[00:04] <weasel00> ubuntu 20 lts .. how to change the [mysql] mode. what has changed in the package that the my.cnf changes cause error on startup?
[00:44] <AccelShark> mdadm and polkit don't mix on xubuntu, can someone show me a magic stanza to bring back logouts/shutdowns?
[00:44] <AccelShark> Sorry to burden.
[00:44] <AccelShark> Might be a general bug so I'll ask here
[00:44] <sarnold> I'm a bit surprised to hear they interact at all
[00:46] <sarnold> eg https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=pkg%3Amdadm%20polkit  -> "Your query “pkg:mdadm polkit” had no results."
[00:47] <AccelShark> might be TRX40 or funky Toshiba X300 stuff. aaaaa bleeding edge hardware. I'll check.
[00:47] <AccelShark> prolly latter
[00:49] <AccelShark> whoops
[00:49] <sarnold> wb :)
[01:00] <AccelShark> hmmmmm. soooooooo it isn't a bug
[01:00] <AccelShark> gotta stop the md raid before shutting down
[01:00] <AccelShark> welp that's all
[01:10] <rr123> ubuntu 20.04 runs gvfsd-http which takes port 80 and made nginx installation fail, what am I missing?
[01:11] <rr123> what is gvfsd-http, is it essential?
[01:11] <rr123> google does not tell much
[01:14] <sarnold> rr123: you can look up the executable path with /proc/pid/exe -- and from there, use dpkg -S on that path to figure out what package owns it. that should hopefully get you closer to figuring out if you want it or not.
[01:16] <rr123> sarnold: thanks, it belongs to gvfs-backends package, which contains a lot of gvfsd daemons including gvfsd-http under /usr/libexec/
[01:18] <rr123> pstree shows it's run by gvfsd-dnssd
[01:19] <rr123> https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2309099  I'm not alone, this belongs to some systemd magic
[02:13] <tripelb> Installing on a dell. Wanted to see advanced options on installing on whole drive. It froze at that small window. (I rebooted )
[02:14] <tripelb> Just a fyi. Installing now.
[02:16] <tripelb> What de will make this most like windows xp... Or win10. ((Strangwly didnt ask me for my wifi password. When will it? I want to be able to leave it unattended.
[02:42] <CarlFK> I have a pdf with a tiled image in it.  meaning 1 page has 6 images jampped next to each other to look like 1 image.  how do I get the 1 page image into a image file ?
[02:43] <sarnold> imagemagick or its fork graphicsmagick can do all sorts of gross things, perhaps this, too
[02:46] <henstepl> Hello, what's the most likely cause for Ubuntu Server not to recognize ethernet after copypasting the entire disk drive from another computer?
[02:47] <henstepl> I've managed to boot into it but it doesn't list anything but "lo" under ifconfig
[02:47] <henstepl> Ubuntu live USB was able to connect without problem but I decided to copypaste my disk drive over rather than reinstall
[02:49] <sarnold> henstepl: it's best to get the hang of using ip link, ip addr, etc to manage ip addresses
[02:49] <henstepl> I have heard ifconfig is deprecated yes
[02:49] <sarnold> henstepl: if you asked me to prevent the loopback interface from showing up, I'm not even sure how I'd make that happen :)
[02:50] <henstepl> I am from a pretty recent era where ethernet is rather plug and play
[02:50] <sarnold> so you've got a pretty good trick on your hands, hehe
[02:50] <henstepl> If you think that's a good trick you should see me in HL2DM
[02:50] <sarnold> hehe
[02:57] <henstepl> #exit
[02:59] <auk> CarlFK, i can recommend pdftocairo
[03:04] <tripelb> Which ubuntu de looks most like xp?
[03:09] <auk> tripelb, if you want something actually usable, maybe cinnamon with an xp mimicking theme
[03:12] <Maik> tripelb: Xubuntu, just put the panel at the bottom and done
[03:13] <auk> or that
[03:14] <CarlFK> auk: thanks.  once I figured out the package name, worked like a charm.
[03:14] <auk> CarlFK, cool :)
[03:16] <OiYouYeahYou> Hey, what's the best wat to increase swap on an Ubuntu desktop with ZFS? I normally use pagefiles, but I suspect that's not a great idea
[03:18] <sarnold> OiYouYeahYou: apparently there's deadlocks in the code if you swap to zfs :( I have been running with swap on a zfs dataset without issues, but I also don't go into swap very often
[03:19] <sarnold> 2019-06-06.06:40:27 zfs create -V 2G -b 4096 -o compression=zle -o logbias=throughput -o sync=always -o primarycache=metadata -o secondarycache=none rpool/swap
[03:19] <OiYouYeahYou> sarnold: Unfortunately, I'm hitting max ram/swap most days. So I could really do with some more headroom
[03:31] <OiYouYeahYou> sarnold: thank you :)
[03:32] <sarnold> OiYouYeahYou: sorted?
[03:32] <ducasse> sarnold: would it help to use a zvol?
[03:32] <ducasse> that's still zfs-backed, so i guess no
[03:33] <sarnold> ducasse: still the same potential for deadlocks ;(
[03:33] <ducasse> *nods*
[03:33] <sarnold> I've apparently been using it on this machine for over a year without hitting it myself, and when there was a rubbish i915 driver issue that shoved me deep into swap quickly, well, maybe it's not a huge deal in practice
[03:34] <sarnold> but it's worth warning someone about ;)
[03:35] <ducasse> absolutely, i wasn't aware of it myself
[04:25] <mozzarella> is anyone familiar with gnome tweak tool?
[04:29] <lotuspsychje> whats your issue mozzarella
[04:29] <mozzarella> lotuspsychje: there are 3 mouse acceleration profiles, default, adaptive and flat. I wonder which one is default, is it adaptive, flat or something else entirely?
[04:31] <lotuspsychje> mozzarella: its set on default on my side
[04:32] <mozzarella> lotuspsychje: what's default?
[04:35] <lotuspsychje> mozzarella: install dconf-editor and check; /org/gnome/desktop/periphals/mouse/accel-profile
[05:02] <mozzarella> thanks
[08:24] <Furai> Is there any clamav ppa for ubuntu?
[08:26] <chemist^> Furai, you rly need an antivirus on linux? :D
[08:26] <Furai> Next question.
[08:26] <chemist^> anyway...it's in the Ubuntu repos
[08:26] <chemist^> sudo apt install clamav
[08:27] <chemist^> sudo apt install clamav clamav-daemon
[08:27] <chemist^> clamtk is a graphical UI
[08:38] <ducasse> Furai: check launchpad
[08:39] <Furai> I did and couldn't find any good one. Anyway, thanks guys.
[08:41] <ducasse> Furai: maybe the devs supply an ubuntu repo
[08:42] <ikonia> clamav is in the ubuntu repos
[08:42] <ikonia> what's the issue with that package ?
[08:42] <Furai> In general it's in ubuntu repos but it's outdated. The devs don't have anything on their page.
[08:42] <Furai> They just simply say to isntall from the distribution.
[08:43] <Furai> It's just 3 months outdated but still.
[08:43] <ikonia> why is it outdated ?
[08:43] <ikonia> what's in a later version that's not in the version shipped from the ubuntu repos ?
[08:45] <Furai> Security and performance fixes? Can't name any specific ones but there were many changes between versions. Anyway, for now I'll just go with whatever is there in the repos.
[08:45] <ikonia> don't chase version numbers, especially if there is nothing beyond generic perception in the changes
[09:11] <lotuspsychje> anyone else getting a 403 on searching snaps on 20.04.1? https://dpaste.com/DJ9MHFKQ9
[09:19] <lotuspsychje> -reported in -mirrors
[09:28] <Tehdastehdas> 20.04.1 nags "Mouse battery below 10%" every time my mouse wakes up from hibernation. It hibernates after ~2 minutes of inactivity, so I get ~40 notifications/day, most annoyingly when watching a movie and setting a cup on the table, waking the mouse. The battery has ~2 months of juice left. These minor issue notifications should be limited to a
[09:28] <Tehdastehdas> maximum frequency of 1/login + ~1/day. How to do that?People have complained about this since at least 17.10: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1071406/how-to-disable-mouse-battery-low-notification-in-ubuntu-18-04 https://askubuntu.com/questions/985963/disable-mouse-battery-low-spam-notification
[09:44] <random1> Hey for some reason when i view my desktop most of my folders/files are gone but if i open up a folder and go to ~/home/Desktop/ I see all of my folders/files that are missing
[09:44] <random1> why is this ?
[09:54] <random1> anyone awake ?
[11:17] <frad> is there any way to recursively get rid of certain file types .cue, .wav) or to recursively rename files / remove parts of file's names?
[11:17] <pho}e{nix> cronjob?
[11:18] <summonner> frad yes
[11:18] <summonner> the rename command can do this
[11:18] <summonner> to remove certain files, you'd use find with the -delete option. ie. find . -iname '*.cue' -delete
[11:22] <frad> summonner, is find another command?
[11:23] <frad> disregard
[11:27]  * summonner grins
[11:29] <frad> ok, the removal worked, now I'm trying to rename files (not file names). I want to get rid of 'Kiss' in several file names. To do this I should use rename -d, --filename, --nopath, --nofullpath, but I don't know how to compse the command. Manpages didn't show any example
[11:30] <summonner> try --help
[11:38] <frad> summonner, could you loook at Substitution under https://www.computerhope.com/unix/rename.htm ? That's what I need to do, but -s is not an option under rename...
[11:40] <summonner> when you say -s do you mean s/this/that/ ?
[11:41] <frad> summonner, noob here, but yes, I tried using -s with rename (I know it s not an option, but the online example, I interpreted it as such
[11:41] <frad> so all 'this' in a bunch of filenames becomes 'that'
[11:42] <frad> on how to geek' I found 'rename 's/slang_/sl_' *.c'
[11:43] <summonner> right, so  here is something I just ran - rename 's/this/that/i' *.txt
[11:43] <summonner> and it renamed my that.txt file to this.txt
[11:43] <frad> so I could 'rename 's/slang_/' *.c' to substitute 'slang' for nothing, effectively deleting that part of each filename recursively
[11:44] <summonner> I would suggest you go ahead and read a few example pages and give it a few tests on files you create. use touch to create some test files. ie.  touch this.txt thisis.txt thisare.txt
[11:51] <napnap_> Hi all, I just installed mate 20.04 and added to my domain.  When I log in with a domain user , home dir is created but without default directory in it (Desktop, Downloads etc...).
[11:51] <napnap_> ANy idea ?
[11:51] <ShenLong> Hi little Question. Do you know how long the development of the autoinstall-editor will take?
[11:56] <frad> crap. How do I edit 'ls sl*.mp3' so it shows all mp3 files recursively?
[11:57] <frad> disregard, will learn to read documentation befor asking
[11:57] <Deano59> frad: ;P
[11:59] <Deyaa> Can I ask a question that is not related to the channel??
[12:00] <frad> I'm doing something wrong. Im in a directory with several mp3 files. If I type in a terminal 'ls sl*.mp3' it returns 'ls: cannot access '.mp3': No such file or directory. What am I doing wrong?
[12:00] <summonner> !ot Deyaa
[12:00] <Deyaa> What
[12:00] <summonner> Deyaa, I guess no bot. see the topic? ask OT questions in ubuntu-offtopic :D
[12:01] <Deyaa> Actually I'm a bot with natural language feature thanks for asking sir
[12:03] <jaydemir> snap store is giving me "No Application Data Found". How can I fix this
[12:03] <Maik> summonner: i guess you mean !topic
[12:07] <frad> I'm in /a. in this directory there are several subdirectories (1, 2, 3...). Each of these subdirectories contains several mp3 files. can anyone tell me why 'ls -R *.mp3 doesn't show any results? the command should recursively list every mp3 file found
[12:19] <ducasse> frad: 'find . -name \*\.mp3'
[12:19] <Deano59> what do I do (again...) to get rid of this? sudo: unable to resolve host ubuntu: Name or service not known
[12:20] <ducasse> !hostname | Deano59
[12:20] <Deano59> nvm. I actually rememebered! :D
[12:21] <Deano59> ducasse: I done that, but had to change: 127.0.1.1 ubuntu
[12:22] <Deano59> cheers. :)
[12:44] <BluesKaj> Howdy all
[12:45] <ShenLong> Hi... my question about autoinstall-editor, do someone know something about the development state?
[12:47] <Maik> ShenLong: i guess not
[12:47] <Maik> otherwise someone would have answered by now :)
[12:48] <quadrathoch2> ShenLong why not installing the snap for a sec and look at it
[12:49] <Maik> what's this autoinstall editor anyway?
[12:49] <quadrathoch2> Maik I guess a gui for creating autoinstall config files, but just my guess :/
[12:51] <Maik> not really a ubuntu related support question then but more app related
[12:55] <Maik> can't find a thing.... ShenLong got a link?
[13:10] <ShenLong> Maik: quadrathoch2: Oh sorry, the snap cant be installed, cause it is not public. It is referenced here: https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/install/autoinstall In the "Quick Start" Section it states: "The snap described here does not yet exist" That's why i asking for any knowledge about the state of development ;)
[13:11] <quadrathoch2> ShenLong oops, I only read snap package bla, and I was huh? why not install that xD
[13:13] <ShenLong> no problem =)
[13:49] <ace_me> hi all. lspci is listing my wireless device, but inside the settings in the wifi tab it say there is no device
[13:49] <ace_me> No wifi adapter found...
[13:50] <ace_me> any hint on how to fix it please ?
[13:50] <bdiddy> you probably need to install the drivers
[13:50] <bdiddy> what wifi card do you have?
[13:50] <ShenLong> Did you install all needed firmwares for your device?
[13:50] <ShenLong> you may want to "pastebin" dmesg here. -> dpaste.com
[13:51] <ShenLong> lspci -k can help as well.
[13:56] <ace_me> bdiddy: is a Qualcomm Atheros 168C
[13:56] <ace_me> ShenLong: maybe i need to restart some services ? i was having some troubles in starting UBUNTU 20 with nvidia drivers
[13:58] <bdiddy> what version of ubuntu?
[13:59] <ace_me> ubuntu 20.04
[13:59] <bdiddy> seems like that should work out of the box
[13:59] <ShenLong> Please post the output of dmesg via dpaste.com and present the link to it.
[13:59] <ace_me> I am now booting in Windows to check if there works
[13:59] <ShenLong> together with the output of lspci -k
[13:59] <ace_me> dmesg is quite long...  ;)
[14:00] <ShenLong> Thats why i told you to use dpaste.com
[14:01] <ShenLong> oh wait... thats a laptop for sure and you cant connect to your box cause you dont have LAN connectors on the side. right?
[14:01] <bdiddy> ace_me: found something "Disable Windows Fast Start feature. You probably don't shutdown Windows properly. It hibernates and the wireless adapter is not properly reset"
[14:02] <ace_me> maybe is it that... as it continues some updates... fu..k w..w
[14:04] <bdiddy> ace_me: also maybe try some of this: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1261376/how-do-i-get-my-network-and-settings-back-in-20-04
[15:02] <ace_me> bdiddy: it may fix my network if i boot from a bootable usb stick ?
[15:13] <bdiddy> ace_me: i don't think so.  Seems like some people were saying you need to install linux-modules-extr
[15:14] <bdiddy> another guy said install DKMS and https://ubuntu.pkgs.org/20.04/ubuntu-universe-i386/r8168-dkms_8.048.00-1_all.deb.html
[15:14] <bdiddy> not sure if that qualcom uses the realtek interface
[15:14] <bdiddy> so might not work
[15:17] <bdiddy> ace_me: now that I'm thinking about it something you might try is go to activity and type software and run the 2nd listed thing Software & Updates.  Then go to additional drivers and see if your wifi card is listed with potentially a simple driver install
[15:17] <bdiddy> just a thought.. also might not work
[15:20] <ace_me> only nvidia is listed there in additional drivers
[15:25] <bdiddy> hmm
[15:37] <jeremy31> bdiddy: is that an ar9485?
[15:40] <bancroft> is there a place where I can see how a package in apt was build so I can rebuild it with different flags?
[15:41] <bancroft> I can find it in Arch, just not in ubuntu
[15:51] <ioria> bancroft, you mean the buildlog ?
[15:52] <bancroft> ioria: i guess so yes? I need to recompile the nginx package with the --with-stream_realip_module in the config and i'm a little scared to do so
[15:53] <bancroft> I know that it was installed with apt-get the first time
[15:53] <ioria> bancroft, you can check launchpad.net ; e.g https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo/1.9.1-1ubuntu1/+build/19565108
[15:54] <ioria> bancroft, click on buildlog
[15:59] <bancroft> ioria: oh dear, this will take over an hour to piece back together the commands which built nginx for apt-get
[16:00] <xtao> run nginx -V
[16:00] <xtao> shows you the configure arguments
[16:03] <ace_me> I am looking at the supported wifi cards...  mine is AR9485 Wifi Qualcomm Atheros and i can't see it on supported devices... for UBUNTU 20... However it was operational until 2-3 days ago whn I've start having nvidia drivers problems. Under windows same wifi card works
[16:03] <ace_me> any help please on how to fix it ?
[16:08] <ace_me> would this help sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential git ?
[16:09] <ace_me> sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential
[16:09] <ace_me> linux headers I mean... I was unistalled them
[16:17] <ace_me> I did plugged in a network cable and the network connection is not seen, wifi adapter is not seen too
[16:20] <j`ey> any reason why python3-distutils isn't available on disco 19.04? but seems to be there for 18.04
[16:21] <bdiddy> ace_me: i've seen a few posts indicate that there might be a bios setting that could be causing issues. It seems ubuntu is not really seeing the device.  Might poke around in your bios to see if there are any settings specific to the wifi and toggle them for the sake of trial and error
[16:22] <bdiddy> take a look at dmesg and see if there are any errors
[16:22] <bdiddy> or any info at all
[16:22] <bdiddy> the card is supported out of the box so there is defeinitely something else going on that ubuntu doesn't see it
[16:22] <ace_me> sudo nmcli device status show:
[16:22] <ace_me> wlan0 wifi unmanaged
[16:22] <ace_me> same for ethernet and lo bdiddy
[16:23] <ace_me> there are some docker0 and br-01xxxx whic say are connected
[16:24] <ace_me> service networking status shows active(exited)
[16:26] <bdiddy> hmm
[16:27] <bdiddy> try: sudo nmcli dev set wlan0 managed yes
[16:28] <bdiddy> see what it says
[16:31] <ace_me> didn't said anything but restart of networking exited
[16:32] <bdiddy> network manager seems to be having an issue
[16:34] <ace_me> snaps stateengine.go:150 state ensure error persistent network error get https:/ap.snapcraft.io/api/v1....
[16:35] <bdiddy> see if /var/log/syslog has any information that is useful
[16:36] <bdiddy> or try sudo /usr/bin/NetworkManager --no-daemon
[16:36] <bdiddy> see if you get good info from that
[16:37] <bdiddy> er sudo /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon
[16:52] <ace_me> bdiddy:  sudo /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon allow me to see Networkmanager: <info> Read config: /etc/NetworkManager.conf (lib: 10-dns-resolved.conf, 20-connectivity-ubuntu.conf, no-mac-addr-change.conf, (run 10-globally-manageddevices 10-ubuntu fan, default-wifipowersave
[16:53] <bdiddy> huh is it still running or did it die?
[16:53] <Arsen> Hi everyone
[16:54] <Arsen> I use Acer, Aspire One D270 2GB RAM, could you tell me which latest version is possible for my PC?
[16:55] <ace_me> it die bdiddy
[16:55] <bdiddy> ace_me: /etc/NetworkManager.conf might have a problem
[16:55] <bdiddy> some config issue.
[16:56] <ace_me> is just 3 sections wit 3 lines
[16:57] <bdiddy> hmm
[16:57] <bdiddy> no odd characters?
[16:57] <ace_me> [main] plugins=ifupdown,keyfile, [ifupdown] managed=false, [device] wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=no
[16:58] <bdiddy> hmm
[16:59] <bdiddy> what does nmcli device status show now?
[17:00] <Arsen> ace_me ?
[17:00] <bdiddy> ace_me: sudo touch /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/10-globally-managed-devices.conf
[17:00] <bdiddy> try that
[17:00] <bdiddy> then restart
[17:00] <ace_me> as before... br-xxx bridge connected 4 times then a docker0 connected then enp2s0 and lo and wlan0 unmanaged
[17:01] <Arsen> I use Acer Aspire One D270 2GB RAM, could you tell me which latest version is possible for my PC?
[17:01] <bdiddy> ace_me: sudo touch /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/10-globally-managed-devices.conf
[17:01] <bdiddy> Arsen: 20.04 will work OK
[17:01] <Arsen> bdiddy 64 ?
[17:02] <bdiddy> im going to guess 32
[17:02] <ace_me> there is no such a file ther 10-globally-managed-devices.conf
[17:02] <Arsen> bdiddy thanks
[17:03] <Deyaa> Extracting multiple .rar in multiple locations in the same path
[17:03] <Deyaa> ??
[17:03] <bdiddy> ace_me: touch it to create the file
[17:03] <bdiddy> blank file
[17:03] <bdiddy> then restart
[17:03] <Arsen> bdiddy 20.04.1 also???
[17:03] <bdiddy> Arsen: yes
[17:03] <Arsen> bdiddy thanks a lot
[17:03] <bdiddy> np good luck
[17:03] <Arsen> Thank You
[17:05] <ace_me> you mean reboot bdiddy
[17:06] <bdiddy> yeah
[17:13] <mangul> How to install zlib1g-dev for armhf on Ubuntu? I tried `sudo apt install zlib1g-dev:armhf` after `sudo dpkg --add-architecture armhf` and `sudo apt update` and APT told me that it cannot locate the package.
[17:13] <ace_me> thank you very much bdiddy
[17:14] <bdiddy> that work?
[17:14] <ace_me> yes... that worked
[17:14] <bdiddy> nice
[17:14] <bdiddy> what an obscure issue lol
[17:14] <ace_me> indeed
[17:17] <veegee> Probably a stupid question, but iptables and nftables a frontend for the same subsystem?
[17:18] <veegee> That is, if I add rules to iptables, will nftables be aware of them? Or am I thinking about it the wrong way?
[17:19] <leftyfb> veegee: https://ungleich.ch/en-us/cms/blog/2018/08/18/iptables-vs-nftables/
[17:33] <bancroft> if I installed nginx using apt-get, can I replace it completely by doing apt install nginx-extras?
[17:33] <yates> i need to use a ubifs type in "mount -t ubifs ..." but am getting "mount: <mntpoint>: unknown filesystem type 'ubifs'.
[17:33] <yates> what apt package provides ubifs?
[17:35] <bancroft> fscrypt maybe?
[17:35] <leftyfb> yates: try mtd-utils for the utils.
[17:35] <yates> leftyfb: yeah, i thought that too but they are installed
[17:36] <leftyfb> yates: ok, so try mkfs.ubifs
[17:37] <leftyfb> yates: the rest of the support is built into the kernel
[17:37] <yates> doesn't work. it's ok if you don't know.
[17:37] <leftyfb> yates: got an error message?
[17:38] <yates> mount: /home/randyy/mnt: unknown filesystem type 'ubifs'.
[17:39] <leftyfb> yates: what version of ubuntu? Did you use -t ubifs ?
[17:40] <yates> Linux Lubuntu-22259 4.15.0-122-generic #124-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 15 13:03:05 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[17:40] <leftyfb> yates: that is your kernel version and does not answer either question
[17:41] <yates> leftyfb: i am in the process of getting the answer to your second question.
[17:41] <yates> what is the command to list the ubuntu vesion?
[17:42] <leftyfb> yates: lsb_release -a
[17:42] <yates> sudo mount -t ubifs ubi0:rwfs /home/randyy/mnt
[17:42] <yates> http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/sHzzcvp8wb/
[17:45] <Deyaa> Can anyone help me please??
[17:45] <ZachPruckowski> Hello, sorry if this is a silly question, but even after running "sudo apt-get install vino", I still can't get Screen Sharing to show up in Settings
[17:45] <leftyfb> !ask | Deyaa
[17:46] <Deyaa> I wanna exract every .rar file in a specific path
[17:46] <yates> it appears my problem is NOT due to a missing ubifs. apparently that error message is misleading.
[17:47] <yates> searching for the real root case
[17:47] <leftyfb> yates: I would start with installing linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04 to get the latest LTS kernel and booting into said new kernel
[17:48] <yates> leftyfb: it's not that. i tried the same test on another ubuntu system at work which is known to work and i get the same error. something else is going on.
[17:48] <leftyfb> Deyaa: use find and -exec
[17:50] <leftyfb> Deyaa: find /path/to/files -type f -name "*.rar" -exec unrar e {} \;
[17:59] <Dro> Hello, my external screen is not detected using the USB cable (I'm using ubuntu 18.04), any idea how can I fix this please ?
[17:59] <leftyfb> Dro: external screen via USB?
[18:00] <Dro> leftyfb: yes, its a Lenovo Thinkvision screen
[18:03] <leftyfb> Dro: my quick googling shows it's not a supported driver in the linux kernel and requires a combination of displaylink drivers and closed source drivers from Lenovo that I think are only for Windows
[18:04] <leftyfb> Dro: maybe a good starting point https://github.com/DisplayLink/evdi/issues/15
[18:05] <oerheks> i do have a repeater on usb, but it only works when connected on boot.
[18:08] <Dro> leftyfb: so i have to install displaylink?
[18:24] <userDepth> anyone has a guide for using NUT via USB?
[18:25] <userDepth> https://askubuntu.com/questions/1293001/problem-connecting-upsilon-2000-how-to-setup-with-nut
[18:25] <pavlos> ZachPruckowski: did you enable sharing (at the title bar there is a purple circle)?
[18:27] <pavlos> ZachPruckowski: https://imgur.com/a/NSg09Zc
[18:28] <ZachPruckowski> my issue is that I straight up don't have "Screen Sharing" as an option on the screen. I'm actually re-installing with the full install now
[18:29] <ZachPruckowski> I think doing the minimal install was a mistake. I thought it would just be missing like office applications and vlc but it was missing an ssh server lol
[18:31] <userDepth> anyone has a guide for using NUT via USB?
[18:31] <leftyfb> !repeat | userDepth
[18:32] <ash_worksi> is there something special about underlined words in man... like to they allow you to jump to something somehow?
[18:34] <pavlos> ash_worksi: do you mean, a url? click on it
[18:34] <leftyfb> arso: please do not PM
[18:34] <pavlos> ash_worksi: my mistake
[18:34] <ash_worksi> pavlos: well, it's just an underlined word
[18:34] <arso> leftyfb why
[18:35] <leftyfb> arso: if you have an ubuntu support question, ask it here
[18:35] <ash_worksi> arso: it's just good IRC etiquette not to ask for help directly from someone
[18:35] <arso> leftyfb is Ubuntu 20.04.1 available for Acer Aspire one D 270 ?
[18:36] <leftyfb> arso: did you try it?
[18:36] <ash_worksi> arso: it gives other people an oppertunity to help with the situation and it doesn't abuse the time of the person who is being PMed
[18:36] <arso> leftyfb I am downloading yet
[18:37] <arso> ash_worksi you are true
[18:37] <pavlos> ash_worksi: most underlined words in man pages are for emphasis; not a link.
[18:38] <ash_worksi> pavlos: thanks
[18:38] <arso> I think too many downloads from ubuntu server
[18:38] <ash_worksi> I go to great lengths to circumvent using the mouse anyway
[18:39] <ioria> ash_worksi, according to this  ( http://technicalprose.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-to-write-unix-man-page.html )   is a terminal font issue : " Italic text, which is actually usually displayed underlined instead, are for arguments that must be replaced by something else"
[18:41] <ash_worksi> ioria: isn't that specifically for the command syntaxt?
[18:43] <ash_worksi> nvm
[18:43] <ash_worksi> I'll read through that later
[18:43] <ash_worksi> thanks
[18:47] <arso> here is my netbook details.. (x64) [Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N2600   @ 1.60GHz (1.60GHz)]
[18:48] <leftyfb> arso: please just finish downloading, load it onto a cd or usb and boot it. Try it out and maybe install it. If you run into issues, then feel free to detail those issues here and someone might be able to help you
[18:49] <arso> leftyfb download will be ready soon, then by rufus I will do on USB ..
[18:49] <arso> leftyfb I hope it will run...
[18:52] <FredTheNoob> Hi there, do you know how can I fix this: "The following packages have unmet dependencies:  libsane:i386 : Depends: libsnmp35:i386 (>= 5.8+dfsg) but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages."
[18:52] <arso> I'll be very thankfull if 20.04.1 could be available
[18:52] <zen_coder> how can I mount two harddisks to one logical volume?
[18:53] <bdiddy> FredTheNoob: run dpkg --add-architecture i386
[18:53] <bdiddy> then try again
[18:55] <FredTheNoob> bdiddy let me try, ok same error
[18:55] <FredTheNoob> bdiddy same error again
[18:56] <pavlos> FredTheNoob: sudo apt install -f              (to fix broken)
[18:58] <FredTheNoob> "Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming."
[18:59] <FredTheNoob> thks guys but I think it cannot be solved
[18:59] <oerheks> maybe you need to proper update your system first? sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade
[19:06] <pavlos> FredTheNoob: do you have synaptic installed? it has a fix broken pkgs option
[19:08] <eater9> Hi, I just ran an apt upgrade and it says "fatal: loose object 8aa994698dd191d155378be1386a6dfbdbbafa89 (stored in .git/objects/8a/a994698dd191d155378be1386a6dfbdbbafa89) is corrupt"
[19:08] <eater9> how do I secure the loose object before it bumps into a passenger or worse?
[19:09] <eater9> It doesn't say where the .git directory is
[19:10] <FredTheNoob> pavlos I'm using kubuntu 20.04 it said that is obsolete
[19:10] <sarnold> eater9: can you put the whole output on https://paste.ubuntu.com/ ?
[19:12] <eater9> sarnold: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/mdgqBG4WSG/
[19:13] <sarnold> eater9: wow... uh. that's strange indeed.
[19:14] <sarnold> eater9: does locate 8aa994698dd191d155378be1386a6dfbdbbafa89 return anything?
[19:14] <eater9> sarnold: no it does not
[19:14] <sarnold> shoot
[19:14] <sarnold> sudo find / -name 8aa994698dd191d155378be1386a6dfbdbbafa89 maybe?
[19:14] <thumbfinger> What is the best way to have a Ubuntu environment booting from USB?  I don't want it to be install media, and I want the persistence to be handled natively if possible.  I'm using a 256 GB USB stick.  I've tried Unetbootin, Rufus, and just flat out trying to install it to the USB drive using the install media.
[19:15] <leftyfb> !persistent | thumbfinger
[19:15] <eater9> sarnold: nope, the object is so loose it's not even on the computer
[19:16] <sarnold> eater9: man that's *loose*
[19:16] <sarnold> eater9: how about locate 8a?
[19:16] <eater9> sarnold: i looked under the desk but maybe the cat got it
[19:16] <sarnold> apex preditors
[19:18] <eater9> sarnold: aha there is an /etc/.git/objects/8a and also an /etc/.gitcorrupt/objects/8a
[19:18] <pavlos> FredTheNoob: what is obsolete? I started a kubu2004 VM, synaptic is there, Edit>Fix Broken Packages
[19:19] <thumbfinger> Thank you @leftyfb that's what I couldn't find.
[19:19] <eater9> sarnold: probably from etckeeper
[19:20] <thumbfinger> Do you know if there is an equivalent for xubuntu?
[19:24] <sarnold> eater9: aha! that'd make sense!
[19:25] <eater9> sarnold: thanks for helping me find it! glad it's not some internal apt corruption at least
[19:26] <sarnold> eater9: I'm glad it sounded familiar once you spotted the thing :) the next steps were going to be looking through apt prefs to try to find code that runs on events, scripts from the packages, triggers, etc, and that sounded a lot less fun
[19:27] <sarnold> eater9: (I did have a hope it'd be in the apt prefs, rather than packages, but still, when you're not sure of the path..)
[19:44] <eastcoastweb> Anyone know if there is a way to show hidden files permanantly unless you toggle it off in Nautilus? I know I can hit ctrl-h every time or use the menu nav, but you used to be able to turn it on perm in preferences, but on 20.04 it is gone.
[19:46] <userDepth> Need help setting up Upsilon UPS. I don't knwo what I'm doing just making my best guess. https://askubuntu.com/questions/1293001/problem-connecting-upsilon-2000-how-to-setup-with-nut
[19:48] <sarnold> userDepth: you'll probably need to include the service file you wrote
[19:48] <userDepth> k
[19:48] <sarnold> userDepth: can you get it to run 'by hand'? if so, the command and output from that might be helpful too
[19:50] <userDepth> it seems to run by hand
[19:51] <scr3wz420>  Eastcoastweb: not sure if it's still applicable. I'm not at my box. https://www.watchingthenet.com/always-show-hidden-files-in-ubuntu-nautilus-file-browser.html
[19:52] <userDepth> sarnold added
[19:54] <sarnold> nut-server: /lib/systemd/system-shutdown/nutshutdown
[19:54] <sarnold> nut-server: /lib/systemd/system/nut-driver.service
[19:54] <sarnold> nut-server: /lib/systemd/system/nut-server.service
[19:54] <sarnold> nut-server: /lib/udev/rules.d/62-nut-usbups.rules
[19:54] <sarnold> userDepth: there's already some systemd service files and udev rules for this package; is there a reason why those won't work?
[19:55] <userDepth> sarnold Ok, how do I enable them?
[19:56] <sarnold> userDepth: systemctl enable nut-driver ; systemctl enable nut-server ; systemctl start nut-driver ; systemctl start nut-server
[19:58] <userDepth> sarnold it says it has no installation candidate
[19:59] <userDepth> sarnold systemctl enable nut-driver says no candidate
[20:00] <sarnold> userDepth: oh :( hmm.
[20:02] <oerheks> unmask first?
[20:02] <userDepth> sarnold You should not "enable" (aka start during boot) nut-driver, it is automatically started as a requirement of nut-server
[20:03] <sarnold> userDepth: aha cool
[20:05] <userDepth> sarnold Broadcast message from nut@linux-pc (somewhere) (Tue Nov 17 16:03:
[20:05] <userDepth> Communications with UPS upsilon-2000@localhost established
[20:05] <sarnold> that looks promising
[20:05] <userDepth> sarnold maybe I just unplug the UPS and wait 5 mins :P
[20:05] <sarnold> userDepth: ha :D
[20:09] <userDepth> sarnold so it's just setting up the driver in ups.conf and starting the service. Simple as that
[20:09] <userDepth> brb
[20:09] <userDepth> afk
[20:09] <sarnold> userDepth: I hope so! :D
[20:19] <userDepth> sarnold TY, you gave the last key
[20:19] <userDepth> XD
[20:19] <sarnold> userDepth: sweet!
[20:19] <userDepth> sarnold good rest of the day
[20:31] <zamba> what is the correct way of creating a bootable ubuntu usb?
[20:32] <bdiddy> balenaetcher
[20:32] <bdiddy> https://www.balena.io/etcher/
[20:32] <mefistofeles> zamba: you mean from the iso? I guess you can use something like balena's etcher for that
[20:32] <mefistofeles> bdiddy: that :P
[20:32] <bdiddy> ez freakin pz
[21:06] <zen-coder> can anybody help me with mounting two disks to one logical volume?
[21:07] <sarnold> what's your goal?
[21:08] <zen-coder> I am unsure about the amount of hard disks I have on the system, but I think there are two ssds in it
[21:09] <zen-coder> I want that both harddisks should act as one
[21:09] <zen-coder> so the users can store there data under /home
[21:10] <zen-coder> this should be the entry point for both hard disks
[21:10] <zen-coder> I have installed a fresh ubuntu server on the system and I am now connected to it via ssh
[21:10] <zen-coder> 18.04
[21:10] <zen-coder> the configuration for the hard disks were not that easy understandable for me, during the install process
[21:11] <sarnold> zen-coder: what do you want to happen when one of the drives dies?
[21:11] <sarnold> zen-coder: do you want the users to continue on without noticing? do you want all the data to go away? do you want half the data to go away?
[21:12] <zen-coder> mhm continue without noticing would be nice
[21:13] <zen-coder> but there will be not sensitive data stored
[21:13] <zen-coder> which needs a backup
[21:15] <zen-coder> how can I check how many harddisks I really have?
[21:15] <leftyfb> zen-coder: then you'll need to setup a RAID1 on those drives. As in, reinstall ubuntu
[21:15] <leftyfb> zen-coder: lsblk
[21:15] <sarnold> zen-coder: then I think you've got two choices -- using mdadm to do a raid or using zfs and using mirrors; I know next to nothing about mdadm, but zfs a fair amount; https://pthree.org/2012/12/04/zfs-administration-part-i-vdevs/
[21:16] <zen-coder> this is what I have: https://paste.ee/p/2uvvE
[21:16] <leftyfb> zen-coder: looks like you have 2 drives
[21:17] <zen-coder> remark, that I do not care about data loss
[21:17] <zen-coder> I want the two disks act as one
[21:23] <zen-coder> sarnold: I cannot read anything there about logical volumes
[21:25] <sarnold> zen-coder: zfs datasets are covered in another 'entry' in the series of blog posts https://pthree.org/2012/12/17/zfs-administration-part-x-creating-filesystems/
[21:27] <ash_worksi> I know this isn't the channel for it but everyone's really quiet in #tmux; does anyone happen to know if there's a way to print vi:<filename> for window names in the tmux status bar?
[21:28] <sarnold> ash_worksi: try :set title ?
[21:32] <zen-coder> sarnold: I do not understand this zwf guide
[21:32] <zen-coder> zfs
[21:32] <zen-coder> why not using this LVM approach?
[21:32] <zen-coder> https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-lvm-to-manage-storage-devices-on-ubuntu-18-04
[21:32] <tomreyn> zen-coder: if you don't care about the data at all, you can make both disks LVM2 PVs, to add to a VG, and create LVs on top
[21:33] <ash_worksi> sarnold: that didn't seem to work, but nonetheless, I meant using a format specification which can (hopefully) just add the filename to the `vi` prefix dynamically
[21:33] <ash_worksi> it would be nice if I could script this a bit more pretty than one long conveluded string of nested #{}
[21:34] <zen-coder> tomreyn: do you saw my amount of devices?
[21:34] <tomreyn> zen-coder: i saw that seomeon said you had two disks
[21:34] <sarnold> ash_worksi: dang, I was really hoping that one little change to vim's config to ask it to set the title would be enough for tmux
[21:34] <zen-coder> https://paste.ee/p/2uvvE
[21:35] <sarnold> zen-coder: feel free to use lvm if you understand it better; I always found zfs easier, but that's just me
[21:35] <tomreyn> zen-coder: right, two nvme storages
[21:35] <ash_worksi> sarnold: it said, "invalid option: title"
[21:35] <ash_worksi> sarnold: probably a different word
[21:35] <zen-coder> so there is one volume group `ubuntu--vg-lv--0 ` and one hard disk `nvme0n1` which is not mounted
[21:35] <ash_worksi> but note that there are multiple specifications for title
[21:35] <sarnold> ash_worksi: btw that's a *vim* setting, not a tmux setting
[21:36] <ash_worksi> yeah
[21:36] <ash_worksi> yeah, they're similar in various ways so I understand how that might've been a possibility
[21:37] <zen-coder> tomreyn: so would be this the first correct command: `sudo vgextend ubuntu--vg-lv--0 nvme0n1` ?
[21:37] <ash_worksi> my current auto rename format is: #{?#{==:#{b:pane_current_command},bash},#{?#{==:#{pane_current_path},#(echo $HOME)},~,#{b:pane_current_path}}/,#{b:pane_current_command}}
[21:37] <ash_worksi> which is ugly as sin
[21:38] <tomreyn> zen-coder: you'd first need to make nvme0n1 a PV, so    pvcreate /dev/nvme0n1
[21:38] <zen-coder> `Physical volume "/dev/nvme0n1" successfully created.`
[21:39] <ash_worksi> maybe I can write a bash script that will just take pane_current_command and pane_current_path as arguments
[21:39] <tomreyn> zen-coder: but i'm not really sure i want to recommend this approach to you, because you'Re factually increasing the chances of data loss with this configuration over when you had just a single disk.
[21:39] <ash_worksi> I wonder if that'd work
[21:40] <zen-coder> why should this result in data loss?
[21:42] <tomreyn> zen-coder: if you span a VG across two disks, and create LVs on top of them (and do not take good care to ensure those LVs sit on just one of the physical disks) then you may have file systems where part of the file system sis ont he one disk, another part sits on the other disk, and then one disk fails. so you loose a lot.
[21:43] <tomreyn> i'm not saying that this configuration increases the chances of an event occurring where you have data loss, just that, should one occur, it's more likely that you will loose more data than just the amount that'd fit on a single storage.
[21:44] <zen-coder> I dont care about data loss
[21:45] <zen-coder> I need as much space as possible
[21:45] <zen-coder> tomreyn, so what would be the next command?
[21:46] <zen-coder> sudo vgextend ubuntu--vg-lv--0 /dev/nvme0n1` ?
[21:46] <tomreyn> zen-coder: vgextend VG PV
[21:46] <tomreyn> ubuntu--vg-lv--0 sounds like an LV
[21:47] <tomreyn> your VG is probably "ubuntu-vg" then
[21:47] <tomreyn> vgs will tell
[21:48] <zen-coder>   ubuntu-vg   1   2   0 wz--n- <1.82t    0
[21:49] <tomreyn> and "pvs" lists your PVs, should now list two of them.
[21:51] <zen-coder> tomreyn: https://paste.ee/p/rfIuZ
[21:52] <zen-coder> what is this `ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv`?
[21:52] <zen-coder> and this `ubuntu--vg-lv--0`?
[21:52] <zen-coder> are this not two volume groups?
[21:53] <zen-coder> what is the next command for me to enter?
[21:54] <tomreyn> zen-coder: you should run   pvs, vgs, lvs  or  pvdisplay, vgdisplay, lvdisplay   to get a better understanding of the structure.
[21:54] <tomreyn> the paths you just quoted from lsblk are device nodes you'd see in /dev
[21:54] <tomreyn> but those are not really relevant
[21:56] <zen-coder> https://paste.ee/p/kV95V
[21:58] <tomreyn> looks like you haven't added the new PV to the VG, yet
[22:02] <zen-coder> tomreyn: so ` sudo vgextend ubuntu-vg /dev/nvme0n1`? remark at the end I want both devices mount to `/home`
[22:03] <RoseBus> hello, when i put my computer in standby with chromium running then i wake up my computer it has memory glitches
[22:04] <tomreyn> zen-coder: right. you're adding the physical volume that's on nvme0n1 to the "ubuntu-vg" volume group. and once that's done, you can extend any of the LVs in this VG.
[22:04] <RoseBus> black squares don't load until i place the mouse over them, etc... and it happens even when refreshing or loading brand-new webpages
[22:05] <zen-coder> sudo vgextend ubuntu-vg /dev/nvme0n1 `  Volume group "ubuntu-vg" successfully extended`
[22:06] <zen-coder> what is the next command?
[22:06] <tomreyn> zen-coder: you tell me. :)
[22:06] <tomreyn> you want to resize an existing VG, right? also the file system on it?
[22:07] <zen-coder> I have my /home dir in the volume group already
[22:07] <zen-coder> I want to extend this
[22:07] <zen-coder> sudo vgs  VG        #PV #LV #SN Attr   VSize  VFree   ubuntu-vg   2   2   0 wz--n- <3.64t <1.82t
[22:08] <zen-coder> when I do "df- h" I get for home dir: /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-lv--0       1.6T   77M  1.6T   1% /home
[22:09] <tomreyn> zen-coder: df operates on mounted file systems. /home is a mounted file system. it is backed by an LVM LV, as seen in the "lvs" output.
[22:10] <zen-coder> yes
[22:10] <zen-coder> so?
[22:10] <tomreyn> zen-coder: LVs are like partitions on a partioned disk. if you want to increase the size of the file system, you'd need to resize the partition. here, you need to resize the LV.
[22:11] <tomreyn> so find out the LV you want to resize, then find the command to resize LVs.
[22:11] <tomreyn> and look at its options, since one of them let's you extend also the file system store don this LV, so you can save on step.
[22:15] <tomreyn> zen-coder: can you work it out, need more hints? i just don't want to just tell you the commands to run, then you don't learn anything.
[22:18] <zen-coder> tomreyn: `sudo lvresize -L +5G --resizefs ubuntu-vg/lv-0` so this will extend it with 5 GB?
[22:19] <tomreyn> zen-coder: that looks pretty good to me!
[22:19] <zen-coder> is there a command to increase the size to all free space?
[22:20] <zen-coder> here I got the free size: https://paste.ee/p/oYSe3
[22:20] <tomreyn> "-L 100%FREE" IIRC
[22:22] <zen-coder> Invalid argument for --size: 100%FREE
[22:22] <tomreyn> ah that's an argument to lower case -l
[22:23] <tomreyn> AKA --extents
[22:23] <ComputerTech> Hi
[22:23] <ComputerTech> when i try to change my root passwd
[22:23] <ComputerTech> it wont change, keeps staying to the original
[22:23] <ComputerTech> anyone know why?
[22:24] <gordonjcp> ComputerTech: how are you setting it?
[22:24] <tomreyn> ComputerTech: how are you trying to change it? is there an error message?
[22:25] <zen-coder> tomreyn: https://paste.ee/p/ZzJRm
[22:25] <ComputerTech> no it says password changed successfully
[22:25] <ComputerTech> i am doing sudo -i
[22:25] <ComputerTech> then logged into root
[22:25] <ComputerTech> then did passwd
[22:25] <ComputerTech> this incorrect?
[22:26] <zen-coder> it has not increased it to the remaining 1.81TB
[22:26] <zen-coder> it has increased it to 200GB
[22:26] <oerheks> ComputerTech, one needs to logout/login after successfull password change, IIRC
[22:27] <ComputerTech> ok weird
[22:27] <ComputerTech> sudo -i uses the password
[22:27] <tomreyn> zen-coder: please put the command you ran and the output it proced on https://paste.ubuntu.com
[22:27] <ComputerTech> but when i directly login as root
[22:27] <ComputerTech> it says wrong password
[22:27] <tomreyn> ComputerTech: sudo -i uses *your* (restricted users') password.
[22:27] <ComputerTech> ooh
[22:27] <oerheks> "directly login as root" ??
[22:27] <ComputerTech> like ssh to my server
[22:28] <ComputerTech> then type username root
[22:29] <tomreyn> with ssh, root login is only allowed without non-password authentication mechanism by default, i think
[22:30] <zen-coder> tomreyn:https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/zDKdZtFGzK/
[22:35] <tomreyn> zen-coder: hmm, this seems to be some protection to prevent increasing the LV size above that of the PV it's on. or so i assume. i don'T think i actually ever did this. maybe try  -l +100%FREE   or specify the total extents of the VG
[22:36] <tomreyn> ah, you may need to use    --alloc anywhere
[22:36] <zen-coder> tomreyn: this + did the tric
[22:36] <zen-coder> trick
[22:36] <zen-coder> `/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-lv--0       3.4T   69M  3.3T   1% /home`
[22:37] <tomreyn> so "VFree" in    sudo vgs    is now 0?
[22:37] <zen-coder> yes
[22:38] <zen-coder> ` ubuntu-vg   2   2   0 wz--n- <3.64t    0 `
[22:38] <tomreyn> okay, now you may need to update /etc/fstab
[22:38] <zen-coder> what? why? am I not finished?
[22:39] <zen-coder> what cmd should I execute exactly?
[22:39] <tomreyn> depends. do you have your /home file system specified by its file system UUID in /etc/fstab?
[22:40] <tomreyn> i.e. is there a UUID=... in /etc/fstab in the line wich says /home ?
[22:42] <tomreyn> zen-coder: still looking?
[22:43] <zen-coder> tomreyn:https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/FjC4s8Vf2M/
[22:44] <tomreyn> oh dm UUIDs, i didn't know the installer does those now.
[22:45] <tomreyn> lvdisplay ubuntu-vg/lv-0     should provide the LV UUID
[22:46] <tomreyn> and line 12 of fstab shoiuld then have this UUID as /dev/disk/by-id/dm-uuid-LVM-...
[22:47] <tomreyn> this path is a combination of the VG UUID (0UtuzGtPjVwWhfpUo1DqROexkUP5pBSJ) and the LV UUID
[22:48] <tomreyn> ...which I assume is still vIhb1ZN7VAZVtpifuzcudvWBXV5raWZM
[22:48] <tomreyn> if it is unchanged, then you don't need to update fstab
[22:49] <zen-coder> tomreyn: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/36GYMxGHC3/
[22:49] <tomreyn> actually that was the root LV UUID. /home was 3ZUB4zpbl1W9mJavgWKHvBcYyV558CS1
[22:50] <tomreyn> so you're fine, nothing to do
[22:50] <tomreyn> line 6 pf the lvdisplay shows the same LV uuid as line 12 of your current fstab
[22:51] <tomreyn> pf -> of
[22:58] <zen-coder> tomreyn: where do you see the same?
[22:59] <tomreyn> zen-coder: line 6 of https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/36GYMxGHC3/ (lvdisplay)
[23:00] <tomreyn> zen-coder: and line 12 of https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/FjC4s8Vf2M/
[23:00] <tomreyn> (minus the hyphons)
[23:00] <zen-coder> ah oka
[23:09] <zen-coder> thanks
[23:14] <tomreyn> zen-coder: you're welcome.
[23:17] <krueger> i have a 18.04 server that is booting into read-only.  i am trying "sudo mount -o remount,rw /" I am getting message: "mount: only root can use '--options' option"
[23:18] <tomreyn> krueger: i assume you'Re running the mount command from recovery shell? as root?
[23:18] <krueger> yes i am in recovery as root
[23:18] <tomreyn> if so, then why would you use sudo?
[23:19] <krueger> well i tried without sudo first
[23:19] <krueger> got the same message
[23:19] <alnr> is there utiliy or a way to move a maximized window that does not have a titlebar (vmware horizon remote desktop) to another monitor? I dont want it to get normalized as that it messes up the desktop.
[23:19] <tomreyn> krueger: interesting. but "id" confirms you're root?
[23:20] <krueger> let me confirm
[23:21] <sarnold> alnr: some window managers let you use alt+mouse-drag to move a window
[23:21] <sarnold> krueger: is there anything interesting in dmesg?
[23:21] <tomreyn> alnr: try meta + cursor key,p pointing to where the other monitor is.
[23:23] <krueger> tomreyn, uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
[23:24] <alnr> interesting, win+arrow jumps a regular window around the same monitor. i seem to remember utility that showed  you thumbnails of your monitors (or workspaces) and you could drag the thumbnails of the windows around
[23:24] <alnr> that mighta been on windows but surely linux has a tool like that
[23:25] <tomreyn> krueger: as sarnold said, check dmesg. it's probably also not a good idea to 'force' mount the file system writable if it went into read-only for unknown reasons - or do you know the reasons, yet?
[23:27] <krueger> checking dmesg now
[23:29] <sarnold> hmm looks like fvwm had the "pager" built in http://www.xwinman.org/fvwm.php .. see the screenshot with "desktop overview" http://www.xwinman.org/screenshots/fvwm-geir.gif and the config file has that configured in the "pager" section http://www.xwinman.org/rc/fvwmrc-geir
[23:29] <sarnold> I could have sworn those were external programs, but fvwm's was built-in. interesting.
[23:30] <tomreyn> alnr: maybe you're refering to alt-tab?
[23:31] <tomreyn> (but i don't think you can drag and drop those previews
[23:38] <RoseBus> is there a way to get excel working right in ubuntu?
[23:39] <tomreyn> probably not. use libreoffice instead.
[23:40] <RoseBus> can't... my professor gave us a macro-enabled excel project
[23:40] <mefistofeles> RoseBus: I've heard using protondb could work for that, but never tried it myself
[23:40] <mefistofeles> there's also WPS office which claims to be very compatible with MS office
[23:41] <tomreyn> RoseBus: use a VM then and maybe tell your professor they should consider teaching students to use open document formats which don't restrict to a single OS.
[23:41] <sarnold> you could also run windows in a VM
[23:42] <RoseBus> tomreyn, yea ikr my prof lame
[23:42] <RoseBus> i'd much rather use python than excel anyway
[23:43] <alnr> tomreyn, actually i found just by pressing Win key, i get window thumbnails taht let me drag them across monitor. couldnt be simpler:)
[23:43] <krueger> tomreyn, only thing I see that might be related: new mount options do not match the existing superblock, will be ignored
[23:43] <tomreyn> alnr: ah this works? nice, i didn't know.
[23:45] <tomreyn> krueger: did you run a file system check on it?
[23:46] <krueger> tomreyn, permission denied when trying to run fsck, should i run from a live disk?
[23:46] <tomreyn> krueger: is this some kind of VM or container? are you running a default ubuntu kernel?
[23:46] <krueger> vm
[23:47] <tomreyn> which technology?
[23:47] <krueger> esxi 6.7
[23:48] <tomreyn> krueger: do you have access to the host? can you check the physical disks are alright?
[23:48] <tomreyn> (and no other storage related problems on the host)
[23:49] <tomreyn> you could also check the systems journal on the guest, maybe it would reveal why the file system was mounted read-only to begin with.
[23:49] <tomreyn> *systemd journal
[23:49] <RoseBus> is it better to run 64-bit or 32-bit windows in virtualbox?
[23:50] <tomreyn> it shouldn't really matter much, i think, but note this is #ubuntu
[23:50] <RoseBus> host OS is Ubuntu xD
[23:50] <RoseBus> idk if that's relevant
[23:52] <tomreyn> i don't think it really is, unless you'Re short of RAM or lack CPU support for virtualization. there is #vbox for virtualbox questions.
[23:56] <krueger> tomreyn, storage seems fine from what i can tell, none of the other guests are having issues.  how can i check systemd journal on the guest?
[23:58] <tomreyn> krueger: journactl -kb -1     for kernel log from last but one boot