[00:01] quadrathoch2: :D Help is what we do - [00:26] evening all [00:27] I had a power outage last night and I have a machine that is no longer booting. It just goes to black screen with blinking cursor. I tried reinstalling grub2 but still have the same results - any ideas? [00:28] i can boot in to a liveCD and see all the partitions just fine [00:28] tomreyn: Hey is there some file that Nvidia drivers use to set up Desktop and screens? I deleted ~/.config/monitors.xml and nothing changed after reboot [00:30] ExcessiveAggro: From that liveCD run 'fsck' on the installed root partiton. Often times a power failure leaves the file system in an inconsistent state. [00:31] ok let me give that a go [00:31] do i need to be in chroot? [00:32] ExcessiveAggro: No need for a change root - just point the repair toll to the partiton to look at it and repair as it can. [00:32] on it - thank you [00:32] tool* [00:36] Bashing-om: What am I looking for when this runs? It says: /dev/sde5: clean, ... files, ... blocks [00:40] ExcessiveAggro: That partion checks as good . Is that "root's" partition ? Might show us - in a pastebin - what you are working with ' sudo fdisk -lu '. [00:42] here you go - https://pastebin.com/TPtWha8A [00:43] lots of drives in there... /dev/sde5 is my root partition and /dev/sde1 is the /boot [00:44] one thing I'm confused by.... sde2 and sde5 look the same start and end sectors [00:45] ExcessiveAggro: Looking ^ . [00:45] extended .. [00:46] within that extended, one has room for more than 4 partitions. not sure why you choose extended. [00:46] no clue - this thing was built a while back [00:47] months... not years ;) [00:47] you would save 2 block [00:47] so nothing odd, linux installed itself in one partition, so swap is swapfile, instead of partition. [00:48] ah ok [00:48] and that 512 sde1, if for your UEFI bios. [00:49] oerheks is grub supposed to be in that 512m spot? [00:49] because thats where i reinstalled grub2 at [00:51] i mounted sde5 to /mnt then mounted sde1 to /mnt/boot. Then did a grub reinstall [00:52] no, to /boot/ AFAIK https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Installing [00:52] uefi just gives the adress and modules to handle grub/mbr/gpt [00:52] so what goes in that uefi partition? how do i recreate it properly [00:55] because no doubt ive borked it... I installed grub in to it [00:55] not sure howto recreate that partition, why do you think it is wrong? [00:55] grub does not install to fat32.. [00:56] well i mounted that 512m partition to /boot... then ran a grub install to it [00:56] there was nothing in it... i thought that might have been what was wrong [00:56] Hey everyone. I'm trying to install Ubuntu on an old x86-based tablet. and it installed fine, but by default the tablet wants to display everything in a 9:16 aspect ratio, and rotating the screen to be 16:9 has really bad screen tearing that isn't there when the tablet screen is not rotated. Is there a way to fix the screen tearing? [00:57] ExcessiveAggro that partition is /boot/efi which is fat32 with only the efi files in it. /boot should be on your /, except you created a /boot part [00:58] shelcod, screen tearing as it is not fast enough? care to share what tablet, and what ubuntu version? [00:59] tomreyn: Hey is there some file that Nvidia drivers use to set up Desktop and screens? I deleted ~/.config/monitors.xml and nothing changed after reboot [00:59] screen tearing as in there is no vsync and certain parts of the screen are updating faster then other parts. [00:59] ExcessiveAggro, reinstall again, just with sde5 [01:00] I'm looking for the model number, but I'm using Ubuntu 20.04. [01:01] Model number is NS-P08W7100-C. [01:01] = gnome3, might be too heavy, use a lighter desktop, mate or xubuntu? [01:01] I am using XFCE. [01:03] quadrathoch2 and oerheks - thanks attempting now [01:05] baytrail tablet.. good luck with those, 64 bit processor, 32 bit uefi :-( [01:06] I already got Ubuntu installed by using a script that adds a 32 bit bootloader to the ISO [01:10] quadrathoch2 and oerheks - so odd... black screen, cursor comes up, then carriage returns once, then sits there [01:11] maybe just boot in recovery and perform apt install -f or updates again? [01:11] !recovery [01:11] If your system fails to boot normally, it may be useful to boot it into recovery mode. For instructions, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecoveryMode [01:15] I tried that in the beginning and couldnt ever get grub to respond by holding SHIFT like it says in the article. So I figured grub was broken [01:16] going to attempt again [01:17] ExcessiveAggro: EFI then it is the escape key that grub looks for. [01:32] Bashing-om shouldnt /boot/efi have something in it? a listable file of some sort? [01:33] Mine is empty - and i have the 512m boot partition mounted there [01:35] ExcessiveAggro: maybe that's not the efi system partition your system booted from? do you have other storage media attached? [01:35] ExcessiveAggro: Yeah it should - however as I do not have access to a EFI machine I can not verify what :( [01:36] im going to pull all the other drives out to see what may be going on. [01:36] echo -n 'This system booted via: '; [ -d /sys/firmware/efi ] && echo UEFI || echo BIOS [01:36] ^ verify how you booted [01:37] well.... apparently this is a wild goosechase because it says i booted via bios [01:38] So my grub-install is not doing the efi install because i booted via bios [01:39] right [01:40] Hi. packages.ubuntu.com tells me that there is a focal package for openjdk-8-jre-headless. However when I do sudo apt update && sudo apt install, I get E: Unable to locate package openjdk-8-jre-headless. Most other packages are located and installed fine. Am I missing something? [01:44] !universe | jrm [01:44] jrm: The packages in Ubuntu are divided into several sections. More information at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories - See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecommendedSources for the recommended way to set up your repositories. [01:44] you are probably missing the 'universe' component [01:44] Thanks tomreyn [01:44] tomreyn: I'm booting from a usb stick because the system is not booting. Do you know how i boot via EFI so i can do a grub reinstall with efi? [01:45] ExcessiveAggro you would need to choose the efi boot option in your uefi boot menu [01:45] ExcessiveAggro: you boot from a system that boot in uefi mode, such as the ubuntu installer / live images can (they are hybrid, support uefi + legacy bios boot) [01:46] also, note that sde has an msdos partition table, not gpt, which is unusual for uefi booting [01:47] tomreyn: ok I'm not sure why it's set up like that - it was done with a ubuntu install CD originally so not sure what it was doing [01:48] I'm not sure if this system is bios or UEFI - assumed it was UEFI because i saw the 512m partition [01:49] ands that partition is mounted in /etc/fstab [01:50] ExcessiveAggro it is for sure UEFI, uefi doesn't care if its mbr or gpt, gpt is just the newer partition layout. *shrug* [01:50] got it. let me tinker a little longer here. Man this is bizarre to me [01:53] past boot's logs would probably show "efi: EFI" and "EFI VGA" for uefi boots [01:53] !uefi | ExcessiveAggro [01:53] ExcessiveAggro: UEFI is a specification that defines a software interface between an operating system and platform firmware. It is meant as a replacement for the BIOS. For information on how to set up and install Ubuntu and its derivatives on UEFI machines please read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI [02:23] Well... It boots just fine with only 1 drive in it. But all the other drives are my raid arrays so thats no good [02:24] !raid | ExcessiveAggro [02:24] ExcessiveAggro: Tips and tricks for RAID and LVM can be found on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SoftwareRAID and http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO - For software RAID, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FakeRaidHowto [02:26] then my theory would be that your mainboard firmware ("BIOS") is configured to do legacy boot, and finds a boot loader on one of the RAID disks' first MB [02:27] (but that boot loader is broken or doesn't know how to boot ubuntu off your sde partition) [02:28] when i leave sde in the system alone - it boots up === zbenjamin is now known as Guest28542 === zbenjamin_ is now known as zbenjamin [02:28] and i set the boot priority for that disk to be booted first. [02:30] so if you can make it boot, then you can check how it booted then [02:30] good call let me do that [02:31] is it possible ubuntu created an efi partition but doesnt need it? [02:32] if you're actually booting it in bios mode from a boot loader installed elsewhere, that could be. [02:32] booting now without other disks - lets see what it says [02:42] tomreyn it looks like it booted BIOS [02:43] so lets say this thing is BIOS and not EFI... any thoughts on how i repair this? [02:48] if it boots fine with just the system drive... and it can see all drives properly when booted from a livecd... im not sure why it wont boot off the system drive when all drives are in. maybe a hardware failure [02:49] ExcessiveAggro did you check that the bios boots from the correct drive? [02:49] at least this sounds like the bios tries to boot from the wrong one [02:50] thats where my head keeps going... but ive even forced it to hit that drive first [02:51] even selected in a manual bbs menu [02:52] i assume you are using UUIDs in /etc/fstab? [02:52] yes sir [02:52] double checked them [02:52] booting up now with just one array installed... see if that goes [02:54] could you post your fdisk again? I can't scroll up enough for the link :( [02:54] well this is cool... it booted with one array in... going to shut down and put another one in.. [02:54] https://pastebin.com/TPtWha8A [02:55] aw crap it timed out [03:03] quadrathoch2 - booting it back up now with all the drives in it - will be able to get a new fdisk [03:07] i'm still not understanding why there is an uefi partition with a bios install ( as the installer wouldn't create it in bios mode) [03:07] could it be a relic of an old install? [03:07] quadrathoch2 that is very possible [03:07] ahh, so that's why it's maybe empty [03:08] I'm starting to think this may be a power supply issue. ABout to test that theory now [03:08] oh you are right, totally forgot that it could be hw related [03:08] just put the other array in - and left the first one off. if it boots then they all boot, just not at the same time [03:19] ExcessiveAggro so does it boot? [03:22] quadrathoch2: https://pastebin.com/6scbRb3p [03:22] no i didnt boot with the other array in. Almost like something is wrong with that array that prevents even grub from loading [03:22] but I just booted back up in to the liveCD and i can mount that array no issues. [03:23] Hi peeps! Tried microstack recently and found it awesome! Where can I find more information? [03:26] ExcessiveAggro ehm, whats your raid setup? as you have discs without any partitions Oo [03:26] trying to understand that [03:27] gimme a moment - putting that pastebin together now [03:27] I don't know if this is the proper channel to ask for help with this, but I've been really having trouble installing anything via terminal lately. It just says that it can't fetch stuff, and lots of 404 errors. I can pastebin if y'all need [03:28] BlitzerHound yes, paste it to a paste service so we can see whats going on [03:29] https://pastebin.com/DH72rQkS [03:29] I ran the command sudo apt-get install intltool [03:29] lesterc: https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/microstack-get-started?&_ga=2.259466570.1526014397.1615692545-402761834.1615692545#1-overview [03:30] BlitzerHound your version of ubuntu is eol [03:30] What does that mean? [03:30] you should have upgraded a while ago ;) [03:30] !eon [03:30] !eon [03:30] ahh, sorry, thought it would recognise the name, but it doesnt [03:30] Oh. So do I have to install a whole new operating system? [03:31] no you can still upgrade [03:31] but first you would need to make sure to be up to date on eon [03:31] !eolupgrade [03:31] End-Of-Life is when security updates and support for an Ubuntu release stop. Make sure to update Ubuntu before it goes EOL so you get updates promptly for newly-discovered security vulnerabilities. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOL and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases for more info. Looking to upgrade from an EOL release? See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades [03:31] quadrathoch2: Here is the disk configuration - https://pastebin.com/hYza6a73 [03:31] BlitzerHound sounds like you want to stay on the LTS releases of ubuntu (so you would need to upgrade at the latest every 5 years) [03:32] I'm using lubuntu, is that different than ubuntu? [03:32] booting to a liveCD and i can manually mount all raid arrays and the Volume group. [03:34] BlitzerHound no [03:34] ExcessiveAggro wow, never seen such a setup ;) that's why I was confused [03:34] yeah it's a little bizarre. I was trying to use all the space on those drives while also staying redundant [03:35] and they were different size drivse so had to get a little creative [03:35] I don't really understand what I'm reading here... [03:35] *cough* btrfs xD [03:36] quadrathoch2 haha well I definitely need to learn a little more, I'm no expert there [03:36] Should I just follow the commands it says here? [03:36] BlitzerHound short version: edit your sources.list file to the new location of the official eon repos, update your system, make sure you have a backup, and verify that the ppa or third party repos have a focal version of packages, upgrade to focal [03:37] ExcessiveAggro this is imho one of the big upsides of btrfs, as you can just use any combination of disks [03:37] on the other hand raid5/6 is not stable as of right now (but it's getting tackled this year) [03:38] heres what im thinking on this issue.... whats the easiest way to wipe all the drives that are in that VG? [03:38] because i can move all the data off them while im on the liveCD [03:38] and that VG is the one preventing the boot [03:39] eh destroy the partition table? or just format them [03:39] oh wait [03:39] you can just destroy the vg [03:39] quadrathoch2, thank you, I'll try. I'm just dumb when it comes to this stuff [03:40] im thinking about destroy the vg, the partition tables, the raid arrays, and anytyhing that makes those drive a living creature [03:40] BlitzerHound, take you time, and if you have questions, people are here to answer them ;) [03:40] just make sure to upgrade earlier (so it's way easier) [03:40] oh if you can do that, why not just recreate the whole system (imho) [03:40] ExcessiveAggro ^ [03:41] i have lots of app installs :( [03:41] kk [03:41] it was just a suggestion ;) [03:41] and the other array that is working has all the installs on it [03:41] i will just start backing out this VG all the way down to bare metal [03:42] kk, btw, any reason why on the one md you use partitions, on the other the whole disk? [03:42] lotuspsychje: I have done the tutorial. Thanks though! [03:42] the one with the whole disk... someone told me the partitions werent necessary any more [03:42] its a newer array [03:43] ExcessiveAggro eh, i wouldn't do that, it's okay but it could give you headaches when you lose 1 drive [03:43] because if you new drive has 1 bit less of space then the old ones, you can add it to the array [03:43] thats why normally you use partitions [03:44] quadrathoch2 ah thats a good reason - the guy who told me didnt mention that [03:44] small ssd for OS and big HDD for /home FTW ExcessiveAggro. [03:45] https://microstack.run/docs [03:45] uiui, just saw a 112 gigs fat32 partition :), sounds like dual boot somehow [03:46] thats the usb stick i booted this livecd off of [03:46] tomreyn: I went through that - I'm checking https://opendev.org/x/microstack [03:47] huh fat32 oO [03:47] ExcessiveAggro so back to topic, which arrays are you destroying now? [03:48] vg0 - which is md0 and md1 [03:50] ExcessiveAggro ever thought about zfs? [03:50] just giving you options ;) [03:50] +1 quadrathoch2 ^_^ [03:50] especially on ubuntu with zfs rootfs [03:50] yeah i could do that too [03:51] id be happy to rebuild these disks with zfs [03:51] im having a brain-fart here trying to determine where my raid UUID came from [03:51] What are we working with here? desktop/rack mount? [03:52] sounds like desktop lesterc [03:52] there are UUID on bloack device and LVM [03:52] k [03:52] its a 4u rack mount [03:52] 16 drivebays [03:52] What do you use it for? [03:53] Are we setting up a new server? [03:53] Any existing data? Any backup? [03:53] my own private google lol. It's running plex, nextcloud, a few game servers [03:53] (sorry I missed a bunch of info - got disconnected ^_^) [03:53] holy moly, so that's then a really really weird setup then ;) [03:53] ExcessiveAggro> my own private google lol. It's running plex, nextcloud, a few game servers [03:54] check out this pastebin for my silly disk configuration - https://pastebin.com/hYza6a73 [03:54] so md1 = rootfs? [03:55] all the important stuff lives in md2 and its running fine [03:55] root is a single disk [03:55] That's a weird setup :D [03:55] if you want to see the rest - https://pastebin.com/6scbRb3p [03:55] yeah, imho I would really build it from the ground up :/ [03:56] even if it means recreating everything (so wasting a bit of a few hours) as it's less headache if something breaks [03:56] Hi all is there away of replacing your pgp key in Launchpad with a new one? I lost my original key and need to replace it. I asked over at the Launchpad channel but seems a bit quiet over there. Thanks [03:56] but that's me :) [03:56] i likely will - just need to get nextcloud and the other items back up so i can pull everything off cleanly [03:57] quadrathoch2++ [03:57] hrhr, I would even go as far as figuring out the sorting of the disks, I would hate sde as being root :/ [03:57] xD [03:58] Get a few new drives are you can down size and save on power hehe [03:58] haha yeah that happened along the way because of the onboard SAS connectors [03:58] s/are/and/ [03:58] they were in the way of my bitcoin mining GPU :) [03:59] so sda got moved to sd2 [03:59] err e* [03:59] btw how did you setup nextcloud etc? ExcessiveAggro [03:59] or your services in particular [04:00] 1 at a time :) [04:00] found the ubuntu nextcloud instructions somewhere and walked through them [04:00] then had to migrate the data to the array [04:00] ahh [04:04] man - I need to get ZNC working again. [04:05] So no openstack/k8s people here? [04:05] for what lesterc [04:06] but i assume probably not ^^ [04:07] ops/infra operators - I am sick of the (very old) foreman setup at work and want to move to something morden [04:07] but lacks experience [04:08] so what's the question then? [04:11] if you have 2 fingers - cross them for me [04:12] lol damn I said that to new hires all the time! Okay questions: any official docs for microstack or do I need to refer to officially openstack docs? [04:12] just blasted all those drives and rebooting [04:12] ExcessiveAggro: good luck :D [04:13] lesterc: idle around in #ubuntu-server perhaps for likeminded volunteers [04:13] lesterc: or #ubuntu-discuss for other microstack lovers, never know [04:13] ExcessiveAggro yep, good luck :) [04:14] lotuspsychje: good advice. [04:23] well... [04:23] this has to be a hardware problem because even with those drives wiped it wont boot when they are plugged in [04:23] take them out and she comes right up. They are all plugged in to the same SAS backplane so im betting its borked [04:24] ugh, that's bad :( ExcessiveAggro [04:25] well good news is the system is up along with the main array [04:25] just need to start swapping hardware to see if its the backplane, or a powersupply issue [04:26] have fun I guess ExcessiveAggro [04:26] :) [04:36] All the reasons I downsized my home setup... I only run 3 HP microserver-like boxes and even that I don't have all of them on all the time. /me too cheap for h/w and power [04:39] lesterc - hey I feel you. I just didnt feel comfortable with all my stuff in the cloud anymore [04:40] I guess I need to spring for bigger drives and a smaller quantity of them [04:40] *thumbsup* [04:40] ExcessiveAggro why not just use them till you need bigger ones, or they fail. i mean you already have them ;) [04:40] imho the software side could be better but that's it [04:41] well if its a mobo or powersupply issue i guess i can just replace it and move on [04:42] the mobo is ancient in this thing. i probably should do that [04:42] Another thing for home setup I only do zfs mirrors these days - that keeps things simple. I value more time than the space wasted. [04:42] s/more/my/ [04:42] think i should do a desktop mobo? [04:43] or this - https://www.newegg.com/asus-ws-c246-pro-intel-xeon-processor-e-2100-family-intel-pentium-processors-intel-celeron-processor/p/N82E16813119329?Item=9SIA25VCMV3745 [04:46] imho the biggest factor is probably IPMI, if its needed or not [04:46] im not up on that - is that for management? [04:47] since this lives in my house im ok with it not having lots of out of band management [04:48] ExcessiveAggro then any mobo should be fine [04:48] but yes IPMI is just remove management [04:53] **remote management [04:53] once you have more than a few boxes it's a must IMHO. [04:54] and opens a whole new world with provisioning. [04:54] I used to have quite a few at home but down-sized to just this one box. [04:54] precisely why I stopped doing homelabs - too expensive and I couldn't justisfy the cost when I'm working 6 days a week [04:55] Better plan: get a job that will pay you to do all that hahahaha... [04:55] lesterc: I hear you [04:56] hm, i moved to 1L systems, where I shove in 2-3 disks (2.5") [04:56] so they don't take too much space [04:56] im gonna move to a 30-node raspberry pi beowulf cluster [04:56] store it in a shoebox [04:56] ;) [04:57] Pis are nice and cool but the return of investment is too low for me. [04:58] * lesterc is a cheapsake [04:58] yeah sadly pis are a bit too expensive for what they are :/ [04:58] haha yeah I'm being silly here. I only have 1 in production right now and it serves a great purpose. [05:00] they're good if what you want is primarily low power, always-on, no fans [05:00] although I hear some of the newer pis really want for a fan [05:00] plenty of other SBCs in the sea, though [05:00] yeah just looking at the construction of the pi 400 just tells you how much cooling is needed [05:01] but the software support of other sbc are most of the time not as great afaik matsaman [05:01] there are fanless industry PCs if you want low power and NO noise. [05:01] I have one of them that sits at the corner of my desk - love that. [05:02] which one is it (if you remember the name) [05:03] I can try looking it up [05:03] off-question. Can i just move these drives to a new mobo and ubuntu will figure it all out? Or will i need a reinstall? [05:04] as long as you use UUIDs ubuntu will figure it out [05:04] yes its all done with UUID [05:04] hm that may be sweet [05:04] although i need a reinstall anyway - with zfs is what im hearing from you all [05:04] ExcessiveAggro: there's a decent chance it will work [05:04] ExcessiveAggro: zfs? No I wouldn't bother [05:04] but I missed the conversation [05:05] sadly btrfs raid5/6 is not stable as of right now, because it would fit for that system perfectly, but zfs i also not too shabby for that, mdraid is still okay though :) [05:05] quadrathoch2: there are so many of them that looks very similar - probably from the same factory: https://au.banggood.com/search/fanless-mini-pc.html?from=nav (yes hello from Australa) [05:06] what a name (of the homepage) [05:06] oh interesting, you were even talking about x86_64 [05:07] Complaint about NextCloud - all the data is stored in the file system but obscured away and locked to root. Are there any good "home cloud platforms" that just point to a standard directory? [05:07] Debian keeps a nice list of SBCs for their "freedombox" initiative. They're actually better than Raspberry Pis because they rely on less proprietary stuff [05:08] ExcessiveAggro: you doing RAID then? [05:08] matsaman: yes on raid now but thinking about moving to something else if i have to rebuild [05:08] ExcessiveAggro seafile [05:08] ExcessiveAggro: cloud? Are you trying to have backups? Or remotely-accessible data stores, or...? [05:08] you missed my sweet raid configuration earlier -> https://pastebin.com/hYza6a73 [05:09] if you want to have a dropbox "cloud" [05:09] matsaman: would be nice to reach those files from my phone when im away [05:10] vpn already set up for that? [05:10] ExcessiveAggro: if your phone lets you do sftp/ssh, then you can just allow remote ssh access [05:10] quadrathoch2: nextcloud used SSL for it. but i could do a vpn [05:10] ExcessiveAggro: zero security issues that way [05:10] webUIs make security really complicated [05:10] ExcessiveAggro i would try to hide most stuff behind a vpn, so it's less of a security risk. [05:11] but you could also open the port [05:11] yeah maybe i could just do a vpn and then connect to the share from the phone [05:11] this is what I do, because I don't need always access to the home network [05:12] this seafile looks like it has a native app [05:12] does that app talk to the server via ssl? or do you need to vpn in [05:16] ExcessiveAggro you caught me offguard, but I am sure it's encrypted, give me a sec [05:16] oh you dont have to look it up [05:16] I can go read up [05:17] my first irc session in many years - it has been fun - cya all internet strangers! [05:17] lesterc: nice chatting friend [05:17] ExcessiveAggro yeah it's encrypted by https/tls [05:18] I think I'm gonna exit the nextcloud - I thought it would be just like g-drive (and it is) except i hate that i cant reach the files directly using NFS [05:19] yeah nextcloud is way more than g drive, and it shows. if you only want file sync, its way too much [05:20] well i replaced google photos also with it. But that didnt turn out well. 70k photos and its been churning on them for weeks [05:20] !topic [05:20] Please read the channel topic whenever you enter, as it contains important information. To view it at any time after joining, simply type /topic [05:21] tomreyn have we strayed too far off? [05:21] ExcessiveAggro let's move on to offtopic [05:21] Sorry I forgot I was in Ubuntu - got a little carried away [05:21] thanks ;-) it didn't seem like ubuntu support Q&A anymore [05:22] Well thank you all for the support this evening. System is back up and running, minus 4 drives that i didnt need spinning anyway. [05:23] np :) and hf :) === PowerTower_121 is now known as PowerTower_120 [07:21] Hey folks. I'm looking for help booting into a Kubuntu USB stick. I get an error from grub> boot -> error: unknown error. [07:28] piceaglauca, give people a chance to answer before you ask in another channel [07:29] guiverc sorry - I was hedging my bets on where people might be active :) [09:29] I just managed to play Grand theft auto Vice City, with the gamepad on Ubuntu, and just activated the "Float over water, cars", that's all working. If interested, let know. [09:30] unixbsd_1: #ubuntu-discuss or #gamingonlinux perhaps [09:31] fresh install of xubuntu & nextdns.io as DoH provider - lookint at the logs i'm seeing a DNS request being sent to example.org every 2-3 minutes. any idea where that may come from? [09:31] why not #ubuntu-games? this sounds easier to find [09:31] is there maybe !list channels or something for new bginners, to find out all poppulated ones. [09:32] !alis | unixbsd_1 [09:32] unixbsd_1: Alis is an IRC service to help you find channels. For help on using it, see "/msg Alis help list" or ask in #freenode. Example usage: "/msg Alis list http" [09:32] or /msg Alis list ubuntu [09:34] thkx [10:18] Hi! Basic command line question: how do you searh manual pages based on keywords? Example would be the "ssh" command and searching for keyword "port". I see that "man ssh | grep port" gives me the desired result (manual page for ssh then pipe that to listing text lines containing the keyword). I've also read that there's a "-k" option which works [10:18] on the man page itself: "man -k ssh". Can you use the "-k" option on other man pages? [10:36] Hi, my Ubuntu install stopped detecting my mic, worked fine until today. The mic is detected by pavucontrol but no signal. I tried everything in the help page but didn't work. pavucontrol does not show meters anymore. [10:43] in ubuntu 20.04, can someone explain how to change the default user Videos, Music, and Pictures directories? I've tried amending ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs, but it just get overwritten and reset on reboot [10:44] I tried running, xdg-user-dirs-update --set XDG_VIDEOS_DIR "/media/mypath, but XDG_XDG_VIDEOS_DIR_DIR gets added to user-dirs.dirs, which doesn't seem right [10:45] * user-dirs.dirs, XDG_XDG_VIDEOS_DIR_DIR [10:45] Looks like underscores are being filtered out in this channel? [10:53] !alis [10:53] Alis is an IRC service to help you find channels. For help on using it, see "/msg Alis help list" or ask in #freenode. Example usage: "/msg Alis list http" === Tobbi__ is now known as Tobbi === LabMonkey is now known as Mechanismus [10:56] in ubuntu 20.04, can someone explain how to change the default user Videos, Music, and Pictures directories? I've tried amending ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs, but it just get overwritten and reset on reboot. I tried running, xdg-user-dirs-update --set XDG_VIDEOS_DIR "/media/mypath, but XDG_XDG_VIDEOS_DIR_DIR gets added to user-dirs.dirs, which doesn't seem right [11:02] Can the Ubuntu installer be used to install Ubuntu besides an existing Manjaro system? I had problems with the server version of Ubuntu, but maybe the desktop version will work? [11:08] gonna try with xubuntu === badbodh is now known as Guest66121 === dreamon_ is now known as dreamon [11:26] I'm using Gnome 3.36 on Ubuntu 20.04. When I go to https://extensions.gnome.org/ and try to install an extension, it Chrome offers to download rather than install it. I could just install it from the extension page when I was on 18.04. Note that I do have https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gnome-shell-integration/gphhapmejobijbbhgpjhcjognlahblep installed in chrome, and chrome-gnome-shell installed in the OS. How do I resolve this? [11:29] sorry, ignore that question about gnome extensions. I just needed to use the on/off switch on the extensions website to install an extension. I still need help with changing the Videos, Music and Pictures locations tho [11:31] do you know any alternative to proftpd that works right ahead for ftp server? (proftpd is buggy, fails to start). [11:34] unixbsd_1: be carefull with ftp protocol, highly exploited these days [11:35] unixbsd_1: try an sftp server instead or any other safer protocol [11:35] i know it is crap [11:35] proftpd is widely used, I compiled it from source on openbsd. I saw all leaks with that crap soft [11:36] lot of people still use it to many thigns, and you can enter readily, not due to the soft itself, but the config file is hard to get it secured. [11:37] I use it on my pi zero samba+ (soon ftp) server on local intranet (only wlan can access it). it is behind several unhackable BSD machines. I use BSD to lock down and increase security. linux is less secured than bsd for hacks./exploits. [11:56] Howdy folks [11:58] BluesKaj, hello :p [11:58] hi again, kirk781 [12:02] lotuspsychje: oh, well, you just need sudo4lamers to get an exploit and full control of the Ubuntu machine, any machine. One single sudo and ubuntu is backdoored. [12:02] unixbsd_1: lets discuss that in #ubuntu-discuss please, leave this room free for support [12:03] security channel? [12:04] unixbsd_1: the security channel is also not really for discussions, rather for security support issues [12:04] #ubuntu-piracy ? [12:04] #ubuntu-hardened [12:17] lotuspsychje: you arent up there on hardened. .. seems [12:18] unixbsd_1: i'm not part of the security team [12:20] hi, I have a question regarding packaging backports for PPAs. So far I have been using `apt source` and `dget` to get the source, which gets me all the required files, including the .dsc, .debian.tar.xz and .orig.tar.gz, and also applies all the debian/patches automagically [12:20] However, when using these commands I have noticed the message: "NOTICE: packaging is maintained in the 'Git' version control system at: (...) Please use: `git clone https://salsa.debian.org/debian/.git` to retrieve the latest (possibly unreleased) updates to the package." [12:20] I would like to try this out and do more stuff with git rather than the debian-specific tools. But, I don't know how to proceed after cloning; so my questions are: [12:20] - how do I get the other ancillary files like the .orig tarball and .dsc? [12:20]