[00:00] Switch on and no video signal, no other signs of life except the fan. [00:00] After hours of trying, I came with the idea of googling for ubuntu bios corrupt after installation, and found that it happens with some computers since version 17. [00:00] ahh thank you OerHeks [00:01] hi [00:03] when I delete a file it goes to the .trash-1000 folder of that drive, correct? When I open the trash of my Ubuntu Dekstop it seems it shows all files from all .Trash-1000 folders on all drives. How can I know the path of a file before I restore it? [00:03] Properties do not show anything [00:09] IniGit: Within the trash folder structure is the meta data, kept separate from the actual file. There is no method from within the file manager to see this. [00:10] pragmaticenigma: Which directory/files do contain the metadata? [00:11] ah I see, but in that case you have to search every ssd for that file in the .Trash-1000 directory in case you are not sure where it comes from [00:11] :| [00:11] IniGit: That is correct [00:12] pragmaticenigma: thank you [00:13] IniGit: There may be plugins for Nautilus that would enable the option to read the meta data of the trash folder when viewing the properties. I have not seen a plugin, never had the need before [00:16] pragmaticenigma: ok thank you. I was just curious how the trash works, I do not necessarily need that function === JonathanD is now known as JonathanS [00:24] I've got a computer I'm letting my friend borrow, which I can SSH into. I want to pull a prank on him by opening up a goofy page in the web browser. The thing is, any command I run won [00:24] won't be run with graphics, but I need the command to be run on graphics on the monitor. [00:26] anyone here familiar with django cors policy ? [00:26] aleksa123987, got a link? [00:27] aleksa123987, didn't django create Luasocket? [00:28] Goop: oh i am not in a django chat i just realised that, but i am trying to send ajax request it keeps geting denied because of cors policy [00:29] Goop: can you help or should i switch to django chat :D ? [00:29] gosh, we get a lot of questions in #xubuntu by unregistered users [00:29] aleksa123987, I would suggest taking advantage of both chats. Why settle for one? [00:30] Goop: good point [00:31] what's the difference between apt and apt-get install [00:31] i've always used apt-get [00:32] apt is the new way, since systemd is introduced, but apt-get is still valid [00:32] stevie, apt-get is not supported in earlier version of Ubuntu. apt is just a shorthand of them. [00:32] ..not? [00:33] OerHeks, apt-get is still valid, you are correct. [00:33] I get in the habit of using apt-get because that's what I'm used to, and if I ever encounter a system that doesn't support the shorthand, I'm good. [00:33] Stupid reason, but I'm going with it. [00:43] oh ok [00:49] Goop: "apt" and "apt-get" are not the same. They are to very different applications. The purpose of "apt" is to provide a friendlier interface for package management. Many of the function from the older "apt-get" and it's supporting programs were carried over in the commands used, but handle things very differently. "apt-get" and it's other commands will eventually be removed from Ubuntu [00:50] high xorg usage http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/ch8RYN8yfM/ xorg log http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/2mkmk5n6s5/ any clue as to why? [00:53] Kumool: without a point of reference, there isn't a supportable way to answer your question. Lots of things affect xorg, video drivers, keyboard and mouse input, and much more. What behaviors, if any are you experiencing are more beneficial than dumps of running processes and a log file with no context [00:55] not me, trying to help someone on #xubuntu, nobody wants to register it seems :S [00:56] help by proxy is no help at all, if they're unwilling to register then that's on them [00:57] you're right, however if your Xorg is using all your CPU, its darn hard to do anything at all [00:58] bah, left [00:58] well, that's the last time i try to help by proxy [00:58] thanks for trying pragma [00:58] best advice is for someone to back track what they last did, it's almost always the last piece of software or settings change they made [00:59] he said he updated from 16 to 18.04 [01:02] Kumool: when I hear that, I typically save the time and energy and recommend they just start from scratch [01:02] I have a question I can not seem to find on google [reliably]. I'm trying to find a gui services manager for 18.10. I've been searching for hours with no luck and the old faithfuls seem to not work [01:03] bscabl: There are none at this time, what are you trying to manage? [01:04] >prag: everything really. I'm rusty as heck because I haven't used *nix on a production machine in years.. and 18.10, while smooth, is so "apple like" .. it doesn't let you control anything but basics. [01:04] but that explains why i cant find one lol [01:05] even my irc is out of date.. apparently its just tab now :P [01:05] bscabl: most, if not all system services are now managed by the simple "systemctrl" commands [01:06] bscabl: pardon, systemctl commands [01:06] pragmaticenigma: seems so backwards. I mean.. it's not like I can't refresh my memory and use them but I do miss having it all in one place. [01:06] but, to appeal to the masses and make sure they dont break anything.. [01:07] bscabl: They are all in one place though. I can restart, stop, disable, enable any service with a simple "systemctl disable apache2.service" [01:07] Well, yea.. true.. its somewhat more complex though. It's just nice to know I'm not crazy.. all this searching and I found nothing [01:09] bscabl: It's not about breaking things or appealing to the masses. Efforts are currently to centralize many of the bits and pieces of yesteryear into coherent management applications. The place that starts is with terminal. With time, I'm certain someone will come up with GUI tools to help. That's the majority of the reason for many of the changes. An attempt to streamline system management with tools rather than one off [01:09] applications [01:10] pragmaticenigma: yea, that makes sense. its logical. [01:27] hi guys [01:27] how to fix this error [01:27] https://imgur.com/a/57IxHxr [01:29] babuloseo: wait for awhile, run "sudo apt update" and see if it happens again [01:34] what if it does [01:35] babuloseo: you added a ppa but not its GPG key. according to https://launchpad.net/~oibaf/+archive/ubuntu/graphics-drivers you can add this key using: curl 'https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?fingerprint=on&op=index&search=0x5ABCE68FF4633EA42E219156957D2708A03A4626' | sudo apt-key import - [01:35] so what [01:35] are the correct steps [01:35] to installing this [01:35] how did you add the ppa? [01:35] I just followed the commands [01:35] anyway [01:35] babuloseo: the correct steps are listed at https://launchpad.net/~oibaf/+archive/ubuntu/graphics-drivers [01:36] I am not the one with the problem [01:36] a friend of mine is [01:36] he seems to have a network problem [01:45] babuloseo: also, I wouldn't recommend that ppa... unless you or your friend have indepth knowledge about it. PPAs are not controlled or maintained by Canonical or Ubuntu [01:45] both the padoka [01:45] and oibaf ppa aint working [01:45] for him [01:46] babuloseo: please, one full sentence per line [01:46] babuloseo: If you are looking for proprietary drivers... the PPA that I use is https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa which is run by the same team (though unsupported) as the drivers that are included within Ubuntu's own software channels [01:53] thank you pragmaticenigma [02:27] Q: Order of operations, how or is it even possible to pass the resolution of an environment var down a level, example 'sudo echo $HOME' returns the home of the user executing the sudo not the home or user root [02:31] looks like i need to spawn a subshell or just revert to using '~user' syntax [02:34] if ubuntu doesnt support 32 bit anymore and xubuntu and lubuntu does, who manages these repos? [02:34] is it ubuntu? [02:35] I'm trying to update php packages on my ubuntu 14.04 server. When I try to install them via apt, this happens: https://hastebin.com/ipabixexir.rb [02:36] I've already run 'apt-get install --fix-missing' a few times. I get the same results. [02:37] bobdobbs: Can you ping the repo address? [02:37] bobdobbs: It seems your system cant connect to it for some reason [02:38] If I ping ppa.launchpad.net from that same server I get ping replies [02:38] oh, maybe the packages aren't there? [02:38] The packages are indeed there. From my local computer I can download them via my browser [02:39] I'll see if I can download them with wget from the problem server... [02:39] Okay, is that the same computer you are attempting to install from? [02:39] Or rather install TO [02:39] no. I'm shelled in to the server from my desktop [02:39] I see. Do you have IPv6 enavled on the server? [02:40] I don't think so. I'll check. [02:40] Evening guys/gals [02:40] I have some times had issues with IPv6, though working, confusing the apt-get system somewhat. [02:41] Ichimusai: ipv6 appears to be enabled. [02:41] Try disabling this temporarily and see if that helps. [02:41] k [02:41] So I have been having freeze up issues that I think is related to my laptops integrated intel video card, I have already turned off hardware scanning in grub, which seemed to help, but I still have the problems [02:43] I have 8gb of memory, but I always have a lot of things open (vagrant, 2 idea ide, 2 chrome profiles, mysql workbench, among others. [02:43] One thing is, I am running elementary OS and I did not setup a swap partition [02:44] jexmex: Are you actually getting memory starvation though? [02:44] So I figured it is worth a shot to setup a swap partition or swap file, although even rebooting into gparted live I cannot unmount the only drive I have [02:45] How can I easily setup a swap partition or file? [02:45] jexmex: You can start by setting up a swap file first and see if thats the issue [02:45] Ichimusai: I've disabled ipv6 and run 'apt-get update' and 'apt-get dist-upgrade' again. I'm still unable to get the packages [02:46] Ichimusai, I am not 100% sure, it seems to happen at random, sometimes I can got 3+ days without a lockup, other times it can be within an hour [02:46] Ichimusai: I can get the target packages using wget from my here on my local deskop, but not from the server. On the server wget reports 'connection refused' [02:46] bobdobbs: Okay, its weird because it gets the other files fine but then runs into trouble. [02:46] bobdobbs: Yes, something is preventing that. Firewall on port 443 is ok? [02:46] I had an error my logs before which pointed me to the video driver, but not that I have disabled PSR it still happens, just less often [02:47] I have not been able to find a log entry for when it happens now [02:47] bobdobbs: But if nothing else you can always download the packs, then install them manually on the server after uploading them I guess... [02:47] so I figured first part would be to try creating some swap space [02:47] but IDK how to do easily do that after install [02:48] Ichimusai: I really don't want to do that. I want apt to do the work. I'll just break stuff otherwise. [02:48] I am still shaky on my knowledge on linux when it comes to more advance things like this [02:48] jexmex: Well, create a swap file if you want to try it out. If that seems to solve it, then use resize2fs to shrink one of your file systems to get some free space which you can then set up a swap partition on. [02:48] bobdobbs: I feel your pain man. [02:48] Ichimusai: more info: from the remote server, I can reach launchpad.net using lynx. [02:48] Ichimusai, any recommendations on a guide to help me through setting up a swap file? [02:48] bobdobbs: Could be certificate issues perhaps? [02:48] Ichimusai: how so? [02:49] jexmex: dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/swap-8GB BS=1M count=8192 [02:49] jexmex: Then when the file is created run mkswap /var/swap-8GB [02:49] thanks Ichimusai [02:50] !elementary | jexmex [02:50] jexmex: Elementary OS is an Ubuntu derivative which is supported in their IRC channel #elementary on irc.freenode.net - http://elementaryos.org/ for more information on this distribution. [02:50] jexmex: Then swapon /var/swap-8GB and it should add it to the virtual memory pool [02:50] I tried using mkwap before but it kept complaining about the file I created, so I really appreciate it [02:50] bobdobbs: I'm a bit grasping at straws to be honest. [02:51] jexmex: Make sure you sudo or is root. [02:51] Ichimusai: maybe launchpad thinks my server is suspicious for some reason. Maybe I should just wait for a whie [02:51] *while [02:51] bobdobbs: But it allows you to dowload a bunch first, then stops half-way through. I don't really get that. [02:52] ubottu, thank I figured they had their own, but I had not double checked, it seems to be a less used distro or atleast has less info online about it. I did know it was a ubuntu derivative and honestly I have been super happy with it besides the lack of settings and other tools, and their AppCentre is pretty limited so you end up using apt a lot [02:52] jexmex: I am only a bot, please don't think I'm intelligent :) [02:52] And launchpad should not be that suspicious really. [02:53] hmm Ichimusai: craig@element:~$ dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/swap-8GB BS=1M count=8192 [02:53] dd: unrecognized operand ‘BS=1M’ [02:53] sorry bs not BS (block size) [02:53] ahh ok [02:53] and you need to be root [02:53] or sudo [02:54] next thing I was going to ask about, was not sure how that worked with a file that would be used for swap [02:55] maybe elementary OS uses swapfile these days too [02:56] ok all good, no need to reboot? [02:56] also is there any performance or other issues of using a swap file vs a swap partition/ [02:56] check with command free. You should see your increased vmem [02:56] Yes, it is slower than a partition. [02:57] Of course if you did mkswap and swapon first. [02:57] total used free shared buff/cache available [02:57] Mem: 8049604 1696804 164176 292812 6188624 5754016 [02:57] Swap: 10485752 0 10485752 [02:57] looks like I have 10gb of swap, which is strange [02:58] You have 10 GB of swap so the system already had 2GB from before. [02:58] LoLz .. [02:59] I have a feeling I am going to be back to diagnosing this problem still. I had the same issue with mint (but not windows) so maybe it is all just a byproduct of the video driver issue that I thought I fixed [02:59] You can check your swaps from # cat /proc/swaps [02:59] Yeah I think its the best bet. [03:00] ya I have a 2gb /swapfile [03:00] plus the 8gb file [03:00] There you go. [03:01] I'm going to bed. Nite nite. It 4 am here. [03:01] I guess elementary set that file up on install, unless I forgetting about setting it up [03:01] Thanks for your help Ichimusai [03:02] I guess I now get to try to do video driver builds from intel lol [03:02] Check which one is recommended for your video card first, then install the right one. [03:03] intel is pretty good supported in the kernel [03:03] I will dig through to see what actual intel gpu is in this thing, never worried about it much before [03:05] lspci: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display (rev 0e) [03:05] so will look into that [03:05] thanks again, appreciate you taking the time to help [03:05] About to just buy a new laptop [03:23] The first time I thought I fixed it (went about 3 days without a lockup) it is because I added the command to disable hardware scanning to the grub conf. This is my grub command line: (GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i915.enable_psr=0") [03:26] Whats the best way to setup centralized users / shared home partition across multiple boxes? Some kind of Windows AD LDAP backed User Db? [03:27] mnathani: try #ubuntu-offtopic. Also, best is subjective. === mkv is now known as m4v [03:31] leftyfb: k, thanks [03:34] I am unable to boot into my encrypted Ubuntu installation on my Surface Pro 3 because my type cover is not recognized by the system until after the boot sequence. I have Googled a fix, but need to modify a file on the install. Can I chroot from the LiveUSB to do this? If not, can I reinstall and then, before rebooting, use the current live environment to modify the file? [03:39] when i do apt list | grep enpass it shows 3 different version of enpass installed but I cannot seem to remove any of them with apt-get which says that its not installed [03:39] So did the Gnome memory leak bugfix get packported to 18.04? [03:39] backported* [03:40] Currently I'm running 18.10 with no problems. Just curious [03:42] i dunno what to do [03:42] i know that the old version of this app is installed because i can still run it [03:42] but according to apt-get it isnt [03:47] can anyone help me [03:48] i have a package that ubuntu wont let me remove [03:49] devslash: what is the application? How exactly did you install it? [03:50] enpass through apt-get [03:50] apt list | grep enpass shows 3 different version [03:50] devslash: enpass isn't an available application in the repos - is this a PPA? [03:51] yea [03:51] their site has you add a ppa then install it [03:51] using apt-get [03:51] devslash: you'll have to contact the maintainer. PPAs are 3rd party software and aren't supported here [03:51] the developer [03:51] of tghe software [03:52] ? [03:52] i havent used ubuntu in maybe 6 years, but I'm coming back to it tonight [03:52] \https://www.enpass.io/support/how-to-install-enpass-on-linux/ [03:52] https://www.enpass.io/support/how-to-install-enpass-on-linux/ [03:52] devslash: yes, the developer. [03:52] it has you add a repo then get the key [03:52] its an ubuntu issue [03:52] not the devs problem [03:52] devslash: yes, that's how PPAs work. They're 3rd party and not supportedc [03:52] !ppa | devslash [03:52] devslash: A Personal Package Archive (PPA) can provide alternate software not normally available in the offical Ubuntu repositories - Looking for a PPA? See https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas - WARNING: PPAs are unsupported third-party packages, and you use them at your own risk. See also !addppa and !ppa-purge [03:53] i want to remove it [03:55] ok ivegot another problem [03:55] the icon for the app is still on the dock in ubuntu 18.10 and i cant remove [03:55] it [03:56] coltkirk: sounds like a terrible idea [03:56] devslash: you're continually asking about unsupported 3rd party software. We have no way of knowing how the developer might have incorrectly configured their build. You need to contac them [03:56] not an option right now [03:56] this is an ubuntu issue [03:56] devslash: no, it isn't. [03:56] i figued out what was going on [03:57] the softweare is bnot installed [03:57] the software is not installed [03:57] therefore, nothing to contact them about [03:57] this is an ubuntu issue with the dock being messed up [03:57] devslash: how did you uninstall it? [03:57] apt-get remove [03:58] devslash: please paste the output from that [03:58] (to a pastebin) [03:58] i closedthe terminal window already [03:58] devslash: then get it from your apt history log [03:58] apt list | grep enpass shows nothing [03:58] its not installed [03:58] devslash: yeah, you said that before when it "was" installed, so I honestly don't believe you. Show me the apt log. [03:59] well it is not installed [03:59] period [03:59] you dont have to belive me but it isnt [03:59] devslash: show me the apt log of its removal [04:01] https://pastebin.com/9vanare1 [04:01] see ? I have been right all along [04:01] last entry in history.log [04:02] devslash: okay, so, the issue is that there's still an icon in your "dock"? Which DE and dock are you using [04:02] yes [04:02] the default ubuntu dock [04:03] devslash: here you go: https://askubuntu.com/a/721840/474173 [04:04] neither of those 2 things work [04:04] autoremove didnt remove anything. i tried that already earlier [04:04] theres no desktop shortcut in that location [04:05] devslash: try in ~/.local/share or ~/.local/share/applications [04:06] brb gues you need to log off for it to take effect [04:08] hey so that seemeed to have done the trick, manually deleting the desktop file from ~/.local/share/applications [04:09] devslash: glad it worked out for you [04:11] thanks [04:26] is it possible to change ubuntu 18.04.1's default theme color (window title bar and menu)? [04:27] i remember back in the old unity i could choose between 'Ambient' and 'Radiance'. [04:30] i see. === Dreaman is now known as Blade [04:42] Howdy! I've been following (for the most part) this guide on setting up vsftpd, and the furthrest I can get on the client devices on my network is "Connection Refused" . I'm still new to this process and I'm kinda at my wit's end here :( Any help would be so appreciated. [04:43] lord-ragnarock: what guide is "this guide?" [04:44] https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-vsftpd-for-a-user-s-directory-on-ubuntu-18-04 [04:44] ufw is inactive, contrary to the guide haha :P [04:45] lord-ragnarock: which step are you stuck on [04:46] I've finished literally everything at Step 4, changing names as fit. [04:47] lord-ragnarock: are we sure vsftpd is running? sudo systemctl status vsftpd [04:47] I keep forgetting "status" is part of that command lol :P [04:48] Yeah I figured the problem would've been more in my face than I was thinking :P What's the room's rules on Pastebin? [04:49] any pastebin is fine lord-ragnarock [04:49] Thanks :) [04:50] https://pastebin.com/1QpjZgnZ [04:50] Still trying to figure out how to read what this is telling me haha [04:52] well it says that vsftpd failed to start properly... [04:52] I'll restart it and see if that does anything :) [04:52] give me a minute to get back to my desktop...on my phone having a smoke outside right now [04:53] Alright no problem [05:01] hi, I had an old desktop computer which runs ubuntu 16.04. Today it prompts that I can upgrade to 18.04. Now the upgrade is stuck at "checking for installed snaps" and the terminal window below the message is stuck at "rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index..." [05:01] It's been stuck there for about one hour. Anyone has ever run into the same problem? [05:11] lord-ragnarock: how did attempting to start it again go? [05:13] Same thing. "(code=exited, status=2)" [05:14] Hmmm. A question about that error at serverfault.com suggested that I make sure any files I referenced in my config actually exist. I'ma do that :) [05:15] lord-ragnarock: if that doesn't end up fixing your problem, take a look here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/683413/vsftpd-cannot-read-config-file-even-when-file-exists [05:17] Oooh. Looks like the bad lines went away when I did systemctl status vsftpd.conf :D [05:26] Well the service says it's active. Still getting refused connections to it though, even when I connect to localhost from Nautilus on this computer :( [05:27] @ SlidingHorn [05:27] lord-ragnarock: My next step would be to make sure that your firewall settings align with those in the tutorial [05:27] That wouldn't hurt to do actually, haha :P [05:29] Just enabled the firewall. Let's see what the guide needs me to do now [05:34] how do I create an unlimited bash history? [05:34] How do I make my bash history unlimited? [05:35] Hello all. I am used to BSDs and other Linux distros; picking ubuntu back up after a while. I'm having a problem I remember seeing with Ubiquity a while back and wondering what to do. I have a particular partitioning scheme I'd like use that when mounted together will all work for a booted system. When I go through the installer, select the existing partitions which already have filesystems on them, tell the installer not to format them, etc., [05:35] Ubiquity just sits on the final screen where files are supposed to be copied, with nothing happening. === deathonater is now known as Smeef [05:36] How can I install without having Ubuntu tell me how to partition or insisting on a particular partitioning scheme? [05:40] @ SlidingHorn Oh well that's weird. I tried port 21 on Filezilla for Mac and I got logged in :P [05:40] Can't log onto the symlinks I made to my drives, but that's hopefully just a permissions issue lol [05:41] Goop: man bash ; if you look in the section going over variables, you'll see HISTSIZE is one of them and that setting it to a negative value turns off history size limiting === cpaelzer__ is now known as cpaelzer [06:53] hey guys i'm running 18.04 and when I put in my sd card into my laptop, my sd card isn't getting mounted. So i checked dmesg and I see mmc0: error -110 whilst initialising SD card. I'm also seeing 03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS525A PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01) [06:53] mostym: have you tryed formatting your sdcard yet? or you need the data on it? [06:54] It should be known that I'm dual booting windows 10 and ubuntu 18.04. The sd card works in windows [06:54] lotuspsychje: it doesn't even show up in fdisk [06:54] mostym, if it works in windows, it should work in linux. What do you see with lsblk? [06:55] hehe. I'm in windows right now. I didn't check that. [06:55] I'm thinking I should maybe reinstall ubuntu [06:55] Why? [06:55] I dunno [06:56] I've read sd cards before in ubuntu, without a problem [06:57] Your sd card might be dead. Or many other things. Reinstalling ubuntu won't help (it won't hurt either, it's just not related). [06:57] This is the card i'm using SanDisk 256GB Extreme microSD UHS-I Card with Adapter - U3 A2 - SDSQXA1-256G-GN6MA [06:58] If it was dead, i wouldn't be able see it in Windows either? [06:58] Correct, mostym, normally. [06:58] mostym: tail -f /var/log/syslog and plugout back in your sdcard and pastebin us the results plz [06:59] But, from windows, can you actually paste some files, then bring them back to your computer? Sometimes, Windows doesn't report errors right away. [06:59] brb, gonna boot into ubuntu [06:59] Also, in Ubtuntu, you might need to install ntfs-3g. [06:59] AndyChow888: Yes, it's ext3 sd card. [06:59] or 4 [07:00] It's running retropie [07:02] If you've formatted your sd card to run retropie, it's unlikely mountable. [07:02] It should be mountable in ubuntu though [07:02] Not in ubuntu, nor windows. [07:02] I am having two 10 TB hard drives and plan to setup a system with a software raid 1 and LVM on top of that. I am wondering where I should put the bootloader, /boot and /swap? Directly on the hard drives, on a separate raid 1? Guess not on top of KVM...?! [07:02] [07:03] don't use software raid :P [07:03] brb [07:03] siwica, are you planning on using grub, or uefi directly? As for yhe /swap, I suggest a swapfile. [07:04] The swapfile can rest inside your regular filesystem, and not be a regular partition. What fs are you planning on using? [07:06] AndyChow888: As for filesystems I probably want to use ext4 for / (root) and btrfs for /var (backups...). [07:07] Not sure about grub or uefi directly. Basically following along the Ubuntu 18.04 Server installer. What would you recommend? [07:07] How to diagnose laptop with black screen? Power light on, suspend light not on, SSD light not on, couldn't CTRL+ALT+Fx to switch to a different virtual console. Had to forcibly power off with power button. Nothing in journalctl -b -1. Ubuntu 18.10 on a Sandy Bridge era ThinkPad. No PPAs or 3rd party software/repos. [07:08] It was fully patched OS and rebooted as of this morning with Software Updater [07:09] Laptop on AC, so autosuspend shouldn't have triggered. [07:09] siwica, Sounds good. I would recommend whatever the server installer recommends. I believe that is grub. Keep it simple. [07:09] Blank screen = 5 minutes, but obviously I didn't see an unlock prompt when I pressed the keyboard. Keyboard works fine. [07:09] lotuspsychje: when I run tail -f /var/log/syslog [07:10] epicmetal, do you see a post? A way to bring up the bios menu, when you boot? [07:10] lotuspsychje: it doesn't show anything [07:11] AndyChow888: yeah, I cold booted and am using the system as we speak [07:11] I mean, nothing pertainging to mmc [07:11] AndyChow888: everything seems fine after the cold boot [07:11] mostym: plug out sd, then plug back in [07:13] AndyChow888: Is it wise to put grub on both disks? And if so, how? [07:13] epicmetal, weird. Perhaps a power setting. Did you run journalctl as root? [07:13] AndyChow888: If one disk breaks, the system should still be able to boot. [07:14] !acpi | epicmetal see also [07:14] epicmetal see also: to debug ACPI issues on ubuntu make sure your bios is up to date and follow the procedure here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingACPI [07:14] AndyChow888: yes, as root [07:15] siwica, you are using mdadm? [07:15] epicmetal, that's weird. First time it happened? [07:15] AndyChow888: The ubuntu installer seems to put a grub partition on whichever disk I choose to be the boot device. [07:15] siwica, that's normal, and cool. [07:16] AndyChow888: yep, I'll take a look at the link [07:16] AndyChow888: Hm, not using mdadm directly only the interface of the installer [07:16] AndyChow888: So what happens if the disk with grub on it breaks? [07:17] siwica, once your install is finished, if you see two devices, you can install grub on both. "grub-install /dec/sdc", and so on. [07:18] if one disk breaks, you'll have to boot in degraded mode. [07:23] AndyChow888: Ok! Should I reserve a 1 MB free partition on the second disk then? [07:23] Also, should I put /boot directly on the software raid 1 or on top of LVM? [07:23] siwica, no, the first 2MB will be left free automatically, just like the first disk. [07:23] Ah, good to know! [07:24] You can just leave your /boot in /. But, as you wrote your sentence, I'm unsure what your topology looks like. [07:25] siwica, how many disks do you have? [07:26] two physical disks [07:26] each having one partition [07:26] a raid 1 on top of those [07:27] and an lvm volume group on top of the raid [07:30] lotuspsychje: https://pastebin.com/ZGY0qhs2 [07:35] AndyChow888: I can't even see the drive listed in lsblk [07:41] brb [07:42] back [07:56] I have a type-c adapter with a sd card reader built into it [07:56] and that one works. [08:42] It seems that the installer for Ubuntu Server 18.04 is buggy. I am always getting an error when creating an lvm volume which seems to be caused by the Python installer script making the size of a volume not a multiple of 512 bytes when specifying a size of 8.6T in my case. [08:44] siwica: come join in #ubuntu-server please [08:44] Also there seem to be Python 2/Python 3 issues when browsing through the installer output: e.g. '9455779998873b' is passed as an argument to lvcreate, which indicates wrong handling of Python bytes trings. [08:44] ok === ubunturk1 is now known as ubunturk [09:59] I've successfully setup a wlan connection with NetworkManager but after a few days the connection goes down. However NetworkManager does not notice this but still says that the connection is down. How can I make the networkmanager to realise that ip a show the interface as down [10:14] hi all, i am running ubuntu 18, suddenly my gnome center and all settings are throwing errosr when trying to access them: gnome-control-center: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwebkit2gtk-4.0.so.37: undefined symbol: gst_gl_display_egl_new_with_egl_display any idea please? === jstein_ is now known as jstein [10:20] <_TulsiSpice_> hello [10:22] _TulsiSpice_, Hi, if you have a Ubuntu support question, please just ask it, and be patient waiting for a reply, if someone can help you they will (when they can) [10:24] <_TulsiSpice_> okay [10:25] <_TulsiSpice_> how can i speed up the boot time and wake time from lockscreen [10:25] <_TulsiSpice_> are there things that hinder the system as such [10:26] <_TulsiSpice_> also..i first started facing these slow boot times after the 18.10 upgrade from 18.04 which was relatively much faster [10:37] hello, i'm trying to move a lots of file using rsync command. The command seems very slow and ineffective. Is there any faster alternative ? [10:47] Anyone connected to NKN[0] here? Is there an Ubuntu repo hosted on NKN? [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Knowledge_Network [10:48] I am getting very slow speed with the default archive [10:51] ramsub07: Can you describe what "slow and ineffective" means? [10:52] vlt: The write speed seems to be 10x lower than what it's potential is [10:52] AdityaPatil: talk to the ubuntu-mirror guys for known issues on repos [10:53] AdityaPatil: #ubuntu-mirrors [10:53] ramsub07: How did you measure that? What is your source location, what is your target? Different hosts or the same? If the former, how are they connected? ...? [10:53] lotuspsychje sure, thanks! [10:54] vlt: it's using Bonie++ that I measure the write speed on the disk. for monitoring the present write speed, I use htop [10:54] sorry iotop* [11:07] ramsub07: is this a lot of very small ? how much is a lot ? (thousands ? millions ?) [11:08] legreffier: So the speed on IO top is averaging around 3Mbps, whereas the bonnie++ write speed was 31Mbps. [11:11] ramsub07: idk how bonnie will find its write speed. but writing many very small files will be the bottleneck here [11:13] legreffier: True, I can confirm that is the case. Bonnie tries to write random large chunks of data, whereas I am trying to write many (2 million) individual files [11:19] ramsub07: don't look any further [11:21] Also, how do I connect to an SSH server using Nautilus but login with key? [11:22] pagios: system up to date? [11:22] lotuspsychje, yes [11:22] so weird [11:23] pagios: syslog/dmesg spitting out some errors? [11:23]