[00:02] nelson777: oh nice, I mean, it's frustrating, but I'm glad you're on your feet again [00:02] nelson777: does vagrant have a listing of who is responsible for each image? that might be worth a bug report [00:03] sarnold it's already there: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-images/+bug/1893705 [00:03] I filled it up earlier [00:03] Launchpad bug 1893705 in cloud-images "Can't set static IP in vagrant image ubuntu/focal64 " [Undecided,New] [00:03] nelson777: oh beautiful! :D thanks! === fcastillo_ is now known as fcastillo [00:39] well i found how to crash gnome-shell, hold down the meta key :| [01:21] Can somebody explain what exactly distinguishes an "inactive" buffer from a "hidden" buffer? I've reade the descriptions in the manual, but the two seem functionally the same since an inactive buffer can be re-activated and vice-versa. [01:22] whoops. wrong channel. That was meant for vim. please ignore. [01:22] hah, I was curious which program that would involve :) === zbenjamin is now known as Guest3966 === zbenjamin_ is now known as zbenjamin === squidgy is now known as smackoverflow [01:52] not strictly an ubuntu question, but in the memtest that comes with the bootable iso, what diagnostic info can be learned if the memtest just freezes early, i'm 62% through test#2 and it's just been here for a good long while, the + in metext86+ is flashing that's it === smackoverflow is now known as squidgy [01:55] oh boy. i went down to 1 out of 4 sticks. 1st stick made it slightly farther than all 4. 2nd stick froze about the same place but then the screen turned black shortly after freezing [01:55] ses1984: heh :( those sound like bad results :( [01:57] i've had a system for a long time, it was slowly starting to show problems like it wouldn't start on the first try from a cold boot, just nothing would happen, no POST codes showing on the little included 2 digit display [01:58] i suspected maybe the motherboard was bad? got a brand new mobo and CPU, it's worse somehow [01:58] ses1984: try #hardware [01:59] thanks [02:01] ses1984: that feels a bit like problems that might come about due to failing capacitors, but that's just my wild speculation [02:02] failing capacitors like on the PSU or GPU? the mobo (and cpu) were just replaced [02:04] hmm, I was thinking motherboard [02:28] hi guys. I converted an rpm to deb and installed Oracle, but when I try to run "Get Started" or "Run SQL Command Line" i get permission denied, help please? [02:31] forthewin: which rpm did you convert? with which tool? did you have any trouble installing it? what is "oracle"? (they make a few thousand products..) [02:32] sarnold: oracle-xe-11.2.0-1.0.x86_64.rpm with alien [02:32] sarnold: no trouble installing it worked fine [02:33] sarnold: it's oracle 11g [02:34] forthewin: check the /var/lib/dpkg/info/oracle* scripts and make sure that what they're supposed to do make sense on an ubuntu system .. rhels are pretty different, and perhaps the postinst script needs some modification [02:40] sarnold: ok thank you [02:41] forthewin: if there's nothing obvious there, and there's no log files that report what the actual error is, then you'll probably have to strace it or similar [02:41] good luck with that though :( I fully expect oracle to have disabled ptrace [02:43] sarnold: thats frustrating === gabkdlly_ is now known as gabkdlly [02:53] sarnold: I reran the sudo alien rpm but with --scripts at the end, I can now run sql command line! woo [02:53] forthewin: oh sweeeeeet! [02:53] forthewin: that's a lot easier than I feared :) [02:53] forthewin: thanks so much for reporting back :) I really like to learn things [02:55] sarnold: now I'm at the SQL command line and am trying to connect to the database but it says insufficient privileges. Not sure what my username/pw is supposed to be [02:55] forthewin: that's where the $200k/year oracle DBA comes in.... :) [02:56] sarnold: hahah probably [02:56] forthewin: I'm only familiar with postgresql, but there iirc it's a matter of having a root process connect via a unix socket at first, then add new users with permissions to a permissions grants table === xPatsy5 is now known as xPatsy [04:45] hey guys is there an ubuntu offtopic channel [04:46] id like to ask how i would go about learning to make my own cfw from a cli/bash angle [04:46] android [04:50] can someone tell me what the "bad" means in this? [04:50] Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/suricata; bad; vendor preset: enabled) [04:51] from 'systemctl status suricata' [04:52] found this and think pertains to your situation [04:52] https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/468058/systemctl-status-shows-vendor-preset-disabled [04:53] basically says that the service isn't enabled on boot and that you have to run commands in cli/bash to enable it [04:54] something like sudo systemctrl or "systemctl enable httpd." [05:54] hey [06:12] what does the grep command do that is so signifigant? [06:15] WhatTheDuck, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grep [07:02] oerheks: Hey I have got the live USB with Ubuntu 20.04. That day you were telling that I should live usb to fix the problems which occured due to the upgrading of ubuntu using -d flag [07:03] oerheks: Any idea what to do now to fix that? [07:19] Has anyone else noticed on 20.04 that fingerprint reader is not activated every time the GUI asks for login credentials? [07:25] Is there a way to get GNOME to auto mount an sftp location on login/boot? [07:27] OiYouYeahYou, Yes, create a shellscript that can mount it, and add it to your startup scripts. [07:28] Gnome-session or something. === xbfrog is now known as CrystalMath === CrystalMath is now known as Guest52848 === Guest52848 is now known as crystalmath === crystalmath is now known as Guest21411 === Guest21411 is now known as xbfrog === xbfrog is now known as xBfrog === Guest66962 is now known as Gokturk-Away === jess is now known as meow [09:15] how can i install package unixodbc-bin on ubuntu 20.04 ? === meow is now known as jess [09:34] hi guys-just wondering if its possible to copy and paste to a "VM" OS, from my host machine. i tried ctrl+C ctrl+V(with or without Shift held) no luck tried dragging-need to quickly locally transfer a 2.5G from ubuntu to windows [09:35] using oracle vb [09:46] chikkoroll, I would `scp` the file, host settings control what's allowed though === eliotwhite is now known as homma [09:58] hey all [09:58] having issues with jack and a usb audio interface [09:58] hey guiverc sorry was away [10:01] im in charge of the host scp im sending to a windows vm from a linux host and it my pc(me admin lols) is scp ftp (iteration of) im not familiar with it [10:03] all g just found explaination lol is part of builtins or do i install [10:03] and will this work for linux to win [10:03] (8.1 [10:04] guiverc, are you still around mate [10:04] scp is a secure (encrypted) form of rcp (remote file copy, 1982).. yeah but windows doesn't have it by default and it used to be a pain to setup [10:05] it's easier to use putty & like tools on windows.. [10:30] chikkoroll, scp is part of ssh, you'd need some sort of ssh service running on the server [10:31] sftp, also part of ssh, is a better option than scp [10:31] Consider just adding a shared folder to the VM. You can do it while it's running [10:32] You access it from the guest with something like \\vboxsvr\foo === PowerTower_121 is now known as PowerTower_120 [11:01] * jelly waits patiently for focal to arrive [11:02] Hiho, i am running Ubuntu 20.04 ( installed about a month ago ) and recently i am experiencing sometimes - mostly on the first boot of the day ( reboot always fixes it ) - a black screen after login ( no mouse ) what could be the issue ? Maybe packages or settings i can change or something ? [11:12] thyriaen: check dmesg [11:14] memoryleak, thanks is there a way to check dmesg from not the last but the boot before the last ? === rud0lf_ is now known as rud0lf [11:17] thyriaen: It'll be in the logs in /var/log/ [11:24] thanks, i got to the errors :=) [12:06] i recently had some hardware problems, replaced the bad hardware (i am pretty sure anyway), but still having problems in ubuntu, it freezes shortly after booting into the OS, is there anything i can do to verify or repair the system? or reconfigure it for the new hardware? [12:09] ses1984: it was freezing before and after replacing hardware? yes/no [12:09] yes [12:10] but if i boot into windows i was able to burn-in test with furmark and prime95, no problems [12:10] memtest ran for 8 hours no problems [12:10] ses1984: what hardware was replaced? [12:10] my current theory is that the old bad hardware messed up the operating system, so even after replacing the bad hardware, still having problems in the os [12:10] cpu and motherboard were replaced, moved from intel to amd architecture [12:13] ses1984: does it freeze when using LiveDVD/LiveUSB installation media? [12:13] at this point im not even certain the hardware was ever bad? [12:13] not sure, didn't use it for more than a few minutes at a time in liveusb [12:14] ses1984, were you experiencing issues in Windows as well before hand or just on Ubuntu? Also, what graphics card are you using in case that's the culprit as well [12:14] ses1984: keep that LiveUSB/LiveDVD handly, you'll need it [12:15] i am pretty sure i was experiencing issues in windows prior to replacing the hardware but i didn't keep detailed notes. i use both operating systems pretty regularly and i didn't keep detailed notes, i'm not certain of my memories [12:15] ahh crap can't even talk straight. didn't sleep much last night from trying to troubleshoot [12:16] I get that, been there done that many times [13:09] Hi all [13:21] Hi everyone, [13:21] I'm running ubuntu 20.04 and after updating firefox today it crashes with a message "Exiting due to channel error." on startup [13:21] I tried disabling all extensions, disabling hardware accleration, but the problem persists [13:21] The curios thing is that it doesn't happen in Safe Mode, but I'm not sure what else can cause the problem [13:21] Any help with debugging would be really appreciated [13:21] CrackedCracker: did you compare with a vanilla FF on another user? [13:22] lotuspsychje: not yet, will try it now [13:27] ok, did that, it starts fine with a fresh user [13:28] CrackedCracker: ok tnx for testing, you proved it might be user related [13:29] CrackedCracker: maybe try launching FF from a terminal, to catch some errors, and/or a journalctl -f [13:38] lotuspsychje: thanks for the help! [13:38] The error above ("Exiting due to channel error.") is exactly what appears in the terminal [13:38] I tried opening journalctl -f in parallel to see if anything turns up, but apart from rtkit-daemon reporting successful thread creation nothing shows up [13:39] well, now it output a bit more: [13:39] ###!!! [Child][MessageChannel::SendAndWait] Error: Channel error: cannot send/recv [13:39] Exiting due to channel error. [13:39] ###!!! [Child][MessageChannel] Error: (msgtype=0x62001E,name=PLayerTransaction::Msg_Shutdown) Channel error: cannot send/recv [13:40] CrackedCracker: your firefox up to date also? [13:40] apt says there are no updates available and --version says it's 80.0 [13:41] for what it's worth my apt also says there are no updates available and i'm running FF 80 and it's working fine [13:42] i think it stores config in ~/.config/mozilla ? could mv it out of the way and try again [13:49] yeah, had something to do with my preferences, apparently [13:49] deleted prefs.js and now it's working again [13:50] thank you both for help! === banisterfiend_ is now known as banisterfiend === StathisA_ is now known as StathisA [13:57] I have a question about qemu/libvirt - OK to ask here? The problem started when I upgraded from 18.04 to 20.04. [13:59] I can't view the guest machine in the virt-manager window. Because of this error: Error connecting to graphical console: [13:59] internal error: unable to execute QEMU command 'getfd': No file descriptor supplied via SCM_RIGHTS [14:00] Googling this suggests this was an error that has since been fixed [14:02] I've looked in /etc/apparmor.d/ but I haven't changed any files, because the temporary fixes seem to have already been applied [14:03] Destroying the vm and creating a new one with the old disk image hasn't worked either === bildramer1 is now known as bildramer === banisterfiend_ is now known as banisterfiend [14:30] Anyone know where to find the package of nmap scripts now? It isn't included in `nmap` anymore, and I don't see how else to fetch the scripts. I discovered this when I went from 18.04 to 20.04 (via reinstallation) [14:31] nevermind, i'm an idiot [14:44] /usr/share/nmap/scripts/ === uc50ic4more_ is now known as uc50ic4more === remy^ is now known as RdH === RdH is now known as Remy [14:56] Hi. I want to install a laptop in a "kiosk" mode where no user action is persistent across reboots. Is it a good idea to mount /home/kiosk as tmpfs (or zram?) and additionally create a big on-the-fly encrypted swap? Will the kernel be smart enough to not overflow RAM with what's in the home tmpfs but instead start swapping from tmpfs soon enough? [14:57] krumelmonster: you might try ##linux [14:57] good point, will do [15:12] pavlos: yep, figured that out about a minute after I asked the question :( [15:24] I am on ubuntu 18.04.4. I set the config for vsftpd to use utf8 file system. I set dpkg-reconfigure locales to en_US.UTF-8. I check locales and it is working. I restart vsftpd and try to check the ftp but directories and files are still showing incorrect. ssh and sftp are fine. Can someone please help? [15:31] does initramfs take /etc/modprobe.d configuration into account when building a new initramfs? [15:34] kevr: no, look into /usr/share/initramfs-tools/modules.d [15:36] Hey guys, fedora has a "firefox-wayland" package to make firefox more compatible with wayland display. Is there something similar to ubuntu? [15:40] I just installed an ubuntu server VM with 400 GB of disk space [15:41] However, now that I'm ssh'd into the VM, it only shows 200 GB of disk space [15:41] ...what happened to the other 200GB? [15:41] this is a fresh install [15:41] and the hypervisor shows a 400GB disk [15:41] bumblefuzz: sudo parted -l [15:42] ok, 3rd partition is 100GB [15:42] why does df -h show 200? [15:42] correction: 3rd partition is 400 GB [15:42] df -h shows 200 though [15:42] for root [15:43] why is that? [15:46] "lsblk" [15:46] ok, root is a logical volume within the 3rd partition [15:46] and is only 200/400 [15:46] but what's up with that? [15:46] where's the other 400? [15:47] *200 [15:47] or, why isn't it being used? [15:49] I've never seen this before so maybe I'm asking something obvious [15:49] but I still don't understand [15:52] bumblefuzz: please pastebin the output of lsblk [15:54] https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/vg7VSfxM5f/ [15:55] bumblefuzz: your partition is 400G. Your LVM volume is only configured to use 200G. Feel free to use your LVM manager tools to increase the size [15:55] I'm unfamiliar with this... what are LVM manager tools? [15:58] bumblefuzz: why did you create an LVM during the install if you don't know how to manage LVM's? [15:58] I just nexted through the install the same as I've always done [15:58] that's why I was lost when I got in to look at the disks [15:59] it should've (and has always) been 400GB disk [15:59] and it wasn't [15:59] I've never had an install do this [16:00] bumblefuzz: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-lvm-to-manage-storage-devices-on-ubuntu-18-04#:~:text=growing%20the%20size [16:00] ok, so do I have to expand the VG before expanding the LV [16:01] bumblefuzz: future reference, please pay attention to the installation steps you are "nexting" through [16:04] ok, that was easier to do than I thought [16:04] thanks for your help [16:04] no clue what happened during the install === banisterfiend_ is now known as banisterfiend [16:26] Hi, I just installed Ubuntu 20.04, removed USB rebooted, and after decrypting the system I am stuck on a black screen with a blinker [16:26] I can change to another TTY with Ctrl+Alt+2 and log in as my user [16:26] Restarting gdm doesn't seem to have an effect beyond sending me back to TTY1 [16:29] alwyn, maybe nomodeset is your fix too [16:29] !nomodeset [16:29] Systems with certain graphics chipsets may not boot properly out of the box. "Temporarily Add a Kernel Boot Parameter for Testing" as discussed at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBootParameters to add the "nomodeset" parameter there. [16:29] I'll try that [16:29] Thanks [16:29] Running apt upgrade now, will add the parameter upon reboot [16:46] oerheks: that did it, thanks! [16:46] alwyn, have fun! === banisterfiend_ is now known as banisterfiend [17:43] ok, I'm setting up a new ubuntu server and I've copied my public SSH key to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys and it's still prompting me for a password [17:43] what's going on?? [17:43] this is the 2nd server I'm setting up today and the first one went fine [17:44] I've recopied and repasted it [17:44] it just doesn't work [17:44] I have no idea what's happening [17:44] I can still log in on the other servers [17:44] bumblefuzz: compare the working to the non working [17:44] check the permissions on the file [17:45] what should the permissions be? [17:45] if it's world readable then sshd can ignore it i think [17:45] bumblefuzz: the same as the working servers [17:45] bumblefuzz, one needs to do a step more in the ssh config [17:45] bumblefuzz: that's why you're going to compare the two [17:46] and the .ssh directory too [17:46] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSH/OpenSSH/Configuring [17:46] bumblefuzz: you and file ownership and permissions are having a day today [17:46] it's the same directory [17:46] #PasswordAuthentication yes [17:46] You could also do 'ssh-copy-id' to make sure it goes to the correct place [17:46] whoa [17:47] no, key is oke i guess , he needs to disable password, easy peasy [17:47] which terminal do I do that in? [17:47] I'm tryna disable pw but I can't get the key to work [17:47] how does ssh-copy-id work? [17:47] bumblefuzz, the one from the computer you're trying to copy the keys from [17:47] and restart the ssh service.. [17:47] bumblefuzz, ssh-copy-id user@host [17:47] it is all in the wiki [17:47] hmmm [17:47] Then it'll prompt for the password just to verify it's configured properly [17:48] ok, I copied it using that method and login is still requesting a pw [17:48] ?! [17:49] Is your key you generated password protected? [17:49] nope [17:50] I'm totally confused [17:51] Is UsePAM set to "yes" in your sshd_config? [17:51] I'm grasping at straws to figure out what's happening on this box honestly. [17:52] yes [17:52] but it also is in the working machine [17:53] I've never seen anything like this [17:53] Are you sure you don't have the wrong terminal session open when you're trying to ssh in after copying the key? Like, you're not copying it from Box A to Box C, then ssh'd in to Box B trying to get to C are you? [17:53] bumblefuzz: did you restart your sshd after editing /etc/sshd_config on the server? [17:54] */etc/ssh/sshd_config [17:54] so, technically, I haven't made any changes to the sshd config yet [17:54] if the key authentication is working, it shouldn't prompt me for a password [17:55] bumblefuzz: ok, what are the permissions of /home/user/.ssh/authorized_keys [17:55] same as on the working machine [17:56] -rw-rw-r-- [17:57] bumblefuzz: try on the server, chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys [17:57] bumblefuzz: and chmod 700 ~/.ssh [17:58] I did a sha256sum of both files and they are identical [17:59] ok, can you do it anyways? :D [17:59] it's good though that you did so, just trying to make sure the permissions and whatnot is setup right, then we can move on to other stuff [17:59] done [18:00] ok, no password this time [18:00] ok, cool, type "grep -i authentication /etc/ssh/sshd_config" [18:00] make sure PubkeyAuthentication yes and RSAAuthentication yes shows up [18:00] (uncommented obviously) [18:00] meow there. any idea why netplan wouldnt work? I have a clean configuration, I have netplan.io package installed, it points to renderer networkd, and I do netplan generate and apply w/o success. any idea? [18:01] elge: try asking in #ubuntu-server for likeminded volunteers [18:02] bumblefuzz: great, all good? [18:03] elge: it's kind of hard to find out what went wrong when netplan doesn't go :( check journalctl ? [18:04] alls well [18:04] thank you so much [18:04] folder permissions must've been off somehow [18:04] bumblefuzz: great, no problem [18:04] that scare the sh** outta me [18:04] lol [18:08] bumblefuzz: yeah its likely the ~/.ssh dir, ssh can be iffy about it i guess [18:09] just to be clear, you used 700 on the folder and 600 on the file, yes? [18:09] "iffy" ---> very helpfully points out when yo'uve made a mistake :) [18:09] what's the reasoning there? [18:10] bumblefuzz: yup, it's just the standards of ssh [18:11] sarnold, thanks, I just had the wrong extension, .cfg instead of .yaml... [18:12] I assume 700 then on all higher folders, as well? [18:12] I don't have a lot of practice with permissions [18:13] 755 for / /home and /home/bumblefuzz are all fine; you might want to make your homedir more restrictive if you never share anything with other users on hte system [18:13] bumblefuzz: yeah that's a good practice, i think by default ubuntu creates a home dir with r-x as the "others", so everybody can read a person's home dir [18:14] i dunno why it even is like that, but it is *shrug* [18:17] EriC^^: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/adduser/+bug/48734 [18:17] Launchpad bug 48734 in adduser (Ubuntu) "Home permissions too open" [Medium,Opinion] [18:17] bumblefuzz: yes as mentioned above, leave "/" and "/home" as they are 755, but you can set 700 or 770 for /home/your_user if you dont want anyone to see the contents [18:18] sarnold: yikes, it's been open since 2006 or so [18:36] I cannot get my mobile broadband to work - the SIM card is in (and it's tested and working in a mobile phone) and Network Manager shows the mobile broadband device, but I cannot enable the device in the Network settings nor can I add a new connection [18:37] lsusb shows: Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1199:a001 Sierra Wireless, Inc. Sierra Wireless EM7345 4G LTE [18:37] zetheroo: are you chatting from the computer right now? [18:38] https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/Xw8fNQDzsw/ [18:38] tatertots: yes I am [18:40] more info here https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/JMVf2nTMqd/ [18:40] zetheroo: "unsupported" shows up quite often [18:40] zetheroo: that's not a good sign [18:40] seems that the system thinks that the SIM isn't inserted, but it definitely is [18:42] zetheroo: in terminal> mmcli -L|nc termbin.com 9999 [18:42] https://termbin.com/9o8j [18:43] zetheroo: in terminal> mmcli -m 0|nc termbin.com 9999 [18:44] https://termbin.com/zfz2p [18:45] isn't that the same info as I posted in the last Ubuntu Pastebin link? [18:46] zetheroo: you could try process of elimination, but that will eventually cost [18:46] cost? How much? :D [18:46] zetheroo: same PC , same SIM, DIFFERENT modem, and test [18:46] Hi, I'm having trouble with Impress. Almost each time - not always - I open a presentation and start he slideshow or when it autostarts, the presentation starts in the background and the edit window show in front of the presentation. It's not a big issue, but it's an irritant. [18:46] zetheroo: that's what the process of elimination might look like [18:46] tatertots: ah I see [18:47] zetheroo: or same PC , DIFFERENT SIM, same modem, and test [18:47] zetheroo: ...process of elimination [18:47] tatertots: yeah, I'll try with another SIM before getting another modem [18:49] zetheroo: in terminal> mmcli -m 0 -e|tee ~nip.pir [18:49] zetheroo: in terminal> mmcli -m 0 -e|tee ~/nip.pir [18:49] error: couldn't enable the modem: 'GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.Error.Core.WrongState: modem in failed state' [18:50] zetheroo: try a different sim, if it's the same error, a different modem would be the next thing i would try [18:50] seems like the firmware v1.1 is buggy https://zukota.com/sierra-wireless-em7345-how-to-flash-the-latest-firmware/ [18:51] I need to upgrade to firmware 1.2 ... but for that I need Windowz :/ [18:51] zetheroo: maybe you can update modem firmware, but that wouldn't be a ubuntu issue [18:51] How's everyone doing? [18:51] tatertots true [18:54] has anyone been successful at upgrading device firmware using a Virtualbox VM? [18:55] zetheroo, we have fwupdate tools now [18:55] i would not risk it with virtualbox [18:56] https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=fwupdate [18:56] oerheks: do you think that should work with updating my boradband modem fw? [18:56] zetheroo, oh, not internal components? [18:57] no clue then, check the vendor. [18:57] oerheks: yes, it internal [18:57] em7435 internal mobile broadband [18:58] *em7345 [18:58] check this howto https://itsfoss.com/update-firmware-ubuntu/ [18:58] sudo service fwupd start && sudo fwupdmgr refresh && sudo fwupdmgr update [18:58] only if that vendor is member of the firmware tool alliance [19:06] ok thanks, it seems it's not a member of the firmware tool alliance [19:12] afternoon everyone [19:16] Hello all [19:16] um i am a linux noob [19:16] does removing unused packages free memory/ram ? [19:17] ComputerTech: it might, if it runs a service at boot [19:17] sarnold, how can i check? [19:17] will definate free hard drive space (though your milage may vary) [19:18] ComputerTech: there's no easy way to check [19:19] hmm i see [19:21] Hey guys. I'm trying out Linux again, starting with Ubuntu. Installed it onto an external drive without errors, but now when I log in it goes black and returns to the login. [19:21] PonyToast: nvidia? [19:21] odd apt-get update question. Just installed ubuntu server 18.04.5 on seven VM's. Same settings. First auso apt-get update hits 18 repos, then on some machines subsequent ones hit 8 and the others 4. Why is that? [19:22] I think this is the gdm3 bug for nvidia but I'm not sure how to install the right driver from terminal. [19:27] jilocasin: it might be worthwhile to compare the output of "apt policy" on all the systems to make sure they really are the same [19:29] any graphic photo viewer to heic (iphone photos ) [19:30] aguitel, do you mean 'heif' ? [19:31] ioria, appears .heic [19:31] I can't get it of this login loop [19:31] aguitel: install heif-gdk-pixbuf then try gpicview or pcmanfm [19:31] sarnold: k, lots of 100 & 500 lines. [19:32] Reinstalling hasnt helped. Not sure what to do now. I set grub to "quiet" and removed splash. Also didn't work with "nomodset" [19:32] sarnold, will try [19:34] sarnold: no maention in the man page or via google (lots of apt-cache policy hits though). [19:41] Ok so I followed the official answer here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/223501/ubuntu-gets-stuck-in-a-login-loop [19:42] But when I do chown username:username.Xauthority it gives me this error: [19:42] Chown: missing operand after 'myusername:myusername.Xauthority' [19:43] PonyToast: I think you might be missing a space. [19:44] It's chown owner:group file [19:44] sarnold,thanks it works [19:45] PonyToast: if you are tryon to change the ownership on a file named .Xauthority it needs to be: chown username:username .Xauthority [19:46] Ok. Did that, no error this time. Main issue still there though, it keeps looping me to login [19:47] Going to try the second answer and see if it works [19:47] !nomodeset | PonyToast Nvidia ? [19:47] PonyToast Nvidia ?: Systems with certain graphics chipsets may not boot properly out of the box. "Temporarily Add a Kernel Boot Parameter for Testing" as discussed at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBootParameters to add the "nomodeset" parameter there. [19:49] Nomodeset? Oof, I followed instructions that had me change it to "nomodset" [19:49] Let me check it [19:50] hmm, just curious [19:50] does anyone have any personal tips of freeing memory? [19:52] ComputerTech: exit the browser or any other things you have open that aren't being used [19:52] ComputerTech: the smem tool is pretty handy for finding programs that are using a lot of memory [19:52] not for pc [19:52] for server i mean [19:52] sarnold hmm ok, guessign i have to install smem? [19:52] reduce video ram allocation if you have internal graphics. [19:53] as i said === gr33n7007h is now known as al2o3-cr [19:53] it's not a pc [19:53] it's a server [19:53] ComputerTech: top |more [19:53] so proper server hardware? [19:53] yes vps [19:53] ComputerTech: desktop ubuntu or server edition same rules apply exit applications or processes that are consuming memory [19:54] ComputerTech: yes [19:54] sarnold ok :) [19:58] ComputerTech: htop if you want something prettier and sortable [19:58] ok :) [20:02] ubottu: nomodeset got me to the desktop. Now going to try and fix the nvidia drivers. Thank you! [20:02] PonyToast: I am only a bot, please don't think I'm intelligent :) [20:03] Oh, wow. It was such an informed answer I thought it was a person [20:03] Now I feel dumb [20:03] PonyToast: \o/ [20:06] the number of repos called by sudo apt-get update seems to fluctuate. I guess I shouldn't worry about it too much. Thanks anyway. [20:06] * jilocasin ttfn [20:09] I'm trying to run xen hypervisor on ubuntu 20.04 but I can't seem to get it to boot. Has anyone else had this issue? [20:12] So, when I use startx from tty1 to start my X session, gnome-terminal doesn't run. [20:12] Ubuntu 20.04LTS brand new install. [20:12] gnome-terminal ran fine under the default DE [20:12] i think 20.04/gnome uses GDM ? [20:12] no error, when I run it from a terminal, it just hangs and never returns anything until I ctrl-c [20:12] startx is the old way [20:12] oerheks: I disabled gdm. [20:12] oh, not worth to mention? [20:13] * oerheks walks away [20:13] I don't need a display manager for this. It's a virtualbox instance. I run it on my mac cause I can't stand using macos (work machine) [20:13] Xen is in the Ubuntu 20.04 repository but for whatever reason it just doesn't work. It's so weird [20:14] I suppose I could have gdm start stumpwm for me (my window manager), but I'm just trying to find out why it's necessary. [20:14] can gnome-terminal only run in a gnome session or something? [20:14] https://gist.github.com/bougyman/e7df19ad1f5bf23b4bae48bf5a05ea62 [20:15] there's where it is when I ctrl-c [20:15] maybe there's some debug flag... [20:16] same thing with gnome-terminal -vvvvvvvvvvvvvv [20:16] OOH NICE, I got a new message with that: # Error constructing proxy for org.gnome.Terminal:/org/gnome/Terminal/Factory0: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.gnome.Terminal: Timeout was reached [20:17] That looks to me like it wants a path in dbus taht doesn't exist. [20:17] boggle [20:31] amazoniantoad, I have working xen installs for xen-4.12 and xen-4.14. The distro xen-4.11 is dated Mar 2020, too old [20:32] amazoniantoad, in focal [20:32]