[00:08] Hi friends [00:09] I am curious, how come when I install the Official Mozilla Snap from the Ubuntu Software store on Ubuntu 18.04.3, I can watch DRM content, but when I use the build that comes with Ubuntu I can't watch DRM content even AFTER enabling it in Firefox? [00:10] not sure you need to logout/login after that firefox drm setting change.. [00:10] hmm good idea [00:11] let me try that [00:11] and Step 2: Make sure that you have the required add-ons [00:11] https://itsfoss.com/netflix-firefox-linux/ [00:11] ok [00:11] its very strange it works on the Snap provided by Mozilla [00:11] no, that page says restart FF is enough [00:11] but it does not work on the one that Ubuntu comes with from Canonical [00:11] ok ill try [00:12] check the contents of plugins in that snap vs apt install? [00:12] good idea [00:12] :) [00:14] or i can just use the official mozilla one and uninstall the canonical one haha [00:34] Hi. Does anybody here have a Microsoft Arc Mouse that works smoothly with Ubuntu? My wireless mouse appears to stop scrolling after a few minutes (perhaps some kind of power saving feature that turns it off?) [00:41] im on 18.04. Any opinions on whether or not it is worth upgrading to latest? [00:42] * eelstrebor sticks with LTS releases [00:42] jjbuggle: New(er) hardware to support then yes - else no; 18.04 is LTS. [00:43] jjbuggle: that's up to you, what you want your machine to do -- if you just want it to work, 18.04 LTS is probably the choice; if you're more interested in trying new things, then maybe upgrading is worthwhile [00:46] well, my bluetooth headphones don't work with zoom, which is a very narrow and unusual bug, so i started thinking about it [00:47] jjbuggle: have you fiddled with pavucontrol yet? that seems to solve most audio issues [00:47] sarnold: yeah. It just won't let me switch the zoom audio stream to the headphones. it just does nothing [00:48] dantg [00:48] maybe you can try on live usb if it works with new version [00:48] but iam not sure if it load all modules on live [00:49] I would create a virtual machine, usb passthrough the device to it and check if it works on the vm [00:53] oh, I see what you are saying, boot a live usb of the latest. That's a good idea [00:59] i use the blueman ppa for these BT A2dp audio switch issue [01:08] Hello. How do I play a video on boot? I tried making a crontab entry that plays the video with ffplay on @reboot, but it doesn't play. If I pass ffplay the -nodisp argument, though, the sound does play, but I want to play a video. I also tried setting DISPLAY=:0, but that didn't work either. [01:11] not possible until the xserver is running. [01:11] m5w: hmm, cron doesn't feel like the right way there; if you set up auto login, you ought to be able to add something to your session to start playing there [01:11] and then you would have 3.8 seconds video :-D [01:11] and then login [01:16] OerHeks, yeah, I tried setting it up as a systemctl service first and having it require graphical.target, but it would always segfault === crondd is now known as crond [01:33] What is Ubuntu like for touchscreen `slate` computers? [01:36] My system wasn't booting so I added nomodeset to the boot options, and it was hanging at this screen for a few minutes, and now it's switching between this screen and "[hostname] login:" every few seconds. https://usercontent.irccloud-cdn.com/file/mx4GlmF3/IMG_20191107_203504__01.jpg [01:37] I can't even get into Ubuntu. I thought LTS was supposed to be stable. [01:41] It is supposed to be stable. Did it not even boot once after install? [01:42] leonardus: do other virtual consoles work? [01:42] It did, then it just suddenly broke. [01:42] sarnold: No, it just keeps switching between those two screens. [01:43] I can't seem to get out of it. [01:43] did you select auto-login during the initial setup? [01:43] No [01:47] * m5w sent a long message: < https://matrix.org/_matrix/media/r0/download/matrix.org/ubfriFHSymBjiwxikmkFcWQB > [01:49] m5w: ah! neat [01:50] Am I going to have to reinstall Ubuntu completely? [01:57] leonardus: probably not, but I don't know much about debugging video card issues [01:59] Hello, I'm doing web dev on windows and recently switched to ubuntu. I noticed a headline font in ubuntu looks bold compared to windows. Is that expected? [02:00] Mr_Tib100: screenshot? [02:01] let me fire up my VM and take one [02:01] Mr_Tib100: excellent question; I wonder if any of those services to 'view your website on 200 browsers' still exist any more or not.. now that there's only five or six of any size.. [02:02] Also, are you using the same browser (and version) on both OSs? And are they both using the same font? [02:41] leonardus: Give me 5 more min to take the screenshot. I just installed a VM, LAMP and cloned a repo lol [02:44] Mr_Tib100, Ubuntu installs free and open source fonts by default. Many websites, to differentiate themselves, purchase and use non-free or proprietary fonts. Many of those fonts require licenses to distribute with OS's, something Ubuntu doesn't include as it is offered for free. So when a font a website chooses is not available in Ubuntu, the web browser will choose a font that best approximates the desired font, based on [02:44] information known. Typically starting with is the font a serif, sans-serif, monospace, or fantasy type font. It then substitutes a similar font for the one defined. [02:45] leonardus, pragmaticenigma: here´s the screenshot. FF in WIN on the left and Mint on the right [02:45] https://imgur.com/a/GmjQmFI [02:46] looks like left is using a "-light" variant of some font which is not installed on ubuntu. === zbenjamin is now known as Guest80157 === zbenjamin_ is now known as zbenjamin [02:46] on closer inspection, it looks like those are two entirely separate fonts. [02:47] this is what I´m using [02:47] https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.1/content/typography/#headings [02:47] sorry, it is actually this one [02:47] https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.1/content/typography/#display-headings [02:47] Mr_Tib100, the Firefox screen shot on the right is using a basic sans-serif font. While the one on the left is using a non-free font [02:47] Display headings [02:47] it says right there: "Use a native font stack that selects the best font-family for each OS and device." [02:47] they're just two different fonts, simple as that [02:48] if you'd like to force a particular font, that's an option (one that I disagree with, but regardless, an option to make the site look more uniform across platforms) [02:48] this is a question more suited for #web [02:49] Also note Mr_Tib100 LinuxMint is not Ubuntu. Please try to keep your questions related to the Ubuntu OSs. While they may appear similar, they are significant design and implementation differences between the two that this channel is not meant to support. [02:51] sorry about that [02:52] thank you both for your answers though, you cleared up my questions [03:20] Hi, will siliconmotion support be removed for 20.04? [03:23] !ubuntu+1 | FurretUber [03:23] FurretUber: Focal Fossa is the codename for Ubuntu 20.04 - Support only in #ubuntu+1 [03:24] When i run gnome-system-monitor i cant change to the resources or filesystem view. Any ideas? [03:26] If i launch it from thet terminal i get dconf-warning : failet to commit changes to dconf [03:26] flog: check dmesg; do you have a bunch of apparmor denials about snap gnome monitor thing? [03:27] The error message is longer than suitable for irc, let me pastebin it. [03:28] Might have something to do with that i tried out slim instead of gdm. [03:30] sarnold:https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/TTrZtMd8hK/ [03:31] flog: oh interesting, not what I expected [03:31] That is when i launch gnome-system-monitor from the terminal. [03:32] I am running i3, and used slim as login manager. [03:33] flog: I *think* this is the place to report gnome system monitor on ubuntu bugs https://forum.snapcraft.io/categories === ben_r_ is now known as ben_r [03:42] sarnold:changed back to using gdm instead of slim but the error persists. I think that installing slim was the only change i did before starting to see the issue with gnome-system-monitor [03:42] . [03:43] flog: check snap's logs for gnome system monitor? maybe it was recently updated? [03:50] can someone show me how to install and run a mail server, also i wanted to add a private email, like for example ju@nonymous.me. can someone walk me trough? thank you [03:52] juanonymous: hopefully useful to you https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/email-services.html [03:53] thanks sarnold [04:03] sarnold: where wolud i find that? [04:03] Is there anything like pyshaper for modern ubuntu I'm interested in blocking internet traffic by process name [04:04] flog: something like "snap info" I think [04:04] contact/maintainer info: snap info snapname yeah [04:05] aiena: and if the process name changes, what would you like to happen? [04:06] i guess it would unblock [04:07] I ws looking at imjptables and curious. Can I block by changing the grup of a process to a group say called "nointernet" [04:07] at iptables [04:07] what about ufw not ao familiar with it. [04:08] it'd be a bit difficult to put specific processes into specific groups for that to work [04:08] lotuspsychje: just need to read up on some basics on snaps. Dont even know what it is yet :p [04:08] ufw doesn't provide ways to block by program, just by ports used [04:08] aiena: it wouldn't be too hard to smack an apparmor profile on a handful of programs, but there's no easy way to let the program get to the internet just by changing its process name [04:08] !snap | flog [04:08] flog: Snaps are containerised software packages similar to flatpaks or appimage. For more info, see https://snapcraft.io [04:09] aiena: and apparmor wouldn't make it easy to block "the internet", just "no networking at all" -- which might be more than you suspect [04:10] by no networking you mean even IPC would halt [04:10] guys quick question here, Linux is my second language so please be patient with me. I can't get an IP from my ISP. my netplan looks great but still can't get an IP. Is it something with UFW maybe? [04:10] most likely I think [04:11] aiena: apparmor's controls are still a b it course: you could allow unix domain sockets, but eg if you wanted to block tcp off-host, you'd also have to block tcp on loopback too [04:11] LinuxSL you can rule out ifs by stopiing the daemon. systemctl stop ufw [04:11] *rule out ufw [04:11] after you stop the daemon see if you can get an ip [04:13] sarnold thanks, I will look into apparmor when I get home. [04:20] LinuxSL: is it actually being applied? [04:21] LinuxSL: and no, ufw shouldn't get in the way on the default settings. [04:22] LinuxSL: though, you're not using a router? most of the time you get your IP over a LAN DHCP. [04:26] thanks guys. I'm trying to build a router with 2 interfaces. currently I'm at work and won't be able to disable ufw to retry dhcp from isp [04:26] Is there a way to list the *dependents* of a systemd unit (specifically, a service unit) [04:27] e.g. i want to check what things depend on mysql.service. [04:27] Some kind of systemctl command? [04:27] How to get Ubuntu to rotate the screen when I tilt the tablet 90 degrees?? [04:27] sarnold: im not sure what sort of information im looking for about my gnome-system-monitor [04:27] LinuxSL: it's unlikely to be ufw; check your logs, find out if you're using systemd's dhcp or if you're using dhcpcd or dhclient or whatever.. [04:27] flog: recent updates that you might be able to blame, maybe a place to file bugs.. [04:27] i think systemd-networkd or something like that from journalctl [04:28] if I remember from this morning [04:28] correctly ;) [04:30] the weird thing I don't understand is during bootup, it froze for like 2 minutes while trying to get an IP from my ISP, then gave up then continue booting and then I see the login prompt [04:31] why can't it just ok, no IP, i'm going to continue booting instead of hanging up on me for a good 2 minutes [04:32] i want to make my ubuntu box a router. WIFI connects to the internet, and eth0 as local LAN. Any solution beside IP forwarding? [04:33] long story short, I started my Linux journey about 20 days ago afte giving up on Hyper-V and windows server so unstable [04:33] now i'm on esxi and a bunch of VMs running ubuntu [04:34] learning almost everything from scratch and lots of googling [04:34] first time I setup CUPS, took me a good 2 hours [04:34] then SAMBA at least 6 hours [04:34] LOL [04:34] then homebridge, days [04:34] then openvpn, a week [04:35] linuxSL: have you done openstack, k8s, docker, centos admin,etc? [04:35] now I'm facing with a new challenge, setting up a firewall [04:35] zero what you said [04:35] ah [04:35] i might do docker next [04:35] a firewall for what? [04:36] i have a wifi router asus [04:36] you are making a dedicated firewall? [04:36] but i see the the cpu stat keep hitting 100% on core 1 [04:36] so I said, forget this router [04:36] I'll let you do AP mode so your CPU don't crank [04:36] and I'll run a VM for routing [04:36] so that's where it began. LOL [04:37] for now, since the ubuntu server VM isn't online because I can't figure out why dhcp don't work so I can get a public IP, I'm still using the asus router for now [04:38] but that router is slow as hell [04:38] 2 core and 1 core is constantly at 100% [04:38] have you thought about the firmware on your router or exchanging it? [04:38] my wifi speed sucks and I know it is because of the asus router [04:38] it could be compromised [04:38] no it's not too old and not too new [04:39] asus ac68u [04:39] latest firmware [04:39] ah [04:39] i don't even run openvpn on that router [04:39] have you called up your cable service about it? [04:39] otherwise i might as well have no internet at home if I do that [04:39] why call them [04:40] the asus router got an IP just fine [04:40] sometimes they can help [04:40] it's when I disconnect from the asus router and plug it into the ubuntu server is when i can't get an IP [04:40] cuz sometimes they register your mac address [04:40] no they don't [04:40] ok. i've had that done to me. [04:40] their router is in my garage collecting dust :) [04:40] asus router doesn't even have the same MAC [04:40] ok [04:41] How to get Ubuntu to rotate the screen when I tilt the tablet 90 degrees?? [04:41] i might sell their router and make a few bucks since I don't even use it [04:41] perhaps you can try a new router and return if it doesnt work. [04:41] asus ac68u is not bad [04:41] and can't return [04:41] it's 2yrs old [04:41] i mean.. try out a second one. [04:41] go buy new one? [04:41] why? [04:42] when i can use ubuntu VM from my esxi server [04:42] just make sure it's not your asus. [04:42] ok. i guess you can do that. [04:43] if you have problems only when you use your asus router. maybe you can get a second router to test that first one. [04:44] yea but it would be cheaper for me to just get ubuntu working [04:44] i don't have to drive anywhere [04:44] or buy anything [05:17] sarnold: solved it, dconf reset -f /org/gnome/gnome-system-monitor [05:56] i would like to measure the time of launching an application, any tips? [05:58] The time it takes to launch? [05:58] yes [05:58] hexchat is taking some time, could be useful to measure for a bug [05:58] ah [05:59] Can you launch it with some verbose debugging? [05:59] And check times in some log maybe? [05:59] i just reinstalled xubuntu and it seems i'm having issues with thunderbird and gmail [06:00] flog: the manpage doesnt show a verbose option so it seems [06:00] i get put into an authentication loop with thunderbird not catching the handoff from the google verification [06:01] anyone know what may be causing that? [06:02] lotuspsychje: does "time" give you the info you need? [06:02] flog: lets test [06:03] flog: yeah, tnx thats gonna be useful [06:04] lotuspsychje: glad to help, without really knowing much :p [06:06] flog: dont worry im pre testing 20.04 here, not supported in here :p [06:09] is that going to be the next lts? [06:10] flog: yes sir [06:11] Cool. [06:11] flog: support in #ubuntu+1 if you want to know more of it [06:12] ill read up on it [06:12] lotuspsychje, hexchat is funny it is delay join channel or launch ... [06:13] leden: didnt see the problem on 18.04, its lagging now for launch only yeah [06:13] How to get Ubuntu to rotate the screen when I tilt the tablet 90 degrees?? [06:14] callipygous, does ubuntu recognize the gyroscope sensor? [06:15] flog, LTS comes out every other year [06:15] not a clue, I've not had a tablet before [06:15] flog, nominally, in april [06:16] callipygous, well, if the sensor isn't recognized, it's not going to auto rotate [06:16] HiddenDjinn: just recently got back to using linux after being on the two dark sides for 10 years. [06:16] flog, and version numbers for ubuntu follow year.month of release(nominally) [06:17] I must have been on ubuntu 6.04 or something. [06:17] back then. [06:19] flog, i was using slackware in the 6.xx era of ubuntu [06:19] i first installed ubuntu at 8.04, iirc [06:20] Well ubuntu wasnt geeky enough so i went with gentoo :p But now i dont really tinker so plain ubuntu but with i3 is sweet. [06:20] HiddenDjinn, what would I look for? What is the sensor called? [06:21] lsusb shows up 'Silicon Motion' .. whatever that is [06:21] gyroscope or orientation [06:21] silicon motion sounds promising though. [06:21] it does [06:22] flog, i was using slackware since the late 90s, so...yeah [06:23] flog, i'm not proud that i stuck with it as long as i did [06:23] flog, it was out of pure stubbornness [06:24] DWasnt slackware kinda stable though? [06:24] flog, it still is, but it's not exactly updated these days and you get weird issues with certain video cards and certain efi systems [06:25] is the slackware creator Patrick still active? [06:25] callipygous: what tablet do you have? it is probably easier to google the make and model and if there is anyone using ubuntu/or any other distro for that matter. [06:26] libreWorld, that's a good question [06:26] Also silicon motion seems to be a graphics cards? [06:26] libreWorld, i've lost track [06:27] flog, I did look. Doesn't seem the Samsung Slate 7 was that popular :( [06:27] yea me too, I know he battled health issues years ago [06:28] keep it ubuntu issue related guys [06:28] !chat [06:28] #ubuntu is the Ubuntu support channel, for all Ubuntu-related support questions. Please register with NickServ (see /msg ubottu !register) and use #ubuntu-offtopic for other topics (though our !guidelines apply there too). Thanks! [06:28] or #ubuntu-discuss [06:28] lotuspsychje, you have any idea what would be causing thunderbird to go into an auth loop with google? [06:29] From an arch wiki page: "The Series 7 Slate, as far as I can tell uses a STMicroelectronics LSM303DLH Accelerometer/Magenetometer. " [06:31] callipygous: the archwiki is usually really good. Looking at the same article as you and it does mention the use of some ubuntu stuff. [06:31] Hey any fibre channel guys in here? [06:31] I missed what DE he was talking about, but screen rotation usually has a setting in the Settings area, check that? [06:32] callipygous: checkout the script for screen rotation in the article. [06:34] hello anybody [06:35] hi [06:38] greetings [06:38] hello [06:44] I'm real-samurai from japan. [06:44] Samurais soul is 知恩報恩. [06:44] samurai feel kindness and return a favor. [06:45] 知恩報恩, Chi-on-hou-on, It is very difficult to translate into English. [06:47] lol [06:47] only ubuntu issues here real-samurai [06:47] sorry. [06:48] I'm re-installing ubuntu server 18.04.3. [06:50] I failed on the first install, Featured Server Snaps too many. [06:52] why not try out 19.10? [06:52] they say that 19.10 runs faster than 19.04 [06:53] that was chinese: zhi eng bao eng: i recognize kindness and will repay kindness. [06:56] I put stability first for use at work. [06:56] can u read 知恩報恩? [07:01] 知恩報恩 Chi-on-hou-on has very different meanings China and Japan. [07:01] stop that real-samurai [07:03] sorry lotuspsychie [07:28] yes,i can read that. [07:28] oh. real samuari, you meant that in japanese> [07:38] real-samurai: if you have any ubuntu support questions, you'Re welcome to ask here. if you would like to discuss ubuntu related topics, #ubuntu-discuss is better suited. for social chat and other topics, there is #ubuntu-offtopic (but guidelines apply there, too). [07:44] I installed ubuntu server 18.04.3 and installing ubuntu-desktop. [07:45] i want try install ubuntu desktop japanese remix. [07:46] do you have a support question, though? [07:47] please note that "ubuntu desktop japanese remix" is probably not supported here. [07:47] (just by the name, i have never heard of it) [07:49] hello, I have my language set to US_en but a lot of locale settings (time, currency, etc.) to German, and I am getting applications opening in German, how can I change this? [07:50] all of the language settings seem to be correct [07:50] do you mean en_US.UTF-8? [07:51] note that locales can be set system wide but overridden on a user scope. [07:52] thanx CQ [07:53] tomreyn, https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/JrtqBnbzb7/ [07:53] CQ: see what i wrote above. also discuss how you configured your locales, and what "locale" outputs [07:53] CQ: what did you just post there? [07:53] /etc/default/locale [07:54] locale outputs among others LANGUAGE=en_US:de ... I assume that's the culprit ? [07:55] yes, if you want those changes to apply system wide you should also set LANGUAGE=de_DE:de in /etc/default/locale [07:55] well, I want the language to be english, jsut numbers etc. de, so LANGUAGE=eu_US:en probably then? [07:57] tomreyn, how do I get the system to reread /etc/default/locale then after changing it? [07:57] yes, but also change LANG to en_US.UTF-8 then [07:57] LANG="en_US.UTF-8" [07:57] LC_CTIME LC_COLLATE LC_MESSAGES should also be set to "de_DE.UTF-8" [07:57] ...thats already set [07:57] ah right, sorry [07:58] to apply the changes, i think oyu need to logout and login [07:58] HOw to increase ulimit? https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/3qVvY3YdC4/ [07:59] yeah, or just . /etc/default/locale ...in every shell ;) [08:01] ? [08:02] hay, i have a problem with my ftp upload on my ubuntu server. Is here anyone who can help me? [08:03] NiceKype85: not unless you provide details [08:03] Intelo: run ulimit with the options listed in brackets [08:03] ...supplying new values [08:03] see also its man page [08:03] I first ask that i dont must write in any chat the howl text :D [08:04] tomreyn, I did this: Is that ok?: sudo vim /etc/sysctl.conf [08:04] # add the following line to it: fs.file-max = 65535 [08:06] Intelo: syntactically i think that's fine, yes. a better place to put it wouldbe in a new file (with a name hinting that it contains local modifications) in /etc/sysctl.d/ [08:06] I installed vsftpd on my ubuntu 18.04 server. I activated much options from some install instructions. And i can connect without problems. But i cant up- or download anything. Firewall and ports are correct. I tried to change some settings, i tried to reinstall, but nothing helps === NiceKype85 is now known as NiceKype [08:07] tomreyn, ok, What I did would be permanent to all users and dont need a system restart? [08:08] Intelo: yes, after you ran sysctl -p[FILE] [08:08] specify the [FILE] in case you placed it in /etc/sysctl.d/ [08:09] otherwise, for sysctl.conf, you can omit [FILE] [08:10] NiceKype: is ftp the correct protocol? most people should prefer sftp (via openssh) nowadays. [08:11] a colleague from work told me that normal ftp works better. And i tried sftp first but that dont work too [08:11] "don't work" is not the most preferred way to describe problems around here, in case this is somethign you'd like to solve. [08:11] if you still think you must use ftp, make sure you check your log files about what's failing. vsftpd takesa while and dedication to configure the first time around. [08:12] on the other hand, there are a *lot* of guides on it online. [08:12] logs was the first way for me, but there is nothing usefull. Only a correct connection, nothing with up- or download [08:13] I followed the guides and searched on very much sites but found NOTHING helpfulö [08:13] helpful* [08:13] are you transferring in active or passive mode? [08:15] i dont know what that means [08:15] tomreyn, I just ran sudo sysctl -p [08:15] NiceKype: sftp isn't using ftp. it's over ssh (port 22). ftps is the ssl version of ftp. [08:15] NiceKype: then you did not read enough documentation, yet. [08:16] Intelo: that's fine with me! [08:16] in not one of the install instructions was anything about active and passive [08:16] ryuo but why i can connect with ftp to that? [08:18] with sftp i cant connect [08:18] yet... you can use ssh? [08:18] sure but not with the ftp user [08:18] uh... [08:19] hmm, you may have followed bad guides if they don't mention active/passive transfers (maybe post which one you followed). i'll have to leave it there for now, maybe others can help if you'll sum it up again. [08:19] i cant post it, i read more then 10 guides. first pages on google [08:19] NiceKype: what 'sftp' client are you using? [08:19] cyberduck [08:19] what the? [08:20] mac:D [08:21] can you try the command line version? [08:21] I used to use cyberduck too on os x. Had no issues using it against vsfptd [08:21] you should be able to use sftp against your regular login account. [08:22] if that works then there's probably something wrong with the user account. [08:25] user is in www-data and the folder are owned by www-data + i tried much rights settings 744, 755, 777 [08:25] and i tried to give the user itself the ownership [08:26] tomreyn i looked again and on ubuntu.com itself there is nothing about active and passive ^^ [08:27] what ftp server are you trying to use? [08:27] ryou its definitly ftp. In service its active as vsftpd FTP server [08:27] flog vsftpd [08:29] tomreyn, I mean, it will impose? No need to give [FILE]? [08:40] or perhaps switch to git... [08:45] xD i tested tp put the pam_service again to vsftpd. That broke the connection again. Switched back to ftp and know i still cannot up- or download but i see the howl server folders not only the home folder :O [08:48] no options? [08:50] I'm sorry to ask same question again but what is the logic in some applications appearing on 18.04 desktop with an icon among frequently used apps and others do not. I do not understand why Gedit which I use in every single session is not shown in frequently used applications on desktop. [08:52] okey then thanks for the "help" 🙄 [09:05] Hi. Can anyone help out a noob? I need to use Linux for a project, and everything was going fine. I attempted to attach another volume to the filesystem, which I think is successful. I rebooted, and now I am stuck on "Welcome to GRUB!" "error: variable 'prefix' isn't set." Any ideas? Highly appreciated [09:05] By the way, not sure If it was even related to that.. I just think that was the only thing I did which could have caused it [09:06] when you say you attempted to attach another volume, do you mean you pluged in another hard drive? [09:06] maybe the BIOS/UEFI is now tring to boot from it, instead of your main drive? [09:07] so the first thing to check would be boot order in the BIOS setup [09:07] It's a VPS, I created a filesystem for it, created mountpoint, mounted the volume (and then I tried to add it in 'fstab' to mount on startup).. Okay I'll check that, one second. Thanks btw. [09:07] oh, a VPS? interesting; I wouldn't expect boot order problems on a VPS [09:08] have you touched the grub config in any way? [09:08] Nope, not at all. [09:08] where did you mount the new volume? [09:09] "mount "/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-0Linode_Volume_CW-DE-003-VOLUME-" "/mnt/CW-DE-003-VOLUME-"" [09:09] just followed the Linode guide, heh [09:09] k, that looks fine [09:10] is there away to run apt install and find the size? [09:11] atm.. it's already installed but i want to see how big it is [09:12] Jonopoly: apt show [09:12] Jonopoly: apt show packagename will show you an Installed-Size, which is a bit of an approximation [09:13] mgedmin heh, any idea then? I added this line to fstab '/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-0Linode_Volume_CW-DE-003-VOLUME- /mnt/CW-DE-003-VOLUME- ext4 defaults,noatime,nofail 0 2' and then rebooted, but then the boot broke.. I removed it from fstab again, but still same result [09:13] Santaliz14: how are you editing fstab if you can't boot? [09:15] Linode VPS, so you have CLI and then GUI. GUI part broke after this, doesn't boot to desktop anymore. So I am stuck with only CLI. [09:15] Question... why is vi included with Ubuntu, but not vim? [09:15] is latest mc from ubuntu safe to use? [09:15] it used to have some vulns in 2014. [09:16] Thanks guys [09:16] zoid: it's included, just not installed by default [09:16] Santaliz14: that doesn't really make sense to me! [09:16] cocof: can you name one, by CVE ID? [09:19] cocof: looking at https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list.php?vendor_id=219 the latest one seems to be from 2005 [09:20] mgedmin okay, well thanks anyway, heh [09:21] mgedmin: but nano is preinstalled... questions... lol [09:26] Intelo: "sysctl -p" (without the file argument) will read and apply configurations from /etc/sysctl/sysctl.conf *only* (so not from sysctl.d/*) [09:26] but yes, you can run it like this, as its man page tells. [09:27] arguments given in [square brackets] are optional === fling_ is now known as fling [11:12] Hi, how would I go about getting this into an image if no image has it baked in already. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curtin/+bug/1849322 would really like ot test with that version of curtin.. [11:12] Launchpad bug 1849322 in curtin (Ubuntu) "Bogus serial string in subiquity install wwn-eui.*" [High,Fix released] [11:17]