[00:20] lordcirth, any idea how I can figure out what the reason for the gap between backlight and sysinit is? [00:23] Hey it's me! Remember when I was saying that I thought I had fixed my laptop freezing after I updated the graphics driver? Well I hadn't :( [00:23] That's it; just wanted to let you know in case any of you were curious. [00:31] Jan 7 01:17:57 laptop kernel: [17740.937925] BUG: Bad page state in process firefox pfn:189001 [00:31] A-HA! [00:31] Now I know who's the culprit of my disgrace! === cousteau_ is now known as cousteau [00:34] cousteau: yikes :/ [00:37] yeah I've been getting these strange crashes since forever. I suspect some foul play between Firefox and the Nvidia driver. [02:00] Can anybody help me to debug my networking configuration? [02:01] maybe, what's wrong with it? [02:01] Hi peps, im lokking for a terminal with multiple terminals in, that will allow certain customization. allso should work for arm [02:02] !info screen [02:02] screen (source: screen): terminal multiplexer with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation. In component main, is optional. Version 4.8.0-1 (focal), package size 563 kB, installed size 998 kB [02:02] screen and tmux are popular, you can run them in any terminal emulator of your choice [02:03] there's a bunch of terminals with gui tabs too, if that's your thing [02:03] genii: i mean for my desktop version on pi. :-) [02:04] sarnold: Basically, during boot up, the wireless card can't be brought up properly. I think it is configured wrong on the disk. I had to edit some configuration files (resolv.conf and network/interfaces I believe) a couple of days ago because it was giving really really slow name resolution [02:04] And then I think one morning I booted up, and suddenly ubuntu the OS and settings interface are saying there's no card. [02:04] na, id like to have like irssi in one terminal ssh in another and so on. its purely for my ocd, i know i can open several terminal windows [02:05] SomeDamnBody: what release are you using? [02:05] MrDeathWilder: I've got irssi in one tmux window, a bash shell in another one.. [02:05] So, I made a live usb, and I booted up and the live os was able to find it. So I know it's not a hardware issue [02:05] MrDeathWilder: but if you're looking for something with tabs, I hear good things about konsole [02:05] Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS, codename focal [02:06] I'm pretty sure that pop os is just a small set of wrappers and additional software on top of ubuntu [02:06] SomeDamnBody: ah, you'll have to ask pop folks for help [02:06] Because their versions... [02:06] no no no, it's ok [02:06] SomeDamnBody: no, they replaced the kernel, too, so drivers are different, etc [02:06] pop os is ubuntu, I swear [02:06] They did? [02:06] SomeDamnBody: yeah [02:06] sarnold: not taps. just a more estetic way to use several terminals [02:06] No, it is not. It's different enough that you probably should ask them. [02:06] How would I be able to just reset all my networking settings and reinstall drivers [02:06] SomeDamnBody: my general advice is to hunt through journalctl output and try to find something related -- missing firmware blobs are common [02:07] SomeDamnBody: also, check fwupd for firmware updates, that sometimes helps [02:07] SomeDamnBody: but anything beyond that would be better done with people who know pop os [02:08] I think it is something to do with networking settings, because it was working before and all of a sudden it's not. [02:08] Not drivers or the kernel [02:08] I'm going to have to reinstall the whole kernel, ugh [02:08] the whole OS, I mean [02:09] another big change is that in focal, /etc/network/interfaces isn't used -- it was replaced by netplan.io === zbenjamin is now known as Guest8792 === zbenjamin_ is now known as zbenjamin [02:21] is it possible on ubuntu 20.04 to run a .desktop app as root [02:21] trying to modify the .desktop with pkexec and that seg faulted [02:26] you might be able to coax sudo into running it, if you configure your user to be able to run that command without a password prompt, and maybe convince sudo to run without a terminal maybe? dunno. it's pretty uncommon to run graphical programs as other users [02:27] you might be able to run it via ssh X forwarding, maybe ssh -X root@localhost foo .. I've never actually seen anyone do that via a ,desktop file either, but maybe? [02:58] i've seent it [03:00] how did it work out? :) [03:02] oof [03:02] sounds about right [03:33] hello, i'm trying to create a live usb with 20.10 but it won't boot. I have verified the image have tried gnome disks, ubuntu's Startup Disk Creator, Etcher and dd but nothing worked. [03:34] 20.04 works with all of these apps [03:34] and every other distro [03:34] what changed in 20.10? [03:36] my laptop uses UEFI but secure boot is disabled [03:38] will installing a package via snap instead of apt effect execution time? [03:39] and btw today i tried to write the iso from a windows pc with RUFUS and it was the only one that worked so the image is definitely not broken [03:40] i think something wrong with EFI partition in the USB that only rufus handles properly [03:41] I think this is related to my problem: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/groovy-to-use-grub2-for-booting-installer-media-in-any-modes-on-all-architectures/16871 === ericus- is now known as ericus [03:46] RoseBus: I think I've heard tha tthe first execution of an application in a snap is slightly slower than you might hope for, but once it's running I'd expect it to be about the same [03:47] oh okay [03:48] also when i boot up ubuntu 20.04 it takes like 4-5 times as long as it did when i was running 18.04 is that normal? [03:48] no [03:48] once it's running it's fine it just takes forever to boot up [03:49] windows boots up way faster than ubuntu [03:49] idk if it's because grub is not stored on the same disk as ubuntu or what === gabkdlly_ is now known as gabkdlly === popey9 is now known as popey [03:52] RoseBus: my laptop is kinda non-standard, but my most recent boot, I had logged in 24 seconds after boot. that's not the ten seconds from a dozen years ago, but it's not terrible considering that was a few weeks ago :) heh [03:53] i haven't timed it but i estimate maybe 1.5-2min to boot up 20.04 on this machine [03:53] owwww [03:54] all SSD, 16gig ram, decent MSI mobo [03:55] and when i had 18.04 on this machine it booted up really fast maybe like 20 seconds [03:56] RoseBus: check the systemd-analyze manpage for 'plot', it can help find many common startup issues [03:56] okay [03:56] i will put that on my todo list [04:18] hi! [04:31] Jari--, if you have a Ubuntu Support question, please just ask it.. People respond as they're able to (ie. be patient) Chit-Chat belongs in #ubuntu-offtopic [04:35] guiverc: thanks, joining #ubuntu-offtopic ASAP! === hacxman is now known as hexo [05:05] why is terminal (ctrl+alt+F*) so slow? when I list something it render like a calculator from the 80's. and worse, if I cat a-file.txt, lets say it is 10 A4 pages, It can takes several minutes before its ready and theres no scrollback either. any thoughts, where do I start to look so I can fix this ? [05:12] Hi Guys, I have a text file. When I printing this file, some area of text file is missing in print out. When I reduce scale 100 to 80 then text is fit on printout but still a column is missing. Any idea where do I look to fix it?. [05:15] https://pasteboard.co/JIuk3fy.jpg [05:16] above is the right printout as i want to print. [05:17] https://pasteboard.co/JIukSzy.jpgThis is what my printer is printing. [05:20] https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/hgpZkyqPnV/My text file. Which I need to print. === ledeni_ is now known as ledeni [05:30] Guys please suggest anything. [05:45] arther181: i suggest you are using cups directly with lp or lpr [05:45] assume [05:47] have you setted your page size, margins etc. right [05:47] pasiz I have few things from user manual you shared last time using lp. They did not worked for me. [05:48] yes that is the first thing I did. I used 10x11 inch page size. [05:50] so you have really big papers there. I'm metric guy from finland, our a4 is 210x297 millimeters [05:50] so about 8 x 11 inches [05:50] did you measure your paper [05:52] 20 percent error is explainable by paper size. Of course you may have non standard pages. [05:53] I can also use A4 paper size but my text file will not fit on it. I have tried printing or A4 also. [05:54] latter moved on 10x11 inch [05:54] so what is the physical size of your paper [05:56] My paper is very little big then A4 in width. [05:58] i would use: "lp -o portrait -o fit-to-page -o media=A4 file_to_print" [06:00] okay, I did not used portrait option. [06:00] Let me try it. [06:09] pasiz\ [06:10] I just got print https://pasteboard.co/JIuGhZs.jpg [06:10] I used A4 paper. [06:10] You can check printout in above link. [06:12] -o cpi=10 option means 10 characters per inch [06:12] and -o lpi=6 means 6 characters per inch [06:18] I used cpi=12 and lpi=8. Now printout is little better. [06:47] pasiz: Got the right print out by using "-o cpi=17 -o lpi=6". [06:48] Do you know where I can set cpi and lpi as default? [08:16] hey i'm seeking help because my internet is not working on my linux pc anymore [08:17] i've been trying to install discord and viber and now it's not letting me connect anymore [08:22] The system freezing up problem seems to be quite prevalent with Ubuntu 20.04 - happens several time a week now and my co-worker with his X1 Yoga Gen5 is also experiencing them. [08:22] Extremely frustrating because there seems to be no known way to debug it. [08:23] Hello, I've got a question regarding Tweaks and keyboard CAPS lock behavior: I changed that to being an additional ESC key. Worked great on my laptop keyboard and additional external keyboard before upgrading from 18.04 to 20.04. Now it also works with the built-in laptop keyboard, but on every suspend / reboot / dis- and reconnect of the external keyboard, the external additional keyboard "forget" it and i have [08:23] to change it again in Tweaks. On 18.04 it worked without a flaw. Has anyone an idea? [08:24] Searching online for 'ubuntu 20.04 freezes' brings up many similar reports, but no solutions and also no information as to the cause. [09:26] Did 20.04 desktop update today to 5.8 kernel? I can't find any official release notes about it. [09:28] Furai: afaik not, the first HWE kernel will be with the 20.04.2 release. Juts heard something seems to be wrong with the mirrors. Best to remove that kernel as someone else just reported to have issues with it. [09:29] I was using 5.9 anyway. [09:29] So someone pushed it out by a mistake, nice. [09:30] not sure what's going on [09:30] 20.04.2 is planned to have 5.8? [09:30] i didn't get it and am on 5.4.0-59 [09:30] Furai: afaik yes [09:30] I got the update today's morning and was confused. [09:30] you're not the first [09:31] Anyway, Maik, thanks for your replies. :) [09:31] yw === mateen1 is now known as mateen === mateen1 is now known as mateen [10:59] hello. i wasn't able to install ubuntu if i formated new gpt partition as ext4. mkfs.ext4 gave errors no matter if run from parted, gparted or calamares.btrfs worked, but ext4+luks also works. is this known issue? [11:15] alekksander: what exactly was the problem/error you got when trying gpt+ext4 [11:16] you need an efi partition if booting in uefi mode, and a bios-boot if using legacy, fwiw [11:22] thanks. yes boot partition was made fine. problem was ext4. let me look for logs if i still have them [11:25] https://i.imgur.com/vL4zL8a.jpg i only have this [11:26] basically mkfs.ext4 didn't pass even from terminal. pic above is from calamares [11:29] then i created partitoins from debian live usb went back to ubuntus installer and tried to go – it looked ok at first, but at 5% installed stopped with rsync error 11 [11:33] forgot to mention it's ubuntu 20.04 LTS === mIk3_09 is now known as mIk3_08 [13:03] Is this software related or is my DVD burner malfunctioning ? https://ibb.co/Gc88MrS [13:03] hi, any idea if MSR will work for CPU: model name : AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor ? I am getting error: rdmsr: CPU 0 cannot read MSR 0x000001a2 === khfeng_ is now known as khfeng [13:44] Anyone knows for a good quality external dvd burner with usb-c connector + ubuntu support? [13:47] !hardware | coconut [13:47] coconut: For lists of supported hardware on Ubuntu see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport - To help debugging and improving hardware detection, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingHardwareDetection [13:48] Hi, if I have multiple OS installed on my system, can I change their order in GRUB? [13:48] thnx! [13:50] rohang02 yes you can [13:50] Can you guide me.. How? [13:51] search online for grub customizer - it is a GUI tool that makes this easy [13:51] Okay. Thank you. [13:51] np [14:05] Hi how du i extract a file in ubuntu 20.04 desktop, that is split in several packages? [14:17] hi folks, since i updated to 20.04.1, Kernel 5.8, my Qualcomm Atheros AR9287 Wifi adapter is not recognized any mmore. It worked like a charm in 5.4 Kernel. Anybody an idea what to do? === denningsrogue7 is now known as denningsrogue [14:18] peter22222: you could try to boot into the older kernel from grub to see how the system runs [14:18] yes i booted in 5.4 to make it work again EriC^^ [14:20] it s kernel 5.8... seems atheros AR9287 is not supported any more..? [14:20] i'm not sure, but i think i saw someone mention 20.04.1 wasnt supposed to get 5.8 yet or something similar, maybe it's missing some files needed? [14:22] EriC^^ well i run Ubuntu Mate 20.04 and i just did regular updates via GUI... automatically updated to 5.8, update from today [14:22] it also doesnt show my ethernet adapter in 5.8 [14:25] hi folks, any suggestions on what to do given that when i start a search in nautilus i just managed to type a letter and then nautilus hangs? [14:26] peter22222: you're missing the modules package for your .8 kernel [14:27] 5.8 [14:27] leftyfb thank you... how can I install them? [14:31] peter22222: try installing linux-generic-hwe-20.04 [14:32] i ll try that, thank you leftyfb [14:33] make -j8 KERNELRELEASE=5.8.0-34-generic -C /lib/modules/5.8.0-34-generic/build M=/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build....(bad exit status: 2) [14:33] ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/virtualbox-dkms.0.crash' [14:33] does that mean i have to upgrade dkms..? [14:43] leftyfb it worked, thank you! [15:15] Experiencing a problem with my USB mouse stopping anytime my USB speaker plays - can anyone suggest how to tell if this is a hardware or software problem? [15:18] cpare: plug the mouse into a different usb port. Preferably one not near where it's plugged in now .. if possible [15:19] @leftyfb - tried moving both around to multiple jacks, including USB 2 and USB 1 without any change. [15:20] cpare: the point is to plug them into separate usb buses [15:22] leftyfb - trying it now - on some ports the mouse laser turns on for a second, but then turns right back off... [15:22] that sounds like hardware then [15:22] Yeah, same problem USB 1.0, USB 2.0, Front Panel and Back [15:23] hi , im having trouble with wifi on ubuntu ..no wifi adaptor [15:24] @leftyfb - thats what I am thinking as well - I likely have one buss thats dead and one that's on its way out, or overdrawn on current [15:26] leftyfb - I am going to boot another distro just to be 100% sure it follows the hardware. [15:26] hello can someone help me [15:27] bryanroderyck - Is Ubuntu failing to identify the device? [15:27] yes [15:27] bryanroderyck - what type of device (USB / Internal / PCI) [15:28] Any brand / model? [15:30] cpare, there is no wifi device ...BCM43142802.11 b/g/n [15:32] cpare, the brand is broadcom [15:33] Hi folks [15:34] cpare [15:38] bryanroderyck, have you tried to update your uefi? (i had to do this too lately with my intel wifi 6). [15:38] bryanroderyck: reboot into an oldee kernel [15:40] yo, system's booting and I can ssh into it, but the screen is black, so the UI isn't loading. Might be something stuck in the start-up? What's the easiest way to check for what it might be? [15:41] at least I assume it's something like that, and not rotten hardware [15:46] Hello, I've got a question regarding Tweaks and keyboard CAPS lock behavior: I changed that to being an additional ESC key. Worked great on my laptop keyboard and additional external keyboard before upgrading from 18.04 to 20.04. Now it also works with the built-in laptop keyboard, but on every suspend / reboot / dis- and reconnect of the external keyboard, the external additional keyboard "forget" it and i have [15:46] to change it again in Tweaks. On 18.04 it worked without a flaw. Has anyone an idea? [15:46] (is it allowed to repost a question to show it to new users? Sorry if not) [16:04] n [16:04] coconut, how to upgrade uefi? [16:05] cpare [16:09] how to make my wifi adapter work on ubuntu [16:10] BCM43142802.11 b/g/n is not a valid number [16:10] bryanroderyck, depends on your manufacturer, most pleasing is a live iso usb to me. You would have to google for that.... [16:12] bryanroderyck, what adapter is it? [16:12] broadcom [16:13] lordcirth, howw to send pic of my screen in the chat? [16:14] bryanroderyck, if it's text, use paste.ubuntu.com. If it has to be an image, you can use imgur [16:14] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx broadcom-sta-dkms for that BCM43142 [16:15] https://imgur.com/a/y7IJYta [16:19] ive tried an update it doesnt work [16:19] bryanroderyck: did you reboot? [16:20] yes doesnt work [16:20] https://imgur.com/a/gdQEPeK [16:21] bynarie, you can still try if an uefi update helps [16:21] bryanroderyck, either add the pubkey for the signal repo, or remove the repo. [16:22] bryanroderyck, also, that's only "apt update", did you do "apt upgrade"? [16:22] remove those old spotify repo [16:22] and signal [16:22] question [16:22] wait i try upgrade [16:23] bryanroderyck: if you click on the network icon, does it show you available ssid's to connect to? [16:23] anyone know if /sys/class/backligth/intel_backlight/brightness got locked down to root only writes in 20.04? [16:23] my backlight program (a module in polybar) was working fine in 18.04 but in 20.04 it's not allowed to write brightness values [16:24] pavlos, no wifi adapter found [16:26] Hello, we are trying to install Lubuntu 20.04, this is a really old Pc so it only has a BIOS, for some reason it won't let us choose to automatically partition so we need to manually partition I believe... [16:26] bryanroderyck: eventhough it shows it loaded the Broadcom STA driver (in a previous paste) [16:27] im lost how to get the wifi adapter work? [16:28] The problem is that we can't free up some space on the Harddrive, and we just wanted to do a simple partitioning is this okay so far? https://i.postimg.cc/rsF4bfmq/20210107-170612.jpg [16:28] for just BIOS, MBR? [16:31] bryanroderyck: "lsusb" should show the device [16:33] pavlos, https://imgur.com/a/bG1OllN [16:35] the wifi must be from "Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:216a Broadcom Corp. BCM43142A0 Bluetooth"" [16:35] bryanroderyck: is there a switch on this laptop to disable wifi? [16:35] bryanroderyck: hardware switch on the side or a Fn option? [16:36] no switch but press function key "fn" and "prin [16:36] *"pritscr" [16:38] the fn switch work but no wifi? [16:43] bryanroderyck: what's the output of, rfkill list all [16:49] m [16:50] pavlos, https://imgur.com/a/6OSIfOA [16:51] Hello Ubuntu people. I am a new Systems Admin and Ive been tasked with installing Ubuntu 12.04 on a server. The install goes fine until after partitioning and adding devices to LVM, it stays on "configuring lvm_partition: lvm_partition-9" [16:52] the hard disk is 1 TB HDD, is it that this process takes long or has this hung cause it's been like this for almost 20 minutes [16:52] tehpwnz: 12.04 IS EOL. [16:52] oops, my bad. 20.04 [16:53] bryanroderyck: sudo apt-get install --reinstall bcmwl-kernel-source [16:54] So question, I'm noticing that some files in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ are getting changed or overwritten, seeminglg ever day and being set back to normal. The files in question being 20auto-upgrades and 50unattended-upgrades. Curious if there's a config setting I should be looking for that's causing this? Aside from that, also noticing despite `apt list --upgradeable` showcasing a large amount of [16:54] updates to install none are being installed. Included here are the contents of 20auto-upgrades and 50unattended-upgrades. https://paste.rs/ykY [16:55] Curious if there's something I'm missing as this has worked on most other hosts in my fleet previously. [16:56] https://imgur.com/a/x644xOe [16:59] pavlos [17:00] bryanroderyck: do you have multiverse enabled? [17:02] what is multiverse? [17:04] bryanroderyck: click on apps, pick Software and Updates, the 4th check is multiverse [17:05] bryanroderyck: https://imgur.com/a/TZKfdQE [17:07] hi [17:07] I have mysql preinstalled, how can I get the package name to remove it ? [17:08] xuxx: dpkg -l | grep mysql [17:09] im coonnected with moobille phone with usb tetthering ...but the update get message no internet [17:10] help [17:10] bryanroderyck: if you enable multiverse, you should be able to install the bcmwl-kernel-source [17:11] im lost can you help me out === coetzeer3 is now known as coetzeer2 [17:12] pavlos: sub process /usr/bin/dpkg return an error code (1) when I try remove [17:13] xuxx: to remove or purge you need sudo dpkg --purge [17:18] can a shell script change your directory? [17:20] Kali_Yuga: why is /boot ext2 but / is ext4 ? [17:20] m [17:20] pavlos, [17:21] bryanroderyck: if you enable multiverse, you should be able to install the bcmwl-kernel-source [17:24] the multiverse on the software update is not geting the internet...irc is online ...strange [17:26] hello, my Sound BlasterX AE-5 says analog out is unplugged despite fact its plugged any advice on how to proceed with that? (latest ubuntu mate) [17:26] it must be the outdated sources, signal and spotify bugging you [17:27] m [17:28] mirazi_heket, maybe reloading alsa fix this; pulseaudio -k && sudo alsa force-reload [17:28] i dont understand ...help [17:30] bryanroderyck: according to the laptop's manual, Fn+PrtScr enables/disables wifi. [17:30] didnt helped, funny enough front audio in is working [17:30] bryanroderyck: have you tested that? [17:30] bryanroderyck: is the STA driver is loaded, wifi should function [17:31] bryanroderyck: if* [17:31] this looks like wwhen i first install ubuntu i had to change uefi to get wifi adapter working [17:32] if you ran into this before, reinstall in uefi mode? [17:33] bryanroderyck: is laptop dual booting? did you have to disable SecureBoot? [17:33] yes dualboot i have windows ..no i did not disable anyything in the bios === pauljw_18 is now known as pauljw [17:36] * pavlos bbl [17:37] https://www.ghacks.net/2019/08/13/fix-for-no-sound-issue-on-linux-when-using-headphones/ does not produce expected results [17:37] when plugged in headphones through front analog out it says headphones are plugged but line out is still unplugged (tried with other cable) [17:38] (about link above - i dont have auto mute option in alsamixer0 [17:43] hi, what is the package called that contains GNU Units? [17:44] https://www.gnu.org/software/units/manual/html_node/index.html [17:44] provided by .. http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/focal/man1/units.1.html [17:46] cool, thanks! [17:56] m [17:58] pavlos, [17:59] bryanroderyck: there are known bugs about broadcom and kernel 5.8 currently [18:00] ok [18:00] bryanroderyck: bug #1910572 bug #1910555 [18:00] bug 1910572 in bcmwl (Ubuntu) "Ugprading to 5.8.0-34-generic kernel broke wifi (BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43b1] (rev 03))" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1910572 [18:00] bug 1910555 in bcmwl (Ubuntu) "Driver build error on kernel 5.8, but works on 5.4" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1910555 [18:01] bryanroderyck: read up on them and if you feel you experience the same, please affect to the bug === ijohnson is now known as ijohnson|lunch [18:04] lotuspsychje, im a bit lost cant find a path in all this . [18:09] bryanroderyck: if you still have other kernel versions in your list, you could try booting a previous one as jeremy31 already adviced earlier [18:21] Xubuntu20.04 want to change to log in Terminal after booting and then go to X after command:startx . [18:22] Hi, i would like to know the best app that i can use in ubuntu for virtualization ? [18:23] vimart, "systemctl disable gdm" will do that, I think. Or for Xubuntu it might be lightdm, I forget [18:24] lordcirth: you mean 'systemctl disable lightdm' > [18:25] vimart, yes [18:25] I was googling but it says only how to switch to terminal [18:25] lordcirth: thanks [18:28] Going to check it [18:29] service is removed so should work. [18:29] how to give directory for write permissions for user www-data ? [18:29] hi guys,i'm stuck with something.. trying to access my ubuntu from external internet, openssh is active, port 22 is open, i did port foward in router, works on local network, but when i try ssh public ip i receive connection refused [18:30] also ufw allow 22 [18:32] zeek: sounds like a port forwarding or firewalling problem (on the router) [18:32] i guess that tho.. but how?what? [18:33] tehnicolor DWA0120 is my router [18:33] Hi all - clean installation of Ubuntu 20.04 on a Asus UM462D notebook (AMD, Ryzen 7), kernel 5.8.0-34, I have some display issues: `ubuntu-drivers devices` gives no output, can't control brightness, etc. I saw https://askubuntu.com/a/1228323 but is there any updates on this, or should I give up? === Burekzf is now known as Burek [18:34] zeek: this is kind of OT for ubuntu support. but we can talk in #ubuntu-offtopic if you like. === mort is now known as debian === debian is now known as mort [19:03] My bluetooth headset no longer shows up as an audio option in 20.10, worked fine in 20.04. Any ideas? [19:45] Hi everyone. I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and I installed an update today that broke my Broadcom Wifi drivers. Is there anybody that would be willing to help me get to the bottom of it? [19:46] boltzmann, you got any PPAs? How long had it been since you upgraded? Was it a full-upgrade? Did the kernel update? [19:47] Very few PPAs, I sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade this morning, and i'm fairly certain the kernel upgraded, yes === ijohnson|lunch is now known as ijohnson [19:49] In DKMS's logs, I get the following error: /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:462:9: error: implicit declaration of function ‘get_ds’; did you mean ‘get_fs’? [19:50] boltzmann, look in /var/log/apt/history.log for the recent changes [19:52] Thanks, lordcirth. Looking in history.log, I did install and update a new kernel this morning (linux-headers, linux-modules, linux-image). Is there an easy way to undo changes? [19:53] boltzmann, just reboot and choose the previous kernel in the grub menu. If that works, you can look into removing the package. [20:06] Unfortunately, I tried booting with all 3 available kernels, and still get errors when installing the wifi drivers (bcmwl-kernel-source). [20:08] boltzmann, hmm, did bcmwl-kernel-source get updated? [20:09] lordcirth, it did not get updated recently, but when the wifi stopped working after a reboot, I decided to try to install the package again to see what happens, and I got the errors. [20:14] I have a slightly older ubuntu install. [20:14] an apt upgrade yields: E: mkinitramfs failure find 141 cpio 141 gzip 1 when installing linux-image [20:17] deego, what Ubuntu release? [20:19] oh, mount says: /boot 471.6 MB but I don't see a separate partition for boot in fstab or crypttab [20:19] lordcirth: 18.04.5 [20:20] Hey! On Ubuntu 20.04 every time I open a terminal first command of any command is slow, it is something like the path searching is slow, after that it is cached or something [20:20] Any ideas on what happens in the background> [20:21] My bashrc is very minimal [20:21] catalin, if you open a second terminal window immediately after, it is still slow? What if you run "bash"? [20:21] no, its not slow afterwards [20:23] Only the first command of any type of command is delayed by one second(its searched I think in the path). Something like I type rustc wait one second, shows a message, type zig wait a second show a message and after that the commands are instant whenever I use them [20:23] catalin, only the first per boot? [20:23] Yes [20:23] deego: chekc df -h /boot and df -hi /boot - anything at 100%? [20:24] tomreyn: yeah, was at 100%, been purging some old linux-images [20:24] why is boot a separate partition? why doesn't that separate partition show up in mmy fstab or cryptttab? [20:25] lordcith: any ideas? [20:25] catalin, is your / an SSD or HDD? [20:25] deego: it's common to boot off a separate /boot file system when you have full disk encryption [20:26] deego: why it's not in fstab, i don't know, though. maybe it's listed by it's UUID instead [20:26] tomreyn: in that case, shouldn't crypttab show that? [20:26] deego, can you pastebin /etc/fstab? [20:26] crypttab should point to what's encrypted. /boot isn't encrpyte din this setup [20:26] my / is a SSD and /home is a HDD partition [20:27] ah, ok, will look, and paste after the reboot finishes [20:27] thanks [20:28] catalin, then probably it's just loading some files from HDD slowly. Not that unusual. [20:28] when should I run `update-initramfs -u`? I am looking at removing a 2-disk RAID array in order to use ZFS for them (they're really not used much), after making configuration cahnges to mdadm, do I need to run this command? [20:28] Is there any way to cache that 'some files' ? [20:29] My setup isn't changing that much [20:29] catalin, well, they do get cached in RAM once read, and won't ever be evicted unless you both run out of RAM and haven't used them recently [20:29] catalin, you could move /home to SSD and just have some dirs, eg Downloads, symlinked to HDD [20:30] jayjo: if thery'Re not needed for boot, i don't think yuo need to. [20:30] Is there a way to add an animation to show a program is opening? Most of the programs I use in Ubuntu with cinnamon show this application opening animation but a few do not. [20:33] lordcirth: I run sudo hdparm -tT /dev/sda on my HDD and this is the result: Timing cached reads: 36672 MB in 2.00 seconds = 18367.78 MB/sec, Timing buffered disk reads: 390 MB in 3.01 seconds = 129.43 MB/sec. Is this that slow? [20:34] catalin, it's not about sequential, it's random seeks [20:35] If only I knew how to search this thing on web, maybe I could find something [20:37] catalin: what's your PATH? does it have ~/bin in it before /usr/bin, etc? [20:37] catalin: if so, try stuffing ~/bin at the *end* of your PATh [20:38] It makes sense that you say that, I always prefixed my path in my .bashrc with new things, I have been doing it all wrong [20:38] catalin: every individual shell needs to look up every command, check eg "help hash" at the bash prompt, if you're using another shell there's probably somethin gsimilar [20:38] and sabotage even my ssd executables [20:38] I use bash [20:38] catalin: well, prefixing is handy if you want to replace things [20:39] Since I am not replacing something already installed it is not so useful for *me [20:39] catalin: the kernel will try to keep around "negative dentries" for requested files that didn't exist, but since they're by definition useless, under the slightest memory pressure they'll get thrown away, which probably means every 'first' command in a terminal winds up going to your hdd first [20:39] s/terminal/shell/ [20:44] Hey lordcirth, thank you so much for your help earlier. I uninstalled bcmwl-kernel-source and installed broadcom-sta-source + broadcom-sta-dkms + broadcom-sta-common, and everything is working again. [20:47] boltzmann, great! [20:48] sarnold, very interesting! I wouldn't have thought that there would be a performance impact based on ordering. [20:48] lordcirth: until today, I hadn't either :) hehe === blackest_mamba_ is now known as blackest_mamba [21:26] well I've disabled lightdm in xubuntu20.04 "systemctl disable lightdm" so I can log in terminal and then startxce4. Now a few propblems, first xfce desktop looks kinda more uglier and when I switch to terminal and then back to xfce mine touchpad in laptop doesn't work. [21:29] I've tried to enable again lightdm: systemctl enable lightdm but is printing some notice why can't be enabled, so I've done: systemctl unmask ligtdm and according to google should do: systemctl demon-restart but command not recognised. [21:30] vimart: there's a daemon-reexec and a daemon-reload subcommand to systemctl, no such thing as demon-restart [21:30] vimart: daemon-reexec is almost never needed, daemon-reload is much more common and useful [21:34] sarnold: I was writing from memory, nah I did demon-reload and still unrecognised [21:34] Unknown operation demon-reload [21:37] sarnold: sorry had typo :-) [21:37] daemon-reload without error [21:39] I really would like to have possibility log in terminal then startx or startxfce4 is there any solution for this touchpad? [21:39] or someone mention other method than disable lightdm [21:39] what's the problem? [21:42] matsaman: I wanted to log in in terminal (xubuntu20.04), so I did systemctl disable lightdm, and indeed after booting I loged in terminal then startxfce. [21:43] but everything seems different, fonts more blurry. [21:43] also when I switch to terminal and then back to xfce touchpad in my laptop doesnt work [21:57] strange still can't enable lightdm [21:57] pastebin the command and results? [22:01] sarnold:systemctl enable lightdm https://pastebin.com/KMZvLEiW [22:02] also done this systemctl unmask lightdm then systemctl daemon-reload, there were no errors [22:07] vimart: oh weird :/ does this not have a service file? === NickBusey4 is now known as NickBusey [22:15] sarnold: actually I've never had a problem like that so not sure what file you're talking about [22:16] sarnold: you mean the one mention in notice I had? : /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install? [22:18] vimart: I don't know much about how systemd manages services that only have a sysvinit file, yeah [22:18] hello, fresh ubuntu 20.04 installation, suspend on lid close doesn't work. I've tried doing the changes in the logind.conf already, no luck. Any ideas how to fix this? [22:21] sarnold:how about X11? [22:22]