=== markthomas1 is now known as markthomas === jamespage_ is now known as jamespage [07:48] Walex2 the drives and/or partitions I see on the screen before [10:43] Uploaded file: https://uploads.kiwiirc.com/files/9b69a6fea7f1429cd425cc02dd5d3121/Screenshot%20from%202021-06-06%2012-38-45.png [10:44] I should be seeing SOME text here right? === tomreyn_ is now known as tomreyn [13:52] bumboks: I have asked you a different question... [13:53] Walex2 you have? I only see the "which devices do you expect to be there?" question [13:53] bumboks: you cannot answer that question wiht a screenshot. [13:54] bumboks: which has seems no longer there BTW [13:54] oh, I would expect to see some drives or partitions on that screen [13:55] want me to upload it again? [13:55] bumboks: but which ones? Which drives and partitions have put into that system? [13:55] i have 2 SSDs [13:55] currently unformatted [13:55] i have tried formatting them too, didn't help [13:55] Uploaded file: https://uploads.kiwiirc.com/files/4d9fd6c8e64c2195b647d0e927ea5612/Screenshot%20from%202021-06-06%2012-38-45.png [13:56] seems like your bios sets those storage as raid. [13:57] raid 0/1 mirrored. [13:57] set it to AHCI, and you can do what you want. [13:58] the first mirror on the list there are 2 HDDs, that's why it's so much larger [14:01] bumboks: your screenshot is terrible to read, but it paints a curious picture. [14:01] I mean, it's weird right? [14:02] bumboks: noter that your HDD MD-RAID is level 0 (striped) rather than 1 (mirrored) [14:03] it could that some devices are listed in black-on-black even. [14:03] yes I know, that's is intentional, but I want the SSDs to be mirrored [14:03] I think that is the case, because I can move up and down the list [14:03] bumboks: that's crazy. [14:03] bumboks: not your fault, necessarily, but crazy. [14:04] bumboks: can you run the installed in "live CD" mode? [14:04] bumboks: can you run the installer in "live CD" mode? [14:05] does the server installer have live cd mode? i have run the desktop installer in livecd mode [14:06] bumboks: the problem I can see is that the VGA BIOS of the target system is running in "dark colors" mode. [14:07] bumboks: the most obvious thing is to boot into "live CD" mode and use the X-Windows based installer. [14:07] bumboks: there may be system BIOS setting to change the VGA color palette. [14:08] okay [14:08] bumboks: I don't know whethere there is an option to the installer to change its "ncurses" color palette. [14:09] bumboks: BTW as another thing I usually recommend strongly never to use full disks, but always to create at least one partition. [14:09] bumboks: in some cases systems can become unbootable if one uses whole disks. [14:10] bumboks: in any case you can use the desktop installer with a server, the difference is only in the default set of packages. [14:10] ok thanks [14:11] bumboks: I usually find it convenient to install a lightweight X environment desktop on servers anyhow, e.g. XFCE, for remote work or wprking at the console. Some people think that is not desirable on servers. [14:12] bumboks: I have done some web searches: https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/installation-guide/armhf/ch05s03.html [14:13] bumboks: note the "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=gtk" boot parameter for the installer [14:13] alright I will try that, thanks a lot [14:14] bumboks: also note that "theme=" parameter. Curiously the only non-default option is "theme=dark" but youd may try that too, as it might be a *readable* dark theme. [14:16] So I would try in order "theme=dark", then "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=gtk", then use the live GUI and click on the installer icon on the desktop. [14:17] I usually use the live GUI, where I first open a terminal window, do by hand the partitioning that I want done, and then start the installer and in it just assign the prepared block devices to mount points. [14:18] bumboks: please let us know, because the color scheme that you have screenshotted is really weird. [14:19] that is which one worked. Ah also looking at the VGA options in the BIOS... Which system is that? [14:19] is a Gen10 HPE Microserver [14:20] bumboks: nice box, strange it does black-on-black [14:20] or dim-gray on black [14:34] I don't see any VGA options the BIOS other than disabling the Embedded Video Connection [14:35] so I'll try the other things you suggested [18:07] bumboks: how did it go? [18:15] Walex2 I haven't tried them yet. How do I enter those arguments when booting from the iso? [20:25] bumboks: good question, I can't remember. I think this says "F6": https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions#Changing_the_CD.27s_Default_Boot_Options [20:25] more precisely: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions#Changing_the_CD_Boot_Option_Configuration_Line [20:27] bumboks: but also note that "F5" shows an accessility menu with a "high contrast" theme option [20:28] bumboks: note also this weird story: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions/before--after#Sometimes_the_boot_option_must_be_entered_twice [20:36] F5 and F6 doesn't seem to do anything? The ISO boots straight to the GRUB menu which I think I'll have to edit [20:37] that gives me "unable to initialize frontend: gtk" [20:39] and the theme=dark doesn't appear to change anything about the colors [21:09] bumboks: you could try to use the command line installer, which is a bit boring with a lot of prompts. [21:10] bumboks: did you try to boot into live GUI mode? === auxin is now known as rrr === rrr is now known as auxin === auxin is now known as odium === odium is now known as domiu [23:58] I wanted to get ubuntu server on a rpi 3 to upgrade to the newest dist, but it proclaims I have to update my system first. I think I have...