[00:00] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkinstall [00:02] Guys [00:02] My ubuntu is lagging [00:02] Whenever I play youtube videos [00:02] And fixes [00:10] raver: Darkchaos already has a package and is just trying to build it :) [00:10] Yes, however just running make is probably another good idea to rule out compiler problems [00:11] Ah sry [00:20] what options do I need to use in a oneshot systemd unit so that if it fails, another service that depends on it is not started? [00:20] I thought that's what Before and RequiredBy would do but it doesn't work. === pingu6 is now known as VLMC [00:40] xMopx: where does it not work? perhaps you're missing a Wants as well? [00:40] it's bloody confusing though, there's too many choices https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.unit.html# === Deadguy2 is now known as Deadguy1 [00:44] sarnold: turns out i needed to "enable" it again to get some symlinks in place (?) [00:45] xMopx: oh, that'd do it [00:46] im pretty sure i did a daemon reload, i thought that would pick up any sort of change [00:46] oh well [00:46] it does but new units aren't automatically enabled I don't think [00:48] i installed a custom theme but now my folder icons aren't displaying. do themes usually come with all the necessary stuff such as icons or do i need to download those separately? [01:02] When I mount an NFS share I can access it as root, but not as user. How do I change this so user gets access too? === Deadguy2 is now known as Deadguy1 [01:07] chris349: my recollection is that if the mount is read-write, standard unix permissions work -- if you're getting confusing results, check the numbers in ls -ln output against id numbers [01:12] This is to mount an remote NFS share [01:20] chris349, you probably need to configure the nfs id mapper (read the nfsidmap man page.) [01:28] chris349, although now checking my nfsidmap isn't configured right (the server thinks domain is "localdomain", the clients think it's "local") yet I get the right uid/gids. (I do have the same uid/gid for users everywhere) [01:51] https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu-seeds/+git/ubuntu/tree/?h=bionic [01:52] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SeedManagement#Ship [01:55] In ubuntu-18.04.3-server-amd64, there are 1315 deb files and 210 udeb files. [01:56] How is "Eoan" actually properly pronounced? [01:57] Which seeds should I pick to do the same? [01:58] ah, found a dictionary link that appears to have IPA: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/eoan /iːˈəʊən/ [01:58] rfm, Is that on the client or server? [01:59] ailion: have you seen this? http://qa.ubuntuwire.org/ubuntu-seeded-packages/seeded.json.gz [01:59] All I want do do is mount the share to make a backup! [01:59] Perdellian: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eoan [02:00] chris349: hmm; now I'm curious if we've understood you correctly; are you trying to access *files* as the user and that's being rejected? or are you trying to perform the *mount* as a user, and that's being rejected? [02:01] sarnold, I have to sudo to mount. Once its mounted the access is not working well [02:01] ailion: (that's the datasource used by the seeded-in-ubuntu application) [02:01] sarnold: nope. [02:01] Is ubuntuwire.org an official site? [02:02] good question :) I've seen it around for years but never asked.. [02:02] some I can not even cd into, others I can but get errors just with ls [02:02] ailion: found that too. IPA means that it can go on wiktionary [02:06] sarnold: I have a clue now. [02:07] So anyways I do have one mount that currently as root I can cd into and ls, but as user I can not cd into with the error Permission Denied [02:07] cool cool :) [02:07] on my local ubuntu system how can I set the permission so user can access this mount? [02:08] In STRUCTRUE file (I'm not yelling XD), server-ship: boot installer dns-server lamp-server openssh-server print-server samba-server postgresql-server mail-server server d-i-requirements [02:09] server-ship depends on server, server depends on standard, etc. I can do it recursively. [02:09] chris349: so, some you can cd into, some you cannot; some you can ls, some you cannot? that sounds like you need to configure the unix permissions on the files correctly; what you'll need to change will depend upon what you're trying to configure the thing to do [02:10] sarnold, It is an NFS share, read only. So I cant do that [02:11] chris349: the user you can `cd` into, should to be put into a group and that group should have access permissions. [02:11] I need to configre the NFS mount to allow this [02:11] ailion, Have you ever used an NFS share? [02:11] nope, but looks like a simple permission issue? [02:12] chris349: try with sudo instead -- if that doesn't work, you may need to ssh to the remote system to change permissions there, instead [02:13] https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/252812/user-permissions-in-nfs-mounted-directory [02:13] "NFS checks access permissions against user ids (UIDs). The UID of the user on your local machine needs to match the UID of the owner of the files you are trying to access on the server. [02:13] I would suggest to go to the server and look at the file permissions. Which UID (find out with id username) do they belong to and which permissions are set?" [02:47] Hi frens! === zbenjamin is now known as Guest33546 === zbenjamin_ is now known as zbenjamin [03:33] Hello, I was wondering if someone would help me sort out my SSD partitioning... I want to delete all partitions apart from my linux root and increase the size of my linux partition leaving just 30gb for me to reinstall windows on at a later date [03:34] Lhuf: Im' not fantastic at that stuff, and I"m on my way out, so I can just suggest that most people seem to have success with gparted for those kinds of tasks [03:34] Lhuf: have fun and don't forget backups are always a good idea :) [03:35] would I be able to just send you a screenshot and you tell me if any of the partitions I should definately not get rid of? [03:35] suuure [03:36] I can at least tell you to not delete your esp, root, boot, and home partitions :) [03:45] Lhuf: what is the question? [03:46] https://imgur.com/a/MfexIMN - I wanted to clean up my partitioning and add 100gb of my unallocated to ubuntu [03:46] If you are a newbie, Google before you do any operations. [03:48] If you are not 100% sure about what you are doing, you will most certainly lose your data. [03:50] Here's the solution: Expand your nvme0n1p3, done. [03:51] ailion: reserve some space for overprovisioning : the reserved space where the controller does its work. [03:52] Lhuf: ^^ oopps sorry ailion - mind miswired :( [03:55] ah i see stupid not to notice that, are there any of those partitions i can delete also? [03:58] What's the apt URL for Ubuntu 19.10 amd64? [04:00] Manouchehri: To download the .iso file ? [04:00] Bashing-om: No. I have an arm64 host and I'm trying to add amd64 packages [04:00] Lhuf: You *may* delete any partions after p3 but I don't know if you have bitcoin wallets inside these partitions anyway. XD [04:02] Manouchehri: " add amd64 packages" Can you expain more? [04:02] explain [04:02] !repository | Manouchehri [04:02] Manouchehri: The packages in Ubuntu are divided into several sections. More information at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories - See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecommendedSources for the recommended way to set up your repositories. [04:03] ailion: I want to be able to run `apt install libc6:amd64` [04:04] Err:4 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports eoan/universe amd64 Packages [04:04] 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.150 80] [04:04] I think I figured it out [04:05] dont you need to use multiarch? [04:05] No. [04:06] I had to add `deb [arch=amd64] http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ eoan main restricted universe multiverse` [04:06] i.e. dpkg --add-architecture [04:06] that's the way I did it when cross-compiling... [04:06] yeah, that's how it used to work for me too. [04:08] Looks like Debian's got some good documentation on it here: https://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/HOWTO [04:09] like you said - need to add the arch in the deb source [04:44] I installed Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS onto my computer. How can I check to see if it's using its own unity desktop environment instead of GNOME3? [04:44] people warned what happned today [04:54] TheSonOfPeter: ' [04:54] No GUI started th [04:54] oopps [04:55] TheSonOfPeter: echo $DESKTOP_SESSION " " $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP [05:02] @Bashing-om ran the code in terminal and responded with ubuntu:GNOME [05:06] TheSonOfPeter: Then you are running Gnome as your (D)esktop (E)nvironment. [05:06] Thank you very much sir. Love this channel! Still learning [05:07] TheSonOfPeter: :P still learning as we all are . [05:22] hi === bpsecret- is now known as bpsecret [05:24] I am trying to reduce the darkness of toner on paper. but i dont seem to find the right tool/options. evince doesnt seem to use cups settings and lpr is not taking comandline options like gamma/brightness. does anyone know how to do this? i have an hp laser printer. using lubuntu 18.04. [05:44] ouch. i just updated my network, including a hardline to my router. recently got a new router and fibre connection. a speed test works great under windows 7. but running ubuntu 19.04 it really seems to be dragging. around 5% of the speed it should go [05:46] it's... quite honestly. horrifying. i am testing with both gigE connection and wifi. same laptop in both cases [05:52] "the horror... the horror" [05:55] :< [05:55] anybody? [05:57] Gallomimia, did you check how ping to the router works? [06:04] theos, for a Samsung laser printer I see this in system settings: https://url.upwork.com/_01v1faiaJ7r-GzKo4C5kp05pn3PSAUfOgK [06:18] in / I see a file called core. Is that just a core dump I can get rid of (since there was nothing I noticed to report?) [06:19] in / I also see several files that are symbolic links (symlinks) to stuff in /boot ... do those also need to be there or I just updated grub wrong? I'm using classic BIOS, not UEFI... [06:20] in / I also see swapfile... strange place for it, or maybe this is because of the systemd debacle/fiasco... [06:22] of course, some people who just are used to using an OS similar to Windows (GUI with systemd doing lots of user stuff) will say why look at all these files. I started learning about POSIX/UNIX before PCs were ever popular; I've looked up every command in /bin, /usr/bin, /sbin, /usr/sbin before on these sorts of OSes since the 1990s. I need to know what are these other files I mentioned and should they be there or not [06:24] from /home/user i also did 'ln -s /usr/share/doc' and want to give it a different file icon... since it's still owned root, I can't... unlike on strictly Unix[-like] OSes... which commands often do one thing and do it well... like X letting you run X, not managing how you run it without your consent. So in this newer fork, I can't run dolphin as root to give my symlink an icon. In strictly Unix[-like] OSes I can... [06:26] well, fixed that icon now finally, after trying it from a different location (the original, not the symlink) [06:28] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_version_history#Ubuntu_19.10_(Eoan_Ermine) now has IPA [06:35] i'm getting a systemd update 18.04 LTS and it hangs [06:35] Job for systemd-networkd.service failed because a timeout was exceeded. [06:35] See "systemctl status systemd-networkd.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. [06:35] pkill -9 dpkg [06:35] dpkg --configure -a [06:35] Setting up udev (237-3ubuntu10.38) ... [06:35] update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) [06:35] Setting up systemd (237-3ubuntu10.38) ... [06:36] this also happened last year [06:36] Job for systemd-networkd.service failed because a timeout was exceeded. [06:36] See "systemctl status systemd-networkd.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. [07:26] Hi, I have just installed cloudcompare on my ubuntu. I installed using snap install. However, when i click on the installed application from the activities tab, it wouldn't open for some reason. can someone help me out? [07:28] I tried to snap remove and reinstalled it again. tried installing from ubuntu store. still it just doesn't start for some reason [07:28] i'm on Ubuntu 18.04 [07:31] *help me*! I did the process of profiling the kernel as on https://www.ghacks.net/2010/07/12/speed-up-your-ubuntu-machines-boot-time/ , now have GUI. If I get no help, I will just be forced to erase my PC and reinstall [07:31] 'now have "no" GUI' [07:37] Hello. How can I do connection sharing from laptop to another computer via ethernet on laptop. Laptop will have wifi, and I want to connect a ethernet cable from laptop to desktop and give desktop internet through my laptop's wifi [07:37] well, the problem may have been that's a decade-old technique and things have changed. I removed AMDGPU-PRO, ran update-grub2, now have GUI again. Now maybe I can reinstall AMDGPU-PRO and run it again [07:38] DarwinElf: yeah i wouldn't follow something from 10 years ago [07:39] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Internet/ConnectionSharing can this work on 18.04? [07:41] Nyle: it should [07:41] hi [07:41] can I install a specific version via snap? [07:42] ty [07:42] Nyle, alternatively, I had that solved for me a year or two ago on LinuxQuestions for Slackware, and you might be able to do it the same way. It involved adding a 10.0.0.1, using dhcpcd, and writing a script to make a connection, which they called rc.firewall (but isn't really a firewall) that these terms are still searchable to find that answer [07:43] the script is still there. There were two different answers on how to do it, actually; one had more of an advantage [07:43] or was easier [07:44] Rojola: you can install a specific revision if you have developer access. snaps auto-update. [07:46] ducasse, thank you [07:47] ducasse, can I prevent snaps from updating? [07:47] Rojola: not really, that's not how they are designed to work [07:49] thx ducasse [07:49] Rojola: i guess you can disable the service(s) that take care of updating, maybe snapd itself, but that might prevent snaps from working alltogether [07:51] Hello, I've installed cloudcompare from snap. I face this error while launching : http://dpaste.com/17RZEE8 [07:53] well I tried it again and now have no GUI. Should I erase my PC? [07:54] ducasse, I consider applying an iptables rule [07:54] ducasse, if the server cannot search for updates any more, it won't update [07:55] Rojola: then it won't be able to install them either, i'd try disabling the service first [07:55] Have packages left to update despite running dist-upgrade. Ubuntu 18.04.4 [07:55] Why, and how to resolve? [07:58] re: hi! I am trying to reduce the darkness of toner on paper. but i dont seem to find the right tool/options. evince doesnt seem to use cups settings and lpr is not taking comandline options like gamma/brightness. does anyone know how to do this? i have an hp laser printer. using lubuntu 18.04. [07:58] jmares: what does 'apt list --upgradable' return? [07:58] the recovery mode just came up with a really messed-up screen on 4K. Come on people; there's 8K now: get the setup/recovery programs up with the times! [07:58] ducasse: Listing... Done [07:59] jmares: then there are no outstanding updates [07:59] ducasse: I get "28 packages can be updated. 28 updates are security updates." when loggin in by ssh [07:59] This has never happened [07:59] jmares: pastebin the output of 'sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade' [07:59] Ben64: OK [08:01] Ben64 ducasse : https://pastebin.com/LxjFcVEu [08:01] 0 [08:02] jmares: it's just the motd that hasn't updated yet [08:03] ducasse: Aha, that would make sense! But its the first time it hasn't udpated immediately AFAIK [08:03] Ben64: this is the message of the day upon ssh login https://pastebin.com/zJw23Y7z [08:03] ducasse is correct [08:04] Ben64 and ducasse thanks guys for your help. How strange, I've been using Ubuntu for years, never experienced this MOTD "lag" [08:04] Or perhaps I did but never noticed [08:04] it updates i think just once a day [08:05] Interesting. So perhaps I never cared to look. Maybe because I always ssh using emacs and terminal is dumb, and doesn't provide MOTD [08:07] jmares: try 'systemctl start motd-news.timer' [08:08] what does that do? [08:08] couldn't find man online [08:09] manual, not a man. lol [08:09] it _should_ trigger the motd update [08:09] brilliant [08:09] thank you! [08:12] you're very welcome [08:25] should I erase PC? [08:29] DarwinElf: what's the problem you're having? [08:29] i followed a decade-old 'hack' that you use GRUB2 to profile your kernel, for faster boot time, and this broke my GUI. I guess it's an out-of-date 'hack' [08:30] can't you undo the changes you made? [08:30] i don't know of a way to do so. This was described on https://www.ghacks.net/2010/07/12/speed-up-your-ubuntu-machines-boot-time/ [08:32] afterwards, some other page says this does not work with newer stuff that's with systemd, or the capability is gone... but not how to fix it [08:33] i went into recovery mode to fix, and looked like it was fixing the old kernel, then I did it with the new kernels... but didn't change anything. What profiling used to do is maybe disable/delete drivers you don't need [08:33] sorry, i've no idea. that guide might indeed be too old. [08:34] since as you know, the Linux kernel is 30+ years old and has tens of thousands of drivers & variants... when you boot, it usually checks if you have ALL of these... so if you could only get it to load your actual drivers, you save time [08:36] it's complicated by the fact I was using Free/Libre/Opensource Software (FLOSS) radeon but AMDGPU-PRO (commercial) OpenCL (though they have freed/opened the code, just the FLOSS version is buggy)... I was able to fix it only if I removed OpenCL then no longer could GPU compute... so it's looking like it's going to be a full reinstall [08:39] booting without the "profile" kernel parameter is as esy as removing it off the grub menu [08:39] !kernelparm [08:39] To add a one-time or permanent kernel boot parameter see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBootParameters [08:39] it was removed several tries ago... just hasn't changed back; for some reason didn't load the old drivers it disabled/removed [08:40] what profile used to do is disable/delete those drivers, the you remove the parameters, but the setup is set where those are already disabled... that was explained in the article... [08:40] the gui not starting properly is more likely a separate problem, namely related to your amdgpu-pro changes [08:40] '"then" tou remove' [08:42] the "profile" option alone doesn't make any configuration changes, it just enables kernel profiling. [08:42] even after I removed 'profile,' near the end of /var/log/Xorg.0.log it's saying 'unloadmodule radeon'... which maybe it shouldn't be doing if that was no longer unloaded [08:43] re: hi! I am trying to reduce the darkness of toner on paper. but i dont seem to find the right tool/options. evince doesnt seem to use cups settings and lpr is not taking comandline options like gamma/brightness. does anyone know how to do this? i have an hp laser printer. using lubuntu 18.04. [08:43] so i don't think "profile" ever disabled or deleted any kernel modules, no [08:43] alright === md_5- is now known as md_5 [08:46] if you rename the ubuntu.css file...gnome crashes, dgm crashes and can't restart... Isn't that a huge bug ? [08:47] it should use the default gnome-shell.css file if ubuntu.css isn't found [08:48] it had to have initally disabled them or it wouldn't have stopped GUI. After I removed profiling, removed the extra drivers, and repaired the kernels with recovery mode, it worked again, so in theory should've worked again to reinstall AMDGPU-PRO... but just a text-only screen again after that. I know it's easy to mess up installation of AMDGPU-PRO, so that could be it; I'll see [09:07] theos: i would think the hplip drivers (if this one is covered by it) will have some way to pick the amount of toner used. [09:08] okay so once again with the cursed server -- apt recovered yesterday with some dpkg -i shenanigans. do-release-upgrade has worked - but the root ext4 filesystem has remounted as read only [09:08] looking through fstab it seems the uuid of the partition no longer matches the fstab entry - what the heck could have caused that? [09:09] I thought the whole point of a uuid was that it was robust and immutable [09:10] theos: e.g., on a brother laser printer, i see these options https://i.imgur.com/kBeUb3f.png (it's just on / off though) [09:11] tomreyn hplip doesnt have such options for my printer [09:30] hah, and I can't update the fstab as it's a RO system now. fantastic. [09:32] Hornet: file system UUIDs changing should not happen unless the file system was recreated, the uuid changed intentionally, or maybe in case of data corruption [09:32] quite. and yet it has. [09:32] Hornet: a read-only file system may hint at the latter. [09:33] the system seems stable and working, RO / aside [09:33] no partitions were changed or resized [09:33] unless the 14.04->16.04 do-release-upgrade did so silently [09:34] i wouldn't think so, no. [09:35] so no errors about file system corrution or I/O in syslog? [09:37] https://termbin.com/ip4t I'm not entirely sure what to look for, nothing obvious at first glance [09:38] @ tomreyn . Thanks for the assistance/sanity check [09:40] Hello, I'm facing an error trying to run cloudcompare post installation : http://dpaste.com/17RZEE8. Tried to reinstall qt5, didn't work, tried disabling wayland, gave me another GTK error, which gave me this error : http://dpaste.com/0VYJRCA. Can someone help me debug this ? [09:41] i'm going to erase PC [09:42] tomreyn: this is mount,blkid and fstab in that order, https://termbin.com/6vzw [09:42] it's definitely changed, mount points have danced too, but that's more common [09:42] Hornet: on a quick glance, i don't see I/O or file system issues on these 2h20m of logs (which may be too short to diagnose this properly). what's puzzling me is how os-prober apparently takes forever to run. and how this system is still running php5 after you upgraded it to 16.04. [09:43] Hornet: so which one has changed, and how can you tell? [09:43] maybe the php5 was manually installed and it didn't touch it with the automagics? best offhand guess. [09:44] !info php5 xenial [09:44] Package php5 does not exist in xenial [09:44] ^ [09:44] I initially posted this in #ubuntu-server, but maybe someone here can answer. U16.04LTS - My apache webserver crashes randomly during graceful restarts: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/dQsr6mgzvD/ [09:45] my notes in fstab, the main drive was /dev/sdf*, it's /sda* now [09:45] maybe it was left installed as unsupported. unsure, that's odd [09:47] Hornet: which UUIDs have changed (not device nodes)? [09:48] Current: /dev/sda2: LABEL="slash" UUID="547bf7de-c9c9-44c3-85ed-f02a07cbf4c9" TYPE="ext4" PARTLABEL="root" PARTUUID="e5792ede-d8a5-495a-9232-cb56976bf1b4" [09:48] fstab has that uuid as 75755639-921e-4817-a790-353a6ea4d6c5 [09:50] it being /, I can't nano it back to sanity, and remounting seems to want to honour the broken fstab uuid, so fails. [09:50] php -v shows 7, 5 must be residual [09:52] and apt can't make temp files so I can't search installed packages to see what php(s) are here [09:52] Hornet: did your ubuntu release upgrade (14.04 LTS -> 16.04 LTS) seem to finish properly? were any errors reported? how did you do it (given 14.04 has been unsupported for a while)? [09:53] it did, it then asked to restart. I just told it to do-release-upgrade and it was fine. only hitch was that I had to leave phpmyadmin unfed with mysql server info as I no longer had it to hand (if it ever had one given to it to begin with) [09:53] then post-restart, here we are [09:54] I think I figured out what could be going wrong with respect to my previous question. I am connected to a docking station(dell) through which my laptop that's running ubuntu 18.04 is connected to two monitors. hence the error, QXcbConnection: Could not connect to display :0? [09:54] the package management on this server had been stuck in a broken loop preventing apt from working for ages, so the server was mothballed, I resurrected it yesterday and manually downloaded/downgraded the problem packages and it was back to working order again. Then upgraded and here we stand [09:55] Hornet: i'd say boot to recovery or from a live system and force and fsck against sdb2 - while it is not mounted. [09:55] aha, there we go, broken apt, and then you do a release upgrade? [09:55] I set the env export DISPLAY=:0. Tried 1,2 as well. didn't work. can someone help me/ [09:55] no, I fixed apt utterly before that. [09:55] ok [09:56] sorry you just explained so, i hadn't read properly. [09:56] that was yesterday's problem :) np [09:57] Hello, is anyone familiar with multimon? I am trying to have my computer microphone pic up dial tones using my cell phone and display them back on terminal. I've typed the following line of code "MULTIMON -a DTMF" and then used my phone and hit random dialtones but nothing happens. [09:57] Hornet: we can check apt is ok if you like: sudo /bin/true && cat &>/tmp/aptlog < <(sudo apt-get -y update 2>&1; apt-cache policy 2>&1; sudo apt-get -syV full-upgrade 2>&1;); nc termbin.com 9999 Here is the user manual that I have been using...https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/man1/multimon.1.html [09:58] is /tmp writable [09:58] I had to use ~/test.txt logs earlier, can try and see though [09:59] https://termbin.com/zfat [09:59] had to use ~ again [10:00] I think that's noise from the read only system, apt loves temp files [10:01] before the upgrade I updated everything after the fix, using apt, both update, upgrade and dist-upgrade, no errors [10:01] Can anyone here using Ubuntu on a 1080p laptop give me a screenshot of their desktop. Regardless of Gnome or Kde, wayland or X. Ubuntu or Fedora. Linux looks a bit to small on my Ideapad screen, while Windows looks just fine [10:01] I think it might be my 14' 1080p laptop screen. Maybe it's a strange combination? [10:02] I Windows I usee a 150% scaling ration, all looks just fine. If I try that on gnome it's way to big [10:03] TheSonOfPeter: "precise" is ubuntu 12.04, better use a more current manual if this software is still supported. [10:03] tomreyn: anything else I should test/check before live booting it? [10:04] Hornet: /tmp is usually backed by a tmpfs, a ram disk, so it should not normally fail to mount [10:04] Ah didn't even realize this. I'm using Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS and it is still supported. I'm having trouble finding a user manual though. [10:05] there's a whole load of stuff in /mount but I can't see /tmp specificially handled by tmpfs, lots of other points are thoguh [10:06] Hornet: so apparently the file system containing /var/lib/apt/lists/ is currently mounted read-only. you really should try to get a better understaning of why this is before you reboot again [10:06] https://termbin.com/1nwt mount output [10:06] that's why I'm here yes, it's because the uuid changed and fstab won't mount / as a result [10:07] https://termbin.com/1nwt does not mention a "/mount" mount point [10:08] sorry I meant from the 'mount' command output [10:08] not sure why I prefaced with a /, brain fart [10:08] Hornet: /dev/sda2 contains your root file system. identify what caused it to be mounted (or remounted) read-only by reviewing / grepping all of your syslog (not just those 2 hours) [10:09] it only happened after the restart which was < 2 hours ago [10:09] everything relevant is in that time perioud [10:09] "blkid /dev/sda2" tells you its currnet uuid, but you wont be able to update fstab while it's r/o [10:09] the log you posted did not contain a linux boot. [10:10] quite, catch 22. I can fix it live but I want to know why it broke first [10:10] hm, sec [10:11] if /var/log is also not writable, this would explain why there's nothing on the logs. work with "dmesg" then [10:11] e.g. dmesg | nc termbin.com 9999 [10:12] tomreyn: https://termbin.com/uxs7 [10:12] TheSonOfPeter: the codename of 18.04 LTS is "bionic", so just replace "precise" by "bionic" on this url you posted [10:13] tomreyn thank you found it [10:14] re: hi! I am trying to reduce the darkness of toner on paper. but i dont seem to find the right tool/options. evince doesnt seem to use cups settings and lpr is not taking comandline options like gamma/brightness. does anyone know how to do this? i have an hp laser printer. using lubuntu 18.04. [10:15] Hornet: those disks must be operating very slowly at UDMA/33 [10:16] that one is a conventional WD green drive iirc, 1tb [10:16] i enabled root and decided to deliberately 'rm -rf /' my PC [10:17] DarwinElf, 'well done' ? [10:18] Hornet: it's two drives, CT120BX100SSD1 (sda, 120 GB) and WDC WD60EFRX-68TGBN1 (6 TB), both of which could at operate at 133 at least [10:19] good spot, there's an ssd in there on /quickspace iirc, I could have sworn that was a different sd* point though [10:21] right okay, these notes are wrong. from the top: [10:21] Hornet: on the dmesg output you posted, all file systems what were mounted mounted fine (so supposedly with the options given in fstab). this includes the root file system: "EXT4-fs (sda2): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)" [10:22] sda* is the ssd I think, boot , /, quickspace and swap are on that. sdb is a wd green, and sdc* are 4 identical wd reds [10:22] Hornet: the output may be incomplete, though [10:23] I saw that yes, but clearly it failed. running mount manually gives a uuid error [10:23] sda is CT120BX100SSD1 (sda, 120 GB) [10:23] that's a Crucial SSD [10:24] it is yes [10:26] would dmesg come from the kernel directly or a written cache? eg could this be old information from the previous boot? [10:27] I'm not sure I can see any options from here other than reboot to usb and fsck it manually, then edit fstab live if nothing obvious is wrong [10:28] dmesg comes from a memory buffer which the kernel writes to [10:28] it's lost / cleared on reboot [10:29] feel free to reboot whenever you feel like [10:29] i noted you have a "stripe" option set for the root file system (ext4). i have not used this, have no experience with it. [10:30] i.e. https://termbin.com/6vzw states: /dev/sda2 on / type ext4 (ro,relatime,stripe=32730,data=ordered) [10:31] buit that's not in fstab, so maybe it was set automatically [10:32] or it could be a result of how this file system was created [10:33] I'm unsure, I don't think I set it intentionally [10:36] maybe it was a holdover from when / was on the raid array, before the ssd existed [10:36] can't see why that would apply to /volatile though, that's never been on raid (hence the name) [10:37] okay well I think we're off to reboot and pray, I can't do that this instant but will let you know how it goes [10:37] thanks again for your insight & sanity checking [10:38] yw. make sure to fix the disk wiring [10:39] and during your maintenance, run smartctl on all disks, too [10:39] I don't think there's anything doable, iirc they're all on sata ports [10:39] one might be using an esata -> sata cable [10:39] server is an hp proliant [10:40] iirc there might be speed limitations on a couple of the ports, maybe that's the issue. there's a hacked firmware that can overcome that but I'm not sure I want that on a server, it's very russian [10:40] just putting those disks on separate ports may help already [10:41] I think they are all separately wired? what have you noticed that makes you think they're not? [10:42] iirc the ssd and green share a power cable [10:44] Hornet: i just noted that sda and sdb are listed as ata1.0 and 1.1 but this may be a red herring. i'm also unsure what those nomdmonddf nomdmonisw kernel cmdline parameters are that you're using. [10:44] hi all [10:45] i get an error on my snapd , it looks like this main.go:150: description of sign's "k" is lowercase: [10:45] any one who knows a nice fix ? [10:45] Hornet: oh ata1 and ata2 are PATA! [10:45] again I don't think I added those. google suggests those might be artifacts from updating mdadm versions [10:46] maybe from one of the upgrades that now can't clean up due to RO fs [10:47] maybe you have a leftover third party configuration file in /etc/grub.d/ [10:47] unimatrix9: when doing what? [10:47] tab completion [10:48] seems to be a bug in translations [10:48] tomreyn I don't think anything in there is IDE/pata [10:49] I remember having to get bent sata connectors to fit [10:50] Hornet: first hit for "ata1" on https://termbin.com/uxs7 though, PATA is what the kernel reports for those ports. [10:50] but just those two === BrianG61UK_ is now known as BrianG61UK [10:50] Hornet: which Gen microserver is this? [10:50] in this case a dutch translation for the ubuntu snapd needs to be updated.. but its not done yet.. [10:51] Hornet: Gen7 i guess [10:53] tomreyn it is yes [10:54] unimatrix9: please elaborate and/or pastebin what you mean exactly, so volunteers can follow what yu mean exactly [10:55] sorry was reading the bug reports .. [10:56] i am going to contact the translator , so it gets fixed, thanks for your time ;) [11:01] Hornet: i assume you noticed there's a bios upgrade, but it also doesn't seem to be related to this UDMA/33 issue. maybe try ubuntu 18.04 on this system as well (live system) to see whether it works around those ata issues. [11:02] 16.04 only has another year anyways. [11:12] tomreyn: I'll be upgrading yes, 16 was just a stepping stone [11:18] good luck there. [11:48] ello, i can't get serial_ir to load at boot (in /etc/modules) The problem is that the (kernel) serial driver is getting loaded before anything listed in /etc/modules.conf. (setserial is set up in /etc/serial.conf with /dev/ttyS0 uart none). Any tips ? [11:49] Hello everyone, I hope you are having a great day so far. I am running 18.04 and as of recent my boot time went time 2 minutes because of systemd-udev-settle.service (1.5min) and NetworkManager-wait-online.service (0.5min), any idea on what the cause could be? [11:50] smellsLikeGoatSp: check journalctl maybe [11:51] with -u you can see individual logs [11:52] or systemctl status [11:54] smellsLikeGoatSp: could it be an external device which you've recently added? [11:58] brainwash: that is actually a good shout. I have added an internal drive over which I installed windows ten. I do not think I incurred in a delay in boot time initially. this is the output from systemctl https://pastebin.com/ZAHYjVHw [11:59] that isn't much info :/ [12:00] in that output [12:04] This is a new hard drive with Ubuntu 18.04. My husband can’t remember how he did things before. He wants the icons to be on the right not the left. How can I switch them? [12:05] I don't usually get to play with his computer. [12:09] chull: settings-dock-position on screen [12:10] smellsLikeGoatSp, ty. This will sound silly, but he can't help me, where is settings? [12:10] chull: press the super button (search, windows logo) and type dock to open the settings [12:11] smellsLikeGoatSp, where? (sorry I'm visually impaired and this is NOT my computer.) [12:12] brainwash: I could plug the drive out and try again later. or just settle for a longer boot if that is the price to pay :) I should also say that the desktop is connected to a controlled network where machines can be booted via ethernet [12:12] chull: button to the right of CTRL [12:12] chull: hi. press and release OS logo (windows) key, then type "settings", press enter. [12:13] chull: once there, type "dock", it will save you a step and extra typing [12:14] hi tomreyn :) pressing the windows key shrank all the windows, where do you type? [12:15] chull: you can type directly after pressing the windows key [12:15] chull: just type, it should show in a search box then [12:15] ok [12:15] Hello, my computer was freezing so i tthought of removing the nvidia driver and did apt-get purge nvidia-* , rebooted and now fails to start, get a blank screen, if i go failsafe i get no screen found xorg, how can i fix it back plz/? [12:16] ocx32: what does dkms status say? and lsmod |grep nvidia [12:16] i will reboot and drop into shell [12:16] tomreyn, smellsLikeGoatSp wow it did :) [12:16] ocx32: anything in dmesg gives an idea what the freezing could cause? OOM/excessive swap usage? [12:16] ocx32: overheating, case hot? [12:17] ocx32: lm-sensors, command: sensors [12:17] my problem now is i dont have any graphical interface, i canot boot mu buntu 18 [12:17] chull: if you have multimedia keys on your keyboard you could also press the "tools" key to open 'settings' immediately. [12:17] not worried about the freeazing now, [12:17] ocx32: i see but you can work perfectly in the command line, no? startx fails also right? [12:17] yes [12:17] it gives a fatal error no screen found [12:18] ocx32 / tarzeau: leftover xorg.conf or module blacklisting? [12:18] i have an nvidia 970, how can i make sure its drivers are installed? [12:18] ocx32: 13:16 < tarzeau> ocx32: what does dkms status say? and lsmod |grep nvidia [12:19] dkms status saus nvida 435.21 4.4-134 generic x86_64 : installed [12:19] sorry cant copy paste i am on another pc now [12:19]