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RoseBusnice i just created some nvidia profiles for dimmed/bright screen and created shortcuts in my ~/bin/ to switch between them00:19
RoseBusi love Ubuntu00:19
YWH_1https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/11/body-found-in-canada-identified-as-neo-nazi-spam-king/00:39
gandsnutHow can I disable the "mouse-over pop-up text window" on 18.04.1 MATE desktop?00:47
sarnoldgandsnut: you may wish to ask in #ubuntu-mate , there's a larger concentration of mate users in there I think00:48
sarnold(maybe not actually more, but the concentration is probably different :)00:48
gandsnutsarnold:  thx, will go there.00:49
Maiksarnold: not too much going on in #ubuntu-mate.  :)00:56
sarnoldMaik: oh no :(00:57
Maiknot sure where they all hang out for support00:58
kinghatanyone know of a snap permission for chromium that one can enable to make PWAs/website shortcuts function properly?01:15
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MannyLNJNot sure if i should ask here or in VirtualBox. I am trying to install virtual box by doing sudo apt-get install virtualbox and it starts throwing errors. The first one is ERROR (dkms apport): kernel package linux-headers-5.8.0-7625-generic is not supported02:27
g_ma10any chance your kernel is too new for vbox ?02:29
MannyLNJg_ma10, I don't know to be honest.02:30
g_ma10check on vbox website.02:31
g_ma10check if there's docmented install procedure for the ubuntu version  you're running, judging by the kernel, it's fairly recent.02:32
MannyLNJq_mal0 I'm looked briefly and can't find any requirements However I found something that will let me work around the issue that was occuring making me need virtualbox02:35
g_ma10even better. look into KVM for virtualzing, if need arrises. supported 'out of the box' on Linux.02:37
MannyLNJg_ma10, I will. I was looking for a quick and dirty way to get Windows 10 installed so I could get the same version of Thunderbird installed as I have on Windows so I could share one profile. The apt-get install route was intalling an older version. I tried the SNAP and SNAP installer isn't working right so I do have something wrong with my system. I will work on that late in the week when I am done with classes.02:41
g_ma10MannyLNJ: win10 will install on KVM without issues, it not be as nice as vbox, but you'll get what you need out of it. your problem of course - is needing windows to begin with :)03:14
g_ma10I needed win10 as well a few years back, to install musical noation software, silly thing to do at the time, but sometimes there's no choice :|03:15
jayjoI'm trying to passthrough a NIC to a VM, and this says "replaceing "eth3" with the netdev name of your own SR-IOV device's PF" - https://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Networking#PCI_Passthrough_of_host_network_devices , how do I lookup that name on my machine?03:16
jayjoI tried using the device names from `ip addr show`, like enp2s0, but that gives me "No usable Vf's present on SRIOV PF enp2s0"03:17
sarnoldjayjo: https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/virtualization-libvirt03:18
sarnoldjayjo: look for vfio on that page03:18
jayjosarnold: thanks for the resource, hadn't come upon creating these yet. I'm just trying to passthrough an ethernet port that is unmanaged by the host, and will be used by one dedicated VM. Do I only need one VF?03:28
sarnoldjayjo: oh, hmm, sorry, I don't know if there's anything different in that case or not, or if it's possible, etc03:31
TJ-!info mvdevctl | jayjo can this help confirm the device functions are exposed?03:34
ubottujayjo can this help confirm the device functions are exposed?: Package mvdevctl does not exist in focal03:34
TJ-hmmph03:34
TJ-oh!03:34
TJ-!info mdevctl | jayjo can this help confirm the device functions are exposed?03:35
ubottujayjo can this help confirm the device functions are exposed?: mdevctl (source: mdevctl): Mediated device management utility for Linux. In component universe, is optional. Version 0.59-1 (focal), package size 10 kB, installed size 51 kB03:35
sarnoldTJ-: oh good call03:37
jayjoactually, sorry, I don't believe my card is SR-IOV capable. Is that the only way to passthrough the ethernet, unconfigured on the host, to a VM? Reading more on the VFs it seems like multiple VMs can appear connected to the same physical network if the SR-IOV is enabled. Is the only option then to bridge?03:39
TJ-jayjo: you can pass-through an entire PCI device; SR-IOV is more to do with making one physical device appear as multiple (virtual function) devices03:41
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derpadminanyone interrested to deploy their own chat server on ubuntu 20.04?03:46
derpadmini'm working on a thing... it is offtopic so i'll stop here03:46
TuxCrazyhello, how do xanmod and liquorix kernels affect the laptop battery life?04:05
sarnoldTuxCrazy: I've never heard of those; I'm by no means omniscient, but I suspect you'll need to ask elsewhere, or try it and find out, etc04:08
TuxCrazysarnold, ok04:08
derpadminnobody want their own chat server :(04:26
derpadminit's free as in free beer04:27
krytarikderpadmin: Please, no advertizing here.04:27
derpadminI ask here because I only tested it on ubuntu 20.0404:27
derpadminack04:27
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MsDevHey04:37
MsDevAny console music players around?04:41
sunrunner20ok I know its a handout but what do I need to install/do to make an SD card reader work and mount in ubuntu server 20.0404:41
sunrunner20its a bone stock install in a bonestock vmware workstation 15 vm04:44
sunrunner20https://i.imgur.com/3mnKr2k.png04:45
jazzyprophetHello, I'm new to Ubuntu. Would anyone be able to help answer a question regarding partitions during install?05:25
sunrunner20nm05:27
sunrunner20it was faster to install xubuntu05:28
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Blade-Runnerturn your slash / this way05:42
Blade-Runnernevermind :)05:42
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ace_mehi all. I did download blender on ubuntu 20, unzipped it and launch. It works but I would like to make a shortcut or something to launch it easier. There is a blender.desktop in the same unzip folder which only edit when launched (double click) . Changed +x also on it... Any help / hint would really help me . Thank you07:03
EriC^^ace_me: try to right click it and choose properties then click on 'allow launching '07:04
ace_methat makes no difference. Already tried07:04
EriC^^try to put it in ~/.local/share/applications/07:05
ace_meEriC^^:  :( I've tried that too. After i put it there how to run it from nautilus ?07:06
ace_metrying to double click on it in the nautilus from ~/.local/share/applications/ is stil editing it07:08
EriC^^ace_me: can you pastebin its contents? cat ~/.local/share/applications/blender.desktop | nc termbin.com 999907:09
ace_mehttps://termbin.com/3ftr07:09
EriC^^ace_me: what happes if you drag its icon to the dash/launcher?07:09
ace_mewhat is dash launcher07:12
EriC^^ace_me: it works for me here to double click, must be something to do with your ubuntu version, some people also had issues with launching some files07:12
EriC^^it's the thing at the bottom https://i.stack.imgur.com/vjcwH.png07:13
ace_meEriC^^: icons bar at the bottom of my ubuntu does not allow me to drag it there07:14
ace_meit jumps back in the .local/share/application folder and does not remain sticked there07:14
ace_memy ubuntu 20 is an upgrade from 18.04 I think07:15
ace_menot sure if is related07:15
EriC^^ace_me: try typing sudo desktop-file-install blender.desktop07:15
EriC^^then type 'nautilus /usr/share/applications'   and try to launch it from there07:15
EriC^^ace_me: did you do both of these steps? https://i.stack.imgur.com/OaeIx.png https://i.stack.imgur.com/VUaAb.png07:16
ace_meEriC^^:  same editing of the file07:16
ace_mei usr/share/applications I cannot set allow execute as it is greyed07:17
ace_meit say you are not the owner so you cannot change these perms07:18
EriC^^ace_me: try typing 'sudo -H nautilus /usr/share/applications'07:18
EriC^^i just thought of something, you could always copy another working desktop file from there to your home dir, and modify it to launch blender and rename it etc07:18
ace_meEriC^^:  it was opened with another editor but same behaviour07:19
ace_mesudo -H nautilus /usr/share/applications07:19
EriC^^ace_me: what does 'ls -l /usr/share/applications/blender.desktop' give?07:20
ace_meEriC^^:  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5625 nov 11 09:15 /usr/share/applications/blender.desktop07:21
EriC^^ace_me: ok, type 'sudo rm /usr/share/applications/blender.desktop'07:21
ace_medone07:22
EriC^^ace_me: then pick any desktop file that is working there07:23
ace_meedit and see07:23
ace_methx Eric07:23
ace_mewill tell you in a minute07:23
EriC^^and make a copy of it 'sudo cp /usr/share/applications/some-file.desktop /usr/share/applications/blender.desktop07:23
EriC^^ok07:23
EriC^^change the Exec= and Name=07:23
EriC^^and TryExec= if it has one as well07:24
ace_meEriC^^:  it should appear also when I type blender as it happend with zoom... at top of the screen or not ?07:32
ace_methe new copied file I mean07:32
EriC^^ace_me: yup it should show the new Name=07:32
ace_meEriC^^:  It does not appeart07:33
EriC^^ace_me: what happens if you try to double click the icon in nautilus?07:34
ace_meis editing the file07:35
ace_mebut any of those desktop files are edited when I click on them07:35
ace_mehowever if I pres the flag on the keyboard and type Zoom it starts07:36
EriC^^ace_me: what's the contents of the file currently? 'cat /usr/share/applications/blender.desktop | nc termbin.com 9999'07:37
ace_meEriC^^: https://termbin.com/hdl107:41
EriC^^ace_me: if you press the flag and type Zoom, blender is starting? or you meant zoom?07:45
ace_mewas cat /usr/share/applications/blender_2.83.desktop | nc termbin.com 9999 EriC^^07:45
ace_meI can press and type zoom or Zoom and it is launched07:46
EriC^^zoom is launched?07:46
ace_meyes07:46
EriC^^if you type blender, does the name show up?07:47
mgedminwell that was fun, I typed 'lxc list' in a terminal and my gui session crashed07:47
mgedminnothing in /var/crash, no smoking gun in journalctl07:48
EriC^^ace_me: try to change the Exec=/home/youruser/Documents....07:48
ace_melet's leave it07:50
ace_meit is the same07:50
ace_meit should be something else07:50
ace_meis not displayed in the run after pressing flag and the system does not see it07:50
ace_methat' probably the main issue07:50
EriC^^still though i dont know if Exec parses "~" as bash can, probably a good idea to change it07:52
nsaundershow do I start bitcoin-cli? I just downloaded bitcoin-core with snap07:52
lotuspsychjensaunders: snap info bitcoin-cli will give you the support url07:56
EriC^^ace_me: i'd try to log out and back in, in case it starts to pick it up in the search07:57
ace_mesomething happen and it works now07:57
EriC^^ah great :D07:57
EriC^^did you have to change the "~" ?07:57
ace_memaybe some service refreshed in the background or I did not first seen the icon when I typed as it was initialy with zoom icon ?07:58
ace_mewho knows07:58
ace_mesoryy for bothering you and thank you07:58
ace_menow is without that ~07:58
EriC^^no problem07:58
lotuspsychjensaunders: snap info bitcoin-core, that is07:59
nsaunderslotuspsychje: thx08:02
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nsaundershow do I connect bitcoin-core to other nodes?  I installed from snap09:02
dami0hi, how do i disable sshd during installation with subiquity?09:18
EriC^^dami0: if you can get a terminal "sudo systemctl stop ssh" should do it10:09
dami0EriC^^: thanks, i'm using packer so i'll try it in early-commands10:12
EriC^^dami0: alright, np10:12
cousteauHi!  Is it possible to change the boot splash screen for a text-based one?  Nvidia drivers have this issue where they aren't loaded until the very end of the boot process, so I only get to see the splash screen for a split second10:41
cousteaurest of booting shows a black screen10:41
cousteauand I *guess* that setting the splash screen to a text-based one (or a no-X, no-plymouth one) will display stuff even without the Nvidia driver loaded10:42
jeremy31cousteau: edit /etc/default/grub and remove splash from the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT10:47
cousteauok... but that will just display a lot of text on the screen, not a pretty (text-based) splash screen, right?10:47
cousteauor wrong?10:47
cousteauworth a try though10:48
jeremy31cousteau: it might show some text10:48
cousteauok, will try.  Then what?  update-grub2?10:51
cousteaubrb trying this10:54
lkhDoes anyone have issues with *screen* on recent installs? Mine crashes whenever I try to reattach to a previously detached session.10:56
Vooloohow do I create a bootable usb in ubuntu 18.04? The "make startup disk" is greyed out when trying startup disk creator11:03
jeremy31Vooloo: did you select and ISO file and USB in options?11:03
KurozenHello11:05
KurozenAnyone knows off the top of their head at which version llvm-clang started supporting C++17 ?11:06
Kurozenhttp://clang.llvm.org/cxx_status.html11:09
KurozenOh I guess they consider version 5, although some specifics are at 7, 8 and later11:09
lkhVooloo: dd if=<your-imag.iso> of=<path of your USB device>11:09
cousteaujeremy31, well, at least now it does show text... but I'd rather have a fancier thing.  Will keep trying.  Thanks!11:12
mgedmincousteau: IIRC there are several plymouth themes in the archive, some of them intended for text mode11:12
mgedminI'm fuzzy on how exactly you switch between them or indicate that you prefer text to graphics11:13
cousteauI have two themes named plymouth-theme-[x]ubuntu-text.  I would have thought that those are the text-based splash screen themes11:14
cousteauyeah I'd like to know how to switch to those too.  I'm not even entirely sure those ARE the text-based splash themes11:14
mgedminafaiu plymouth notices if it's running in text mode or not and then uses either the text theme or the graphics theme11:18
cousteau...it seems that the -text one is not shown in `sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth`; must be just a companion theme or something11:18
mgedminperhaps the way to switch to text is to tweak grub or kernel configuration?11:19
cousteauok so the problem is that this IS running in graphic mode, but displaying nothing11:19
cousteauyeah, probably11:19
cousteaugonna try this first though https://itectec.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-how-to-fix-plymouth-splash-screen-in-all-ubuntu-releases/11:19
mgedminthis is the sort of thing where I'd be a bit afraid of experimenting in case I break my boot11:19
cousteau(hope it still applies to my Ubuntu version)11:20
mgedminmaybe it would be a good idea to experiment in a VM11:20
cousteauyeah, first thing I got after rebooting was a complete PC freeze on the login screen (mouse frozen, keyboard unresponsive, RSEISUB not working...) but I managed to reboot the laptop and it worked fine11:21
cousteauit's an issue I have frequently, so probably not related with me messing with the grub11:21
cousteauok brb gonna reboot to ask grub a couple of things11:22
cousteau...on the plus side, I didn't brick my laptop11:35
cousteaubut I still didn't get a splash screen :(  I tried following the instructions in https://itectec.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-how-to-fix-plymouth-splash-screen-in-all-ubuntu-releases/11:36
corsairHi guys I'm trying to add a udev rule to change the owner of the backlight device of my laptop. but the rule doesn't look to work.11:36
cousteauI used a resolution of 1920x1080, which might not be supported by my graphics card in super-basic-mode.  Anyway I didn't manage to get grub to tell me which video modes it supports11:38
corsairACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="backlight", KERNEL=="intel_backlight", GROUP="video", MODE="0664"11:38
cousteaucorsair, can you paste the rule on some pasting site?11:38
cousteauah ok11:38
cousteauand, are you on the video group?11:38
corsairyes11:39
corsairrules is in /etc/udev/rules.d11:39
corsairnamed 99-backlight.rules11:39
* cousteau is not an expert in udev but has used it before11:41
corsairif I ls the device /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight it show as root root11:41
corsaireven after restart11:42
cousteau...well, at least you can sudo chown it after reboot, so that it works until the next time you reboot11:42
corsairwhat I'm trying to achieve is to get it owned by the group video so that I can controll brightness without using sudo11:43
corsairI11:44
corsairI've aslo tried to write other test rules that simply log a timestamp when I plug my battery charger11:45
corsairbut not even that rule seem to be triggered :-(11:45
corsairI haven't written rules before so I do not know If I'm doing something wrong in the first place11:45
corsairACTION=="change", SUBSYSTEM=="power_supply", RUN+="/usr/local/bin/test.sh"11:46
corsairthis is the "test" rule11:46
corsairthe test script simply add a line in a tmp file11:47
corsairI can run test.sh from whell11:47
corsairshell*11:47
ogracorsair, and where did you get the names for these variables ? (KERNEL, SUBSYSTEM etc) ...11:47
corsairand it works but it never get triggered11:47
corsairudevadm monitor11:47
corsairudev monitor --environment --udev11:47
ograyou might need to pick other vars, you likely operate on a wrong layer11:48
corsairto be precise11:48
heeenwhere does the zfs module come from11:48
heeenis it built into the kernel, or from -modules or -modules-extra11:48
corsairogra: what do you mean?11:49
ogracorsair, if you used --environment you might need to use ENV{key} in your rule ... KERNEL for example matches devices in /dev not really some su node in sysfs11:53
ogra*sub11:53
ograsee "man 7 udev"11:54
corsairok before I dive deep again: is it correct that I di not need to explicitelly load new rules?11:55
corsairudevadm control --reload11:55
corsairis suggested in some guides11:56
corsairis it really necessary?11:56
heeenwhats the easiest way to get a current kernel that has the modules of the maintained kernel (aufs for docker, zfs)11:56
EriC^^heeen: which ubuntu are you on?11:57
ogracorsair, in older releases it used to be, but not anymore ...11:58
heeenEriC^^: kde neon 5.20, so focal11:58
ogra(older -> pre 2016 iirc)11:58
EriC^^!hwe | heeen11:58
ubottuheeen: The Ubuntu LTS enablement stacks provide newer kernel and X support for existing LTS releases, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack11:58
EriC^^!mainline | heeen those are 2 easy options11:59
ubottuheeen those are 2 easy options: 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/MainlineBuilds11:59
corsairOK thank you!11:59
heeenEriC^^:I just had 5.9.8 booted from the kernel-ppa archive but it did not have zfs or aufs11:59
heeenand I don't know what else, those were the two things that immediatelöy failed11:59
EriC^^heeen: try "sudo apt install zfsutils-linux aufs-tools"12:01
ograthe mainline kernels are really only for verification of bugs they are neither maintained nor do they see any security fixes ... do not use them for more than checking of features or bugs ...12:02
ograand yes, they are lacking all ubuntu additions, they are plain mainline12:03
heeenEriC^^: those are already installed of course as it works on 5.412:04
heeenthanks ogra12:04
cousteaucorsair, as I said I have no expertise on the topic, but the one time I wrote a successful udev rule it looked like   ATTRS{idVendor}=="03fd", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0008", MODE="666"   but this was for a USB device12:04
cousteau(this worked because the vendor:product ID of the USB device was 03fd:0008, as reported by lsusb; in your case this probably doesn't apply)12:06
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BluesKajHi all13:14
sammyg1321Hi Ubuntu'ers, I have a question, i have a ASUS ROG STRIX G512 and for some reason my fn keys dont seem to work. i was looking at some askubuntu links but im not sure they'd work for my model. Any clues?13:15
cousteauwhich Fn keys don't work?  All of them?13:16
cousteaulike, Fn-digits as well?  volume keys?  Fn-Del for Ins and stuff like that?13:16
cousteauor only the super weird keys such as brightness, airplane mode, suspend, etc?13:17
sammyg1321Like brightness up and down for example13:17
sammyg1321Yeeee13:17
sammyg1321Like for example F7 is brightness down...dont work13:17
sammyg1321F1 which is mute works13:17
sammyg1321So id say its just the brightness onnes13:17
lvlephAny one have any idea why my keyboard settings in gnome tweaks are not persistent over a suspend or logout? When I look at the tweak settings it seems that the settings are enabled correctly, but I have to reset them to get them to actually work. And this happens on every suspend or logout. I am on 20.04.13:17
cousteausome Fn keys are directly connected to regular keyboard keys "in hardware"; for example volume keys, or Fn-left/right for Home/End on some layouts.  But others seem to trigger some weird events13:18
sammyg1321Ahhh so id say no way to make them work?13:18
sammyg1321Or can we reprogram them?13:18
cousteauok let me check because I recall having to do something weird with my laptop for some of these magic keys (brightness ones, I think)13:18
lvlephI am having caps lock set as an additional escape and right alt as third layer.13:18
cousteauno, there WAS a way to make them work, but you need your pc to know about these keys13:18
sammyg1321Ahhhh gotcha13:19
sammyg1321Yea sure lemme know :)  If you also know how to control the lights and keyboard lights thatd be great but i doubt so13:19
sammyg1321i have to use ASUS's Vault app or whatever its acalled13:19
lvlephsammyg1321 I had to hack keyboard brightness at some point. Let me check my git history to see what I did.13:20
sammyg1321Thanks :D13:20
sammyg1321trying to use ubuntu as my main operating system but i think with my games it might be finecky13:21
sammyg1321but im trying to make it work :)13:21
wyoungsammyg1321: I had that issue but now I have a dedicated gaming NUC running windows and everything else running Linux or MacOs.13:23
lvlephI had to use some hackiness to control it and it may not be related to your problem but here is the code I used to control the brightness `/usr/bin/tee brightness" | sudo tee -a /etc/sudoers`.13:23
sammyg1321Ahhh cool! I mean i have a mac mini but i have not used it in awhile13:23
cousteausammyg1321, ok bad news; my workaround was for volume keys  https://askubuntu.com/questions/994333/volume-buttons-stay-pressed/1061500#106150013:23
sammyg1321I may start using it again, i wanted to use my ROG more like a gaming machine but id lvoe to use Linux13:23
lvlephsammyg1321 that isn't the right code...13:24
sammyg1321cousteau doh D:13:24
sammyg1321lvleph hahaha no worries13:24
cousteauanyway, on Xubuntu at least you can change the brightness by scrolling on the battery icon (not sure if on normal Ubuntu you can as well), so that would make things easier13:25
sammyg1321but yeah i wanted to run ubuntu again its been a  long time and my skills are rusty so13:25
lvlephIt is related...13:25
wyoungsammyg1321: In saying that, 80% of the games I want to play run in Linux.  100% run on my NUC and 95% on my Macs.13:25
sammyg1321is there like a nub i can put on the top status bar cousteau13:25
cousteauI find it more convenient than figuring out where the brightness keys are, since every damn manufacturer puts them on a different place13:25
sammyg1321wyoung yee, i wanna run Call of duty MW i doubt it will run on Buntu though13:25
lvlephI probably used Xmodmap and brightness...13:25
cousteausammyg1321, doesn't clicking on the battery icon display a drop down menu with, among other things, a brightness control?13:25
sammyg1321cousteaui dont see brightness there though13:26
cousteauoh13:26
wyoungsammyg1321: No idea, I don't own that game.13:26
sammyg1321wyoung no worries haha13:26
wyoungI still play Wolfenstein Enemy Terrority :)13:26
sammyg1321cousteau initially i found it in settings13:26
lvlephsammyg1321 yep, I used .Xmodmap... ```13:26
lvleph```keycode 229 = XF86KbdBrightnessDown NoSymbol XF86KbdBrightnessDownkeycode 230 = XF86KbdBrightnessUp NoSymbol XF86KbdBrightnessUp```13:27
sammyg1321lvleph interesting , il do some research :D  Thanks13:27
lvlephThe keycode was specific to my keyboard.13:27
sammyg1321i also downloaded some app from the ubuntu store called brightness ccontrol but that would not stick down the brightness settings13:27
sammyg1321Ahhhhhh13:27
cousteausammyg1321, if you run   xev   and press the brightness keys I think you can figure out what keycode they trigger13:28
cousteau(in my case that didn't work, but I think it's because the system captures them before xev does)13:28
sammyg1321Yeah i dont think it works, when i fo FN F7 or FN F8 it shows nothing13:29
lvlephNow if I could get my caps lock->escape persistent...13:29
sammyg1321Lol13:29
sammyg1321but presssing F7 F8 works fine13:29
sammyg1321but not with FN13:29
cousteaulvleph, well, you can customize your keyboard layout -- create a custom one13:29
cousteaubut that sounds boring.  It's weird that the login screen messes with that (it's probably the login screen; not 100% sure though)13:30
cousteausammyg1321, hm, what happens if you run acpi_listen and press the volume and brightness keys?13:32
sammyg1321so Vol does stuff13:32
sammyg1321brightness nothing at alll13:32
lvlephcousteau in my .Xmodmap I had it set to void, but for some reason my .Xmodmap was never read.13:33
lvlephSo then I started using gnome-tweaks.13:33
cousteausammyg1321, oh :(13:34
sammyg1321Its so odd cousteau :/13:34
lvlephI guess I will dump my current keyboard setup to a file and see if I can just get that to load on startup... sammyg1321 you can do that with `xmodmap -pke > ~/.Xmodmap`13:37
sammyg1321Oh okay cool ! :D13:38
sammyg1321but yeah im trying to use Ubuntu for the day to day and B1nblows for gaming only so, taking it for a whirl :D13:38
sammyg1321Any clues for the RGB lights guys?13:38
lvlephoh and to get .Xmodmap to be loaded ad `xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap` in `~/.xinitrc`13:40
lvlephand you can use `xev` to figure out what key you are pushing.13:40
sammyg1321But i would need13:41
sammyg1321A file to load no?13:41
lvlephThen all you need to do is figure out what the command is that you want to run when pushing that key.13:41
sammyg1321Ahhhh13:41
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TuxCrazyanyone here using xanmod or liquorix kernels?14:26
TJ-Strangely, we use Ubuntu kernels :)14:46
BluesKajhehe14:47
TuxCrazyare custom kernels bad for laptop battery life?14:48
TuxCrazycustom kernels like xanmod and liquorix.14:49
sunrunner20btw14:54
TuxCrazywhich is better for better battery life on laptops, kernels provided by default by the distro or custom kernels like liquorix and xanmod?14:55
sunrunner20the answer to why didn't usb work in my vm last night was I had to tell vmware to make the virtual USB match my physical usb14:55
BluesKajTuxCrazy, think that's up toyou to do the comparison, most uses here don't use custom kernels14:56
BluesKajusers even14:56
TuxCrazyBluesKaj, ok. Btw, what is your opinion?14:56
BluesKajI don't have an opinion since I don't use custom kernels14:57
TuxCrazyok14:58
TuxCrazyBluesKaj, are newer kernels better for battery life?14:58
BluesKajTuxCrazy, I haven't noticed much difference.. battery life depends a lot on your power settings15:00
TuxCrazyBluesKaj, how to enhance battery life on laptops?15:01
TuxCrazywhile using linux distros.15:01
TuxCrazyis Windows better than Linux for laptop battery life?15:01
BluesKajdunno, haven't used windows in 5yrs15:02
BluesKajmaybe more, can't recall15:03
sunrunner20yes most likely15:03
sunrunner20if the question is "is windows better than linux for x desktop experance" the answer is yes15:04
sunrunner20I love linux15:04
sunrunner20but it's DE is a giant joke15:04
jpdsNot ncessarily, it's way to generic a question15:05
BluesKajuhmm15:05
sunrunner20the weight of providiing a counterpoint to my statement falls on you sir15:05
jpdsLinux probably wins on having less background services and the like running15:06
sunrunner20that's not part of desktop exerperance15:06
jpdsWe're not talking about experience, we're talking battery life15:06
sunrunner20whihc is part of experiance15:06
jpdsAnyhow, it's offtopic for ubuntu support15:06
sunrunner20as defined by "what does the user experiance when using the machine"15:07
TuxCrazyI too don't use Windows.15:07
sunrunner20I've tried every flavor of ubuntu ljisted on the official flavors list15:07
sunrunner20or at least the major ones15:08
sunrunner2050% of them didn't pass UX/UI during install15:08
sunrunner20another 25% failed during initial login15:08
jpdssunrunner20: Weird, did you file bugs about that?15:08
sunrunner20its not bugs15:09
sunrunner20its poor UX/UI design15:09
jpdsThe install/initial login failing is a bug15:09
sunrunner20no15:09
sunrunner20I don't know if the install failed15:09
sunrunner20I know the UX of the install was so bad, I had zero hope for the rest of the distro15:10
sunrunner20so I just cut my losses15:10
TuxCrazywhen will Ubuntu Cinnamon and Ubuntu Deepin become official flavors of Ubuntu?15:11
sunrunner20I'm extremely excited for .Net 5/Core versions, and WSL215:11
ace_meis out there anywhere a place where I can check whn I should retry to get a certificate from letsencrypt ? Now I ge Max retries exceeded15:12
sunrunner20wait 24hrs15:12
sunrunner20although15:12
sunrunner20if you hit that15:12
sunrunner20I'd really suggest reading more about how to use certbot15:13
sunrunner20I've never hit that limit15:13
sunrunner20if you want to continue testing15:13
sunrunner20create a new domain15:13
sunrunner20and try testing for that one15:13
TuxCrazywhich DE on Ubuntu is most suitable for a laptop with 4 Gigs of RAM?15:13
sunrunner20I go with XFCE15:14
sunrunner20could go fluxbox I guess if you wanted to use the absolute minimum ram lol15:14
TuxCrazyit should be suitable for newbies too.15:15
sunrunner20XFCE15:15
sunrunner20or chomium OS15:15
TuxCrazybecause this laptop is used be some newbies too.15:15
sunrunner20tbh win10 will run fine on 4gig ram15:16
sunrunner20the iGPU will be a bigger factor15:16
TuxCrazyok15:16
xtaoi happily run xubuntu (xfce) on my 4GB laptop. but not just because of the memory, because i hate gnome 3 and KDE15:17
TuxCrazyhow about Cinnamon?15:17
sunrunner20dunno15:17
TuxCrazywill it be heavy?15:17
sunrunner20that failed my UI/UX tests so I know nothing about it15:17
sunrunner20and keep in mind, they're MY tests15:17
TuxCrazysunrunner20, which tests? could you please elaborate?15:17
sunrunner20anecdotal15:17
sunrunner20TuxCrazy: I just didn't like the design, thinks such as the window being close, minimize, maximize (in that order, instead of minimize maximize close like windows) can be enough for me to veto15:19
sunrunner20*title bar15:19
TuxCrazysunrunner20, which distros and which DEs do you use?15:20
mgedminthis sounds like a topic for #ubuntu-offtopic, and not a technical support request15:20
sunrunner20I tried installing most if not all flavors presented by unbuntu.org as available15:20
TuxCrazyok15:21
mgedmin(besides title bar button layout is customizable by power users)15:21
sunrunner20i'll just leave then15:21
sunrunner20I want an OS that works. Not one I have to spend a bazillion hours getting perfect15:21
TuxCrazysunrunner20, I too..15:21
sunrunner20I'll take the perf hit at windows because its less than what i'd spend on linux getting everything the way it needs to be15:22
sunrunner20My favorite Ubuntu flavor is Ubuntu Server15:22
jpdsWell, an OS that works is precisely what Ubuntu provides15:22
sunrunner20not ime15:22
sunrunner20like I said half these didn't make it through install15:22
sunrunner20the ubuntu server install is fantastic15:23
jpdssunrunner20: If you have issues with the install, you've either hitting bugs or doing something that results in user error15:23
sunrunner20no15:23
jpdsNot trying to be funny, but the ubuntu installer has been in development for more than a decade15:23
ace_mesunrunner20:  the issue happen inside a docker machine so is somehow new to me15:23
ace_meI'll wait until tomorrow then15:23
sunrunner20do you default to a chezk keyboard layout when GEOIP says you're installing in the chicacgo time zone?15:24
jpdssunrunner20: No, I just manually set my timezone and keyboard correctly15:24
sunrunner20yea having to set those in this day and age is a fail15:24
jpdsIt's not the installers fault if your GeoIP entry is incorrect15:25
sunrunner20my geoIP entry is correct15:25
sunrunner20the installer just has insane defaults15:25
jpdsThen file bugs about those15:25
sunrunner20it's not worth my time15:25
sunrunner20the ENTIRE UI/UX is like that15:25
jpdsThen go somewhere else then15:25
jpdsOr try something like Fedora15:26
sunrunner20I did15:26
sunrunner20XFCE is the most windows like I could find that actually put effort into the install15:26
sunrunner20there's a raspberry pi project that's very useful, but adoption is abysmal because they don't provide prebuilt images15:36
sunrunner20quit15:36
sunrunner20err15:37
rapidwaveIs there a setting to make Ubuntu automatically "lock" the desktop after 5 minutes?16:08
xet7rapidware: Do you mean screensaver settings?16:12
xet7rapidwave: ^16:12
rapidwaveI mean the same thing that happens when I click "lock" under the panel power button16:13
rapidwaveWhere you click or hit ESC to unlock the desktop16:13
xet7rapidwave: I think it's just screensaver without password?16:14
rapidwaveWhen I go to unlock after it's been locked, it asks for a password16:15
rapidwaveAlso...sometimes when I leave for a while, I come back to a black screen that I can't get to do anything. I have to cold-boot, but everrything is fine once I boot back up16:16
rapidwaveWait. I bet THAT is a screensaver16:16
hofermabey ...screen lock ?16:18
xMeiajust upgraded an old laptop cpu duo 1,8 to 2,5 with new Xubuntu on woho, like a new one16:30
cousteaurapidwave, yeah when you hit "lock" you trigger the screensaver (even if it's set to "just blank screen")16:32
cousteauso if you set the screensaver to start after 5 min inactivity, and to lock the desktop (I think that part is optional), and set it to "black screen" if you don't want any fancy screensaver, you're set16:33
rapidwave So then that problem is the screensaver not disengaging when I type  keys16:34
cousteauthat's weird though16:34
rapidwaveYeah..I always seem to be king of the weird issues16:34
cousteauis this Ubuntu or Xubuntu/Kubuntu/Lubuntu/some other desktop environment?16:34
cousteaunah not really16:35
cousteaualso what graphics card?  (although "Nvidia" will probably not tell much, since everybody has an Nvidia nowadays)16:35
cousteaualso what happens if you press caps lock or num lock?  does the LED on the keyboard turn on and off?  if not, your system might have frozen16:36
cousteau(this is, if your keyboard has a num lock LED)16:36
rapidwaveHmm. I can't even find screensaver settings16:36
rapidwaveAhh. Yeah...bet that has been it. It's been freezing16:37
cousteauI'm using Xubuntu so I can't help here (plus I wouldn't know where to search either; I'd jsut type "screensaver" on the app launcher)16:38
hoferscreensaver is not installed by default16:38
cousteauhofer, huh?  it's not?  not even a blank screen one?16:38
cousteauor the one with the ugly snowflakes?16:38
hofercousteau yes but its under screen lock16:38
* hofer whistles16:39
* cousteau checking what screensavers are installed on his laptop16:40
cousteauOoooh there's the fiberlamp one!16:40
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cousteauand one named "Hexadrop" that shows octogonal raindrops... weird.16:41
hoferhint its in privacy settings16:41
cousteaumaybe because I have the screen settings changed so it's rendering a side count of 6 as 816:41
cousteauNvidia Graphics Card.  Now with 33% more sides per hexagon!16:42
cousteauok so I was trying screensavers and one of them was called "Zoom", and I thought it was going to show an image being zoomed in and out, but instead it opened Zoom Meetings.  What the hell16:44
cousteaurapidwave, anyway.  Did you find it under Privacy Settings as hofer suggested?16:46
lkhGNU *screen* crashes any time I want to reattach to a session. Anyone experiencing the same issue?16:55
rapidwaveI cannot find privacy settings16:58
cousteaudoesn't ubuntu have a thing where you can search for applications by name?17:01
cousteaulike, you press the ubuntu logo, and type anything17:01
gnUserHi guys, does anyone have a way of using Samsung Dex on ubuntu? I don't mean running Linux on Dex but the Dex app on Ubuntu17:13
beekeeper_qnUser, you could try installing it on wine?17:22
leadgeekWhen I use sudo, it's taking me 20-30 seconds. I'm using krb5 for auth against an A/D. ideas?17:40
leadgeekMy RHEL machines don't have this trouble, and they're also authenticating against A/D the same way.17:40
leadgeekUbuntu 18.0417:41
cthulchuok, folks, so I'm gonna get a new laptop as a main working machine. But this time I'm doing something new, I'm installing Ubuntu as my main desktop OS. Still probably install Windows, although not sure why. Maybe to play games. I'm thinking to get this config: https://i.imgur.com/GtSet5V.png18:12
cthulchuso it would have two 1TB ssds. I plan to have Windows on one and Ubuntu on the other18:12
cthulchubut, I expect Ubuntu to be able to see Windows' file system. It's NTFS, so shouldn't be a problem, right?18:13
cthulchualso I'm thinking to use KDE for UI18:13
cthulchuShould I consider a different ui for a high-performance laptop?18:15
lotuspsychjecthulchu: come over to #ubuntu-discuss please to discuss ubuntu hardware reccomends18:16
daxyes, Ubuntu can read NTFS. UI doesn't matter, it's up to your preference.18:17
cousteaucthulchu, yeah Ubuntu sees NTFS with no problem18:17
cousteausees and writes18:17
cousteaufor performance, I'd consider something without many visual effects which might get in the way of performance demanding applications,  but if it's a good enough machine it shouldn't matter18:18
Maiki'm in doubt with the nVidia stuff, if you wouldn't play games i'd drop nVidia in flavor of Intel or maybe go AMD graphics18:19
cousteauwell if you're going to do CUDA stuff then Nvidia is the only way to go18:20
cthulchuI plan yo play though, Maik18:20
cousteauunfortunately OpenCL didn't seem to catch up18:20
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cousteaure: HDD distribution, I'd consider putting one partition on each drive to get a balanced HDD usage.  For e.g., HDD 0: grub, /boot, /, C:.  HDD 1: /home, /opt, swap, D:.18:23
cousteauor maybe one swap on each HDD?  Can Linux use two swaps in parallel efficiently?18:23
daxyes, but i wouldn't bother with any of that18:24
daxmodern SSDs wear level perfectly fine, and Linux will do the needful with optimizations18:25
cousteau(this config also applies, even more, to systems with one SSD and one HDD)18:25
cousteauuh never mind; I thought it was 2 HDDs, not 2 SSDs18:25
cousteaucan't you just RAID the two SSDs and double the speed by using them in parallel?18:25
daxSSD throughput is not going to be a bottleneck for any normal use case18:26
cthulchuyou can raid two ssds18:27
cthulchussd throughput is a bottleneck if you compare it to RAM18:27
cousteauunless it's a very, very slow RAM18:27
cthulchuindeed18:27
cthulchuI don't want to raid them though cuz I won't really notice much the speed bump.18:28
cousteauthis would be RAID 0, right?  I lost track of which RAIDs were recommended for each use case18:28
cousteauI'm not sure there's any advantage in NOT raiding them though...18:28
cthulchuye, Raid0 is stripe18:28
cthulchuobvious advantage in not raiding them is data preservation18:29
cthulchuand simpler setup/recovery18:29
cousteau?18:29
cousteauhow does not raid preserve data any better than raid 0?18:29
cthulchuraid0 needs all drives to be up. failure of one drive will lead to loss of ALL information18:29
cthulchuon all drives18:30
cousteauwell, and failure of the drive where the OS is installed leads to loss of the ability to boot18:30
cthulchuso what?18:30
cthulchuyou still have the data18:30
cthulchurestoring the OS won't be a problem18:30
cousteau...then again you can still boot with a live cd and recover all your ...files18:30
cthulchuor connect it to a different machine, ye18:31
cousteauor, you keep the OS but lose all your data18:31
cousteaubut there are fewer chances of that than if you rely on TWO drives not failing, that's for sure18:31
cthulchuI think having Windows and Ubuntu split to two distinct devices makes things easier for the OSes and for me in terms of config18:32
cousteaudunno.  I know I'm biased because I do electronic engineering and I'm always like "parallelize ALL the things!", but parallelizing this potential bottleneck seems reasonable to me18:32
cousteaucthulchu, still, I'd put C: and the bootloader on drive 018:33
cousteauoh, and install Windows before Linux.  Does Windows still overwrite the bootloader?18:33
cousteau(hm, maybe with 2 drives I could tell the BIOS to boot from the 2nd drive, install Windows there, and then tell the BIOS to boot from the 1st drive, so that the Windows installer doesn't mess with my GRUB, and use it to detect Windows on GRUB)18:34
cthulchucousteau, that's great advice, I'll follow it18:40
cousteaucthulchu, yeah.  I'm not sure Windows will be OK with not being on drive #118:45
cousteaunor the bootloader18:46
cousteaubut as far as I know Linux partitions are fine anywhere18:46
cthulchuI think windows will obey18:46
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ahylightI know: apt-get install -y package20:39
ahylightbut: apt install -y package20:39
ahylightworks too?20:39
hggdhapt is an end-user (not scripted) version for apt-get. Ye, it will work20:40
hggdhjust do not use it in scripts -- the 'apt' user interface is still in flux, and may change anytime20:40
dougquaidWhat package do I need to install for the mt7612u wifi driver?20:42
ahylightthanks!20:42
ducassedougquaid: doesn't look like a driver for that is in the repos, but you must use a driver from github20:49
dougquaidducasse: Huh that's weird. It's in the kernel. I'll check github though, thanks20:54
ducasseif it's in the kernel it should just work, i just didn't find anything apart from the github driver20:55
ducassei might be entirely wrong, though20:55
dougquaidAh ok I thought I had to install a package for it20:55
ducasseis linux-firmware installed?20:55
dougquaidyes20:56
ducassethat's the only thing you need for drivers in the kernel20:57
dougquaidOk thank you20:58
ypielHello, I want to use 'gio copy' to copy folders & files on my samsung. But it can't copy recursively... Is there a way to do that ? thanks.21:04
leftyfbypiel: why not just use rsync?21:09
scakko^ this21:12
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azerozero0How nautilus in Ubuntu mounts BitLocker drives? I don't have dislocker installed21:31
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mlozaHello. Yesterday I upgraded the kernel of a Ubuntu 20.04 server from 5.4.0 to 5.9.6. The server has 2x 100G interfaces that is bonded using link aggregation. The physical interfaces and bond comes up but I'm unable to ping other nodes. If I do `ip link del $bond; systemctl restart systemd-networkd` or `ip link set $bond promisc on` it starts pinging21:45
mlozathis is networkd config https://pastebin.com/raw/2zutDDR221:45
ramsub07hello.21:45
ramsub07there are 5 subdirectories where I am(A...E) and each have a sub directory "F". I'd like to copy the contents of A/F/*... E/F/* through rsync. how do I go about?21:46
nsaundersbesides calibre, what software will create an epub from html?21:46
ramsub07Hello.Sorry about getting disconnected21:50
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MannyLNJHi, My Ubuntu insall is borked. I can't get settings to open but I am able to run my installed programs. I don't get any errors just it never opens22:02
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MaikMannyLNJ: which ubuntu?22:09
MannyLNJMaik, 20.0422:09
MannyLNJMaik I tried upgrading to 20.10 but the upgrade does not successfully complete22:11
Maikthen that's your problem i guess and would recommend a clean install. Also stick with a LTS release for daily usage if you use ubuntu to work with.22:14
MannyLNJMaik Thank you. I will have to wait for the weekend22:15
mlozaI'm trying to downgrade systemd to lower version but it couldn't find the package `apt install systemd=245.4-4ubuntu3.2`. Machine is 20.0.422:15
mloza20.04*22:15
Perdellianhttps://pastebin.com/K5aMWbYc22:39
Perdellianany thoughts on why Calibre would be crashing on startup?22:39
Perdellianthis was after I did a 'mv .config/calibre{,.bak}; mv .config/calibrerc{,.bak}'22:41
Perdellian(i.e. it's not a configuration issue in my user settings)22:44
PerdellianI could just upgrade to 20.10 to get calibre 5.x, I suppose, but I was thinking to hold off another month or so for that22:45
ducassemloza: downgrading is largely unsupported, and that version is most likely no longer available in the archives23:12
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tomreynPerdellian: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calibre/+bug/189890423:49
ubottuLaunchpad bug 1898904 in calibre (Ubuntu Focal) "Calibre crashes at startup with AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'cancel'" [Undecided,Confirmed]23:49

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