[00:00] badr_: "update-initramfs -c -k all" [00:00] !screenshots [00:00] Screenshots can be made with the [PrtScr] button. Want to show us a screenshot of your problem? Upload an image to http://imgur.com/ and link the created page here. [00:00] cat: /proc/cmdline: No such file or directory [00:01] !pastebinit [00:01] pastebinit is the command-line equivalent of !pastebin - Command output, or other text can be redirected to pastebinit, which then reports an URL containing the output - To use pastebinit, install the « pastebinit » package from a package manager - Simple usage: command | pastebinit [00:01] !pastebin [00:01] For 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. [00:03] IniGit: what's the rsync stuff exactly? === Butterfly^ is now known as Guest71330 [00:04] EriC^^: Something like that: sudo rsync -aEhhHv --delete --stats --progress

[00:04] but I haven't finished that part [00:04] IniGit: i can't think of anything else that might be causing that except if something is using the drive, but you said after putting sleep it worked, there's a slight chance that it was a coincidence, like the times you had sleep in you weren't doing "cd /mountpoint" in another terminal or something, just a theory [00:05] EriC^^: The following also sometimes reports the drive is busy error: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/HrqrFY37cV/ [00:06] umount: /mnt/gernot/DevLinuxBackup: target is busy. [00:07] IniGit: ok, type "lsof +D /mnt/gernot/DevLinuxBackup" [00:08] badr_: type "ls /proc" in the chroot, does it list stuff? [00:09] bin home lib32 null root sys vmlinuz.old boot initrd.img lib64 opt run tmp cdrom initrd.img.old lost+found proc sbin usr dev install.txt media RemoteMouse.exe snap var etc lib mnt rm.svg srv vmlinuz [00:10] lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfsd-fuse file system /run/user/1000/gvfs [00:10] Output information may be incomplete. [00:10] that is all I get from that command [00:11] badr_: something isn't right, open another terminal and type "ls /proc" [00:11] I assume that mount returns a success and that something then happens after mount and that you cannot instantly unmount until that thing is done [00:11] IniGit: Do you try change directory before try umont? [00:11] badr_: dont paste the output here cause the bot will temporarily quiet you [00:11] jmc: What you mean? Why should I do that? [00:12] ok [00:12] IniGit: if you "cd /mnt/....linuxbackup" in any terminal it wont umount [00:12] i paste to you private? [00:13] IniGit: make sure no terminals have that as current dir, and also in your script you're not cd'ing there at any point as jmc suggested [00:13] badr_: no, use http://paste.ubuntu.com [00:14] EriC^^: No I have no temrinal open that has that directory open [00:14] IniGit: try "sudo lsof /mnt/gernot/DevLinuxBackup" [00:14] okay [00:15] I always get this warning and nothing else form the lsof command: [00:15] lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfsd-fuse file system /run/user/1000/gvfs [00:15] Output information may be incomplete. [00:15] IniGit: do you using sudo umount....? [00:15] yes [00:16] https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/rByFr44Mzw/ [00:17] badr_: ok, type "exit" then type again "ls /proc" [00:18] badr_: i think there must have been a typo in the "for command" earlier [00:18] It's also hard to reproduce the error now [00:18] IniGit: Your topic might be better handled in a channel dedicated to bash scripting. As far as umount right after mount. Mounting a device takes time. Unless specified bash doesn't wait for the previous command to finish. [00:20] i thought bash would run commands sequentially after each is done if "&" wasn't used [00:20] something; somethingelse , somethingelse only runs after something finishes, it makes sense, cause echo $? will always exist [00:20] i think you're wrong there pragmaticenigma [00:20] https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/b2SXhBMkcg/ :she give me that [00:21] It really seems that I get the error only after the device is idle for a while [00:22] IniGit: i'd ask in #bash as pragmaticenigma suggested [00:22] Sometimes when you access a device that was idle it takes longer [00:22] EriC^^: It executes sequentially, it doesn't not necessarily wait for each command to finish before execution of the next [00:22] ok [00:22] oh [00:22] then this is the answer [00:22] pragmaticenigma: but then how does sleep something; something else work [00:23] ugh... sorry for that "doesn't not" should be "does not" (it's been a long day) [00:24] EriC^^: A topic for another channel [00:24] indeed it is :) [00:24] https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/184502/bash-how-to-run-a-command-after-the-previous-finished [00:25] it does wait for them to finish [00:25] I think in this case, mount hands back focus leaving the kernel to finish the rest of the mount request [00:27] the program has to give an exit code though to bash [00:29] badr_: type "sudo umount -R /mnt" [00:29] EriC^^: that's what I was trying to say. "mount" tells the system, here do this. "mount" executes in userspace, and tells kernelspace to do something. Once mount tells kernelspace to do something, it assumes it completed and exits [00:29] it can happen because something is accessing it [00:29] ask your OS channel how to find out what ;) [00:29] :D [00:29] pragmaticenigma: but how does it know if it succeeded to mount or no? does it get the success from that after its been mounted, then pass that back to bash as a return 0 [00:30] EriC^^: Because it may only care that kernelspace accepted the command as it was provided it [00:31] EriC^^:https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/g34dj4PCRp/ [00:31] give me that [00:31] pragmaticenigma: it's a possibility i guess [00:33] it's starting to make more sense once i factor in the idle drive stuff, anyways curious to know for sure what it is [00:34] badr_: type "mount" and paste the results [00:34] My theory is this. Mount takes very little time to actually mount the device. As IniGit mentioned, it is likely other processes are triggered after the mount takes place to interrorgate the device, thus having a lock on the resource. Adding a sleep command appears to delay the process long enough that the system is done with the new device and has released its locks [00:35] pragmaticenigma: There may be no better solution then sleep then [00:35] pragmaticenigma: I mean no fast solution ^^ [00:36] IniGit: I assume once you finish out your script it may become a non-issue [00:37] https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/JYHxd6Rzfj/ [00:39] pragmaticenigma: why? [00:39] I mean the worst thing is that it does no rsync [00:39] I think [00:39] badr_: can you type "history | grep proc" and paste the output? [00:40] IniGit: what do you mean no rsync? [00:41] pragmaticenigma: I mean when it says it is busy --- idk what happens then? [00:41] EriC^^:https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/thQtwPvhGN/ [00:41] thinking error that busy stuff may only matter for unmount [00:42] ok that means the worst case is that it does not unmount [00:43] IniGit: rsync is a program, are you thinking about a device sync? [00:44] pragmaticenigma: yes, but I do not want to copy everything everytime only changes [00:44] and no incremental backups or so [00:44] just mirror [00:45] badr_: seems there's a typo [00:46] badr_: i'm not sure why there are files in /mnt/proc right now, since it's supposed to be empty, but anyways, type "sudo mount -B /proc /mnt/proc" [00:46] EriC^^:where? [00:46] then type "sudo mount -B /sys /mnt/sys" [00:46] IniGit: There are whole host of tools already designed to do that, why re-invent the wheel [00:47] badr_: the typo it's supposed to be the whole line, "for i in /dev /proc /sys; do sudo mount -R /mnt /mnt$i; done" with the stuff after the first ";" too, but nevermind we can do them individually [00:48] pragmaticenigma: it should be simple [00:48] my script is simple [00:48] IniGit: If it were me, I would setup your rsync script to run on a schedule, having the script check if the device is mounted and only performing the rsync if the device is found. Auto mounting on a schedule isn't something I'd personally recommend as you never can be certain if the device is in use [00:48] complexity in backups is the worst [00:49] EriC^^:https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/5sj3wtJW3g/ [00:49] IniGit: also you're more likely to have data corruption with auto mounting and unmounting a device [00:49] If you want a more current Python than what comes with the distro stock, what is the safest way to do that? [00:49] I have ensured that the device is not mounted at startup and that it will not appear in Nautilus [00:49] !latest | SuperLag [00:49] SuperLag: Packages in Ubuntu may not be the latest. Ubuntu aims for stability, so "latest" may not be a good idea. Post-release updates are only considered if they are fixes for security vulnerabilities, high impact bug fixes, or unintrusive bug fixes with substantial benefit. See also !backports, !sru, and !ppa. [00:50] badr_: ok, type now "sudo chroot /mnt" [00:50] pragmaticenigma: I just have to make the script more robust [00:50] then type "update-initramfs -c -k all" [00:50] I'm working on it [00:51] IniGit: The problem is, more robust means more complex, allowing for more things to go wrong. Simplify your script, leave the mounting and unmount as user triggered. Let your backup be the only thing scheduled with a check for the mount being available [00:52] IniGit: There are so many flags to pay attention to for what you are doing. I don't believe you have even begun to scratch the surface. [00:52] SuperLag, the most less obscure ppa for python deadsnakes could bring in 3.7.2-1 [00:52] !info python3 bionic [00:52] python3 (source: python3-defaults): interactive high-level object-oriented language (default python3 version). In component main, is important. Version 3.6.7-1~18.04 (bionic), package size 46 kB, installed size 187 kB [00:52] !info python3 cosmic [00:52] python3 (source: python3-defaults): interactive high-level object-oriented language (default python3 version). In component main, is important. Version 3.6.7-1~18.10 (cosmic), package size 46 kB, installed size 187 kB [00:52] https://launchpad.net/~deadsnakes/+archive/ubuntu/ppa === rubenwardy is now known as CTF4 === CTF4 is now known as rubenwardy [00:53] EriC^^:this is the result https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/BXbwWRqnwN/ [00:54] https://docs.python.org/3.7/whatsnew/3.7.html [00:55] badr_: hmm, this is odd [00:55] badr_: type "exit" then type "ls /proc; ls /proc/mnt" [00:56] seems like it's not mounting /proc in /proc/mnt [00:57] badr_: actually, you can reboot into the OS using an older ubuntu kernel that has the initramfs still [00:57] https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/WFnkkDkNy3/ [00:58] badr_: when you go to grub, press on advanced > 4.15.0-39-generic [00:58] boot that kernel it should boot without a problem [00:58] then we can fix it from the install without chrooting [00:59] EriC^^:ubuntu 16.04? [00:59] yes [01:00] thank you all. I'm out for today. cu [01:02] ok i go to download him and try again [01:03] badr_: no i mean [01:04] badr_: the ubuntu you have installed right now, go to grub as usual [01:04] then press on advanced options then choose the ubuntu with initrd.img-4.15.0-39-generic next to it [01:05] OerHeks: thank you [01:06] how i do that [01:08] Anyone in here have experience using etckeeper? [01:10] I was setting up a new ubuntu server at work today and saw etckeeper mentioned at the end of the ubuntu server guide online and thought it was interesting. have never used it though and was curious what anyone's experiences with it were like. [01:10] https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/etckeeper.html.en [01:10] etckeeper manages /etc be stored in a git, mercurial, bazaar, or darcs rep [01:11] Yeah, I read about what it does and how it works already. Have you ever used it before, OerHeks? [01:12] i have not used this myself, it is more a tool for devel ? [01:13] it seems to be a version control solution for the /etc directory. I admit I haven't been able to do too much more reading on it past basic setup intructions. [01:14] maybe it is more useful for dev systems. [01:14] i was thinking it could be useful to resolving problems caused by other admins making changes to /etc contents that result in something breaking [01:23] FastZ: etckeeper is pretty useful, not only for collective sysadmin, also if you forget things yourself. [01:23] FastZ: It's a tool used by many, in many cases it help speed up the process of configuring multiple machines to a standard set of options. Please understand that if you would like to discuss tools and features of Ubuntu, #ubuntu-discuss is a much better place to hold such conversations. [01:24] it doesn't help if you break the system entirely, though, and it is not a replacment for intrusion detection software (if you want such) [01:25] right on, and thanks pragmaticenigma. [01:26] putting that channel on my autojoins === capella|away is now known as capella [01:38] badr_: hold shift when the pc boots you should get grub [01:46] hi [02:19] Hello devslash ... do you have a support question? [02:34] why does my ubuntu start with the screen rotated 90 degrees? [02:35] yes, please tell us, how did you do that? [02:50] Wonny: I've seen that, too. Not sure of the cause, I'm guessing driver issues. [03:17] hello all [03:18] can anyone tell me if there is a fightcade irc channel anywhere in the wildiness (linux based questions) thank you in advance [03:19] or alternatice platform re support chat etc [03:19] !alis | conjo [03:19] conjo: Alis 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" [03:21] thank you very much [03:21] are you aware of a noob friendly guide for use [03:23] changing your name on #freenode might help [03:23] why [03:24] its my nickname [03:24] (conyo right) [03:27] im trying to install fightcade with the following script and am encountered this error "wine 0352j? [03:29] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXb3EKWsInQ [03:30] is it possible to install hardware drivers on a portable/bootable Ubuntu on a USB flash drive? [03:34] !wine | conjo [03:34] conjo: WINE is a compatibility layer for running Windows programs on GNU/Linux - More information: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wine - Search the !AppDB for application compatibility ratings - Join #winehq for application help - See !virtualizers for running Windows (or another OS) inside Ubuntu [03:35] https://pastebin.com/s7YFxjAb [03:35] nebuless: generally, yes, there is no difference in whether oyu install ubuntu to an installed or removable drive. [03:36] Bashing-om, thanks i have run sudo apt-get install wine. ... stable [03:36] tomreyn, is there a way to go past the 6gb limit? [03:37] nebuless: i don't know this limit, what do you mean? [03:37] but in the .sh install script (posted link to script just now) i think there is a reference to wine without specifying version or stable/beta [03:38] Ubuntu itself claims it needs 2 GB of storage on the USB drive, and you’ll also need extra space for the persistent storage. So, if you have a 4 GB USB drive, you can only have 2 GB of persistent storage. To have the maximum amount of persistent storage, you’ll need a USB drive of at least 6 GB in size. [03:38] i think i can fix the script by editing and inscluding a version number and the word stable but would like to get advice as to whether i am on right track [03:38] nebuless: oh, you're referring to a usb live / install system with persistence. i'm referring to an actuall installation to a usb attached storage. [03:38] please have a look at my pastebin for the install script [03:39] nebuless: is there a reason why you wouldn't want a full installation? [03:39] oh, i meant just a portable ubuntu OS with my files on it on a USB flash [03:39] i wish i could afford a dedicated machine but i only have one, need windows for work, and it's way too slow for virtualbox [03:40] nebuless: both variants are portable. [03:40] Bashing-om, please help your nick gives the impression you are able to answer (im a noob re linux and bash [03:41] conjo: I have no wine experience .. best help is in the #winehq channel :( [03:41] Bashing-om, the line im refering to is near the top of the doc (ubuntu install [03:41] what's the difference between an actual installation to a usb attached storage and a live install on a usb flash drive? I thought usb flash drives behaved the same as usb attached storage [03:42] nebuless: if you have more storage available on the storage windows is installed on you could also dual boot. flash storage (USB key) is not very long lived / reliable. [03:42] i can't repartition right now [03:43] nebuless: the ubuntu installer can do the repartitioning for you. [03:43] thanks for the help tomreyn [03:43] g2g [03:43] good luck! [03:43] nebuless, i suppose one will just run from the usb and the later will install to a usb pluged into the pc but not the one the iso is on [03:44] !persistent | nebuless [03:44] nebuless: For information about installing Ubuntu from USB flash drives, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick - For a persistent live USB install, see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveUsbPendrivePersistent [03:49] nebuless: this is how i'd do it https://askubuntu.com/questions/16988/#54388 === [1]MrMobius is now known as MrMobius [03:54] tomreyn so i if i burn the install .iso that's also a LIVE (not persistent) Ubuntu that i can carry around? [03:54] nebuless: wait, aren't you gone? ;-) [03:54] lol someone was at the door :) [03:55] but the install .iso that everyone uses to install ubuntu also doubles as a live cd (forgetful live) [03:55] ? [03:55] i'm going to use rufus and go with your dual-boot suggestion [03:55] fingers crossed [03:56] nebuless: by default the live / install iso does not have persistence. there are utilities to create a live / install usb drive which does have persistence. but you can also do a full ubuntu installation to a usb connected storage and thus gain the most flexibility (incl. persistence). [03:58] the best thing to do is to invest 50 usd and buy a small ssd and install it in your computer or connect it via usb 3.0+, and install ubuntu on that, though. [04:01] my laptop only has space enough for one hard drive at a time [04:01] is dual boot better on separate drives? [04:01] does it have an optical drive? [04:01] no :( [04:01] i believe the pendrive installer suite allows you to set persistence [04:01] dual boot is less painful on two drives. but it's not a requirement, no. [04:02] Also if you have a dedicated hard drive for each operating system (if thats what you're asking) then yes, you have to edit grub iirc [04:03] nebuless: you can get a portable ssd which you connect via usb, but it shoiuld be usb 3 at least or it'll be slow. [04:14] Hi all. I'm trying to build an initramfs for a system with some luks volumes listed in crypttab. The key files that crypttab refers to are in fact on an encypted rootfs. Yet, I get the warning: "cryptsetup: WARNING: 's keyfile is not on an encrypted root FS, skipped." What check is getting tripped here? I am trying to perform this initramfs setup while chrooted prior to rebooting into a new installation. [04:15] Suggestions on how to tell cryptsetup, "yes, in fact these key volumes are on an encrypted root fs"? [04:15] key files rather [04:27] oceanquake: there used to be this https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=842951 - which ubuntu version are you running there? [04:27] what is going on here? i have to post an image because i cant copy the text. this is in VBox and it does the same thing with ubuntu desktop in VM: https://usercontent.irccloud-cdn.com/file/b4aw4k3N/image.png [04:27] Debian bug 842951 in cryptsetup "Falsely identifies origin of a key file" [Normal,Fixed] [04:29] kinghat: what you are looking at there is the video output of a VM, showing a terminal. you don't copy + paste from a video output. [04:29] heh i mean i get those odd conditions when updating. [04:30] then run udpate again, then upgrade and everything seems fine. until there are more updates. [04:30] kinghat: use a virtual serial console or install ssh and connect through that if you want to copy and paste. or make sure the VM has internet connection and use !pastebinit [04:31] you are not the only one installing updates on this system, that's going on. [04:31] I upgrade to 18.04, and now I seem to be a bit screwed. I was able to boot a couple of times through recovery mode, but now I can't even get into the grub menu. I just get in a restart cycle [04:32] kinghat: also the info on available / pending updates in the motd is not always current. [04:33] rdj22222: did the installation report any errors? [04:34] rdj22222: which changes did you make between when when you were able to get to recovery and now where you can't even get to grub? how old is the storage, has it previously has data loss? [04:35] i was wondering more about the errors [04:35] tomreyn: I just found that, thanks! I'm running 18.04 (KDE neon). [04:36] oceanquake: hmm i'd expect this to be fixed in the cryptsetup which comes with 18.04, though. but this is all i could find. [04:37] tomreyn: I was able to find the conf file he mentioned with KEYFILE_PATTERNS and when I altered that, it seemed to work [04:37] tomreyn: it didn't report any errors. the only problem I had installing was that I didn't have enough space, so I had to purge whatever I could to get the necessary 4gb [04:38] I thought the problem might be that it's loading an older kernel now, so I changed GRUB_DEFAULT. otherwise nothing. booting in recovery mode wasn't very stable either. I got home today and the computer wasn't responsive [04:38] kinghat: locking issues occur when multiple processes are running dpkg (in a way which requires locking) in parallel. [04:38] kinghat: the other process may be unattended-upgrades, for example [04:38] oceanquake: cool, good luck. [04:39] ah. i have only ever seen this in virtualbox. [04:41] tomreyn: thanks again for the earnest help. given all the manual steps, I'm sure I fat-fingered or overlooked something, but hopefully this setup boots. [04:42] rdj22222: i'd say boot from live / recovery, run fsck on all file systems and inspect the SMART data [04:42] rdj22222: whats the hardware, which exact version did you install - 18.04.0 or .1? [04:43] oceanquake: yw, i hope so, too === Dreaman is now known as Blade [04:44] it's a Dell XPS 15 9560, and I don't know which ubuntu version I installed. whichever one I was prompted to install. [04:51] rdj22222: apparently this comes with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050, this may be why you could not boot initally. [04:51] well boot yes but no graphical desktop [04:52] tech specs https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/xps-15-9560-laptop/xps-15-9560-setupandvideo/specifications?guid=guid-4a715843-271e-4d93-b41c-66a245385203&lang=en-us [04:52] I don't understand how an nvidia card could render a system without a graphics interface [04:53] wlel, there is not much documentation availabel to produce free drivers, and the proprietary ones weren't ready by the time ubuntu 18.04 released. [04:53] I had my old version of ubuntu working fine [04:55] was there a question hiddne in this statement? [04:56] rdj22222: i guess you could reinstall and next time you end up on the recovery menu you can install all pending updates and run "sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall" and reboot [04:58] wait people can see these messages right? [04:59] klaminite: yes [05:00] tomreyn: I'm trying to boot off an old usb now, oddly enough without success. I am leaning towards downloading a new one and reinstalling [05:01] rdj22222: be sure to make a backup first if there's any data you haven't backed up, yet [05:02] hah === [1]MrMobius is now known as MrMobius === led_dark_2 is now known as led_dark_1 === apetresc_ is now known as apetresc === yokel_ is now known as yokel [05:02] thankfully I did backup my important files [05:02] hopefully the computer is fine, and all this costs me is time [05:02] Are you getting kernal errors? I usually do get kernal errors when I mess up my USB installs. [05:03] nah, just after the Dell image it clicks off and restarts. that's as far as I get. I can't even consistently get into the kernel selection menu [05:04] rdj22222: did you change bios settings lately? [05:05] no [05:05] I'm a lazy user, I don't change things much [05:06] rdj22222: in case you're uefi booting, there seems to be a firmware bug affecting linux booting which the latest bios update fixes: https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/drivers/driversdetails?driverId=F86F9&osCode=WT64A&productCode=xps-15-9560-laptop [05:06] "1. Fixed a potential issue with binary image measurement using the Linux UEFI shim boot loader." [05:07] thank you [05:10] based on previous bios upgrades changelogs, you should be on version 1.11.0 (08/29/2018) at a very minimum (for security reasons) but this newer one (1.12.1, 10/23/2018) may help with uefi boot issues === ledeni_ is now known as ledeni [05:31] I'm not really sure how I should partition this for a new install. there's a 1tb drive and a 32gb ssd. should the boot loader go on the ssd? [05:31] I could just leave the partitions the same as what I chose last time [05:34] I have a file that is written to by a form to have one of two strings in it. I'd like to regularly check that file, and depending on the string, copy the contents of one of a pair of files into a fourth file. I'd like to set up a cron job or similar to repeat it every 10-15 seconds or so. Can I do that? And if so, would doing it that often put a burdensome on the system? [05:45] I don't see why you couldn't [05:49] cron doesn't do sub-1min [05:50] you should use inotify to see when the file changes [05:50] it's a relatively lightbindi: is there an alternative? [05:50] like pyinotify for python [05:51] but why don't you run the script from the form submit in the first place? [05:57] The form has 2 options, A and B, which get written to file 1. If A is selected, I want all changes to file 2 to be immediately copied to file 4 until the next time B is selected, at which point I want all changes to file 3 to be imediately copied to file 4, like a railroad switch. Does that make sense? [05:59] not sure how this is #ubuntu related anymore, go ask some programming channel of your choice, and do it in the form directly, you're over-complicating it [05:59] no reason to write A/B and poll for changes and read the A/B switch and then do something depending on that, when you could just directly select A -> do whatever, select B -> do whatever [06:00] the sources for files 2 and 3 are different. 3 is constantly written to automatically, but 2 is done with human interaction. [06:09] !bionic [06:09] Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) is the 28th release of Ubuntu and the current LTS release. Download at https://www.ubuntu.com/download - Release Notes: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes === ubunturk1 is now known as ubunturk [08:25] Hello ! How can I add a language dictionary for spell checking to evolution ? === bigbrovar__ is now known as bigbrovar [08:49] g'day I'm looking for help getting virtualbox working receiving error modprobe: FATAL: Module vboxdrv not found in directory /lib/modules/4.20.0-042000-generic after running sudo modprobe vboxdrv [08:50] might be wrong but you need VBox kernel modules for 4.20. you upgraded your kernel via ukuu, right? [08:53] Lost_in_Terminal: vbox might not work with that kernel, use a supported ubuntu kernel [08:53] > BurekzFinezt that could be it, kernel updated from http://kernel.ubuntu.com [08:53] basically what ducasse said, Lost_in_Terminal [08:54] i'm not sure is there any workaround tho, so i can't help you with that, but you could always downgrade kernel [08:54] > ducasse > BurekzFinezt bugger, I dropped back to an old kernel to try and that failed too... how do I find the last supported vbox kernel? [08:55] thanks for your time and help :) [08:55] Lost_in_Terminal: try an official ubuntu kernel, which release is this? [08:55] i think that depends on ubuntu repos. unless you wanna hack away [08:55] 18.10 [08:56] !info linux-image-generic cosmic [08:56] linux-image-generic (source: linux-meta): Generic Linux kernel image. In component main, is optional. Version 4.18.0.13.14 (cosmic), package size 2 kB, installed size 15 kB [08:56] Lost_in_Terminal: ^^ [08:57] ducasse, sweet thanks, swear that was one that I tried to go back to, but I'll give it another go :) [08:59] cheers, thanks for your help! [09:01] Even if I put "persistent" in the kernel command line when booting, /cow doesn't get mounted and I don't see anything in dmesg, is there any way to tell what's going on? [09:38] hi [09:39] I want to execute a script on shutdown and I read a stackoverflow post that says – place it in /etc/rc6.d/, but that does not work [09:39] Is this method not valid anymore in 18.04? [09:43] Hi [09:44] Hi, I have added my key to ssh-add. But still whenever I'd want to SSH, I am using user@ip_address format. How do I further simplify this to ssh ? [09:45] ramsub07: you can add a host entry for it in .ssh/config [09:45] example? [09:46] add an alias, should make things 100x easier. you can bind a whole command to a single word [09:47] EriC^^:are you here? [09:47] ramsub07: E.g. with these three lines: Host some_name Hostname actual.host.name User user # running ssh some_name will do ssh user@actual.host.name [09:48] Perfect, thanks! [09:48] ramsub07, here is an example >>https://nerderati.com/2011/03/17/simplify-your-life-with-an-ssh-config-file/ [09:50] Even if I make a partition labelled "casper-rw", all I get is it mounted on /media/ubuntu/casper-rw, but there is no /cow [09:51] hi, if I dd some HDD entire disc to ISO and then dd if=iso to usbdrive will that work just as well generaly? [09:51] or it won't be as if I if=HDD of=USB directly? [09:51] fichero: yes, it's the same thing. [09:52] fichero: I do that all the time. [09:52] thanks friend [09:53] fichero: you won't make an .iso with dd unless the source is already in iso format, though [09:54] hello, I want to create a test-access point for the development of my/our iot devices. We are using the latest version of ubuntu 18.04. Now the problem is that we want to use directly hostapd to create an access point (with that we can configure the parameters of the wifi more precisely). hostapd is working really good but I want to use dnsmasq as DNS and DHCP Server [09:54] dnsmasq is using the port 53 to listen on dns request [09:54] ducasse: what! [09:55] But the current Version of Ubuntu uses systemd-resolved for resolving dns, which is also listening on 53 [09:55] So how can I fix this problem? [09:55] I think systemd-resolvd should be uninstalled and /etc/resolv.conf used directly. Is that correct? [09:55] anywey I'm trying to dd an HDD that is 200GB but the used space is 20GB at most. and I wanna put into a 64GB usb drive. will the empty space used won't allow me to fit it into the 64GB drive? [09:58] fichero: dd will also copy the empty space, so that won't work [09:59] ducasse: i've seem tutorials that help but is there one you recomend that won't dd the emtpy space? [10:00] fichero: afaik clonezilla might do it [10:00] ducasse: k cool [10:02] is a chinese program lol according to google [10:03] seems it's developed in taiwan [10:05] hope is small too [10:06] there's clonezilla live too like a salvage pen drive? [10:07] i believe so [10:07] clonezilla from taiwan (wikipedia) [10:19] can software updater gui do the autoremove that terminal comand does? [10:19] im trying to create a symbolic link so i only need to type testing-app --version rather than /path/to/testing/app --version in the man ln it says to use -s so i typed ln -s /path/to/testing/app testing-app but it doesnt seem to work [10:19] am i doing something wrong [10:23] MrCrackPotBuilde: yes, that just makes a symbolic link in the current directory, that wouldn't allow you to just run "app" [10:23] hi - is anyone aware - is there any benefit to be gained from using blk-mq scheduler on a SATA SSD drive ? (i.e non NVME) [10:23] Ben64 what is the correct way to make a link ?? [10:23] you made a link [10:23] how can I know which scripts are executed at shutdown? Is there a log or so somewhere? I tried the following and it didn't work and now I want to know why: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/276780/why-is-a-script-in-etc-rc6-d-not-run-on-reboot# [10:24] https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/276780/why-is-a-script-in-etc-rc6-d-not-run-on-reboot [10:24] without the # at the end [10:24] MrCrackPotBuilde: try ./testing-app [10:25] lol im a dumbass sometimes thanks ducasse [10:25] completely forgot about the ./ [10:26] MrCrackPotBuilde: link it to somewhere in your PATH [10:26] ah that i can not [10:26] that was the first thing i did [10:26] at the bottom of bashrc export path path blah blah [10:26] but nothing happened at all [10:27] it seems the application doesnt like the export path [10:27] ah [10:27] no when i move dir [10:27] it no longer works [10:28] right, because it was in whatever directory you were in, you'd need it in PATH for it to work everywhere [10:28] how could i put it into path [10:28] try linking it into /usr/local/bin [10:31] that worked thanks Ben64 and ducasse [10:31] np [10:52] Any alternative to heirloom-mailx, where can I specify SMTP host,credentials as argument? I need simple oneliner. Thanks [10:52] how to copie my file from ubuntu he can't to start ,boot files of [Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS] are far from the start of the disk [10:54] I have now disabled systemd-resolvd and installed dnsmasq my aim is now that network manager is configuring the resolv.conf directly so dnsmasq can read from that and provide dns and network for the WIFI. [10:54] But the strange thing is that network manager is always settting nameserver to 127.0.0.53. Why? === carb0n_ is now known as carb0n [11:01] ducasse: still, clonezilla wants to create 200GB on my 16GB pen drive. says drive is too small, source image is 200gb reported [11:02] 'Morning folks [11:04] fichero: there should be a resize option, but i've never tried this [11:05] Hi all, I'm updating a 18.04 server, but the network seems to be very slow. I want to reboot the system and restart the update. The question is: is safe to stop the apt-get update with ctrl+x? May I damage the apt-get system? In case of yes could I stop, reboot and relaunch the apt-get with problems? [11:07] Anyone know of a tool that monitors laptop battery and logs it somewhere. I'm suspecting my battery is starting to get faulty, been noticing drops from 50% to 20-30% quite quickly. [11:11] I'm doing sudo ddrescue if=/dev/sdj of=/dev/sdi [11:12] and the app says inpt file not found [11:12] what am i doing wrong? I have lsblk saying right now sdj is there and 2 partitions [11:12] and sdi is there too with no partitions [11:14] fichero: read the ddrescue man page, carefully. i think those arguments are wrong. [11:14] Hello, anyone managed to record desktop with vlc? [11:14] okey [11:19] recordmydesktop is fine, vlc no clue [11:19] I have script I'm trying to run at boot, and I put this in crontab @reboot /usr/bin/php /var/www/html/wriu.org/public_html/staff/nownow.php but after a reboot, the script didn't run [11:22] you don't have any idea guys? === jstein_ is now known as jstein [11:30] does anyone here knows if ddrescue hangs when there's an error rather than saying something [11:35] Does Ubuntu natively show emojies now? [11:50] hello. I am trying to encrypt my home directoy in ubuntu 18.04 with ecryptfs-migrate-home -u user [11:51]