=== jwisbell35 is now known as kathadris [00:03] Greetings gurus and wizards! I'm trying to bring up a laptop on 18.04 but the network card is a RTL8821CE chipset and I guess the driver isn't in the default install as it can't find the card. lspci recognizes it. Before I go into what I tried next and the path it's leading me down, is there a right way to do this? [00:05] apt search says "rtl8821ce-dkms/groovy,groovy 5.5.2.1-0ubuntu4 all" on 20.10 [00:05] maybe you have something similar in your version [00:06] apt search rtl8821ce-dkms [00:06] Sorting... Done [00:06] Full Text Search... Done [00:06] Nada [00:06] apb1963: https://github.com/tomaspinho/rtl8821ce [00:06] jeremy31, That's what I tried "next". [00:07] apb1963: Secure Boot enabled? [00:07] no [00:08] but I guess now I should doublecheck; paranoia [00:18] apb1963: it's available on 18.04 LTS rtl8821ce-dkms | 5.5.2.1-0ubuntu3~18.04.1 | bionic-updates/universe | all [00:18] jeremy31, I was wrong... it was enabled. I just disabled it. [00:18] you need to enable the "universe" repository [00:22] tomreyn, I don't have access to the Internet on the laptop... how do I get it from the repos to the laptop? [00:22] !apt-offline [00:22] !info apt-offline bionic [00:22] apt-offline (source: apt-offline): offline APT package manager. In component universe, is optional. Version 1.8.1 (bionic), package size 45 kB, installed size 223 kB [00:23] I don't know what to do with that. [00:23] you can run this on another ubuntu 18.04 computer to assemble the packages, store them on removable media, and move that to the new computer [00:23] or you can try the same with the github repository jeremy pointed you to [00:23] and what about on 16.04? [00:24] but more likely, the best approach is to get the system online by other means [00:24] other means? [00:24] if you have a smartphone which can do tethering through a wire, for example [00:25] or this classic, boring, but reliable, and almost always supported out of the box thing called ethernet [00:25] there is no ethernet card [00:25] on the laptop [00:25] just wireless [00:25] what about the smartphone approach [00:26] I don't know how they phone would connect to the laptop [00:26] usb I guess? [00:26] yes, usb [00:26] bluetooth could also work, but it's more complex [00:26] don't know if I have the cable that will match both. The laptop has bluetooth. [00:27] how do you charge the phone? [00:27] wall socket [00:27] that's a good point [00:27] let me get that [00:27] remove the wall plug and you'll have a usb-a connector [00:27] ...unless apple [00:28] apple stopped using the usb-a connector? [00:28] actually, i don't know that [00:29] apparently the latest does. but then, not really on topic here. [00:31] ok, got the cable connected... let me see if it's smart enough to tether. === ubuntu2 is now known as wibawachan [00:31] thanks that's work for me [00:37] I don't see any tethering options.... it has bluetooth though! It also picked up an IP address... hmm... never did this before. Maybe setup the phone as a gateway? [00:38] tomreyn, ^^^ [00:39] apb1963: just connecting the phone via usb and enabling the tethering option on its settings should be sufficient to get you a LAN type connection on ubuntu [00:39] tomreyn, I don't see a tethering option. So either it's too dumb or I am. It's an old phone. Ancient even. [00:40] hmm, this is kind of OT here, but since i guess you need this to make your ubuntu system work: is this an android phone or ios? [00:40] Alacatel OneTouch [00:41] android [00:41] android, i guess [00:41] * apb1963 nods [00:41] settings -> wireless -> tethering and mobile hotspot [00:41] that's what i see on an older android phone [00:43] it's probably older than that :) [00:44] I've got settings > wifi > a list of networks. There's also a menu there for WPS and I don't know what WIFI-direct is, but now I'm trying it. [00:45] I seem to be hitting the neighbor's TV devices??? [00:45] yes, that's not it [00:45] "peer devices" [00:46] settings -> abiut this phone > android version and > model [00:46] says what? [00:47] Now I'm in an APN section... there's one existing or I can create a new one [00:47] not what you want [00:48] a464bg all caps. [00:50] apparently this functionality was removed for this phone. [00:51] so.... it has bluetooth... which I've never used either. [00:52] wont help you if the phone wont relay the network [00:52] yeah I know virtually nothing about bluetooth... other than that it's blue and apparently made from teeth. :) [00:53] I have "Dr. Network" installed on the phone. [00:53] i've since found two web pages which actually state the phone's default ROM does support tethering [00:54] but they disabled it? Must be a paid option. :/ Or was, back when it was new. [00:55] I wonder if there's an app I could install that would do the tethering. [01:06] apb1963: this may work - it's actually (according to its description) just a method to make the hidden menu accessible https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.logpedia.tether [01:13] tomreyn, I actually downloaded an app (NetShare) that creates a hotspot. But this is not going to work - the laptop for all intents & purposes has no network card. [01:14] The only way to xfer files is by usb [01:14] or bluetooth I guess. [01:16] ok forget what I wrote... I'm clearly crazy. [01:19] tomreyn, So I've installed the app... I'm not sure if it's supposed to display anything... it's not doing much of anything. How do I test this? ping... network unreachable. [01:19] apb1963: if it doesn't bring up the menu shown on its screenshot then its not going to work [01:20] tomreyn, yeah it basically freezes [01:20] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marcellomessori.easyusbtethering is another [01:22] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.robskie.tether is yet another, using a different method than the other two, which should also work if native tether is patched out. [01:22] tomreyn, The thing is, NetShare seems to work... I just don't know what to do with it. [01:22] but then you'd need a client on ubuntu to use that [01:24] "netshare" is for setting up a wireless access point. this doesn't help you, because your wireless device on ubuntu isnt working [01:25] you need to tether, i.e. share the smartphones' internet connection, through the usb cable, to the computer [01:25] (or through bluetooth, but as i said, that's more involved) [01:25] tomreyn, ok. tried easyusb, doesn't work. [01:26] okay, we tried some, no luck. you still have the apt-offline option, or you could try to get help with your android device somewhere where that's on topic. [01:29] let me take another look at the play store, see if we missed any [01:31] tomreyn, yeah, it will filter apps for my phone.... no tether apps are compatible. [01:31] apt-offline is easier than bluetooth? [01:33] not really, roughly the same, i'd guess. it depends on whether you have another computer you can boot to ubuntu 18.04 (can be a live/installer system) and another external storage you can store software on. [01:33] no, only the laptop has 18.04... I'm on 16 here now. [01:39] if that's 16.04 then you have about a month of support left there [01:40] unlike your andoird device, which has known remotely exploitable security vulnerabilities for 5 or so years [01:40] *android [01:42] tomreyn, I turned on bluetooth on both. They immediately started trying to pair. Got a password error... not sure where to look for that. [01:44] Connected! I didn't confirm it the first time, now it's good. [01:44] Since I didn't confirm it failed the passwd check... all good now. [01:45] tomreyn, Still no ping... so... how do I use this thing? [01:46] 2nd display question: it looks like I can only extend my 2nd display to the right, and not to the left. If I set it on the left, it seems to use it as the primary display, even though my laptop is marked as the primary. Any suggestions? (if not, I'm just going to leave it set to the right, even though it is on my left, and suffer through the mental gymnastics.) [01:47] apb1963: not, with this phone, i guess. bluetooth pairing wont help you if the android device transmit the data through bluetooth. you can try seeking help in ##android . you said you have an alcatel onetouch A464BG, which seems to run (only) android 4.x [01:50] jjbuggle: you forgot to mention your ubuntu release, and, in case non-default, graphical desktop. graphics chipsets and drivers in use may also matter. [01:50] if this is ubuntu 18.04 LTS or later, you should be able to find this info in settings -> about [01:50] tomreyn, I don't understand. Why would pairing not help if the data is xmitted through bluetooth? I thought that was the point? [01:52] tomreyn, Hell... why not just turn on bluetooth on 16.04 and eliminate the middleman? [01:53] apb1963: bluetooth pairing connects two devices, providing the foundation for additional services, such as file or data transfer services. it's not sufficient to be able to transfer data from one of theser paired devices to the other, though, in your use case. you are trying to reach the internet from a BT paired device, which means that the other device needs to actually do internet connection sharing. a functionality that's patched out of your [01:53] phone's operating system, for all we can tell. [01:54] tomreyn, why not just turn on bluetooth on 16.04 and eliminate the middleman? [01:55] apb1963: and now please accept that i'm not going to spend more time on this. there are also usb <-> ethernet and usb <-> wireless dongles that you can plug into your laptops usb port, some of which are supported natively. [01:55] ok, thank you for all your help! [01:55] you're welcome [01:56] tomreyn: 20.04, and upgrade from 18.04. Xubuntu. Dell laptop. No additional graphics drivers are available. [01:56] jjbuggle: that's more of a #xubuntu question then, please try your luck there [01:57] generally, you can also configure this using the xrandr CLI [01:58] tomreyn: do you know, or are you guessing? [01:58] as well as additional software such as arandr [01:58] know or guessing on what? [01:58] that it is a xubuntu issue, and not ubuntu [02:00] i don't know that it's a xubuntu issue, but i know that you're using xubuntu, since you told me, and that it has different software for configuring relative screen positioning than the default gnome-shell. [02:00] xrandr allows for basic positioning as in https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/10589/how-can-i-swap-my-two-screens-left-to-right [02:19] fwiw: here is a bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-panel/+bug/1596751 It says fix released, but its clearly not working [02:19] Launchpad bug 1596751 in Xfce4 Panel "xfce-panel does not honor "primary display" setting" [Wishlist,Fix released] [02:23] Hello [02:23] I have a problem with ubuntu not mounting NTFS partitions would anyone be kind to help? === zbenjamin is now known as Guest5130 === zbenjamin_ is now known as zbenjamin [02:28] OERIAS, details may help. what release, how are you mounting & what error are you getting? ie. outline your issue and someone may help if they're able to [02:29] it is 20.04 [02:29] I am mounting how ubuntu mounts them automatically [02:29] i was able to read and write partitions [02:29] and now I am getting the error message: [02:30] how ubuntu mounts them? do you mean via /etc/fstab? or how specifically (there are multiple methods) [02:30] by default [02:30] this is a fresh install of ubuntu [02:33] https://imgur.com/a/zICuhVN [02:33] ^ i am getting this error message. [02:40] using Disks also shows this: https://imgur.com/a/G9zJTEG [02:46] is there an easy way to add a signature to a pdf using default ubuntu tools, or a quick add-on to make that easier? [02:50] jayjo: an image, or a digital signature? [02:53] sorry, that's a very important clarification. I meant like an image on a PDF. On a mac, you can create a signature with the trackpad and then use that image to paste into PDFs. Can that be done with a webcam or something? Or an easy way to scale in a transparent image? [02:55] https://superuser.com/questions/452759/how-to-add-a-picture-onto-an-existing-pdf-file [02:57] https://askubuntu.com/questions/87419/how-can-i-add-text-and-images-for-example-a-signature-to-a-pdf [02:58] I've not tried any of these [02:58] what jayjo is asking is similar to what Adobe Fill and Sign on Windows does for pdf documents [02:58] what they are asking is software that can digitally sign a document. [03:01] jayjo, I'm not positive I understand, but pdfescape.com lets you annotate pdfs and I'm pretty sure you can insert an image. [03:01] does ubuntu 20.04 have some sort of auto apt package repair? [03:02] hi can someone help with my issue on not being able to mount an ntfs volume? [03:02] i keep deleting emacs & installing my own deb, and ever day i see it's reverted back to emacs 26 & my pcakage has been deleted [03:02] I was able before, now I am not [03:02] quazimodo: apt is smart, it always says whats wrong itself [03:03] lotuspsychje: it's doing this witouth me running it [03:03] yesterday i apt-get purge all the emacs shit, dpkg -i my own .deb, today my .deb installation is gone & the old emacs is back [03:03] it's super annoying [03:04] does it have some sort of cron/systemd script that tries to reset things? [03:04] quazimodo: unattended-upgrades? [03:05] deltab: maybe? [03:05] https://wiki.debian.org/UnattendedUpgrades [03:06] deltab: seems likely [03:06] if your deb has a lower version number, the other one will be newer and so installed automatically [03:07] deltab: i wasn't aware that unattended upgrades will upgrade voluntarily installed packages, only security things [03:08] check /etc/cron.daily/apt and /var/log/unattended-upgrades/*.log [03:08] I don't know, but it seems to fit [03:08] hello??? [03:09] 2021-03-05 09:51:45,970 INFO Packages that will be upgraded: emacs [03:09] deltab: you got it [03:09] OERIAS: hi [03:09] is this your first time on irc? [03:09] I'm installing ubuntu 20.04 on a windows box, want to install it dual boot. I'm at the partition stage and of course the tutorials, etc just handwave this part. [03:09] Hello quazimodo I need help in mounting NTFS partitions on Ubuntu [03:10] I was allowed to do this [03:10] but now I am not even allowed to mount local partitions [03:10] So it's showing me the existing partitoins and I clicked on the main partition, about 128GB, clicked the "Change" button and resized it to 64GB. Now there's about 64GB of free space, trying to figure out what I do next. [03:10] hello?? [03:12] I double-click on the unused space line and it pops up a dialog "Edit partition" and offers "use as:" and a number of file systems. Which should I use, and do I need to specify a mount point or can I just let the ubuntu installer do that? [03:12] puff: do oyu already have Windows installed, or data on the drive? [03:13] deltab: It's already installed on the drive. [03:13] deltab: trying to keep it and make it dual boot, but if it all goes horribly wrong and I have to blow away windows and make it ubuntu-only, I won't cry. [03:13] puff: ah right, and you've told it to resize the existing Windows partition [03:14] deltab: yeah, though I don't know if it actually has yet. [03:14] it hasn't changed anything yet. Resizing a filesystem generally takes a while [03:15] deltab: Okay, I'm down with that. [03:16] deltab: But what's the next step to move forward? [03:16] and modern partiion managers generally have you list all the changes you want to make, then run through them automatically [03:17] yeah... [03:17] add a partition for Linux, set mount point / [03:17] ext4 is the usual choice for the filesystem type [03:18] ok, so I do that by clicking on the empty space line, picking a file system type ext4, and specifying a mount point? [03:18] Cool. [03:18] yep [03:19] Hm, did that, when I click "Install Now" it gives me a warning about "No EFI System Partition was found" etc [03:21] apparently you should add a 256 MB primary partition of type EFI system: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1144552/dual-boot-no-efi-system-partition-was-found [03:22] Hello [03:22] or set the type of the existing one [03:22] I am trying to mount an NTFS partition [03:22] and Disks tells me that : Error mounting Filesystem [03:23] Not authorised to perform operation (udisks-error-quark, 4) [03:24] deltab: thanks [03:26] OERIAS: no idea [03:27] provide more context in the channel & wait, no one here is paid to help so if you want help you need to make it as easy as possible for someone who sees your question to answer it [03:28] have you tried turning it off & on again? [03:28] I have [03:28] drive is encrypted? [03:28] I am trying to explain things to the best of my ability [03:28] Blah, "Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed. This is a fatal error." [03:28] OERIAS: I can't oad the images. What do they say? [03:29] > I am trying to explain things to the best of my ability [03:29] all i know is that I am not able to mount NTFS partitions [03:29] as Ubuntu would normally [03:29] really? we don't know what version of ubuntu, what kind of drives, what program you're using to do it [03:30] what you did before that may have changed things [03:30] can you read? [03:30] I said it is was Disks [03:30] and it gave me the error [03:30] and why am I not allowed to mount [03:30] and that the partitions are NTFS [03:30] on Ubuntu 20.04 [03:31] I have said this before two times [03:31] and provided a screenshot. [03:32] i havent seen the post with the screenshot, did you put it up before you asked the q? [03:32] can you say what the screenshot shows? I can't load it [03:33] https://imgur.com/a/zICuhVN and https://imgur.com/a/G9zJTEG [03:33] Disks tells me that : Error mounting Filesystem Not authorised to perform operation (udisks-error-quark, 4) [03:33] Yes those were the screenshots posted. [03:33] Nemo is saying Not Authorised to perform operation [03:33] Not authorised? hmm, it should have asked you for authorisation [03:34] I just click the drive on that sidebar [03:34] so when I go to Disks [03:34] I try to mount that partition [03:34] No avail [03:35] same can be said to a local NTFS partition that has Windows installed [03:35] has it been used by Windows since you last had it mounted? [03:35] Yes [03:35] and it is not reporting errors [03:35] was Windows shut down properly? [03:35] I ran chkdks [03:35] chkdsk [03:35] fully, not hibernated [03:36] Yes Windows was shut down properly [03:36] and it is not hibernated [03:37] and you're not using Chrome Remote Desktop? (I don't know why that would affect it, but people say it does) [03:38] I am on chrome desktop [03:38] it is installed [03:40] does running "id" in a terminal show the chrome-remote-desktop group? [03:41] 137(chrome-remote-desktop) [03:42] what I'm seeing in https://askubuntu.com/questions/1199116/unable-to-access-external-hard-drive-not-authorized-to-perform-operation-u is that you should run "sudo gpasswd -d $USER chrome-remote-desktop" and reboot [03:43] well I uninstalled chrome remote desktop because I actually don't use it [03:44] ah okay, that should work too [03:45] thank you deltab [03:45] It mounts the drives [03:46] now only if I can rescue the drive contents because the drive was erased [03:46] oh dear. erased how? [03:46] someone erased the drive thinking that the drive failed [03:46] and reformatted the drive in NTFS [03:47] ouch [03:47] so they lost a ton of files and documents [03:48] OERIAS, I think it depends on how they reformatted it. The data may still be there... just unlinked from the index. MAY. [03:49] OERIAS, A quick format might still retain the data... that's why it's quick :) [03:49] try https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk and https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec [03:49] yep [03:49] deltab: Blah... so the dual boot installed failed, so I did a "replace existing" install, and now I get; https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/PbQZdVTtzP/ [03:50] puff: yeah, you need a boot loader installed [03:51] "Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed. This is a fatal error." [03:51] deltab: How do I do that with the ubuntu thumb drive installer? [03:51] deltab: Yeah, that was the first install, the dual-boot install. Then I tried to do a just ubuntu install.... which *seemed* to go okay. [03:52] why did it fail? [03:52] with systemd.service files, how do i create a directory /tmp/stream with root privs and chown it to the user that runs the exec? [03:53] That was the error "Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed. This is a fatal error." [03:53] puff: no other message before/after that? [03:53] no [03:55] puff: does Disks give you an option to install a boot loader? [03:56] deltab: Disks? [03:56] puff: or can you run grub? [03:57] deltab: If I hit F12 during POST it gives me several categories. One category is UEFI, under that it lists Ubuntu and it lists the PNY thumb drive that I made an ubuntu live thumb drive. If I select Ubuntu it does boot into ubuntu with Xwindows, desktop manager, etc. [03:57] That's the ubuntu live boot. [03:58] deltab: But if I don't hit F12, I get: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/PbQZdVTtzP/ [03:58] okay, so you should be able to use that to install the boot loader on the hard drive [03:59] deltab: Sounds good. I'm now at the ubuntu live GUI initial screen, it's offering me "Try Ubuntu" or "Install Ubuntu" [04:00] "Try" will let you run programs [04:01] deltab: Just got disconnected, last thing I saw from you was 'okay, so you should b eable to use that to install the boot loader on the hard drive'. [04:01] "Try" will let you run programs [04:02] deltab: ok [04:02] deltab: So what's next? [04:02] without knowing what the problem is, I don't know if running the installer again will help [04:02] Aha. [04:03] so now you should be able to run the Disks utility, or open a terminal and run grub [04:04] ok, I'll give Disks a shot. Got it running, now what? [04:06] can you mount the linux partition? [04:06] In Disks, I select the drive, there's three buttons, triangle pointing right (that appears to be mount), a minus sign to delete the pratition, a gear that give sme a popup menu [04:06] It seems to mount ok. [04:07] Triangle turns into a square. [04:07] then means it's mounted [04:08] The gears icon is the same options: Format Partition..., Edit Partition, Edit Filesystem, Change Passphrase (faded out), Resize..., Check Filesystem...., Repair Filesystem..., Edit Mount Options..., Edit Encryption Options (faded out), Create Partition Image..., Restore Partition Image..., Benchmark Partition... [04:08] no bootloader option? ah well, maybe someday [04:09] anyway, you should be able to open its root directory, and see a boot directory [04:10] Opened a terminal, ls /boot shows me a boot directory. [04:10] and within that, a grub directory, and within that, a grub.cfg file [04:10] okay, but that'll be the live boot, not the disk [04:10] No grub.cfg but there': gxfblacklist.txt, grubenv, unicodepdf2 [04:12] run lsblk to see where it's mounted the hard disk [04:12] Ah... so opening Files, it shows "F3F9-3EFS" which matches the UUID that Disks shows for the 128GB partition. Open F3F9-3EFS and it shows a single folder named EFI. [04:12] /media/ubuntu/F3F9-3EFS [04:13] uh, a 128GB EFI partition? hmm [04:13] Maybe I should just format the entire disk and then do the install over? [04:14] maybe, yeah [04:14] I don't understand what happened with your installs [04:14] short of using dd to write over every byte, is there a better way? [04:14] me neither. [04:15] what shows in Disks? [04:18] deltab: I'm not sure what you mean, it shows the thumb rive, a 2.1GB Loop Device, and the 128GB disk. [04:19] is the 128GB split into partitions? [04:20] no [04:20] I'm thinking delete the partition iwth gparted and re-run the install. [04:20] so I guess the repartitioning failed [04:20] yeah, I guess. [04:20] well, resize it to 256 MB; it may be needed [04:21] and create a new partition in the rest of the space [04:22] ok [04:24] then run the installer and tell it you want to manually partition [04:33] Strangely, I rebooted and the ubuntu live thumb drive wasn't plugged in, and it still offered under UEFI an "ubuntu" option, which booted and etc. === MalkbabY_ is now known as MalkbabY [05:14] anyone can pls help me figure out how to get a serial console connection working? im trying to connect to a piece of shit netgate firewall [05:15] (total garbage never make the mistake of buying netgate hardware) [05:17] pumpy, I'm not sure if what you're asking is on-topic here (I see no connection with Ubuntu), but your choice of language won't like help [05:18] im using ubuntu is all. is there a serial connection console help channel? [05:45] can anyone recommend a good, well-used rsync-based backup utility, that creates incremental backups using hardlinks, that includes a gui? [06:01] So I closed the cover of my laptop and apparently 18.04 doesn't handle suspension very well. Looks like it crashed and is having a really hard time coming back up. I've never seen so many errors. [06:05] ugh... it's just going around in circles. Time to reboot and chances are I'll end up having to reinstall :/ [06:27] apt-offline is not installed. Circles. === PowerTower_121 is now known as PowerTower_120 === ace_me1 is now known as ace_me [08:28] when is the next release? the one after 20.10 [08:41] 20.10 was released in month 10 of year 2020. 21.04 will be released in month 4 of year 2021, it's in the release number [08:42] woah that's only 1 month left! [08:42] im so excited [09:00] Good morning guys [09:00] I am struggling with something that seems quite silly really [09:01] Searched the internet and couldn't get an answer and thought of trying out here [09:02] you're going to need to describe your issue to get help [09:03] When I highlight text and copy from a website, I first need to paste it in a word editor, then copy it again to be able to paste it in the terminal [09:03] I cannot seem to copy and paste straight from a website into the terminal [09:04] It gets old when cloning git repos [09:04] Any ideas why and how to fix it? [09:04] you need to press Ctrl+Shift and V to paste into the terminal [09:04] try that [09:04] That worked [09:04] Thank you very much [09:05] I'm glad [09:05] I have been using Shift+Ins all along [09:05] yeah pasting and copying is a bit different in the terminal [09:05] Thanks again mate [09:06] no problem [09:39] hi guys, anybody aware off issues when using postgres upstream repo and doing upgrade from 18.04 to 20.04 [09:39] checked releasenotes, nothing in there and it always fails [09:42] seems a dependency issue [09:44] I'd try uninstalling postgres (e.g. with ppa-purge), upgrade OS, enable the 20.04 version of the upstream repo, then install postgres again [09:45] though i'd really avoid upgrading the OS completely. I find it better to set up a new box with the new OS, configured the same as the old. Then you can send over a pgdump [09:46] Hi, there is a bug in the current ImageMagick package in Ubuntu 20.04 that has been fixed upstream. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/+bug/1918935 [09:46] Launchpad bug 1918935 in imagemagick (Ubuntu) "convert(1) segfault" [Undecided,New] [09:48] franks2: thank you for filing this bug, could you apport-collect 1918935 to drag in more info into your bug please? [09:49] !info imagemagick [09:49] imagemagick (source: imagemagick): image manipulation programs -- binaries. In component universe, is optional. Version 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.2 (focal), package size 14 kB, installed size 123 kB [09:49] lotuspsychje: Isn't the link to Github sufficient? [09:50] franks2: its handy for the devs to know a little more of your current system, logs,etc [09:51] lotuspsychje: Thanks, I did it now [09:51] thank you franks2 [09:52] hi, i understand sudo is used to give regular users permissions to run commands as another user (possibly root). but is it possible to use it for the vice-versa i.e. allow root to execute commands as a standard user? [09:52] e.g. by appending the line "root ALL = (std_user) /path/to/command" to /etc/sudoers [09:53] franks2: the developer will be notified, some hints to get a boost on your bug is to find a second user to affect your bug, and start doing tests yourselfs aswell [09:54] franks2: maybe a chitchat with the #ubuntu-release guys could also help [09:55] userx sure, but you better use su for that. [09:56] root is only the default argument for the switch user commands. [10:05] userx, you could use bit sticky too === Amol_ is now known as Amol|brb [10:10] geirha: thanks for pointing to ppa-purge [10:11] userx: yes it is possible, you can even tell to which user [10:12] Elw3: why would one prefer su over it? it's exactly sudo's intention, you can allow to run single commands as another user [10:12] userx, you could use selinux, to define executions permissions too [10:13] Just a note. Many do want to switch users, dont know about su and then try to work around it with sudo somehow. [10:14] and btw "su" needs roots password while sudo needs the users one [10:14] if i remember [10:15] Damn it, I've accidently renamed directories and files home folder [10:15] whis there was CTRL-Z :-) [10:19] and for the setuid suggestion, sudo does that for you without reinventing the wheel [10:19] vimart: there is [10:19] zfs rollback [10:20] vimart, that is calling to ransomware resident mate [10:20] a good explanation to sudo https://www.tecmint.com/su-vs-sudo-and-how-to-configure-sudo-in-linux/ [10:22] cbreak: what you mean zfs, is it going to bring back names? [10:22] if you changed anything in your filesystem, a rollback will restore it to the specified snapshot [10:22] ... if you made a snapshot [10:22] and of course, you'll lose everything you did since that snapshot, regardless if you want to keep it or not :) [10:23] vimart, testdisk could do that [10:24] vimart, you could bring again the list of orig names [10:26] lupulo: but I'd have to have testdisk installed before that happened and loged [10:28] cbreak: never done any snapshot and there are two in repo zfs-utils-linux and zfs-fuse [10:29] well, if you don't use zfs, then zfs won't help you in this case [10:31] vimart, not it search in the partition [10:33] vimart try testdisk and save the logs, after you create a script to rename again [10:37] vimart, i think ext4 or another filesystem not change all the stat information, but i am not sure, perhaps there are a specific program to the filesystem [10:40] vimart, testdisk is the typical usb tool [10:43]