[00:17] hello? [00:21] alex_jaeger: Welcome to ubuntu support - you have a question ? [00:21] no, just worried I was muted, but clearly I am not [00:21] thanks! [00:32] hello, please i rebooted my ubuntu VM and instead of proper boot of system... i got a grub console :( [00:32] any idea what exactly should i type there to boot machine? [00:33] heap_: Depends what the issue is. [00:33] wyoung: ;/ no idea what happened, it was running now after reboot i got grub console [00:33] Did you notice any error messages? Do you have a sticky key? [00:33] CTRL+ALT+DEL [00:34] Then read the error :) [00:35] no error [00:35] it just got grub console [00:38] wyoung: ? [00:38] Press enter? [00:39] its GRUB CONSOLE [00:39] grub> [00:40] just type 'exit' ? [00:41] nothing.... [00:42] ls [00:43] does it list disks like (hd0,1) [00:43] grub> ls [00:43] (hd0) (hd0,msdos5) (hd0,msdos1) (cd0) (cd0,msdos5) (cd0,msdos1) (host) [00:43] pavlos: ^^ [00:45] pls anyone can help?:( i had a lot of stuff there and i think it wasnt backed up ;( [00:45] is there a way to boot it? [00:45] heap_: ls (hd0,msdos1)/ ... repeat until you find one disk that mas the pattern disk/boot/grub [00:46] grub> ls (hd0,msdos1)/ [00:46] lost+found/ initrd.img-4.4.0-178-generic initrd.img-4.4.0-184-generic initrd.img-4.4.0-157-generic System.map-4.4.0-185-generic initrd.img-4.4.0 [00:46] -179-generic System.map-4.4.0-151-generic config-4.4.0-151-generic initrd.img-4.4.0-151-generic grub/ config-4.4.0-185-generic === gr33n7007h is now known as al2o3-cr [00:48] there is no kernel or what?:( [00:48] pavlos: & [00:49] i had no clue what to do [00:49] heap_: What were you doing before this happened? Applying updaates or something? [00:49] wyoung: just hard reboot [00:49] why? [00:49] You have any installation media connected to your computer? [00:50] no [00:50] heap_: let's assume this is the disk ... "set prefix=(hd0,msdos1)/grub", then "set root=(hd0,msdos1)", then "insmod linux", then "insmod normal", then "normal" ... it should reboot [00:50] grub> set prefix=(hd0,msdos1)/grub [00:50] error: file `/grub/locale/en.mo.gz' not found. [00:50] :*( [00:50] so grub is on another disk [00:50] which one? [00:51] grub> ls (hd0,msdos1)/grub [00:51] default menu.lst unicode.pf2 i386-pc/ gfxblacklist.txt locale/ fonts/ menu.lst~ grubenv grub.cfg [00:51] I guess you have to try ls disk as you did with hd0,msdos1) [00:51] grub> ls (hd0,msdos1)/grub/locale [00:51] grub> t.mo en_CA.mo en_GB.mo en_AU.mo [00:52] grub> ls [00:52] (hd0) (hd0,msdos5) (hd0,msdos1) (cd0) (cd0,msdos5) (cd0,msdos1) (host) [00:52] there arent any other disks? [00:53] can you check the hd0,msdos5 [00:54] grub> ls (hd0,msdos5)/ [00:54] error: unknown filesystem. [00:54] i think there was some drive encryption [00:54] i mean once it booted it asked for passphrase and then continue with boot [00:54] then I suggest booting off a live iso and using the chroot method to fix grub [00:54] it wont be possible [00:54] its VM inside iohybe [00:54] so this is a LUKS fs? [00:54] iohyve [00:54] pavlos: yes luks fs i think [00:55] well, I cannot help with LUKS [00:55] hm [00:55] i dont know if its luks [00:55] but it was asking for some pasphrase [00:55] if it ask for a pssphrase to decrypt fs before continue, you have LUKS [00:56] someone else can jump in ... [00:56] :( [00:56] is there some issue? [00:57] i mean is there something special that needs to be done? [00:57] heap_: reading material ... https://www.linux.com/training-tutorials/how-rescue-non-booting-grub-2-linux/ [00:58] https://superuser.com/questions/1536669/grub-bootloader-with-root-luks-encryption-only-grub-shell [00:58] what about that one? [00:59] try "ls (hd0,1)/" as the article says [00:59] grub> ls (hd0,1)/ [00:59] lost+found/ initrd.img-4.4.0-178-generic initrd.img-4.4.0-184-generic initrd.img-4.4.0-157-generic System.map-4.4.0-185-generic initrd.img-4.4.0 [00:59] -179-generic System.map-4.4.0-151-generic config-4.4.0-151-generic initrd.img-4.4.0-151-generic grub/ config-4.4.0-185-generic [00:59] its same [01:00] there is no vmlinuz [01:00] yes its missing [01:01] am reading the article ... [01:03] pavlos: is it gone? [01:04] well, I dont know ... what happened? did the VM boot to grub> [01:04] yes [01:05] when you setup the prefix (hd0,1)/grub it gave an error. right? [01:05] grub> cryptomount -a [01:05] Attempting to decrypt master key... [01:05] Enter passphrase for hd0,msdos5 (18b6576023224fdbada5c0adfcc8eced): [01:05] Slot 0 opened [01:05] Attempting to decrypt master key... [01:05] Enter passphrase for cd0,msdos5 (18b6576023224fdbada5c0adfcc8eced): [01:08] hi, [01:08] sorry [01:18] hi [01:19] if these commands passed > [01:19] 03:14 grub> linux (lvm/universe--vg-root)/boot_backup/vmlinuz-4.4.0-151-generic root=/dev/system/root [01:19] 03:14 grub> initrd (lvm/universe--vg-root)/boot_backup/initrd.img-4.4.0-151-generic [01:19] is it possible now somehow continue grub with booting process? [01:20] pavlos: are u around? [01:21] yes [01:22] I guess the pm is not working [01:23] per the article, type "boot" (see Booting from grub>" section [01:26] pavlos: http://paste.debian.net/1164728/ [01:33] heap_: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/420383/configure-separated-grub-to-run-linux-from-lvm-ddrescued-device [01:36] pavlos: i dont know [01:40] https://superuser.com/questions/1536669/grub-bootloader-with-root-luks-encryption-only-grub-shell [01:41] that he one you sent [01:41] the* [01:44] he got it to book [01:44] boot* [01:46] pavlos: it works! [01:46] heap_: glad it worked [01:49] https://superuser.com/questions/1588626/grub-bootloader-with-luks-encryption-stuck/1588630#1588630 [01:49] pavlos: thanks mate... [01:51] Hi, I've got a new Dell XPS 15 and it's having persistent what-looks-like-graphics-driver-problems when running Ubuntu (example: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yPoPnwG_fwiJAY3EAJNFBSwzrfa4Aven/view). Is there a way to judge whether this is likely to be fixable, vs. whether I'll need to exchange it for a better-supported model? === zbenjamin_ is now known as zbenjamin [01:55] the fonts are off ... [01:55] Sorry, is that a reply to me? [01:56] Taymon: yes [01:56] The more serious problem is that the tab is overlaid with random boxes from the previous tab I was on. [01:57] (Discord is the active tab in this picture; IRC was the previous tab.) [01:58] I can tolerate weird-looking fonts but this makes the system nearly unusable. [01:59] Taymon: what's the graphics device? [01:59] Is there a command I can run to provide useful information on that? [01:59] (In the meantime I'll see what was in the box.) [02:00] Taymon: lspci | grep -i graphics, maybe [02:00] or lspci | grep -i vga [02:01] Hi, I have question, why I compiled kernel don’t had linux-header--common package? what’s the command to compile it? is there anyone could point me or give a link to compile it? thanks a lot. [02:01] 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 630 (Mobile) [02:01] Taymon: that sound right? [02:01] tozhu: what is it you're trying to accomplish? [02:02] tozhu, installing headers? [02:03] Taymon: how about this one: lspci -k | egrep -i 'vga|in use' | grep -i vga -A 1 [02:03] matsaman: I’m going to compile a new kernel: 5.8.11, when I compiled, I just got linux-image-.deb and linux-headers-.deb but missing linux-headers--common.deb [02:03] Manufacturer website says I got "NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GTX 1650 4GB GDDR5" [02:03] Taymon: okay you might also have that [02:03] 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 630 (Mobile) Kernel driver in use: i915 [02:04] Is this an indication that I have the wrong driver for my graphics card? [02:04] Taymon: we'll see [02:05] matsaman: do you know how to compile the linux-headers--common packages from source? [02:05] if so, would you please teach me to do that? ^_^ [02:07] It doesn't really make sense to "compile headers", does it? Headers are a thing that you use when compiling something else. Unless I've misunderstood what you're trying to do. [02:07] Taymon: install pastebinit, then run this: cat $(ls -1rt /var/log/Xorg*log | tail -1) | pastebinit [02:08] Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/pastebinit", line 343, in content = sys.stdin.read() File "/usr/lib/python3.8/codecs.py", line 322, in decode (result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final)UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x81 in position 13434: invalid start byte [02:08] tozhu: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/BuildYourOwnKernel [02:08] tozhu: why're you compiling your own kernel? [02:08] Taymon: well that's disappointing [02:09] there is no latest version, such as 5.8.11 which was released on Sep.23 [02:09] Would it help if I just uploaded the file somewhere? [02:09] Taymon: at the end, it is pastebin not pastebinit [02:10] pavlos: You sure about that? pastebin is not on my path and there's no package by that name. pastebinit is a package that installs a command by that name. [02:10] Taymon: you could od this one, if 'curl' is installed: cat $(ls -1rt /var/log/Xorg*log | tail -1) | curl -F 'f:1=<-' ix.io [02:10] could do* [02:10] Taymon: example ... echo helo | pastebin it shoud give a url [02:10] http://ix.io/2yKp [02:13] apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r) and maybe a good start and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/BuildYourOwnKernel [02:13] but generally, tozhu, you could better use the !mainline repository. for testing only. [02:14] !mainline [02:14] 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/MainlineBuilds [02:15] Taymon: what's dpkg -l | grep -i 'nvidia-graphics' say? What version [02:15] Nothing. [02:15] Taymon: how about dpkg -l | grep -i nouveau ? [02:16] oerheks: matsaman: thank you very much, but seems it still can’t generate linux-headers--common packages [02:16] ubottu: than you [02:16] thank you [02:16] libdrm-nouveau2:amd64, libdrm-nouveau2:i386, xserver-xorg-video-nouveau [02:16] (can provide full output if needed) [02:17] Taymon: alright, hummm, I wonder if you've got nouveau instead of the binary nvidia driver [02:17] Taymon: so you may as well try the binary driver howto: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia [02:18] Taymon: if that doesn't help you, you can try and make sure you've tried just nouveau also [02:18] Taymon: if neither of those work, we can come back and make absolutely sure the nvidia & noueau versions you tried were the best versions you could've tried === gabkdlly_ is now known as gabkdlly [02:22] I am seeing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uUs85M8JPh8hn9ZtCiEiPTqSXdNQyS4W/view in the settings page. Is this indicative of a problem? The wiki page seems to be showing an older version of Ubuntu and I can't tell whether it's matching what I'm supposed to see. [02:24] Taymon: hrmmm, did you download and run something from nvidia.com? [02:25] No. [02:25] manually installed drivers.. [02:25] yes you did. [02:26] At install time, I was prompted to enter a UEFI password as part of a driver-installation thing, and it said I'd be prompted for it again after restart, but I never was. [02:26] I just now installed nvidia-driver-450 and it once again asked me to create a UEFI password. [02:26] Maybe the good driver is half-installed and it's interpreting that to mean "manually installed driver" or something? [02:27] I'm going to reboot now. [02:30] Okay, I got a kind of confusing BIOS menu after rebooting, but I guessed what the right options to choose were, and I suppose I guessed right because my graphics card is working properly now. [02:30] Taymon: hum, is this a laptop that came with GNU/Linux on it? [02:31] No, it came with Windows, I installed Ubuntu after the fact. [02:31] ok [02:32] I guess the lesson here is that the installer makes it easy to accidentally half-install proprietary drivers and then isn't good about diagnosing when you've done this. [02:32] Thanks a bunch for the help! [02:33] manually installed nvidia drivers, maybe you lack the dkms package, who knows? use the official drivers from the menu or driver ppa https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa [02:33] + you would get updates [02:33] Taymon: could be this will say something else now: lspci -k | egrep -i 'vga|in use' | grep -i vga -A 1 [02:33] but if it works it works [02:33] I installed nvidia-driver-450 from the Ubuntu repositories and it worked. I _think_ I started doing the same thing at install time, but then chose the wrong BIOS option after rebooting, and the install didn't finish. [02:34] sounds plausible enough [02:34] 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 630 (Mobile) Kernel driver in use: i915 [02:34] ohwell [02:35] lspci | grep -i nvidia ? =) [02:35] https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/RgZqNsCXWJ/ [02:36] The settings page from earlier now has all the options ungrayed, and says I'm using the recommended proprietary tested driver. [02:36] okay, well, if you just run 'lspci -k | less', there might be a line saying it's using a nvidia driver [02:36] sounds good [02:36] Kernel driver in use: nvidia [02:45] (Remote host closed socket) [02:45] * Disconnected (Remote host closed socket) [02:45] * Disconnected (Remote host closed socket) [02:45] * Disconnected (Remote host closed socket) [02:45] * Disconnected (Remote host closed socket) [02:45] * Disconnected (Remote host closed socket) [02:45] * Disconnected (Remote host closed socket) [02:49] homma, are you using a bot or something? [02:49] homma, are you using a bot or something? [02:50] no [02:52] https://termbin.com/l6jh [02:55] What's the correct way to connect to a different serial tty in a terminal? I tried using ctl + alt + and that must've switched the tty for my entire session and not just the terminal [02:56] i don't know what happened just now, [02:56] i sent a sentence of 18 words [02:57] then i was muted [02:59] https://termbin.com/l6jh [03:00] The content of this link is the information I want to send at that time. [03:14] hey how can i get my nvidia graphics card to work? it isn't getting passed the login screen [03:15] googleowner: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/unix/ [03:16] wyoung, what should i do with the downloaded file? [03:18] googleowner: execute it [03:18] wyoung: googleowner: Don't ! 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.". [03:18] Bashing-om: It sounds like the native ones didn't work. [03:19] maybe it is a simple !nomodeset thingy [03:19] !nomodeset [03:19] 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. [03:19] googleowner: Secure boot on this system ? as the Nvidia driver is 3rd party, and with secure boot enabled will not load. [03:21] Bashing-om i think it is how do i disable it? [03:23] googleowner: Each manufacturer's firmware is different. All I can suggest is to look in the (bios) and see how to temporarily disable until the driver is built. [03:23] Bashing-om so disabling secure-boot gets passed the login-screen problem? [03:24] Errors were encountered while processing: nvidia-dkms-450 nvidia-driver-450E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) [03:24] googleowner: Well, loading a built driver will sure go a long way. [03:25] i'm having trouble installing 450 [03:25] googleowner: is secire boot now disabled ? And how did you try and install the Nvida driver ? [03:25] through the repository.... the site failed too [03:26] googleowner: The site did not fail - secure boot is foing it's job. [03:26] doing* [03:27] googleowner: Secure boot now disabled in (bios) ? so we can proceed to fix . [03:27] oh ok going to restart [03:40] hey i got my graphics card to work but the settings won't let me go 4k? [03:42] Is ubuntu using xorg? I switched the TTY using ctl + alt + f1 and I had to restart to recover. Can I just switch back to the correct TTY if i make that mistake again? [03:43] googleowner: Pastebin ' /var/log/gpu-manager.log ' which is a log file for what the driver manager thinks. [03:44] even when I switched back to the first tty, which I thought would undo my changes, there was no file explorer and windows were displaying incorrectly [03:45] jayjo-: Yes - the GUI desktop depends on the environment,. xfce runs the GUI in TTY7 for instance. [03:45] Bashing-om https://pastebin.com/7Cm3btBZ [03:46] googleowner: looking ^. [03:48] googleowner: Yuk >> "Is nvidia kernel module available? no" .. what have we for the modules ' lsmod | grep nvidia ' ? [03:49] Bashing-om https://pastebin.com/8mwdfGg2 [03:52] googleowner: Hummm ... nomodeset ??? .. what shows ' cat /proc/cmdline ' ? [03:53] BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-48-generic root=UUID=06382c5f-e2a2-4f24-a495-ed5a54d2bcdd ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 [03:53] Bashing-om [03:54] Bashing-om is there a fix or am i stuck in 1080p [03:55] googleowner: Not what I anticipated ( good) . secure boot still disabled ? and we try and purge the driver and re-install. [03:55] how do we purge driver and reinstall [03:55] secure boot is disabled, of course Bashing-om [03:55] googleowner: Naw not stuck . just still with the driver not loading per the log file. [03:57] googleowner: Let's try ' sudo apt --purge remove nvidia* ; sudo apt update ; sudo apt upgrade ; sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall '. reboot to see the effect. [03:58] Switching ttys seems to be unrecoverable for me. I only have the 7 available, and I can login to sessions via 3-6, but 1, 2, and 7 seem to be my session but they don't reinitiate the desktop session correctly [03:59] !tty | jayjo [03:59] jayjo: To get to the TTY terminals 3-6, use the keystroke Ctrl + Alt + F3-F6 respectively. Ctrl-Alt-F2 or Ctrl-Alt-F1 will get you back to your graphical login (Ctrl-Alt-F7 on 16.04). To change TTY resolution, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ChangeTTYResolution [04:01] ok restarting now [04:02] should I be able to safely switch between them, with applications running, and rejoin the tty session when I come back to it? [04:03] jayjo: Yup - one should - this is a multi-tasking system, afterall :D [04:05] ok that didn't work... [04:07] Bashing-om [04:08] googleowner: what shows the log file ? [04:08] could it be this adapter? [04:09] googleowner: Yeah could be - adapters do have translation issues in some cases. The Nvidia card is not on the mainboard buss ? [04:09] Bashing-om https://pastebin.com/4Xh3irdR [04:10] i'm using a usb to dvi-d cord male to f to display port adapter [04:12] googleowner: Still "Is nvidia kernel module available? no" - now out of my skill set to know the why :( [04:15] Bashing-om so is my cards potential being utilized even? [04:16] meaning games n such won't work [04:16] googleowner: so long as the driver is not loaded - going to be less than ideal :( [04:19] googleowner: Anyway - out of time here - good luck :D [04:19] googleowner: wich driver version are you trying? [04:20] repositories [04:20] lotuspsychje [04:20] googleowner: specificly? [04:20] 450 not the .66 [04:21] googleowner: please try the 435 if its available for your card [04:21] ubuntu-drivers list, to see [04:21] trying right now [04:29] lotuspsycje [04:29] lotuspsychje how do i install 435? [04:29] googleowner: did you see 435 in the list? [04:29] yeah [04:30] googleowner: sudo apt install driver-here [04:30] googleowner: or GUI, software&sources tab additional drivers and switch [06:00] why do i have over 200 kernels installed [06:00] Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-190-generic Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-189-generic Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-187-generic Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-186-generic [06:00] i havent updated this machine in two years and i came back and it does this [06:01] actually it might be three years [06:01] anyway its been a while [06:01] im doing apt autoremove but it doesnt seem to have removed anything [06:02] oh god its regenerating the grub file after every kernel package it deletes [06:20] why do i have over 200 kernels installed <-- that isn't possible [06:21] idk that number goes up to 190 although i think only from 160 [06:21] but basically there were a lot of them [06:23] with apt autoremove, did you put sudo in front of that? [06:25] i was root [06:25] ok [06:29] were there any big kernel exploits in the last few years [06:42] ornxka: have a look here: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices [06:42] what release are you running by the way? [06:46] ornxka, why did you wait 3 years [06:46] ornxka, It's always safe to assume there's been a published kernel exploit AT LEAST annually :p [06:47] Linux is not OpenBSD [06:48] Maik, if he didn't do the "apt [command]" with root privs, it would have given an obvious error [06:48] Maik: 16.04 [06:49] oh god theres like a million of these [06:50] welp im on 20.04 lts now so hopefully i wont get pwned [06:51] i waited three years because i forgot that i was renting this vps [06:51] whoa it came back up even [06:52] even after i deleted the "needs reboot" file and do-release-upgraded from 16.04 to 20.04 === bocaneri is now known as ^Sauvin^ === ledeni_ is now known as ledeni [08:11] Hi! My root partition of 20 GiB, separate from /home partition, full. How can I figure out what all is consuming the parition? 'df -h' helped to know that it is full. [08:11] `df -h` [08:12] himcesjf: sudo apt-get install ncdu [08:12] Or Baobab i think if you want a graphic app. [08:19] himcesjf: to clean a rather full HD, try bleachbit and stacer [08:36] lotuspsychje: hmmmm... is sudo apt autoremove not a option? Could be the older kernels [08:36] bleachbit isn't recommended if you don't know what you're doing [08:37] Maik: im using bleachbit for years, never gave me any issue will all options enabled [08:37] Maik: but yes, he could also clean his kernels [08:38] i never used bleachbit and never will because i don't need it :) [08:38] Maik: its handy for a tweaking freak like me to save a few gigs lol [09:04] Thanks lotuspsychje and EriC^^ , I will check that [09:10] himcesjf: no problem [09:48] lotuspsychje: EriC^^ Is there any pre-installed application? [09:48] himcesjf: wich ubuntu release are you on? [09:49] lotuspsychje: focal [09:49] himcesjf: baobab then as akem adviced [09:49] lotuspsychje: What? [09:49] !info baobab [09:50] baobab (source: baobab): GNOME disk usage analyzer. In component main, is optional. Version 3.34.0-1 (focal), package size 92 kB, installed size 720 kB [09:50] hmm optional [09:50] Ye [09:51] i must have installed it without recall, it was default on earlier releases i think [09:51] !info baobab bionic [09:51] baobab (source: baobab): GNOME disk usage analyzer. In component main, is optional. Version 3.28.0-1 (bionic), package size 157 kB, installed size 884 kB [09:51] !info baobab xenial [09:51] lotuspsychje: du can also help if used well I think [09:51] baobab (source: baobab): GNOME disk usage analyzer. In component main, is optional. Version 3.18.1-1ubuntu1 (xenial), package size 132 kB, installed size 836 kB [09:51] hmm [09:52] lotuspsychje: reading man of `du` [09:52] !info du [09:52] Package du does not exist in focal [09:52] Oh it is part of GNU coreutils [10:05] himcesjf: try 'baobab' in the terminal [10:26] Hi! I have a laptop with a single harddrive, and i made some stupid decisions when i partitioned the disc and now I'm experiencing some issues from it. I have a 40gb partition where ive installed ubuntu and have all the files, then 2 larger partitions of different formats that i would like to be "absorbed" to the main partition. Is this possible to do "live"? Or do i need some kind of usb stick with ubuntu on it and perform the partition [10:26] ing? [10:33] johan_, the partitions should be unmounted, so using *live* media is the way to do it, such as Ubuntu install media [10:36] guiverc, Hm ok, thanks. What is it called when you take 2 partitions, and format them into a third existing partition? Absorption? I'm trying to google to find some kind of tutorial [10:37] guiverc, because that's possible, right? [10:37] johan_, I'd just delete the other partitions, then RE-SIZE the partition you want to use the space freed by the prior-deletions.. it's just a RE-SIZE [10:38] guiverc, alrigths, thanks, ill look into creating a ubuntu install usb stick. [10:39] johan_, it's the "Try Ubuntu" that boots it in *live* mode, ie. running from memory without install [10:39] https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/try-ubuntu-before-you-install [10:41] guiverc, so not a install normal installation ISO file to a usb stick? [10:42] you have the option of TRY or INSTALL... you use the TRY option [10:42] (and don't install) [10:42] guiverc, alright, i get it. [10:43] it's a great tool, it lets me borrow another persons machine & 'try ubuntu' to use the machine, then I shutdown when done & never had to use their windows or whatever they use [10:44] guiverc, is there a good built in tool in ubuntu for resizing a partition or should i use gparted? [10:44] gparted for ubuntu should already be installed; KDE partition manager for Kubuntu or modern Lubuntu (next Ubuntu Studio etc) [10:45] gnome-disks will likely do it too I see, sorry I've always used gparted or kde part.. [10:46] EriC^^: baobab, stacer and bleachbit are all GUI applications. I am looking for a CLI tool but a pre-installed one not optional. I will try ncdu after here after making space [10:47] guiverc, weird, i dont have gparted isntalled on this ubuntu laptop im using now. Maybe i deleted unused softwares or something. === PowerTower_121 is now known as PowerTower_120 [10:47] nah, it's probably been replaced by gnome-disks & I haven't noticed (as I always installed the moment I want it); sorry [10:50] !info gparted [10:50] gparted (source: gparted): GNOME partition editor. In component main, is optional. Version 1.0.0-0.1build1 (focal), package size 391 kB, installed size 1681 kB [10:50] !info synaptic [10:50] synaptic (source: synaptic): Graphical package manager. In component universe, is optional. Version 0.84.6ubuntu5 (focal), package size 606 kB, installed size 3300 kB [10:50] !info gnome-disks [10:50] Package gnome-disks does not exist in focal [10:51] !info disks [10:51] Package disks does not exist in focal [10:52] disk-tools [10:52] !info disk-tools [10:52] Package disk-tools does not exist in focal [10:53] oh gnome-disks it is [10:55] !info gnome-disk-utility [10:55] gnome-disk-utility (source: gnome-disk-utility): manage and configure disk drives and media. In component main, is optional. Version 3.36.1-1ubuntu1 (focal), package size 181 kB, installed size 1088 kB (Only available for linux-any) [11:14] lotuspsychje: EriC^^ akem What do you guys think about snappy and flatpaks? I see that they are eating a lot of / partition? [11:15] !discuss | himcesjf [11:15] himcesjf: Want to talk about Ubuntu, but don't have a support question? /join #ubuntu-discuss for non-support Ubuntu discussion, or try #ubuntu-offtopic for general chat. Thanks! [11:19] lotuspsychje: It is a support question. I see that even after purge removing flatpaks and snap they are leaving runtimes and such behind [11:22] Hello! I have this weird issue, that my T470 has way worse WIFI in Ubuntu for some reason compared to Window 10. Any suggestions on how to fix that? [11:36]