKaj adviced15:05
deadromthat went through in about 5 seconds. I would have expected dkms to build a new module and all of that15:05
deadrom"nvidia... is being configured" and that's it. that sound right to you?15:06
lotuspsychjedeadrom: lets try & reboot :p15:06
deadromyeh15:06
deadromlotuspsychje, nah, same. I'll shutdown and hose the dockigng stationdown with contact cleaner. I suspect it might be upset.15:14
lotuspsychjedeadrom: system up to date also?15:16
za1b1tsuSo I am on Ubuntu and using virtualbox, and this is what I am seeing https://imgur.com/KuBLSL015:16
za1b1tsuafter the disk boots up in the virtual machine15:16
za1b1tsuanyone have any ideas?15:16
deadromlotuspsychje, yes. virtualbox repos shenanigans wih i386 arch but apt seems to simply ignore it. COULD be tho a broken package there prevents proper dkms execution. ill check that.15:21
lotuspsychjedeadrom: another idea could be installing a more later driver from the ubuntu graphics ppa(as a test)15:22
deadromlotuspsychje, 5400m  / gf 108, fairly old. ill see what driver supports it15:23
lotuspsychjedeadrom: if your system suggests 390.77 you could try the 390.87 from the ppa15:25
lotuspsychjeza1b1tsu: did you try other iso's on virtualbox?15:36
za1b1tsulotuspsychje, all the isos behave the same15:38
OerHekscheck the VM settings, GPU memory and such15:39
coderman1a customer is reporting to me that he cant access my website from one of his servers. is there a way for me to tell from my server if his IP is able to access it?16:03
coderman1like some kind of reverse ping or something16:03
ikoniayou'll see it in the access log if he can access it16:04
coderman1yea im just wondering if i can run something on my server that tests his connectivity to mine16:07
OerHeksfail2ban installed?16:08
ikoniac3r34l_milk: no16:09
ikoniaoops16:09
ikoniacoderman1: no,16:09
ikoniacoderman1: you can't debug his ISP16:09
ikoniacoderman1: it could be any reason at his end16:09
ikoniacoderman1: if your site is on "the internet" there is nothing more you can do16:09
Mughal56coderman: umm, is the customer's remote IP address pingable?16:11
Mughal56coderman: or at least something on his/her public network segment?  Maybe not the firewall but perhaps his/her router?16:12
ikoniathat means nothing16:12
ikoniapinging something across the internet offers little value16:12
ikoniaicmp echo is very different than http on a specific port outgoing16:12
ikoniacoderman1: you need to focus on the error he gets16:12
ikoniarather than connectivity16:12
eeosWhat the heck is the "Software" application in *ubuntu?!16:15
ikoniaa front end to the software repos16:16
eeosikonia: it proposes plenty of proprietary stuff .... that I cannot see using the apt CLI ....16:18
eeosikonia: why?16:18
ikoniait shows you the same as the apt interface16:18
OerHeksinstall synaptic, much more detailed softwarecenter16:18
eeosikonia: no. It is showing me stuff like "Polarr Photo Editor", which is proprietary, and which I cannot see in apt.16:19
eeosOerHeks: I use command line.16:19
ikoniaeeos: it's there16:20
eeosikonia: what do you mean? I cannot see it using apt ....16:20
tomreyncoderman1: you could do a traceroute to the customer, but this doesn't really proove much, since (a) their (inbound) route may differ and (b) issues may only occur in one direction and (c) it could just as well be any other non routing related issue, such as their caching resolver, or a an issue with your website.16:20
OerHekspolar.. it is a snap16:20
hatsat32e16:21
eeosikonia: and I do not want to see it at all! I want to exclude proprietary stuff ....16:21
OerHekssoftwarecenter shows snaps too, these days https://snapcraft.io/polarr16:21
eeosOerHeks: oh, I see!16:21
tomreyncoderman1: so indeed, first of all you want to get a better description of the issue than "doesn't work"16:21
eeosOerHeks: you are right! That is why it does not show in apt .... it shows in snap.16:22
eeosOerHeks: how do I remove it? this Software center?16:22
OerHekseeos, remove the gnome-software-plugin-snap plugin, and restart softwarecenter.. but carefull, you might have snaps installed already, like calculator16:22
OerHekshttps://askubuntu.com/questions/982112/how-can-i-disable-snaps-in-gnome-software-centre/984250#98425016:23
eeosOerHeks: I do not want to disable snap, I am using snap form the command line. I need to disable the graphical user interface that pulls everything together and annoys me.16:23
eeosOerHeks: Sorry, not disable, but uninstall.16:24
ikoniahow about 'just don't open the app"16:24
ikoniaand if you are used to using apt on the command line, if it bothers you that much, use apt to remove it16:25
ikoniabut really - just don't open the app16:25
eeosikonia: not really .... I have a zero tolerance policy on pacage tat are not used and can install stuff on the system by mistake. it is a huge security issue.16:27
OerHeks!info ubuntu-software16:27
ubottuubuntu-software (source: gnome-software): Utility for browsing, installing, and removing software. In component main, is optional. Version 3.28.1-0ubuntu4.18.04.8 (bionic), package size 24 kB, installed size 351 kB16:27
OerHeksoh, wrong one16:27
OerHeksgnome-software ?16:27
eeosOerHeks: : thank you!16:28
eeosOerHeks: it just proposed two bios updates that I cannot track in history but look rather official from the manufacturer website.16:29
OpenSorceI know how to find and configure the cli scripting method, is there a GUI method for setting a system to automatically switch the primary sound output to a USB audio device when it's inserted?16:30
tmrolandwhy so many cryptic mount points shown by mount command? what do they mean, it confuses the hell out of me16:31
TJ-ls /etc/modprobe.d/16:31
TJ-ooops :D16:31
OerHekseeos, maybe fwupdate manager? https://itsfoss.com/update-firmware-ubuntu/16:32
TJ-tmroland: most of them will be Control Groups managed by systemd I suspect16:33
eeosOerHeks: oh thanks a lot!!!! I have just rmeoved the gnome-software and all the accolites ....16:33
tmrolandhell of a headache while trying to learn linux16:34
tmrolandits a big letdown to see that amount of unnecessary complexity16:34
eeosOerHeks: thanks for everything! I did a thorough cleaning .... :-)16:34
tmrolandany distro that doesnt use that?16:34
tmrolandand only has 2 3 mountpoints?16:34
tomreyntmroland: the loop mounts are snaps, you can just ignore / filter them16:34
TJ-tmroland: cgroups are integral to providing isolation for security16:35
tomreynand those tmpfs provide useful features which also some software relies on16:35
lagagnonInstalled 18.04 on old Macbook Pro 2,1. All fine except screen blanking.16:59
lagagnonAny command including xset does blank the screen, backlight turns off, but backlight never turns back on. Reboot required.17:00
tomreynget different hardware.17:01
OerHeks32 bit uefi Macbook Pro 2,1 ?17:03
EriC^^lagagnon: did you try acpi stuff?17:03
lagagnonNo 64, install was fine, all other systems work17:03
lagagnonEriC^^: what "acpi stuff"?17:04
eeosI have installed krita from flatpak and I cannot run it .... is this normal? It does not start and does not give me any signal ....17:04
EriC^^acpi_osi parameters in the grub line lagagnon17:04
OerHekswhy flatpack as snaps are standard17:04
lagagnonEriC^^: ok, will check that out. Thanks.17:04
tomreynlagagnon: http://iam.tj/prototype/enhancements/Windows-acpi_osi.html17:05
tomreyni dont know whether this works with macs, though17:05
eeosOerHeks: yes .... that is why i find it strange ....17:08
lagagnon...strange that "systemctl suspend" works just fine with backlight turning off/on but any DPMS blank kills the backlight...17:08
eeosOerHeks: flatpak run org.kde.krita17:08
eeosOerHeks: gives me error: runtime/org.kde.Platform/x86_64/5.11 not installed17:08
OerHeksi have no clue about flatpack17:09
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OerHeksoh i probably never will, it is flatpak17:12
OerHeks!info gnome-software-plugin-flatpak17:12
ubottugnome-software-plugin-flatpak (source: gnome-software): Flatpak support for GNOME Software. In component universe, is optional. Version 3.28.1-0ubuntu4.18.04.8 (bionic), package size 55 kB, installed size 189 kB17:12
ioriaafaik , that plugin is quite broken ; it doesn't install required extensions17:14
PronoeHi all, I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 and I need an older version of a package that doesn't seem to be available now but was available on xenial (https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/libsdl2-dev). How can I add this repo to my linux?17:17
OerHeksIf i look at the dependencies, i think it is a bad idea https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic-updates/libsdl2-dev , compile it from source?17:20
PronoeI'll check if that's an option. What would be the issue with the dependencies?17:22
PronoeIf it's only another few repo to add to satisfy the dependencies I don't mind.17:22
OerHekswhy do you need an older version?17:23
PronoeBecause I'm trying to use MAME but since a couple day ago it's constantly crashing with random error messages and I can't figure out why. The installation guide advise to use SDL 2.0.4 or 2.0.3 and I have 2.0.8 This is probably not the root cause but I want to rule out every possibility17:26
EriC^^Pronoe: what error messages17:40
kumuldon't use MAME17:40
tmrolandis it possible to learn linux and unix enough in 1-2 years by daily learning and experiment on my own computer and maybe do a few qulifications and courses and have good chances at finding a linux job?17:40
kumuleven if you get it working, is it gonna matter?17:40
tmrolandi mean learning wise, is that time frame sufficient17:41
tmrolandif i wanna succeed in being paid for a job17:41
AsFelixtmroland, of course that's possible.17:41
PronoeEriC^^: I got a bunch of different ones, give me a sec.17:41
sigurduxtmroland: I've been using linux for about 20 years. Still havn't seen any linux jobs :-D17:41
AsFelixsigurdux, wtf?!17:42
kumultmroland, if you want to learn linux, don't use ubuntu17:42
OerHeks...17:42
tmrolandtheres plenty IT jobs all over and since im ht eUK finding one wil be easy, but what i wonder is if i already have the basic foundations of unix/linux and just focus on learning more advanced skills 1-2 years will be enough to get a good enough experience to succeeed profesionally17:42
hggdhkumul: ...17:43
OerHeksjobs and work have nothing to do with ubuntu support17:43
tmrolandfor example i used to set up networks and linux servers17:43
sigurduxSome things are just a hobby. Wouldn't leave my job at the mill and firedepartment for any money.17:43
AsFelixI have been using Linux for about 11 years now and in several companies this has been my job17:43
OerHeksjoin #ubuntu-discuss or -offtopic for that, thanks17:43
kumulhggdh, My point is, if you want to learn linux, go use slackware or something that doesn't hold your hand.17:44
tmrolandarch17:44
tmrolandor debian17:44
tmrolandor rhel/centos17:44
OerHekskumul, tmroland stop trolling, not welcome here17:44
hggdhok, this is good enough. Please move to another channel. #ubuntu is for Ubuntu support *only*17:44
PronoeEriC^^: "mame64: malloc.c:4023: _int_malloc: Assertion '(unsigned long) (size) >= (unsigned long) (nb)' failed.", "Corrupted double-linked list (not small); Aborted (core dumped)", "free(): invalid pointer; Aborted (core dumped)"17:45
PronoeAnd a bunch of other ones like those.17:45
PronoeIt's pretty random ...17:45
OerHeksPronoe, maybe build mame from source ? i would not downgrade sdl217:45
PronoeAnd I'm not changing anything to the way I'm starting the program.17:46
PronoeOerHeks: This is what I've done already.17:46
snowgogglesi just moved from xenial to bionic, i'm having resume from sleep issues randomly. i installed tlp tlp-rdw from the official bionic repo not the linrunner ppa.  Does anyone know if there is known issues with the bionic repo version?17:46
PronoeI'm trying to find a way to clean what has been compiled already and start over. But I'm afraid some nasty lib will stay somewhere and keep messing things up.17:46
kumulPronoe, the way I think mame works is, that if the current version of MAME fails on whatever you're trying to do, its because you don't have the latest version of the ROM17:46
Pronoekumul, the compiled from source is version 0.205 and the one installable from apt-get is 0.202 which use to work perfectly fine. Now none of them work.17:48
kumulPronoe, did you ask in #MAME ?17:54
Pronoekumul: Yes I believe I speak with one of the dev/contributor who also suggested I build from source. So now I'm trying to do that properly and not leave any crap behind.17:58
Luixhi there, I'm trying to troubleshoot some hibernation issues. pm-hibernate shuts down the computer but it doesn`t hibernate. systemctl hibernate the same thing. I'm using Mate 18.04 on an HP Pavilion dm4 notebook17:59
Luix. things I tried: https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/hibernate-resume-from-hibernation-ubuntu-mate-18-04/1692417:59
snowgogglesLuix: you have a swap partition larger than your RAM?18:02
Luixno, snowgoggles. it's 2GB on a 4GB ram pc18:03
snowgogglesLuix: there ya go18:03
snowgogglesLuix: hibernate saves full RAM size to swap partition18:04
snowgogglesLuix: that link you posted barely mentions the swap partition18:05
Luixthat was I initially thought but I don't know where I read that that wasn't the case anymore. Most probably wrong, I suppose.18:05
Luix"the case" = swap equalling RAM.18:05
snowgogglesLuix: the new case is ubu 18 doesn't create a swap partition from my understanding18:06
Luixsnowgoggles, will resizing the swap now work?18:07
snowgogglesLuix:  i would increase the size of the swap partition to be larger than 4GB for hibernate to be successful.18:07
snowgogglesLuix: depends on your drive partition layout. you'll have to resize partitions if only one phys drive installed18:08
Luixsnowgoggles, I'll have to check. Luckily I usually leave some unallocated space between partitions.18:10
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snowgogglesLuix: if you only have ext4 parts gparted is pretty good at resizing as long as your parts have free disk space18:11
Luixsnowgoggles, wait, I got confused with other laptop I was working with. I checked with Gparted and linux-swap is 4.19 GB18:13
Luixsnowgoggles, following the instructions on the link above, I ran a grub update after editing  /etc/default/grub18:15
snowgogglesLuix: yeah you updated grub. is that a concern?18:17
Luixsnowgoggles, no, just adding more info. On both hibernate commands, computer shuts down but when logging back in it is a fresh startup18:19
snowgogglesLuix: he has notes at bottom saying the instructions did not work on his laptops only desktops18:20
Luixsnowgoggles, I see. Any other ideas on how to solve this issue?18:20
snowgogglesLuix: you update grub to point to the swap partition to boot the resume state.18:21
snowgogglesLuix: honestly hibernate is a hit or miss.  i would keep googling for a solution, most ppl just live with suspend to ram unfortunately, thus hibernation support is not great18:23
Luixsnowgoggles, sadly, for some reason suspend doesn't work for this laptop (even booting on the win7 partition). It suspends but power button doesn't wake it up.18:25
snowgogglesLuix: doesn't sleep in win? the laptop was designed for win? that's odd. i would check bios setting for power management18:26
Luixsnowgoggles, yes it originally came with win7 installed. tried updating bios firmware but no luck.18:28
snowgogglesLuix: tried flashing bios with no luck is a troubling statement18:28
Luixsnowgoggles, sorry. I meant that it didn't solve the sleep one issue.18:29
snowgogglesLuix: if win power management doesn't work, your digging yourself into a deeper hole to get out of trying to get it wporking in linux. just my perspective.18:30
snowgoggles*working18:30
Luixsnowgoggles, yeah, you confirmed my fears18:32
Keo-wanyway to get a hostname to resolve elsewhere instead of the DNS lookup result ? i put it in my /etc/hosts file but it only resolves for ping correctly not host lookup18:36
CarlFKis there a way to view the files in ~/.cache/chromium/Profile1/Cache/ ?  (as rendered html, not the blob of bytes cat/less/etc show me)18:37
CarlFKKeo-w: it isn't just ping ;)  (but I kinda know what you mean)18:37
Keo-w=\18:38
CarlFKKeo-w: /etc/hosts is the right place to set it.  what you want is a tool like host that will respect /etc/hosts18:38
CarlFKI bump into this too. and haven't figured out what to do about it.  haven't tired too hard either, so maybe it exists.18:39
snowgogglesLuix: i would say it's still possible. You'll have root cause the issue. I would test power management with the original win install, but every OEM has a specific method when it comes to it's hardware18:40
Keo-wdamn 3rd party app doesn't awnt to listen to me:)18:43
pragmaticenigmaCarlFK: As far as I know, there isn't any means to render that. A lot of what is in there is probably images/pictures18:46
pragmaticenigmaKeo-w: Do you restart the application when you make changes to /etc/hosts?18:51
CarlFKpragmaticenigma: the app is host. it does the lookup and exits.18:52
pragmaticenigmaCarlFK, Keo-w : It might be that the local cache is still live with the original entry. Though you make changes in /etc/hosts, ubuntu uses dns caching to speed up domain resolves on the local machine. If you wait a few minutes, it may start to resolve as desired18:54
fengshaunhow do I make an fstab entry mountable by user?18:56
fengshaunit's an nfs tab18:56
fengshaunultimately I'm trying to have kde automount the nfs directories18:57
fengshaunbut it's complaining that it needs root18:57
Luixthanks snowgoggles18:57
CarlFKpragmaticenigma: "host is a simple utility for performing DNS lookups."18:57
CarlFKpragmaticenigma: dns-masq can be told to read /etc/hosts, but what ubuntu installs does not.18:59
CarlFKis there a way to tell chrome not to refresh pages it loads from history?18:59
pragmaticenigmaCarlFK: There is not, the remote server controls that19:00
pragmaticenigmaCarlFK: Sorry that was over simplified. Any webbrowser requests a HEAD from the remote server. If the server replies with a time stamp matching the original visit to the site, the local cache is used. Else, new content is fetched from the server19:01
CarlFKfirefox has a "offline mode" that doesn't do any network traffic.  I was hoping for soething like that19:02
CarlFKI can just kill my network connection, but then I lose all my other stuff.  (not too tragic, just annoying)19:02
pragmaticenigmaCarlFK: Try this: https://www.maketecheasier.com/offline-mode-google-chrome/19:03
pragmaticenigmaKeo-w, CarlFK : far as network testing, specifically host lookups... Why not use the "dig" program instead. With nothing more than the domain provided, it will tell you where it pulled the information from.19:04
pragmaticenigmathat would help determine more informationm19:04
CarlFKdig doesn't use /etc/hosts either19:05
CarlFKthat chrome thing looks perfect19:05
pragmaticenigmaCarlFK: I just tested the theory with Dig, it pulled my /etc/hosts just fine19:07
pragmaticenigmanot directly, but it found it19:07
theblindghoulieIs there a way to remove the Show All applications icon in the dock ?19:21
ioriatheblindghoulie, gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock show-apps-at-top  true19:25
theblindghoulieOk! Thanks! I saw that shell-ext earlier, but it said it was unstable so I was unsure19:26
ioriatheblindghoulie, yeah, probably resetted at reboot19:26
ioriatheblindghoulie, log out /in and test19:27
theblindghoulieOK thanks! I installed the classic-indicator for my Apps menu. I dont care for the modern app menu. Which is why I wanted to remove the icon from the dock19:27
ioriaok19:28
fleabeardhello, can anyone tell me which way to properly setup a cron job? I'm trying to have a cron job shutdown my computer @ midnight every night, but I'm having no luck doing it via crontab -e, nor by editing the /etc/crontab file directly.19:33
fleabeardI'm using 0 0    * * *   root    shutdown -h now >/dev/null 2>&1 in crontab right now19:33
fleabeardI'm close to making incoherent monkey noises out of frustration :(19:34
CarlFKfleabeard: shutdown needs /path/to/shutdown19:34
CarlFKwhich shutdown says  /sbin/shutdown19:35
CarlFKfleabeard: cron doesn't do bashrc/profile things, so there is no PATH setup.19:35
fleabeardCarlFK, ahhhh, so 0 0 *** root /sbin/shutdown -h now >/dev/null 2>&1 should do the trick?19:35
CarlFKfleabeard: assuming the rest is ok19:36
fleabeardCarlFK, should I be editing the file directly, or using crontab -e?19:36
CarlFKfleabeard: um.. not sure - I always use -e. never gave it much thought.19:37
fleabeardCarlFK, thank you very much! I'll give this a shot now.19:37
pragmaticenigmafleabeard: I would also recommend crontab -e ... it handles triggering cron to re-read the settings files so updates are incorperated properly19:49
fleabeardpragmaticenigma, thanks, I've tried both ways just now and it doesn't seem to be working :/19:53
fleabeardI'm so confused lol19:53
fleabearddoing a sudo cat /var/log/syslog | grep cron shows no errors19:54
pragmaticenigmafleabeard: are you running crontab -e under your account or as "sudo"19:55
ioriafleabeard, are you usnging   'sudo crontab -e'  ? not just crontab -b19:55
fleabeardthat may be it, I'm not running it as sudo, probably the issue. Let me give that a try.19:57
ioriafleabeard,   'sudo crontab -e'19:57
fleabeardwelp, I put it under sudo crontab -e, but it doesn't seem to work still. I'm using 02 15   * * *   root   /sbin/shutdown -h now20:03
fleabeardand the time has passed for me and it's still on :(20:03
fleabeardwhat blows my mind is how there are so many different ways of doing this from what I can find on google & youtube, yet none of them at all work, lol20:03
EriC^^fleabeard: remove the root from there, in sudo crontab no need for any username unlike /etc/crontab.d/* stuff20:06
fleabeardEriC^^, k, I put this in now 07 15   * * *   /sbin/shutdown -h now20:06
fleabeardwe'll see in a min if it works :)20:07
* fleabeard crosses fingers20:07
EriC^^it's already 07 here..20:07
fleabeardsame, let me try a couple minutes ahead20:07
fleabeardno dice, it just refuses to work for me lol20:09
EriC^^fleabeard: grep CRON /var/log/syslog    did it run?20:10
fleabeardEriC^^, I don't see any errors20:11
EriC^^it's there though?20:11
fleabeardjust a bunch of reload/begin edit/replace/end edit/list stuff20:11
fleabeardyeah20:11
EriC^^is there one at the min you put it to run?20:11
EriC^^root CMD( /sbin....)20:11
fleabeardnope20:12
EriC^^then it's not running the command20:12
EriC^^fleabeard: try "sudo crontab -l" is it there?20:12
fleabeardyep20:12
EriC^^try systemctl status cron20:14
fleabeardEriC^^, here's the output I got from that https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/xjsTQchDfz/20:15
EriC^^odd, seems to be running20:18
ioriawell, it's not the output i got from systemctl status cron20:19
EriC^^did you type grep CRON with capital letters?20:19
IhrFusselIf I have a process with multiple threads ... does the OS (in this case Ubuntu) decide which cores to use for the threads or does the software dictate that?20:19
fleabeardUnit CRON.service could not be found.20:21
fleabeardwith capitals20:21
pragmaticenigmaIhrFussel: The OS primarily the kernel) would be in charge of distributing the workload amoung the available cores of the CPU20:23
ioriafleabeard, can you please paste again  sudo systemctl status cron20:26
fleabeardioria, here yah go https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/xsCCKXn5mv/20:27
jhutchinsfleabeard: The unit file will be lower case, the status will return upper case.20:28
fleabeardah that's cool to know20:29
ioriafleabeard, seems stuck in reload20:29
TJ-fleabeard: why not use a systemd timer to do it?20:30
TJ-fleabeard: as in http://iam.tj/projects/ubuntu/systemd/20:30
ioriafleabeard, i think you edited /etc/crontab directly ?20:30
fleabeardTJ-, I'm not very linux savvy and was hoping the built-in crontab would do the trick without too much fuss :/20:30
fleabeardioria, I did at one point, then found out about crontab -e20:30
fleabeardhave been using crontab -e ever since20:31
jhutchinsfleabeard: systemd has it's own scheduler: https://coreos.com/os/docs/latest/scheduling-tasks-with-systemd-timers.html20:31
ioriafleabeard, comment the additional command in there20:31
fleabeardioria, here's the contents of my /etc/crontab https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/6t2mWsQ6dj/20:32
fleabeardioria, since I'm using crontab -e, should I just remove that bit that I added awhile back?20:32
ioriafleabeard, comment (remove) 47 14   * * *   root    sbin/shutdown -h now >/dev/null 2>&120:32
fleabeardwill od20:33
fleabeardokay, I removed it entirely20:33
ioriafleabeard, sudo crontab -e   and     add    13 15 * * * /sbin/shutdown -h "now"   (change min and hour)20:34
hejuxwhy the  do i need a ppa to install some software?20:35
ioriayou don't ...unless20:35
hejuxand how do i know which software is in what PPA?20:35
fleabeardioria, done20:35
hejuxlike for e.g. i was trying to install mpv and ffmpeg. apt search returns nothing20:36
fleabeardhejux, I believe ppa's are used for more 'up to date' software that isn't available in the default package manager in ubuntu20:36
hejuxthen i have to google like  how to install mpv on ubuntu ...20:36
ioriafleabeard,  let's wait20:36
hejuxjust don't get it.20:36
juleHi, I am trying to install pulseaudio package from scratch with apt but unfortunately default configuration files are not added to `/etc/pulse/` (like `default.pa`).20:36
ioriafleabeard,  what version of ubuntu ?20:37
fleabeardioria, I did this for the time 36 15 and it's now 37 15 and it didn't trigger20:37
fleabeardioria, latest 18.04 LTS20:37
hejuxthe problem is, how do i know what PPA has which software?20:37
juleIs that normal behavior?20:37
pragmaticenigmafleabeard: that's a little too generalized for the definition of a ppa20:37
fleabeardpragmaticenigma, yeah, I'm basic :P20:37
ioriafleabeard,  i can confirm that the cmd above works (testedon 18.04)20:37
pragmaticenigmahejux: To simplify, this channel doesn't support the usage of PPAs. If you were to seek help here, amoung the first things you will be asked is to remove any PPAs to ensure we're working with a known system state20:38
fleabeardioria, are you EST?20:38
pragmaticenigmahejux: In the most specific of circumstances should you enable a PPA, and only with the understanding that doing so may cause you machine to have unexpected behavior20:38
hejuxpragmaticenigma: ok, but how can i install my favorite "mpv" player?20:38
TJ-jule: was pulseaudio previously installed and removed?20:38
ioriafleabeard,  set like that, yes ... i think you have a problem with the cron service20:39
jhutchinshejux: Usually you'll find a PPA associated with the specific project it's for.  PPAs are not managed at all by Ubuntu.  They may have newer packages, or packages compiled with different options.20:39
TJ-!info mpv | hejux20:39
juleTJ: yes...20:39
ubottuhejux: mpv (source: mpv): video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2. In component universe, is optional. Version 0.27.2-1ubuntu1 (bionic), package size 952 kB, installed size 2328 kB20:39
fleabeardioria, let me restart the box and see if that clears things up, I'll put a new time in and see if it corrects itself20:39
juleTJ-: yes...20:39
pragmaticenigmahejux: You ask here, giving out the name of the application and ask for help in getting it installed. If its only option is through a PPA, then you will need to seek out the developer community for that software or choose one that is close enough in features for what you are looking for20:39
jhutchinshejux: Some have packages with incompatible licenses that can't be distributed by Ubuntu.20:40
ioriafleabeard,  sounds good20:40
jhutchinshejux: You also don't know how well they've been tested or packaged, or whether you can trust them not to have malware.20:40
TJ-jule: if you previously changed/removed the /etc/pulse/* files that is remembered (unless you use "apt purge") and those files are not replaced20:40
jhutchinshejux: You pretty much have to go by how well known the packager is and what kind of reputation they have.20:40
juleTJ-: Hum! Ok I try this20:41
pragmaticenigmahejux: It would appear that you do not need to enable any PPAs to obtain mpv, you only have to go into the software settings and enable the Universe repository20:41
hejuxso default ubuntu is pretty secure (aka conservative )20:41
pragmaticenigmahejux: secure is something you have to determine and define on your own.20:42
hejuxpragmaticenigma: thanks, Universe Repository20:42
fleabeardioria, restarted and put this in 'sudo crontab -e' 44 15   * * *   /sbin/shutdown -h "now"20:42
hejuxi'll take a try,20:42
fleabeardhopefully in 2 mins we'll get it working :)20:42
ioriafleabeard,  ok20:42
hejuxthat version ubottu give seems a little bit old20:43
jhutchinshejux: http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2016/07/install-mpv-media-player-ubuntu-16-04/20:43
juleTJ-: Well done! purge do the trick!20:43
fleabeardioria, it worked \o/20:44
ioriafleabeard,  good job mate20:44
jhutchinshejux: There is apparently a test ppa that has newer versions, hosted by ubuntu but not fully supported.20:44
fleabeardioria, I was going to hit "submit" on this application to MIT for a semester to learn how to use crontab correctly! Thank you so much for your help with this! You saved me hundreds of thousands of dollars!20:44
ioriafleabeard, no problem20:45
pragmaticenigmajhutchins: we just got done showing them that it is availble in the default Ubuntu repository20:45
hejuxjhutchins: love that, guess i do need a ppa to get latest mpv and ffmpeg.20:45
fleabeardioria, I should have known to "turn it off and on again" lol20:45
pragmaticenigmahejux: NO!20:45
ioriafleabeard, yeah20:45
pragmaticenigmahejux: Do not follow that, as was already pointed out. You do not need to install a PPA, it's already available within Ubuntu's official channels20:46
jhutchinshejux: This one's specific to 18:04 but is the same procedure: http://tipsonubuntu.com/2018/07/27/install-mpv-0-29-ubuntu-18-04-lts/20:46
pragmaticenigmajhutchins: PLEASE STOP DOING THAT20:46
jhutchinspragmaticenigma: The one in the official repos is a bit out-of-date.20:47
pragmaticenigma!latest | jhutchins20:47
ubottujhutchins: 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.20:47
jhutchinspragmaticenigma: You will notice that this ppa is hosted on ubuntu's servers.20:47
pragmaticenigmajhutchins: the location of the host does not make the PPA more or less official. It just found a home that accepted it20:47
hejux:)20:48
OerHeksit is like snaps, trust the owner20:48
hejuxi'll stay with offical. by the way, are you able to hw decode HEVC 10bit video using intel or AMD gpu?20:48
fleabeardioria, 00 00 should be good for midnight, right? lol don't want to put the wrong time in there.20:48
jhutchinsOerHeks: Exactly, and a little bit of paranoia is not a bad thing.20:48
ioriafleabeard, it's ok20:48
pragmaticenigmaThe recommendation I would have for hejux is to use the version found in Universe. See if that fullfills their needs. Then, if and only if they deem it inadequate, they should then consider using a PPA provided version20:49
fleabeardioria, thanks!20:49
ioriafleabeard, np20:49
hejuxpragmaticenigma: noted, thanks man20:49
ioriafleabeard, 0 0  is good too20:50
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jhutchinspragmaticenigma: That is much clear advice, I do agree with it.  BTW that repo is the one mpv.io (the project) recommends.20:54
wabbitshi jule21:01
juleHi again, I have one more issue with re-installing pulseaudio. It seems that the user running pulseaudio is now gdm instead of desktop21:01
wabbitsthe user should be "jule"21:02
julehuh yeah!21:02
wabbitssteps to reproduce jules problem.21:05
conranybody use Clonezilla Live on USB to copy your OS to a new SSD?21:05
wabbits1. `apt-get purge pulseaudio`21:06
OerHekswhy reinstall pulseaudio?21:06
wabbits2. `apt-get install pulseaudio`21:06
ikoniaOerHeks: that is a great question21:06
wabbitsjule you can explain that one21:07
wabbits3. `ps aux | grep pulse`21:07
wabbitsexpected results: puseaudio should be running as user jule21:08
juleOerHeks, because it is not the last version and I have issues with my volume control21:08
wabbitsobserved results: pulseaudio is running as gdm21:08
OerHekswrong, gdm runs pulse, the user only enables syslog21:08
wabbitscan anyone verify that pulseaudio is running as their normal user21:08
wabbits?21:08
OerHekshttps://paste.ubuntu.com/p/dCJsnS6tCn/21:09
wabbitsI will leave that one with you21:09
pragmaticenigmaconr: you will have to reach out to the clonezilla community for assistance. this channel focuses on Ubuntu only21:09
OerHeksnot the last version .. volume control ..21:09
coz_wabbits, I am on fedora29 at the moment, however, yes it is running under user name21:09
wabbitscoz_ thanks but was really looking to see what normal behaviour is on ubuntu21:10
zutathello. which program/package do window managers like pekwm, fluxbox & co use on ubuntu?21:10
ikoniawhat do you mean which program/packags ?21:11
juleOerHeks, the last apt version is not the 1221:11
TJ-wabbits: pulseaudio prceoss is owned by the GUI user, yes21:11
cryptodan_mobileconr: use bit for bit to get the boot loader21:11
wabbitsTJ- what platform?21:11
TJ-wabbits: huh?21:11
wabbitswhat distro are you running?21:11
wabbitsand what version?21:11
zutatikonia: :D for generating the applications menu. multitasking fooled me21:11
conrpragmaticenigma: oh maybe i should ask what tool do you recommend for taking a snapshot of your Ubuntu image and install on a new SSD??21:11
TJ-wabbits: 18.0421:11
wabbitsOerHeks and TJ- seem to be reporting different things21:12
juleOerHeks, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/181003921:12
ubottuLaunchpad bug 1810039 in pulseaudio (Ubuntu) "Volume noisy and loud with no level control [HDA Intel PCH / Realtek ALC295]" [Undecided,New]21:12
OerHeks2018-06-20: PulseAudio 12.0 .. logically not in the stable 18.04 LTS21:12
ikoniazutat: the application menus are part of the desktop21:13
conrcryptodan_mobile: what's bit for bit?21:13
juleOerHeks, yes indeed but I have wanted to try this new version in order to see if it is fixing my issues.21:14
pragmaticenigmaconr: my recommendation is if you are going from a traditional harddrive to SSD is to do a fresh install21:14
TJ-wabbits: no; same thing. User session has a pulseaudio server, but with Gnome, the Gnome Display Manager also has a PA instance (for the greeter )21:14
wabbitsjule you should have said that before I sent you here21:14
cryptodan_mobileConr Google it since it's related to ubuntu support21:14
pragmaticenigmaconr: There are optimization that won't get enabled automatically with a clone of your current system.21:14
conrpragmaticenigma: actually it's a 60GB SSD to 250SSD21:15
juleSaid what sorry?21:15
wabbitsTJ- thanks21:15
wabbitsthat you want to run the latest version to see if it fixes an issue21:15
OerHekscosmic gives https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/1:12.2-0ubuntu4 ..21:15
zutatikonia: i mean a software like this one http://menumaker.sourceforge.net/ .21:15
pragmaticenigmaconr: Then I leave it with the same comment I made earlier, Clonezilla is not something supported here. You need to go to Clonezilla's official support for assistnace plase.21:15
ikoniazutat: they don't use software like that21:16
conrWill do21:16
wabbitsthanks guys, happy new year!21:17
julewabbits, I do not understand the link between the two things. I have mentionned that I want to try to build new version for that purpose but since it broke everything I was trying to revert this.21:17
bpromptconr:    I use Acronis true image and  Norton Ghost, also have Clonezilla, the images for "OS migration", as far as I know, should work, so long the destination partition is larger or equals to the source's image, but also bear in mind as aforementioned, the clonezilla channel21:17
OerHeksjule, what hardware is this,  UX390UAK zenbook ?21:18
TJ-jule: there are a LOT of reports of problems with the ALC295 so I think it is a systemic issue21:19
zutatikonia: what do they use instead?21:19
juleOerHeks, it is a Asus Zenbook 3 yes!21:19
juleTJ-, indeed I have found issues but not especially ALC295, do you have references?21:20
ikoniazutat: it's part of the desktop21:21
TJ-jule: I've found a report on the HP forums about this that strongly suggests this may be caused by a firmware ACPI issue (it's fine after rebooting from Windows, but not on a cold boot into Linux)21:21
conrSide question, any of you have an iMac and a Ubuntu (MediaServer/NAS) box on your home network? What's your monitor setup?21:21
conror do you just VNC in?21:22
TJ-jule: there's an easy workaround that *may* help if it is caused by a bug in the PC's firmware ACPI. See http://iam.tj/prototype/enhancements/Windows-acpi_osi.html21:22
OerHeks not detecting all your speakers correctly ... https://askubuntu.com/questions/906303/volume-control-on-asus-zenbook-3 and same answer  https://era86.github.io/2017/10/03/asus-zenbook-3-volume-controls.html21:22
OerHeksthat is the cause of the slider, it seems21:23
OerHeks.. and check for bios updates21:23
TJ-jule: OerHeks' 2nd link looks promising21:24
juleOk I process these links and I come back21:24
OerHeksmeanwhile, dog is going to walk me21:25
juleThe second link in fact I have already tried this with no chance... I give it a new try, I do not know..21:25
segwentOerHeks: scoop dat poop :D21:26
za1b1tsuis there ac hannel for the unity DE?21:49
za1b1tsu*channel21:49
pragmaticenigmaza1b1tsu: perhaps if you state your question, we can direct you better?21:50
za1b1tsuI was reading what was so good about unity and that HUD menu really got me interested21:51
za1b1tsuand from what I am reading, only mate has anything comparable21:51
pragmaticenigmaza1b1tsu: The HUD you refer to, I believe was inspired by the choices made in Gnome, which is Ubuntu's current default desktop environment21:52
za1b1tsuubuntu does not have this functionality, there is this https://github.com/hardpixel/gnome-hud21:53
za1b1tsubut I was curios about a 1st party implementation21:53
pragmaticenigmaza1b1tsu: For unity, it appears they use telegram for the preferred chat network. Their homepage is https://unity8.io/ ... My knowledge of the inner workings of Unity are limited, only that I had used it with my previous installation of Ubuntu 16.0421:54
za1b1tsuah ok, thank you pragmaticenigma21:55
likemindeadWhat's the best N64 emulator for Linux these days?22:03
EriC^^likemindead: mupen64 is ok22:05
likemindeadLooks like it's about it these days.22:05
EriC^^yeah22:06
jhutchinsNot going to find a lot of variety in stuff with questionable legality in a mainline distro.22:11
rneeseHey guys whats up . Have a issue with okg instakkhttps://paste.ee/p/FoNWv#K3CcXL6rRa4vyr7KRBLWuny6BnsMhqy322:26
rneeseHey guys whats up . Have a issue with okg install https://paste.ee/p/FoNWv#K3CcXL6rRa4vyr7KRBLWuny6BnsMhqy322:27
rneeseapt-show-verion has issues but it says its installed22:28
rneeseSetting up apt-show-versions (0.22.7) ...22:28
rneese** initializing cache. This may take a while **22:28
rneeseError: No information about packages! (Maybe no deb entries?)22:28
rneeselooks like the pkg is broken22:29
pragmaticenigmarneese: You will have to contact the developer or package maintainer. This channel only supports software provided through Ubuntu's official channels and repositories22:29
rneeseMaintainer:22:31
rneeseUbuntu Developers (Mail Archive)22:31
pragmaticenigmarneese: what and how are you installing?22:31
rneeseinstalling ajenti but apt-show-version is in the normal ubuntu pkgs22:32
rneesehttps://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/admin/apt-show-versions22:32
pragmaticenigmarneese: ajenti is the problem, not apt-show-version ... that much is clear from the pastebin you provided22:34
rneeseno apt-show-version is a issue as I install it alone and get the error22:35
pragmaticenigmarneese: have you done a recent "sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade" ?22:35
rneeseyes22:35
TJ-pragmaticenigma: no, it is apt-show-versions that causes that, because it cannot complete its postinst run due to not finding the dpkg status file, as it says22:35
TJ-rneese: what Ubuntu release is that? the apt-show-versions version is pure Debian, not Ubuntu22:35
rneese18.0422:36
rneesehttps://paste.ee/p/Hrd7C#6TMo5tLm4AqlNKMhoyVs1ioI0UNLzyh022:36
rneeseits in the ubuntu pkgs22:36
TJ-!info apt-show-versions bionic | rneese22:36
ubotturneese: apt-show-versions (source: apt-show-versions): lists available package versions with distribution. In component universe, is optional. Version 0.22.7ubuntu1 (bionic), package size 27 kB, installed size 91 kB22:36
TJ-rneese:  ^^^ 18.04 has 0.22.7ubuntu122:37
rneeseits failing to install thats the issue22:38
rneeseSetting up apt-show-versions (0.22.7) ...22:38
rneese** initializing cache. This may take a while **22:38
rneeseError: No information about packages! (Maybe no deb entries?)22:38
pragmaticenigmarneese: have you added a PPA meant for debian?22:38
rneeseno22:38
leftyfbrneese: purge it and ajenti, get apt to a clean state where you can install packages. Test by installing something like cowsay22:39
rneeseonly added 1 repo for ajenti22:39
TJ-rneese: you're not using an Ubuntu release, in that last pastebin it reports "Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) " - we do not have that version of man-db22:40
pragmaticenigmarneese: if you were running ubuntu 18.04, you would have seen this output: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/yFmw2Qfpfk/22:40
rneeseok sorry I see a issue brb it looks like someone reloaded this mini box with debian while I was otu of office . and did not inform me22:42
rneeseok I have to go reload22:42
rneesesorry22:42
rneesethanks22:42
pragmaticenigmait's alright, hopefully everything goes smoothly when you have the targetted OS on their :-)22:43
rneeseok thanks ust saw when I did apt get update it showed deb repos22:43
rneesethanks alot22:43
TJ-well, that was an easy one :)22:44
gigirockhi all22:46
gigirocki can't login in the #ubuntu-it chan22:46
gigirocki can't login in the #ubuntu-it-chat too22:46
Bashing-om!register | gigirock ??22:47
ubottugigirock ??: For information on registering your IRC nick, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat/Registration - For any further help, ask in #freenode.22:48
ffsDoes it make sense for uname -r to output "2.6.32-042stab134.8" when running Ubuntu 16.04? I thought 2.6 was super old.23:51
tomreynffs: it is super old, and it does make sense if that's a custom kernel. actual 16.04 would not have this one.23:53
Bashing-om!info linux-image-generic xenial23:55
ubottulinux-image-generic (source: linux-meta): Generic Linux kernel image. In component main, is optional. Version 4.4.0.141.147 (xenial), package size 2 kB, installed size 14 kB23:55
tomreynffs: what you have there is apparently a virtuozzo container running under rhel / centos23:55
OerHekssounds like openvz 2.6.32-042stab134.823:55
OerHeksvagrant?23:55
tomreynhttps://virtuozzosupport.force.com/s/article/vaa23:55
tomreynrather https://virtuozzosupport.force.com/s/article/VZA-2018-08723:56

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