[00:04] so, I'm trying to install pacakge 'libfsapfs-utils' and I'm booted on the ubuntu livedisk [00:04] it keeps saying that it is 'unable to locate package' [00:05] however, when I try this command on my standalone ubuntu install, it immediately locates the package and asks to install [00:05] so, the command is correct [00:05] why would the livedisk not be able to install libfsapfs-utils? [00:06] I've already run 'sudo apt update' [00:06] it still can't find it [00:08] does apt-search find it? [00:09] it's in universe or multiverse [00:09] that's what was\ [00:12] bumblefuzz, is universe in the live CD's source.list? [00:19] bumblefuzz, depending what ISO/live-media you've booted they maybe enabled or disabled (universe) === zbenjamin is now known as Guest44675 === zbenjamin_ is now known as zbenjamin [02:01] hey guys trying to get anbox working - which sorta did, but no binder support so can't create any files and apps crash - which I'm assuming is because it can't write anything to "disk" [02:02] on 20.04, second clean install - tried the modules now but they fail to compile (guessing the ones that are in the kernel already might be the issue) [02:02] 5.8.0-50-generic === catalase_ is now known as catalase [02:46] my audacity can't record sound , when i speaking the base line are always a line [02:52] hi, I need to install clang on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, but I do not want it to become the default compiler or somehow mess with the official gcc 9.3.0 compiler that comes with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. what is the best way to proceed? [02:56] blogten: sudo apt update && sudo apt install clang [02:58] does doing that change cc, or gcc, or gdb, or any of the standard gcc binaries / symlinks? [02:59] or, does that somehow mess with alternatives === sauvin_ is now known as Sauvin [03:04] blogten: i think it adds new alternatives, but it won't change existing ones [03:04] i.e. it won't override your choices [03:05] but hey, just give it a try, it's easy to remove and purge any package [03:07] tomreyn: does doing that change cc, or gcc, or gdb, or any of the standard gcc binaries / symlinks? [03:07] what the... [03:08] @tomreyn: any reason to install clang rather than clang-11? clang resolves to clang-10. [03:09] blogten: it's what your ubuntu release provides by default [03:11] ok, done. cc --version still says gcc. [03:11] I want to include a unicode character in my PS1 promt string, how do I do it? [03:12] type it where you set the prompt [03:13] tomf: I know what the code is - how do I even type it? [03:14] ctrl-shift-u then the code, then space [03:26] tomreyn: ty so much [03:28] you're welcome [04:09] /join #gentoo [05:12] what's the canonical way to start programs on boot in ubuntu server? [05:12] I want to run a script as a certain user on boot [05:12] they arn't configured as services (though I suppose that is possible some how?) [05:16] a sandisk 128GB usb stick bought in 2017, now windows 10 only recognizes it as having 32GB. why? [05:17] it's only showing up as a 32GB volume? === Scotty_Trees2 is now known as Scotty_Trees [05:17] is a windows 10 install image on the stick? [05:18] i know in Windows 10, it only lets you format partitions in FAT32 up to 32 GB... i think that's to try to encourage people to move to the better NTFS or exFAT (basically, FAT64)... [05:19] this might be relevant though: https://forums.sandisk.com/t/128-gb-flash-drive-recognized-as-32-gb-flash-drive/33790 [05:19] is the correct way creating a systemd script similar to this: https://www.irccloud.com/pastebin/rjhDtN6P/ [05:20] yao_ziyuan, i hope that helps [05:38] RingtailedFox: FIXED, THANKS! [05:38] how did ya fix it? [05:38] RingtailedFox: it's the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool which partitioned the usb stick to 32GB (and 80GB+ unallocated space) [05:38] :) === mIk3_09 is now known as mIk3_08 === pabed1 is now known as pabed === pabed1 is now known as pabed [09:03] what is the difference between --set and --set-file in setfacl? i want to make files are created with default permissions of 664 , and directories with default permissions of 775 [09:14] <[VMGuy23]> Is there anydifference in --help? [09:14] <[VMGuy23]> *any difference [09:16] man says "The --set and --set-file options set the ACL of a file or a directory. [09:16] The previous ACL is replaced. ACL entries for this operation must in‐ [09:16] clude permissions." but it is very confusing [09:16] <[VMGuy23]> Probably one of those things with multiple possible flags for one thing [09:17] <[VMGuy23]> Or maybe --set is for dirs but --set-file is only for files [09:21] but setfacl -d -R --set-file u::rw,g::rw,o::r /sh says no such file or directory, it works with --set flag [09:23] <[VMGuy23]> --set-file might be one file only [09:25] i want to make in a directory, files are created with 664 and directories with 775, can you please guide, how to achieve it? [09:25] <[VMGuy23]> I don't know, someone else might be able to help [10:18] <[VMGuy23]> Just installed Unity, how do I get the search menu working? [10:27] <[VMGuy23]> Hevemind, fixed [10:27] <[VMGuy23]> *nevermind === mIk3_09 is now known as mIk3_08 [12:04] Hello! I can't control my brightness on my laptop. I have nvidia gtx 1650 [12:04] https://askubuntu.com/questions/1335382/brightness-control-not-working-on-lenovo-ideapad-creator-5-ubuntu-20-04 [12:04] Please help [12:31] Hello. I am having problems upgrading. [12:32] !details | agvantibo [12:32] agvantibo: Please elaborate; your question or issue may not seem clear or detailed enough for people to help you. Please give more detailed information; for example, we might need errors, steps, relevant configuration files, Ubuntu version, and hardware information. Use a !pastebin to avoid flooding the channel. [12:32] hi. I had an old PC for my mum runnin 20.04 (Sata SSD, 4Gb RAM). Everything was fine. Except, recently, it began to perform rather slowly. [12:32] I am typing [12:32] agvantibo@ThinkPad-X230 ~> update-manager [12:32] Checking for a new Ubuntu release [12:32] Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading. [12:32] agvantibo@ThinkPad-X230 ~ [1]> [12:33] This is what update-manager and do-release-upgrade tell [12:33] looks like you need to update your current release before you upgrade [12:33] Even though I've updated everything [12:34] agvantibo: are you trying to upgrade to 21.04? [12:34] Yes [12:34] don't [12:34] WHy [12:35] it's not recommended at this point due a shim bug [12:35] "Release Upgrades- Upgrades from Ubuntu 20.10 to Ubuntu 21.04 are not enabled as it is possible for some systems to end up in an unbootable state if they use EFI version 1.10 - bug 1925010. 580 Release upgrades will be enabled once an updated version of shim is available which is compatible with EFI version 1.10." [12:35] It still doesn't allow that, I want to upgrade at least to groovy [12:35] bug 1925010 in shim (Ubuntu Hirsute) "shim-signed 15.4 does not boot on EFI 1.10 systems" [High,In progress] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1925010 [12:36] And yes, I do remember hearing about how this might affect some users [12:36] agvantibo: which version are you using now? [12:36] solsTiCe: 4GB is a bit low for running gnome, unless you tweak things around a bit [12:37] Maik 20.04 Focal [12:37] lotuspsychje: runs fine on my 4GB machine [12:37] lotuspsychje: was fine. I have even only get 3GB until recently [12:38] 4GB RAM and up is recommended as system requirement [12:38] Maik I've removed all the side PPA's to reinstall them later, and it worked [12:38] solsTiCe: did it happen after updates or when did it start to occur? [12:38] agvantibo: i upgraded from 20.04 to 20.10 without any issues on one of my machines [12:39] "It works on my machine " [12:39] lotuspsychje: I odn't know. I am not using the pc. I think between christhmas and now [12:40] https://i.imgur.com/DamNsIN.png SHIT, this hanged now [12:40] Hi folks [12:41] solsTiCe: try: sudo apt install preload haveged bleachbit stacer and clean around a bit [12:41] ok. I'll try [12:41] agvantibo: just wait..... [12:42] if nothing happens try to start over again [12:42] solsTiCe: with stacer you can disabled unwanted systemd services, make your machine boot/run smoother [12:44] I wonder if it's not another cpu related mitigigation for sec vul. But it's an amd cpu [12:46] solsTiCe: its possible new kernels influence, also worth a test to try booting a previous kernel [12:46] solsTiCe: when you at your moms, please connect the support channel so volunteers can ask you logs to debug [12:48] Yes. I'll look at the logs === rany5 is now known as rany [13:13] Maik: Yes, everything appears to be smooth, and apt is churning out package after package. But... Let's wait until reboot [13:17] agvantibo: how did it go? [13:28] * enyc meows [13:28] hrrm 21.04 controversies aiui [13:30] I have asus x201e needs 'nomodeset' to get non-blackscreen on ubuntucinnamon 21.04 and even then after it sleeps, blackscreen can recur [13:30] other devuan, mxlinux, mint-cinnamon-20.1 fine on same system [13:34] enyc: didn't you mention that the last time? Also as you know Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix isn't supported here in this channel since, again, it's not a official Ubuntu Flavour as of yet. [13:34] i told you to chat with Itzwirl about it [13:36] Maik: well, you said maybe ItzSwirlz can and subsequently itzswirlz has awoken [13:36] Maik: in any case, curious what related issues known with wider 21.04 (including supported variants) [13:36] why are there stories of 'urged not to upgrade to 21.04' going on? [13:37] enyc: read the reales notes [13:37] release [13:37] i'm not repeating what already has been explained [13:40] enyc: upgrade isn't recommended due this bug in shim: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shim/+bug/1925010 [13:40] Launchpad bug 1925010 in shim (Ubuntu Hirsute) "shim-signed 15.4 does not boot on EFI 1.10 systems" [High,In progress] [13:53] Hello. I have a Nacon Pro Compact controller, but it is not recognized by xboxdrv or xpad. I would like to try to add the vendor and device number to xpad.c and recompile the kernel module in hopes that it will "just work" with this device. I have installed the kernel sources and build-essental and located the xpad.c file, but now I do not know how to proceed. [13:59] I have added the line { 0x3285, 0x0603, "Nacon Pro Compact", 0, XTYPE_XBOXONE }, to the list of devices as that is the vendor and product IDs, and Widows says it's an XBox One controller [14:03] Also this controller does have an integrated USB sound card (which Linux also does not detect), so I am afraid that I might need more than the vendor and device id to determine the correct thing in the controller that is the controller and not the sound card. [14:20] The lsusb -v for the device can be found here: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/CGHGMcHVWb/ [14:28] BlueEagle: 0 search results for this device on the web, that's rare. [14:28] i searched for 3285:0603 specifically [14:29] tomreyn: That is also what I have found. Vendor page is here: https://www.nacongaming.com/en-GB/pro-compact-controller [14:29] i'd just return it (if you can) and get one that's know to work [14:30] *known [14:31] tomreyn: The thing is that I'm currently in a very small village, and this was the one controller they had. Also returning it and getting a new one hardly qualifies as "challenge accepted". :p [14:31] :) [14:31] tomreyn: I guess my real question is; can I compile just one module and have it somehow replace the existing one. [14:39] BlueEagle: install build-essential + kernel headers, download module source code, create / modify Makefile if needed, "make" it, insmod the .ko [14:40] BlueEagle:looks like that device is using a random vendor ID; it isn't registered with the USB IF [14:45] TJ-: So someone is skirting on the licensing fees to the USB foundation or whomever is in charge? Not surprising. [14:56] tomreyn: I tried make menuconfig and then make it, but make fails on #include [14:56] BlueEagle: "sudo apt-get build-dep linux" [14:57] BlueEagle: it needs the development headers for supporting packages; libssl-dev for the X509 certificate checking code [14:59] TJ-: Woha. That was a lot of packages. [15:09] is installing from usb 3.0 key supported ? [15:10] last1: of course [15:11] the initial purple image appears but then it drops to text mode and it says: unable to find a medium containing a live file system [15:12] ah wait, I tried again, and now it's on checking disks [15:12] last1: Try Balena Etcher to write the ISO file to the USB drive. [15:12] last1: I had some trouble with some other USB writers previously. [15:13] I used rufus, it worked now the second time [15:13] but first boot it threw that error [15:14] last1: Good that it worked now. If at first you dont' succeed ... you fail. :) [15:16] TJ-: Hmm. Seems that some certificates are needed or must be removed from the config: make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'debian/canonical-certs.pem', needed by 'certs/x509_certificate_list'. Stop. [15:20] I'll try to make clean and then make again. [15:49] BlueEagle: i'd suspect that file doesn't exist; it is used by Canonical to sign the built executables. Maybe you can edit x509_certificate_list ? [16:34] Hello [16:34] What is the recomended napster client for ubuntu 20? Anything i can install from command line? [16:42] how does mandb get updated in ubuntu? is there an apt hook? [16:43] hi frens [16:43] does anyone here use apulse inplace of pulseaudio [16:47] TJ-: I'll see if I can find it. [16:55] TJ-: Found it [17:59] !info network-manager focal [17:59] network-manager (source: network-manager): network management framework (daemon and userspace tools). In component main, is optional. Version 1.22.10-1ubuntu2.2 (focal), package size 1811 kB, installed size 7472 kB [18:00] !info network-manager xenial [18:00] network-manager (source: network-manager): network management framework (daemon and userspace tools). In component main, is optional. Version 1.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 (xenial), package size 1911 kB, installed size 9592 kB (Only available for linux-any) [18:16] [19:15] Any problems ? with Dalton Syndrome ??? [18:16] [19:15] experiment this script : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZW2TejBYRA45LqF59UkHO-T6nau9uidb/view?usp=sharing [18:16] [19:15] Richard Allan [18:16] [19:16] yes in Linux [18:17] [19:16] Ubuntu/Kubuntu [18:17] [19:16] it's not mine [18:17] [19:16] but it helps a lot [18:17] [19:16] .'. [18:18] alf1975: Seriously, stop spamming the Ubuntu channels with nonsense like that already. [18:20] Hi, upon using curl it fails with curl: (60) SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate - using the verbose option I see what's happening, apparently at one point in the past I manually set the CAfile to use to an internal CA: * successfully set certificate verify locations: CAfile: /etc/ssl/xxx/ca.crt - I cannot find anything about removing that - Does someone know how to [18:20] reset it to use the default system ca instead of my custom one? [18:20] it's only on my user account, with a different one it's not set [18:21] krytarik: he's been doing that for a while now but refuses to listen when told so, time to do something about it because it's becoming a annoyance [18:24] Yeah, I'm afraid so too.. [18:24] can apt install from files? [18:24] Yup. [18:24] without command line hacks? :P [18:25] I didn't see anything in the man page for apt-get [18:25] Unless you consider having to do "apt install ./foo.deb" a hack, then yes. :P [18:27] oh my bad, I didn't clarify. I am thinking about how to install a list of packages from a file [18:28] I have a hard time grasping what exactly you mean by that though.. [18:30] like a text file that has: gcc make cmake, and I install them all by saying apt-get packages-list.txt [18:35] apt install `cat packagex-list.txt` [18:35] green apple and orange = 101st Division, American Army [18:35] they used this colors over France in 6 June 1944, for them being identifyed as amercians [18:35] .'. [18:36] !ops [18:36] Help! Channel emergency! (ONLY use this trigger in emergencies) - Pici, Myrtti, jrib, Amaranth, tonyyarusso, Nalioth, lamont, CarlK, elky, mneptok, Tm_T, jpds, ikonia, Flannel, wgrant, stdin, h00k, IdleOne, Jordan_U, popey, Corey, ocean, cprofitt, djones, Madpilot, gnomefreak, lhavelund, phunyguy, chu [18:37] what's wrong, maik? [18:37] RingtailedFox: alf1975 doesn't seem to stop [18:37] alf1975: Stop posting wildly off-topic stuff in here or I'm gonna have to make you stop. [18:38] i see that now [18:38] he's been asked kindly multiple times this month to take it offtopic or elsewhere but he won't listen [18:38] RingtailedFox: also in #kubuntu [18:38] and he keeps going on [18:38] they are banned already in all the #fedora channels [18:38] he's in ##windows as well but not posting there. probably out of fear of being banned [18:39] might wanna take this to #freenode to get him banned from the network [18:39] good to know kk4ewt i was told he had been at it there too [18:39] maik, i'm in #freenode now [18:40] also want to remind everyone they do have /ignore in most clients [18:40] thanks RingtailedFox [18:40] you should join there as wellkl [18:40] kk4ewt: that never works because the majority is too curious about what the other still says [19:40] I'm trying to install 20.04, it's telling me I haven't selected a mount point... I don't see where to do that. [19:41] <[VMGuy23]> Are you using a custom partition layout? [19:43] I don't know how to answer that. I have multiple partitions already in use. I'm selecting "install alongside". [19:48] [VMGuy23], ^^^^^ [19:51] Why is systemd unmounting my disks? [19:52] [VMGuy23], It shows me 2 large partitions, and I have to click on advanced partitioning tool to see the smaller one I want to use. [19:52] I mount it, no error is given, but I find that it's not mounted. Then when I examine the system log I find: systemd[1]: Unmounted /disks/sas03-002 [19:54] It says systemd[1]: disks-sas03\x2d002.mount: Unit is bound to inactive unit dev-disk-by\x2duuid-13887484\x2daec8\x2d46b5\x2dab29\x2d35e5bb96e9c0.device. Stopping, too. [19:55] [VMGuy23], OK nvm.. I figured it out, Thanks. [19:59] Oh look, it's because systemd is a cunt: https://www.bentasker.co.uk/documentation/linux/480-disk-automatically-unmounts-immediately-after-mounting [19:59] I hate you systemd. [20:00] Thinking it knows better what should or should not be mounted. The nerve. [20:02] If I tell it to mount /dev/xxx on /home ... it's not going to overwrite anything, is it? I am of course leaving "format" unchecked. [20:03] Generally mounting a filesystem is a non-destructive operation. [20:03] This is an installation. [20:04] Installations are generally destructive if you're not extremely careful. [20:05] If in doubt, leave it alone and modify your fstab after install. [20:05] And, considering I don't have any experience with this version of the installer, I'm very nervous as it's not too intuitive. [20:05] Yeah but it's going to create things in /home/apb [20:06] And that's the overwriting I'm both afraid of, and may need. [20:06] Hidden files perhaps, Directories... other files I don't know. [20:08] I mean hell... it asked me if I wanted to install before I selected where I wanted it, so I had to simply pray for the best with my fingers crossed. I got lucky. Very unfriendly. [20:11] I guess Sunday is not a good support day I was wondering about that earlier, [20:15] apb1963: I thought there was a set-by-step walk through of the installation process on the homepage. [20:18] what is the homepage? [20:23] so i just looked at the installation guide on ubuntu.com.. this situation is not covered. [20:29] apb1963: Then I think the people in charge of the guide would greatly appreciate your suggestions for improvement. [20:31] or will just go ahead and develop a replacement installer. [20:31] apb1963: are you still looking for help with this? [20:32] if so, post a screenshot of the partitioning screen and describe what is what / what needs to be kept. [20:58] hello - i am trying to run a headless ubuntu with nvidia telsa gpu. i am using lightdm with tigervnc [20:59] but that combination seems to change the renderer to llvmpipe [20:59] strange issue - 20.04, amd64, Firefox 88.0, but sending v78 useragent string! "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/78.0" :s [20:59] Xorg.0.log shows no issues [21:00] $ nvidia-smi | grep X [21:00] | 0 N/A N/A 21210 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 38MiB | [21:00] driver is loaded correctly... but GLX is not working.., and I think it's because of vnc server [21:12] Do you know of a IRC channel for Steam on linux (specifically among us)? [21:14] TJ-: FWIW, that'sd nt happening on the firefox 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 package in bionic: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:88.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/88.0 [21:15] Aavar: i think there is #ubuntu-steam, i'm not aware of a steam specific channel. but ask alis about it [21:15] !alis [21:15] 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" [21:15] tomreyn: thank you :) [21:16] tomreyn: this is a really weird one! noticed it first last week. Initially thought it was the UserAgent Switcher but after disabling that it still happens. No overrides in about:config either [21:17] "UserAgent Switcher" uses containers, so one tab may behave / report info differently than another [21:17] try a new profile [21:17] (or safe mode) [21:18] tomreyn: also happens in --safe-mode [21:18] is the extension enabled in safe mode, though? [21:18] no [21:19] that's the point of safe mode, it disabled them [21:19] hmm, interesting [21:19] sorry, i mixed up safe mode vs private mode there [21:21] tomreyn: good call about profile. new one it's not there [21:21] so, now to hunt the prefs.js ! [21:30] hmmm, no clues as to where it is sourced from [21:51] I have fixed the networking of ubuntu groovy, and created a tarball, with a standard ubuntu groovy with an improved networking layer: https://gitlab.com/openbsd98324/linux-ubuntu-groovy-standard/-/archive/master/linux-ubuntu-groovy-standard-master.zip [21:54] unixbsd: this doesn'T seem to be a support Q&A topic, so please keep those 'updates' out of this channel. [21:54] what the!?! unixbsd ifupdown has been DEPRECATED for almost the entire last decade! [21:55] unixbsd: please don't go sharing that around; even my first cursory inspection tells me it is a retrograde step [21:57] the admin and the mouse click. this is console modus, only keyboard to setup the box. nice no? [21:59] TJ-: which low end networking you may recommend then? systemd? [22:00] systemd-networkd or network-manager; both of those do not require a GUI and can be configured by nertplan if required [22:00] this takes ages at boot and very much failing... unstable net. [22:00] could you two please move this discussion elsewhere? [22:01] Ubuntu defaults to systemd-networkd for -server (non GUI) installs and network-manager (with network-manager-gnome*) for GUI [22:01] thx [22:03] TJ-: possibly relevant to your firefox issue https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customizing-firefox-using-autoconfig [22:03] you can configure firefox to take preferences from a given url. this feature cannt be disabled. [22:07] !info vi xenial [22:07] Package vi does not exist in xenial [22:07] !info vim xenial [22:07] vim (source: vim): Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor. In component main, is optional. Version 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5 (xenial), package size 1011 kB, installed size 2404 kB [22:08] elvis is vi close original [22:08] there isnt vi in ubuntu, but vi clones [22:10] Elvis? [22:11] elvis is the default vi in other distros, like slackware. vim is the defualt of ubuntu. they take vim and compile it tiny. it is vim.tiny [22:13] Ah, funny name there!.. [22:13] no songs, just text, you can type maybe better lyrics ;) [22:13] I bet! XD [22:14] tomreyn: unfortunately not that simple ! [22:16] hopefully your system is fast enough to gdb firefox. [22:21] gdb isn't going to help here [22:22] i thought it might be the responsive web-developer tooling that allows setting various useragents, but that only affects the responive view and doesn't include this string anyhow... confusing how/where it is coming from but I'll bet it'll be a 'duh' moment when found === BrianG61UK__ is now known as BrianG61UK_ [23:04] After installing 20.04 and rebooting, I am at the grub rescue prompt. :( [23:05] no such device. unknown filesystem. [23:08] apb1963: what's the hardware, how many storage devices ("disks"), did you install in legacy bios or uefi mode? [23:09] asus mamaboard desktop; 3 hdd; I don't recall the bios. [23:10] maybe you booted in a different mode when you were installing than when you first booted? [23:10] I didn't change anything in regard to uefi mode in the bios. [23:10] is this a multi-boot setup? [23:10] yes [23:11] this can be bug 1396379 [23:11] bug 1396379 in ubiquity (Ubuntu) "installer uses first EFI system partition found even when directed otherwise" [High,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1396379 [23:12] I used the same device for grub as the biosgrub partition. [23:13] a biosgrub partition suggests booting in (legacy) bios mode [23:13] so I used /dev/sdb and biosgrub was already on /dev/sdb8 [23:14] I don't know if that matters, but it kinda looks like grub is messed up. I don't know if I have EFI partitions...was there something I needed to do for that? [23:15] biosgrub is the partition the second part of grub is loaded from when you're booting in bios mode. the first part is usually loaded from the first sector of the disk that's setup as the boot device in bios. [23:16] so if your bios is configured to boot off this disk that's sdb, what you discussed above could have worked. [23:17] I need to verify that... I was just looking at that and there's no way to map the manufacturer/drive to a filesystem w/out having it running I think. [23:17] the "efi system partition" (or multiple of it, which you normally wouldn't have), is relevant if you're booting in UEFI mode only [23:18] if there's an efi part. is it labeled as such? Or is it silent? [23:19] hmm i don't remember exactly. it does have the GPT partition type for ESP assigned to it. [23:19] Is there anything I can do from grub rescue mode or is there no reason to not reboot? [23:19] I don't recall any GPT labels... or UEFI labels on the partitions. [23:20] you can run "ls" to see which storage devices grub sees [23:20] hd0 [23:20] which is utterly useless info to me. [23:20] just one disk, hmm, but you said you had multiple [23:20] yes [23:21] maybe your mainboard is prevent it from seeing them. i remember this occurs sometimes, but don't remember how to fix it. certianly something in the bios. [23:21] My BIOS is funky. I was playing with it earlier specifically the boot order. That's why I want to take another look, but only once we're done with grub rescue [23:22] if grub can't see your boot device, there's nothing else you can get done there now. [23:22] well that's just it... which device is hd0? [23:22] which disk? [23:22] no way to know [23:22] press tab twice [23:22] ls [23:23] I think tab/file completion is part of the shell. No results. [23:24] maybe: ls (hd0) [23:24] nope [23:24] same results... nothing [23:25] ls (hd0) [23:25] Filesystem is unknown [23:25] and just ls only outputs "(hd0)", nothing else? [23:26] followed by the grub rescue prompt correct [23:26] right so the bios is preventing grub from seeing your disks [23:27] so if we're done with grub rescue, I'll reboot and move the disks around in the boot order. [23:27] yes, you're done there, i think [23:27] All it gives me are manf. and models so it's all guesswork [23:28] is this 20.04.0 or a newer release? [23:28] I snarfed it the other day so... [23:29] newer I guess. [23:29] by starting at https://ubuntu.com ? [23:29] errrmmm...I searched and clicked a link... I think so, but don't remember for sure. [23:30] the latest 20.04 installer would be 20.04.2.0, and the .iso file you downloaded would have said so., [23:30] I can check the usb stick [23:31] 20.04.2.0 [23:32] not strictly needed for now, i was just wondering whether maybe you ran into a known bug that was since fixed. [23:32] oh ok :) [23:32] so thats the latest, good. [23:33] i think that if you'll search the web for your specific mainboard model and "grub" or the specific error message you got when grub dropped to the CLI, you'll find instructions to solve this. [23:34] you'll probably need to reconfigure somehting in the bios setup utility which is not the boot order [23:34] yeah, I'll poke around in the bios... thx! [23:34] disabling secure boot would be good for starters, but from what i understand you were booting in legacy bios mode, so that option would not exist. [23:35] ugh... how do I get out of grub rescue? [23:35] ctrl-alt-delete [23:35] that'll do it... exit, quit ctrl-d not so much [23:36] i think you can also type "reboot" [23:37] no I tried that one too. lol [23:37] Also q and x [23:37] i just did, but on a uefi system. it worked there. [23:37] argh... missed the reboot, [23:37] brb [23:41] it's an ASRock Version: 970M Pro3 P1.6 [23:41] would you like to know the microcode update? Now's the time. [23:42] not really ;-) [23:42] 600F20/600017 [23:42] It was handy :) [23:42] thats an AM3 board?! [23:43] and it's the latest bios available [23:43] so, I guess it's UEFI since this is the UEFI setup utiity I'm looking at. [23:43] are you asking or did you already check? [23:44] i checked. "32Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support" [23:45] So now I will mess with boot order [23:46] just unplug the usb connected storage. does it boot then? [23:48] This is a funky bios. 2 disk were disabled... [23:50] probably an early uefi bios, those can be [23:51] It's an AMI bios... that's all that need be said. lol [23:53] Each time from the grub rescue menu I have to hold the power button to get it to reboot [23:55] Found the disk [23:55] It's booting [23:55] though I don't know what yet [23:56] slow [23:56] it'll be windows then ;= [23:56] ;) [23:57] Welcome to Emergency Mode [23:59] maybe that's due to your changes to boot order. did you make any? [23:59] yes [23:59] I had to to get it to boot [23:59] so unplugging the usb connected storage wasn't sufficient to do that?