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sarnoldjackhum: how the heck did you manage to have a firefox 56? did anything on the internet work?00:15
jackhumsarnold, i had apt installed old version along with new quantum which i availed from snap or ubuntu store as far i remember00:35
sarnoldjackhum: and how did you not update for two years?00:36
jayjoI formatted a usb drive in the ubuntu 'disk' system preferences and overwrote the data. it says it takes a longer time. I had a small 1GB drive that I did this twice to, and it took the same amount of time each run. Is this just running shred or wipe or dd (or something else)?00:43
jayjoSeems like it's overwriting data and then erasing it. What utility is this using under the hood?00:43
pragmaticenigmajayjo: Most formatting is doesn't overwrite the data unless you instruct it to. If it is overwriting the data, it would most likely use something "dd" using either /dev/zero or /dev/urandom as a source00:47
k_szeUbuntu is lagging behind in releasing updated Firefox. :S02:33
sarnoldk_sze: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4234-1/02:34
k_szesarnold, odd. Must be the Hong Kong mirror(s) always being laggards?02:35
k_szeftp.cuhk.edu.hk, to be precise.02:36
sarnoldk_sze: it could be; the default apt configuration includes a line like this to help account for slow mirrors that may only sync once or twice a day:02:37
sarnolddeb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ disco-security main restricted universe02:37
sarnold(change disco to whateveris appropriate for you)02:37
_Myst_hey guys can you assist by help repair an unrecognised usb02:38
_Myst_Bus 002 Device 017: ID 090c:3000 Silicon Motion, Inc. - Taiwan (formerly Feiya Technology Corp.) SM3254AD MEMORY BAR02:38
sarnoldk_sze: this suggests that that mirror is two days behind https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+mirror/ftp.cuhk.edu.hk-archive02:38
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_Myst_Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sdb102:38
_Myst_im guessing its fat3202:38
_Myst_hey guys can you help out repairing a memory stick02:51
_Myst_hey guys can you help out repairing a memory stick02:51
sarnold_Myst_: I've used this before to recover files from a busted memory stick http://www.sleuthkit.org/02:52
_Myst_sarnold: thanks02:53
elphiashi!, i have a self encrypting SSD, is there anything i need to do to my ubuntu system to make the feature work? or is it automatic? or do i have to setup the ssd/hdd password in bios?03:21
sarnoldelphias: I believe this is where you'd need to start if you want to use TCG OPAL SED https://github.com/Drive-Trust-Alliance/sedutil03:24
elphiasok thank you, any other pointers?03:25
sarnoldelphias: none that I know of03:26
elphiasso just download and install?03:26
elphiasoh dear, this is not as easy as i thought it would be, would someone be able to assist me?03:34
elphiasi found this on the github site, but am unclear as to how to use it03:35
elphiashttps://github.com/Drive-Trust-Alliance/sedutil/wiki/Building-sedutil03:35
elphiassome hand holding would be much appriciated03:35
glickhi03:36
glickhi does anyone here use ARdour?03:36
glickArdour03:36
glickim having some trouble starting it and getting JACK to work03:36
glickmy user is in the audio group03:37
sarnoldelphias: tbh I've never heard of anyone actually *using* it03:37
elphiasoh03:37
elphiaswell i would like to03:37
glickand in /etc/security/limits.d/audio.conf its set to use rt scheduling and unlimited mem03:37
elphiasbut i cannot do it by myself this is very much complex03:37
glickbut when i start JACK it bitches about not being able to allocate 82megs03:37
glickor start RT03:37
sarnoldelphias: we were asked to include it so it could be used, but given the .. ahem .. average quality of most drives' encryption support, we figured it'd be better to tell people to use LUKS instead03:37
elphiasluks?03:38
sarnoldlinux's software full disk encryption stuff03:38
sarnoldthe "full disk encryption" that's exposed in the installer03:38
elphiasoh i have an encryption password at boot for ubuntu, is that the same thing?03:38
sarnoldelphias: probably03:39
glicki am going to reinstall to enable LUKs03:39
grendal_primeanyone have issues with cbs all access on ubuntu desktop?03:39
grendal_primeit worked fine until the new year..then...blammo...2004 error.03:39
grendal_primeit seems like its probably a drm issue similar to disney +03:40
sarnoldelphias: do you see dm_crypt in lsmod output?03:40
elphiassarnold, yes it's there03:41
elphiasdm_crypt 4096003:42
sarnoldelphias: then you're probably already using the luks full disk encryption03:42
sarnoldI should really know it better but I didn't have any troubles setting it up on my system so I've never done any troubleshooting..03:42
sarnoldthough the day I forgot my password sucked.03:42
elphiassarnold, and this is better than the encryption that the ssd is capable of?03:42
sarnoldelphias: it's tough to say. a lot of hard drive firmware folks are *terrible* at it; it's hard to be sure since they don't publish their source code..03:43
sarnoldelphias: here's a recent paper https://www.ru.nl/publish/pages/909282/draft-paper.pdf03:44
Holohas anyone had a total data loss with ubuntu with a hardware raid 10 after shutting down the server properly and having it offline for a HR?03:46
fishcookeri want to mogrify but E: Package 'imagemagick' has no installation candidate03:47
fishcookerwhat is the candidate?03:47
elphiassarnold, the paper says ssd encruption stuff has flaws, and to not soley rely on it, so would a combo of luks and sedutil be safer then just relying on ssd self encryption alone?03:47
sarnoldelphias: yes, I believe so; LUKS has significantly more peer review than the self-encrypting drives, so I trust LUKS far more03:48
elphiassarnold, so what about using both methods of encryption? if ssd self encryption is flawed, and luks has it's own flaws, would not combining the two methods on the same system make the ssd more secure?03:49
elphiassarnold, you'd theoretically have hardware encryption backed by software, or would that be stupid?03:50
Bashing-om!info imagemagick bionic | fishcooker : what relese are you on ? :03:50
sarnoldfishcooker: you'll have to do more investigation -- a package named 'imagemagick' exists and should pull in the 'real' imagemagick package as needed, see https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagemagick03:50
ubottufishcooker : what relese are you on ? :: imagemagick (source: imagemagick): image manipulation programs -- binaries. In component main, is optional. Version 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.8 (bionic), package size 13 kB, installed size 115 kB03:50
sarnoldelphias: I don't trust the hard drive people very far, and certainly not enough to *pay* for it :) but it's indeed possible that newer drives might have fixed the flaws found in that paper (and other papers)03:51
elphiassarnold, ok, i'm gonna do more research, it's at the very least a neat "toy" and i like tinkering so yeah03:51
sarnoldelphias: *that* is an excellent reason to test it out :)03:52
sarnoldelphias: I could imagine using it within a company, eg loan a laptop out, gen a new key and do a fresh install. get the laptop back, wipe the key, and then you can give the laptop to the next person with a new key, new install, etc..03:52
elphiassarnold, well right now i'm using cubic to make a personalised iso of my ubuntu install, which is taking a very long time to compress the image, that and my daily backup to an old spinning rust drive should enable me to get back up and running very quickly if something goes wrong. this is for my personal laptop, i've spent alot of time and effort on making my system as secure as possible with vpn, and modifications to the way ubuntu deals with internet03:55
elphiasthings, this would be the final step in securing my system if i choose to do it03:55
ScaredySquirrelok so how do you run the xorg clients you want with xinit?03:55
ScaredySquirrelI use xinit /root/xinit -- -retro :103:56
elphiasi don't have anything to actually hide or do anything illegal, i just want to be a pita if someone jacks my laptop XD03:56
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ScaredySquirreland I find that I get a stippled background and an X cursor but no clients03:56
ScaredySquirrelthat xinit script is root executable03:56
sarnoldwow you've got the stippled background?? I thought that died back in 2006 or so03:56
ScaredySquirrelit's a Xorg server flag03:57
ScaredySquirrelyou just use -retro03:57
sarnoldScaredySquirrel: ahhhhh :)03:58
ScaredySquirrelit also enabled the actual black X cursor that they used to use03:58
sarnoldScaredySquirrel: most folks put what they want to run in their ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xsession files03:58
ScaredySquirrelI just have the problem of where is my window manager?03:58
ScaredySquirrelI want to use the /root/xinit file as my xinitrc03:58
sarnoldwhat's in it now?03:59
ScaredySquirrel#!/bin/sh04:00
ScaredySquirrelxterm &04:00
ScaredySquirrelexec icewm04:00
sarnoldno xterm or icewm start though? hrm :(04:01
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ScaredySquirrelno04:02
sarnoldI'm surprised at this; normally I'd expect either (a) things work as you expect or (b) it flickers a bit and then returns to the prompt, as there's no magic process running to keep X alive04:03
elphiassarnold, wow, i can't belive this, i think i may actually got this, so far no errors compiling sedutil04:04
sarnoldX running but not actually displaying your processes is weird.04:04
sarnoldelphias: woot04:04
elphiassarnold, would you help me edit grub if i make a paste to ubuntu pastebin? i am not exactly sure how to put the needed command in there, and i know if i screw up my grub file that the system is borked04:06
sarnoldelphias: sure04:06
sarnoldelphias: though I strongly doubt you can do an in-place conversion04:06
elphiasi'm just following the rulebook with this, i do not know what the results will be, maybe it will work, mebbie it will summon aleins from the future, or maybe i'll do it and cease to exist? who knows, the worst case senario is i do this the ssd explodes killing a preist 3 nuns and a chicken....im still gonna go for it04:08
elphiassarnold, https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/57P8hqJDQj/04:10
sarnoldelphias: note line 10 in that paste -- that's the variable you need to modify04:11
ScaredySquirrelsarnold: you can copy that /root/xinit file to /root/.Xsession then use startx -- -retro :104:11
ScaredySquirreland that'll run everything04:11
ScaredySquirrellook at all files starting with /etc/X11/Xsession and you'll find why that works04:11
ScaredySquirrelmy problem is that woeusb from snap will not run saying /bin/mount permission denied04:12
elphiassarnold, i know that much, i just do not know HOW to edit it, and i cannot afford to do the wrong thing. if you could show me exactly how to place the command it would be much appriciated.04:12
sarnoldGRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=\"Windows 2009\""04:12
sarnoldGAH STUPID FIREFOX04:12
sarnoldelphias: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash libata.allow_tpm=1 acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=\"Windows 2009\""04:13
elphiassarnold, thanks i suspected thats how it went but was unsure04:14
ScaredySquirrel/snap/woe-usb/21/bin/woeusb: line 856: /bin/lsblk: Permission denied04:15
sarnoldScaredySquirrel: I wonder if you need to connect any snap plugs or something like that to get it to work04:15
ScaredySquirrelsarnold: what are snap plugs>04:19
elphiassarnold, gonna reboot now, if i'm not back, you'll know something happend.04:20
sarnoldScaredySquirrel: it's part of the snap security confinment; see https://snapcraft.io/docs/interface-management https://snapcraft.io/docs/snap-confinement and https://snapcraft.io/docs/supported-interfaces04:22
elphiassarnold, well i rebooted with no issues, however i do not know if sedutil works or not, and i tried googling to figure out if there's a command to tell and have come back empty handed04:27
elphiasnot sure if lsmod will show it or not04:27
sarnoldelphias: it probably won't, the kernel command line parameter is required to allow a userspace applicaiton to issue raw SATA commands itself04:28
sarnoldelphias: there's a manpage for the tool https://github.com/Drive-Trust-Alliance/sedutil/blob/master/docs/sedutil-cli.804:28
sarnoldelphias: you should be able to read it with man ./docs/sedutil-cli.8 from the directory of your git clone04:29
elphiassarnold, i suspect this may becrypto_simd            16384  004:29
elphiascryptd                 24576  1 crypto_simd04:29
elphias it? the output from lsmod :04:29
sarnoldelphias: that just implements cryptographic primitives in the linux kernel using the processors SIMD instructiuons04:29
elphiasoh04:30
fishcookerim on eoan Bashing-om and sarnold... checking04:30
sarnoldelphias: try sedutil-cli -isValidSED /dev/whatever04:30
elphiaswell, that command tanked v.v04:31
elphiasi guess it's not working?04:31
sarnoldelphias: can you pastebin the whole thing?04:32
Bashing-om!info imagemagick eoan04:32
ubottuimagemagick (source: imagemagick): image manipulation programs -- binaries. In component universe, is optional. Version 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu3.1 (eoan), package size 14 kB, installed size 123 kB04:32
elphiassedutil-cli command not found04:32
elphiasthats all it says04:32
sarnoldelphias: aha, you either need to use a relative path to it if youi didn't install it into your PATH, or you need to install it into your PATH04:33
Bashing-omfishcooker: ^^ ensure that the universe repo is enabled in your sources.04:33
sarnoldelphias: I've got bail -- have fun :D04:33
elphiassarnold, how do i do that? damn>.<04:33
ScaredySquirrelhttps://www.fossmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Curseradio-Commandline-Player.png how'd they get that theme?04:35
fishcookernoted Bashing-om04:36
fullstackI'm having some weird issues in X11 after a reboot. Windows won't redraw.. I get the Windows 95 freeze effect where it draws everywhere04:47
fullstackthis is fluxbox. I wasn't paying attention to all the apt updates, system crashed, came back, now its buggy.04:48
sumagnaEriC^^: i was upgrading the distro to 19.10 and it said that it couldnt configure grub pc04:52
sumagnaso do i have to configure grub pc again?04:52
Bashing-omsumagna: ' sudo dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc '.04:57
sumagnaok going to try that after the upgrade finishes and before restarting it for the upgrade04:58
Bashing-omsumagna: space-bar to select drive, tab to OK, enter to accept.05:00
sumagnaand it showed even if it said that it couldnt configure that it found the linux images and windows 1005:01
sumagnait is again generating grub config files and showing the as usual "found ... image and found  windows 10"05:02
sumagnait is giving a command line05:03
sumagnawhat should i do?05:03
sumagnashould i press ok?05:05
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sumagnawhere should i put the grub?05:06
sumagnain the root partition or the drive?05:06
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heedlyhow do I relay mail through gmail using opensmtp?05:07
Bashing-omsumagna: One needs to *know* where to install grub to. What are you presently booting that you see the install ?05:07
sumagna??05:07
sumagnawhat do u mean?05:07
fishcookerhow to know the pixel size of the image cli would be appreciated05:08
sumagnawha do u mean, om?05:08
Bashing-omsumagna: It is rare indeed that grub is ever installed to other than the device.05:09
sumagnameaning the root?05:09
sumagnawhat device are you talking about?05:10
sumagnathe drive or the root?05:10
Bashing-omsumagna: Win10 == UEFI, And I have no UEFI experience to ofer good guidance.05:10
sumagnamine win 10 is legacy boot05:10
sumagnai didnt select any device and it still says that it has found the images and windows 1005:13
sumagnaand also i installed grub into the hdd05:13
Bashing-omsumagna: Pastebin ' sudo fdisk -lu ' so we know what we are working with.05:13
sumagnahttps://termbin.com/0j6xa05:13
sumagnaEric helped me with the grub installation after installed the ubuntu 19.0405:14
sumagnanow what om?05:15
sumagnai have to go fast so tell fast05:16
sumagnai just got up and saw this warning or error kinda thing05:17
Bashing-omsumagna: We are looking at a single hard drive :) ... what is installed on the sda2 and sda4 partitions ?05:18
sumagnasda4 is root05:18
sumagnaand sda2 is an extra volume i made for keeping my files in ubuntu seperate from the root/home directory05:19
Bashing-omsumagna: You have the problem system booted ?05:19
sumagna?05:19
sumagnaBashing-om: what?05:20
Bashing-omsumagna:  Grub can be RE-installed, the method depends however on what you can boot up.05:21
sumagna?05:21
sumagnawhat do u mean05:21
sumagna?05:21
sumagnaBashing-om: hello?05:23
Bashing-omsumagna: My communications skills leave a lot to be desired - for now we need to determine what we can do about grub. To that end, when you boot sda, what do you boot to ?05:24
sumagnai boot generally into ubuntu and sometimes into windows 1005:24
Bashing-omsumagna: Now though --- what is the nature of your current problem ? What are you able to boot about sda ?05:26
sumagnai didnt reboot so i cant say05:26
sumagnai reinstalled grub pc btw05:27
sumagnait found everything, like the images , windows 10. it found ALL of that05:28
Bashing-omsumagna: What shows ' sudo grub-probe -t device /boot/grub ' ?05:29
sumagna/dev/sda405:29
Bashing-omsumagna: ' dpkg --verify grub-pc ' .05:30
sumagnat didnt output anything05:31
sumagnaBashing-om: it didnt output anything05:31
Bashing-omsumagna: Means system had no issues that it was aware of. All I can suggest at this point is reboot and see what happens.05:32
sumagnaok wish me luck05:32
elphiashow do i make a bootable usb drive from a .img file?05:32
sumagnai am back05:43
sumagnabut my wifi is gone05:43
Bashing-omsumagna: Can not help with WIFI, not experienced there.05:45
ballnhi i have low volume on my xonar u5 external sound card. internal audio is much louder. everything in pulseaudio is set to max. kubuntu 18.04. what can i do?05:50
sumagnai understand that05:51
sumagnafixed the wifi05:51
sumagnamy laptop's wifi hardware has problems with ubuntu 19.1005:52
sumagnait had the problem before and it has the problem still now05:52
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k_szeI forget how to input Unicode diacritics in GNOME desktop.06:17
elphiasi'm currently using cubic to create a customized iso of ubuntu, what i would like to do is completely mirror the settings and packages that i currently have installed in the os in the cubic chroot enviroment, but this seems to be a daunting task to install each and every app individually, is there an easier way? something that would scan my system for settings and apps and configs and allow cubic to access them with a simple command rather than a hundred06:42
elphiasdozen diffrent ones? i've done so much customization to this system that i cannot really remember everything i've done or how i've done it. >.<06:42
vadreWhere is the unofficial support for ubuntu?06:54
ryuovadre: is that a serious question?06:54
vadreryuo: yes ubuntu stopped supporting realtime audio with lucid06:55
ryuoyou mean low latency kernels?06:55
vadreryuo: rt or realtime06:56
rud0lffile format?06:56
vadrean echelon above lowlatency06:56
vadregood - better - best is as to standard kernel - lowlatency - realtime06:57
Eickmeyer[m]!rt06:57
ubottuthe RT kernel is the Linux kernel with a realtime preemption patch applied. It is not available in Ubuntu. See also !lowlatency06:57
vadreabout what year was lucid released - eol, I guess I am going back to the days when spellcheck was for spelling and not spying06:58
Eickmeyer[m]!lucid06:58
ubottuUbuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) was the twelfth release of Ubuntu. Desktop support ended May 9 2013. Server support ended on April 30 2015. See https://ubottu.com/y/lucid for more details.06:58
vadreyeah that was likely a golden year 201506:58
vadreI suppose the other option is to install mainline ubuntustudio and build a rt patched kernel from kernel.org06:59
Eickmeyer[m]vadre: Why do you need a realtime kernel in a desktop machine? realtime is for embedded. If you use a realtime kernel in a desktop machine, the security implications are astronomical as all it takes is for an attacker to gain access to your machine and set a malicious process to RT, and you lose control of your computer.07:00
vadrenoman is an island07:01
FaTaL_Gcan I remove evolution on 18.04 but still keep gnome?07:01
ryuoFaTaL_G: so you want your desktop to devolve. got it.07:01
vadreIsland Records :)07:01
ryuo;007:01
ryuo:)07:01
Eickmeyer[m]vadre: That makes no sense. I'm the leader of Ubuntu Studio. What I just described to you is one of the primary reasons we do not have an RT kernel.07:02
Bladeikolov@ubuntu-ivan:~$ inxi -F07:02
BladeSystem:    Host: ubuntu-ivan Kernel: 5.4.10-050410-lowlatency x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Gnome 3.34.307:02
Blade           Distro: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)07:02
Eickmeyer[m]!paste Blade07:02
Eickmeyer[m]!paste | Blade07:02
ubottuBlade: 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.07:02
vadreEickmeyer[m]: no need to accuse only make your statment07:02
FaTaL_Gryuo, sarcasm aside, I dont intend to ever use the desktop but in rare sitautions. I like gnome, but I have no use for calendars, email handlers, etc.07:02
Eickmeyer[m]vadre: I already did.07:03
ryuoFaTaL_G: you can probably remove the applications but it may also remove meta packages that are important for upgrades.07:03
Bladehttps://paste.ubuntu.com/p/54249YbBGx/  :)07:03
vadresee you in #ubuntustudio07:03
ryuoFaTaL_G: so you'll keep gnome but lose ubuntu-desktop meta package most likely.07:05
ryuoor such07:05
elphiasman i wish i had read the cubic manual more closely days ago, nvm i got the info  i need, turns out you can just copy paste everything.....yay gui!07:08
FaTaL_Gryuo, I just removed gnome completely. Between it and evolution, over the last few updates, it was a massive memory hog. I dont need it probably ever..... (I jsut like gnome), so its gone07:43
FaTaL_GCPU went from 63-80% use to 8%07:44
AaranHi, I have a script that runs fine if I manually execute it but if I try to call it as a service it fails08:11
Snetrythere are various things that need to be known08:11
Snetryhow is the service setup, is it called under the right user, etc.08:11
Aaranthe service is set up by creating a lbo.service inside etc/systemd/service, the content is minimal, asked to ran after rc-local.service, and wantedby multi-user.target08:13
Aaranthe script is here https://paste.centos.org/view/81069fc5 the error is sed: -e expression #1, char 24: unterminated `s' command08:14
elphiasi did something wrong in cubic and now my vg-ubuntu partition only has 48mb left out of over 200gb, how do i clean it up and remove the extra crap?08:43
ballni'll try again - i have low volume on my xonar u5 external sound card. internal audio is much louder. everything in pulseaudio is set to max. kubuntu 18.04. what can i do?09:17
sks_15!rules09:42
ubottuThe guidelines for using the Ubuntu channels can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines09:42
Vooloohow the hell do you targz something? tar -zxvf foobar.tar.gz ... Cannot open: No such file or directory10:55
lotuspsychje!tar Vooloo10:56
lotuspsychje!tar | Vooloo10:56
ubottuVooloo: Files with extensions .tar, .gz, .tgz, .zip, .bz2, .7z, .ace and other archive file formats can be opened with file-roller (GNOME) or Ark (KDE) - Also see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FileCompression10:56
Vooloodoes not explain why -zxvf does not work10:57
VoolooIt has for 10+ years10:57
Vooloooh it is -czvf11:00
Cheezyeah, create, zip, verbose, filename11:01
Cheezzxvf is zip, eXtract, verbose, filename11:01
MJCDiczya11:02
Cheezby filename i mean "create output or read input from filename"11:02
BluesKajHowdy all11:57
InteloCan I make something automatic that if cpu usage goes more than 98% for more than 60 consecutive seconds, the system shows a 10 second timer (to stop it) else, it shuts down?11:58
EriC^^Intelo: what's the name of the process?11:59
InteloEriC^^, all process in total12:03
EriC^^Intelo: you could use "uptime" to get the load average for 1min12:04
EriC^^Intelo: or cat /proc/loadavg12:07
Intelok12:07
ryuoloadavg can be deceptive. i've had it go over 8.0 before during a lot of concurrent builds.12:08
marveq12:10
leftyfbIntelo: your effort would be better spent preventing the cpu usage from going up in the first place12:32
Inteloleftyfb, k12:36
tomreynor on making the fans spin up in time12:42
sliddjurAfter upgrading from opensuse to  ubuntu I am getting invalid DNS responses on some dns requests with dig. "DNS 107 Standard query response 0xaf65 Format error"13:03
sliddjurI also notice it is only fqdn that ends in .local13:05
zambahow do i reduce the width of the titlebar for gnome-terminal13:06
zambait's *huge*13:06
zambaand all those tricks involving .config/gtk-*/gtk.css doesnt work13:07
ryuozamba: Err... why is that a problem? the width is bound to the width of the window typically.13:12
ryuozamba: do you mean the height?13:12
Habbiesliddjur, .local is for multicast DNS (mDNS/Bonjour/Avahi), are you using it for that, or do you have .local configured in a name server?13:24
sliddjurHabbie unfortunately our server guys uses that for a local domain...  other systems can resolve .local domains.  It seems the dns requests never leave my new ubuntu server13:28
Habbiesliddjur, you may need to remove/disable avahi on your server then13:30
leftyfbsliddjur: how did you configure DNS? Is it just a desktop GUI with DHCP?13:30
Habbiesliddjur, you also need to tell your server guys to stop doing that13:30
sliddjurHabbie yes thanks for tips. My server has no avahi-daemon it seems like?  systemctl status avahi-daemonUnit avahi-daemon.service could not be found.13:31
sliddjurleftyfb its a server with static ip and dns. configured via netplan13:31
leftyfbsliddjur: what do you have set for your nameserver(s)?13:32
sliddjurleftyfb a list of my two dns server.13:32
leftyfbsliddjur: both internal DNS servers?13:33
sliddjurleftyb other dns requests work. Just fqdn ending in .local from this particular host13:33
sliddjurleftyb both internal.13:33
leftyfbsliddjur: ok, so it seems to me, one of those DNS servers isn't resolving correctly. I would suggest configuring only 1 of them and seeing how things go. Then switch and see if it makes a difference.13:34
sliddjur@leftyb they are resolving correctly.13:34
sliddjuronly .local doesnt resolv. because request never leaves my machine13:34
ioriasliddjur, you can try to change the Domain string in  /etc/systemd/resolved.conf  with something like 'mydomain.local' and restart systemd-resolved13:34
sliddjurioria everything is commented out in that file.13:35
ioriai know13:35
ioriaah, sorry13:36
leftyfbsliddjur: do you have a search setting in your netplan config?13:36
sliddjurleftby no search settings.13:36
leftyfbthough, I don't think you can actually put a TLD in there. Boy, your server admin is pretty dumb13:37
leftyfbsliddjur: look in /etc/nsswitch.conf, specifically the hosts entry13:38
leftyfbsliddjur: I'm hoping you have mdns4_minimal in there that can be removed, but being a server without avahi installed, I doubt it13:38
sliddjurleftyfb no13:42
leftyfbjust files dns and myhostname correct?13:42
Habbiesliddjur, can you show that full dig output that has the FORMERR?13:43
Guest28779Hello everyone! I'm kinda having a problem (not really a problem). This message shows up every time I boot up. https://pasteboard.co/IPkdVBt.png  I'm using Ubuntu MATE 19.10.13:44
Guest28779Although, I don't think there is any problem13:45
Guest28779I mean, I haven't noticed any13:45
ioriaGuest28779, check your /var/crash13:45
Guest28779okay13:46
ioriaGuest28779, ls -al gives you an hint about what app crashed and the timestamp13:47
sliddjurleftyb https://paste.fuckingjuniper.com/?d4c221174b09ed9f#YW9W91c9MnQMC9htrgTQsdJ0SwdnXkVe6nnEdOLXyXQ=13:48
Guest28779yeah, I did "ls -la" ioria13:48
sliddjurleftyb but it never leaves system.13:48
Guest28779It seems like timeshift, lios and macro have crashed13:49
Guest28779But, what's macro?13:49
Guest28779I know timeshift and lios have crashed a couple of times some time agoo13:49
ioriaGuest28779, if you want you can save those files somewhere else (or remove them)  and reboot13:50
Guest28779ioria: Will that stop that message from popping up every time I boot?13:51
ioriaGuest28779, it should13:51
Guest28779ioria: Okay, I'll try that, and if it works, I'll note it down somewhere so that I don't forget when the same thing happens again. Thanks :)13:52
ioriaGuest28779, ok13:53
TolhsadumHi y'all! I have some troubles with the gcc version of my system. I installed gcc 9.2.0 a few weeks ago because of some stupid thing and had it defined as the default version. I now want to revert back to the regular 7.4.0 so I uninstalled gcc-9.2.0. However, when I call gcc -v it still says gcc 9.2.0 even though 9.2.0 is not installed anymore14:17
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lotuspsychjeTolhsadum: does apt complain about anything?14:18
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TolhsadumNo it doesn't seem to bother it14:18
TolhsadumAnd the weird thing is that the symlinks seem to point to the right gcc-7.4.0 version14:19
tomreynTolhsadum: if     gcc --version    reports it is 7.4.0, then    readlink -f $(which gcc)    should tell you where this is. and     dpkg -S /path/to/this/gcc    would tell you whihc package it belongs to14:22
tomreynalso check     alias gcc    in case you defined one, as well as the CC environment variable (use "env")14:24
Tolhsadumtomreyn: gcc --version says 9.2.014:25
tomreynumm sorry that#'s actually what i mean, if it still reports 9.2.0 then do what i suggested14:25
TolhsadumI got an error saying that no path found is matching the pattern14:27
tomreynwhen you ran which command?14:28
Tolhsadumno the dpkg command with the path given by the which14:28
Tolhsadumreadlink*14:28
tomreynso you probably did not install a debian package when you "installed" 9.2.014:29
TolhsadumOh good point, I'll try to find what I've done to install in14:29
Habbie,v gcc14:29
Habbiesorry14:29
Tolhsadumit*14:29
Habbietomreyn, you said debian and i just assumed we were in #debian :D14:30
tomreynHabbie: my (less sincere) apologies14:30
Tolhsadumtomreyn: Although, when I call gcc-9 I don't have anything anymore, so it seems to be uninstall14:32
Tolhsadum+ed14:32
tomreynTolhsadum: if you're happy, so am i.14:33
TolhsadumNo no, that's not good xD because gcc -v still gives me 9.2.0 :'(14:34
tomreynTolhsadum: well, the proper response here is: don't install software by unsupported means. if you do, be prepared to know how to fully uninstall it yourself, or to reinstall.14:35
tomreynsupported means are apt, from your ubuntu releases (official) repositories, and, i guess, snap14:36
Tolhsadumtomreyn: I know I know, didn't have much choice though, the support of some of our hardware told us the hardware was online fully compatible with gcc 9.214:37
TolhsadumAnd 2 of our machines were down because of an Ubuntu update (fully official this one)14:37
tomreynwhich ubuntu version are you running there aynways?14:37
TolhsadumI was trying to fix it for several days until another update of Ubuntu 18.04 fixed it14:38
tomreynubuntu 19.10 supports and defaults to gcc 9.214:39
TolhsadumYeah but it's not LTS14:39
tomreynright,t here's no LTS release supporting gcc-9 directly, you'd need a PPA14:39
lotuspsychje20.04, but is still in development :p14:40
Tolhsadumyeah, that was a mess :s. And it was actually useless14:40
TJ-Tolhsadum: missed the beginnings of your issue, but one option may be to use a 19.10 LXD container on 18.04 for the application requiring gcc 9.2 ?14:40
TolhsadumBut now I think it's messing with my cuda14:40
tomreynhere's a PPA you could have tried https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-toolchain-r/+archive/ubuntu/test?field.series_filter=bionic14:41
Tolhsadumtomreyn: Is there a way to remove a ppa package with apt?14:43
sixwheeledbeastthe same as installation but with --remove flag IIRC14:44
TolhsadumWell I cannot find it with apt list, so I might have install it from source14:44
tomreyn!ppa-purge | Tolhsadum14:44
ubottuTolhsadum: 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:<repository-name>/<subdirectory> » – For more information, see http://www.webupd8.org/2009/12/remove-ppa-repositories-via-command.html14:44
sixwheeledbeastoh the package? should just remove with apt as normal.14:45
tomreynppa-purge to remove the ppa and any packages from it. if you want to keep the ppa enabled with all possible side effects, you can just uninstall the packe14:45
tomreyn*package14:45
tomreynbut your gcc 9.2 installation doesn't seem to have been a package, as i think you already established.14:46
TolhsadumYeah, I would see it with apt list if it was an apt package, right? Even a ppa14:46
tomreynyes14:47
TolhsadumSo I have to find the build folder and make uninstall then!14:47
tomreynand dpkg -S /path/to/gcc would have known about it14:47
andre144k_hello all - is there a way in vim to show currect cursor-position (x, y) in vim inside status-line?14:56
Joelandre144k_ mine shows that by default15:05
BlueShark_My headphones when connected to Ubuntu via bluetooth does not give proper audio quality. Any ideas why this might be happening?15:08
jeremy31BlueShark_:  there are some work arounds on askubuntu.com15:10
TJ-BlueShark_: check which audio profile is being used - for good quality stereo it should be A2DP but it has likely selected a headset profile (HFP or HSP)15:11
BlueShark_TJ-:  it's using A2DP., I checked.15:12
BlueShark_would it be better if I buy a bluetooth-USB adapter?15:12
TJ-BlueShark_: what are you noticing? Could it be caused by interference from other strong 2.4GHz radio signals ?15:13
jeremy31BlueShark_:  have you tried a speaker test from sound settings?15:14
seereandre144k_: which of the variuos vim packages do you have installed? vim-tiny is compiled without support for statusline.15:28
andre144k_moment im back in 5min15:31
andre144k_seere, ah i founded.. on this system is "vi" an own minimal binary, and not an link to "vim" - and i called allways "vi foobar.sh"15:39
andre144k_:]15:39
yotuxDoes anyone have a suggestion for a graphics card?15:45
sixwheeledbeastthat's a bit vague. i always stick to radeon but it's depends what you plan to use it for? if you need nvenc or whatever15:46
sixwheeledbeastalso budget?15:47
yotuxI not a gamer older system 2015 looking to be under $30015:47
yotuxI had a Nvidia 8800 its starting to fail15:48
yotuxI also run some virt machines....15:48
yotuxNvidia used to have really good driver support not sure how AMD is doing...15:49
sixwheeledbeastYour looking 1660Ti or RX5700 for that budget15:50
yotuxsixwheeledbeast thanks15:50
sixwheeledbeasti have always had good results with Radeon open source drivers.15:51
yotuxwhat are you currently using?15:51
sixwheeledbeastRX580 did have an old HD777015:53
sixwheeledbeastyou can pick ex mining RX5x0's up for good money15:53
sixwheeledbeastThose are top of your budget you likely wouldn't need that if your not gaming.15:58
yotuxI appreciate your opinions and time15:59
sixwheeledbeastyotux: https://pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#X=0,30468&sort=-price16:13
SASDOEhi all. Having issues with my gigabyte ethernet (82574L) which is unclaimed in lshw. dmesg says it failed to init msi-x interrupts and then fails with error -516:20
SASDOEbrand new install of ubuntu 18.04. worked in 14.04 but i didn't boot that in a couple years.16:20
SASDOENIC is live in the BIOS16:20
SASDOEcould also be an NVM checksum issue whatever that is16:24
tomreynSASDOE: bios is up to date?16:33
tomreynoh, worked with 14.04 hmm16:34
pizzaburgerHello! USB 3.1 flash is defunct. In "Disks" in Ubuntu 19.10 when formatting I get an error "Error wiping device: Failed to probe the device '/dev/sda' (udisks-error-quark, 0). Gparted doesn't even recognize it, getting a Libparted Error "Input/output error during read om/dev/sda. Is the USB stick stick just corruped beyond repair?16:35
pizzaburgerSorry for the sausage fingers16:35
tomreynSASDOE: show some logs about its intialization on a pastebin then16:35
elias_apizzaburger: Usually that is sign of flash memory being physically broken.16:36
tomreynpizzaburger: show what's logged to    journalctl -f     while you attach it16:37
tomreyn!paste16:38
ubottuFor 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.16:38
SASDOEI'm currently trying some random fix for the nvm thing will report back16:42
pizzaburgertomreyn: It doesn't even pick up the USB anymore, should I still run journalctl?16:45
tomreynpizzaburger: what is "it", and how do you know it "does not pick up the USB anymore"?16:46
pizzaburgertomreyn: Sorry, my computer. It does not show up under "disks"16:46
tomreynpizzaburger: okay, this could be for a variety of reasons. being broken is one of those, and it's likely if it used to work before on the same computer, but there can be other reasons.16:47
TJ-pizzaburger: the kernel may still report the device being attached and may indicate problems too, so the 'journalctl' report would be useful16:48
tomreynother possible reasons include: unreadable partition table, new package versions (kernel, systemd, udev etc) introduced a bug.16:49
TJ-I/O error rather suggests device is trashed or problems on the USB16:50
tomreynpizzaburger: consider installing an actual irc client, too, it can be a lot more comfortable to use this chat that way than it is now.16:52
brachamtomreyn what is he using and how do you know that?16:56
TJ-bracham: /whois <nick>16:57
pizzaburgertomreyn: 'journalctl' is running. Ok, which client would you recommend?16:59
tomreynpizzaburger: irc lcient? i don't know what your preferences are. maybe hexchat, weechat, irssi or something else.17:00
tomreynapt search 'irc client'17:01
pizzaburgertomreyn: Are all of them in the Debian 10 repository? Can they work through Tor?17:01
tomreynwe support ubuntu here17:01
ryuo!debian17:02
ubottuUbuntu and Debian are closely related. Ubuntu builds on the foundations of Debian architecture and infrastructure, with a different community and release process. See https://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/ubuntu-and-debian - !Repositories meant for Debian should NOT be used on Ubuntu!17:02
brachamThanks TJ-17:03
pizzaburgertomreyn: Alright, thanks for the suggestions! I'll be sure to check them out!17:03
SASDOEi wish i could copy paste into a mouse lol. then just plug into the laptop and show you folk17:04
SASDOEwhich logs are relevant? dmesg | grep e1000e and that's it?17:04
ryuoSASDOE: wat? X11 has supported mouse only copy+paste for years.17:04
SASDOEI meant as in store the contents in the mouse then physically move the mouse to another laptop (which has internet unlike the server im trying to get working)17:05
ryuothen try pastebin command17:05
ryuoerr17:05
ryuopastebinit17:05
SASDOEhow's it going to reach pastebin if my nic's are dead?17:05
SASDOEwhich is what im trying to fix17:05
ryuothen how are you accessing it now?17:05
SASDOEmy laptop for irc and a keyboard and monitor for the srever17:06
ryuoso you have physical access?17:06
SASDOEyes ofc17:06
ryuowell for all i know it was networked serial port through the BMC.17:06
SASDOEfair17:06
ryuoand you have no usb media17:07
SASDOEtomreyn: which logs do you want?17:07
SASDOEyh i will do that if im asked for much but if its only dmesg i can type the errors out17:07
tomreynjust    journalctl -b > /tmp/log    is probably good enough17:08
SASDOE(regarding two intel nics which are UNCLAIMED in lshw but dmesg says e1000e (the correct module for them) failed with nvm checksum errors and msi-x interrupts errors17:09
SASDOEunrelated but why is the server printing (certainly looks like it) at a speed of 1 line/sec on this?17:10
pizzaburgertomreyn: How long should the 'journalctl' command be running?17:10
tomreynwe don't know, it's not normally like this17:10
tomreynSASDOE: ^17:11
SASDOE:D ok i don't care enough anyway17:11
tomreynpizzaburger: are you running ubuntu or debian?17:11
pizzaburgertomreyn: Ubuntu 19.1017:11
pizzaburgertomreyn: I'm also getting red errors regarding core/package temp above threshold17:12
SASDOEtomreyn: http://dpaste.com/1AZ71RR17:13
tomreynpizzaburger: journalctl -f  prints new log entries to the screen indefinitely. you can cancel it using ctrl-c at any time.17:13
tomreynpizzaburger: as a reminder, the idea was to run    journalctl -f   then insert the usb device and see what's reported. you can then ctrl-c17:14
SASDOEonly stuff I can see is the dmesg stuff really17:14
pizzaburgertomreyn: Ok, this is with the potentially corrupted USB stick inserted: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/Fd8M6XKdJk/17:15
tomreynSASDOE: ok, i see those error messages you mentioned in context now. have you considered upgrading to the latest kernel version (assuming you'Re able to bring this system online by other means temporarily, or can carry over those packages)? i'd also suggest you look for a bios upgrade.17:17
SASDOEbios fully up to date (as in, they released an update in 2013 and none since17:18
SASDOEshould I just try ubuntu 19.10 then? I can reinstall the OS17:19
SASDOEthis was installed from a live 18.04 LTS17:19
tomreynSASDOE: no need to reinstall, you can try a live iso17:19
SASDOEoh smart17:19
tomreynhttps://sourceforge.net/p/e1000/bugs/598/ reports unfixed with linux 5.3.417:20
tomreynthat's a different linux distro and kernel, though, of course17:20
SASDOEand nic17:21
tomreynright, but same driver, same message17:24
ioriaSASDOE, in the meanwhile , you can try to boot with the 'pci=nomsi' option and remove the 'maybe-ubiquity' option17:25
SASDOEis that the error I should focus my googling on? not the NVM thing?17:26
TJ-SASDOE: tomreyn In early ACPI-related boot this is VERY suspect "[81B blob data]"17:29
ioriaSASDOE, btw, why are you using an old release of bionic ? a do-release-upgrade maybe ?17:29
tomreynTJ-: thanks. suspect of what exactly? corruption / improper table parsing?17:32
pizzaburgertomreyn: I'm just gonna scratch the USB since it doesn't work on any device. Another question, should I be concerned/addressing the Core/Package tomperatures being above threshold?17:32
SASDOEnah full fresh install17:32
tomreynpizzaburger: yes, any thermal issues can easily affect stability.17:33
SASDOEi have an old 14.04 on a different drive but it's not even mounting17:33
SASDOEwell set to be mounted*17:33
TJ-tomreyn: well, at that point we'd expect to see the firmware's various ACPI tables reported... instead that opaque report, which I cannot find in the kernel source17:33
tomreynpizzaburger: i did not get around to look at your log, yet, sorry17:33
ioriaSASDOE, 18.04 isos were moved to old-release repo....17:33
SASDOEI pulled this off the download ubuntu main webpage17:34
SASDOEit's LTS17:34
ioriaSASDOE, what's your kernel ? uname -r17:34
ioriaSASDOE, on the  download ubuntu main webpage you find 18.04.317:35
pizzaburgertomreyn: It's fine, I always appreciate your and all the other members' help on here. And I'm not in a rush of any kind.17:35
tomreynTJ-: it's journalctl doing the "blob data" replacement17:35
tomreynsee --all17:36
SASDOEyh it's 18.04.3 sorry17:36
TJ-SASDOE: tomreyn  ahhh, but I'd expect to see a DSDT reported.. SASDOE  can you rerun the report with "journalctl -b --all"17:36
ioriaSASDOE, really ? i see 4.15.0-55 in your pastebin17:37
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tomreynioria: i think the ubuntu server 18.04.3 installer lets you choose between vanilla and LTSE kernel17:38
SASDOEioria: yh just checked and all17:38
SASDOEi don't recall being prompted17:38
tomreyns/vanilla/GA/17:38
ioriatomreyn, yeah17:38
SASDOEbut yh running 4.15.0-55 and 18.04.317:39
SASDOEI'll give 19.10 a shot17:39
sumagnahello17:39
SASDOETJ-: do I need to reboot to clear the boot options iora had me set for the logs to be relevant or not?17:39
ioriaSASDOE, i suggested you  to boot with the 'pci=nomsi' option and remove the 'maybe-ubiquity' option17:40
SASDOEyh I did that sorry. I was asking TJ if i should reboot without those before uploading a new journalctl log file17:40
ioriaSASDOE, nothing changed, i guess ?17:41
OerHeks!hwe17:41
ubottuThe Ubuntu LTS enablement stacks provide newer kernel and X support for existing LTS releases, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack17:41
SASDOE(those flags only added an error message saying it can't use MSI things)17:41
SASDOEso instead of just msi-x it also had the same error about msi17:41
ioriaSASDOE, i see, yes remove that option and reboot17:41
SASDOEappreciate the help lads. Not the first time either and my last run in with ubuntu was 4 or 5 years ago so it's very appreciated17:42
tomreynpizzaburger: so the usb storage is properly detected by the kernel, no problems reported, no warnings about it.17:43
ioriahttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/176489217:43
ubottuLaunchpad bug 1764892 in linux (Ubuntu Bionic) "e1000e msix interrupts broken in linux-image-4.15.0-15-generic" [Medium,Fix released]17:43
TJ-SASDOE: no need to reboot17:43
TJ-SASDOE: I just want to be sure no ACPI table errors are being reported17:44
SASDOEioria: that link suggests i should be fine on 19.10 no?17:44
ioriayep17:44
TJ-SASDOE: looks like ioria nailed the cause17:44
tomreynpizzaburger: unless you need to recover / preserve the data stored on it, i suggest you just create a new partition table on it using gdisk or gparted, or overwrite the first 1 MB by zeros (using dd)17:44
ioriaSASDOE,  you can stick with bionic but with the new kernwl 5.017:45
SASDOEok ok ill skip the journal thing then TJ and go straight to booting from 19.10 to see if tat works17:45
ioriasounds brave17:45
tomreynhmm it says fix released, and fixed in 4.15.0-23.2517:46
ioriawe'll see17:47
tomreynhttp://dpaste.com/1AZ71RR.txt says 4.15.0-55.60, built Jul 2 18:22:20 UTC 201917:47
tomreynyes, will see, still a good catch!17:47
SASDOEALso just noticed when booting, the Intel Boot Manager complains about the NVM being corrupted or unitianalised17:50
SASDOEwith the correct spelling17:50
SASDOEand on 19.10 I just saw the same msi-x and nvm messages go through17:51
TJ-SASDOE: have any motherboard firmware settings changed recently?17:51
SASDOEI tried turning both NICs off / on to make sure they were indeed on17:52
SASDOEthat's it otherwise. Server wasn't booted in 4 years bc it was at my ex's17:52
SASDOEoh they're not live usbs (server) but just installation ones17:53
TJ-SASDOE: If it won't cause problems I'd reccommend doing a firmware setttings 'factory/default' reset because it 'feels' to me like this is a mobo/firmware misconfiguration/corruption issue17:53
SASDOEand neither nic comes up in the network connections thing suggesting 19.10 doesn't solve this issue17:54
SASDOEi'll try the mobo factory default17:54
ioriaSASDOE, then try 'noapic'17:54
SASDOEthat's a boot flag yes?17:54
ioriayes17:54
TJ-SASDOE: yes, stands for "No Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller"17:54
SASDOEaight ill try both at once im feeling mad17:55
TJ-SASDOE: best to try one at a time since otherwise you won't know which (may) fix it :)17:56
tomreynor whether one fixed it and the other broke it again17:56
SASDOEahhh you guys are so patient17:56
SASDOEok17:56
TJ-Welcome to Combinatoral Ubuntu kernels :)17:58
SASDOEbios defaults didn't fix it i'll give the noapic a shot (keeping maybe-ubiquity ?)17:58
iorianope17:58
TJ-SASDOE: "maybe-ubiquity" is a user-space flag so it won't affect the kernel config17:58
tomreynpizzaburger: post a full log from a fresh boot if you like to examine what's wrong with the thermals.17:59
SASDOEso remove it to be clear?17:59
TJ-it is detected in the initrd.img's /init when the GUI installer (Ubiquity) may need to be invoked17:59
pizzaburgertomreyn: Alright, I'm going for a walk with my dog, will do that when I get back if you're still around! Thanks for the help!18:00
ioriaSASDOE, did you install  a gui on that server setup ?18:00
tomreynpizzaburger: you're welcome.18:00
SASDOEhell no I haven't gotten past "I need the NICs to work"18:00
ioriaisee , so maybe not so relevant18:01
SASDOEsame errors on the noapic flags18:04
SASDOEsooo... throw the mobo in the bin and get a new one?18:04
SASDOEblimey I can't believe this.. was working fine 4 years ago.. :D18:04
tomreyni'd play with jumpers next18:05
TJ-SASDOE: is the E1000e a PCIe adapter? if so, unplug and re-plug it *firmly* - I'm wondering if it has vibrated out of alignment in the slot18:05
SASDOEno it's on the mobo18:07
SASDOEthey are18:07
SASDOEtwo of them...18:07
ioriaSASDOE, maybe you need the Intel driver18:07
SASDOEshould work on the e1000e according to everything else i've seen tho18:07
TJ-ioria: as far I can tell, "maybe-ubiquity" is added by curtin (see bug #1527664 comment #10)18:08
ubottubug 1527664 in curtin "/etc/default/grub.d/50-curtin-settings.cfg overwrites GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT" [Low,Fix released] https://launchpad.net/bugs/152766418:08
ioriaSASDOE, the problem is the Hw not the SW18:08
ioriaTJ-, yeah18:08
SASDOEioria: that's why i suggested binning the damn motherboard lol18:08
SASDOEbut it pisses me off18:09
ryuoSASDOE: how new is the server? i once had a problem where the problem was the hardware was too new for the kernel driver.18:09
ioriaSASDOE, try bootutil from Intel18:09
SASDOEanything specific?18:09
ioriaSASDOE, http://mynixworld.info/2012/12/05/e1000e-the-nvm-checksum-is-not-valid/18:09
SASDOEdid that18:09
SASDOEdidn't work18:09
SASDOEI mean it ran18:09
SASDOEBut didn't fix the issue18:10
ioriaah18:10
SASDOEikr..18:11
ioriaSASDOE, can you in some way paste 'lspci -nnk | grep Eth -A 5'18:12
ryuoioria: so their problem is their ethernet driver is refusing to load due to a checksum error?18:12
SASDOEyh pretty much18:13
ryuolooks like that bootutil may be the only option.18:13
ioriaryuo, http://dpaste.com/1AZ71RR18:13
SASDOEI mean we don't know what it is but that's one of the possibilities18:13
TJ-SASDOE: in firmware setup, on the "Server Management" tab, check the "View SMBIOS Event Log" for any clues as to mobo problems18:14
ioriayou don't even know if the module is loaded18:14
TJ-SASDOE: page 53 of the user manual18:14
SASDOEanything specific im looking for? had a scroll earlier and nothing came flying out of the computer but i wasn't too sure what to look for18:15
ioriaSASDOE, can you in some way paste 'lspci -nnk | grep Eth -A 5'18:17
SASDOEcoming right up. i'll also try the bootutil thing now that i've enabled both nics (only tried it on one with another disabled...)18:18
TJ-SASDOE: unfortunately I don't... more like if it seems to have recent reports then they may indicate an issue and the error codes need investigation to find out what they indicate18:18
WaVI understand that VNC without a ssh tunnel poses some security risks. What exactly are those risks other than a security breach if there is a weak password? Is it that the vnc password is sent plaintext? What other risks are there associated without ssh tunnelling?18:19
TJ-SASDOE: any spare PCIe NICs lying around you can use to at least get some network going?18:19
WaVI use tunneling myself, but was just curious18:19
SASDOEMy boss is having a look around the office now, we prolly do but the question is where18:19
TJ-SASDOE: nick one from another server :p18:20
tomreynWaV: everything is plain text, so a being-in-the-middle can just watch what you're doing, capture inputs and outputs.18:21
SASDOEi'd have to wait for him to leave, but he doesn't really do that..18:21
SASDOE:D18:21
ryuoI checked the driver source. There's no way to disable the checksum validation checks short of editting the driver source.18:21
SASDOEnot that i would ofc18:21
ioriaSASDOE, there is also this script possibility : https://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000/files/e1000e%20stable/eeprom_fix_82574_or_82583/18:21
WaVAs in what's visual to session :0? Let's assume no actual typing was done in the vnc session and just mouse clicks.18:22
tomreynWaV: (and since this should allow them to capture any credentials (if that's still needed at this point): take over control, too)18:22
ryuoSASDOE: probably best to try to reset the EEPROM via the official tools.18:22
TJ-SASDOE: one other thing I'd try is to jumper CLR_CMOS1 on the mobo (see page 26 of the manual)18:22
ioriaSASDOE, you need ethtool and ifconfig installed (and probably you don't have any)18:23
SASDOEok so going back to lspci: http://dpaste.com/1D90MCC18:23
SASDOEethtool and ifconfig are present :)18:24
ioria0000 ??? come on18:24
ioriagood18:24
SASDOEwhy is 0000 significant?18:25
ioriais the product ID18:26
tomreynSASDOE: did you reflash the nic firmware?18:26
SASDOEno christ is that my next step?18:26
tomreynno, i'm just wondering what may have happened. clearnig cmos seems like a good plan to me18:27
WaVtomreyn: What if the client connecting connects to a VPN before connecting to the VNC server?18:27
SASDOEioria: Can't tell if I need to run that script or not as i don't have an interface to run ethtool against18:27
SASDOEWaV: furthermore at my company we always recommend VPN only access to remote management tools18:28
tomreynWaV: if this vpn spans both sides of the connection then only who is on the securely configured and implemented vpn can watch.18:28
phelixCould anyone help me figure out why only from a specific host whenever I connect to this ssh right after password it jsut sits there and nothing happens? But I tried logging in with same username from another host and its working just fine18:28
SASDOEfor one it increases access complexity. It's not one system you need o break into but two now. Secondly rdp is historically rife with issues18:29
SASDOEok clearing cmos thing now18:29
WaVtomreyn: And if the VNC server is not behind the network that hosts the VPN?18:29
tomreynWaV: then you're doing a joe job18:30
TJ-SASDOE: another thing you can do to gather more detailed info, is add "e100e.debug=16" to the kernel command-line and then capture the resulting dmesg to a pastebin18:30
WaVWhat does that mean, lol?18:30
TJ-SASDOE: oops, "e1000e.debug=16" (typo!)18:31
SASDOEunbelievably i caught it18:31
kre10hey guys, can you help me to mount AirPort time capsule on ubuntu 18, please?18:31
SASDOEanyone remember where the jumper is on a mobo? i've done this once before and i forget how18:31
tomreynWaV: what did you mean by "not behind the network that hosts the VPN"? are both VNC client and VNC server part of the same VPN? or not?18:32
WaVtomreyn: no18:32
SASDOEoh i read the instructions and understand now18:33
WaVtomreyn: Assume the client is connected to a VPN session before connecting to the VNC server. The VNC server has nothing to do with the network where the VPN is hosted.18:33
tomreynWaV: if only the VNC client is on some VPN but the VNC server is nbot part of the same VPN then it means the connection traverses multiple networks, including some which you probably don't trust, such as the Internet.18:33
WaVCan an attacker still do a MITM?18:33
tomreynpossibly, yes. it's, at best, security by obscurity.18:34
tomreynyou're not really winning anything by putting one side of the connection in a VPN you trust more than the internet18:35
WaVOk. The only reason I ask is because I've yet to find an iPhone client app for VNC that allows SSH tunnelling, and while I rarely ever need to VNC into my computer, I wanted to know the risks that are associated with doing so.18:37
tomreynbut this is rather ##security or ##networking than #ubuntu18:37
WaVUnderstand completely. Thanks for the help.18:38
ioriaSASDOE, what happens if you run  'sudo modprobe e1000 eeprom_bad_csum_allow=1' ?18:38
tomreynfind a VPN solution you can span between iphone and the network the VNC server is in, then enable it on both ends and use the vnc client to connect through it to the vnc server.18:38
plutessysctl net.ipv4.tcp_ecn=018:40
plutessysctl: permission denied on key 'net.ipv4.tcp_ecn'18:41
plutes??18:41
SASDOEtook too long to do the cmos thing bc my fingers are thicc18:41
SASDOEwill try the eeprom thing but18:42
SASDOEboss just gave me a new server lol so i might just pack it up after that18:43
SASDOEclearing cmos did nothing to the nics18:44
ioriaSASDOE, what happens if you run  'sudo modprobe e1000 eeprom_bad_csum_allow=1' ?  you need it plugged18:44
SASDOEnothing18:46
SASDOEbrb18:46
ioriaSASDOE, dmesg | tail18:46
SASDOEstill nothing that shows as e100 related18:47
SASDOEdid that immediately after doing it18:47
SASDOEliterally all apparmor stuff18:48
plutessysctl net.ipv4.tcp_ecn=018:48
plutessysctl: permission denied on key 'net.ipv4.tcp_ecn' fixed its sudo18:48
ioriaSASDOE,  'sudo modprobe e1000e eeprom_bad_csum_allow=1'18:50
sumagnahello18:50
ryuoioria: is that even a thing? i couldn't find that in the e1000e source.18:50
ioriaryuo, http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_e1000:_EEPROM_Checksum_Is_Not_Valid18:51
ioriabut maybe not18:51
pjsI'm having some issues with package errors and can't seem to work around it. Any ideas? http://dpaste.com/109N52Y18:52
ryuoioria: it's not a module parameter in the upstream source, at all.18:53
ryuoseems it only exists in e100 driver?18:54
SASDOEyh i was sudo18:55
SASDOEalright ill bin this dude i've got a better computer now18:55
SASDOEthanks for the help lads im still amazed18:56
ryuoSASDOE: at?18:56
ioriaryuo, nope, also the good  chili555 suggests it  :  https://askubuntu.com/questions/266885/can-not-find-eth0-when-first-boot-machine-its-ok-when-reboot-the-system-help18:56
SASDOEBoss saw me struggling and just gave me a new one18:57
SASDOEoh amazed at you all being here five years since i last came by.18:57
ryuoioria: how can you specify a module parameter that doesn't actually exist?18:57
SASDOEit's very generous18:57
ryuoit seems it was removed at some point?18:57
ioriaryuo, that's a good question18:58
pjsI got it worked out, thx18:58
ioriaSASDOE, why don't we try to load e100 with that parameter ? just for test19:13
shibbolethbooting kernel 5.3 i'm getting somewhat washed out colors on intel graphics19:15
shibbolethblack is a shade of grey, other colors suffer as well19:15
shibbolethin windows and on nvidia cards this is corrected by adjusting the "output dynamic range"19:15
shibbolethkernels 4.15 and 5.0 boot without this issue19:15
shibbolethany suggestions re boot flags?19:15
deepocean1358Hello19:17
tomreynubuntu version, X version?19:17
deepocean1358Can I ask for help, during Ubuntu install, on this channel?19:18
tomreyndeepocean1358: sure, this is a goo dplace for any ubuntu support questions19:18
deepocean1358Ok thanks19:18
deepocean1358During install, I keep getting errors that Ubunto was unsuccesful erasing my harddrive.19:19
deepocean1358I have assigned my entire HD to Ubuntu.19:19
tomreyncan you show the exact wording of the error message?19:19
tomreynalso, which ubuntu version are you installing?19:20
deepocean1358Let me retry it again19:21
deepocean135818.04 LTS19:21
deepocean1358oh thats weird19:21
deepocean1358Now it copies everything???19:21
deepocean1358Weird19:21
deepocean1358I tried this 5 times19:21
deepocean1358each time errors19:21
sumagnais it going all right now?19:22
deepocean1358I guess so19:22
tomreynhow much ram does this system have installed, if you know?19:22
deepocean1358Its says copying files, until now I would get an disc error stating that erasing was unsuccesful,.19:22
deepocean135816GB its my laptop19:22
tomreynoh this sounds like a current one then19:23
deepocean1358I tried to install version 19, but my trackpad was not working :-)19:25
deepocean1358I hope I am not missing out on a lot with version 1819:25
tomreynthere's no version 18 or 1919:26
tomreynyou probably mean 18.04 LTS and one of 19.04 and 19.1019:27
deepocean1358Sure, 18 is short of 18.0419:27
pizzaiolo!yy.mm19:29
ubottuUbuntu 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-cycle19:29
sarnolddeepocean1358: ubuntu core 18 is very different from ubuntu 18.04 LTS or ubuntu 18.10 https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-core-18-released-for-secure-reliable-iot-devices19:29
sarnolddeepocean1358: ubuntu core 18 is built off of ubuntu 18.04 LTS but is a very different kind of system for different kinds of uses19:30
shibbolethhttps://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10882119:31
ubottuFreedesktop bug 108821 in DRM/Intel "[DP MST + DP-HDMI] DisplayPort always defaults to incorrect limited-range RGB on FullHD external display" [Normal,Resolved: fixed]19:31
shibbolethany chance this will get merged?19:31
shibbolethissue on current kernel 5.319:32
tomreynmerged to?19:33
tomreyn(this is a bug report on freedesktop.org, not ubuntu's bug tracker)19:33
shibbolethit's a kernel issue19:33
shibbolethwhich has later been fixed19:34
shibboleththe fix has not been merged with ubuntus kernel 5.3 however19:34
shibboleththis answer your question?19:35
tomreynwell if it's a kernel issue and a patch against the vanilla kernel then it will probably get merged to that at some point19:36
tomreynthere could probably a backported patch if needed for some ubuntu releases and their kernels19:36
tomreynthe latter would require a bug report on launchpad19:37
shibbolethyes, well. 1804 was shipped with broken graphics support for docked lenovo >=haswell19:37
shibbolethso... maybe run this up the ladder this time19:37
tomreynhttps://lkml.org/lkml/2019/5/8/1122 suggests this may have been merged in vanilla 5.2-rc119:38
shibbolethstill an issue on ub 5.319:38
tomreyn!bug19:38
ubottuIf you find a bug in Ubuntu or any of its official !flavors, please report it using the command « ubuntu-bug <package> » - See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs for other ways to report bugs.19:38
shibbolethsure you did not mean #ubuntu-offtopic?19:39
shibbolethor -kernel?19:39
sarnoldno, the command is ubuntu-bug19:40
shibboleththats how it usually goes when you don't have an answer19:40
tomreyndeepocean1358: any luck with your Ubuntu Desktop 18.04 LTS installation?19:42
deepocean1358Almost done19:42
tomreynnice, so no more errors there19:43
deepocean1358yeah :-)19:43
deepocean1358Done19:45
deepocean1358Works ok.19:45
deepocean1358It is a bit slow, I guess it still doing something in the background19:45
tomreyndid you reboot already then?19:46
deepocean1358Yes19:46
tomreynhmm with 16 GB RAM it shouldn't be slow at all, this suggests something is not right.19:46
tomreynyou can share your system log using    journalctl -b | nc termbin.com 9999    if you like19:47
sarnoldhow large will that be?19:47
tomreynit should fit shortly after a boot19:47
deepocean1358It is installing updates19:48
deepocean1358Software Updater is active it seems19:48
tomreynand if it's cut off we'll still see the important part - the beginning.19:48
tomreynsure, update first, reboot another time19:48
deepocean1358I chose minimal install, so I guess it will be done soon.19:48
deepocean1358Ok, will do.19:48
deepocean1358Nice! MX Anywhere 2 worked immediately ;-)19:50
deepocean1358wauw now I am impressed19:51
deepocean1358Even my Samsung 55inch got recognized by BT manager19:51
TJ-tomreyn: your supposition about the i915 RGB issue was correct: "git describe --contains 37aa52bff2bc --exclude='*cod*'" --> "v5.2-rc1~48^2~39^2~13"19:52
tomreynTJ-: thanks, i always wondered how to do this.19:53
TJ-the "--exclude=..." was only needed for me because I have a lot of different sub-system remote repos added to my main Linux repo19:54
deepocean1358ok done journalctl -b | nc termbin.com 999920:03
deepocean1358Where do I find the outpu?20:03
tomreyndeepocean1358: it should have returned a http address20:03
deepocean13582su720:03
deepocean1358termbin.com/2su720:03
tomreyndeepocean1358: is it still slow though?20:04
deepocean1358Yes very20:04
deepocean1358changing radio channels starting new apps (Thunderbird Firefox etc..)20:05
deepocean1358all very slow20:05
deepocean1358and background is spinning in the background it sounds20:05
GoodTimesImmorthello room20:07
TJ-deepocean1358: possible hardware/driver issue? "Jan 10 20:57:59 Ectbatana kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bus: MMIO read of 00000000 FAULT at 6013d4 [ IBUS ]"20:08
deepocean1358Does that mean anything?20:10
tomreyndeepocean1358: hmm maybe install the proprietary drivers instead.20:10
deepocean1358Ok what device is it?20:10
tomreynnvidia graphics20:10
deepocean1358Oh I see20:11
TJ-hmmm, was "Ectbatana" the summer palace of the Perisan kings? Seem to recall Darius retreated there when Alexander the Great was chasing him20:11
deepocean1358Yes20:11
deepocean1358you know your history20:12
tomreynnouveau (which failed there) is the open source driver, you can install proprietary drivers using software-properties-gtk --open-tab=420:12
TJ-deepocean1358: tomreyn  the "00000000" looks like a null-pointer exception... but it doesn't happen again so not sure if it causing the later delays. I suspect though the multi-GPUs is causing the problem20:13
tomreyni suspect embedding nvidia graphics hardware in this otherwise working computer caused the problem. ;)20:14
tomreyni wish nouveau could be any better than it is20:15
tomreynthere's plenty of reports for    "nouveau" "bus: MMIO read of 00000000 FAULT at"20:16
ioriadeepocean1358, you know your nvidia card model ?20:17
deepocean1358I am installing it now through software and update, its a GTX94020:17
deepocean1358install is quick and painless20:17
tomreynnouveau 0000:01:00.0: NVIDIA GM108 (1180d0a2)    nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bios: version 82.08.57.00.3620:17
TJ-Looking at the messages after "Jan 10 20:57:31 Ectbatana kernel: MXM: GUID detected in BIOS" suggests this may be due to an ACPI firmware bug20:20
TJ-Directly related to the "VGA switcheroo: detected Optimus DSM method \_SB_.PCI0.RP01.PEGP handle"20:20
deepocean1358Battery on this second laptop is almost dead20:20
deepocean1358ok rebooting now20:21
TJ-deepocean1358: see if there's an updated firmware from "DMI: Medion P6670 MD99960/E15SGN, BIOS 209 03/26/2018"20:22
deepocean1358I get the feeling the SSD is slow20:22
TJ-deepocean1358: one test you could try, is see if one of the GPUs can be disabled in firmware setup ... if that solves it it does point to a problem with the optimus configuration20:23
tomreynthe latest bios is already installed20:24
tomreynsecureboot is enabled20:24
deepocean1358Secureboot is supposed to be enabled, correct?20:26
deepocean1358@TJ GPU cannot be disabled in BIOS20:27
deepocean1358there is no such option20:27
ioriadeepocean1358, lspci -k | grep -EA4 'VGA|3D' | nc termbin.com 999920:28
tomreyndeepocean1358: unless you see a need for secureboot, i'd disable it at least temporarily to see whether it improves things.20:29
deepocean1358ok20:30
deepocean1358Will do that20:30
TJ-!mainline | deepocean1358: might be worth trying the latest mainline kernel build to see if it's a bug that has been fixed20:30
ubottudeepocean1358: might be worth trying the latest mainline kernel build to see if it's a bug that has been fixed: The kernel team supply continuous mainline kernel builds which can be useful for tracking down issues or testing recent changes in the Linux kernel. More information is available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds20:30
deepocean1358termbin.com/kcu520:31
deepocean1358ioria see above pls20:31
ioriayes20:31
ioriamx20:32
deepocean1358How fast does your FireFox load, immediately after a reboot.20:33
deepocean1358On windows10 it is instantenously. On Ubuntu on my machine it takes around 5 seconds20:34
deepocean1358Is this normal behavior for a cold reboot?20:34
EmmaTi installed tvheadend and was prompted for users and password ... those users are not working .. so i treid to reinstall .. but no longer prompted ... how can I bring the same installation script that I was prompted with ?20:34
deepocean1358The next times I start FireFox it loads very quickly. But first time loads are very slow, for all apps20:34
lordcirthdeepocean1358, windows 10 does not do actual cold reboots by default20:34
OerHeksso windows boots 5 seconds longer..20:35
OerHeksgrinn20:35
ioriadeepocean1358, i don't see any module loaded for your discrete card; can you open nvidia-settings and switch to nvidia ?20:36
deepocean1358ioria Yes because I just installed it20:36
deepocean1358Let me checkl20:36
deepocean1358Yes I am now using the NVIDIA GeForce 940M/PCIe/SSE220:38
ioriadeepocean1358, lspci -k | grep -EA4 'VGA|3D' | nc termbin.com 9999    again please20:38
deepocean1358termbin.com/s9av20:39
ioriaok20:39
deepocean1358I constantly hear the HD in the background, what is it doing?20:43
ioriadeepocean1358, ps -A | nc termbin.com 999920:44
deepocean1358termbin.com/d9bcp20:44
ioriadeepocean1358, it's not doing nothing special afaict20:45
deepocean1358ok20:45
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deepocean1358Well so far the machine is doing quite nicely, I am impressed.20:47
deepocean1358I have connected my iPhone, iPad and Samsung TV20:48
deepocean1358Everything seems to work, so I am actually quite happy.20:48
deepocean1358Thank you all for the help!20:48
deepocean1358I also like the FileManager, it looks pretty sharp20:49
zmagiisup20:50
tomreyndeepocean1358: so did it get faster with the proprietary nvidia driver installed?20:50
zmagiido any of you know how to set window groups in ubuntu studio (xfce)20:50
zmagiie.g. when I start terminal i want four windows to open tiled20:51
deepocean1358tomreyn, Yes a bit. But first time opening apps are a bit slower than what I am used to. I wonder if it is my machine.20:51
zmagiii can do this with hotkeys but takes four hotkeys20:51
deepocean1358tomreyn, when you open FireFox fresh after reboot, how many seconds does it take to open?20:51
tomreyndeepocean1358: it's normal to take longe ron the first start after boot. ubuntu doesn't run firefox as a background service for fast startup as windows does20:53
deepocean1358Good to know, then I guess I am fine!20:53
deepocean1358Tomorrow I can start downloading Python and start learning Python.20:54
deepocean1358One thing more20:55
tomreynhave fun then. there's also #ubuntu-offtopic if you want to chat but have no support questions20:55
deepocean1358If I have radio in the background, and start updating the system lags20:55
deepocean1358mouse lags and internet stream lags as well20:55
tomreynwhat kind of radio?20:56
deepocean1358Rythymbox20:56
deepocean1358I mean the online radio stations20:56
deepocean1358No problem if I am just listening and using terminal.20:57
tomreynhmm is ubuntu installe don the toshiba hdd or the phison ssd?20:57
deepocean1358As soon as I start using Software & update to see if there are updates, the radio stream laggs20:57
deepocean1358oh shoot20:57
deepocean1358I just remember it is probably on Toshiba!20:57
deepocean1358damn oit20:58
deepocean1358damn it20:58
tomreynthis one is not so fast20:58
deepocean1358Yeah20:58
deepocean1358Wasnt thinking20:58
deepocean1358I saw it was 1TB20:58
deepocean1358Should have known20:58
deepocean1358the fast one is only 100GB20:58
tomreyn128 GB normal capacity, yes20:59
deepocean1358I think I have to start over again?21:00
deepocean1358Ok rebooting install again21:01
zmagiiany ideas on a window manager / preset startup 4 terminal windows?21:04
tomreynzmagii: have you tried asking in #ubuntustudio or #xubuntu ? they'll be most experienced with your desktop there21:05
deepocean_ok installing it again21:06
deepocean_Copying files goes much faster :-)21:06
bpromptzmagii:  startup 4 terminal windows?21:07
Bashing-omzmagii: I run xfce with 4 windows and 6 terminals active.21:08
zmagiiBashing-om: at startup?21:14
zmagiitomreyn: thanks, i didn't realise there is #ubuntustudio21:15
Bashing-omzmagii: Affirmed - all at startup.21:15
zmagiihow do you do that?21:16
Bashing-omzmagii: Gui setting for how many windows you want, and save your settings in the logout screen (best I recall).21:17
TJ-"save session" ?21:21
deepocean_How do I repair my MBR / Grub?21:36
deepocean_I have accidentally wiped my bootrecord I tink21:36
mousesdeepocean_: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair21:37
deepocean_It was on the slow toshiba file, after reinstalling Ubuntu on the faster SSD, I formatted the HD, containing the MBR I guess21:37
deepocean_thanks21:37
zmagiiBashing-om: cool, let me try21:37
mousesdeepocean_: no problem, good luck!  I recommend going with the second method from that wiki.21:37
iseneUpgraded from 18.10 through 19.04 to 19.10. I have a Dell XPS15 and used to have 11 hours of battery time on average per day. It's now down to half of that after the upgrade. TLP is running, Powertop is tuned and I have done 'pm-powersave true'. What else can I do to recover a full day of work on my laptop other than downgrading?21:38
tomreyndeepocean_: efi system partition (ESP) in your case, since you're UEFI booting.21:42
deepocean1358It seemed to work21:44
deepocean1358I am back online.21:45
sarnoldFri 10 21:42:03 < tomreyn> deepocean_: efi system partition (ESP) in your case, since you're UEFI booting.21:45
zmagiican i ask another question... if i had a windows partition before installing ubuntu, is there a way to start it up? I use a macbook pro and decided to replace macOS with ubuntu21:45
deepocean1358How do I know where to precisely the system has written the boot files to?21:45
deepocean1358I mean on the SSD or HDD21:45
zmagiiif i boot into the windows partition now it says something like "no OS found"21:45
zmagiiif it's not possible i could just erase it i guess, but i'm just wondering21:46
tomreyndeepocean1358: sudo findmnt /boot/efi/21:46
tomreyndeepocean1358: also    sudo findmnt /boot21:47
Bashing-omzmagii: Dual booting - EFI system ? and all installs installed as EFI ?21:47
tomreyndeepocean1358: sda is the hdd, sdb is the ssd, at least that's how it was earlier. confirm using    ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/ata-*21:50
deepocean1358Thank you all, have a nice evening. I am off to #ubuntu-offtopic21:55
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iseneBump; Anyone? Upgraded from 18.10 through 19.04 to 19.10. I have a Dell XPS15 and used to have 11 hours of battery time on average per day. It's now down to half of that after the upgrade. TLP is running, Powertop is tuned and I have done 'pm-powersave true'. What else can I do to recover a full day of work on my laptop other than downgrading?22:20
OerHeksisene, did you try ' run powertop --auto-tune ' again?22:21
OerHeksoh wait, TLP + powertop ?22:22
OerHeksTLP is for autoconfiguring power settings, powertop can do this but works better .. use one of these, not both?22:22
iseneNo, I did it manually and checked that all tunables are good22:22
iseneI run both - have done a few years22:23
TJ-isene: does the battery still report it can hold full charge?22:24
OerHeksdoing wrong for years then22:24
iseneTJ-: How do I check that?22:25
iseneOerHeks: So, which should I use, then?22:25
leftyfbisene: you do know batteries lose their full charge over time right?22:25
TJ-isene: "grep . /sys/class/power_supply/BAT*/*" and look at the diff between _ENERGY_FULL_DESIGN and _ENERGY_FULL22:26
iseneleftyfb: Yes, but not 50% overnight22:26
isene/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_full:671400022:27
isene/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_full_design:850900022:27
TJ-isene: so it's dropped from 8.5 to 6.7 (22%) since new22:29
iseneYes - but half overnight after upgrading from 18.10 to 19.1022:30
tomreynmaybe isene is saying that the powered off laptop looses charge faster than it used to, which could suggest it's not entering the lower power saving modes anymore. just guessing.22:34
iseneCould it be that 19.10 activates the NVIDIA graphics card?22:34
OerHekspowertop thermald, as per https://github.com/TillmannBerg/Ubuntu-Dell-XPS-15-201922:34
OerHeksyes, 19.10 comes with nvidia drivers, first iso edition that does so22:34
tomreynany release would activate an nvidia card if detected22:35
tomreynjust like any other hardwarew that's identified and can be supported22:36
iseneI would like to stop my laptop from activating the nvidia card, though (I'm not gaming on this)22:36
iseneOerHeks: Thanks a lot for that link.22:36
tomreynisene: you can blacklist the nouveau module and / or bind the nvidia graphics chipset to the vfio-pci module22:46
tomreyni haven't tried this myself, but imagine either could work22:46
isenetomreyn: That went a bit swoosh over my head :-) And how about disabling the card in Bios, perhaps?23:07
tomreynisene: certainly the best option if you can.23:08
OerHeksTLP can do that too ?23:09
OerHeksthere seems to be a gui, in the uprising ppa23:10
OerHekstlpui23:10
iseneuprising ppa?23:17
OerHekshttps://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/09/tlpui-is-graphical-user-interface-for.html23:18
zxdhi23:45
zxdshould I install nvidia propietary drivers via apt-get or download from nvidia.com23:45
zxdit's for ubuntu 19.0423:46
sarnoldzxd: there's probably a nice gui thingy to do the work, but ubuntu-drivers devices  or ubuntu-drivers status   may do the right thing23:47
iseneThanks guys for all the help23:47
OerHekssarnold +1, or the driver menu in update settings23:51
Bashing-omzxd: Even Nvidia advises: "Note that many Linux distributions provide their own packages of the NVIDIA Linux Graphics Driver in the distribution's native package management format. This may interact better with the rest of your distribution's framework, and you may want to use this rather than NVIDIA's official package.".23:52
OerHeksunless you have a reason for newer driver for ancient nvidia 2048 TI23:54
zxdjust installed 19.04  only ubuntu purple background appears23:59
zxdthe installation went fine23:59
zxdmaybe it installed 3rd party drivers during installation and messed it up23:59

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