[00:00] ok, I just learned that the reason I don't have a calculator in the gnome search screen isn't that GNOME doesn't have a calculator in the gnome search screen; it's that Canonical has for some reason decided to ship the calculator as a snap, and the snap doesn't have a search provider. [00:00] that's actually ridiculous. [00:00] what's the advantages of having the calculator as a snap? [00:01] hey folks... sorry, anybody familiar with kdenlive? or is this the wrong place? [00:06] peter22222: You are welcome to ask here, however, a better response might be in the #kubuntu channel. [00:22] peter22222: there is also #kdenlive [00:53] hi all [00:54] another set of silly questions: can someone please step me through setting up vlans on this server? I'd like the server itself (a hypervisor) to be in VLAN 1, and the guests to be in vlan 2. [00:55] Right now the switch port is assigned to vlan 2, so the hypervisor + guests are there. But I can enable .1q trunking. [00:57] what's confusing to me is that the manpages reference /etc/network/interfaces, but I've got /etc/netplan. [00:58] and I don't quite know why. [00:59] ubuntu moved to netplan by default a little while ago - you can still use /etc/network/interfaces if you like, just install the ifupdown package [01:00] I'd rather use netplan, I think [01:00] and what are you using for managing VMs? can it cope with a bridge with vlan_filtering set, or do you need a bridge for just vlan 2? [01:00] I've found an example page: https://netplan.io/examples [01:00] tds: I'm using libvirt/virsh [01:00] I just need a bridge for vlan 2 [01:01] ok yeah, you probably just want a bridge with eth0.2 or whatever as its only member interface then [01:01] I want the hypervisor to be the only thing using vlan 1. [01:01] maybe one day libvirt will get better at vlans :) [01:03] current netplan config: http://dpaste.com/2KWTC1G === sauvin_ is now known as sauvin [02:16] is there a ppa to get updated openssh-server packages for 18.04? [02:16] I'd like to update to 8.1.x === zbenjamin is now known as Guest81104 === zbenjamin_ is now known as zbenjamin [02:35] I'm overwriting the disks in a DELL Optiplex 9010 using dd(1) with status=progress. Curiously one drive is taking zero's at about 330MB/s the other at 180MB/s. Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening at different rates? [02:37] hi [02:37] watch my vid https://youtu.be/dd89p9jzYs4 , very cool for ubuntu people [02:37] YouTube Title: NEW: Linux Kernel Pre-Patched "REALTIME-X" By Carlos Jimenez (JavaShin-X). Ubuntu/Compilation/Way. Views: 0 Length: 43:47 Uploaded: 2019-12-23 User: Carlos Jimenez Likes: 1 Dislikes: 0 Description: How-TO : Metodo de Compilacion De El Kernel... [02:41] Sakara, you should overwrite with /dev/urandom === Mrokii_ is now known as Mrokii [03:10] Sakara: What kind of drives? HDD, SDD, what models... [03:14] mguy: Liteon rubbish SSD's [03:15] strangely enough I've reboot the machine and performed the test again and the second time through the drives both appear to be behaving similarly. [03:15] annocent: Does using urandom make a difference? [03:16] not in terms of speed, no [03:17] urandom is slower than zero, or it should be [03:17] I'd say the kernel/CPU will be faster than the disk :) /dev/zero or /dev/urandom should come out the same speed I'd think. [03:19] Going to put this one into the too hard basket. The machine vaguely appears to work. I really can't explain why one SSD of the same model attached to the same controller is showing such different through puts. [03:20] Sakara: bus saturation? You are pushing them at their maximums. [03:20] I'd wonder if the issue can be observed if you're only doing heavy IO to one at a time. [03:28] Drives filling up etc. Cheap SSD's are inconsistant, especially with write speeds === papin is now known as Frances [03:29] mguy: I'd say cheap SSD's is the cause. Thanks all for your suggestions. === Leion1 is now known as Leion === not_phunyguy is now known as phunyguy === blade is now known as Blade [05:11] Help. I have 18.04 with vlc. VLC open; I insert disk; I see image with language choices; i click onnenglish; it makes a noise and goes to dark woth thw ogange cone. Rinse. Repeat. Change disk. Same story bro. [05:11] Orange Cone. [05:16] Blond heart! (Bl*** he**) I also cant get internet. At all. I went thru every step of new raytheon drivers but it glitched on the last so (elapsed weeks) I reaet tje keychain password. (It matches the login but I still have to entwr it separately to my surprise) abd I cant find my paper (with the commands list) or the site whose instructions In following. Full stop. Seea no hotspots. [05:16] you on drugs? [05:16] meth alert [05:17] No drugs. Typingnon a phone Mr. QuicktoJudgeNegatively. [05:17] no worries [05:18] I xan type accurately at half or 1/3 the speed [05:18] ;) [05:18] Since you kan unnerstan mee then plz hlep. [05:18] Heh [05:19] I have vlc that fails. I cant download anything else. Is there anything I can do to the vlc to watch the library dvda? Thanks. 18.04 [05:20] DVDs [05:22] I will just go back to reading this. https://i.imgur.com/U6UKaWh.jpg [05:23] Oopsn> offtopic [05:32] Hi. when i mount external hdd which has ubuntu home partition encrypted, does it create /tmp/ with same name each time or different name? [05:47] Abhijit, I don't think so? [05:47] Abhijit, /dev/mapper/ which is then mounted wherever it needs to be. [06:07] hello I installed php as an apache mod using "sudo apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php" [06:08] but mysqli class seems to be either not installed or disabled in php.ini [06:08] I cant seem to find either how to enable it or install it [06:51] Trying to boot Ubuntu off of a freshly 'burned' USB after following https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-windows. After "Try ubuntu without installing" I get a whole load of errors. (Typed line for line as best as I could) https://pastebin.com/K7FY2cZR [06:51] There's a text entry marker below so I do have control of the machine [06:58] nvm found out it's cause I had persistence selected in Rufus [07:15] cluelessperson, ecryptfs-recover-private .Private/ this command created a /tmp/ what is that command [07:15] Abhijit_, I don't know what that is, what is ecryptfs? [07:16] Abhijit_, I suggest using luks. :) [07:16] /tmp/ [07:16] cluelessperson, encrppted /home inside LUKs. [07:17] Abhijit_, huh? [07:25] you suggested to use lucks instead. i am replying that this disk has encrypted home inside encrypted luks. [07:40] what reader in linux can open djvu format file [07:40] I have interesting situation.. I started some (webm from phone) video in VLC and now VLC is in tray, frozen [07:40] I am on Xubuntu 19.10 [07:40] nikolam, kill it [07:40] Wonder, what is the best way to gather debug data in theis case [07:40] nikolam, terminal `pkill vlc` [07:40] cluelessperson, it doees not reply on normal kill command.. [07:41] nikolam, oh, probably syslog, and if enabled, vlc logs. [07:41] nikolam, `ps aux | grep vlc` then `kill -9 ` [07:41] I know that, but how to gather debug data form the process.. to see why that happened. Not sure if I can reproduce, but will try [07:42] I'm not sure how but I'd be interested to learn how too === Leion1 is now known as Leion [08:55] Hello, i'm using a multi monitor setup and i'd like to see the clock on both the screens. how do i go about? [09:14] ramsub07, use Xfce desktop environment and create another panel and put whatever yu want on it :) [09:40] Hey all. I'd like to set up my homeserver so that any system emails sent are sent to my gmail account. Eg, mailing root or any other user on the system would fwd or cc to my gmail address. Anybody know of tools/terms I should be googling? [10:01] Philm88, I would use postfix relay [10:01] plenty of tutorials on digitalocean and around the web [10:06] Yesterday I tried installing a music app using Wine. It needed jack audio, which I installed and gave it "realtime" priority. The other thing I did was add my user to the "audio" group. Now I reboot, unlock my LUKS encryption password, and when X boots I see the gnome desktop but my keyboard and mouse are not responding. Any ideas of how I can fix [10:06] this? [10:08] I have to run this comman on every start to mount a shared folder (using vmware) /usr/bin/vmhgfs-fuse .host:/ /mnt/hgfs -o subtype=vmhgfs-fuse,allow_other I tried putting: .host:/ /mnt/hgfs/ fuse.vmhgfs-fuse defaults,allow_other,uid=1000 0 0 into fstab which was suggested somewhere but that didn’t work [10:08] any suggestions? [10:10] Hi, I seem to have messed up some permissions and now am not able to sudo - https://pastebin.com/NJnygjkg . Is it possible to fix it? [10:11] rahulch: Any chance you have a Live USB installation to hand? [10:13] g105b: nope [10:14] rahulch: You could boot into a root shell by using the grub menu at boot. [10:15] Choose the advanced boot option, choose to boot into recovery mode. [10:15] Then a menu will appear with the option of dropping to a root shell, where you can fix your permissions. [10:15] yeah, but I am not sure what permissions to set to which files [10:16] rahulch: use the recovery from grub [10:16] rahulch: what did you run to change permissions? [10:17] looks like /usr/lib/sudo/sudoers.so isnt owned by root anymore which makes me think you ran a more general command on many files? [10:17] EriC^^: I had run a chown on /bin/* and /lib/* [10:17] rahulch: why? [10:18] I was getting some python-pip issues where it needed permissions on those folders [10:18] and screwed up the entire system [10:18] rahulch: yeah that's a bad idea [10:19] rahulch: use the recovery shell, press on "drop to root shell" then remount readwrite "mount -o remount,rw /" [10:19] EriC^^: okay, will try it, thanks [10:19] then chown root: -R /bin /usr [10:19] then chown root: -R /bin /usr/lib [10:20] okay [10:21] ilvipero: cheers - I'll do some googling [10:21] rahulch: actually did you only run chown with user or only with group? [10:21] rahulch: it seems some file have different group than root [10:21] rahulch: what was the exact chown command you ran? [10:22] EriC^^: with group, I ran sudo chown -R rahul:rahul /bin/* [10:22] same for /lib/* [10:23] after doing a sudo chown rahul:rahul /bin and same for /lib [10:24] rahulch: are you sure also not /usr/lib ? [10:24] I can't use my keyboard or mouse - they are completely unresponsive in Ubuntu. I can use the keyboard to boot into recovery from grub, I can type into the root shell there, but as soon as it boots the GUI, the keyboard and mouse are not working. Any ideas of how I can fix this? [10:24] /lib is a symlink to /usr/lib [10:24] i see [10:25] rahulch: for me all files in /usr/lib are owned by root, but 4 files have different groups [10:26] I have sudoers.so owned by rahul, but the parent folder and others are owned by root it seems [10:26] ah no, sorry, everything inside /usr/lib is owned by rahul:rahul [10:26] rahulch: for me for instance this is owned by utmp as group, let me paste [10:27] https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/dFSknV7HT4/ [10:27] there are 3 other files owned by different groups, coming up [10:27] i wanna see something though, if you chown a file, does it loose any "s" bits set on the permissions [10:28] how do I check that? [10:28] i am [10:28] it does [10:28] i chown user: the file, now the access is [10:28] Access: (0755/-rwxr-xr-x) [10:29] ah [10:29] instead of Access: (2755/-rwxr-sr-x) [10:29] it makes sense, the owner changed so it lost the setuid [10:29] right [10:30] I can't chown it back to root [10:30] i think it would be a mess, let me see how many files for me have setuid and other bits in /bin /usr/lib [10:30] you can, but you'll lose the setuid, which might be needed [10:30] yeah right [10:30] but I tried to chown to root, it says permission denied [10:30] "operation not permitted" rather [10:30] rahulch: did you remount rw? [10:31] no not yet, I did not go into the recovery shell === fling_ is now known as fling [10:32] oh ok [10:33] for me around 15 files have s bits set in /usr/lib and in /bin 6 files [10:33] that might be a mess, setting them by hand [10:33] if you want, i can upload a list of them, using getfacl, you can use setfacl to auto set them [10:34] setfacl --restore it'll do them for you [10:34] okay that's superb, can you upload the list? [10:35] of coruse though there still might be stuff cause it depends on your system and which packages you have installed, so it's up to you if it's worth the risk vs reinstalling [10:35] yeah I am actually considering a reinstallation [10:35] might be for the best if you want 100% reliability [10:35] sad times [10:35] it's alright, I better format and reinstall :) [10:35] thanks for your help [10:35] alright, no problem :) [11:36] Hello. I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 19.10 and on my home network i have ipv4 and ipv6 enabled. on my ubuntu machine i went into the Settings app then Network and from there change the settings of my wired connection to disable ipv6 [11:37] but this does not seem to work. i am still getting an ipv6 address from my router. is this a bug or am i disabling ipv6 incorrectly? [11:40] tgnb: how do you know you have an IPv6 address? [11:42] because i can see the address in the "details" pane, and because when i go to https://ifconfig.co/ it shows that ipv6 address and when i go to https://ipv6-test.com/ it shows ipv6 connectivity supported [11:43] tgnb: search for disable IPv6 grub as it can be disabled that way also [11:43] have to go now [11:47] how can I configure pbuilder under Debian to allow me to install ermine 19.10? [12:09] OerHeks: ur around? [12:10] im trying to install kde plasma on ubuntu(currently gnome) so i run tasksel install kubuntu-desktop but it returns taskel: apt-get failed (100) [12:13] what is the correct channel for ubuntu packaging? [12:43] hi. I have an usb c to ethernet adapter, plugged into an usbc to usb3 adapter, plugged into an usb3 hub, plugged into my computer :) now into this usb hub there are several other things plugged in (usb 1 HID, and usb 3 as well). however somethimes when I boot up this machine the ethernet port does not work. my solution to this is to unplug and reattach the usbc to usb3 adapter to the hub. is there a software workaround? for instance is [12:43] there a "detach and reattach this device" shell command? [13:03] if I wanna upload a package built under xenial to the launchpad PPA what do I need to do? [13:03] I get an email like this: Rejected: Unable to find distroseries: stable === MassDebates is now known as xmasDebates [13:11] Hiyas all [13:34] I was upgrading from 14.04 to 19.10 and got as far as 19.04 when something broke [13:36] Why not just go for 18.04? [13:36] When update / upgrade (before release upgrading), I got held back packages including gcc, build-essential, etc. Internet said to remove them and reinstall, but they removed and won't reinstall, with the issue of: https://pastebin.com/QYR67pzq [13:36] Trying to install all of those dependencies recursively until I reached this point: [13:37] https://pastebin.com/wKjf6eHK [13:37] clean install infandum [13:37] infandum: 14.04 is end of life [13:38] upgrade hopping is always risky, backup the /home dir with a clean install is best in my experience [13:43] We' [13:43] re already too deep in haha [13:43] I wanted to preserve the system though [13:44] The home and data are on separate partitions, but there are a bunch of configurations and programs I don't really want to redo [13:44] I mean, we made it 19.04 so far, I just need to iron this out [13:45] infandum, if you wanted to preserve the system you should not have added the toolchain ppa [13:50] Has anyone had a black screen issue with KVM? [13:51] ioria: Can that be removed? [14:00] !ppa-purge | infandum [14:00] infandum: To disable a PPA from your sources and revert your packages back to default Ubuntu packages, install ppa-purge and use the command: « sudo ppa-purge ppa:/ » – For more information, see http://www.webupd8.org/2009/12/remove-ppa-repositories-via-command.html [14:03] I can't install ppa-purge [14:03] why not [14:03] I can do the normal add-apt-repository --remove though [14:03] I get the unmet dependencies error [14:03] from above [14:03] can you paste the error in a pastebin [14:05] EriC^^: https://pastebin.com/QYR67pzq [14:05] When installing those dependencies: https://pastebin.com/wKjf6eHK [14:05] I think it's because a gcc ppa was added [14:06] I downloaded gcc-9-base from the official repositories, did dpkg -i gcc-etc.deb, then sudo apt install -f, but now it's asking to remove 2567 packages [14:06] It's pretty borked, but I want to save it [14:07] infandum: paste the output of this [14:07] tail -v -n+1 /etc/apt/sources.list{,.d/*} [14:08] also run only "sudo apt-get -f install" and paste dpkg -l | grep -vE "^ii|^rc" [14:08] and please see what "cat /etc/issue" gives [14:08] EriC^^: https://pastebin.com/543cxMJD [14:08] I removed the sources.list.d/* to get rid of all ppas [14:10] EriC^^: sudo apt-get -f install: https://pastebin.com/0U2Uex4C [14:11] EriC^^: dpkg -l | grep -vE "^ii|^rc": https://pastebin.com/crQAAu5A [14:11] At last I got my VM working in KVM!!! [14:11] /etc/issue: Ubuntu 19.04 \n \l [14:12] infandum: ok so apparently no packages are unconfigured or something, but apt wants to remove a ton of packages for some reason [14:13] EriC^^: I wish I could give you more information, but I'm not sure everything we did to fix it so far [14:14] Here's what I remember: [14:14] 1. Super old system, so instead of upgrading, new gcc was need so a ppa was used [14:15] 2. Wanted to update to 19.10 years later, everything was find until I think 18.04, where there was a libstdc++ (or something like that) error. Fixed by downloading that from ubuntu's repositories online and forcing installation of the "correct" version [14:15] err it was 16.04, not 18.04 [14:15] going to 18.04 was fine [14:15] then 18.04 to 19.04 was fine [14:15] then wanted to get to 19.10, but it wouldn't open [14:16] ran sudo apt update / sudo apt upgrade, got gcc, build-essential, etc. being held back [14:16] Following the internet, we removed those packages and wanted to reinstall, but here we are with these errors [14:19] Hi. Where can I find strongswan's configuration when it's being set up from GUI? I have a strongSwan server that works with Windows 7-10, iOS, macOS, Android 7-9, and seems like Ubuntu is the only flavor of linux where it does not work from the get go. [14:19] infandum: i guess there are some essential packages ubuntu needs that's causing it to want to remove the rest of the packages [14:20] I can see that my server sends Sectigo's CA certificate, clients requests other certificates. strongSwan seems to be weirdly configured because after connecting to hostname it tries to validate IP address' public key [14:20] EriC^^: Yeah. Would this work (for disco)? https://askubuntu.com/questions/986413/accidentally-removed-cpp-and-some-important-softwares [14:20] infandum: the tough thing about it is that we cant use apt much, cause it wants to remove all those packages, so i guess we need to feed it all the right pacakges it wants, to keep the rest [14:22] infandum: yeah that would work, if we wanted to feed it them chump by chump [14:23] if we get the exact list it's missing, i think it would work unless if for some reason there's a ppa package that's newer, but i think if we give it the version number it would downgrade [14:23] infandum: i'm thinking we could use the manifest file of the install to get a standard install system going [14:23] infandum: which one is it right now? 19.04 with which de? [14:24] 19.04 [14:24] default de [14:24] I'm on ssh though [14:24] infandum: also, there is a way to get apt to be more verbose, i dont know it off hand, but it should show what's going on behind the scenes (like why it's deciding i have to remove this package) [14:25] i think it's some -o config::something you use with apt-get [14:25] infandum: ok so 19.04 gnome i guess [14:25] Can anyone point me to where I'd find strongswan configuration on Ubuntu when it's added as network-manager-strongswan? [14:25] 64bit right infandum ? [14:26] infandum: this should be the system it installs in a fresh install http://releases.ubuntu.com/19.04/ubuntu-19.04-desktop-amd64.manifest [14:27] we could parse that file into something to feed apt so it does apt-get install = etc... it might work [14:27] EriC^^: Yes, 64 bit [14:28] basically we want to remove the space and put a "=" in the middle of the columns, then remove the newlines and use a "," instead, to get package=version,package=version, then i think "sudo xargs -a /path/to/file apt-get install -y " should do it [14:28] I started downloading individual gcc-9-base and the like and using dpkg -i deb and it is installing [14:28] or actually sorry, a space instead of the newline to get package=version package=version etc [14:28] but it still has the libstdc++6 : Depends: gcc-8-base (= 8.3.0-6ubuntu1~18.04.1) but 8.3.0-6ubuntu1 is to be installed issue [14:29] liblsan0 : Depends: gcc-9-base (= 9.2.1-17ubuntu1~14.01) but 9.1.0-2ubuntu2~19.04 is to be installed [14:29] It seems like they are depending on the older version [14:29] I assume from a ppa, but I removed the ppas! [14:30] the packages are still there though [14:30] did you upgrade properly? [14:30] EriC^^: But if I try to remove them, it breaks other dependencies [14:30] libatomic1 : Depends: gcc-9-base (= 9.2.1-17ubuntu1~14.01) but it is not going to be installed [14:30] for example [14:31] What about update-alternatives? [14:31] infandum: which gcc-9-base is installed now [14:31] infandum: pastebin a 'dpkg -l' for reference, itll be handy [14:32] EriC^^: ii gcc-9-base:amd64 9.1.0-2ubuntu2~19.04 amd64 GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection (base package) [14:32] infandum: you can also use apt-get's - feature, so lets say theres a newer ppa version of the system of bla, you do sudo apt-get bla bla- , i think it should remove bla (older one) and install bla from current repos [14:33] so hopefully if apt runs its dependency checks it sees that everything will check out [14:33] OerHeks: I was upgrading from 14.04 to 19.10 and got as far as 19.04 when something broke [14:33] ouch [14:33] !info gcc-9-base disco [14:33] gcc-9-base (source: gcc-9): GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection (base package). In component main, is required. Version 9.1.0-2ubuntu2~19.04 (disco), package size 17 kB, installed size 246 kB [14:34] infandum: gcc-9-base is the correct version currently [14:34] Where would I find some master CA list on Ubuntu? [14:34] lotuspsychje, going beyond 18.04 was a bad idea [14:34] !info libatomic1 disco [14:34] libatomic1 (source: gcc-9): support library providing __atomic built-in functions. In component main, is optional. Version 9.1.0-2ubuntu2~19.04 (disco), package size 8 kB, installed size 45 kB [14:34] I think it's the one I downloaded from https://packages.ubuntu.com/disco/amd64/ [14:34] The gcc [14:34] hope you made backuos along the way [14:35] ups [14:35] compdoc: This is the root, all data is safe [14:35] sure [14:35] EriC^^: It's the correct version I hope, but the depends are on the old version [14:36] Should I remove everything that depends on the old one? I'm a little worried about that [14:36] randomly installing deb's with dpkg .. [14:36] compdoc: I needed to upgrade the packages were just too old, even 18.04's [14:37] OerHeks: Because apt isn't working [14:37] infandum, the libraries are changing drastically lately. have you looked through the logs? you might spot the problem [14:38] infandum: i parsed the manifest https://termbin.com/e8ml [14:38] infandum: try wget -O /tmp/packages.list https://termbin.com/e8ml [14:39] then "sudo xargs -a /tmp/packages apt-get -f install" [14:39] see what it says [14:39] *xargs -a /tmp/packages.list [14:40] Wait, I think I fixed it [14:40] not sure [14:41] But installing gcc-9-base from the website, then running sudo aptitude install gcc-9-base, it found issues and wanted to "downgrade" those problematic programs from 14.04 to 19.04 ("downgrade"), and things...seems to be ok now? [14:41] I don't know how to check if rebooting will not work [14:42] is apt in a good state currently? [14:42] "sudo apt-get -f install" checks out? [14:42] It seems to be [14:42] 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. [14:42] cool [14:42] I think...I think it worked!? [14:42] seems so [14:42] stupid ppas [14:43] well, stupid US really, for using them [14:43] you could do a sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade to make sure it's all up to date per repos [14:43] Is there a test benchmark to make sure libraries are all correct? [14:44] infandum: not sure about that, there's a program that checksums all the package files to see if package list and files are there and intact (debsums) [14:45] Well apt is installing new packages too... [14:45] I'm very excited [14:45] cool, btw iirc the partner repo for disco isn't enabled, in case you need that [14:45] What is that? [14:46] i think it provides some packages from partner repos, not sure which exactly [14:46] !partner [14:46] Canonical's partner repositories provide a location for software vendors to publish applications. The repo itself can be added by running this in a !terminal: « sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner" » [14:46] Oh, I don't think I need proprietary stuff [14:46] not yet [14:46] ok [14:47] debsums returned everything ok [14:47] Does it check for missing packages? [14:47] no, it just checks the list of files a package should have [14:47] ok [14:48] the manifest i uploaded earlier is the 'base' install, the packages that come in a fresh install [14:48] ah, I can check that [14:49] thank you so much for your help! [14:49] infandum: you could use the program comm to compare which are added or removed vs your dpkg list [14:49] no problem [14:53] sometimes some of my CPU cores end up in a softlock/deaclock/whatever [14:54] now I'm unable to use ubuntu sidebar but no mechanism detects this lockup [14:54] alt+tab works though [14:56] EriC^^: In dpkg -l, there are a bunch of programs that have a version including "14.04" in their name. Should I replace or remove all of these [14:56] For instance, nvidia-352 [14:56] and openjdk-9-jre-headless:amd64 [14:56] and a bunch of linux headers and images [15:00] openjdk-8 or -11 is current? [15:48] Hello, i've installed matlab by downloading it manually to /usr/local/MATLAB/R2019/ . Each time i'd like to run matlab, i've to go to that directory. How can I add an executable of this program to the dock? (like firefox, thunderbird etc.. ) [15:53] !info matlab-support [15:53] matlab-support (source: matlab-support): distro integration for local MATLAB installations. In component multiverse, is optional. Version 0.0.21 (eoan), package size 29 kB, installed size 96 kB [15:54] tomreyn sorry didn't understand that one [15:54] ramsub07: i don't know whether it'll work, but it's worth a try. other than that you could create a .desktop file [15:54] ramsub07: matlab-support is a package you can install using apt [15:54] oh. it's a package ? [15:54] ah right [15:55] run apt show matlab-support and read the description [15:56] perfect! thanks [15:56] got it working [16:01] I use Ubuntu 18.04 on two cloud VM. Including my PC, one of them, I can see all the printfs, program outputs (OpenVPN etc.) on the syslog on the fresh Ubuntu 18.04. However, one of them doesn't output those syslogs. Can anyone guide me if it is something that I can enable on the syslogs or something else on ubuntu? Here is terminal output from two VM instances https://pastebin.com/zYkUP35e the above one doesn't log everything, but the bottom one logs everything [16:03] i'm not sure i get your question correctly, but /opt/digitalocean/bin/do-agent --syslog is not a standard process on ubuntu [16:03] Angs: It isn't clear which instance you are referring to. By your message, it appears you have three systems that your comparing with, and you do not specify which machines have the issues and which ones don't. Please be more specific. [16:04] Angs: In addition, if you have a hosting provider managing or installing these instances for you, you should be contacting their support. Many providers customize their VMs for their environment. Which may significantly differ from the documentation volunteers in this channel use to provide support [16:05] on 18.04 and newer, the system logs are available using journalctl, rsyslogd is still available but not strictly needed unless you want syslog. [16:06] I use one VM on Digital Ocean, all logs works fine. I also use Ubuntu on my PC, it works the same, I assume it is the default behavior of the logs. But the Ubuntu VM instance on Microsoft Azure, it doesn't log everything. I assume it is due to control the size of the VM instance. I would like Azure VM instance to log every outputs, because I am having a problem on the openVPN process. When I look the syslogs, I can see everything on the syslog on other VM [16:06] instances, but the instance on Azure doesn't output much, just "daemon started and stop" [16:06] hello.. I want to update drivers for a GPU rx 580 on Ubuntu 19.1.. it seems there are not drivers from AMD.. is it right? [16:06] I thought syslog configurations would work the same on the VMs [16:07] Angs: You will need to contact Microsoft Azure for support. Their image is customized to their platform. [16:07] I would do it. But I wonder if you would think it is due to their configuration on syslog or would it be due to a different component on Ubuntu? [16:07] mfoolb: there's no "ubuntu 19.1", lsb_release -ds to get your version [16:08] Angs: in general, everything that happens is logged, at the minimum, by systemd. It may be you are using only volatile logs (and will lose them on reboot) but, at least, 'journalctl -b0' will give you everything for the current boot [16:08] mfoolb: most of the time you just want to use the drivers which come preinstalled with ubuntu, namely "amdgpu". [16:08] tomreyn: Ubuntu 19.10 [16:09] Angs: We are volunteers here, and again, only have the documentation available for the Ubuntu images that Canonical releases. Microsoft Azure is running a customized varients that we do not have access to the documenation for. Please seek their support for help [16:09] hggdh: IMO 18.04 switches to persistent journal (may not be the case fror upgrades, good point) [16:10] pragmaticenigma, thanks. I can at least see the outputs on journalctl -b0, thank you. [16:10] ...and may not be the case for custom images, either [16:12] tomreyn: I have a problem.. I downloaded the one for 18.04 from amd website.. while installing they gave me errors for version mismatch and now I have a 'dirty' situation that I'd like to solve.. what can I do? [16:12] mfoolb: undo what the software you downloaded from amd's website did. [16:13] (that's if you can find out what it is that you had it do) [16:14] most of the time, you want to use software from ubuntu's repositories (sometimes from third party software repositories, almost never unpackaged software). [16:14] in case you're more used to windows, you'll need to familiarize yourself with this change of culture' of how you install software first of all. [16:15] tomreyn: to sum it up for you 19.1 is not 19.10, I'm a window user and if I have a problem I should solve it.. ok thanks. [16:17] mfoolb: those weren't my main points, but you're welcome. [16:17] tomreyn: I probably missed something. I asked if I can receive help cleaning a 'mess' I did trying to install wrong version of official AMD gpu drivers [16:20] we don't really support software which isn't in ubuntu here, because it'd be difficult to do so (you can't support all third party software). so i could really only recommend a freh installation now, or that you refer to the documentation and support amd provides for the software you chose to download from their website and to run on your computer granting root permissions. [16:21] chances are the amd drivers you downloaded provide some form of uninstallation mechanism, but i can only guess [16:21] mfoolb: ^ [16:21] tomreyn: installation instructions show a uninstall script that is not present in the package downloaded [16:22] tomreyn: it seems like this script would have been installed at the end of the installation that stopped for the error about the version [16:24] https://community.amd.com/community/support-forums [16:25] mfoolb: that's unfortunate. i'm afraid we can't really help here with these amd drivers, just with ubuntu and what it provides. the amdgpu driver ubuntu provides (which is actually developed by amd) works pretty well for almost all applications. [16:27] tomreyn: ok that I get it.. but I'm talking 'Ubuntu' here.. If I run sudo apt remove amdgpu I receive some failed dependencies and this: You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these [16:27] tomreyn: but if I run apt --fix-broken install [16:28] tomreyn: I receive: Preparing to unpack .../amdgpu-core_19.30-934563_all.deb ... [16:28] tomreyn: ERROR: This package can only be installed on Ubuntu 18.04. [16:28] !paste | mfoolb [16:28] mfoolb: 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. [16:29] if you can share the full command you ran and the output it produced, on a pastebin, we can ry to help you there. [16:29] tomreyn: I wrote that a part the one line texts.. [16:31] mfoolb: Let's simplify here... You installed a .deb file that you obtained from the manufactuers website. Your first steps should be to use the tools available from where you downloaded that driver to get help in uninstalling it. Once you have uninstalled the module, then you can come here for assisntance in installing the supported AMD drivers that are supplied through the official Ubuntu respositories. Make sense? [16:31] mfoolb: yes, i realize you posted the command oyu ran and (some of?) the output it produced. it's just easier to read it all in context on a pastebin, this chat is not well suited for this purpose. [16:32] tomreyn: sure, ok. [16:33] mfoolb: basically pragmaticenigma summed it up nicely. the easiest thing you can probably do is to reinstall. unless you customized your system a lot already? [16:33] tomreyn: system working from at least two years.. [16:35]