[01:38] having some weird audio issues, microphone sounds all chipmunky and stuttery because of unknown reasons. From a fresh boot, everything is great, but if I open Audacity it gets bad, like it's sampling super quick, running out of data, then waiting for more samples to go through instantly === zbenjamin_ is now known as zbenjamin === FleaFart is now known as LittleStinker === LittleStinker is now known as FleaFart [02:18] can anyone explain to me as to why when you install ubuntu on a separate hard drive, it modifies the EFI system on the windows drive and doesn't create it's own EFI system on the drive you install ubuntu to instead? this is such a mess if I ever have to reinstall windows [02:19] so then I have 2 EFI systems where grub works on the windows one, and doesn't work on the ubuntu one so I get duplicate boot menu entries [02:22] I really wish you guys would make grub not use the EFI System partition on the windows drive or at least put an option to not do it === FleaFart is now known as OneNut === OneNut is now known as FleaFart === FleaFart is now known as LittleStinker === LittleStinker is now known as FleaFart [02:47] hi guys I just installed skype on Macbook running Ubuntu 18.04 but the camera is not working === zenguy is now known as coffeguy === coffeguy is now known as zenguy [03:32] Has anybody else noticed that aptitude doesn't separately list security updates any more? [03:48] an aptitude search finds updates from security sources. [06:22] installing amd radeon drivers is a headache. Wasted four hours of my life. and still no drivers [06:28] how can I turn off the terminal bell on the calculator? [06:31] cthulchu: are those which come with ubuntu not working for you do you need special functionality? [06:32] Vooloo: i only know how to generally enable / disable the system alert sound, which is in settings -> sound -> sound effects (tab) [06:33] the ones that come with ubuntu are... generic [06:33] I feel like they use intel card instead and it also lacks drivers what feels like [06:34] resolution is 1024x768 [06:34] painful af [06:34] also there's no smooth transition [06:34] anyhow. Will try reinstalling the os to 18 [06:34] I'm on 19 [06:35] maybe 19 is weird this way [06:35] !YY.MM | cthulchu [06:35] cthulchu: Ubuntu version numbers are: YY.MM (YY=release year,MM=release month). Each year sees two releases, so just specifying YY is imprecise. See also https://www.ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle [06:35] which hardware do you have there? did you check you system logs on what's not working well? [06:36] took them from here: https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop [06:36] I didn't check the log, no [06:36] I just doubt it would indicate anything useful [06:36] it just uses some generic video driver and that's it [06:37] Gnome's driver updater failed to find anything [06:37] it's weird how using linux with time doesn't get easier. [06:37] depends on what hardware, what GPU is this? [06:37] this "generic" driver is one which usually works well for everyone. you seem to be convinced that you need to find some other driver which will work better for some reason, not sure what makes you think so. [06:37] lscpi could tell [06:37] radeon hd 6400m/7400m series [06:38] and another one is intel [06:38] built-in stuff [06:39] i bet the logs would have useful information, yes. [06:40] I'm gonna reinstall the os [06:40] I suspect I should've gone with TLS [06:40] *LTS [06:41] the "driver updater" you're probably referring to is an application which enables you to install proprietary drivers in select situations where the hardware producer does not provide proper open source drivers. that's not the case for the hardware you have, though, AMD supports the development of open source drivers. [06:42] uh [06:42] idk [06:42] I mean, I downloaded the driver from their site [06:43] but upon install, I got an error that my version of... UI or something is not what it expect [06:43] googling the error didn't help. [06:44] downloading the driver from amd.com was not something you needed to do, and which could likely have helped. [06:44] what could help then? [06:44] those open source drivers ship with ubuntu. in rare situations, maybe yours, some tweaking may be needed to make them work well. [06:44] if that card is using the openradeon driver, that is it. [06:45] ok, how do I check if a proper driver is used? [06:45] I mean, I know it's not proper [06:45] cuz I only have one resolution option [06:45] and that's usually the video driver issue [06:45] lspci -knn | grep -A3 VGA | nc termbin.com 9999 [06:47] also share this to check which bios version you're on: dmesg | grep 'DMI:' [06:47] tomreyn, https://termbin.com/pg7m6 [06:47] [ 0.000000] DMI: Hewlett-Packard HP ProBook 4530s/167C, BIOS 68SRR Ver. F.09 05/13/2011 [06:48] also what hotkey do you use to copy from terminal? [06:48] hell I miss copy on select. [06:48] will have to replace the native terminal or something [06:48] so your graphics hardware and the proper drivers for them was detected fine, but (maybe due to end user misconfiguration?) their drivers are not being used, but you'Re running in fallback mode. [06:48] what's a fallback mode? [06:49] oh [06:49] damn [06:50] it wouldn't be caused by nomodeset? [06:50] it sure would [06:50] damn [06:50] at least in your case [06:50] with this hardware [06:50] well, the installation would freeze without nomodeset [06:50] silently [06:50] had to google to find a solution [06:51] but you installed since, right? [06:51] well ye, but people claim it should stay nomodest [06:51] otherwise it bricks system load [06:52] ok, I'll try. [06:52] i don't know who these people are or why they would say so, but YMMV [06:53] to me it rather looks like someone is jumping to conclusions because something did not work out of the box. which is, of course, not how it should be, but also sometimes not possible to prevent. [06:53] weird, holding shift did nothing [06:54] if you're booting in uefi mode and are trying to bring up the grub menu, you'll need to press escape, possibly multiple times [06:56] it's fine, I can edit it from within the OS [06:56] which is cool [06:58] did you install all available ubuntu updates, yet? if not, i recommend you do. [06:58] I did [06:58] well, I had to do the apt-get update and upgrade [06:58] otherwise wifi didn't work [06:58] which is funny enough. [06:59] and then the GUI wanted to update stuff, so I let it [06:59] also upgrade took like ten-fifteen minutes [07:00] yeah, it bricks with no nomodeset [07:00] uh, this is a lot harder than it should be [07:01] your system bios looks very outdated, current is F.65 Rev.A (Feb 22, 2018) [07:01] you think it can be a bios issue? [07:01] maybe, hard to tell, i haven't seen any logs. [07:01] ok, later then. Gonna go to bed. Thanks for the help. See you later. [07:02] see you [07:26] Guys , need help in MAAS (Metal-as-a-service) [07:26] Hi Guys , I am stuck at MAAS 2.6 Commissioning fails due to lldpd install dependency, is this a proxy issue ? , I am not using any proxy , its a private network and using mobile phone as internet network sharing One windows server connected to MAAS server and all baremetal servers through internet connection sharing I tried no proxy and MAAS-in [07:26] build proxy in setting tab on MAAS UI guys help required [07:29] karan23245680: try #maas [07:31] Setting up a little toolchain for restarting a server. When I go `killall node && nodemon` << if there are no node processes, killall returns 1 and nodemon does not start. [07:31] is there anything I can use besides &&? will || work? [07:38] Woodpecker: && and || will either run or not run the next command based on the previous commands' exit code. apparently you want to run the next command in either case? if so, just use ; [07:38] !cookie | tomreyn [07:38] tomreyn: Wow! You're such a great helper, you deserve a cookie! [07:40] Woodpecker: more shell help in #bash and at this wiki https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide [07:40] !cookies | tomreyn [07:40] tomreyn: Cookies are delicious delicacies. [07:40] what an embarrassing bot [07:41] it just likes cookies, like every good bot. [07:44] does macspoofing work on bionic with latest kernel?i tried and it breaks wifi connection.ideas? [07:45] !info macchanger | danbe [07:45] danbe: macchanger (source: macchanger): utility for manipulating the MAC address of network interfaces. In component universe, is extra. Version 1.7.0-5.3build1 (bionic), package size 185 kB, installed size 634 kB (Only available for linux-any) [07:47] i think you can actually just set the desired mac address in the (network manager) connection profile [07:47] the "cloned address" [07:48] on the "identity" tab [07:56] thanks for your answers.will check it out [07:58] no reply coming from #maas channel , anyone can help here for MAAS related query === Thargoid is now known as stwalkerster [08:00] unlikely, we only do regular ubuntu and its flavours here. there's also #ubuntu-server, but even they may just point you to #maas [08:00] there are commercial support offerings, though. [08:00] karan23245680: ^ [08:43] hi [08:44] is there terminal app which allows to change window title bar colors? [08:45] I know I can edit ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css but I want different colors in different terminal windows [08:47] neure: I believe some terminal applications can do that via sending them ANSI escape sequences [08:51] TJ-: i know they can set the tab/terminal title, but i've never heard of one that could change the color outside of the terminal window. [08:52] ryuo: ahhh, I see what you mean. Then likely 'no' [08:53] ryuo: if it is X then maybe you can use some of the low-level X tools to make changes [08:53] that has to be solved by something else, though i've never heard of this as a feature. most terminals render the tabs/windows the same. [08:53] if it's the window title bar, then it has to be handled by the WM. [08:53] otherwise it's an application specific problem. [08:53] ... unless you're using CSD i guess. [08:55] since gnome now has a "terminal server", maybe this can handle it. [09:02] I'd just stick with tmux [09:13] neure: with gtk.css, how do you figure out the class names / selectors of the various application elements? There's no "inspector" like browsers have, is there? [09:56] How do I avoid machine freezing , when Firefox fills the RAM? [09:57] This seems like general Linux problem. [10:01] Hello, I was installed Ubuntu server (also with Gnome) to my VPS.Now the problem is how I can connect to my VPS via GUI and no iust SSH? [10:03] amrasouli79_: that is an unusual arrangement; the point of a server is usually not to operate a GUI since you've then got to send all those bits over the network using something like VNC or RDP, or possibly per-applcation with ssh -X forwarding [10:05] TJ-:No,that is a server for personal usage and no more [10:07] TJ-:you told VNC:is it a app or something else.this mean can I config it to access my VPS; [10:09] !vnc | amrasouli79_ [10:09] amrasouli79_: VNC is a protocol for remote desktop. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNCOverSSH describes how to use it securely. It works best over fast connections, otherwise look at !FreeNX === im0nde_ is now known as im0nde [10:25] ubottu:THANK [10:25] TJ-:THANK [10:29] nikolam: this can be https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196729 which is also tracked at Ubuntu bug 1833281 [10:29] bugzilla.kernel.org bug 196729 in Page Allocator "System becomes unresponsive when swapping - Regression since 4.10.x" [Normal,New] [10:29] Ubuntu bug 1833281 in Linux "System freeze when memory is put on SWAP in Linux >4.10.x" [Medium,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1833281 [10:30] nikolam: you can choose not to have swap, or to set a swapiness of 0 (so no swap is used but you can still suspend to disk) as a workaround. generally, this only happens on systems with a shortage of physical memory, i think. [10:31] hi , i'm using vbox , i'm trying to set the network to bridge adapter , it doesn't show anything , no name there , how can i fix it ? [10:31] i'm using ehternet connection on my devise [10:32] choosing not to have swap would then cause the OOM killer to become active and kill processes when you run out of ram. most likely it'll kill firefox first if this is the most memory consuming process. but it's not guaranteed (though there are settings you can change to make it more likely it will kill firefox rather than other processes) [10:32] nikolam: ^ [10:33] guei0: which ubuntu version and which virtualbox version are you using? [10:34] guei0: is your user account in the "vboxusers" group? the "groups" command would tell, it lists all of your group memberships. [10:36] im using vbox 6 [10:36] and yes my user account there [10:37] lsb_release -ds returns your ubuntu version number. apt list --installed virtualbox* lists the exact virtualbox version [10:38] did you reboot since installing virtualbox? [10:38] guei0: ^ [10:41] tomreyn, I disabled swap in /etc/fstab (for not to trash SSD) and it's still the same. [10:42] OOM is not killing anything, system just freezes/is very slow on interactive response in every way. [10:42] nikolam: how much ram do you have there? [10:42] Best would be for system to funcion like before, while Firefox is halted with RAM usage at some point. [10:43] 3.3GB usable on this platform, minus 128MB MIN. for ZFS ARC cache. [10:43] Problem were also visible before on 8GB machine, behaved the same way and for the same reason. [10:44] don't use ZFS on low memory systems. [10:44] Currently no ZFS pools active, only BTRFS. And as said RAM usage for it is limited in settings. [10:45] hmm, did you have a look at your system logs after this occured? [10:45] how do you reboot when it happens? [10:46] nikolam: have you thought to try the -lowlatency kernel ? [10:46] !sysrq | nikolam this may help keeping logs when the system 'freezes' [10:46] nikolam this may help keeping logs when the system 'freezes': In an emergency, you may be able to shutdown cleanly and reboot by holding down Alt+PrintScreen and typing slowly, in succession, S, U and B. For an explanation, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key [10:47] tomreyn, I sometimes wait for a very long time, for power dialogue to display after power button press, so I can (very slowly) click on shutdown, [10:47] but more oftec I just need to hard-reset the machine. [10:47] -generic relies on cooperative multi-threading whereas -lowlatency uses preemptive [10:47] So there might be some logs [10:48] -lowlatency may help then, i guess. [10:48] nikolam: i use ZFS on a laptop but I have 16G of physical RAM... [10:48] TJ-, I didn't know that.. huh. I'll try then other kernel from the distro. [10:48] I've always used -lowlatency on desktop systems [10:49] ryuo, Amount of ohysical RAM used by ZFS is set in /etc/modprobe.d/zfs.conf so you can control it. [10:49] well, w/e. just saying that's what i use with the default settings. [10:49] TJ-, Thank you, will try it and see if it is better. [10:50] more physical RAM could help. [10:50] DDR3 is incredibly cheap right now on ebay... [10:50] ryuo, default settigns for ZFS are to eat all your RAM if it can, so better set zfs_arc_max= and options zfs zfs_arc_min= [10:51] You can have many gigs of RAM but you still need to set up your machine. (Depending it can hold more Ram) [10:51] does ZFS stand for Zero-RAM Firefox Surrenders ? [10:52] ok... i've never had the issue you describe with ZFS but w/e. [10:52] hey, I have a colocated server that has wily running on it.. [10:53] jaggz: hopefully it's not connected to the internet [10:53] the provider (godaddy) controls the kernel, but I have my own root access and can update sources.list and stuff [10:53] tomreyn, srsly [10:54] now, it looks like LTS of even ubuntu 14 (trusty) runs until 2022 (wily is 15, and not listed here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases) [10:54] wily has been end of life for loooong, it's dead, dead, dead. running this on the internet is a risk to your system, the data it stores and th einternet itself. [10:55] jaggz: and we don't service ACME products here. ;) [10:55] heh [10:55] acme still exists [10:55] TJ-, ZFS is in production since 2006, I think it does not. [10:55] so.. I'm wondering about the proper way to update this system.. should I go to 16, then 18? [10:56] !wily [10:56] Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) was the 23rd release of Ubuntu. Support ended on July 28th, 2016. See !eol and https://ubottu.com/y/wily [10:56] you could try this, but reinstalling is certainly the better approach. but you'll need a newer kernel anyways. [10:57] the kernel is newer than my current debian system [10:57] 4.2.0 [10:57] I think since godaddy controls the kernel, they keep that updated by force [10:58] well we only support ubuntus kernels here. get a proper VM. [10:58] there is a way to xdg-open stop asking me what i want to do with magnets? I've chromium but i can't see any flag to "remember the choice" [11:05] Hey folks [11:07] heya [11:17] jaggz: i sent you an alternative hosting suggestion by private message (it's OT here). [11:17] Hey, I've tried this yesterday, but I'm gonna try again: xdg-open suddenly stopped working for me. strace says it's browsing my Music directory for reasons I don't understand and also getting into infinite loops there: [11:18] lstat("Music///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////Thelonius Monk The complete riverside recordings/", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 [11:18] So the amount of '/' is worrying me. [11:18] that is, indeed, a lot of '/'s [11:19] there doesn't seem to be any symbolic links from ~/Music to ~/Music, maybe deeper in subdirs [11:20] but I don't think the path would look like that? [11:20] anyone read my message before i quit? [11:22] at least find in ~/Music doesn't go into infinite loops [11:22] but I'm not sure why xdg-open even needs to go into my ~/Music [11:27] Guys, when we manage to boot the Linux kernel with an argument like acpi_osi= and if it doesn't boot at all when we don't give that argument, do we report it to kernel/ubuntu maintainers? I mean on a particular machine [11:27] !details | Ilgaz [11:27] Ilgaz: Please elaborate; your question or issue may not seem clear or detailed enough for people to help you. Please give more detailed information; for example, we might need errors, steps, relevant configuration files, Ubuntu version, and hardware information. Use a !pastebin to avoid flooding the channel. [11:28] Ilgaz: the machine brand, kernel version and ubuntu version would be very handy for the volunteers to know [11:28] hp pavillion x360 here. It boots to any Linux including all Ubuntu when you pass "acpi_osi=" argument to kernel. I was trying for 3 years, literally [11:29] Ilgaz: is your bios up to date on this machine? [11:29] lotuspsychje: I mean just like Web browsers have site workarounds, does Ubuntu installer have workarounds for specific machines? [11:30] lotuspsychje: yes, F41 now. It got constantly updated because of HT thing [11:30] Ilgaz: well, before we try workarounds, it would be advisable to find the root cause of this first [11:32] lotuspsychje: I must have done every trick. acpi=off would load&run any 4.x kernel but will hard freeze 5.x Thanks to the wireless broadcom nightmare, I found acpi_osi= argument which basically enables whole machine to Linux [11:32] Ilgaz: can we see a dmesg from this machine please? [11:37] lotuspsychje: current right? what is the easiest way to do it from terminal? [11:37] !dmesg | Ilgaz [11:37] Ilgaz: dmesg is a console command which outputs the kernel ring buffer - an important log for diagnosing problems in Linux. Often when something errors with hardware it will result in additional lines reported which can be seen by running dmesg in a console. [11:38] !pastebinit | Ilgaz [11:38] Ilgaz: 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 [11:38] >file.txt trickery didn't work :-) [11:39] http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/3FbHTzSDWP/ [11:40] lotuspsychje: It is particularly interesting that this machine doesn't boot to any Linux 4.x+ , it isn't directly Ubuntu but all Linuxes [11:41] Ilgaz: if this issue keeps haunting you on several ubuntu versions, perhaps you should file a new !bug ? [11:41] lotuspsychje: you know the answer to my issue? [11:42] tommy``: did you ask a question? [11:42] Ilgaz: are you sure that 2018 bios is latest? [11:42] I believe this hits to every similar machine user. Ubuntu&Gnome is the ideal "2 in 1" solution, it performs amazingly better than Win 10. Even concept change etc works 10x faster [11:43] yes but i rebooted, i would like that xdg-open stop asking me forever to open magnet links with bittorrent, i can't find any "remember choice" check [11:43] lotuspsychje: yes, I always keep an eye on HP BIOS updates page since they don't tell it in their software update anymore. [11:43] brb [11:44] Ilgaz: is that the ryzen based one? [11:44] ryuo: No, I heard the ryzen thing. This is Intel i5 with HD 5500 GPU [11:45] Machine does have a dedicated, illuminated Windows key. Can give a clue about how Windows centric they made it [11:45] Ilgaz: what versions have you tried? [11:46] oh. [11:46] nevermind [11:46] Funny thing is, Ubuntu even uses that key (I just tried) Even illuminates it when pressed [11:46] it's probably hardware controlled. [11:46] that's the case for this probook. [11:46] ryuo: I am trying to boot into Linux since 2016 and just by 1 argument, it boots fine [11:47] ryuo: Refind/Refit author says the EFI BIOS on many machines are buggy, I also believe the BIOS is the root cause of this [11:48] so you booted with the old one then? [11:48] on some Pavillion models, Ubuntu is officially supported but it isn't the case here. [11:48] ryuo: any kernel 4.x+ will boot with "acpi_osi=" argument passed to kernel [11:49] and without? [11:49] It could be the case for other machines too. It fails otherwise, like a hard bricked Android phone, black screen with cursor and nothing happens [11:49] what distributions have you tried? [11:50] All Ubuntu, Fedora 30-31, Debian 10.1 , Debian 9.x [11:51] I usually try manjaro because it's rolling release. [11:51] That argument tells Linux not to claim it is Windows BTW, by default it claims it is Windows when asked by BIOS [11:51] legacy reasons. [11:51] yea [11:52] Manjaro if I remember right, has a different issue when acpi=off passed, it won't detect keyboard. I also reported that one [11:53] all i can tell you is there's something wrong with the ACPI tables. [11:54] HP consumer devices tend to have more compatibility issues. [11:54] I mean, I tried to report everything while having issues. Funny thing is,now Ubuntu performs far better&intuitive than Windows 10 here. No more freezes when you change to tablet mode, virtual keyboard opens perfectly even with Firefox [11:54] I've had far fewer ones with business hardware. [11:55] Yes, it seems like these machines are only tested for Windows 8.1+ which came with the device. I noticed they even have dedicated Ubuntu sections with their pro manuals. [11:55] ProBook 455 G5, only outstanding issue is the FP reader is incompatible. [11:56] rest of the issues were fixed by a kernel patch and a bios updte [11:57] audio LEDs weren't working; i found out how to make it work and wrote a kernel patch to enable the hardware specific workaround to make it work. [11:59] ryuo: You know, kernel got too complex for people like me to follow&hand build things. I just wonder what is the Ubuntu policy on non-working hardware. Do they try to pass workarounds for a set of machines? I don't think so, it would make things very complex [12:04] Ilgaz: how do you think the upstream kernel works? there's lots of device specific workarounds. [12:05] all i had to do was add my hardware ids to an existing set of kernel functionality. [12:05] then again my issue was trivial by comparison. [12:12] Query: How do I install steam on eoan? I tried apt install steam-installer but it says unmet dependencies, depends on steam but it is not installable. === zenguy is now known as coffeeguy === coffeeguy is now known as zenguy [12:15] Same here [12:16] It seems like their download installer etc things doesn't work [12:17] The_LoudSpeaker, probly due to the fact that Eoan is not an official release yet [12:17] Yes [12:17] As far as I recall, there was some ppa I had to add. Someone answered last time when I asked for 19.04. but I lost my previous messages due to shift to quassel from znc. [12:17] BluesKaj: That could be it. But I would like to try from that PPA once. [12:18] 19.04 isn't an official release? I mean most gamers tend to use the latest OS, steam guys should know it [12:18] !ubuntu+1 [12:18] Eoan Ermine is the codename for Ubuntu 19.10 - Support only in #ubuntu+1 [12:18] The_LoudSpeaker, why not wait 'til Thurs for the official release to be safe [12:18] tomreyn: Thanks! [12:19] BluesKaj: Coz there's a LAN party tonight. XD [12:19] bah! [12:20] I got 19.04 and steam doesn't work either [12:21] It works. I was using it till last week. [12:21] Someone here had pointed me to a PPA. [12:21] Then sudo apt Install steam worked. [12:22] lucky you :-) [12:22] I am loading from Terminal, lets see what fails. Man their Font, my eyes :-) === lotus|i5 is now known as lotuspsychje [12:29] Hello! Is it worth to update ubuntu 12.04 to ubuntu 18.04 or better to make clean install? My main concern that much of stuff changed and I'd have to deal with lots of updated configs [12:30] May be its better to make new clean install [12:30] Kemopan: 12.04 is end of life [12:30] Kemopan: updates to 14.04 -> 16.04 -> 18.04 are possible; new clean install is also possible; only you can decide which you prefer? [12:30] Ilgaz: will you be creating a new !bug now? [12:31] Kemopan: clean install, less headache [12:31] yes [12:31] EriC^^, thats my thought :D [12:31] :D [12:31] Ilgaz: let us know the bug ID when created ok [12:31] Kemopan: 14.04 is also EOL, so you'd have to muck with https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades, which is a bit of a pain [12:31] clean install is nicer, if it's an option for oyu [12:31] OK thanks for caring [12:31] ah thats what I've been looking for, thanks, doing clean install [12:32] Kemopan, If your computer is a bit old check that your computer has enough RAM and all, you might wanna try LUbuntu or something else. [12:32] akem__, its virtual machine :P [12:32] Kemopan, Ha ok, Np then. [12:39] hi all id like to know if i need to setup ufw as a typical desktop user...is irc a server service/daemon? what are some examples (other than ssh) of services, daemons or, server servicies that would make configuring ufw/iptables (for desktop) a good idea [12:41] chopchop, you mean something like this? http://www.webmin.com/screens2/firewall-edit.png [12:43] me prefer to edit config file in text-editor and iptables-save/iptables-restore when doing changes [12:45] hmm, I forgot how I made my gpg not asking for passphrase at all even after rebooting.. [12:48] yeah id like to know if i need it on desktop [12:48] lotuspsychje and others, here is the bug report against kernel. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1848017 [12:48] Launchpad bug 1848017 in linux (Ubuntu) "Kernel needs a special workaround argument to boot" [Undecided,New] [12:48] Ilgaz: tnx lets have a look [12:49] They really streamlined the bug report process very good [12:49] and if i do need it(which i read in an article just now) what are some examples of services or daemons a desktop user may run that would require them to consider using and properly configuring rules [12:50] Ilgaz: you might want to attach your dmesg as attachment aswell [12:50] oops, yes. Adding [12:50] Oh that wizard added it for me [12:51] Ilgaz: installation media says 16.04, have you been upgrading since then? and did you try a clean liveusb to compare too? [12:51] Kemopan, what is that image of specifically [12:51] current-dmesg.txt [12:51] Ilgaz: oh right, my bad [12:51] chopchop, webmin, but I'm not sure what are you doing, do you want to start irc server on your desktop? [12:52] lotuspsychje: yes, it is like I upgraded from 16.04 to 16.10 and when I "fixed" the kernel, I moved to 18.04 as it can boot now. [12:52] I have like 4-5 live USB iso images here, all boots when you pass acpi_osi= argument [12:52] no i just want to use irc to chat [12:53] i am very green(inexperienced) [12:53] and things like transmission [12:54] Ilgaz: are you dualbooting uefi? [12:54] perhaps nextcloud one day but that will be a dedicated old laptop [12:54] Yes, I have refind installed too. [12:54] Ilgaz: did you try to boot in legacy yet? [12:55] Oh yea, once, Fedora managed to boot in legacy with acpi=off , it installed itself with MBR method destroying Windows boot [12:56] Debian seems to have another issue, it fails at grub-install step (EFI) [12:56] chopchop, usually you don't have to edit your firewall for outgoing connections, but nextcloud and torrents require incoming connections [12:56] iptables-save > /tmp/iptables [12:56] and check that file) [12:57] Ilgaz: r8169 0000:04:00.0: can't disable ASPM; OS doesn't have ASPM control you got this chipset? r8169? [12:57] so in that case i would just make a rule according to settings in the respective program [12:57] depends on your current policy [12:57] lotuspsychje: there is some issue with ASPM on Windows 10 too as far as I remember [12:58] and security you want to achieve [12:59] lotuspsychje: pci=biosirq added for Broadcom 43142, would it be related? [12:59] Ilgaz: i also got an r8169 bug, doing very weird things resulting in flickering screen [13:00] i want good security and im not sure what ubuntu requires to not be wide open [13:00] chopchop, if you want to make nextcloud, by default it usually utilizes tcp port 443 and tcp port 80, incoming policy is usually drop, especially if its availible on internets, so you'd likely have to allow these incoming ports [13:01] chopchop, do iptables-save, you have to understand your current config first :P [13:01] i update i dont install from random places and im careful re emails and surfing habbits i use firefox and noscript etc [13:01] lotuspsychje: Debian install claims it needs a firmware to function (realtek) but it seems to work fine without it. Perhaps that firmware does the ASPM thing? [13:01] or may be you have to go ufw style, I'm not fammiliar with ufw [13:01] Kemopan, cheers re the iptable-save props [13:02] Ilgaz: i had to add this to grub: i915.fastboot=0 intel_idle.max_cstate=4 [13:03] ive already learnt the hard way to make a bakup of anything your gonna mess with lols configs etc [13:04] thinking my usecase is going to be hell basic compared to yours =) thanks for all the advice and knowledge [13:04] iptables-save just saves your runtime iptables config [13:05] yeah i guessed as much [13:06] lotuspsychje: I shouldn't try more things as I am able to boot eh? [13:06] Ilgaz: you dont have other side effects with that acpi line anymore? [13:08] lotuspsychje: nope. acpi_osi= fixes all problems including battery level not shown, brightness keys not working, wlan "hardware blocked". [13:08] Ilgaz: ok, lets leave it for the devs indeed then [13:51] Hi, I'm trying to use text-to-speech on Ubuntu and use the Daniel voice (British English). But have not been able to find the right package on Ubuntu that I should be installing. Any thoughts? [14:59] Just installed Ubuntu, but I get this error: System BootOrder not found. Initializing defaults. Creating boot entry "BootXXXX" with label "ubuntu" for the file "\EFI\ubuntu\shimx.efi" Reset System [14:59] How do I set the BootOrder? [15:14] AlexPortable: BootOrder there refers to an (U)EFI variable of the same name [15:14] sudo efivar | grep BootOrder [15:16] actually: sudo efivar -l | grep BootOrder [15:17] AlexPortable: is this a one time thing, or do you get that error on every boot? [15:18] also, does it continue booting after the error? [15:28] tomreyn: where do i put that command? in the boot screen? [15:28] mgedmin it reboots after error and then shows it again one second, reboots, shows it again, etc [15:29] that sounds bad :/ [15:29] can you get a boot menu? or enter the bios setup and see if there are options to specify boot order? [15:29] hey, im currently running a node server on port 8085 and i have firewalld and ufw dissabled but when i go to curl 8085 from outside even from another computer inside the same network im getting nothing back [15:30] if i go on the server and do a curl localhost:8085 it does return the page in which i have running [15:31] in bios boot i can choose between: internal disk, external usb disk, os boot manager, optical disk drive [15:32] running an nmap -A localhost -p 8085 i get back 8085/tcp open http Node.js (Express middleware) [15:34] jamie_1: does netstat -tln | grep 8085 show the node process listening on 127.0.0.1, or on 0.0.0.0? (if you don't hav netstat, use ss -tnl) [15:35] Hey guys [15:36] mgedmin: tcp6 0 0 :::8085 :::* LISTEN [15:36] huh, it should be reachable then [15:36] I have uninstalled pulseaudio-equalizer because it was crashing and when I purged all the other elements it seems I have lost control over my sound (volume up and down button no longer work). Running ubuntu 18.04 on Dell XPS 9560 [15:37] I tried installing back pulseaudio and stuff but seems it's still not working [15:37] mgedmin: i have it running in a google cloud box and i was 99% sure it was setup fine... i have the firewall rules setup on google cloud and i have a feeling its them [15:37] but they dont want to admit it [15:38] looks like im swapping hosts.... again === ctrlbreak_MAD is now known as ctrlbreak === SimonNL is now known as SimonNL_Afk [16:20] Can anyone confirm a bug? 1. sudo apt-get install xapian-examples 2. g++ `xapian-config --cxxflags --libs` /usr/share/doc/xapian-examples/examples/simpleindex.cc 3. Step two fails... it should succeed. [16:20]