=== nate is now known as Guest4844 === Erisa45 is now known as Erisa4 [01:14] Ctrl U shrunk my terminal font size down! How do I restore it please?!? [01:15] Control _ sorry [01:16] Anyone know the opposite to Ctrl _ (shrink font size)? [01:16] RadSurfer: try control + [01:16] or control shift = [01:16] why is that working now! for crying out loud [01:17] Would anyone know how to Pause an application running in a terminal? [01:17] not sure but try control s, not exactly sure if it pauses the whole application or just output [01:17] ^Z can suspend; you'd either run 'bg' to let it keep running, but detached; or 'fg' to bring it back [01:17] you can also use ^S to stop output and ^Q to restart it [01:18] none of those are working in this context. [01:19] oh I see! It waited for it to end first... interesting! [01:19] processes can block or ignore signals, perhaps it just blocks them.. [01:20] I have a bash script running... ^s causes present command to execute, then it stops! [01:21] you can use kill -SIGSTOP to stop a process in a fashion that the process cannot block or ignore; kill -SIGCONT ought to revive it [01:21] actually... this is fine! ^s,^q just waits for present line to execute, then waits! All good. === M4he is now known as mahe [01:22] ah good those are way more convenient than sigstop and sigcont [01:44] Hi all, I am using xubuntu and I woke up today to find that xfce won't start on boot. There are a ton of errors inside of .xsession-errors. They mostly say this "assertion 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF (pixbuf)' failed". What does this mean? [01:44] there is just a cursor and a black screen on my screen [01:47] look high up in the file, hopefully there's something with a bit more details earlier in the logs [01:59] Hello [02:40] so I rebooted my machine, and other than that didn't touch it in any way and now wifi doesn't work? It's using the `iwlwifi` driver Ubuntu 20.04 === Erisa46 is now known as Erisa4 === rexbinary_ is now known as rexbinary [04:44] Hi everybody [04:45] I'm new to Ubuntu [04:45] Anybody else having difficulties with Ubuntu and Nvidia proprietary drivers [04:48] ArkLordz: hi. yes - but not i. did you have a concrete question? [04:50] nVidia and Linux don't like each other that much. === rexbinary_ is now known as rexbinary [04:53] Yes, I installed 20.04(?) and after installation I attempted to use the recommended proprietary nvidia driver [04:53] its slowed down my system to a crawl [04:54] I had to purge it just to get regular use [04:54] I have a Nvidia Geforce GTX 760 [04:55] maybe some errors were logged to your system log while it was so slow? you can see the logs from before last reboot using journalctl -b -1 or decrease -1 more for earlier boots. to share a log (at least the first 1000 lines), just append | nc termbin.com 9999 to this command [04:56] I don't think they can do that. They're new to Ubuntu. [04:56] to verify you're on 20.04 LTS, you could use lsb_release -ds [04:56] I'm incredibly new [04:56] You might confuse them even more. [04:56] With these shell commands. :) [04:57] I'm using 20.04.3 LTS [04:57] well, you open a terminal, and type some commands, or copy and paste them. i think also new users can do this [04:58] ^ seems to have worked for this command ;) [04:59] Apparently my bios is broken? [04:59] how do you tell? [05:00] journalctl -b -1 and a yellow line jumped out as I was scrolling [05:00] some of those bios bugs are pretty irrelevant, orthers are not [05:00] Oct 28 00:01:55 Ark kernel: DMAR: [Firmware Bug]: Your BIOS is broken; DMAR reported at address 0! [05:00] BIOS vendor: American Megatrends Inc.; Ver: 4.6.5; Product Version: To be filled by O.E.M. [05:00] you can always check whether there is a newer one for your computer. most of the time, upgrading the bios is a good thing. [05:01] oh, that's one you should try to solve, yes [05:01] journalctl -b | grep DMI: tells you your current bios version [05:01] You think upgrading my bios could help my ability to use the proprietary drivers? [05:02] it *could*. i'm not making promises [05:02] Please excuse my ignorance [05:03] DMAR is direct memory access remapping, which is something the nvidia proprietary driver relies on. [05:04] Oct 28 00:28:01 Ark kernel: DMI: EVGA INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD To be filled by O.E.M./111-HW-E872, BIOS 4.6.5 07/23/2013 [05:04] Oct 28 00:28:01 Ark kernel: ACPI: Added _OSI(Linux-Lenovo-NV-HDMI-Audio) [05:04] Oct 28 00:28:01 Ark kernel: i2c i2c-0: 2/4 memory slots populated (from DMI) [05:04] Oct 28 00:28:04 Ark kernel: input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input11 [05:04] Oct 28 00:28:04 Ark kernel: input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input12 [05:04] Oct 28 00:28:04 Ark kernel: input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input13 [05:04] Oct 28 00:28:04 Ark kernel: input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input14 [05:04] !paste | ArkLordz [05:04] ArkLordz: For posting multi-line texts into the channel, please use https://paste.ubuntu.com | To post !screenshots use https://imgur.com/ !pastebinit to paste directly from command line | Make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic. [05:05] there is also https://paste.debian.org which works without logging in [05:05] (and termbin.com, as explained above) [05:06] ArkLordz: you were (no longer) muted when you pasted here, so we only got to see the first couple lines of your output (it will look different for you) [05:07] ahhh trying to figure out thies tembin business [05:09] lsb_release -ds |& nc termbin.com 9999 would post the output of the lsb_release -ds command to termbin.com and return a URL. [05:10] https://termbin.com/mdpve [05:10] ahhh got it [05:12] hmm, the bios versioning on the evga website differs much, but the latest bios which was released for your intel Z87 chipset board, an EVGA 111-HW-E872 is this: https://www.evga.com/support/download/showdlinfo.aspx?id=5961 [05:13] release date is october 2014, where the build date of your current one is 07/23/2013, so your current one is probably older. [05:14] Wow! thanks! [05:16] ArkLordz: you're welcome. you can also look this up on EVGA's website at https://www.evga.com/support/download/ yourself like this: https://i.imgur.com/k7IX3u8.png [05:19] Wow thats really great info! [05:19] I really appreciate it [05:23] ArkLordz: bios upgrade guide: https://www.evga.com/support/faq/FAQdetails.aspx?faqid=59608 mainboard manual: https://www.evga.com/support/manuals/files/111-HW-E872.pdf visual guide: https://www.evga.com/support/manuals/files/visual/111-HW-E872_Visual_Guide.pdf [05:28] Thats very handy because I am very familiar with windows but updating my bios via ubuntu is going to be a challenge [05:29] I see I can use a flash drive so there we go! [05:30] ArkLordz: you really just need a usb stick (or other usb attached storage) with a FAT(32) / vfat file system on it, and copy the contents of the downloaded file archive to it. [05:32] I'm gonna try it wish me luck! [05:48] hello world [05:49] i am going to install 20.04 ubuntu to my windows PC but i am afraid it will be laggy a lot... [05:49] can a quad core cpu made in 2017 handle it [05:49] do you mean 2017 or 2007? [05:50] 2017 [05:50] even a 2007 one could work [05:50] running windows and ubuntu at the same time [05:50] will be fine [05:50] 2017 most likely, but it's more a matter of RAM [05:50] oh it must be really well made :D [05:50] you don't have to run a full bloated gnome environment fwiw [05:50] just a samba client [05:50] for now [05:51] do you know how much memory is installed? === ^wuseman is now known as wuseman [05:54] hello [05:54] hello sir [05:54] hi [05:54] How are you good sir\ [05:54] exit === bigtor is now known as abdullah [05:55] clear [05:55] hello abdullah [05:55] how are you [05:55] ++ [05:55] hello sir @ShadowMonarch [05:55] @ [05:55] clear [05:55] @everyone [05:55] cls [05:57] tomreyn: are you talking about my pc === bigtor is now known as abdullah [05:57] it is DDR4 2666 8*2 [05:57] abdullah: hi, please don't spam here. this channel is for ubuntu support only. [05:57] I need help [05:57] sorry [05:57] How can i let someone join my own server [05:58] whitelist [05:58] wdym? [05:58] jk idk sorry [05:58] katnis: yes i was. so 16 GB RAM? that's plenty, and will work fine [05:58] ?? [05:58] can you help me|? [05:59] root3: we can try. which ubuntu version are you running? [05:59] im using linux as a subsystem [05:59] WSL [05:59] root3: i see. ubuntu linux? [05:59] yes [06:00] im new to this [06:00] me too! [06:00] and what do you mean by letting others join your server? do you want them to login to your computer with ssh for running commands or sftp for exchanging files? [06:01] is there a command to join another server [06:01] lets say i want to join 10.64.21.1 how can i do this [06:01] a private server [06:01] or how to host a server and let someone join it [06:01] do you mean graphically, or just on a "command line", a terminal? [06:02] command line [06:02] install and thus run an openssh server on 10.64.21.1 and use an ssh client on the computer to connect to it [06:03] ok thank you [06:25] is there a good solution to rollover backups in a custom way, for example: https://gist.github.com/ash-m/d2b5434d9451486f83bd12057ecf53b1 [06:26] in the example, you keep the newest backup, a day old backup and other backups that age to 21 days old, 10 days apart [06:28] which incremental backup strategy works best for your ubuntu system will depend on your backup software. [06:46] tomreyn: I mean to ask, what is a good backup software?.... I wonder if logrotate is enough [06:48] borg, restic, duplicity, bacula all have their uses. [06:48] ash_worksi: logrotate is not a backup software... it is used to manage the logs. [06:48] and sometimes even the good old tar + hard links approach [06:48] +1 for Bacula [06:50] well, my situation is kind of evolving as I go [06:51] unless time is frozen, this probably applies to everyone and everything. [06:55] I thought/remember (1) having an issue with pgbackrest where for some reason instead of incremental backups, it was performing full backups possibly due to some unique way we're handing data or so I was told in postgres, but we're running out of space so (2) I figured I just need something to manage retention better which I think I could just do by kicking off older backups using some application, [06:55] which is why I was interested in logrotate but (3) logging into the server just now, it looks very much like the incremental backup was a success, only 380G on top of a 1.2T full backup; I might have an exorbinant amount of WAL logs, but I am not sure yet, still researching [06:57] anyway, all that being said, I was still wondering if what I was thinking in (2) would have worked if that has been the scenario... but it might not as simple as I think [07:00] like if configured 2 logrotate stanzas as `{ daily\n rotate 2 }` and `{ weekly\n rotate 2 }` for the same files, then I would imagine that might work... if there is a directive to keep at least 2 files that are more than 2 days old in the former. [07:01] then again, logrotate might screw with the naming convention for pgbackrest and maybe that'd screw everything up so it's probably not a solution even if that were the problem [07:01] guess I'll just focus on the problem that needs solving [07:06] how to use wipe command ? [07:06] katnis: that depends on what you are trying to achieve with it. it has --help output and a man page, too [07:07] just wanna get used to commands [07:07] yes i gave it a try and those were super interesting [07:07] it wipes the entire memory with random writes?? or something [07:08] do i need sudo [07:13] IMO, if you need wipe or shred then you already made a mistake - you put sensitive data on a storage without full disk encryption [07:15] and if you do FDE then you don't need wipe or shred (though it may still be wise to write random data to what you'll have the encrypted storage on top of) [07:17] only people who can type with oven mitts on can properly use shred [07:22] https://xkcd.com/344/ [07:23] you can't reliably securely delete data from modern drives without physically destroying the medium, SSDs are doing who knows what with copies of your data and wear leveling, and both HDDs and SSDs are transparently hiding bad blocks from you that may or may not still have your data on them [07:24] hence...encrypt instead, there's not much reason not to :) [07:24] ftr, Mrs Roberts can type with oven mitts [07:34] Hello, does anyone encounter problems using Steam? [07:39] phoenix000: yes, because someone always encounters problems using a random software X [07:40] but that's probably not what you really wanted to ask === littlepap_ is now known as littlepap === denningsrogue0 is now known as denningsrogue === lotuspsychje__ is now known as lotuspsychje [09:04] Having can issue with Ubuntu 20.04 I install Apache and Wordpress as usual, but Wordpress pulls up a blank page. Did something happen that is different in Ubuntu 20 that 18 that is possibly causing this? Thanks in advanced. [09:24] is there an alternative to pulseeffects for a system-wide equalizer? === dtomato3 is now known as dtomato [09:35] @TJ- hi [09:35] TJ-, Hi [09:36] I used your FDE guide, and wondering if you are able to help me with something? [09:36] ren0v0: possibly :) [09:36] So, it works great, been using it for some time now [09:36] But i want to install windows on an SSD, to try some PC gaming [09:37] would this setup I followed written by you, prevent that, if my ubuntu drive is fully disconnected? [09:40] ren0v0: no [09:40] ren0v0: FDE is applied to the partitions where Ubuntu is installed, nothing else [09:41] hmm, i tried a USB install disk created with WoeUSB but it just flashed at GRUB prompt [09:41] and the UEFI partition gave some error, ok i'll try another utility to create the USB disk i guess [09:42] ren0v0: Windows uses GRUB now? [09:42] maybe the utility didn't do its job i dont know [09:43] ren0v0: so the boot from the USB image is failing? [09:44] yea, there were 3 options, 2 x UEFI partitions and 1 x normal, only 1 of them gave an error, let me go boot it again and photo the thing so i can remember what it says [09:44] i've plugged the USB drive in, and there are 2 mounted partitions NTFS and UEFI_NTFS [09:49] TJ-, not sure about this utility i'm using, whats the best way to make a USB drive for windows? [09:49] i realise this is the wrong place, but :D [09:52] ren0v0: no idea! I've not touched in since 2004 [09:54] ren0v0: ventoy to the rescue, its just an unofficial tool [09:54] use at your own risk [09:57] thanks === viktor is now known as Guest4163 [10:34] Hi. Trying to make a new swap partition. But I keep getting "swapon: /dev/sda7: read swap header failed [10:35] did i forget something? === Guest4163 is now known as viktor_ [10:37] nevermind, already found it, now try to write it to fstab [11:28] could anybody recommend one serial download tool for stm32 development? [11:33] imma install ubuntu right now and i have 16gb of ram [11:33] how much should i give to virtual memory [11:34] virtualbox i mean [11:34] katnis: probably 4GB as a minimum [11:35] thank you so much. i will go for 8gb then [11:36] am i.... facebroke? did the official channel for Ubuntu support switch to a new network? or did the network change names? [11:38] is there a method of altering the ubuntu recovery environment....? [11:39] cant install ubuntu. says Could not create the medium storage unit [11:39] and ive been googling OMG [11:40] what is it you are trying to install onto? [11:40] my NVME driver [11:40] i have 150ish GB [11:42] hmmm. not something i have experience with. but i assume you're trying to install a multiboot? you partitioned space for the ubuntu install... what format did you make it? [11:43] i am using a virtualbox [11:43] and this is NTFS [11:45] ah that explains a few things. don't you need to select a file, or make an image for it to have as a drive? [11:45] you can [11:46] and.... did you? i think there's some info to follow about installing on virtual box. perhaps consult there [11:46] !virtualbox [11:46] Virtualbox is a virtualizer for x86 and amd64 architectures. It's available in the package "virtualbox" in the !repositories, and you can download the Virtualbox Extension Pack for additional, non-Free functionality at http://virtualbox.org . Additional details can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VirtualBox [11:46] hmmm that's for running vb on ubuntu [11:48] sorry it's my first day back after like 2 years away from ubuntu. [11:49] my prof showed me how to install [11:52] katnis: yes, you see. when I asked what device you're installing onto, and you said your NVME drive, that wasn't quite accurate. a virtual install is rather different than a normal install. you're installing it onto some file which you "plug in" to the virtualbox program [11:54] OMG youre a god [11:54] thanks for saving my life [11:54] i love you gallomimia and you are not rusty [11:54] huh? [11:54] than you [11:55] thank you [11:55] well at least share what you did to solve. might fix others [11:55] help others [11:55] i installed in this... how do i explain [11:55] cd / [11:55] the main? [11:55] right. the root directory [11:55] yes the root one [11:56] but if you don't have an install, you don't have a root directory [11:56] i dont even know what i did [11:56] :) [11:56] you're well on your way to flubbing around with linux it seems [11:56] i know how to install video games but this thing... [11:56] take a quick backup of your install once you get it configured, but before you start doing your classword [11:56] work* [11:57] you're bound to muck something up and need to revert ;) [11:57] backup? okay imma google how to do it [11:58] since it's a virtual machine [11:58] HAHAHA i cant use more than 1 core! [11:58] is it because i have a quad core CPU [11:58] all you do is make a copy of the image file upon which you installed Ubuntu, and put it on the top shelf somewhere [11:58] that probably has to do with configuring the VM before you started [11:59] you can dial in how much ram it takes, how much CPU [11:59] i believe you can change that if you shutdown the VM and restart it [11:59] mhm i can do it with ram but CPU looks like theres nothing i can do [12:00] remember, you are now running a virtual machine. this is kinda like having a second computer, living inside your actual computer [12:00] and this virtual machine knows if it takes more than 1 i will be in trouble [12:01] well that's not really true. but that rule is set somewhere [12:01] you can technically give it access to all your cores. this might even be desirable if you're compiling code. [12:02] hmm i cant waste more time for this [12:02] you're probably at the point of "good enough for now" [12:03] am i right to assume you're going to be using it to compile code for your computer science course? [12:04] yes and i am going to use samba [12:05] ugh i am trying to fix things but it looks like it doesnt work i am so tilted b ut imma fix it [12:05] ewww i might recommend you avoid samba. use virtualbox to transfer your files with another method [12:06] all you need to do is be able to save your work in your file-editor to the virtual box, before switching over and pressing compile [12:07] there's many many methods for this. i recommend scp or sftp. many editors support saving directly to these [12:07] i wish i could listen to you :( [12:07] is required by course? [12:07] cmon intel [12:07] yes :( [12:07] that seems rather odd [12:08] first they require you to use ubuntu, then they turn around and say samba is the answer? [12:08] he wants me to use both [12:09] yeah. you tell him the weirdo who helped you get it working wants to know if he got his degree out of a cereal box [12:09] virtualbox AMD-V is disabled in the BIOS - is there any way to switch this on remotely(using cli) if the bios is not accessible? [12:09] HAHA i wish i could do that too [12:10] i dont even like his accent [12:10] Hello, I need to launch a browser, a graphic editor and a file manager. [12:10] Reassign their priorities. Kill all the above processes in one [12:10] line. [12:12] well katnis it's good to move forward. i predict setting up samba will be even more tricky [12:12] i know how to do it [12:12] everything is in my head once i saw it [12:12] you're better off than i [12:12] SVM mode enable [12:13] im "special* [12:13] hi all! why is Ubuntu 20.04 asking me for a sudo password when my user is already listed in the /etc/sudoers.d/90-clouding-ubuntu file with the NOPASSWD:ALL option? Thanks [12:13] me too but no expert has a name for it [12:14] SteelRose, strongly recommend against that. [12:14] gallomimia: I know.. it's not really my user but a system user for Ansible deployments that needs to sudo [12:16] in CentOS it works as expected [12:17] ( ^ im interested in that too. my s/o switched back due to 'annoying passwords'. i think our threat level is low enough passwordless could be okay :S ) [12:18] ah ok. well, sounds reasonable. sorry i don't know the answer [12:18] like i said above it's my first day back after like a year. still trying to remember how stuff works [12:19] wasn't exactly directed at you <3 just noticed the convo and thought I might chip in my past experience. :) [12:37] nuala: :-) [12:37] it would be good to have an answer/solution [12:38] what is this [12:39] it says i have an i686 cpu [12:39] doesnt let me install [12:39] drives me crazy [12:40] katnis: what CPU do you really have? [12:40] a 7700K intel core i7 processor [12:40] made in 2017 [12:41] are you running the 64-bit version of your OS or the 32-bit? [12:42] Hi folks [12:43] the windows is 64bit and the ubuntu i got is 20.04 32bit [12:43] or...is it? [12:43] i don't think so [12:44] well luckily everything is working perfectly [12:56] katnis: if your CPU is a 64-bit, I would reinstall Ubuntu 20.04 using a 64-bit version this tim e [13:00] i see... thank you so much for the help guys :DDD [13:02] try to keep in mind katnis is running ubuntu on virtualbox. but yeah you need the 64 bit version to get any real work done. i thought they stopped supporting 32 bit? [13:03] i will run this in a native environment one day [13:03] you'll like it [13:03] but in the very short term, using a virtual box to get assignments done is probably best [13:04] aside from the "hey samba is the best way to interact between windows and linux" goofball suggestion [13:06] i will say it when i leave the class [13:06] i dont wanna get kicked out yet :( [13:07] lol [13:07] i'm willing to bet someone else will say it long before the class is done [13:08] i regret setting up a long password [13:11] pretty sure you can change it [13:11] or... get used to typing it often and use it once you run native [13:11] !discuss [13:11] Want to talk about Ubuntu, but don't have a support question? /join #ubuntu-discuss for non-support Ubuntu discussion, or try #ubuntu-offtopic for general chat. Thanks! [13:11] it can be very important if you open the ssh port. there are bot-nets on the internet that try every single computer and try to break their passwords === keypushe- is now known as keypusher [13:15] gallomimia: OK, I did not know the internals [13:17] morning it seems debootstrap 1.0.123 is broken but if you update to debootstrap 1.0.124.ubuntu0 when you run it it force downgrades to 1.0.123 [13:18] I keep getting /bin/sh 0: Illegal option but its note saying why-- [13:19] I keep getting /bin/sh 0: Illegal option -- but its note saying why [13:32] https://armbian.lane-fu.com/linx/jopvstfj.txt [13:33] thats the full output [13:33] it was working on focal but on impish its now broken [13:34] well, let us google this part of the log: debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage [13:34] what is the difference between Appindicator3 and ayatana-appindicator3? === diskin is now known as Guest5879 === diskin_ is now known as diskin === coconut_ is now known as coconut [13:50] I did and it works file on focal but it breaks on impish so it says its a impish issue === genii-core is now known as genii [13:51] and it works on debian fine [13:51] but we need it for our ubuntu buiilds [13:56] seems that way. maybe you should consider filing a bug report [13:58] how do i change font color of gedit? i cant see anything :( [13:58] i tried preference [13:58] changes the background only [14:00] uh, the color scheme. it colorizes text based on what is happening in the text. code, comment, keywords [14:00] katnis preferences>(tab> Fonts and colours> select any colour scheme there. [14:01] oh... why does it work now [14:01] i will stick to blue now [14:01] thank you so much for hsbasu and gallomimia ! [14:01] i think it only affects newly opened windows [14:02] I installed easy-rsa, but it is not in PATH. It seems i have to cp -r /usr/share/easy-rsa to wherever I want to create certs/keys.... so uh... is this intended? [14:27] well first i found -server channel where this question might have been better. second, guess the docs answered my question :> https://github.com/OpenVPN/easy-rsa/blob/master/doc/EasyRSA-Readme.md#obtaining-and-using-easy-rsa [14:48] que pasá amigos [14:48] y a [14:55] I'm using dnsmasq for local DNS caching on the wireless interface as well as a dhcp server to serve up a single address to a separate wired interface. The problem I'm noticing is dnsmasq is writing out a /var/lib/dhclient.leases when we already have a dhclient.wlp2s0.leases and depending on timing, this can cause the machine to pull 2 ip addresses. Deleting both lease files and rebooting will temporarily fix the problem. The question is, how to [14:55] get dnsmasq to not bother acting like a dhcp client? [14:59] Hello, my system was running well, till I installed some update, I have bad resolution and unknown monitor Ubuntu 21.10 [15:08] guys would please tekk me if anybody can read my message here [15:08] ?? [15:08] hali: yes your message is shown, patience. Also upload the output of this: lspci -nn -k | grep -A3 VGA [15:09] thank you just to confirm that i am not alone [15:11] leftyfb: I have /var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases from dnsmasq and /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient.leases from dhclient; are you sure it's in /var/lib without subdirectory for you? [15:12] alkisg: I have both. The misc is for the leases it hands out via it's dhcp server, not as a client which is in /var/lib/dhcp/ [15:13] leftyfb: right, so you said `/var/lib/dhclient.leases`, in which subdirectory did you mean? [15:14] Because the one under dhcp shouldn't be created by dnsmasq but by dhclient [15:14] oh ,sorry, /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient.leases [15:14] Yeah, so, that one wouldn't be created by dnsmasq [15:14] It would be created by your dhcp client, not the server [15:14] it is [15:15] if I disable dnsmasq, that file no longer gets created [15:15] Because you have no dhcp server for the client to get an ip from [15:15] But it's not created from the server; it's created from the client [15:15] You can tell dnsmasq to only reply to a single client by its mac, if you want [15:15] That way it won't reply to your ethernet [15:16] I mean, that if I understood it correctly, your eth0 is asking your wlan0-dnsmasq for an ip [15:19] hali: do upload the output of the command that I asked for above... [15:19] other way around. dnsmasq is listening on wifi for dns caching and on ethernet for dhcp. For some reason it's getting the dhcp traffic for wlan even though I have no-dhcp-interface=wlp2s0 specified. It's odd because the wlan isn't asking dnsmasq for dhcp, it seems dnsmasq is asking wlan for dhcp. The lease file is prettymuch the same as the normal dhclient.wlp2s0.leases [15:21] DOES anyone know of a standalone volume control for Ubuntu? Something that can stay on top? GUI === Starmina_ is now known as Starmina [15:23] leftyfb: how do you configure your IPs, e.g. "eth0 is static, via network-manager, wlan0 is DHCP, with router reservation" [15:23] ethernet is static, wlan is dhcp [15:24] And what is the exact name of the extra leases file, to make sure because there were typos above? [15:25] $ ls /var/lib/dhcp/ dhclient.leases dhclient.wlp2s0.leases [15:25] alkisg, the result here https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/kpGYFbdQ2D/ [15:26] when the machine boots up with the cached wlp2s0 already on it from before we had dnsmasq, it's out of sync with the leases on the dhcp server hosted on the network. It kinda stays but dnsmasq makes a second request and lease file and we get 2 addresses [15:26] leftyfb: grep /var/lib/misc /usr/sbin/dnsmasq => matches. grep for /var/lib/dhcp => no. That file isn't generated by dnsmasq [15:27] dnsmasq isn't a dhcp client, it wouldn't even have the code to make a request [15:28] hali: were your updates somehow interrupted? Can you run this to make sure: sudo apt update; sudo apt full-upgrade --yes [15:29] ok [15:29] alkisg: ok, but having dnsmasq installed causes that 2nd dhcp request and leases file to get written. Any ideas why? [15:30] leftyfb: how do you manage your network, with netplan, ifupdown, network-manager etc? [15:30] ifupdown [15:30] When I say standalone volume control, I mean separate from that "settings/sound" panel... [15:32] hali in my experience when that happens to me, it's an incompatibility with the graphics driver. an update or reinstall of that can probably fix [15:32] still unkonwn screen, installed update and reboot [15:33] or it may be possible that the system started using the cpu-based graphics instead of any discrete GPU you might have [15:33] hali: did you see any errors while you ran those commands? [15:33] no nothing [15:33] leftyfb: can you pastebin your configuration? Feel free to alter the IPs if you want [15:33] which one? dnsmasq? [15:33] maybe the problem is with graphic card driver !! [15:33] /etc/network/interfaces* [15:33] that's what i said [15:34] oh. you were rebooting at the time [15:34] hali: you're using intel, you're not using a separate graphics driver; what would you reinstall? [15:34] alkisg: ok, give me a few. It's rebooting and reconnecting to wifi [15:34]