[00:00] bmflinux, no clue there, try to format to fat32 with disks utility? [00:00] or try a fresh usb [00:01] why do i help with windows iso's? [00:01] OerHeks: because someone stuck using windows doubtless needs help :) [00:02] well, as long as you install windows first, then ubuntu :-P === Anon is now known as Anon0011 [00:58] hello brown linux users [00:58] aubergine now [00:58] oh nice [00:58] :) [00:58] i have inherited an ubuntu 12.04 lts box running a postgres database [00:59] trouble with it is, every time it reboots all my changes to the root filesystem are gone [00:59] does anyone remember how 12.04 did this or how to turn it off? [00:59] if i attach the volume to a Debian box and mount it it's persistent rw [01:00] no support for 12.04. it is EOL, dead. [01:00] yup [01:01] vonsanchez: wow. that's crazy :/ my 12.04 systems certainly never threw away changes to / [01:01] Is there a way to check what causes the [01:01] DE to hang via ssh? [01:01] vonsanchez: is it perhaps hosted in a VM environment that restores from a snapshot while rebooting? [01:01] sarnold: yeah its strange. [01:02] sarnold: it's on virtualbox exported from a vmware server [01:02] but i can see the volume is rw and i can write to the volume [01:02] I don't think anyone could help with this,, but this happened again... whilst debugging an application on gdb, when a breakpoint was hit, Ubuntu partially freezes, the keyboard does nothing, the cursor moves but clicks do nothing, the clock continues to move forward so it's not completely frozen, I just have no control, no input at all. My only [01:02] choice is a hard reset. Happened twice in succession [01:02] like connected to another vm [01:03] its only when its booted into itself that it seems to be ro [01:03] and doesn't go "read only filesystem" - it will let you make changes then they just vanish on reboot [01:03] vonsanchez: before you spend too much more time on it, I'd suggest poking around the vmware interfaces. this sure feels like some "fresh snapshot" sort of thing. [01:04] like even if the disk image is attached to a fresh machine on vbox it does it [01:04] man it's Crazy Problem Hour or something :) [01:04] yeah sure is [01:12] sarnold: all i really need is the postgres off it so I might just leave the image jacked to a newer machine and see if i can get it to start the dbs and ignore the rest of the system [01:12] vonsanchez: aha, and let you sidestep solving it entirely :) [01:13] hmm that seems to happen if a breakpoint is hit after a call to Qt's `QWidget::grabKeyboard` [01:13] i just thought it was weird. and wondered if it was a feature so nobody can screw up your box [01:13] wondows: aha!! [01:13] vonsanchez: certainly not one I've seen *inside* ubuntu; it sure feels like something done from the outside [01:14] sarnold: yeah maybe like https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/181421/building-a-read-only-linux-system-with-a-writable-layer-in-ram but ubuntu instead of rhel [01:17] vonsanchez: I think if you do those things within the system, it'll show up clear as day because mount output etc will show overlayfs or overlay or aufs or similar things and upperdir= and lowerdir= and so on and so on. very noisy very grunky. [01:18] vonsanchez: but it'd be super-easy to have a checkbox in a VM storage manager that says "revert all block writes on poweroff" or "discard all unsaved writes" or something [01:18] oooo [01:18] mount says / is aufs [01:18] wwth is aufs [01:18] oh it is layered [01:18] OHOO! [01:18] lol [01:20] yup [01:20] aufs=tempfs buried in the grub line [01:20] ANOTHER MYSTERY SOLVED [01:20] thanks sarnold [01:20] vonsanchez: woot. sorry i ttook so long to get there :/ [01:23] yeah thats a neat trick though [01:31] Hmm for some reason ubuntu 18.04.3 seems to freeze occasionally [01:32] Even the clock stops moving for a while [01:42] Hello, does anyone have any useful power management guides for using Ubuntu on a laptop? I was thinking of wiping my windows OS on my laptop and switching to only Ubuntu. However my only problem with Ubuntu in the past was power management [01:42] was thinking of getting 18.04 if that matters. Please let me know if anyone has any good resources for power management [01:46] TLP can do great stuff, https://www.reallinuxuser.com/tlpui-is-a-great-graphical-user-interface-for-tlp-power-management-for-linux/ [01:48] OerHeks thanks a lot. Ill take a look! === zbenjamin is now known as Guest9714 === zbenjamin_ is now known as zbenjamin [02:18] 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. === skiboy_ is now known as skiboy [02:28] I have installed autossh via snap, but it seems it cannot read anything under /root where normal ssh can (access denied trying to read the ssh key for example or update known_hosts). Is this some kind of snap sandboxing and how can I enable this use case? [02:31] i have never tried autossh snap, does it generate ~/.ssh/config ? or a config file under ~/snap/autossh ? there you could enable rootlogin so you would have access to /root [02:32] nekroze: you may need to 'plug' an interface or something similar for files [02:32] snap page says logout/login or reboot first [02:32] it's also possible that /root isn't allowed via the "home" interface [02:42] Good day people [02:43] in 2 of my servers, running Ubuntu 18.04, sometimes the up arrow doesnt work. It just shows ^[[A. How can fix this? Thanks [02:48] OerHeks: sarnold: thanks for the pointers, I will look at it [02:52] hello is unity back in the recent release? [02:53] !unity | loganlee [02:53] loganlee: Unity is a graphical shell for the GNOME desktop environment. Ubuntu used it by default from 11.04 to 17.04. For more information, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity [02:54] Bashing-om, i think the most recent version has unity [02:54] It would be strange, i think it's just normal GNOME. [02:54] But you can still install it. [02:55] loganlee: unity is community supported - is in the universe repo . [02:55] ok [02:59] i would use ubuntu exclusive if i can run all my windows apps [03:02] i managed to run aoe3 on playonlinux [03:02] basically had to winetrick several libraries [03:02] copied all dvd files into a single directory and install from there [03:02] ;) [03:17] Hi all, I am trying to install ubuntu 18.04LTS server. I am getting this error: "Unable to install GRUB in /dev/mapper Executing 'grub-install /dev/mapper' failed." I see that my usb flash drive is /dev/sda and my SSD (msata) is /dev/sdb. I need to install grub on /dev/sdb. Any advice? thanks! [03:26] I unplugged all other drives when this crazy installer threatened to wipe them all. easiest way [05:22] hello everyone, im using ubuntu 19.04 desktop and would like to share a 25Gig folder (friends wedding footage)-can anyone suggest a good foss choice for 2019-my thoughts so far ftp torrent,setup a server and host it-too hard for other user [05:23] any suggestions appreciated =) [05:23] Maybe something like Nextcloud? [05:25] for that id install on ubuntu server make an account and host locally (is the setup convoluted and verbose?) [05:25] thats a question sorry [05:26] also if you know would nextcloud transfer likely be faster than torrent given the protocol? [05:26] ps thanks for the suggestion [05:27] your provider might squeeze torrents [05:27] OerHeks, is there an easy way to check if so (sqeezing me shaping .tor) [05:28] and thanks also [05:29] herewegoagin, no, just try it [05:29] i would do nextcloud too, easy setup and administration of users [05:30] and some hardening https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/12/admin_manual/configuration_server/harden_server.html [05:31] herewegoagin: ftp as protocol not reccomended, a security flaw these days [05:31] herewegoagin: sftp as alternate [05:32] thanks man === VegetarianFalcon is now known as HornyHacker === HornyHacker is now known as VegetarianFalcon [08:55] Can somebody explain why a command pipeline like this could get stuck? `~/.cargo/bin/rg --help | /usr/games/lolcat -f | /usr/bin/ponysay -Wi | less -R` [08:55] `rg` is ripgrep from rust cargo [08:55] k_sze: when less stops reading the pipe, all the preceding commands get blocked once the buffer is full [08:56] k_sze: if you press 'end' in less, it'll let everything complete then display all the output [08:56] rg might be writing the --help on stderr. Some commands are silly like that [08:56] Triffid_Hunter, end? [08:57] as in capital G? [08:57] k_sze: yeah, it's a button on your keyboard unless you have a mac [08:57] oh, let me try [08:57] Right. that worked. [08:57] So why would less stop reading the pipe? [08:57] k_sze: because it's already filled the screen with text, and you haven't told it to scroll down [08:59] Which somewhat begs the question: if it has "already filled the screen with text", why don't I see anything until I press "End" on the keyboard? [09:00] k_sze: dunno, usually it fills one screen then stops reading. when you press end, it waits for the input pipe to close then displays the last text received [09:00] if you press page down, it should read one more screen worth of text then stop reading the pipe again [09:01] Triffid_Hunter, if I just press page down, I still see nothing. [09:02] k_sze: no idea, dmesg | less and friends works as expected here, perhaps it's some odd quirk of your command chain? [09:03] k_sze: what happens if you pipe to more or another paginator instead of less? or through tee logfile? [09:03] let me try [09:05] oh, nvm [09:05] it's just slow [09:05] sudo dpkg -i ./libsolv-0.7.6-Linux-libsolvext-dev.deb [09:05] ... [09:05] dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libsolvext-dev: [09:05] libsolvext-dev depends on libsolv0-dev; however: [09:06] Package libsolv0-dev:amd64 is not configured yet. [09:06] ... [09:06] Because of all the colour codes added to many many pages, heh. === dionysus70 is now known as dionysus69 [09:49] Mmhhh.. Why won't /var/log/auth.log no longer log things after you've cleaned it with vim? [09:52] I have a small embeded system thats runs a scaled down version of Ubuntu, it's running a plain X with just a browser and a composite window manager on it, and im trying to rotate the screen, using the xrandr command, and this works great on my emulator and on a vga monitor ... but when i try to do it on a system with a hdmi monitor it does nothing and gives me the error message: xrandr: Configure crtc 0 fa [09:52] iled , i am lost for ideas as to what can cause this? [09:54] Skyrider: because your logging daemon is probably still logging to a stale filehandle. send it a SIGHUP [09:56] Skyrider: lsof -p $(pidof rsyslogd) shows which logs are being written to here, perhaps yours has some marked as '[deleted]' ? [09:58] or would that be /lib/systemd/systemd-journald nowadays? [09:58] rsyslogd 879 syslog 9w REG 8,2 1274754 394443 /var/log/auth.log~ (deleted) <- this one? [09:59] sounds right to me [09:59] Skyrider: bingo [09:59] Odd it says deleted though. It exists. [09:59] Skyrider: so sudo killall -HUP rsyslogd and it'll reopen the file [10:00] Skyrider: probably it was renamed, deleted, then the new auth.log was renambed again [10:00] Skyrider: if you ls -li /var/log/auth.log* you'll probably notice the inode number is different [10:01] Already ran the command though ^_^ works perfectly again [10:01] Skyrider: btw, this is caused by the exact same design choice that allows us to update stuff without rebooting [10:01] Should I use > to clean the log file instead? [10:01] Skyrider: use logrotate [10:02] Ah, okay. Got it :D thanks [10:02] Skyrider: it basically renames the file, issues HUP, then optionally compresses the old file [10:02] Now to figure out why my ssh key won't work.. Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes for directory /etc/ssh/keys [10:03] Skyrider: either we can rename/delete files that are open elsewhere, or we can't. If we can, then this happens but we can update things that are being used. If we can't then we have to reboot to install updates. Guess which OSes made each choice ;) [10:03] ls -ld /etc/ssh/keys [10:03] Windows I'd assume XD [10:04] drwxrwxrwx 9 root root 4096 Oct 4 21:49 /etc/ssh/keys -- Which is weird though, because the sub directory inside keys is owned by the user [10:04] Skyrider: haha bingo again :P [10:04] sshd config is set for the auth key file to be found under /etc/ssh/keys/user/.ssh [10:05] the user is properly chowned. chmod 0755 for the user, 0700 for .ssh and 0600 for the auth key file. [10:05] Only /etc/ssh directory is owned by root, not its sub-directories. [10:06] **/etc/ssh/keys [10:07] And to be fair, linux also requires updates for specific updates :p [10:07] errrrrrrr, reboots.. typing too fast. [10:07] Skyrider: like what? can even switch kernel without technically rebooting using kexec, and I frequently swap graphics drivers without rebooting [10:08] Can't recall atm.. Guess mostly security updates that requires restarts [10:08] I randomly see" system restart required" or along the lines after performing updates. [10:09] https://devanswers.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/System-Restart-Required-2.png [10:09] Like so :p [10:12] But I'd appreciate to get the ssh key to work :D [10:13] Using in sshd_config -> AuthorizedKeysFile /etc/ssh/keys/%u/.ssh/authorized_keys [10:22] Fixed it ^_^ [10:31] Skyrider: why there instead of the traditional ~/.ssh ? [10:31] User has no home directory. [10:43] if I make http requests from multiple processes, do they block each other on my end, or are there circumstances that affect that? [10:43] I guess that's not specifically ubuntu related [10:44] Baikonur: nope, but the network stack will have to funnel all the requests up your default route, and then the replies come back whenever they come and are doled out to the relevant processes [10:45] Triffid_Hunter: so I can't really "make it faster" by doing something on my end? [10:45] This is perhaps a stupid question, but I have installed an Ubuntu 19.04 Server machine, without internet connectivity, and I need to install some additional packages. I thought I could do that by adding the installation CD to apt sources, but it hardly has any packages on it, and certainly not the ones I need. What to do? [10:51] Baikonur: you could buy faster internet [10:52] danlii: http://www.penguintutor.com/linux/apt-get-offline those directions under the first headline seem ok for that maybe? [10:58] Baikonur: Would be if I had another 19.04 machine to do it on, but thanks. :) [11:05] danlii: are you testing server or production? [11:05] Hi folks [11:05] lotuspsychje: Grey area in between, I would say. [11:06] danlii: see also #ubuntu-server if you like [11:11] are you planning to keep the server without internet connection? [11:21] Does a distribution upgrade affects grub? I currently have two OS on grub (18.04) and (19.04), will it change the 19.04 to 19.10 and will it change the boot order? [11:21] (currently booting on 18.04) [11:21] depends what you mean by 'distribution upgrade' [11:22] Ben64, I intend to upgrade from 19.04 to 19.10 when it's out [11:25] a release upgrade [11:26] do-release-upgrade [11:26] one week from tomorrow [11:27] LuckyMan: an upgrade should not influence your existing grub, but..its always wise to keep a backup of your data & settings [11:27] LuckyMan: specialy on non-lts versions of ubuntu, where its not always as stable [11:28] lotuspsychje, most of my data is already on an extra ssd [11:28] LuckyMan: we cannot predict bugs that could appear in final release, i hope you understand [11:28] lotuspsychje, of course [11:29] I just wanted to know if the boot order is changed, because I would like to keep it booting from 18.04 [11:30] usually the last ubutu installed is the first to boot [11:30] on grub [11:31] If you do a fresh install it will boot the newest === dionysus70 is now known as dionysus69 [11:31] I'm not planning a fresh install because I have too many apps installed [11:33] LuckyMan: that might not make any changes to the grub then [11:33] is it wise to upgrade now, or wait? [11:34] wait [11:39] will the repositories for the command line be available at the same time as the download file from ubuntu.com ? [11:41] LuckyMan, they have to be, otherwise the the new release can't update or upgrade === The_Milkman1 is now known as The_Milkman [11:44] LuckyMan: is your purpose testing, or using ubuntu as daily driver? [11:44] lotuspsychje, using [11:45] LuckyMan: ok, then its reccomended as BluesKaj adviced to wait until final [11:46] lotuspsychje, I will probably test it on another computer, now that you gave me that ideia, if it helps devs [11:47] LuckyMan: for testing purposes, please visit #ubuntu+1 [11:50] LuckyMan, Eoan 19.10 is very stable on the KDE/plasma desktop so far, but if you run a different flavour ask in #ubuntu+1 chat as lotuspsychje suggested [12:00] hi all am new to using libreoffice with ubuntu and was wondering if i will have any issues sharing libre office word docs with people running windows+ms word [12:01] SooPhoo: libreoffice has the option to safe in MS office formats [12:01] *save [12:02] hi, quick question, what do I need to do to change the domain on my ubuntu box? It is getting its address from DHCP, and when I ping something it pings olddomaon.com instead of newdomain.com ... [12:02] when I ping something local that is [12:02] SooPhoo: there's also a #libreoffice channel if you want deeper investigation [12:03] thanks lotuspsychje [12:03] CQ: you mean when you ping x it tries to ping x.olddomain.com? check for 'search olddomain.com' in /etc/resolv.conf [12:03] CQ: (also, is /etc/resolv.conf a file you manually set up, or is it a symlink pointing to a file in /run/ that is dynamically created? in which case it might be the DHCP server telling you the wrong domain) [12:08] lotuspsychje, what method of searching for channels via keyword yields best results in spite of network-dont feel like im getting the most from irc atm methods of searching i know of include alist online search engine for irc channels-any suggestions? [12:08] mgedmin, I haven't rebooted since the domain change, but I thinkthats the issue. OK, rebooting gets the right domain in there. Thanks! [12:09] !alis | SooPhoo [12:09] SooPhoo: 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" [12:09] SooPhoo: are you interested in ubuntu-minded channels? [12:09] all sorts [12:09] thanks [12:10] SooPhoo: if you are looking for a specific ubuntu channel you can also ask here, general channels= !alis [12:20] what's the best way to clean a usb drive (with an old ubuntu live image installed)? [12:21] delete the partitions? [12:22] LuckyMan: make a fresh partition table [12:23] EriC^, how? [12:24] it's a flash drive [12:25] LuckyMan, open gparted -> Device -> Create new pt [12:39] LuckyMan: You want to erase usb data for use with another image, or general storage purpose? [12:40] cybercrypto, another image [12:41] LuckyMan: great... this is the most simple way: you can sudo and use dd tool [12:42] LuckyMan: something (using your drive instead of X) # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=1k count=2048 [12:42] LuckyMan: you can just write the image over the old one, no need to 'clean' it [12:42] no need to erase anything, just overwrite with the new image and be done with it [12:42] LuckyMan: to make sure what is your usb drive, use blkid [12:43] LuckyMan: since you will write another image onto it, no need to 'partition' after you erase using dd. just use dd to write image and you are good to go [12:44] I know I can overwrite it, but sometimes this flash drive is annoying... [12:44] LuckyMan: there is a good guideline related to dd on the wiki, take a look if you wheel. [12:46] I'm trying to overwrite it first. Btw why does startup disk creator asks for my password? [12:47] to elevate privileges so it can access raw block devices [12:49] LuckyMan: correct mgedmin, managing disks are admin tasks that you have to have certain permissions to be able to execute them. === ben_r_ is now known as ben_r [13:26] hello is this a place where I can ask for help about a ubuntu thing? [13:27] Guest_53: Yes, pose your question and wait for somebody to reply to you.. [13:28] How can I put wi-fi in my computer I recently installed linux and I don't know how to put the wi-fi [13:30] Hello? [13:31] is this plain ubuntu, with gnome? [13:32] yes, 18.04 [13:32] lotuspsychje: can you help? [13:33] ok, do you know how to do it? [13:33] i don't have gnome, but there should be a networking icon you can click to open a menu [13:33] gnome? [13:34] the desktop is called gnome [13:34] ok [13:34] I'm new to linux [13:34] Guest_53: wich chipset do you have? [13:35] I don't know, how do I verify that? [13:35] Guest_53: pastebin: sudo lshw -C network please [13:35] ok [13:37] ok, I've done that, how can I verify the chipset? [13:38] dmesg [13:38] Guest_53, [13:38] can you pastebin the output of that command? [13:39] no, my mouse is a little bit damaged. [13:39] wait, is it the part saying product? [13:39] sudo lswh -C network | pastebinit [13:39] (assuming the machine is online via a cable or something) [13:39] Guest_53: under your wifi chipset at bottom, does it show a driver= loaded? [13:40] wait, could find a new mouse [13:41] this was the result [13:41] description: Ethernet interface product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 logical name: enp1s0 version: 15 serial: 1c:83:41:04:72:61 size: 1Gbit/s capacity: 1Gbit/s width: 64 bits [13:41] clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 duplex=full firmware=rtl8168h-2_0.0.2 02/26/15 ip=192.168.1.85 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=1Gbit/s [13:41] resources: irq:16 ioport:1000(size=256) memory:90504000-90504fff memory:90500000-90503fff *-network UNCLAIMED description: Network controller product: BCM43142 802.11b/g/n vendor: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 version: 01 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz [13:41] capabilities: pm msi pciexpress cap_list configuration: latency=0 resources: memory:90400000-90407fff [13:42] !paste | Guest_53 [13:42] Guest_53: 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. [13:43] ok, but I pasted the result [13:43] Guest_53: your broadcom card is unclaimed, means no driver active [13:43] Guest_53: did you update your system yet? [13:43] well, it was a windows pc [13:44] no, I installed it an hour ago [13:44] !uptodate | Guest_53 first [13:44] Guest_53 first: To ensure you have all the latest known patches and security updates for your ubuntu installation, please update with the following command: `sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade`. See also !upgrades and !security; you may also need to run `apt full-upgrade`. [13:47] it's a bcm43 [13:47] Guest_53: do you have cable internet on that machine? [13:47] yes, that's why I have internet [13:47] Guest_53: update first then please [13:47] ok === Grayson_ is now known as Grayson === Cypher10X is now known as Cypher100 === sonOfRa_ is now known as sonOfRa === ltrager_ is now known as ltrager === N3X15_ is now known as N3X15 === Taco_ is now known as DetectiveTaco === Roy_Mustang is now known as A_D [13:57] Guest_53: rebooted after updates? [13:57] no [13:58] Guest_53: after reboot, could you check software&sources tab additional drivers if you see broadcom drivers to select? [13:59] I see something called software updater is it the drivers thing? === skalis1 is now known as skalis [13:59] Guest_53: no, software&updates is the icon with a box and a globe [14:00] Yes, Isee === yeats_ is now known as yeats [14:00] I'm in it now [14:01] what do I do now? [14:01] Guest_53: tab additional drivers [14:02] I'm in it it is saying to use a driver saying broadcom 802.11 something [14:03] Guest_53: do you see another driver also? [14:03] no, only that [14:04] Guest_53: did you reboot after your updates yet? [14:04] no [14:04] How can I get multitouch to work on my touchpad? [14:04] Guest_53: you see no wifi icon? [14:04] What do I do after reboot? [14:05] hello, in ubuntu 18, how do i hibernate? [14:05] Guest_53: check your wifi again [14:05] ok [14:06] and after that there is a wi-fi icon? [14:06] Guest_53: we will have to await, and see [14:06] ok, I'll reboot [14:07] (actually is there a wifi icon when you're not connected to wifi? I seem to remember the icon showing an ethernet socket in that case, but you should be able to click there and see a wifi submenu with option to connect) [14:08] yeah good notice mgedmin [14:11] ok, I clicked in a part saying to apply the changes [14:11] Guest_53: apply changes to what? === lotus|i5 is now known as lotuspsychje [14:12] it has given me a part saying the driver and then in the bottom saying apply changes, revert and restart [14:13] Guest_53: sounds promising [14:13] ok, I'll just reboot [14:16] BCM43142 seems to need braodcom-sta: sudo apt install bcmwl-kernel-source - but hopefully that's what ubuntu-drivers did. [14:17] tomreyn: : Hi Tom, as per Lotus instructions to the other user, I just noticed I also have *-serial UNCLAIMED, could this be related to my not recognizing laptop keyboard and trackpad problem? [14:18] ok, I rebooted and nothing [14:18] Gusj: let's see the full command and output (pastebin) [14:19] Guest_53: try what mgedmin adviced, pull out cable and see if wifi icon shows? [14:19] I used the cable and nothing [14:20] Guest_53: plug out cable to test please [14:20] Guest_53 could also try if his Wifi-card is blocked. Try the command: "sudo rfkill list all" and see if there is something that prevents wifi from working... [14:20] Gusj: did i send you something via memoserv the other day? did you test it, what was the result? [14:21] I tried and this was the result [14:21] 0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no2: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no [14:21] tomreyn: http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/W8KT4MpsFh/ this is sudo lshw [14:22] tomreyn: No did not receive it I don't think... how can I check now, do i go /memoserv ? [14:22] I did not advise to pull out the cable! [14:22] ok??? [14:22] I suggested opening the top-right menu and seeing if wifi connection options are there [14:22] Guest_53: Hmm... so nothing blocks your wifi. at least that's a good thing... [14:23] Guest_53, what's the chipset exactly ? lspci -nnk | nc termbin.com 9999 [14:23] BCM43142, from backlog [14:23] how can I see the chipset? [14:23] Guest_53, what's the chipset exactly ? lspci -nnk | nc termbin.com 9999 [14:24] I don't know [14:24] Guest_53, run this in terminal : lspci -nnk | nc termbin.com 9999 [14:24] Guest_53: what result for. mokutil --sb-state [14:25] Gusj, smbus is more likely to be thermal and power management stuff [14:25] what it is only a link [14:25] Guest_53, paste it here [14:25] https://termbin.com/tw1a [14:26] doug16k: Ahh I c.. I thought it was the serial port, the laptop has one.. on the right side next to the hdmi [14:26] sm = system management [14:26] Guest_53, ok : lsmod | nc termbin.com 9999 [14:27] Guest_53, and check what jeremy31 suggested [14:27] https://termbin.com/pu46 [14:27] Guest_53: disable secure boot [14:27] how do I disable it? [14:28] Guest_53: in BIOS/UEFI settings [14:28] Guest_53, yes, disable Secure Boot from bios) [14:28] Got to go now [14:29] doug16k: I understand thank you [14:29] https://termbin.com/pu46 [14:29] Oh sorry, I thought she was asking for that command [14:29] Guest_53: you ahve to see how to enter your bios when the comp boots, either 'del' 'f2' keys you can look that up with the brand of computer [14:30] Guest_53: Inside there is an option called 'Secure Boot' [14:30] and after that? [14:30] Guest_53, you need to reboot and access your BIOS [14:33] ok, I disabled it [14:34] Guest_53: working wifi now? [14:34] let me see [14:34] yes it is [14:34] thank you [14:34] wow [14:35] cookies for ioria & jeremy31 [14:35] lotuspsychje, gnam [14:35] :p [14:35] secure boot, that's not even mentioned on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx [14:35] I would not in a million years [14:35] thank you all [14:35] mgedmin: i know that wifi is pretty outdated [14:35] wiki [14:35] (the entire ubuntu wiki seems to be pretty outdated) [14:40] Gusj: sorry, had a phone call incoming there [14:41] Gusj: /msg memoserv list [14:42] but it's possible i'm mixing something up then [14:43] Gusj: so you were asking about SMBus, line 310 of your output. that's the system message bus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Management_Bus [14:43] err management, not message [14:43] tomreyn: ahh no probl Tom, Just read them, yes I had responded to you that yes I had tried that resetting the laptop and then inmediately after going into bios to reset defaults, yes tried that a long time ago... thank you [14:44] tomreyn: yes that is correct that it says 'unclaimmed' [14:44] tomreyn: but when I go to additional driver tab, there is nothing there, since the beginning have not seen anything there listed.. [14:46] Gusj: the SMBus would not be unclaimed if a matching driver was available. [14:47] "additional drivers" is just a way to install a few proprietary drivers which have explicitly been prepared by ubuntu developers to be installed this way. [14:50] tomreyn: ahh thank you Tom, so it is unclaimed because then no driver is avaliable? the power options are all good in the laptop [14:51] yes [15:09] Would my IP changing cause the downloading of a large file to fail? [15:09] when I change usb headset volume, left channel mutes. If I unplug and reconnect the headset, it returns to normal (stereo), touch volume and it mutes again [15:10] I'm trying to scp a large file to my home computer (500GB). However, it seems to fail after a few hours. I think this is because my ISP changes my IP address and it causes the download to fail. [15:10] been using this setup unchanged for months. first time I have had audio issue like this [15:12] inersha: yes, your IP changing breaks all TCP connections [15:12] inersha: your isp disconnecting you shortly would cause it. [15:12] inersha: you can use rsync -P to resume partial transfers [15:12] `pulseaudio -k` followed by `pulseaudio --start` and now no sound. sound GUI has two copies of headset now. neither works [15:12]