=== denningsrogue7 is now known as denningsrogue [00:38] I'm looking for a video player for Ubuntu focal that can receive an MP4 stream on stdin, play it, and dump it to a file. the latter shall be independent of playback so the source is never blocked and the recording works even when I pause the playback or rewind. I'd also like playback at increased speed, which shall go back to normal speed when it reaches the point where stdin does not yet have new data. [00:39] do we have such a player? [00:44] Sven_vB: maybe curl https://whatever | tee file_on_disk | mpv - or similar? [00:44] sarnold, how far can mpv rewind in that mode? [00:45] Sven_vB: no idea. probably not very far. [00:45] it would be useful if mpv would know about the file, so it doesn't keep a huge RAM buffer [00:45] !info kazam [00:45] kazam (1.4.5-4, impish): screencast and screenshot application created with design in mind. In component universe, is optional. Built by kazam. Size 734 kB / 1,693 kB [00:45] !info kazam focal [00:46] kazam (1.4.5-3ubuntu0.1, focal): screencast and screenshot application created with design in mind. In component universe, is optional. Built by kazam. Size 734 kB / 1,693 kB [00:46] it is highly configurable, look for howto's [00:48] is it for playback really? its man page sounds like it's just for capture [00:56] maybe a nicer gui, https://vitux.com/how-to-use-vokoscreen-to-record-videos-on-ubuntu/ [00:56] vlc could do a lot too.. [00:57] Hi, why does another popular distro say to make a swap partition and Ubuntu does not I wonder...? [00:57] swap files are more flexible [00:58] oerheks: they dont want a recorder, listen [00:58] he does, VMGuy23. [00:59] sarnold: so the ram isn't taxed too much..? [00:59] oerheks: <Username mention removed> is it for playback really? [01:00] rwinner: the extra overhead to get to a swap file vs a swap partition is probably measured in kilobytes of ram [01:00] sarnold: Oh, ok. So Ubuntu uses a swap *file* in place of a dedicated partition...interesting. [01:01] rwinner: yeah [01:02] I guess if you have lots of ram, it doesn't matter too much anyway... [01:03] hi, i'm using ubuntu 12.04 on some vps (don't ask), and ufw has been working fine for years, and few days ago i couldn't connect anymore. i logged in through the hosting provider console, ran "ufw disable" and then i could connect. the problem is that whatever i do to reset the ufw rules (including apt-get purge and manually removing any remains i could find), after i install it again, setup just one rule: allow 22/tcp, start utw, and get "ERROR: problem [01:03] running ufw-init" and i'm locked out again till i disable it. thoughts? ideas? [01:03] what's in the logs? [01:04] which ones? [01:04] maybe /var/log/syslog ? it's been a while.. [01:05] is there anything specific you want me to look for? [01:05] Ah, I just spotted it a 2.1 GB swapfile in the root dir. Interesting! [01:05] avih__, why asking for support? [01:05] what do you mean? [01:05] such machine should not be connected to the internet. [01:06] avih__: no, just hoping you'll spot something interesting in them that suggests the next course of action [01:06] i don't disagree. but i have my reasons. if you can't help that's fine, but maybe someone can [01:06] avih__: /topic: "ubuntu supports Ubuntu and official flavors; versions 18.04, 20.04, 21.04, 21.10" [01:07] i know what the supported versions are. if you're telling me to go away, i can do that. [01:07] preferably someone more experience than me would have some ideas. [01:07] perhaps #linux is a help ? [01:08] i might try that later, thanks. for now i'm asking here. [01:16] hi [01:27] hi [03:10] i find one process occupy many ports , what's matter with this : https://paste.centos.org/view/5104879e [03:12] there's nothing wrong with that, that's completely allowed [03:16] sarnold: how does this happen? i open only one port for that application [03:17] oops: open(on your firewall) doesn't necessarily mean it's not listening on your machine regardless if it's accessible from the outside [03:44] how to find my pc public ip address with command [03:45] tons of sites that show you your IP and more details === denningsrogue4 is now known as denningsrogue === LabMonkey is now known as Mechanismus === denningsrogue1 is now known as denningsrogue [05:02] do people use mariaDB [05:33] someone must? [05:44] Is somebody willing to help me with the security question? I don't know why my connection keeps getting knocked off… [05:44] I'm under a lot of pressure, I don't know what I'm doing, my server is live and I need help. [05:56] My last Apache config was all messed up. I finally got it secure. I'm still having issues with Wordpress loading up. Can someone tell me what shows up at: http://http://45.146.164.110 thanks. [05:56] I would be more than willing to pay somebody to help me as well. [05:57] I am new to IRC, I was told there would be a lot of people here who could help. I really want to make sure that I set up the security correctly. [05:59] Can anybody tell me if you guys can read what I'm typing? I hope I did my registration correctly. [05:59] Tomatokiller: yes, your messages can be read properly [06:00] The IP that you linked to has an apache "it works" page [06:00] alkisg: Thank you! [06:02] alkisg: It should be Wordpress blank page...?.?.?.? Huh [06:03] alkisg: I hope I did not get hacked again. [06:03] Tomatokiller: well, it's not. Maybe you installed it in a subdir like "wordpress" or "wp", or maybe you didn't configure it properly... [06:05] alkisg: thank you, I will have to go double check. Somebody put a bunch of porn links in it jest before and installed wpterm to try to get root. I am starting over. [06:05] Make sure you keep your server and your php apps up to date [06:07] alkisg: I had my permissions set incorrectly. It was all open for the taking. I have no clue what I'm doing. I'm being pushed by a cheap boss. I told him we should hire a real linux Admin. [06:08] Maybe it's better the server keeps getting attacked until the boss wakes up… It just hurts my feelings, because every time I think I figured it out, someone proves to me that I'm still an idiot. [06:09] Is there anybody here that I could possibly hire to help? === markthomas1 is now known as markthomas === nckx is now known as Thunderbi === Thunderbi is now known as guix-znc-test === guix-znc-test is now known as guix === guix is now known as nckx [09:27] hi, i have an old monitor connected through VGA to my laptop. i pressed the 'automatic adjustment' button on my monitor and now my resolution and font is fucked up. does anyone know how can i revert this changes? === killall is now known as kill_all === kill_all is now known as killall [09:35] What's happened to security.ubuntu.com? Getting NXDOMAIN [09:38] hmm looks like it's back on ns.canonical.com - guess they screwed something up; need to wait for caches to refresh :-/ [09:43] Hiho seems i'm blocked by cdimages.ubuntu.com and releases.ubuntu.com. I'm developing a mirror for ipxe - maybe I tripped a thresh.... Who should I talk to regarding creating a private mirror? [09:51] exit [10:03] Anyone else seeing linux-firmware 1.201.1 breaking their wifi? On my Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I REV Bluetooth 4.0/Wireless AC/B/G/N Band Dual Frequency 2.4Ghz/5.8Ghz Expansion Card, the wifi fails to initialize on 80-90% of the boots. [10:03] In these cases, I don't see these lines in syslog... [10:04] howarthjw: What is the actual hardware? Intel wifi? [10:04] wich ubuntu release and kernel version are we talking about howarthjw ? [10:04] Impish [10:04] ov 3 05:25:52 home kernel: [ 14.627478] iwlwifi 0000:4d:00.0: base HW address: 00:28:f8:f9:16:e0 [10:04] Nov 3 05:25:52 home kernel: [ 14.706002] iwlwifi 0000:4d:00.0 wlp77s0: renamed from wlan0 [10:05] In the broken cases, I only see... [10:05] Nov 3 04:27:07 home kernel: [ 13.045691] iwlwifi 0000:4d:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002) [10:05] Nov 3 04:27:07 home kernel: [ 13.055795] iwlwifi 0000:4d:00.0: loaded firmware version 36.ca7b901d.0 8265-36.ucode op_mode iwlmvm [10:05] Nov 3 04:27:07 home kernel: [ 13.112172] iwlwifi 0000:4d:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 8265, REV=0x230 [10:06] If you look at launchpad, they were trying to fix the very same problem on MT7921 WiFi/Bluetooth and seem to created it elsewhere [10:07] howarthjw: i got an iwlwifi bug on early 22.04 with kernels 5.13 bug #1949065 [10:07] Bug 1949065 in linux-firmware (Ubuntu) "Wireless-AC 9260 iwlwifi unstable and connection drops" [Undecided, New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1949065 [10:07] I've already warned System76 (who made my machine which I run on stock 21.10) off of this linux-firmware update [10:07] The only recent change to linux-firmware for intel were bluetooth firmware [10:07] i got a similar machine, clevo howarthjw [10:08] Not what I see... [10:08] linux-firmware (1.201.1) impish; urgency=medium [10:08] * [Packaging] rebase-upstream: Add a bug reference if env variable LP is set [10:08] * Update firmware for MT7921 WiFi/Bluetooth (LP: #1947829) [10:08] - linux-firmware: update firmware for MT7921 WiFi device [10:08] Launchpad bug 1947829 in OEM Priority Project "Cannot identified WLAN card MT7921 in Ubunut OS with Install OS complete first OOBE Boot OS" [Undecided, New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1947829 [10:09] howarthjw: You don't have an MT7921 device [10:10] The issue is definitely associated with 1.201.1 [10:10] I was actually on proposed updates earlier and saw the same exact issue [10:11] I downgraded off of proposed updates and it disappeared until 1.201.1 migrated into updates [10:12] The wifi firmware file you are using is 6 months old [10:13] I guess I could manually install linux-firmware 1.202 off of jammy [10:13] trying that now [10:15] howarthjw: im on 1.202 and got flaky wifi here aswell [11:20] hi all first time using hexchat pleased to meet you all [11:22] Hi i need to instal wsl2 could you help me out [11:24] !ubuwin | vinod [11:24] vinod: Windows 10 and newer have a feature called "Windows Subsystem for Linux", which allows it to run Ubuntu (and other Linux distro) userspace programs without porting/recompliation. For installation instructions, see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/install_guide [11:33] Hello there! [11:33] Anybody else having speed issues with RTL8192EE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [11:33] ? [11:48] ya des francais ? [11:48] !fr | shuje71 oui [11:48] shuje71 oui: Nous sommes desoles mais ce canal est en anglais uniquement. Si vous avez besoin d'aide ou voulez discuter en français, veuillez taper /join #ubuntu-fr ou /join #ubuntu-qc. Merci. [12:01] I have installed alacritty. but can't figure out how to run it without a terminal open. [12:04] ALT+F2 [12:04] type in alacritty [12:04] Is this what u want? [12:05] fly: updatedb && locate alacritty [12:05] fly: or ... which alacritty [12:06] yes it runs. but the terminal doesn't release, [12:07] tried nohup [12:07] what do you mean with "the terminal doesn't release" ? [12:08] if I close the terminal, the alacritty terminal stops [12:08] fly: if you use a WM, go to Applications and search there [12:09] I guess it isn't installed === keypushe- is now known as keypusher [12:33] fly: how did you install it? [12:43] cargo install alacritty [12:44] @SteelRose, [12:50] no idea what cargo is/does... [12:50] fly: are you using a windows manager? [12:50] or is it a head-less server? [12:50] without X? [12:52] cargo is rust lan [12:52] cargo is rust lang [12:52] ok different question. how do I open files with sudo? [12:52] I want to extract a file to /usr/local [12:53] fly: sudo su; then just do it? [12:54] fly: cat /etc/os-release | nc termbin.com 9999 [12:58] Hi all === gacuxz1 is now known as gacuxz [13:32] I installed Ubuntu LTS 20.04 with ZFS. Now it tells me the bpool is full, but zsysctl show lists only rpool states. How can I get my bpool empty enough so it can generate new snapshots again? [13:34] FWIW, if anyone was wondering about my ufw issue I posted some 12 hours ago, it seems that it's not a ufw issue afterall. it some kernel modules got missing at the OpenVZ kernel, like "FATAL: Module nf_conntrack_netbios_ns not found.". and i'm now discussing this now with the hosting provider. [13:36] avih__: I highly discourage using VPN's on shared kernel platforms like OpenVZ. We can't support that here [13:36] sorry, VPC's [13:36] er, VPS [13:36] leftyfb: i understand. i'm not requiring support :) it was just an FYI. [13:38] avih__: you did 12 hours ago. And people were wasting their time helping to support something that wasn't an issue with ubuntu [13:40] i did not require anything. i asked politely, providing as much info as i could. and as it seems no one wasted their time. i also didn't know what the real problem was 12 hours ago, and now i know more, and posted an FYI. if that's too much for your taste, tell me to fuck off earlier, and i would have. [13:47] if I want to share files between 2 users where should I put them? [13:47] should I use hardlinks? softlinks? [13:48] TikityTik: you shouldn't use links at all. Either make a shared directory they can both access or maybe bind mount a directory in both users home directories [13:49] bind mount a directory? [13:49] where should this shared directory be? [13:50] TikityTik: what exactly is the use case? [13:53] I got 2 work accts on my work computer, i haven't setup this desktop. I need to create a local account due to technical issues, but I need to use all my old account's dot files, VM images, notes, etc [13:53] I have created a local account* [13:54] Who should I talk to, if I want to create a mirror for ubuntu isos? [13:55] MonkZ: #ubuntu-mirrors [13:55] Thanks :) [13:55] TikityTik: you should not use dot files across multiple users. That's just asking for trouble [13:55] also I'm sure I'll need to use both accounts as I might need to use my old account for some reason [13:56] leftyfb, then for VM images & notes purposes [13:58] Hi, this is a fresh installation with 20.04. I am trying to install cuda 11.2 but I am getting some errors. Now I just tried to install the nvidia-drivers 460 but I also get some errors. You can see the error here: https://pastebin.com/01xifxav no idea how to fix it [14:00] should i be creating a bunch of directories in /usr/share?' [14:03] TikityTik: https://itectec.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-how-to-share-a-directory-with-an-another-user/ [14:08] thephet: the guides on linuxconfig are usualy pretty good, https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-cuda-on-ubuntu-20-04-focal-fossa-linux === genii-core is now known as genii [14:20] leftyfb, thanks! === gacuxz1 is now known as gacuxz === hjeldin1 is now known as hjeldin [15:12] pardon can someone remind me how i can unmap the left-meta key from... whatever the heck it does by default [15:13] ohhhh settings -> keyboard -> shortcuts ? === hjeldin1 is now known as hjeldin [15:22] hi :) for erasing SSDs, is there a meaningfull difference between blkdiscard and Secure Erase? [15:26] it seems the GPT survived the blkdiscard. === gacuxz1 is now known as gacuxz [15:33] how often do i need to run apt update? [15:33] is once a day enough? [15:33] pycurious: yes [15:35] oh yeah thanks for reminding me [15:35] greetings, how can i get netplan to flush the routing table before it adds it's routes? [15:42] how can i possibly know what updates are coming in the new release of "linux-firmware" today? the packages.ubuntu website is not very forthcoming [15:42] and a second question... when is such firmware getting installed? on reboot? [15:44] hm. this page shows a changelog, the latest of which is from 29 september. where's todays? http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/l/linux-firmware/linux-firmware_1.201/changelog [15:44] Gallomimia: firmware is loaded by the driver, which will usually be at boot-time unless the device is hot-plugged or removed and reinserted [15:45] thx [15:45] still a great mystery which firmware is coming down the pipe [15:45] Gallomimia: as to changes, "apt-get changelog " [15:45] Gallomimia: are you having any hardware issues? [15:45] no [15:45] i would just rather keep some tabs on who and why someone is updating firmware in my system [15:45] Gallomimia: unless you're having hardware issues, I wouldn't worry too much about the linux-firmware package being updated [15:46] good for you. i'm going to worry about it. at least ask questions [15:46] Gallomimia: to be clear, no firmware is being written to devices. This is firmware that is loaded realtime at boot by the driver. It's making no changes to your hardware [15:47] "loaded" you mean into kernel memory? [15:47] correct [15:47] then.... how is it firmware? [15:47] Gallomimia: it's how the driver is interfacing with the hardware [15:48] sounds to me like it's just an extension to said driver [15:48] Gallomimia: a device driver in the kernel declares firmware files it may need to load into hardware devices. When the driver sees a device that needs firmware it asks userspace to pass it to the kernel, and the driver then writes it into the hardware [15:49] Gallomimia: firmware is not code that can be executed on the host; it is usually the machine-code of the hardware device [15:49] that's a lot of fuzzy answers sirs. if it's firmware, it writes to hardware. if it's software, it's part of a driver. if it's firmware, it's modifying my device. albeit should be of benefit, i simply want to keep track [15:49] Gallomimia: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Linux_firmware [15:50] Gallomimia: in long-gone days such firmware was in ROM/EEPROM on the hardware but nowadays its loaded into SRAM of the device by the OS driver [15:50] i got a feeling this would be offtopic, but is it possible to disable menubars in all gtk apps altogether? [15:50] not news to me so far [15:51] interesting legal issues on that page [15:53] looks like.... just a wireless device. glad to find out at least what's going on. probably a lot of it is over my head tho [16:14] still can't figure out what the super button activates by itself [16:14] or how to turn it off [16:16] humm, seems the firefox snap just updated itself and firefox crashed almost instantly. after restart, the mouse pointer is tiny when ff has focus, like it doesn't get the scale=200% setting any longer [16:17] is there a way to revert to the previous snap in order to crosscheck? [16:20] hey. who closed my irc client?! [16:21] this is on impish fwiw === gallomimia_ is now known as Gallomimia [16:23] no one knows how to turn off the Super key's tendency to show activities overlay? [16:23] how do i modify settings for the activities overlay? [16:27] seems rather odd that people can tell me about the complex inner workings of packages but some very simple info about the most prominent feature of the UI in impish is a mystery [16:30] Gallomimia: https://www.how2shout.com/linux/how-to-disable-super-or-win-key-in-ubuntu-20-04-or-18-04/ 2nd result on google for "ubuntu disable super button" [16:30] thank you. very much. guess i'm not using the right search terms [16:30] in related news, how do i change the number of virtual desktops that are open? [16:32] https://askubuntu.com/a/1081253/1151311 first result on google for "ubuntu number of virtual desktops" [16:33] thanks again. and now for a comment from the peanut gallery. i find it rather disturbing that i need 3rd party tools to make these very basic changes. seems to me the devs need to slow their roll, go back and in-fill the settings and features that already exist. [16:33] what.... in the [16:34] the workspaces only affects my main monitor? [16:34] gallomimia_: there's usually gconf/dconf entries that gnome-tweak exposes. You can go looking for these to modify without gnome-tweak [16:34] text files? [16:34] no [16:34] nope, gesttings : gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences num-workspaces [16:35] then gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences num-workspaces num [16:35] oh a commandline tool [16:35] same for overlay key [16:35] there's also the dconf-editor GUI tool [16:35] ooo where's that? [16:35] you need to install it [16:36] i mean. it's not a perfect thing. but it's at least halfway to [16:36] yeah. non default software to change very basic settings. not a good look [16:36] gallomimia_: feel free to file bugs with the gnome project [16:37] yeah i think i should spend a day at that [16:37] tweaks is yelling at me to get gnome extensions instead? [16:38] ah nice. there's a setting to decide if workspaces span all displays or just main. i like === pong is now known as beaver [16:39] of course, i don't know which i would prefer :P [16:40] gallomimia_: please keep the commentary to a minimum. If you run into an issue, feel free to ask for help when you do [16:51] Under Ubuntu, how can I get this to execute in a shellscript automatically? echo "kill -9 "$x"; kill -9 "$y [17:34] I had a font in ~.fonts ("Inter") that name-collided with a google font. The local one is an icon-font/webdings style, and was making some webpages illegible. I deleted the local font, ran dpkg-reconfigure fontcache, cleared chrome's whole cache and restarted it. font-viewer and mate-font-viewer still show the font, but not where it is or how to delete it. font-manager doesn't show the font at all. The font is not in ~/.local/share/fonts, /usr/local/share/fonts, or [17:34] /usr/share/fonts. Am I missing something? This seems overly complex. [17:39] hax: you could try rebuilding the cache in verbose mode with "fc-cache -v" [17:48] Hi, I'm looking for help on notifications of waiting email message(s) and number. My web search has only found the apparently deprecated messages menu bar but no discussion on what took its place. Any ideas where to find a solution/information? [18:00] RadSurfer, how exactly do you want to execute it, and where are you going to get the info for x and y? you can construct a shell script, which is a bit more complicated than can be explained here, and it can be run in a myriad of ways. for example cron, or under settings -> keyboard -> shortcuts -> custom, you can get it executed at a keypress. and why do you want it echo'd? [18:00] !shellscript [18:01] ubottu fails for not having factoids on shell scripts [18:02] gallomimia_: That's a pretty broad category. [18:03] yeah it is. so could use a couple brief lines to describe how to get more information [18:03] RadSurfer: You really don't want to do a kill -9 unattended. [18:03] the one on "shell" is very suscinct and gives a link [18:03] i agree [18:04] yes, learned that now :) [18:05] ouch. i hope not the hard way [18:05] I corrected it; got it working [18:05] it never seemed to hurt anything. [18:08] A lot of the old init scripts used kill in shutdown commands. Might be worth digging up some examples. [18:08] at the very least, avoid doing it with elevated priviledges [18:09] to generally just terminate an app via terminal, what's recommended? [18:09] not -9 [18:09] kill -SIGTERM [18:09] clean shutdown is the default signal sent by kill. it's code 15. or sigterm [18:10] -9 is for really bad hangs, borks, and otherwise rough times [18:10] Okay. [18:11] seem people use it alot with browsers [18:12] if sigterm doesn't work, you can use -9 instead, but be advised that means something really wrong has happened. or there's a dialog waiting for you to confirm, save, etc [18:12] you can learn a lot about this from a view of man kill [18:13] and definitely a view of man 7 signal [18:15] RadSurfer: what is this for exactly? Should this be something a systemd service file should be managing? [18:16] running timidity inside a shellscript; so both need to be terminated (properly) [18:17] while ago I had to rollback a Nvidia driver to avoid a G-sync display blanking bug but I confirm that the latest stable update 470.82.00 fixed the issue even though it's not mentioned in the Ubuntu changelog [18:19] Xard, so... are you thinking the changelog should be updated, or do you need to file a bug report.... possibly with nvidia or with the package maintainer of those drivers? [18:19] it's not even mentioned in the official change log but a developer in nvidia forums confirmed that the fix was included so that's that [18:20] hmmmmm maybe file an issue pointing out that it's absent in change logs? [18:21] i'm not terribly sure. seems a minor semantic issue. but i really appreciate accurate changelogs [18:22] true, as it is a significant change if you own a VRR display as the bug just resulted in black screen after couple of seconds for any full screen application [18:30] Hello [18:30] Is anyone here? [18:30] a few hundred people.. [18:30] Oh [18:30] Is this a help chat? [18:31] !ask > webchat69 [18:31] webchat69: Please see my private message [18:31] damn. is it the pipe operator to make bot say in this channel? [18:31] !ask | gallomimia_ [18:31] gallomimia_: Please don't ask to ask a question, simply ask the question (all on ONE line and in the channel, so that others can read and follow it easily). If anyone knows the answer they will most likely reply. :-) See also !patience [18:32] right! okay thanks [18:32] Now we both know. [18:32] !ask > alkisg [18:32] alkisg: Please see my private message [18:33] Difficult ui here too lol [18:33] yes. most of us use a real client to connect instead of the web interface [18:33] there's dozens of irc clients, people have strong opinions about them all === gallomimia_ is now known as Gallomimia [18:34] Isee is this a temp username? [18:34] How can I log in to this again. [18:35] same way you got here [18:35] webchat69: You might want to read some of the results from a search for "irc", learn something about the environment. [18:36] webchat69: you can register a nickname with nickserv, /msg nickserv help register [18:36] !irc [18:36] A list of official Ubuntu IRC channels, as well as IRC clients for Ubuntu, can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat - For a general list of !Libera channels, see !Alis - See also !Guidelines [18:36] webchat69: you can also get help in #libera [18:36] webchat69: /join #libera === Guest48 is now known as tractor777 [18:38] one of the easiest to get on ubuntu is called hexchat. can get it in the software "store" for free. it's default setting connects to this channel. [18:39] Okay. [18:39] On it [18:39] I can send screenshots here? [18:39] webchat69 if you are on the webchat using libera there is an option to change name at the LHS of the type your message bar at the bottom. P.S. I just tried hexchat and irssi and find that webchat is easier [18:40] not directly. you must post them to a website and paste the link to it in here [18:40] imgur.com is popular for screenshots [18:40] !image | webchat69 [18:40] boo [18:40] here we go. [18:41] !screenshot | webchat69 [18:41] webchat69: Screenshots can be made with the [PrtScr] button. Want to show us a screenshot of your problem? Upload an image to http://imgur.com/ and link the created page here. [18:41] Ty ubottu [18:41] On it [18:41] Let me install updates first [18:41] sounds like you know a thing or two already [18:41] Just crashed Ubuntu twice just to install Nvidia 340 drivers [18:42] This is now 2nd install xD [18:42] what method are you using to install? [18:42] !nvidia | webchat69 [18:42] webchat69: For nvidia and matrox graphics cards, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VideoDriverHowto . For AMD/ATI graphics cards, see « /msg ubottu ati » and « /msg ubottu fglrxmissing » For the latest Nvidia drivers see https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa [18:42] Didn't want to crash it again using solutions from Google, so wanted a discord or any live chat and I found this. [18:43] yes. here we are. we are here. [18:44] is it safe to assume you're downloading something from the nvidia website and running that? this is most assuredly not the best way to do it [18:44] Not [18:45] Lol i just updated the 3 updates in the softwares and I got another error on reboot. [18:45] oh dear. what's it say? [18:45] Indirect register access failed [18:46] webchat69: at what point do you see that? very early in the boot process? [18:46] and it fails to boot? [18:46] After the logo. [18:47] This is not even the problem that what I came for. [18:47] webchat69: but the system does boot to desktop ? [18:47] I'm trying. [18:47] Manual reboot. [18:48] yes but it might give a hint about what's actually wrong... an install of the nvidia-driver-340 package should be very simple and without problems [18:48] Blank screen now. After the cursor. Anwyays I think I'll have to install a fresh copy again. [18:48] Will be back in a hour. [18:48] webchat69: not necessarily, we can likely talk you through some workarouns [18:48] :/ [18:49] No worries. Don't want to use up your energy to fix this. My problem was entirely different. I can install a fresh copy again. Will be back. [18:50] if running a simple update borks your install right from the get-go, then there's another underlying problem that needs fixing. perhaps you need to change some bios settings [18:50] Here we go again.. [18:52] it's about time the nvidia driver install used an overlayfs initially so it is easy to revert when it breaks [18:52] i have so many questions about that TJ- but it's probably over my head for now, and i have some stuff to do instead === Erisa6 is now known as Erisa [18:53] but let it be known i'm very interested in what you just said [18:56] I did erase and install ubuntu. A hour ago. Will do fresh partition and install. [18:56] I'm using this tutorial https://youtu.be/aHqeTQSSuvg [18:56] Hope it's okay. [18:57] Gallomimia will be back. Thanks for replying. :) [19:09] And now following the tutorial for partition I'm getting no efi partition was found. System will likely not be able to boot successfully... [19:10] Well.. Life is tough. :'( [19:10] what does the tutorial say to do? and more importantly, why are you doing anything to your partitions besides using the default setup [19:10] Idk just use normal erase and install ubuntu? [19:11] is your bios configured to boot uefi or legacy/csm? [19:11] No need to do the fancy partitioning setup? [19:11] i'm rather in the dark....... why do you need a tutorial at all to install ubuntu? [19:11] Sarnold that I dont know. [19:11] the defaults ought to be right for whatever your system currently is configured to do [19:11] Haha. Was just looking for how to partition disk space. [19:12] perhaps share some more details on what it is you want to do [19:12] Last time I was getting erort after reboot and after I did the partition thingy it worked correctly so I always did that. [19:12] correct. there's no need to do a fancy partitioning setup [19:12] Okay [19:12] only if you want special partitioning setups do you need to do that [19:12] Just erase and install ubuntu it is now. [19:13] is that what you want? just a plain jane running system? [19:14] Currently just want to install ubuntu [19:14] okay giv'er [19:14] I have a bootable flash drive with ubuntu 21 [19:15] the entire point of ubuntu, in fact the reason they chose the name ubuntu, is to make an alternative operating system that everyone can use easily. no need to muck about with special partitioning scheemes, or struggle with installing video card drivers, compiling them into the kernel. just work. automagically [19:16] I was actually struggling with the video card drivers xD [19:18] well, i'm hoping that once you get a plain jane install completed, you should be able to go into "Software & Updates" select the "Additional Drivers" tab, and it takes care of that for you too. [19:18] Actually i wanted to setup a second monitor on the laptop. I connected the hdmi cable to the monitor and the laptop but on the laptop it didn't show any displays connected. On the second monitor it showed cable not connected. [19:18] I did some Google ran some codes which i did not understand and got stuck with a blank screen twice. [19:18] Now I'm installing a fresh copy again. [19:18] so, next question. why are you using an extremely old version of the nvidia drivers? they're usually quite backward compatible [19:19] the current version is 470 [19:19] I see. But i think for my laptop the recommend drivers shown were 340. My laptop is old too. I think old gen i5. [19:20] I thought the problem was with Nvidia drivers, that's why it didn't detect the second monitor connected to the hdmi port. [19:21] there's a reasonable chance there's a button on your keyboard that you can hit to cycle between the built-in monitor, the external monitor, and both monitors [19:22] Sir. Do not scare me. Theres a button on F4 which looks like a screen. Let me google what it is. But now i can't test it cuz im install ubuntu.. [19:23] that's correct too. but usually you ned to get nvidia drivers working in any event. [19:23] maybe you just hit f4; maybe you have to hold down an fn key then press f4.. [19:23] I'll kill my self if the button is used to switch screens [19:23] different companies do different things [19:23] no no don't do that! [19:23] but i agree, you might have made this way more complicated than they need to be... [19:24] Okay we are on the copying files screen. [19:24] Talking with real people feels better than scrolling thorugh forums. [19:24] I think till make it this time. [19:24] :') [19:25] another problem with googling for answers is.... websites don't get updated with the correct information. ubuntu gets a new version every 6 months. you might be doing something for an older version without realizing. [19:25] Most of the solutions were from 2018.. [19:25] would you care to share the model of laptop you're using? i'd like to know more about why the very old driver version. even my rather old graphics card benefits from the newest nvidia driver. [19:26] when i started using this gpu, 340 was in beta [19:27] it's funny, sometimes answers from 2006 are still the right answer, and sometimes answers from six months ago are garbage now.. [19:27] R007tx HP [19:27]