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nemotomreyn: yeah, probably not. modern servers are impressive things. this is dynamic content too00:00
nemo(drupal)00:00
ASDXif you enable "refresh-installer" with autoinstall, does it actually change the files/packages that are installed?00:01
acuis any application / utility / way to assess the left life of an SSD ?00:44
catbeardyou'd usually use fstrim once a week/month00:50
catbeardnot sure if smartctl will report correctly nowadays00:50
thyriaenI am running a kinda curious setup but here is what i would like to do: If i am within chrome ( which is not my default system webbrowser ) and i click on a hyperlink, which opens a new window - i would like that window to open in my default webbrowser instead of chrome - is there any way i can achieve that ?02:21
mozzarellazsh: command not found: syslog02:28
mozzarellais that right?02:28
sarnoldmozzarella: what are you trying to do? I don't recall ever seeing a 'syslog' command before02:29
mozzarellasarnold: what's the name of the command that prints the entire system log?02:34
Bashing-ommozzarella: ' journalctl -b -0 ' shows messages from the current boot.02:36
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mozzarellathis is what I get when my  mouse stops working:02:40
mozzarellaMar 03 21:39:40 fievel kernel: usb 2-1.4: reset full-speed USB device number 30 using ehci-pci02:40
mozzarelladuuuh, dmesg is what I was looking for02:48
mozzarellaI think I've got dementia02:48
abesabI'm performing an unattended install02:49
abesabUsing Virtualbox, which I think behind the scenes uses d-i02:49
abesabFrom what I understand, it ends up using `in-target` with the command I provide it02:50
abesabSo I'm trying to run a `snap install htop`. That doesn't seem to work. But right before it the apt-get update, upgrade, and install for a bunch of packages does work02:51
abesabIs there anything special about `snap` that it won't work with `in-target` ?02:51
sarnoldabesab: what error do you get?02:55
sarnoldabesab: I can't recall now if you have to have an account authenticated with snap or not before you can install anything; it might be worth getting a clean vm up and running and then try it out and see what happens02:55
ASDXis there something to check the syntax of an autoinstall user-data file before actually kicking of an install?02:58
sarnoldnot that I know of02:59
abesabsarnold: No errors, just this: Warning: /snap/bin was not found in your $PATH. If you've not restarted your session since you installed snapd, try doing that. Please see https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/9469 for more details.02:59
abesabhtop 3.0.5 from Maximiliano Bertacchini (maxiberta) installed02:59
ASDXsarnold: getting the "storage" section working ain't so easy. copied a working one from the log file and trying to adjust that03:01
sarnoldabesab: hrm. I wonder why that didn't work from your preseeding thing then :(03:01
sarnoldASDX: ugh :(03:01
sarnoldASDX: it's probably worth a bug report, either on the docs or the tooling :) to either ask for some samples that show something as common as "let me allocate the whole drive" or help you find errors, etc03:01
abesabsarnold: Here's another command that fails: ** Executing: chroot /target sudo -u pc gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver lock-enabled false03:04
abesab(process:69608): dconf-WARNING **: 18:22:50.552: failed to commit changes to dconf: Error spawning command line ?dbus-launch --autolaunch= --binary-syntax --close-stderr?: Child process exited with code 103:04
abesabThis one I think I might be able to figure out since at least it gives some info03:05
mozzarellaguys help03:05
sarnoldheh, sooooo close on that one; are you perhaps already chroot'd to /target at that point?03:05
sarnoldmozzarella: if your mouse is plugged into a hub, does the hub have enough power for all the devices on the hub?03:06
mozzarellasarnold: it's not plugged into a hub03:06
sarnoldmozzarella: okay, that moves the question a bit :) is your computer power supply large enough for the load?03:07
abesabsarnold: Re: chroot, no because in the post-install-command I actually provide this: `log_command_in_target sudo -u pc gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver lock-enabled false`03:07
mozzarellasarnold: yes03:08
abesabsarnold: `log_command_in_target` is provided in the sh file by Virtualbox; it does the chroot for me03:08
sarnoldmozzarella: well, that's good, but it does mean I'm now out of ideas03:09
sarnoldabesab: aha03:09
sarnoldabesab: maaaaybe try sudo -u pc -i03:10
abesabThanks I'll give that a shot03:11
user01hi which ubuntu flavor would work well for a miniPC multimedia front end . . . Beelink U57 to be precise03:12
abesabuser01: Can you elaborate on your use case?03:17
user01abesab, it is going to be hooked up to a 4k projector and then ill want to play 4k movies on it, and have a dac attached to it03:19
abesabSo you'll run plex on it for example?03:19
user01kodi or something sure03:20
user01i thought plex was a server03:20
user01maybe plex . . . if the miniPC has the power03:21
Toadisattvareally any buntu flavor should work fine, you can just have it autostart kodi/plex whatever and boot right into your main interface03:22
abesabYes it is. I don't have a lot of experience with other flavors, but I've ran into issues when using kubuntu/xubuntu/lubuntu and trying to switch the desktop manager. I'd recommend starting with plain Ubuntu and only customizing it or switching to another flavor if you have issues.03:22
user01the idea is to have it attach to a usb3 storage device with movies and audio on it, attach to a projector via hdmi, attach to a dac via usb03:22
abesabUbuntu should be the most stable of the buntu flavors, AFAIK (I could be wrong)03:23
user01i thought maybe xubuntu would be nice and lightweight03:23
user01i use xfce on most of my other computers03:23
Toadisattvaxubuntu is pretty stable, personally I use kubuntu for everything but it's not as lightweight03:23
user01should i do any custom hard drive partitioning?03:24
Bashing-omuser01: lightweight == https://unit193.net/xubuntu/core/ :D03:25
user01i got this front end because my laptop is too old to push 4k@60Hz, 30Hz is very choppy03:25
user01this $250 mini PC can supposedly push 4k@60hz on two monitors :P03:26
ToadisattvaI think you actually could put ubuntu core on there and have it just boot into kodi03:26
Toadisattvaat one point there was a full kodibuntu distro03:27
Toadisattvabut I think they abandoned it after 16.0403:27
user01im not really sure if 4k@60hz means it will support pushing uhd03:27
user01streams03:28
user01via hdmi03:28
Toadisattvait should as long as you are using an hdmi2 compatible cable and the device you are outputting to supports it03:28
user01yes the projector does03:28
user01and it came with a hdmi2 cord03:29
Toadisattvaperfect you should be good to go03:29
user01I have an external usb drive that is luks encrypted with videos03:30
Toadisattvaoh 5th gen i5 and 8 gb ram03:30
Toadisattvayeah you can throw any buntu on there no problem03:30
user01how should i decrypt it at boot?03:31
user01or best to just put on an unencrypted drive?03:32
ToadisattvaI wouldn't think you'd need to encrypt a drive for a media box you aren't keeping anything particularly sensitive on it I expect?03:33
user01I guess not03:35
user01I was thinking if the drive was stolen03:35
user01and there were home family videos and stuff . . . pics03:35
user01im not planning on storing cc numbers on it or anything03:36
Toadisattvaif you'll be leaving the box running probably no big deal to encrypt it or that purpose, if you'll be turning it on and off when you want to view you03:38
sarnoldI think if you do a FDE install, you'll be prompted for passphrases for *all* the disks at boot, not just the boot drive03:38
Toadisattva'll need to decrypt each time and that could get tedious03:38
sarnoldhow often do you boot? I reboot my laptop every few months when there's a kernel update that looks important03:39
Toadisattvaon the pc I use on my tv I only turn it on when I want to watch something03:41
Toadisattvaso I wouldn't want to encrypt it03:41
sarnoldyeah that'd be frustrating03:42
sarnoldthat's why I haven't watched columbo in a year -- turning on my ps3 is a PITA but the chromecast is always on..03:42
Toadisattvapressing the playstation button is too much work :P03:43
sarnoldexactly03:44
sarnoldand then you've got to wait like a minute03:44
Toadisattvaah yeah that bootup time03:44
ToadisattvaI forget how bad life was before ssd's03:44
Toadisattvalol03:44
sarnold*nod*03:44
sarnoldeven ssds feel slow now..03:45
Toadisattvathey could cut that 3 second boot down to like 300 ms03:45
pavlushkamy 20.04 localegen is set for only 2 locals but the system update is generating every english locals available, why? is it a bug?06:25
SomethingGenericpavlushka, check what's in /etc/locale.gen ?06:26
pavlushkaSomethingGeneric: https://termbin.com/u87m06:27
SomethingGenericpavlushka, that's odd. I don't know of other files that denote which locales to create, sorry. :(06:28
pavlushkaand the update looks like this https://pasteboard.co/JR0XGtF.png06:32
john_ramboHi, I am using LibreOffice under Ubuntu 20.04 .... The spell check is not working ... For testing pupose when I deliberately type a wrong spelling no red line appears under the wrong word ...How do I enable spell check ...I only use the Writer06:54
OnkelBladeHi folks. Are you aware of a widget or something visual which alarms when RAM is running out?07:59
va7lnxOnkelBlade: I don't know about alarm. but I keep a widget in my taskbar that shows the RAM and swap utilization08:01
OnkelBladeva7lnx: what is it name? that would wokr for me as well08:02
va7lnxwhat desktop are you running?08:02
OnkelBladeva7lnx: kde :)08:02
va7lnxhrm. not sure what it is called on KDE, but if you right click on the taskbar you should be able to add a widget.08:03
va7lnxsorry, not taskbar, but panel08:03
va7lnxlook for something like "load monitor"08:04
va7lnxoh. it's midnight08:04
va7lnxgotta go to bed.08:04
OnkelBladeva7lnx: sleep well! thanks, searching.08:04
ducasseOnkelBlade: if you try #kubuntu you'll probably get exact instructions on how to add one08:05
OnkelBladeYeah found one already. Heh, it doesn't have alarming capabilities08:06
OnkelBladebut that's better than nothing08:06
OnkelBladeI'm disabling swap... I'm tired of getting my laptop lagging08:07
ducassei don't think any of them will alarm you08:07
OnkelBladeyeah, that's strage. Like everybody is happy with handwritten scripts08:07
ducasseyou could set up a timer or something to send a notification when usage reaches a certain level, of course08:08
OnkelBladesure I can08:08
OnkelBladeI even know what message I would put there08:08
OnkelBladeLike: hey, close your chrome!08:09
ducassejust let the script close chrome for you ;)08:11
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arseruLately I'm finding my ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS on a lenovo laptop running slow after X startup and it's like the performance has been degraded... is anyone in the same situation? Any tips about what can I do?09:15
summonnerwhy do you think it's slow arseru09:16
bart-hi guys how can i deactivate that the mouse coursur is going to be left arrow when i go with it to mmy menu bar09:16
arserusummonner: e.g. to start firefox, I have to wait 1-2minutes after login to my user to be able to use anything09:17
bart-i dont found  the setting09:17
bart-i have gnome tweaks  activated09:17
bart-arseru: get 20.10 is faster09:17
summonnerarseru, have you installed ubuntu-restricted-extras? have you checked your governer?  is it set to performance?09:20
arserusummonner: why do I need that pkg? governor is on powersave setting, I'll switch it to performance, thanks!09:24
arserusummonner: what does the setting performance do? unleash the real cpu powa?09:24
summonnerarseru, yeah by default lots of machines are set to "balanced" by default and not screaming powa pow pow boom these days09:25
arserusummonner: the only drawback is more battery consumption, right?09:25
summonnerarseru, can your laptop run without the battery in it?09:26
arserubecause just switching that has reduced the load from 2.8 to 1.7, awesome09:26
arserusummonner: no09:26
arserusummonner: why do you ask?09:26
summonnerarseru, ah, well, then your balanced default is there for a reason, so you won't be screaming at the manufacturers in a year due to a 50% battery capacity09:26
summonnerthe heat of performance will degrade the battery. keeping the laptop constantly connected will degrade the battery.09:27
arserusummonner: shit, then I should switch back? it's like when I got the laptop, everything was fine, now I'm finding performance issues everyday09:27
arserusummonner: then I'll just connect the battery when it's running low, and solved, right?09:27
summonnerwhat model is it?09:28
arserusummonner: lenovo thinkpad L1309:28
arserui7 10th gen09:28
arseruand it's choking with a google meet w/ 10 people and firefox with 10 tabs09:29
summonnerarseru, well, the good thing is your battery is easy to replace in a year or so, so don't freak out like a Mac user would, theirs is usually soldered to the board (idiots09:30
arserusummonner: it's a laptop from work, so I'm not worried about having to pay anything :P09:30
summonnerI would suggest. Getting a way to keep all the CPUs active, but in a balanced mode, so the frequency idles down, but then kicks back up when demand requires it. let me quickly check for a suitable configuration09:31
summonneroh if it's a work one, keep it at NUCLEAR then09:31
summonnerthey would want you to finish your work faster anyway09:31
* summonner grins09:31
arseruhahahaha true09:32
arserucpu freqs are at min 400MHz and max 4900MHz, which are the min/max possible values anyway09:32
arseruI've installed cpupower-gui to switch the governor setting09:33
summonneryeah I'd leave it on performance. your IT guys will be happy in a year to replace the battery anyway, they're probably sick and bored with "my mouse doesn't work!" and replacing the battery is a meaty thing to do09:33
summonnerbart, your mouse cursor. it changes?09:34
arserusummonner: thanks for the help :)09:38
summonneryw09:39
ksynwaHello. I have Ubuntu 20.04 GNOME but started using i3. Everything is cool but the font rendering is pretty bad compared to GNOME. It's a bit jaggy so maybe the text isn't hinted or antialiased.09:41
summonnerksynwa, sorry, what's i3?09:41
ksynwasummonner: It's window manager. Called i3wm.09:41
arseruhttps://i3wm.org/09:41
ksynwaSo far I have tried:09:41
ksynwa1) Symlinking settings to /etc/fonts/conf.d09:42
ksynwa2) Creating an .Xresources file09:42
ksynwaAnything else I can try?09:42
summonnerah. chances are you'd have better support on their channel (if they have one) or forum. this channel is more to do with the default ubuntu. lubuntu and xubuntu have their own channels for instance09:42
arseruksynwa: try on #i309:43
summonnerunless someone here knows it well... stick around and see09:43
ksynwaNice. No worries. Thanks for letting me know.09:43
ksynwaOk looks like the problem was that I was loading .Xresources after starting X. I put the loading in .profile now and it works.09:46
arserucool :D09:46
summonnerksynwa, how did you determine that  that was the cause?09:49
ksynwasummonner: There's really only two things on X that could cause that. fontconfig settings were correctly in place so I just played around with Xresources instead.09:51
* summonner nods09:52
ksynwaI initially put xrdb -load in my i3 config because I got confused. Because swaywm suggests you do it in the config. But for any X based window manager you ususally put in the .xinitrc.09:52
ksynwaI don't know if .xinitrc works with GDM so I just put in the profile.09:53
arseruksynwa: I'd recommend you check https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/I3 for more info on configs and more09:57
ksynwaBTW have y'all been able to install wine-32bit on a 64bit system without any problems?10:00
tosarajaWhat do I need to change in the way I try to install Ubuntu 20.04.2 server in a virtual machine? I've tried changing the SCSI controller and i've tried partitioning with and without LVM, different sizes and layouts. Every time it seems to crash on this subiquity thing10:05
tosarajaand da internet is full of different reports of people having problems with it10:05
maximbhi, I've changed my system timezone and now 'date' is correctly shows my time. however the time in /var/log/auth is still incorrect, even for new entries. how can I fix it?10:09
lenarhoytHi. What is wrong with this desktop file? I've validated the syntax, installed it with sudo dektop-file-install, sudo update-desktop-database, Alt+F2 r, reboot. It is still not showing up in the unity launcher. Latest LTS10:11
lenarhoythttps://pastebin.com/raw/ekwJH9bQ10:11
lenarhoytOh! The SVG file is missing!!10:12
lenarhoytNo it does exist!10:15
lupulomaximb, with python you could use pandas and timedelta, according to your time variation. perhaps journalctl has somethig about that10:15
summonnerlenarhoyt, what does your validator say?10:20
lenarhoytsummonner: literally nothing10:21
summonnerthe only other thing I can think then is skim over the standard? https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-1.1.html10:23
summonnerlenarhoyt, maybe remove the " " from exec and only around the %F?10:27
maximblupulo well, I want something more permanent. that new msgs will be with the correct time10:32
summonnermaximb, is  timedatectl   correct?10:33
maximbyep10:33
summonnerand you've done the   sudo dpkg-reconfigure --frontend noninteractive tzdata   to set it into the system?10:34
summonneryou should see the last message in /var/log/syslog similar to TODAY H:M:S machine_name systemd[1]: Started Time & Date Service.10:36
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lenarhoytsummonner: what kind of messages should I be looking for. i could not find anything related to the desktop files in question10:40
maximbjust needed to reboot my system10:41
maximblike it's windows10:41
maximblol10:41
summonnerlenarhoyt, did u fix the desktop exec cmd?10:45
summonnerExec=/home/me/.local/bin/winapps word "%F"10:46
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arserusummonner: remember what we talked before about everything in my lenovo thinkpad going slower in ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS? Now I've plugged the battery at 25%, and it's still not showing as "Charging" after 4min11:13
arseruit's weird11:13
EriC^^arseru: you could try "upower --monitor-detail" in a terminal and plugging it into charge and see what it says11:14
summonnerarseru, the lenovo might have some stuff on the chips that are wanting to drain it to 20% or 10% before recharging it. there's a lot of that going on these days11:16
lotuspsychjelenovo's also benefit firmware/bios updates in all cases11:18
jeremy31arseru: Every once in a while I have to power off my Lenovo and remove the battery and unplug, put it back together before it will charge11:18
arseruEriC^^: thanks for the command, it correctly detects when it's plugged/unplugged, but the icon on the top-right bar does not update status: https://imgur.com/coEjODv11:18
arserusummonner: but that wasn't happening when I first got it one year ago11:18
arserujeremy31: why's that?11:19
jeremy31arseru: I don't know as it has only happened about 3 times in the 7 years I have had it11:19
summonnerthat would be due to an incorrect update into the stats on the board11:21
arserujeremy31: but I mean, are you doing this due to the same problem I have?11:21
jeremy31arseru: I think mine at times refuses to charge at all11:21
arserulol weird11:22
lenarhoytsummonner: the other files of this kind did not have quotes (i added them lates). seems to make no difference11:27
decoy__i have come to bless you11:36
lotuspsychje!yay | decoy__11:38
ubottudecoy__: Glad you made it! :-)11:38
* decoy__ hugs lotuspsychje 11:39
decoy__:D11:39
decoy__i had problems with my ubuntu but i forgot all about them guess itll come back in a bit when i fiddle with it again11:39
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summonnerlenarhoyt, do the specifications mention that you can do the quotes and the %F variable?11:50
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MonoLGood day fellow Ubuntu users.12:02
gordonjcpanyone got a recommendation for an audio player in Ubuntu?12:02
gordonjcpit's crazy that there's no way to just play some audio files12:02
decoywhen i click an mp3 it launches vlc here12:02
lotuspsychje!discuss | gordonjcp12:03
ubottugordonjcp: Want to talk about Ubuntu, but don't have a support question? /join #ubuntu-discuss for non-support Ubuntu discussion, or try #ubuntu-offtopic for general chat. Thanks!12:03
gordonjcplotuspsychje: not sure how this isn't a support question tbh12:03
lotuspsychjewe divide ubuntu support with discussions/software reccomends/other topics12:04
gordonjcplotuspsychje: okay12:05
gordonjcpubuntu doesn't appear to have a working audio player, how can I fix this?12:05
Maikubuntu has Rhythmbox and it works12:06
Maikgordonjcp: which version of Ubuntu do you use? And VLC isn't installed by default on Ubuntu so it's something you have done.12:10
user01i like audacious for its small interface12:10
Maikthat's not what it's about user01, he complains Ubuntu has no working audio player which doens't add up imho12:11
user01maybe he needs some codec12:12
user01id start first trying to figure out what audio file he's trying to play12:13
Maikand as lotuspsychje said software recommendations belong in discuss12:13
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user01what is discuss?12:14
Maikuser01: read again.... he tries to open a MP3 which seems to open VLC. VLC doesn't come by default on Ubuntu12:14
Maik!discuss | user0112:14
ubottuuser01: Want to talk about Ubuntu, but don't have a support question? /join #ubuntu-discuss for non-support Ubuntu discussion, or try #ubuntu-offtopic for general chat. Thanks!12:14
Maikthere ya go12:14
Maikagain12:14
user01sounds like a ubuntu configuration problem to me12:15
Maikas long gordonjcp refuses to answer the other questions we are not able to help him further12:15
user01mime types12:15
user01his ubuntu configuration12:15
Maikas i said, he doesn't answer the other questions asked so we can't help him solve it. Now it's only guessing for which we don't have the time.12:16
pankaj347Hi,12:39
pankaj347i am trying to install  linux-headers using $sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) but i am getting following error12:39
pankaj347Reading package lists... Done12:39
pankaj347Building dependency tree12:39
pankaj347Reading state information... Done12:39
pankaj347E: Unable to locate package linux-headers-5.5.012:39
lotuspsychjepankaj347: wich ubuntu release and kernel are you currently on?12:40
pankaj347Linux pankaj 5.5.0 #1 SMP Tue Nov 3 13:37:50 IST 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux12:41
TheBigK02that doesnt sound like a ubuntu kernel...12:41
pankaj347This is mainline kernel running on Ubuntu12:41
lotuspsychjepankaj347: whats the reason you want to move to mainline 5.5?12:43
pankaj347due to some driver portability12:45
TheBigK02is ur driver no module?12:46
TheBigK02usually u compile the driver with the ubuntu kernel... atleast i would do it that way12:47
TheBigK02did that make problems?12:47
oerheks20.04 + HWE gives 5.812:50
oerheksso, drop the mainline, and do the HWE kernel12:51
oerheks!hwe12:51
ubottuThe Ubuntu LTS enablement stacks provide newer kernel and X support for existing LTS releases, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack12:51
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BluesKajHi folks13:15
ducasse-13:16
vimartHi BluesKaj13:18
BluesKajhi vimart13:18
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Zennquick question13:34
Zennhow come this bug was never fixed since years13:34
Zennhttps://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/issues/31213:34
Zennit has caught my eye cause I have this issue and had to use a workaround13:35
oerheksnever experienced that 'bug'13:40
Zennwell are you using shift?13:41
lenarhoytsummonner: some of them hat "%F" orther just %F, none worked.13:41
Zennfor your caps lock issue?13:41
Zennit is a very well known issue13:42
Zennhttps://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg/Keyboard_configuration#Switching_state_immediately_when_Caps_Lock_is_pressed13:42
oerheksno, caps lock. locking or unlocking no issue with capital/lower case letters here, maybe an arch issue only?13:42
Zennthere is a delay13:43
Zennnot it happens with xorg13:43
ZennI used that work around and it works13:44
oerheksFile a bugreport? unless, you seem to be on archlinux..13:44
VeiditGood afternoon13:46
Zennhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eqRbhttGwQ13:46
ZennI'm on Linuxmint13:46
Zennthere is a bug report for it, no one fixed it13:46
oerheks'there is a bugreport".. add yourself to it?13:50
oerheksand linux mint, it is not ubuntu.13:50
oerheksagain; i find no delay at all13:51
roniezHow can i kill/remove a workspace i dont want anymore?14:17
decoyinteresting i havent even started to mess with workplaces14:19
roniezi come from macOS and i use a lot of workspaces because i tend to fullscreen some apps14:21
roniezbut i am ok with having just 4 steady ones and others dynamic that i can remove when i dont need them anymore14:22
roniezbut the workspaces even stays after reboot14:22
roniezeven the ones i opened as extras14:22
decoyi rememebr when i had 3rd party soft to run multiple desktops in win14:24
roniezi even used virtual desktop in windows quite alot and there i could remove unwanted workspaces as well14:25
decoyi am extremely new to linux/ubuntu14:25
decoybut when i enter "worksp... into the field thing where all the stuffs is .. it shows me 3 options. one of them being Workspaces14:26
roniezi solved my own issue with gnome-tweaks14:26
roniez:D14:26
decoyi can add and suubstract the number of workspaces there :P hmhmh14:26
leftyfbroniez: try gnome tweak14:28
leftyfboh, sorry, you got it14:28
roniezleftyfb yea i fixed it there i had enabled dynamic workspaces for some reason14:28
roniezi switched it back to dynamic now and it works better14:28
roniezthat + the extension full screen on new workspace is perfekt for me. :)14:29
gordonjcpMaik: standard 20.04, and I don't have VLC installed and indeed wouldn't touch VLC with someone else's stolen ten foot dirty stick14:42
leftyfb!ot | gordonjcp14:52
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MacroManContrary to the manual for sudo, -S and -n seem to be incompatible14:59
MacroMan`printf "test\n" | sudo -Skvn` -> `sudo: a password is required`14:59
MacroManWithout the -n it works, but not if the password is wrong. It prompts which I don't want15:00
MacroManHow can I pipe in the password and avoid a prompt if the password is wrong?15:01
leftyfbMacroMan: you should use expect or maybe a sudoers entry15:01
MacroManNo good for me. This is being run over SSH15:02
MacroManHas to be a one-;iner15:02
leftyfbMacroMan: which both of those solutions works fine for15:02
MacroManNope, `printf "test\n" | sudo -Skv` hangs if the password is wrong15:02
MacroManI should say SSH from PHP, not a terminal15:03
MacroManSo for some reason -n stops sudo reading from stdin15:04
MacroManThe man page shows they should work together: `sudo -v [-ABknS]`15:04
gordonjcpleftyfb: thanks, it's a reference to an earlier support questoin15:11
gordonjcp*question15:11
gordonjcpleftyfb: I'm guessing #ubuntu-offtopic is where to ask for support now then?15:11
Maikgordonjcp: as i said Ubuntu ships Rhythmbox by default and it works15:19
Maikdo you have ubuntu-restriced-extras installed to complete multi media support? It pulls in a lot of codecs.15:20
gordonjcpMaik: for certain values of "works"15:22
gordonjcpMaik: there doesn't appear to be any way to get music into it15:22
Maikgordonjcp: rightclick on the mp3 and select open with other application then select rhythmbox. It should work and play the audio file15:27
Maikgordonjcp: where is the file located, in the Music folder? If not copy it there and fire up Rhythmbox and see if it loads the file15:29
gordonjcpMaik: no., it's not in Music, I don't want it to be15:30
Maikthen select the folder in rhythmbox where the file is15:30
Maiknot too difficult imo15:31
gordonjcpMaik: if I do, then it wants to stick in in a "library", which I also don't want15:31
gordonjcponce it's in Rhythmbox's library, it's impossible to get things to play properly15:31
Maikelaborate15:31
gordonjcpwell, if I have a directory containing a set of .ogg files that are an encoded album, it won't play them in sequence15:32
Maikthen try audacious15:32
gordonjcpagain, audacious has this stupid "Library" thing15:33
Maikthen it's your problem, can't help any further15:33
gordonjcpthe media player should not attempt to "manage" the media at all, it should just play it15:33
Maikwhen i select a file to play it plays, period15:34
ducassegordonjcp: try gmusicbrowser, iirc it doesn't need to add to a library15:34
Maikevery music player has a library afaik15:35
thatpythonboycan google authenticator accept my token secret on ubuntu without mobile/phonenumber16:11
thatpythonboy sudo apt install libpam-google-authenticator; authenticator --help16:12
JonyPoohHi, I'm running Ubuntu Studio 20.10 and using the KDE 5 Plasma desktop that it comes with. In Notifications; Application Settings, configure events, there is an option for Speech, but I can't seem to get it to work. Does anyone know anything about speech in Ubunutu Studio 20.10 / KDE 5 Plasma?16:12
JonyPoohSo far google has been a dead end.16:13
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revmacianJonyPooh: I'm on Kubuntu 20.04 and I'll try to help if you can tell me where that notification settin gis16:28
revmacianSystem settings > Notifications ?16:28
leonardusIs there any way to remove a package without running its uninstall routine?16:28
leonardusAs in, remove the package from the package manager but keep the software16:29
revmacianleonardus: I don't believe so, the packagese are taken from the repos. You may want to pin the package so it isn't upgraded. Is that what you had in mind?16:30
leonardusIt's not something I actually wanted to do I was just curious.16:30
revmacianleonardus: the package list comes from what's on the server, you can't really change that. But you can "pin" a package locally16:31
JonyPoohrevmacian, its the Notifications System Settings Module, then at the bottom Applications: [Configure]. Then you can click an application and there is a Configure Events button. At the bottom of that window are the built in Speech option for the notification16:33
JonyPoohrevmacian, I'm trying to configure the General Notification for KDE Connect16:33
JonyPoohbut i don't think it matters what app for testing, they should all have same notification options16:34
revmacianJonyPooh: Ok, I've got "Configure Notifications", Choosing "Battery low". What do you need me to check?16:35
revmacianJonyPooh: You should be able to check the "Speech" checkbox and then go from there16:37
JonyPoohrevmacian, i havnt been able to get it to say anything tho16:39
revmacianJonyPooh: I've set a speech notification for Konversation to "Speak event message" and it just spoke the text you just posted here16:39
revmacianJonyPooh: So, yes, it works. You just need to play with it a bit16:40
JonyPoohrevmacian, interesting16:40
revmacianNice feature, that, I never knew we could do that16:40
revmacianJonyPooh: But, I'm on Kubuntu 20.04, not Ubuntu Studio16:40
revmacianJonyPooh: Try one of the options other than custom text, that may be a bug16:42
JonyPoohim going to switch to Konversation and test16:50
revmacianJonyPooh: When you have a speech notification set up in konversation, I'll highlight you and test16:51
JonyPoohrevmacian: I setup a speech notification for highlights16:59
revmacianJonyPooh: And how is this working now?16:59
revmacianJonyPooh: Probably need Konversation to not be the top window - open another app and have it focused instead17:00
JonyPoohohhh, ok, try now17:00
revmacianI mean, why would you need a notification if you're staring at the app itself?17:00
revmacianJonyPooh: Is it working?17:00
JonyPoohyes it, that freaked me out17:01
JonyPoohi was not expecting it to work some reason17:01
revmacianYeah, it's a very nice feature, I didn't know we could do it. I'll have to set up some other apps. Thanks.. I woudln't have known that if you hadn't posted your question17:02
revmacianSo.. we helped each other. I love it when that happens!17:02
JonyPoohSo, I wonder if that's using speechdispatcher to do the speech. cause this particular voice is horible and I want to change it :-)17:03
revmacianyeah, I'd ike to change mine too. If you find out how please tell me17:04
de-factowhat is a speech notification for IRC?17:06
de-factotest to speech on highlight?17:07
de-facto*text17:07
revmaciande-facto: yes: System settings > Notifications > Applications (Configure button)17:08
JonyPoohI had it set to every channel message too. Had to turn that off17:08
revmacianJonyPooh: Oh, that would be quite annoying17:08
revmacianJonyPooh: I don't see anywhere in system settings to change the voice (i.e. from male to female)17:09
JonyPoohrevmacian: i think its speech dispatcher, on ubuntu-studio i had to install speech-dispatcher and spd-conf (part of python3-something package) to configure speech dispatcher17:12
JonyPoohIm also running Ubuntu Studio 20.1017:13
JonyPoohim going to change the pitch or something and test a hightlight again17:14
revmacianJonyPooh: Ah, I do see a bunch of speech-dispatcher packages in my package manager. I probably need to play with it and figure it out17:14
JonyPoohrevmacian: you had speech-dispatcher already installed tho, right?17:14
revmacianJonyPooh: No, but I'm thinking about installing it and trying to change the voice17:15
JonyPoohwait, if its working before installing that, I wonder if i didnt need to install that to get it to talk17:15
revmacianoh, you don't need that to get it to talk, I don't have that package (it's not pre-installed on Kubuntu) and mine talks now. I just want to change the voice17:16
JonyPoohthe notification voice is for sure the same voice that i hear when I use spd-say from the command line17:16
revmacianJonyPooh: May I PM you?17:17
JonyPoohrevmacian: for sure, thanks17:17
JonyPoohrevmacian: can you hightlight me again to test if changing dispatcher effects kde notifications?17:28
revmacianJonyPooh: Why sure I can. Did you remember to focus a different app?17:29
JonyPoohrevmacian: i did change focus, got nothing that time17:29
revmacianJonyPooh: I don't like that voice, so I just changed mine from speech to "play a sound".. it works just as well here17:30
jpmhI wnat to be able to detect which tty I am connected through, how do I do that simply?17:33
rory"tty" command?17:34
rory       tty - print the file name of the terminal connected to standard input17:35
revmacianyep, that works17:35
Jony-PoohJonyPooh, heres another way I can test17:35
revmacianWell, that's two things I've learned today17:35
revmacianJony-Pooh: type this and test in a PM if the channel gets busy:  /query JonyPooh17:36
Jony-Poohnow im not getting any notifications spoken to me, i used to spd-conf to change speechdispatcher settings and changed the speed to 50 just to see if it made any diffrence in here17:38
jpmhrory: ty - that was what I needed - my reply was sow since you did not include my id in the message I did not get alerted17:39
roryyou're right, sorry17:39
Jony-PoohNow I see why im not hearing anything, im not getting any notifications for konversastion at all now17:42
jpmhrory: that was NOT mean as a criticism - just an explanation as to why I was slow17:43
jpmhanyway TY17:43
Jony-Poohrevmacian, I think speechdispatcher something diffrent, I think we're using qtspeech5 maybe17:45
revmacianJony-Pooh: No idea, I've never messed with sound much in linux17:45
Jony-Poohrevmacian, do apt search qtspeech517:46
Jony-Poohrevmacian, i bet you have some of that installed17:46
revmacianJony-Pooh: Also, the "play a sound" notifictions are working even when I have Konversation focused17:46
revmacianJony-Pooh: Yep, got qtspeech5-flite is pre-installed in kubuntu17:47
akiki found a problem with the nvidia package installer. it doesn't check whether the system has the kernel headers package installed17:48
revmacianJony-Pooh: I didn't change much except to install kdenlive for work17:48
akikshould i report this somewhere?17:48
Jony-Poohrevmacian, i think qtspeech5-speechd-plugin is plugin for speech-dispatcher17:48
revmacianJony-Pooh: That is: QtSpeech provides support for text-to-speech and speech recognition in Qt applications. This package contains the plugin for speechd speech synthesis engine.17:49
revmacianJony-Pooh: apt show qtspeech5-speechd-plugin17:50
Jony-Poohrevmacian, and speechd (speech-dispatcher) has plugins for all the other speech synthesis engines and voices17:50
revmacianJony-Pooh: Yep, it brings in libspeechd2 - which is speech dispatcher17:52
revmacianSo, yep, they're connected17:52
Jony-Poohrevmacian, there you go, you can have a girl now17:52
revmacianhahaha, thank you!17:52
revmacianFinally, I can have a girlfriend!17:52
Jony-Poohrevmacian, well, once we figure out how to configure qtspeech5, sorry, female computer voice I should have said :-)17:53
revmacianHey, don't rain on my parade! :P17:53
revmacianGotta go, back later18:00
revmacianJony-Pooh: Thanks for everything! You're awesome!18:00
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Sven_vBhi! In Ubuntu bionic there's a nice modular pluggable approach to shell profile configuration, /etc/profile.d/. I'd like to set up something similar for bashrc, like /etc/bash.bashrc.d/. Do I have to invent that wheel, or do we have something like that already?18:09
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JonyPoohI had my sound muted,  no wonder no notifications18:25
leftyfbSven_vB: https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/PYw7NyMMkd/18:26
repulsehey, what does it mean when I get the following error: GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 19:14:01.742: g_dbus_connection_call_internal: assertion 'G_IS_DBUS_CONNECTION (connection)' failed18:26
JonyPoohrepulse: sounds like connection to dbus failed, is dbus running?18:27
Sven_vBleftyfb, thanks! so I guess we don't have something better yet.18:27
leftyfbSven_vB: stick that in ~/.bashrc18:28
Sven_vBor rather, more standardized18:28
repulseit should be running18:28
leftyfbSven_vB: not that I know of18:28
Sven_vBcan't be helped then. thanks anyway!18:32
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JonyPoohDoes anyone know how to drag Plasma widgets without having to right click and click customize layout?19:34
MaikJonyPooh: please do not crosspost19:34
Maikasking in one channel is enough19:35
JonyPoohMaik: ok, thanks for letting me know19:36
ChakravantiWhy does ubuntu remove gmake?  I have to install it manually from gnu.org.  I can't wait to get the $#@& off ubuntu for this straight the (*&$( up dis on Richard Stallman.19:48
oerheksChakravanti, thanks for the rant, but it is not welcome here.19:49
Chakravantinothing but absolute disrespect for the only respectable software maker.  hell even linus was just a recruit, and not the real (*&#ing thing19:49
oerheksplease keep this channel free for a support issue, thanks.19:49
Chakravantiyeah? (*&$) the #@*$ off19:49
Chakravantii am tryignto get support usaeless19:49
MaikChakravanti: keep the irc guidelines in mind please or at least read them and behave19:52
Chakravantii do behave.  I the dis on Richard stallman by ubuntun is offensive19:52
Maik!discuss | Chakravanti19:52
ubottuChakravanti: Want to talk about Ubuntu, but don't have a support question? /join #ubuntu-discuss for non-support Ubuntu discussion, or try #ubuntu-offtopic for general chat. Thanks!19:52
Chakravanti<Chakravanti> Why does ubuntu remove gmake?  I have to install it manually from gnu.org.19:53
Chakravantiidiot19:53
Chakravantiyeah fuck off useless crowd of loser19:53
Maikbye bye19:53
oerheks'gmake' refers specifically to GNU make.19:54
oerheksthen you hit them with !build, Maik ;-)19:55
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puffGood afternoon.  Trying to figure out how to find more info on this error popup:  https://bpa.st/WFRA20:30
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elias_aWhich is the last version of Ubuntu that still has a working firewire implementation?22:10
elias_aI am in a desperate need of rescuing a set of HDV tapes.22:10
Ben64pretty sure firewire still works22:12
elias_aNo it does not.22:12
Ben64yes it does, just tested it22:12
elias_aHow did you test it?22:14
oerheks18.04 should give support? i know ubuntustudio dropped firewire support with 20.0422:16
elias_aoerheks: TY. I'll try that.22:17
oerhekslsmod | grep firewire22:17
oerheksfirewire_ohci and firewire_core should pop up22:17
Ben64looks like the ubuntu studio thing is about firewire sound cards22:18
Ben64not firewire in general22:18
oerheksthat maybe right?22:19
elias_aWell - anything that works with dvgrab is good enought for me.22:19
oerheksdvgrab comes in mind, yes22:20
elias_a20.04 is not initalizing a firewire card properly.22:20
elias_aWhen I switch on the DV camera, device fw0 is rediscovered over and over again.22:24
elias_afirewire_core 0000:06:00.0: rediscovered device fw022:25
elias_aI believe this is something that has to do with kernel support. What do you think?22:25
gordonjcpelias_a: aha22:28
gordonjcpelias_a: I am using firewire on Ubuntu 20.0422:28
gordonjcpelias_a: what kind of card, what kind of camera?22:29
gordonjcpelias_a: and how sure are you that your cable is good?22:30
elias_a gordonjcp: I am quite sure the cable is OK.22:32
gordonjcpelias_a: so was I...22:32
gordonjcpelias_a: led me a dance for about two days, that cable did22:32
elias_a07:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments XIO2200A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) (rev 01)22:32
gordonjcpelias_a: that's described as well-supported at least by the audio folks22:34
elias_aCamera is Canon HV-30.22:34
gordonjcpokay22:34
gordonjcpelias_a: I can tell you for certain that VIA VT6306 works22:34
gordonjcpelias_a: although, with Sony HVR-A1E22:35
elias_agordonjcp: I believe this has to do with the camera too.22:35
gordonjcpelias_a: possibly22:35
gordonjcpelias_a: I suspect you are not in Scotland, if you were in (or sufficiently near) Glasgow I'd say drag it round :-)22:36
elias_agordonjcp: I'm on another island. :P22:37
gordonjcpelias_a: https://minecraft.gjcp.net/cameradmesg.txt22:39
elias_agordonjcp: I think I'll just install an ancient version of Ubuntu Studio and try that.22:39
gordonjcpelias_a: ^ that's what I see22:39
gordonjcpelias_a: age shouldn't make a difference, I'm running 20.0422:39
gordonjcpelias_a: capturing with dvgrab, recoding with deinterlace DV-to-DV with ffmpeg or recoding HDV MPEG to ProRec or DNXHD with ffmpeg22:40
gordonjcpelias_a: weirdly Davinci Resolve's deinterlacer is a paid feature..22:40
gordonjcpelias_a: for all they cost one of the VIA cards might be an idea, and if you have another cable try it22:41
elias_agordonjcp: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/Y7vd55mXZG/22:41
gordonjcpelias_a: if you can find another HDV player give that a shot too22:41
gordonjcpelias_a: weird22:42
elias_agordonjcp: These things are a bit rare nowadays.22:42
gordonjcpelias_a: yeah22:42
gordonjcpelias_a: we are the last two people who shoot DV I think22:42
elias_aEspecially with hifi audio track.22:42
gordonjcp"oh you shoot XDCAM? Oh."22:42
elias_aThe problem seems to be that Ubuntu does not accept the created device in some way...22:44
gordonjcpI shoot SD DV 4:3 on DVCAM, while I ride my fixie to the popup urban street hub food truck to sip my latte and work on my Macbook22:44
gordonjcpelias_a: have you any other DV kit?22:44
gordonjcpelias_a: I believe you can load the module with a flag to make it more verbose22:44
elias_agordonjcp: Yes but it is not able to reproduce the audio...22:45
gordonjcpelias_a: okay, but it's detected?22:45
elias_aAnd to be frank I do not have a clue where it is...22:45
gordonjcpelias_a: hang on if it's playing back HDV then surely the audio must be part of the stream22:46
elias_aNever used it. Got it with a pile of other stuff. :P22:46
elias_aI'm not sure the othe cam is even HDV. Probably just DV.22:47
gordonjcpah22:48
gordonjcpwell22:48
gordonjcpI wonder, if it's not trying to be "clever"...22:48
gordonjcpwait22:48
elias_aWhat I've read so far hints that some cameras still work, some do not.22:48
gordonjcpelias_a: my PD150P does not play back HDV off my A1E22:56
gordonjcpelias_a: anyway come and bug me about video capture and stuff once you get it going22:57
elias_agordonjcp: TY! Will do. :)22:58
gordonjcpelias_a: I can recommend the VIA cards, but it seems likely it's the camera22:59
elias_agordonjcp: even it is 01:00 AM here, I'll still grab an old laptop and try an ancient version. No need to put that box online to public internet. :P22:59
gordonjcpelias_a: Amazon have a generous returns policy so you can hire a capture card :-)23:00
gordonjcpelias_a: sure, why not :-)23:00
gordonjcp11pm here, early start for work tomorrow so I'm off, but bug me about it in #ubuntu-offtopic23:00
elias_agordonjcp: OK. Cheers again. :P23:01
pyeverythingI am not sure how I should use x11vnc server in Ubuntu server and vnc client in ubuntu local machine so that I could access the browser in the server in my local machine. Could someone either send me a guide or walk me through? here is the step I did on server x11vnc -storepasswd23:06
oerheks pyeverything a browser like firefox on your server?23:11
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freckledp I'm having trouble with firefox 86.0 on Ubuntu 20.04 playing gifv, gifs, etc. They play fine with the same link on the same computer using chrome. I don't see any bugs on it. I've disabled all of the privacy/security settings temporarily to test it, and even used safe mode so no extensions. Anyone seen anything like this?23:25
freckledpTried it using a firefox snap and it worked fine.23:25
oerheksapt version gives issues? https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/86.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.123:29
oerheksand which snap version? https://snapcraft.io/firefox23:29
freckledpYes, the apt version is giving me issues. I'm not sure how to check the version of a snap, but it's 86.0-323:30
freckledpfirefox 86.0-3*23:31
oerheksoke, not the beta23:31
freckledpno, nothing special. New installation of ubuntu as of yesterday morning. Patched with apt. no additional repos23:32
oerheksone can file a bugreport23:32
oerheksmake an account on launchpad, and23:32
oerheks!bug23:32
ubottuIf you find a bug in Ubuntu or any of its official !flavors, please report it using the command « ubuntu-bug <package> » - See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs for other ways to report bugs.23:32
freckledpI guess I will. Anyone willing to test it for me before I do?23:32
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