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ffsyou're right. it's openvz. Thanks!00:23
WoCAnyone had any luck in installing ubuntu on a Google Pixel 3 XL ?00:30
eelstreborthis is weird, i modify my hosts file and somehow it reverts back to what it was prior to the edit - i have a copy in /etc and in ~ - another edit gets overwritten again - strange00:31
WoCAll i can find is about rooting/unlocking, but none about installing Linux on it00:32
OerHeksWoC, such new device .. check out ubpots00:38
OerHeksLineage os has a port00:39
WoCOerHeks, so I should hold off on that ?00:42
WoCI know LineageOS is android, Iḿ trying to see if there is something to replace android with00:44
OerHeksWoC, i would not touch it for now, only when that device runs out of updates, like my nexus500:44
WoCAnd making sure there is something, before i buy yet another useless device00:45
WoCOerHeks, which device would you recommend to run Linux on, not Android ?00:47
WoCYou seems to have some insight00:47
OerHeksi wish it could be ported to iphones :-D00:52
OerHeksbut ubuntu phone runs on a select number of devices, and one tablet00:53
WoCBut Pixel 3 is not one of them?00:55
Bashing-omOerHeks: WoC :  https://seravo.fi/2018/ubuntu-gnome-on-a-tablet .00:55
WoCTy Bashing-om, however, i would need it on a phone, not tablet00:56
WoCBesides, the tablet is EOL, being x86 not amd6400:58
Bashing-omWoC: WoC As advised - Ubports support severa; phomes . A start for checking: https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blog-1/post/call-for-testing-ubuntu-touch-ota-6-183 .00:58
en1gmai have ubuntu 18.04.1 installed to my laptop hdd. i have done 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade'. i now would like to get a daily live image that matches my hdd install. i dont want the daily disco image01:16
en1gmawhere do i find 18.04.1 daily live images01:16
en1gmabionic*01:16
en1gmais it here http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/bionic/daily-live/pending/HEADER.html01:18
Bashing-omen1gma: See also: https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop .01:19
OerHeksOnly development versions like disco gets live images AFAIK01:20
OerHeksdaily *01:21
blackholeHello, I have ubuntu 18.04 and it takes total of 32 seconds compared to windows which takes roughly 7-8 seconds to boot (I have dual boot), can someone help. I did try systemd-analyze blame (etc) but I am new to figuring out what to optimize?01:21
OerHeks32 sec is nice.01:21
blackholeBy boot, I mean to bring up graphical login screen (in ubuntu vs windows)01:21
OerHekswindows uses a pagefile like sleep/hybernate i guess01:22
blackholeOerHeks, I have a pretty good system with M2 drive etc so I do expect not more than 10-12 seconds, I am pretty sure we can optimize01:22
blackholeOerHeks, I explicitly shutdown windows (not sleep/hubernate)01:22
WoCBashing-om, seems like all the devices for which you could install ubuntu are obsolete01:22
OerHekssystemd-analyze plot > filename.svg01:23
OerHeksand paste on imgur or somtheng?01:23
blackholeOerHeks, looks like it takes 3 mins (not 32 secs), Startup finished in 4.076s (kernel) + 3min 19.649s (userspace) = 3min 23.725s01:23
blackholegraphical.target reached after 32.192s in userspace01:23
blackholeSure let me get you that OerHeks01:23
Bashing-omWoC: :( ... Wait on lotus here .. he is up on buntu phones .01:24
WoCok, 128 GB internal storage would be quite nice for a Linux install ;)01:25
Bashing-omUh Huh :D01:25
blackholeOerHeks, does this helps01:26
blackholehttps://svgur.com/s/AF701:26
blackholeOerHeks, may be try this https://ufile.io/fpw9k01:27
OerHeksno, not readable01:27
blackholeOerHeks, yeh this is better, you can just download it01:27
blackholeOerHeks, looks like out of 3 mins, 2 mins is spent in apt-daily-upgrade.service, not sure if that is before I get graphical screen or afterwards?01:29
OerHeksyes, i see that too, at the end of the red line, it gets cpu time01:29
OerHeksbut this was from current boot, likely01:30
blackholeOerHeks, looks like its after graphical.target (which I assume is what brings graphics screen up for login)01:31
OerHeksmine, not wireless, https://ufile.io/tj72j 26s, normal ssd01:32
OerHeksi have no update part there01:32
blackholeOerHeks, you mean after graphical.target etc?01:32
OerHeksjups01:32
blackholehmm01:33
blackholeOerHeks, may be you have auto update etc off?01:33
OerHeksno, i guess this boot was caused by a reboot for a kernel, uptime 2 days or so01:34
OerHeks02:34:33 up 1 day,  9:07,  1 user,  load average: 0,44, 0,66, 0,4501:35
blackholeOerHeks, you mean my current boot?01:35
OerHekswell, if you reboot, see what picture it gives?01:35
OerHekspart of that time could well be unattended updates?01:36
blackholeOerHeks, ok let me try again and come back01:36
blackholeOerHeks, brb01:36
blackholeOerHeks, looks like update/upgrade and reboot after that helped01:50
blackholeOerHeks, here is new link https://ufile.io/q4fga01:50
blackholeOerHeks, do you think we can optimize anything else?01:50
Sven_vBany recommendations for a text mode Unicode block browser?02:13
Sven_vBideally it should have a list of blocks (e.g. Basic Latin), a grid of all the characters in it, and a pane or option to display more details about that character, e.g. char number in decimal and hex.02:15
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rapidwaveI'm trying to extend my desktop to a tv. It will extend, but it shows whatever is on my laptop screen, I want it to show a second desktop02:50
WoCrapidwave, settings -> Monitors/Displays02:50
rapidwaveI should note I have Xfce I think, technically Ubuntu Studio02:51
WoCMight be under Devices, as in Settings -> Devices - Displays02:52
guivercrapidwave, 'display' @ whisker menu pulls up my 'configure screen settings and layout' menu which has mirror-display tick-box (xubuntu)02:52
rapidwaveI can find Monitor settings, I set Extended View. The problem is nothing shows up on my tv unless it is also showing on my laptop.03:02
WoCrapidwave, that would be normal, the task bar etc would only be on the primary03:10
WoCyou can still drag windows onto the 2nd display03:10
rapidwaveYes and there is something drug over. The problem is, it does not show on the tv unless I switch focus to that application and then it shows on both screens.03:19
ShellcatZeroDoes anyone know why a live cd would fail to boot with "Failed to load image \EFI\BOOT\grubx64.efi: Invalid Parameter"?03:26
ShellcatZeroThis is the 18.04 live cd03:26
WoCthe file is damaged?03:28
SlidingHornShellcatZero: did you verify the image?03:28
lordcirth_ShellcatZero, did you check the hash of the download, and/or run the self-check?  That's usually the first thing to try03:28
Bashing-omShellcatZero: Secure boot enabled ?03:28
kantlivelongweird03:30
kantlivelongsudo find /etc/krb5.conf /etc/sssd -print0 | sudo tar cf - -T -03:30
kantlivelongwould think that would work03:30
ShellcatZeroI've tried multiple Ubuntu flavors, and all have failed.  I finally tried Knoppix and it gave me a EFI error, and then somehow still booted03:31
ShellcatZeroI believe secure boot is disabled but I will double-check.03:32
ShellcatZeroSecure boot "TPM Security Chip" is disabled, should that be enabled?03:35
ShellcatZeroI'll verify the image too, but I suspect with so many live cds failing that something else is wrong.03:36
cryptodan_mobileUsing USB 3 on it03:37
lordcirth_ShellcatZero, is your computer perhaps one of the few that have 32bit EFI?03:38
ShellcatZerolordcirth_: How should I check?  I believe the processor is 64bit, and it is already dual booted with Win10 and Ubuntu 16.04 (I was hoping to do a live cd install of 18.04)03:40
lordcirth_ShellcatZero, oh, if 16.04 installed normally in EFI mode, then it's not that03:40
ShellcatZerokantlivelong: Is that command for me?03:41
kantlivelongShellcatZero: nah03:41
kantlivelongShellcatZero: are you using nvidia?03:42
ShellcatZerokantlivelong: I don't think so, it's a laptop with integrated (Intel) graphics03:43
kantlivelongShellcatZero: just wanted to check before you wasted time with EFI03:43
ShellcatZeroI think I can do like a debootstrap install from Knoppix but I really didn't want to go that way, and I was worried that the EFI boot problem might persist post-install03:46
kantlivelongcant use legacy?03:46
ShellcatZerolegacy?03:47
lordcirth_BIOS mode03:47
ShellcatZeroit is already in legacy03:47
kantlivelongif it was then you wouldnt be booting an EFI image03:47
ShellcatZerohmm03:47
lordcirth_It might have both enabled03:48
ShellcatZeroInside Ubuntu, what commands can I run to check?03:48
ShellcatZeroI just booted into 16.04 to try to diagnose this03:48
lordcirth_ShellcatZero, ls /sys/firmware/efi03:49
ShellcatZeroGives me "no such file or directory"03:50
lordcirth_then you're booted in BIOS mode03:50
ShellcatZerois that the correct mode?03:51
lordcirth_well, it's working?03:51
ShellcatZeroStill can't boot to any live cd03:51
ShellcatZeroExcept Knoppix, the issue is that I wanted to do a live cd install of 18.0403:52
lordcirth_Probably it's booting EFI and breaking for some reason.  Try setting it to Legacy only.03:52
ShellcatZerolordcirth_: From the BIOS settings?03:52
lordcirth_Yes03:52
ShellcatZerolordcirth_: is that not the same thing as TPM Security Chip?03:53
lordcirth_Nope03:53
ShellcatZerolordcirth_: I think legacy is the only thing this system supports.  This is a Fujitsu T901 from 201103:55
WoCMight be an early UEFI03:56
lordcirth_ShellcatZero, then it's weird that it would *try* to boot EFI and fail03:56
ShellcatZerolordcirth_: I'm really at a loss, everything I see tells me I'm running in legacy, but my live cds are all giving me EFI errors on boot.04:00
ShellcatZeroShould I file a bug report?04:03
lordcirth_ShellcatZero, probably - though after looking for existing ones first.  Even if you are doing something wrong, that's at minimum a documentation error.04:04
ShellcatZeroOk, thanks lordcirth_.  Gotta hand it to Knoppix to throw and EFI error and then still proceed to boot.  Thank god for Knoppix.04:05
Bashing-omWoC: lotuspsychje Is in the channel. might be able to pick his brain on what to install on the phone :)04:13
WoCTy, Bashing-om, appreciated04:15
WoClotuspsychje, any suggestions as to Pixel 3 XL and installing Linux ?04:16
Bashing-omWoC: As phones are not on-topic here .. how about asking lotuspsychje in #ubuntu-discuss channel ?04:17
WoCor anything not android ?04:17
WoCk :)04:17
lotuspsychjeyes join in discuss plz04:17
ShellcatZerolordcirth_: Would you describe the error as BIOS being mistaken as UEFI when booting into a live cd environment?04:50
lordcirth_ShellcatZero, I would stick to the symptom you actually see.04:50
ShellcatZerolordcirth_: Ok, I've searched through the open bugs and haven't found anything like my issue04:53
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OpenSorceThis seems like a no-brainer. How do I make ubuntu route my sound to my USB headset when I plug it in? Every other device I have on every other OS (Win, OSX, Android) does this. I know how to change it manually but the devices I want to do this are operated by kids. They don't need to play around in PA controls just to use a headset. Any help?05:19
ShellcatZeroI just filed the UEFI bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/181007005:54
ubottuLaunchpad bug 1810070 in Ubuntu "18.04.1 Live CD fails to boot with EFI errors" [Undecided,New]05:55
xdruppiis it a bad idea to install google chrome on ubuntu 18-04.1 LTS? the reason im asking is, I don't want my system to break, and I want to mostly use apt if i need something, so, is it safe?06:05
xdruppii could use chromium but i'd like to have the things chrome has06:05
lotuspsychjexdruppi: in most cases we dont reccomend adding external ppa's to your system06:10
lotuspsychjexdruppi: but you are the owner of your system, if you need chrome install it06:10
xdruppilotuspsychje: thanks for your answer, i don't know, i think i'll keep it safe and install chromium instead06:11
ShellcatZeroxdruppi: Just curious, what does chrome have that chromium doesn't?  I was under the impression that they were the same06:11
xdruppiShellcatZero: chrome has propietary software in it, i don't remember the details, but it's a few things that could be useful to most people, also chrome gets updated independently06:12
pragmaticenigmaShellcatZero: Google Chrome includes proprietary code, as well as things like Adobe Flash player and other binary components06:12
xdruppiby google devs06:12
ShellcatZeroAh, ok06:12
lotuspsychje!uefi | ShellcatZero did you read here?06:24
ubottuShellcatZero did you read here?: 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/UEFI06:24
ShellcatZerolotuspsychje: I'm not sure how that is relevant to a non-UEFI machine, but yes, I have gone over it06:25
lotuspsychjeShellcatZero: so your machine dualboots with win10 and doesnt have uefi?06:28
ShellcatZerolotuspsychje: correct06:28
lotuspsychjeShellcatZero: i would try to play with bios settings and test an ubuntu singleboot06:33
lotuspsychjeShellcatZero: updating bios to latest is also a good idea, and maybe test lubuntu/xubuntu iso's too06:38
ShellcatZerolotuspsychje: I have done all of those things, actually (used lubuntu rather than xubuntu).  Have a look at the bug report, the OSes are each on their own disk rather than sharing disks.06:40
ShellcatZerolotuspsychje: I'm checking for BIOS updates, that's the only thing in question, but the system is supposedly known to not be UEFI capable06:41
lotuspsychjeShellcatZero: there should at least be some bios settings you can setup to lake ubuntu boot properly06:42
lotuspsychjemake06:42
ShellcatZerolotuspsychje: The only issue is with the live cd image, and at one time the live cd image worked (I think it was first installed with 14.04)06:44
lotuspsychjeShellcatZero: i didnt came across many machines that cant install ubuntu or flavors of it06:45
ShellcatZerolotuspsychje: It is pretty crazy, Knoppix 8.2 boots, but throws an EFI error before doing so.06:46
pragmaticenigmaShellcatZero: you mentioned you updated your BIOS, did you make sure that settings within the BIOS didn't get flipped?06:46
ShellcatZeropragmaticenigma: I'm checking for BIOS updates, but I'm pretty sure it was updated to its latest version prior to the 14.04 install years ago06:48
pragmaticenigmaShellcatZero: you also mentioned the OSes are on separate drives. Where you recently in the machine possibly swapped some cables around by accident?06:49
pragmaticenigmanm, since you have a bug report, I'd wait on that for further help. better than through wild guesses at it06:52
ShellcatZeropragmaticenigma: No, the disks have not been serviced recently (this is also a laptop).06:52
ShellcatZeroThe BIOS is indeed on the latest version06:53
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tatertotsShellcatZero: you said you tried different "flavors" of ubuntu 18.04 and had the same symptom(s), did you try 16.04?07:32
ShellcatZerotatertots: Not the live cd, no.  I can probably try later versions until I find one that works, that's a good idea.  I think 14.04 was the first version installed on this system.07:42
ShellcatZerotatertots: Interestingly, 16.04 has the same problem but 14.04 will successfully boot after displaying the same error message.  I'll update the bug report accordingly08:02
ShellcatZerotatertots: correction, 16.04 succeeds, but 16.04.5 fails, so the bug was created sometime during 16.0408:12
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pragomeri fresh installed ubuntu 18.04 on a tuxedo computer. now I am at login screen (gdm), and the screen reacts totally slow, even if I input my password it tries to go to gnome desktop but then returns to login screen. all is very laggy. what could this be?08:45
Oolpragomer: I don't know what is a tuxedo computer, but perhaps you need a graphical driver (nvidia). can you log into a tty (crtl+alt+F3) ? the command ubuntu-drivers list may help08:50
Oolpragomer: you can check in a terminal what is your graphical card: lspci |grep -i vga08:51
pragomertuxedo computers is a german provider of linux compatible hardware ;-)08:51
pragomerI tried recovery mode from grub, but even then (from the ncursed menu on) the pc doesnt react anymore08:52
pragomerits like it would be a wrong kernel08:52
Oolor lspci -nn |grep -i vga if you want the unique number08:52
pragomeractually installing it again, just to be sure08:54
pragomerlive system works fine08:54
Oolusually when you return to login screen (with the good password) , it's because you have problem to find in RW your $HOME, or problem with the graphical cards08:57
Oolsometimes you can see something in the log files (/var/log/syslog /var/log/Xorg.0.log and of curse with journalctl command )08:59
pragomermm, I now have made an identical install again and it works now... so it should only have been a copying error while installation08:59
Oolif it's work find now :)08:59
oldboy2019Hello World !09:21
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firelegendHello all. I am on Ubuntu 18.10 x64 with kernel 4.19.0-041900-generic on a laptop. I've been experiencing a very slow boot upwards of 2 minutes I'd say before I can interact with the GUI. Now the laptop is with a slow 5400rpm drive so it explains some things, it's been like this since day one even on 18.04. But still, analyzing critical-chain it says that /boot/efi loading takes 27 seconds. Is this normal?09:24
firelegendHere is critical-chain https://pastebin.com/DvAiyNk009:25
tomreynfirelegend: why this kernel?09:25
firelegendI usually roll with the latest.09:26
firelegendI must clarify that I dual-boot with Windows, so I have several partitions in total.09:26
tomreyndo you have the same happen with the default kernel?09:27
firelegendYes.09:27
firelegendSince 18.0409:27
firelegendwith a wide range of kernels.09:27
tomreynis the system fully patched otherwise?09:27
firelegendfrom default for 18.04 lts to many versions upwards09:28
firelegendYes it is09:28
ducassefirelegend: you do understand that kernel is unsupported, right?09:28
firelegendI did not know, no. But I am sure rolling back to the old one would yield the same bootup time as has before.09:28
tomreynsure as in you actually tried?09:29
firelegendYes09:29
firelegendas I have.09:29
firelegendEven 18.04 default kernel yielded the same bootup time09:30
Mughal56firelegend: what are the specs of the laptop?  CPU, memory?09:30
firelegendcorei7 8300h, 8gb ram, gtx 1050 4GB vram.09:30
firelegend1TB 5400 rpm hdd09:30
tomreynand a 5400 rpm hdd? that's a bad combo indeed09:30
tomreyncan you post dmesg?09:30
tomreyndid you install proprietary nvidia drivers?09:31
firelegendI did. However the GPU used a lot of battery fast, so I switched to the integrated intel one09:32
firelegenddmesg log https://pastebin.com/AeP8WeW409:33
tomreyndo you know the impact these boot parameters have?09:34
firelegendI do.09:35
firelegendThey would allow  sidechannels that could quietly extract sensitive information.09:35
firelegendFrom say a web browser09:35
firelegendI've gone to great lengths to improve performance.09:36
tomreynsince everybody under the sun nowadays expects spectre workarounds to be in place on newer kernel versions, opting out of them might also adversely impact performance nowadays. not sure.09:37
firelegendHowever since the bios is the latest it likely already uses the latest microcode update either way.09:37
firelegendIt's quite the opposite I believe.09:37
firelegendThey incur performance because  they disable the flawed speculative execution.09:38
firelegendUsually metrics say not a lot.09:38
firelegendBut in some instances, a lot.09:38
tomreynmy point is that anyone optimizes anything against the new defaults (workaround enabled) nowadays.09:38
firelegendEspecially a newer patch since 4.19 or 4.2009:38
firelegendwhich was deemed to cause too great of a performance penalty and was disabled by default I think09:39
tomreynbut i think the real issue you see there is acpi09:39
firelegendNow that you mention ACPI09:39
firelegendThere are a bunch of messages that stay on screen for I'd say 30-40 seconds09:39
firelegendSomething about opcode patching09:39
tomreynhave a look at line 294 and following of what you posted09:40
firelegendI can see the many ACPI errors,  yes.09:43
firelegendBut not sure what could be done about them.09:43
ducassei'd ask tj if he drops in later today09:44
tomreynif this is a Legion Y530 model 81FV0013US then here's a newer bios update:  https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/de/en/products/LAPTOPS-AND-NETBOOKS/LEGION-SERIES/LEGION-Y530-15ICH/81FV/81FV0013US/PF18LJ8N/downloads/DS50375809:44
tomreynlatest bios version is 8JCN49WW, yours is currently 8JCN43WW09:46
firelegendI will have to dualboot to update it09:47
tomreynthe changelog (over just the previous version) lists no ACPI bug fixes but: [important] Update includes some security fixed issue(CP20180928_0003 & CP20180928_0004);09:47
firelegendBut you can see they dont officially support linux09:47
tomreynhardly anyone does09:47
firelegendAlright I shall come back later after I update it09:48
tomreynfirelegend: good luck, and post another dmesg once you did.09:51
firelegendalright09:51
firelegendthanks09:51
lotuspsychjeShellcatZero: next time you file a bug, use ubuntu-bug package please, relevant info is now missing for the devs09:59
tomreynthis can still be done using: apport-collect bugid10:02
lotuspsychjeah nice110:03
firelegendAlright, so I updated the bios10:11
firelegendhttps://termbin.com/n4zh critical-chain10:11
tamarindhaving trouble with sorting out the path of with Ubuntu18 and python. Have reinstalled the entire OS basically cause i screwed up by removing all python3 packages earlier :P10:13
firelegendAnd dmesg log https://pastebin.com/p1qUYU9u10:13
firelegendSame thing10:13
firelegendI also see network manager wait service adds 20 seconds of wait time10:13
tamarindI am trying to install and use this https://github.com/louisabraham/ffpass  and i understood python3 is default installed in ubuntu18 and i just installed pip3 using apt-get install python3-pip10:13
firelegendI tried disabling the service10:13
firelegendbut it's back each time10:13
tamarindand then did pip install ffpass and it got installed without errors. but when i type ffpass in the terminal it says ffpass: command not found10:14
tamarindI understand this must be some glitch with the path, but not sure what is it - need help please10:14
firelegendHoly hell, run-user-1000.mount @2min 5.641s10:15
firelegendthats a lot10:15
firelegendGives me total boot time of nearly 4 minutes10:15
tomreynfirelegend: you can try this, pretend to be windows while talking to acpi http://iam.tj/prototype/enhancements/Windows-acpi_osi.html10:16
tomreyntamarind: there is no such thing as "Ubuntu18"10:17
firelegendI could try that10:17
lotuspsychjetamarind: if you need a package, we reccomend to install it from the ubuntu repos: apt-cache search keyword10:17
firelegendAnd do you know what run-user-1000.mount is and why it would take over 2 minutes to complete?10:18
Mughal56firelegend: can you describe your network setup?10:18
firelegendWifi10:19
Mughal56firelegent: wifi to what type of AP?  is this a home network to a router/firewall/AP combo unit?10:20
firelegendIt is a router yes.10:20
firelegendWith DHCP enabled.10:20
tomreynfirelegend: personally i'll not spend more time on this until you're running the default kernel, posted another dmesg form that kernel and tried the acpi workarounds i pointed to.10:20
tomreyn...without any extra boot parameters10:21
firelegendI could try that.10:22
firelegendWhat was the exact default kernel version for 18.10?10:22
tomreyntamarind: just a side note: you can have pip (and pip3) install packages just for your own user account. this can help with not 'polluting' the system's python.10:23
firelegendExactly 4.18 or some minor version of 4.1810:23
tomreynfirelegend: just install the package?10:23
tamarindtomreyn, its ubuntu bionic 18.04 LTS10:23
tamarindlotuspsychje, python3-pip is in the package manager list10:24
tamarindtomreyn, how can i do that ?10:24
firelegendSo sudo apt-get install linux-generic, which yields 4.18.0.1010:25
tamarindhow can i have pip3 for my own user account tomreyn10:25
firelegend4.18.0.11-generic,10:25
firelegendI will remove the spectre mitigations and kpti boot params, but the others must stay on10:26
firelegendthe i915 alpha support nvidia modeset, at least thats how I get stuff working, e.g gpu10:26
tomreyntamarind: pip3 install --user <packagename>10:27
tomreyntamarind: pip3 itself you can install globally10:27
tomreyn(using the ubuntu package)10:27
tamarinddone, installed pip3 install --user ffpass, having the pip3 globally10:29
tomreynfirelegend: i915.alpha_support=1 nvidia-drm.modeset=1 and vt.handoff=1 you can keep, right10:29
tamarindbut when i execute ffpass it still says the command not found error10:29
tamarindshould i add a path or something for the system to detect my local installation of packages ?10:30
tomreyntamarind: this was just a general python hint, not a way to overcome this issue you inquired about.10:30
tomreyntamarind: how do you "execute ffpass" and what is the output?10:30
tamarindtomreyn, thanks, it makes sense to have them seperately. How do you activate or use the packages in general that you have installed only for local user ?10:31
firelegendAlright, rebooting now.10:31
tamarindtomreyn, just by typing "ffpass --help" and enter in the terminal10:32
tamarindwhich gives command not found error10:32
tamarindtomreyn, pip3 freeze | grep ffpass gives me the version installed. how do i know if this is locally installed or globally ?10:33
tomreyntamarind: add .local/bin/ to your $PATH10:34
tomreyn"which pip3" returns which command will be run by the same user in the same environment when they type "pip3"10:34
tomreynto add .local/bin/ to your $PATH, you can edit .profile10:36
tomreynand add:10:36
tomreyn# set PATH so it includes user's private bin directories10:36
tomreynPATH="$HOME/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"10:36
tamarindtomreyn, there seems to be no folders called .local/bin/ inside $HOME if thats what you meant. is this ok ?10:36
tamarindnaah sorry my bad there is one10:37
tomreyntamarind: it should be there if you had pip3 install and build ffpass in the user environment10:37
firelegendAlright, running the default kernel + acpi hack and no mitigations disabled10:40
firelegendhttps://termbin.com/3t2810:40
firelegendStartup finished in 9.148s (firmware) + 1min 8.524s (loader) + 5.813s (kernel) + 1min 41.484s (userspace) = 3min 4.970s10:40
tomreynfirelegend: good, so just replace the hdd by an ssd now.10:40
firelegendhttps://pastebin.com/iDu2uqhX10:41
firelegendWell not replace, but run alongside10:41
firelegendthe OS on an SSD10:41
tomreynyes if you have space for both10:41
tomreynthe acpi errors are still there10:42
firelegendLooks like it's just an incompatibility between the laptop and linux10:42
tomreynso either "acpi_osi=Windows 2015" is not the right one, or the bios is just very broken10:42
tamarindtomreyn, https://www.pastiebin.com/5c28a19236cfe   so you are saying that the lines 31 and 32 had to be added to the .profile so that the path confusion is fixed ?10:45
firelegendI could try an older windows osi10:46
tamarindtomreyn, echo $PATH right now gives me this => /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin10:46
firelegendmaybe even try and disable any legacy bios stuff10:46
tomreyntamarind: actually what you have on lines 24 to 27 is sufficient, you can remove lines 31 and 32,10:48
tomreyntamarind: you will need to logout and login to apply the changes, or do it manually by exporting the new path.10:49
tomreyni.e.: export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"10:49
tomreynthis will only update the PATH in the very virtual terminal you run it in though.10:50
tamarindtomreyn, you are awesome ! manual export and ffpass on terminal worked !10:52
tamarindso i need to log out of the system and login so that the change is permanent is it ?10:52
tamarindtomreyn, ^10:52
tomreyntamarind: correct10:53
tomreynfirelegend: snapd takes a while to load on your system. you could look into uninstalling packages you don't require or replacing them by deb's10:55
tamarindthanks tomreyn, will do it now10:55
tamarindWishing you a good day10:55
tomreyntamarind: same to you, good luck10:55
RovanionHi, do-release-upgrade cancels itself after it's fetched bionic.tar, read cache, checked the package manager, read package lists, built dependency tree, read state information, read package lists, built dependency tree, read state information. After that it says Restoring original system state. This is running in a TTY. I never get the chance to say Yes or No to an upgrade.11:41
tomreynRovanion: there should be a log in /var/log/dist-upgrade you can post11:42
tomreynmain.log and maybe apt.log, too11:43
tomreyn!paste11:43
ubottuFor posting multi-line texts into the channel, please use https://paste.ubuntu.com | To post !screenshots use https://imgur.com/ !pastebinit to paste directly from command line | Make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic.11:43
Rovaniontomreyn: http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/YVRgjKzV28/ and http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/sDMPQf64Vd/ respectively.11:44
tomreynRovanion: i686 is not supported anyomre.11:46
RovanionReally? Well that's unfortunate.11:47
tomreynRovanion: this is a simplified statement, please refer to the release notes11:48
tomreyn!releasenotes11:48
ubottuFor release notes of a given Ubuntu release, please refer to the 'Docs' column on the 'List of releases' table at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases11:48
Rovaniontomreyn: Can't find anything on 32-bit intel in the release notes for 18.04. Only 32-bit PPC.11:52
RovanionLooking at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes11:52
tomreynOther highlights since 16.04 LTS11:53
tomreyn    32-bit installer images are no longer provided for Ubuntu Desktop.11:53
tomreynadmittedly this is not the same as saying "upgrades are no longer supported", but i think this was disabled, too.11:54
RovanionBut the repos are still there?11:55
tomreynnote that 32-bit x86 is still supported on some of the other flavours11:55
guiverc_dRovanion, some flavors (eg. xubuntu, lubuntu..) had x86 (32bit) images; and you still can do-release-upgrade to 18.0411:55
guiverc_d(thoe flavors did drop support , the last two only very recently so no 19.04 ISOs in x86 even for flavors)11:56
guiverc_ds/thoe/those11:56
RovanionThere's no way to jump over to the 64-bit release in the upgrade? This machine has a 64-bit CPU, I just used the 32-bit release back in the day to save RAM at the cost of CPU cycles.11:57
guiverc_dswitching from x86 to x86_64 requires a re-install11:58
tomreynRovanion: have you considered running amd64 on this system instead? most T61 models come with CPUs which can handle the instruction set.11:58
tomreynon the other hand, these cpus aren't going to receive any meltdown / spectre fixes from intel.11:59
Rovaniontomreyn: Yes, see my last message. Would want to jump ship in the upgrade if that's possible.11:59
tomreynRovanion: yes, but reinstallation is needed to switch architectures.12:00
RovanionMy grandmothers computer usage seems benign enough that she should be OK with an ad-blocker enabled, could turn off HT I guess.12:00
konradosHello! I tried on ##linux but... maybe it's ubuntu specific? Why when I'm doing `locate -r "system.?"` it just somehow... doesn't work o.O? I have trillions of matching files, plus it does work with e.g `locate -r "system.*"` or just `locate -r "system"` - why would `locate` have a problem with the `?` in regex? btw and jwiw, -r matches anywhere in the name.12:00
konradosI do have files having 'system' in the name... I have millions of them...12:02
konradosit seems like `locate` has a problem with the ? special character?12:03
Rovanionkonrados: Check which flavour of regexes it expects.12:03
tomreynkonrados: does this report any hits? locate -r 'system.?'12:03
tomreynkonrados: alternatively, this? locate --regex 'system.?'12:04
guiverc_dkonrados, ? matches any character - if you want regex you need to --regex (otherwise it's seen only as a glob) - see `man locate`12:04
guiverc_dsorry - my mistake konrados12:04
konradosnp :)12:05
konradostomreyn, no, the 'system.?' doesn't work either12:05
konradosRovanion, is there any flavour which do not understand '?'?12:05
tomreynkonrados: so both of these dont produce any results?12:06
konradoswait!12:06
konradostomreyn, the --regex works...12:06
konradosopening man...12:06
tomreyn^ wrong order of tasks12:07
konradosthe ? is only in.... "extended" regex? I would never think about that... I really thought what I'm doing wrong is lying somewhere else12:07
konradoslike maybe the path shell expansion happening before it hits the command12:08
konradossorry.... I did my best though12:08
konradostomreyn, Rovanion guiverc_d - thank you!!!12:08
tomreynyou're welcome12:08
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konradosso... the -r supports 'regexp' which is 'Basic Regular Expression', so, whenever I read about regular expressions I am supposed to suppose this is 'basic regex'?  And - where is it described, when I google 'basic regular expression' I find the 'basics of regex':) And when I found 'basic regex' like here: https://www.arubanetworks.com/techdocs/ArubaOS_63_Web_Help/Content/ArubaFrameStyles/ESI/Basic_Regular_Expression.htm it says it does support12:21
konrados'?'... so where can I read about it?12:21
konradosI didn't know there is yet another flavour, I thought we have 'globbing', 'regex', 'pcre' and this javascript version and that all :)12:22
tomreynthere are multiple flavours / syntaxes of regular expressions, named by the programming / scripting languages these variants were first used in.12:23
tomreynthe grep man page provides s short overview, i think12:24
konradostomreyn, so, where can I read about this... something used by `locate`12:24
konradosah12:24
konradosok, I'll see the man grep, thanks12:24
konrados!12:24
BluesKajHey folks13:13
lipe66so what is your preffered irc client?13:15
westoradiirc13:16
Rovanionweechat13:16
kk4ewthexchat13:16
bkfldHey!13:18
bodicceahexchat / emacs13:18
bkfldHey! anybody around?13:21
Rovanion!ask13:21
ubottuPlease don't ask to ask a question, simply ask the question (all on ONE line and in the channel, so that others can read and follow it easily). If anyone knows the answer they will most likely reply. :-) See also !patience13:21
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kirinitohello, is it possible for my remote ubuntu to connect to PIA vpn using their software, make an openvpn server and have my local installation of windows use that? would it go through double encryption or something?15:08
BluesKajkirinito, PIA provides a sock5 proxy server which is very fast and unthrottled, you might want to look into that15:12
kirinitothey also have l2tp15:13
kirinitobut they say on their site that it's just for hiding ip and not any sort of encryption15:14
tomreynkirinito: unless that's a https connection, that's correct.15:16
kirinitohttps://www.privateinternetaccess.com/archive/forum/discussion/21638/p115:17
tomreynnone of this is really ubuntu related, so you may want to move to #uubntu-offtopic if you would liek to talk more about this15:18
kirinitodoes help making an openvpn server for my ubuntu not count as on-topic?15:20
leftyfb kirinito https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-an-openvpn-server-on-ubuntu-16-0415:20
kirinitoi guess i'll try this guide again :)15:21
AscavasaionI have installed ubuntu on a very old laptop.  Everything seems to run okayish... but it is not able to use WiFi.  I have done an lspci and I get the following "0b:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Limited BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)".  I think it is  matter of installing a legacy driver for broadcom, but when I Google I get sites that explain installing firmware and drivers, but none of them are in the repositories when I do sudo15:25
Ascavasaionapt install whateverpackagename.  Would someone please give me a pointer please?15:25
OpenSorceAscavasaion, di you do this? https://askubuntu.com/questions/11993/how-do-i-install-bcm4312-wireless-drivers15:28
OpenSorce*did15:28
OpenSorceAscavasaion, I had a very old lappy with an old BCM chip. It worked for me.15:29
AscavasaionOpenSorce: Yes, it says that it is unable to locate the packages15:29
ioriaAscavasaion, you need to use b43-fwcutter15:31
ioriaAscavasaion, with firmware-b43-installer, i mean15:31
Ascavasaionioria: Unable to find the packages15:32
bodicceaAscavasaion, what gives "rfkill list" ?15:32
ioria!info b43-fwcutter15:32
ubottub43-fwcutter (source: b43-fwcutter): utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware. In component main, is optional. Version 1:019-3 (bionic), package size 23 kB, installed size 74 kB15:32
OpenSorceAscavasaion, oh wait. Yours is a low power chip... have you tried 'sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-lpphy-installer'15:32
Ascavasaionbodiccea: It gives nothing, returns to command prompt15:33
ioriaAscavasaion, you chip exactly :  lspci -nn -d 14e4:15:34
ioriaAscavasaion, and what cmd tells you 'Unable to find the packages' ?15:36
AscavasaionSorry about that... I disconnected15:40
AscavasaionLast thing I said was... (17:35:33) elflord: ioria: "0b:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Limited BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)"\15:40
ioriaAscavasaion, firmware-b43-installer  already tried ?15:41
Ascavasaionioria: YEs... Also unable to find package15:41
ioria !info firmware-b43-installer15:41
ubottufirmware-b43-installer (source: b43-fwcutter): firmware installer for the b43 driver. In component multiverse, is optional. Version 1:019-3 (bionic), package size 3 kB, installed size 27 kB15:41
ioriaAscavasaion, as you see, the pkg is available15:42
ioriaAscavasaion, enablemultiverse maybe15:42
Ascavasaionioria: I meant that with sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer it returns unable to find package15:42
AscavasaionLet me try15:43
ioriaAscavasaion,  paste apt-cache policy firmware-b43-installer15:43
Ascavasaionhelen@helen-Inspiron-1525:~/Downloads$ sudo apt-cache policy firmware-b43-installer15:45
AscavasaionN: Unable to locate package firmware-b43-installer15:45
ioriaAscavasaion,  enablemultiverse15:45
tomreynkirinito: sure, this would be, sorry, didn't mean to discourage this.15:46
ioriaAscavasaion,  sudo add-apt-repository multiverse  and sudo apt update15:48
Ascavasaionioria: Multiverse already enabled it says15:51
RovanionAscavasaion: sudo apt-get update15:51
kirinito:/15:51
kirinitotomreyn: do u know which one is better in terms of security? l2tp/ipsec vs socsk15:53
kirinitosocks5*15:53
Ascavasaionokay... yay!  it did apt-get install firmware-b43-installer.  Do I need to reboot to get it to work?15:57
AscavasaionDo I still need to install b43-fwcutter?15:58
Ascavasaionb43-fwcutteris already installed15:59
tomreynkirinito: this depends much on the implementation, i guess. also you may care about privacy, not 'just' security. if so, be sure to take both factors into account when evaluating the implementation.16:01
kirinitowhich would you choose for all around better16:02
OpenSorceLubuntu 16.04 Okay, so I've finally got pa to switch to my USB headset when I insert it, but it needs me to restart whatever app is playing sound for that to take effect. Is there a way to do it on the fly?16:03
AscavasaionEnabling Additional Drivers.... Broadcom STA wireless dirver.16:03
Ascavasaiondriver16:03
tomreynkirinito: for the average use case of 'increase privacy', probably the vpn. but it's difficult to discuss this generally, it also depends on your use case.16:03
tomreynkirinito: ...and very much on what the server offers.16:04
kirinitookay, thanks16:04
TechMongerhow do i view a folder of pictures... as pictures16:17
TechMongerlike the icons16:17
TechMongeri just get a gray box that says JPG16:18
TechMongeri have way too many pictures to view them one by one16:18
ioriaTechMonger, ubuntu-restricted-extras already installed ?16:19
TechMongerioria, i dont know what that is16:20
ioria!info ubuntu-restricted-extras16:20
ubottuubuntu-restricted-extras (source: ubuntu-restricted-extras): Commonly used media codecs and fonts for Ubuntu. In component multiverse, is optional. Version 66 (bionic), package size 3 kB, installed size 14 kB16:20
ioriaTechMonger, it's a pkg16:20
ioriaTechMonger, install it and reboot16:21
TechMongerinstalling...16:21
TechMongeri have to reboot?16:22
TechMongerlame16:22
ioriayes16:22
TechMongercant i just restart gnome or something16:22
ioriaTechMonger, logout /login16:22
TechMongerah16:22
TechMongernope16:26
TechMongerstill grey JPG icons16:27
ioriaTechMonger, file  image.xxx and paste the output16:28
EriC^^TechMonger: try installing gwenview16:29
CookieMmaybe you should enable preview in nautilus’ preferences16:29
TechMongerhttps://askubuntu.com/questions/539902/how-can-i-view-thumbnails-of-pictures16:29
TechMongerthis worked16:29
TechMongerCookieM, yup16:30
ioriaTechMonger,  what version of ubuntru ?16:31
TechMongerthe current one16:31
TechMongerwhat cookieM said worked16:31
ioriaTechMonger,  that is for 14.0416:31
ioriaanyway16:32
IniGithi16:33
IniGitI know this is not the right channel, but maybe somebody knows an answer. gnupg irc is nor very active and on google I do not find an answer.16:33
IniGitgpg --encrypt-to name16:33
IniGitcan somebody decipher for me the documentation of this option?16:33
IniGitpossibly with examples16:34
IniGitThe text of the docu means nothing to me16:34
IniGitor better said explains nothing to me16:34
hggdhIniGit: https://www.gnupg.org/documentation/16:36
IniGithggdh: You mean I should aks in the mailing list?16:37
hggdhIniGit: I mean all GPG docs are there16:38
IniGithggdh: yeah but the documentation of that option is so short and the guy who wrote it has a very strange way of explaining things at least for me16:39
TechMongerioria, CookieM thanks for the assistance16:39
IniGithggdh: SOme parts of his text I start to understand after testing around a bit and some party simply make no sense at all16:39
IniGithggdh: He could be alittle more detailed in a documentation imo16:39
IniGithggdh: At least at something mission critical like gpg16:40
Reign_guys, anyone tried x11 forwarding from ubuntu to windows via tunnel (another ubuntu host)? When I x11 forward from the first host it works fine, but when I make another jump it doesn't not sure what am I missing? My putty proxy command looks like this: plink -x -ssh -agent -l %user %proxyhost -nc %host:%port16:46
Reign_x11 forwarding is set to yes on both hosts16:46
Reign_getting: Error: Can't open display:16:47
tomreynReign_: re-read the plink man page16:54
tomreyn-X16:54
tomreyn    Enable X11 forwarding.16:54
tomreyn-x16:54
tomreyn    Disable X11 forwarding (default).16:54
AuroraAvenueDoes this even vorkle?16:55
AuroraAvenuehttps://omgfoss.com/install-flatpak-ubuntu/16:55
Reign_tomreyn: indeed, thanks! tho this didn't help, any other ideas?16:58
tomreynReign_: no. putty's GUI has an X forwarding option somewhere down below, you could eperiment with that.17:00
Reign_tomreyn: I know, connection->ssh->x11, forwarding is marked as on17:04
CookieMTechMonger, no probs17:06
zutatgood evening. how to easily remove gnome 3 packages from 18.04 system? is there some core package i could use as a starting point?17:26
Rovanionzutat: Brute force method: apt remove gnome*17:27
ioriazutat, if you want to remove gnome3 from 18.04 , maybe the -desktop version was not what you intended ?17:31
CookieM…or use a dedicated ubuntu flavor with preferred user interface17:31
zutatioria: yes. it didn't quite fit the purprose17:34
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ioriazutat, maybe if you explain your purpose, someone could give an advice17:35
arecHi, pulseaudio only had an dummy output after upgrading from 18.04 to 18.10. It worked again after I disabled the timidity-service. How have I to configure timididy to work beside pulseaudio?17:43
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zutatRovanion: actually, that method isn't as rough as it looks like. worked quite well :)17:47
on3pkSo, kind of a dumb question.  There is a user in the /etc/passwd file that I don't recognize.  Is there a way to determine whether it was created by some attacker or by an installed program/process?17:56
tewardon3pk: without before and after images it might not be possible.  You can share the /etc/passwd line in question if you want17:57
on3pkedison:x:1002:1002::/home/edison:17:57
tomreyndoes /home/edison exist and what's the timestamp?17:58
teward^ this17:58
on3pkwhen I use ls in /home/, edison does not exist17:59
on3pkor at least I'm not seeing it17:59
on3pkbash: cd: /home/edison: No such file or directory17:59
coz_good day all18:00
tomreynon3pk: zgrep edison /var/log/auth.log*18:01
tomreynon3pk: so you're the sole admin on this system, right?18:02
on3pkNothing comes up when I use that command18:02
ioriaon3pk, also  last | grep "edison"    and  chage --list edison18:02
on3pktomreyn, I *should* be.  This is a VPS18:02
arecbut now I cannot listen to midis18:03
tomreynon3pk: so if you don't remember creating this user then you should reinstall.18:03
on3pkOk, it shows that the last password change was 2 years ago18:03
tomreynon3pk: and restore verified safe / non compromised backups18:03
on3pkit's possible I did something then but can't remember.  Still probably reinstall though...18:03
arecat least in openttd the midi music is not working18:04
TJ-on3pk: is it possible 'edison' is part of the VPS provider's standard install images?18:06
tomreynon3pk: i'd say so, also inform anyone whose data is / was stored on this system if it canhave been compromised. also change all password involved in managing this system, also if reused elsewhere (which you should not be doing).18:06
on3pkTJ-, it is possible.  That's probably about when I last reinstalled the image18:06
on3pktomreyn, No user data is stored on the VPS.  It just runs a few daemons for me18:07
TJ-on3pk: before panicking then, I'd suggest checking with the provider (or look at the currently supplied images)18:07
TJ-on3pk: entries are appended to /etc/passwd so where it occurs in that file implies some information about when it happened - if there are entries after it that you added for example18:08
hggdhon3pk: also look for files owned by edison, see if edison is allowed sudo access, etc18:08
TJ-on3pk: as hggdh just borrowed the words I was typing! : "sudo find / -user edison -ls "18:09
on3pk"User edison is not allowed to run sudo on cloudvm."18:10
on3pkIt's also possible I created the user and just plum forgot18:10
TJ-on3pk: how about searching the shell history if it exists? "grep edison $HOME/.bash_history"18:11
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on3pkTJ-, something does come up, but it looks typical of the mistakes I tend to make18:14
on3pkinvalid commands and whatnot18:14
Kumoolcan anybody check if the timidity service in 18.10 disables pulseaudio sound output devices?18:15
ioriaKumool, https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/timidity#Daemon18:19
amrgadI'm having trouble installing bspwm on ubuntu, I followed the guide but it doesn't open when I log in and now I can't open any de and I can only use tty18:27
zutatamrgad: be more specific about installation method and ubuntu version18:29
amrgadlatest ubuntu 18.10 and I followed the guide from bspwm for dummies page where I compile it from source18:31
ioriaamrgad, ls -al ~/.Xauthority18:32
amrgadhow can I copy the result from a different tty session?18:32
ioriaamrgad, ls -al ~/.Xauthority  | nc termbin.com 999918:33
ioriaamrgad, or install gpm (mouse emulation with  click cp/paste utility)18:34
amrgadtermbin.com/dmfr18:35
ioriaamrgad, but the first advice is to rum  a 'sudo make  unistall'  , also because that pkg is already provided by the ubuntu repo18:36
ioriaamrgad, ls /usr/share/xsessions/18:36
amrgadtermbin.com/a9yf18:38
ioriaamrgad, backup bspwm.desktop18:39
amrgadI did18:40
ioriaamrgad, do you have also a ~/.xinitrc   file?18:40
amrgadnope18:41
ioriaamrgad, what happens if you run   : sudo systemctl restart gdm ?18:42
amosbirdHello18:42
amosbirdhow can I make dbus listening to localhost tcp port too ?18:43
amrgadit works :D18:43
amrgadthanks, I guess I just needed to install it from apt not from source18:43
ioriaamrgad, i advice for unistall that pkg, and check /etc/profile and your home .profile18:44
amrgadby running `sudo make uninstall`?18:44
ioriaif provided, yes18:45
amrgadwhat do I need to check these files for?18:45
ioriaamrgad, new export variables18:46
amrgadis bspwm a good wm or I should just go with i3?18:48
ioriai know i3 is very good18:49
Kumoolthanks iori18:50
amrgadokay, thank you :D18:50
ioriano problem18:54
OerHekssi18:55
fubHi. My apt update/upgrade always gets stuck when installing linux-headers. I figured out when passing DEBIAN_FRONTEND=nointeractive as env it does not get stuck. Is there any way to fix this?19:36
Zteamubottu, !help19:37
ubottuPlease don't ask to ask a question, simply ask the question (all on ONE line and in the channel, so that others can read and follow it easily). If anyone knows the answer they will most likely reply. :-) See also !patience19:37
tomreynfub: anything in dmesg when it gets stuck?19:39
fubtomreyn: no, its just the interactive window which is not shown I guess19:39
fubthe "terminal" window19:40
OerHeksa kernel could take some time building bits, does your caps lock still work?19:40
KhaytsusI've been assigned a laptop from work and they're standardizing around Ubuntu LTS..  It's 16.04.5, but I assume 18 is stable, any reasons I shouldn't update?  I don't know why they started with 16 and not 18, but ignore that, just asking about 16->18 LTS really.19:41
fubNo I think its waiting for input from me, but I dont see the input dialog19:41
ykaramianHi, if someone is interested, I've made a lightweight but complete desktop/laptop ubuntu remix => Check out - https://tuxlinux.com19:41
Zteamfub, I would try apt clean to clean out old cached packages, and disabling all thirdparty sources, too see what happens19:41
fubZteam: no its not related to other sources, I tried that before.19:42
OerHeksykaramian, please don't spam, thanks19:42
fubIts some strange dialog issue19:42
dptcdoes ubuntu use iBus by default?19:42
fubI think this was related to zsh19:42
fubI just updated so I dont know how I can reproduce this until the next time linux-headers needs an update again.19:42
ykaramianfub sudo apt dist-upgrade19:44
Zteamfub, reproducing will probably be easy, just do sudo dpkg-reconfigure19:44
Zteamfub, that will make apt reconfigure it19:45
fubZteam: this works without a freeze.19:46
fubykaramian: dist-upgrade: 0 packages to update19:47
OerHeksthat would not trigger your issue with headers again, so you have to wait for next update19:49
OerHeksi wonder what dialog that should be19:49
TJ-fub: there should be a log in /var/log/apt/term.log19:57
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ellyachtsu password says permission denied, can I edit it in grub?20:14
OerHeksellyacht, what are you trying to do?20:19
OerHeks!grub20:19
ubottuGRUB2 is the default Ubuntu boot manager. Lost GRUB after installing Windows? See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreGrub - For more information and troubleshooting for GRUB2 please refer to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub220:19
ioriaellyacht, and don't use su20:19
EriC^^ellyacht: use 'sudo -i' instead20:20
CptLuxxsudo su20:20
CptLuxxproblem solved20:20
ellyachtcan't I add rw init=/bin/bash and then use passwd username to change it20:21
ioriaellyacht, boot in recovery or single20:22
ioriaellyacht, but, honestly, we missed your real issue20:24
ellyachtioria: I did do that and then changed it and then did startx to boot into DE and it freezes20:26
ioriaellyacht, and why your'r using startx ?20:26
ellyachtafter I changed the password I needed to boot so instead of restarting I just used startx20:28
ioriaellyacht, no sense20:28
KhaytsusIt's as much sense as ellyacht usually makes20:29
ellyachtKhaytsus: lol ty20:30
OerHeksso, just reboot to let it take effect?20:30
on3pkhey guys.  I remember where the edison user came from.  I wanted to give someone a little ssh access to the vps and made him a user.20:34
on3pkhis name was edison20:34
on3pk>.>20:34
rud0lfthe inventor of lightbulb?20:34
rud0lfhe passed away long time ago, i'm sorry20:35
on3pkDifferent edison20:35
iorialol20:35
on3pkspecifically this edison was the inventor of grades in a class I was in at the time20:36
ioriai'am not sure if ssh access is possible without /bin/bash ... looking20:37
nikhCan anyone recommend me a good VPN to use with ubuntu?20:40
nikhI live in Sweden20:40
OerHeksVPN advise is beyond the scope of this channel20:44
OerHeksmaybe #ubuntu-se can give you answer20:44
Kumoolioria: its possible, you can ssh into BSD boxes and those don't have bash installed by default20:45
ioriaKumool, i see tx20:45
Kumooljust need to set up the login shell properly, hell you can even ssh into tmux as the login shell and from there configure the default shell20:46
bynarieHello fellas20:47
bynarieHas anyone ever setup a full blown server as a router? As opposed to just using your everyday router20:49
Kumoolbynarie: yes, theres even a distro for that specific function20:49
OerHekshttps://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/dhcp.html.en https://help.ubuntu.com/community/isc-dhcp-server20:51
OerHeksand some expand this with nextcloud and proxy20:52
bynarieoh really? Do you mind telling me the name20:54
bynarieI'm assuming you can add wifi capability to it by adding some wireless NICs correct?20:55
TJ-bynarie: that's a pretty common scenario20:55
bynarieok thanks20:55
OerHeksyes, go wild20:56
bynarieI have maybe 6-7 clients connected at a time to wifi, how many wifi NICs do you think I'd need. My server has 2 CAT ports, but I can always add a switch20:56
TJ-bynarie: one20:57
bynarieoh really20:57
bynariethanks20:57
TJ-bynarie: use hostapd to create an access point on the device20:57
bynarieopk ty20:57
bynarieok*20:57
TJ-bynarie: there are some caveats to that - the wifi chipset/driver/firmware needs to support it. Some are problematic, e.g. some Broadcom especially20:57
bynarieyes ive read about that20:58
bynariei think mine is a broadcom too20:58
bynarieI'll buy something better for my server though20:58
OerHeksyeah, see the https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/20:58
Kumoolwhy not use the router as a server?20:58
TJ-Kumool: I think the idea is to both provide LAN <> Internet routing/firewall, and network services20:59
bynarieall of my routers I have wired together (3) all asus ac68u. Makes a nice wifi network for the house20:59
bynarieI just want a beast router that can take on more resources20:59
TJ-I've built 10-port Ubuntu servers/gateway/routers; used shorewall to easily manage the network/firewall side21:00
konradosHello. I have KDE and I'm wondering if the 'yakuake' project is *the* guake - like terminal project? It doesn't seem very much alive? Or maybe I should try the guake? Or... is there something completely different? I do remember something for KDE where you presses a key and a terminal dropped down.... and now I'm trying to find it. It was (is) very popular 2 years ago.21:06
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on3pkoh sweet.  I still have a box running 15.04 somewhere21:14
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OerHekshttps://www.kde.org/applications/system/yakuake/21:18
OerHeksit works, that is all21:18
konradosOerHeks, oh, so... this is it. OK. I was a bit ... intruiged that on this ^ website there is a link to 'yakuake home page' which is https://yakuake.kde.org/ which has only one link, which... open the first link (kde...). But ok, I'll try that one, thanks!21:21
OerHeksoke, not an elegant way to connect to the authors21:22
IniGithi21:22
EriC^^hi21:22
BamseLaptopHi! I've run in to a very strange problem that I'm unable to solve on my own unfortunately. I recently reinstalled my computer with 18.10 and I'm able to boot from the live usb all fine but my install is having lots of issues.21:23
IniGitcan somebody tell me what does tar -z actucally do? The docu just says "filter the archive through gzip" and that is not very explanatory21:23
EriC^^IniGit: afaik it passes it to gunzip so it compresses or decompresses it21:24
EriC^^sort of like tar | gunzip21:24
IniGitEriC^^: So it does no filtering?21:24
BamseLaptopIt freezes during the splash screen with the "ticking" dots and does not pass that. I tried to google that and found an answer where you could add "nomodeset" as a startup option and that makes it go further, but then it freezes or a black screen with a flashing _21:24
BamseLaptopIf i remove "quite" it shows lots of logs and all green ok, and then the black screen again21:24
OerHeks -z is necessary for *.gz files , like For tar.bz2 files, you need the "j" argument21:25
BamseLaptopAny ideas? I'm all out and can't seem to google-fu when the live works but not the regular install..... :(21:25
BamseLaptopAlso, sometimes, if it suspends and then resumes again, I come to the login screen21:26
OerHeksBamseLaptop, what hardware is this?21:26
BamseLaptopBut not alwas21:26
BamseLaptopSelf build intel + nvidia21:26
BamseLaptopOerHeks forgot to mention, see above21:26
IniGitOerHeks: Ok that means for a normal directory that I want to compress I can remove the -z option or simply leave it there and it will do nothing?21:26
shibbolethwill there be misc security updates monday or are we done for the year?21:28
OerHeksIniGit, yes, you are free to choose the compression21:28
OerHeksshibboleth, out of security concern, we cannot tell21:29
shibbolethheh :)21:29
EriC^^IniGit: for compression if you dont put -z it wont compress, for untarring, newer tar versions can guess the compression so no need to specify -z -J etc "tar xf filename.tar.*" suffices21:31
BamseLaptopManaged to get it running after fresh install again with the suspend trick. Installed the nvidia drivers. Does anybody remember the command to check what drivers are currently in use? Was such a long time ago I troubleshooted linux tbh.21:32
bynarieanyone wanna make a quick $5. Install/Compile nightly znc, make it startup automatically and setup proper oidentd21:38
bynarieon a21:38
bynarieVPS21:38
bynarieor in return i can setup a vps for you and u can have 10 dollars credit for it and if u wanna move it ull have a login too21:39
IniGitthx EriC^^ and OerHeks21:41
BamseLaptopOerHeks you didn't happen to have any ideas for my problem? It sounds like it could be nvidia issues.21:41
bynariescrew you guys, im going home!21:42
bynarielol21:42
bynarieanyone wanna do that for 5 cash or 10 credit at VULTR.com vps under my account21:44
bynarieu get ur own login21:45
bynariepm me if interested21:45
BamseLaptopbynarie Just give up, it's not worth the time for $521:45
bynariei kind of thought it was... its like a 10 min project i dont feel like doing lol21:46
bynarieits all good21:46
BamseLaptopSo it seems like this might be my problem https://askubuntu.com/questions/527356/nvidia-driver-normal-boot-results-in-blank-screen-recovery-boot-works-fine (Unlikely 4 years later but still)22:03
BamseLaptopThis also sounds very familiar https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1794280 but says it's fixed22:03
ubottuLaunchpad bug 1794280 in gdm3 (Ubuntu Cosmic) "gdm doesn't start on a fresh installation of Cosmic Desktop" [Critical,Fix released]22:03
BamseLaptop1. How can I see if the new version of gdm3 and xorg is installed on my system22:04
BamseLaptop2. What's the 18.10 equivalent to /etc/init.d/lightdm.conf ?22:04
EriC^^BamseLaptop: apt-cache policy gdm3   shows the package version22:04
BamseLaptopEriC^^ Thanks!22:04
EriC^^no problem22:05
EriC^^BamseLaptop: try "dpkg -L gdm3 | grep conf" it might give the conf file22:05
TJ-BamseLaptop: I don't think there ever was a /etc/init.d/lightdm.CONF - for config files it's /etc/lightdm/22:07
BamseLaptopTJ- But there should be some kind of init-file?22:07
EriC^^BamseLaptop: if you're using gdm lightdm might not be installed btw22:08
BamseLaptopTo be honest, what is it now. SystemD? Upstart? Been away for so long I've lost track22:08
EriC^^BamseLaptop: yeah, systemd22:08
TJ-BamseLaptop: yes, it's systemd now, "systemctl {status,start,stop,enable,mask} lightdm"22:08
BamseLaptopEriC^^ So where can I find the systemd init file for gdm? Or is it not triggered that way any more? Is it the /etc/gdm3/custom.conf file that runs things?22:09
BamseLaptopI'm looking for the "new version" of /etc/init.d/gdm3.conf22:10
EriC^^what are you trying to do ultimately?22:10
BamseLaptopOk thats embarrasing, it's right there...22:10
TJ-BamseLaptop: yes, it's /lib/systemd/systemd/<name>.service usually22:10
TJ-BamseLaptop: oops, typo! it's /lib/systemd/system/<name>.service usually22:11
BamseLaptopEriC^^ I wan't to try this workaround: https://askubuntu.com/a/52777022:11
EriC^^BamseLaptop: aha22:15
EriC^^BamseLaptop: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43001223/how-to-ensure-that-there-is-a-delay-before-a-service-is-started-in-systemd22:16
EriC^^the file should be where TJ- said in /lib/systemd/system/gdm3.service or similar filename22:16
BamseLaptopEriC^^ Thanks! Actually reading that article right now22:17
EriC^^no problem22:17
BamseLaptopEriC^^ But /etc/init.d/gdm3 is a sh file so it's even easier than that, just a plain old sleep 222:19
BamseLaptopBut that didn't work so we're back a few steps :(22:20
TJ-BamseLaptop: when systemd is in use anything in /etc/init.d/ is ignored when a systemd service file exists22:22
BamseLaptopHmmm....22:22
BamseLaptopTJ- So /lib/systemd/system/gdm3.service?22:23
TJ-BamseLaptop: as I said earlier, "systemctl status gdm3" will tell you how/where the service is configured22:24
BamseLaptopTJ- Sorry, must have missed that message22:24
BamseLaptopTJ- Am I looking for the line that starts with "Loaded: loaded (path.... .service ?22:25
TJ-BamseLaptop: Yes22:28
BamseLaptopNo dice there either :/ I think I'll have to create a question on askubuntu to see if we can solve it over time. At least we know what it isn't now and I have a viable workaround to get it started, although annoying.22:36
BamseLaptopThanks for trying TJ- and EriC^^ !! :)22:37
TJ-BamseLaptop: I missed what it is you're trying to achieve22:37
BamseLaptopGet 18.10 to start without freezing22:37
BamseLaptopI'll do a recap for the people in the back22:38
BamseLaptopFresh 18.10 install (intel + nvidia), goes to the splash screen and freezes on first boot. Can be tricked to start by going in to sleep mode and then starting again. With nvidia drivers, it goes further but not all the way. Can be started by going in to recovery mode and then resume.22:39
TJ-BamseLaptop: no need, I've just read back22:39
TJ-BamseLaptop: My first question would be, have you examined the logs?22:39
BamseLaptopTJ- Don't know where to look or what to look for22:39
TJ-BamseLaptop: I'd start with listing any warnings during start-up22:39
TJ-BamseLaptop: do you have another Linux PC you can use to SSH into the problem PC?22:40
BamseLaptopWhen I remove quitet, there are no errors or warnings22:40
BamseLaptopTJ- I guess I could get the chromebook to do SSH22:40
TJ-BamseLaptop: if you install "openssh-server" on the problem PC, then assuming the network has come up, you can get in and examine it even when the display is not cooperating22:41
TJ-BamseLaptop: helps to use Ethernet cable in these cases rather than rely on wireless, depending on how far it gets22:41
BamseLaptopTJ- This is a stationary computer with cable only so that's to my advantage22:42
BamseLaptopI'll make sure to try remoting in when I keep troubleshooting but unfortunately that's all the time I have tonight.22:42
TJ-BamseLaptop: :) indeed. And systemd's log tool 'journactl' is pretty smart22:42
BamseLaptopAs said, appreciate the help!22:42
TJ-BamseLaptop: as a quickie to see just problems/warnings, you can do "journalctl -b -p warning"22:43
TJ-BamseLaptop: "-b" means 'this boot'. IF you want to examine a previous boot, you can use "-b -1" for the last one, -2 etc22:43
BamseLaptopTJ- the only thing that looks out of place is a couple of PKCS errors with things not being signed with a thrusted key, but not what that is.22:47
TJ-BamseLaptop: right, which probably means "journalctl -u gdm3.service" might be more use22:47
BamseLaptopNo actaully, there are issues with alsactl as well. Failed with errorcode 9922:48
BamseLaptopTJ- https://pastebin.com/yXpdb4YD22:51
BamseLaptopI can't see anything strange22:51
BamseLaptopI think 23:35 is when i did a sysrq22:52
Rhombixhi. does anyone know where i could find a live network stream for TBS, the japanese tv station? apologies if this is the wrong channel, but i really need help and i don't have much time. if the.22:53
Rhombixif there is any available method at all, please let me know. thank you very much.22:53
TJ-BamseLaptop: There may be something in the Xorg log file, but I'm not sure where gdm3 leaves it now. It could be /var/log/Xorg.0.log, or possibly /var/log/gdm3/ or even $HOME/.local/gdm3/ or similar. I don't use Gnome so can't check here22:57
BamseLaptopTJ- There is one in /var/log/Xorg.0.log and one in $HOME/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log. /var/log/gdm3/ is empty23:04
Rhombixas before, does anyone know where i could find a live network stream for TBS, the japanese tv station? apologies if this is the wrong channel, but i really need help and i don't have much time.23:14
ikoniait's the wrong channel23:15
Rhombixok. could you recommend another channel to ask?23:18
ikonianope, sorry23:18
ikoniamaybe contact the station23:18
Rhombixanywhere? i sort of don't want to type /list23:18
ikonianope23:19
Rhombixi mean, a channel on freenode to ask my question23:19
ikonianope23:19
ikoniatry contacting the TV station23:19
Rhombixit's not practical to do that23:20
Rhombixthey are in japan23:20
Rhombixi just need a video network stream, from any source23:20
Rhombixdoes anyone at all know how i could get a link to a network stream?23:21
ikoniaRhombix: please stop asking23:23
ikoniathis is the wrong channel23:23
Tin_manRhombix, your best bet is search on youtube23:24
coz_i gave him 3 links to check out23:25
Rhombixwhich freenode channel should i go to?23:26
ikoniaRhombix: this is not a yellow pages channel23:26
ikoniaRhombix: final time - please stop asking23:26
Tin_manyes23:26
OerHeks!alis23:27
ubottuAlis is an IRC service to help you find channels. For help on using it, see "/msg Alis help list" or ask in #freenode. Example usage: "/msg Alis list http"23:27
ikoniathis is the wrong channel for this discussion23:27
Rhombixi stopped asking like five minutes ago23:28
ikonia23:26 < Rhombix> which freenode channel should i go to?23:28
ikonialess than 65 seconds ago23:28
Rhombixyes, because you told me this is not the right channel23:28
ikoniacorrect, we are not a search index for you23:28
Rhombixbasically you're telling me i'm not allowed to talk at all23:28
Rhombixthat's different23:29
ikoniaif it's not about ubuntu support, no, not in this channel23:29
Rhombixchange the topic, make it clear no-one is allowed to talk23:29
ikoniathe topic is clear and the links in the topic explain in more detail23:29
Rhombixi'm asking for a different channel because yoa told me to stop23:29
ikoniaright, and you've been told multiple times "no idea"23:29
Rhombixand you're warning me23:29
Rhombixit's crazy23:30
blue1I am having trouble with uefi boot. I am trying to repair the boot block -- which is not really that hard.  I tried this:  https://pastebin.com/jezfh0wF but got no further.  Suggestions?23:47
coz_blue1,  did you try turning off uefi in the bios?23:50
coz_had to do that on one new desktop with ubuntu  also allowed legacy boot23:51
coz_although I thought uefi was now supported23:51
blue1coz_: I can't find any place in the bios to set/unset uefi23:52
coz_oh did you look here?   https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI23:53
blue1coz_: thanks I will take a look at that23:53
coz_blue1,  it might be just enabling legacy boot options will do it ,23:53
blue1coz_: is there a boot option maybe I can use?23:54
algidwhere would i find a reference of all the various update, upgrade, dist-upgrade, release-upgrade etc commands?23:54
coz_blue1,  mm let me check23:54
blue1algid: the man pages would help.  man <commandname>23:55
algidagain23:55
algida reference of all the various update, upgrade, dist-upgrade, release-upgrade etc commands?23:55
algidi don't know what all of them are, so23:55
coz_blue1,  is this a dual boot w/windows?23:56
blue1algid: sorry I don't understand the question.23:56
blue1coz_: yes.  PM okay?23:56
coz_sure23:56
algidno need to respond if you can't understand23:56
Platonidesalgid: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/cosmic/en/man8/apt.8.html ?23:58
EriC^^blue1: looks like you booted the live usb in legacy mode23:59
algidthanks Platonides23:59
EriC^^blue1: try 'sudo modprobe efivars' if you're lucky it might allow you to access the uefi list23:59
algidit seems like there are other commands as well that aren't listed there, like release-upgrade23:59
Platonidesyw23:59
blue1EriC^^: yes23:59
EriC^^blue1: if it works, ls /sys/firmware/efi should be populated with files23:59

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