=== JayDoubleu[m] is now known as JayDoubleu === ajfriesen3 is now known as ajfriesen [03:23] hi [03:24] hello [03:24] which video cutting software would you guys recommend for a really slow computer? [03:24] I tried kdenlive, which is good, but extremely laggy when it comes to an old PC [03:24] even though I used "proxy videos" (small down-sampled videos as previews) [03:24] the videos I need to edit are 4K [03:25] I tried: "losslesscut", "openshot", "kdenlive" [03:25] the only thing I can think of would be ffmpeg in the command line. But a graphical GUI would be nice. [03:26] there's a few more listed with "apt-cache search non linear video editor", but I don't know this family of software well [03:26] and doing video editing is just one of those things that is going to get much better with more capable machines [03:27] if you've got slow drives and not enough memory, you'll spend way more time waiting for data to come from disk or get saved back to disk [03:28] sarnold: I couldn't even start describing my financial predicament to you. - I must use the laptop I have here, there is no other way. [03:28] if you had enough memory itmight not need to go to disk as often, and it'd only read/write what's necessary, rather than a bunch of unnecessary stuff, too [03:28] yeah :/ such is life :( [03:29] sarnold, would you mind helping me get "apt" to work again? [03:29] sarnold, for the past couple of months, I could only use snap, as apt refused to work for me [03:29] Belamos: ouch :/ yeah, I've got a few minutes [03:29] thank you! [03:30] Belamos: can you run an apt update all the way to completion? or does that fail? [03:30] I will show you in a moment [03:31] sarnold, https://dpaste.org/vBGG [03:31] this problem has started some months ago, and I don't know why. [03:32] I tried deleting all packages that apt complained about, but then an other package was named by apt as the root of evil [03:33] Belamos: hmmmm. that's an odd one, I don't think I've seen that one before. what's in dmesg? [03:35] sarnold, https://dpaste.org/VsQg [03:35] woooooow [03:35] not at all what I expected [03:36] Belamos: ^ indicates that MergeLists, a working tool of apt, is corrupted. one can ' sudo rm -fr /var/lib/apt/lists ; sudo mkdir -pv /var/lib/apt/lists/partial ; sudo apt update ; sudo apt upgrade ' --- and apt will re-create them. [03:38] Belamos: every five to ten seconds your ACPI firmware is throwing an absolute fit; hopefully a firmware update can fix this. I don't know what the consequences of it are, but it can't be good for performance for the firmware to be throwing errors a dozen times a minute [03:38] thank you, Bashing-om - just doing so [03:39] sarnold, yes, it is annoying... I think that is an ACPI problem [03:39] yeah; there's a ton of linux kernel command line options to fiddle with acpi settings. I don't know any of them well enough to know what to suggest. it's probably not the rabbit hole to go down right now.. [03:40] !acpi [03:40] to debug ACPI issues on ubuntu make sure your bios is up to date and follow the procedure here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingACPI [03:40] but I'd really hope for a firmware update. if you're lucky your vendor publishes updates via fwupd, and you can install one easily. if not, you might need to figure out how to install one through their own mechansim [03:41] apt seems to be running again [03:41] I am just installing a lot of new packages using Bashing-om's command [03:42] sarnold, I am looking into the firmware thing now [03:42] thank you [03:43] Belamos: excellent :D [03:44] Belamos: Is this a laptop ? [03:45] Bashing-om, yes [03:47] Belamos: Then when you have the firmware updated - might consider changing the DSDT (Differentiated Services Description Table) , See: http://iam.tj/prototype/enhancements/Windows-acpi_osi.html . [03:50] Belamos: By the way - I also run "really slow computer" and I find that a core install of Xubuntu runs very well on thisz ole hardware of mine. [03:51] Bashing-om, I am using trinity desktop which makes it also pretty fast [03:51] oh cool :D [03:53] my computer seems to be unable to even play any type of 4K video [03:54] not even in VLC or kaffeine [03:56] There is a shop selling used computers around the corner. [03:56] they are about $ 100 each (without the screen) [03:56] what do I have to look out for? [03:56] I saw some with 3 GHZ [03:56] but what do I really need to edit 4K videos? A good graphic card? Or GHZ? Or RAM? Or all of it? [03:58] Belamos: Ya want at a minimum 4 gigs of ram: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements/ . [03:58] Bashing-om, you just linked the general system requirements. What about 4K video editing? [03:58] my system (900 MHZ computer) is dyning with 4K videos [04:01] Belamos: editing videos is intense work - not much ekse here that I can advise of. [04:01] alse* [04:01] else** sheeshh ! [04:02] =) [04:02] thank you! [04:02] I am leaving now, need to get up early tomorrow [04:03] I'd expect RAM and disk speed to be the biggest influences -- the more RAM you can get, the better, and the faster the disk you can get, the better; nvme is better than sata ssd, sata ssd is better than hdd. but you've got to have enough disk to store the video, and that makes nvme or ssd pretty difficult. [04:03] d'oh [04:03] Belamos: If you are looking to replace your machine the above link is the specs you want to exceed in the replacement. [04:04] d'oh X2 :D === FTX514 is now known as IriXx [04:52] Hi, I am fairly new to ubuntu. I tried to upgrade from 18.04 to 20.04 and now my wifi, bluetooth and sound services are not working [04:53] Can someone please help me with this === genii is now known as genii-core [04:56] ssj5subhashish: can you check your kernel version please? [04:57] lotuspsychje: its 5.4.0-1055-gke [04:58] ssj5subhashish: special kernel, what kind of brand is your machine? [04:58] Its a dell latitude 3490 [04:58] lotuspsychje: [05:00] ssj5subhashish: what you could consider is installing the !HWE kernel and test if this supports more of your drivers/firmwares [05:00] ssj5subhashish: feel free to share your dmesg in a pastebin too, volunteers could take a look whats going on for you [05:01] Thanks lotuspsychje, let me do that [05:01] !hwe [05:01] The Ubuntu LTS enablement stacks provide newer kernel and X support for existing LTS releases, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack === mkv is now known as m4v [05:04] lotuspsychje: here is the dmesg log https://pastebin.com/VMhXiuN4 [05:07] brb ssj5subhashish going breakfast first, try the hwe meanwhile perhaps [05:07] Sure lotuspsychje [05:23] lotuspsychje: just FYI, I am getting this error while installing hwe kernel [05:23] https://pastebin.com/GSvfAHm4 [05:36] This feels like it should be obvious but isn't. So, I'm wanting to setup "flameshot gui" to be a replacement for screenshots. Looked at https://askubuntu.com/questions/1283765/is-it-possible-to-disable-enable-all-shortcuts-in-ubuntu-20-04 and from what I can see.. there's no option to change the program used for basic screenshots? [05:47] ssj5subhashish: sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-20.04 [05:47] There is the "Add Custom Shortcuts" option at the bottom of "Keyboard Shortcuts" if you hit the + sign. Though hitting Backspace doesn't work for disabling the PrtSc button ... [06:00] lotuspsychje: actually I am unable to connect to the internet. Is there any way where I can download the entire package and kust install it [06:01] Cause I tried installing these packages one by one and it seems like they are dependent upon more similar packages [06:02] ssj5subhashish: you need internet to update system and pull packages [06:03] lotuspsychje: can you please help me this. Is there any way I would be able to connect with the internet atleast. I tried USB tethering, Ethernet and what not. None of them works [06:05] ssj5subhashish: the only chipset for offline fix, is broadcom holding the drivers on the ubuntu iso [06:11] ssj5subhashish: you could try booting into previous kernel(s) to that point where your drivrs did work, and download packages from there [06:25] Feels like a roundabout way of doing it, but had to go into /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/screenshot and set the value to [] -- and then set a custom command for PrtSc from there. [06:35] ssj5subhashish: did you make it to bring said system online, yet? [06:35] lotuspsychje: how do I install these drivers? [06:35] tomreyn: yet not [06:35] ssj5subhashish: you could try booting into previous kernel(s) to that point where your drivrs did work, and download packages from there === _miruoy is now known as miruoy [06:35] you may have missed this [06:36] tomreyn: can you please let me know how do I do this [06:37] ssj5subhashish: do you know how to bring up the grub menu? [06:37] during boot [06:37] that's the menu you can select kernels to boot from [06:39] either hit escape once, or hold down shift during boot [06:39] Hold down shift key during reboot [06:39] depends on how you're booting, uefi or legacy bios mode [06:40] Ah right... [06:41] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecoveryMode#:~:text=With%20BIOS%2C%20quickly%20press%20and,starts%20with%20%22Advanced%20options%22. [06:41] Recon: UEFI has no provision for reading the state of the modifier keys so have to tap Esc key (UEFI only does key-down/key-up events) [06:41] Thanks tomreyn Recon I will try this [06:44] Going out now, will try this later [06:45] the 5.4.0-1055-gke kernel image you said you had running is meant to be used by Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), a very specific virtualization environment in the Google public cloud hosting environment. [06:45] it's unclear how that would have gotten onto your desktop computer in the first place [06:46] err laptop, but still [06:47] is this a work laptop, ssj5subhashish ? [06:48] Yes Recon [06:54] i know apt picks up specific kernels now for some brands, but that doesnt mean it always suits best [07:38] ubuntu 20.04; apparmor profile for firefox is blocking access to GPU leading to poor performance: http://sprunge.us/Kh4Qj1?text [07:38] https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2469021 [07:49] webchat25: if you're hoping to have this changed, you should file a bug report [07:49] !bug | webchat25 [07:49] webchat25: If you find a bug in Ubuntu or any of its official !flavors, please report it using the command « ubuntu-bug » - See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs for other ways to report bugs. [07:54] Is there some way to mark an *USB drive, removable* partition as "do not automatically mount this or hide it from the user" [07:55] (It is a bootable USB key with multiple partitions, but only one of them is meant to really be used for storage and I am kind of annoyed with 3 partitions popping up whenever I plug it in) [07:56] The "hidden" partition flag doesn't work or is ignored by ubuntu [07:57] you could disable auto mounting in general [07:57] that would be "gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.media-handling automount false" [07:57] thats what i do :D [08:01] Again, the point is, I want to run this on *any* system [08:01] so changing anything on my own system is missing the point [08:02] you really chose your nick with care [08:02] s/Again/Sorry, I should have included this important extra criterion,/ [08:03] I figured *mark the partition* and *removable* would have given it away [08:05] The problem is ofc that googling such a thing gives me 2.8 million results of how to disable automounting on my system [08:14] Okay: Marking as "hidden" doesn't work, but marking it as an EFI System Partition rather than a regular partition does [08:29] New thing: Apparently a win10 installation medium can boot off exfat, but an ubuntu live iso can not [09:21] MrSassyPants: for uefi booting all that's needed is a fat32 partition with the iso contents, windows or ubuntu, there should be an efi dir there and booting the .efi there should get the job done [09:21] didn't know exfat worked though, good to know! [09:21] yes and fat32 can't store files >4gb which means the windows installer part doesn't work [09:22] exfat does *not* work for ubuntu [09:22] the liveCDs kernel does not contain the module [09:22] i see [09:22] exfat does work for windows and grub [09:23] and grml [09:23] and probably other distros too [09:23] so grub works but ubuntu cant really boot the installer [09:23] What's the actual issue here? [09:23] ubuntu livecd kernel does not contain exfat support [09:23] therefore when booting the iso from an exfat partition, it can't find its own iso [09:23] MrSassyPants: odd though about the 4gb thing, i remember putting windows iso in a fat32 without issues [09:24] That was probably a while ago, the windows isos keep getting bigger [09:24] they're now at 5.5gb [09:24] and even if you extract them, the main install file is 4.6gb [09:24] ah [09:25] so what I am trying now is using wimsplit to create 1024mb-chunk-sized things but I have no idea if it works because I won't know until I actually install it [09:25] It will. [09:25] and I cba to set up a VM because it needs to work on bare metal [09:25] I generally went for 3GiB chunks. [09:25] But that's whatever. [09:26] MrSassyPants: So you're trying to build a windows installer, is that the actual thing going on? [09:26] I'm trying to build a multipurpose usb key [09:27] install windows, various flavors of linux, grml rescue, and so forth, all in one [09:27] Ah, got it. [09:27] and also a 200gb partition for just general "stuff" [09:28] so what I ended up with now is a 32gb FAT32 partition that contains both the windows bootloader and files, and isos for grub to load [09:28] MrSassyPants: maybe you could use exfat, just to load grub, and have ubuntu on an efi partition [09:28] I could but that would mean two separate partitions again [09:28] The ESP isn't designed to house a full OS. [09:29] And GRUB would be loaded from the ESP. [09:30] It's two ESPs now [09:30] Do not do that. [09:30] You can't stop me! [09:30] Okay, but the fact that is against UEFI spec might stop you. ;) [09:31] The first one contains the grub bootloader, the second one contains the windows bootloader and all the other stuff [09:31] I would mark it as a data partition [09:31] but then it shows up when I plug the key in rather than just the stuff partition [09:32] That also doesn't work. [09:32] I don't know what you are talking about [09:32] By spec, UEFI firmware only has to look for partitions of type ESP. [09:33] I had no problem booting off the stick with two ESPs (apart from the ubuntu problem) [09:33] Then the firmware maker for that board was kind. [09:33] That's the UEFI BIOS [09:33] There is no BIOS. [09:33] There is the firmware part of UEFI. BIOS is emulated. [09:33] You call it bios because it's the screen that your motherboard produces before the actual OS is loaded [09:33] aka CSM. [09:33] That is not what BIOS means. :P [09:33] the firmware settings [09:33] yet everyone calls it that [09:34] BIOS is actual firmware. UEFI is not BIOS. CSM is BIOS emulation. [09:34] I don't care what everyone calls it. There's what is, and there's what isn't. [09:34] You could learn, or argue. Your choice. [09:34] I do understand that autistically the UEFI BIOS is not BIOS unless you use UEFI to emulate a BIOS [09:34] What I am communicating may help you in your endeavor. [09:34] I understand. It's the UEFI Bios. [09:34] There is no BIOS. [09:35] ... moving on [09:35] And the "autistically" comment is very much against the rules of conduct in this channel. So don't go there. [09:35] When you're trying to make something bootable across as many systems as possible, getting "how things boot" correct is kind of important. [09:35] It is, yes [09:36] Then maybe being less argumentative - and insulting - might be a good idea when someone is trying to help you better understand "how things boot." [09:36] But in this case, pedantry is pointless, because what is *meant* is unambiguous [09:36] There is no actual "Bios" anymore [09:36] there's no confusion about what screen or what part of the boot process is being talked about [09:36] I don't trust "what is meant." Words have meanings. That's why they exist. [09:37] Alright, I'm done with you. All you want to do is argue. [09:37] You wanted to argue semantics [09:37] I was like "dude its fine" [09:38] What I am more interested in is that the windows installer thing will not be confused by the presence of an install.swm (and install_2.swm) instead of the install.wim [09:39] i'd do the multiple partition thing MrSassyPants , easier, each os can live on its partition and use grub and some custom menu to load each [09:40] I tried that, realized ubuntu can't boot off exfat, and then decided to just make it one partition as there are no conflicting folders [09:41] The one partition solution has the issue that either ubuntu won't load (because it's exfat) or windows can't be deposited without a hassle (due to the 4gb file limit in fat32) and more exotic file systems may cause more problems [09:42] grub can load all of them fine (... after a day of fiddling) [09:43] if you put ubuntu on a fat32, and put grub's efi in the exfat, maybe you can modify /efi/grub/grub.cfg that's what sets the $root partition and $prefix (where /boot/grub/grub.cfg) exists [09:44] Yes, that would work [09:44] then that would load the menu off the fat32 ubuntu, and i think it could load ubuntu from the fat32 [09:45] but then there's no reason to have it be fat32 either if all it boots is ubuntu, you could use ext2 [09:45] i wonder how windows is making their 'usb installers' nowadays then, if fat32 is out of the question [09:45] ntfs [09:45] aha [09:45] Actually, UDF partitions might also work for both. The iso is actually UDF [09:46] the windows ISO I mean. The ubuntu iso is iso9660 [09:46] And I'm pretty sure both grub and ubuntu can both read UDF [09:47] (at boot time that is) [09:54] Hi. I'm a newbie with Ubuntu. I'm trying to install grass (a package) using "apt-get install grass". It installs version 7.8.2 while the version on the package repository (universe) is 7.8.5. Does this make sense? [09:54] Have you updated your apt cache? apt update? [09:55] 1. Have you done "apt update" before, and 2. what release of ubuntu are you on [09:55] Yeah. I also changed the ubuntu settings to use only "universe" to be sure it wasn't getting it anywhere else. I'm on 20.04 [09:56] https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/grass [09:56] 7.8.2 is the correct grass version on your release. [09:57] Oh, I was looking at impish [09:57] That makes sense then xD Thanks [09:57] Sure! [09:59] Does this mean I'm not using the optimal ubuntu version? [10:00] 20.04 is a long-term support release, 21.10 (impish) is not. [10:01] It really depends on what's more important to you: stable and supported for a long time, or newer software, potentially more bugs, and supported for a shorter time. [10:02] If in doubt, just stick with LTS [10:02] ^ [10:03] Yeah it seems the software I want to use is also designed for 20.04, so I will stick with that. Thanks again! Better avoid bugs since I have no clue what I'm doing [10:10] jkc, alright using EF00 for two partitions may cause trouble, but what other partition code is by default hidden in both windows and linux? (And also recognized by gdisk) [10:15] What about 0C01 "Microsoft Reserved" [10:28] I did expect the reverse, but: Hidden in linux, but automounted in windows [11:04] I have another question, but it's related to the installation of a specific program in Ubuntu. Is this an appropriate place to ask that as well? I couldn't get a response on the (relatively dead) IRC for that program [11:11] Bendik: depends what the program is === SmokenatorZ67 is now known as SmokenatorZ6 [11:37] in dpkg package version format, what do the numbers around `ubuntu` mean? for example: 4.4-2ubuntu1 [11:38] 4.4 is the package version, what are 2 and 1? [11:41] package-XubuntuY - x = debian version, y = ubuntu version [11:42] x-0Ubuntu1 means that there was not a debian package yet and this is the 1st ubuntu version [11:44] i see, thanks! [12:13] is there some xmpp messenger in ubuntu depositories that works with tor? [12:17] !info coyim [12:17] Package coyim does not exist in impish [12:18] !info coyim focal [12:18] coyim (0.3.8+ds-6, focal): safe and secure XMPP chat client. In component universe, is optional. Built by coyim. Size 3,495 kB / 17,273 kB [12:18] this one has support for Tor, OTR and TLS [12:19] ty [12:19] looks lovely [12:19] hm === kn1001 is now known as kn100 [12:35] When adding PYTHONPATH variables in bash_profile, do I add a line similar to this for every variable? "export PYTHONPATH=/home/my_user/code [12:35] " [12:38] ive got the latest ubuntu and set my software update preferences "Automatically check for updates: Every two weeks" [12:39] and yet it'll come up nearly every day. this is extremely annoying. can i make it actually check once in two weeks? [12:39] is it because sometimes i have the audacity to type apt update. and apt install a package without going through some package manager? === nullptr is now known as anonymous === anonymous is now known as Guest3802 === Guest3802 is now known as nullptr [12:42] those are unattended security updates, i guess [12:43] apt and package manager uses the same lists and service, no worries [12:46] yea but it annoys me that this thing keeps popping up [12:46] it's like using windows [12:47] i update all my servers weekly unless there's some huge reason to do it sooner, so i follow suite with my desktop and laptop [12:47] i thought i'd try ubuntu on this machine after being a debian guy for the last 15 years... [12:47] start the day with updates? [12:47] i do updates on monday mornings [12:47] one does not want unpatched kernel or browser [12:48] because mondays suck and why not break things on monady [12:48] https://thegreatwhitebrotherhood.org/welcome/important-message-from-the-gwb/ [12:48] sudo dpkg-reconfigure unattended-upgrades # and press N # https://ostechnix.com/how-to-disable-unattended-upgrades-on-ubuntu/ [12:48] thanks! [12:49] mortyy[m], how it that related to ubuntusupport? [12:49] spammers are not welcome, ok? [12:49] i'm also quite frequenty on a mobile connection [12:49] oerheks: did you read the message? [12:49] does this service pay attention to selecting that it's a tethered connection? [12:50] mobile users do benefit disabling updates, indeed [12:50] chrisgt, no [12:50] ok, it wouldn't bother me so much if it cared whether or not a connection was tethered [12:50] mortyy[m], no, and i do not click such urls, thanks. [12:51] oerheks: use url2png to view the message then [12:51] mortyy[m], move it to #ubuntu-offtopic or #ubuntu-discuss .. i guess nobody clicks that url too [12:51] dude, oerheks was helping me, you were spamming me. sorry, i agree. [12:52] agree === Guest55 is now known as razend [12:59] my wifi connection suddenly lost [13:00] and chromium cannot displays Unicode correctly [13:00] How to download images from remote based on the list from local? - https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/678089/download-the-images-from-remote-with-a-list-from-local [13:02] scp -rv user@remote-host:/var/www/domain.com/public_html/assets/media/{"$(cat images.txt | tr '\n' ',' | sed 's/,$//')"} ./assets/media [13:02] downloads directly, I want to download images in respective folders [13:03] no idea [13:05] razend: scp is insecure and should no longer be used https://lwn.net/Articles/835962/ [13:05] use rsync instead [13:06] try to execute "cat images.txt | tr '\n' ',' | sed 's/,$//')" and watch its output maybe? [13:10] It outputs as: a/b/abc.jpg,a/b/abcd.jpg,1/2/123.jpg,1/2/1234.jpg which leads the magic expansion with {} braces [13:12] seems like cp has this feature too :\ [13:15] do you have images that start with weird characters (like a dot, dash, star), or images with spaces in their pathname? because if so, the above method won't work [13:16] use bash to solve this problem...? [13:16] nope, all are regular images [13:18] commands on sh is different to commands on bash [13:20] such as pwd and whoami [13:24] :) [13:25] Disconnected :( [13:27] anyone there? [13:27] :( [13:28] awathefox, what's your problem ? [13:29] chromium cannot display Unicode correctly [13:29] awathefox, only chromium ? [13:30] chromium snap or apt version? [13:30] snap 2.53+21.10ubuntu1,apt 2.3.9 (amd64) [13:32] I fixed it! [13:36] hey [13:38] what's up [13:38] ??? [13:41] 'Morning folks [13:43] CoDiNg [13:45] Friday's almost there! [13:45] leave [13:50] Hola, folks [13:50] Anybody familiar with a better way to scan bad blocks that isn't badblocks-v which just takes ages!? === diskin is now known as Guest4327 === diskin_ is now known as diskin [13:51] -v actually has hundredth increments % which is insanity [13:51] Hi all, on 20.04, how can I change RGB on my graphics card's shroud? In windows I could use Asus Aura program. On Ubuntu I've tried OpenRGB but it doesn't find my card. Any other ideas? Thanks. [13:53] scanning badblocks can take some time indeed [13:55] ordos, depends on nvidia or AMD, xrandr --output HDMI-1 --set "Broadcast RGB" "Full" (nvidia) / or from the nvidia settings [13:55] greetings! [13:56] o/ === nullptr_ is now known as awathefox [13:58] oerheks, thanks it's an Nvidia, will try that, appreciate the help [14:00] oerheks, not that I want to bug you with follow up questions, but I just want to make sure I'm doing this right... I got: X Error of failed request: BadName (named color or font does not exist) [14:00] xrandr --output USB-C-0 --set "Broadcast RGB" "Full" [14:01] (xrandr listing showed card connected via USB-C-0 [14:03] Perhaps there's a way to list the available "color" options [14:04] Tab [14:04] um,not working [14:06] oerheks, sure it takes some time, but in .01 increments of progress? That's impossibly slow [14:07] wait this commmand just seems to change my RGB config of display, sorry I wasn't clear, I'm trying to change RGB LED config on physical graphics card in case [14:08] ordos, your command is working on my device [14:08] ordos, does your device support it? [14:09] well the RGB on my graphics is currently "breathing" this red colour, I want to make it static and blue [14:09] *on my graphics card [14:10] ordos: this, or openRGB? https://github.com/philpax/borealis [14:10] lotuspsychje, thanks, but yeah as mentioned further up I tried OpenRGB - alas it doesn't find my card [14:11] Nvidia Geforce 2060 Super [14:11] RTX [14:11] Perhaps there is an official tool? [14:12] On windows there is - Asus Aura [14:12] not sure how to do it on ubuntu :-/ [14:13] ordos: doesnt your mobo allow to control it? [14:14] no idea [14:15] maybe there is no way to solve it [14:16] have you tried electrical tape? :) [14:19] any chinese? [14:19] !cn | awathefox [14:19] awathefox: 如欲獲得中文的協助，請輸入 /join #ubuntu-cn 或 /join #ubuntu-tw [14:26] lotuspsychje, nope unfortunately mobo doesn't have that feature (assuming you mean BIOS - which I checked), and it didin't come with hardware switch (at least not that I can see). It's a software controller. But I'll dig a little deeper. If I can do it on Windows then there must be a way to do it on ubuntu :-) [14:26] ordos: could try it over wine/playonlinux as a test? [14:27] lotuspsychje, that's a great idea actually, I have the Asus Aura installer file, thanks for the tip [14:27] let us know if it works or not [14:32] it's probably controlled over I2C. if you can find the lines you could sniff what the windows driver tells the card [14:32] then just write to that hardware descriptor [14:33] i've done this in the past with other PC hardware [14:36] chrisgt, thanks for the tip. Some googling suggests I should look at i2c-tools - am I on the right track? [14:36] yea, probably [14:37] Can someone help me correctly map my external hard drive to ubuntu? For example I'm trying to use deadbeef and I can't access /media// where it's mapped by default to access files (permission denied) [14:37] I've been told /media might not be the best place for that? I'm not sure how that stuff works [14:38] lpv: you're trying to have a fixed mount point for a specific drive? [14:39] I guess so. You know a place I can access files(docs,music, everything) like I did on windows with drives. [14:39] And it is always available. (My usb hard drive for example needs me to click on it first, I've not looked into that yet) [14:40] so create a mount point, like /extdrive. and put it in your fstab [14:40] chrisgt, this just might work, I've already managed to narrow down my GPU's bus using i2cdetect -l, will see what I can do, thanks again [14:40] use the partition UUID so it always moutns the correct thing [14:40] ok I'll try that [14:41] ordos: nice. i obviously don't know what commands to send your gpu, but maybe someone has already done the hacking to reverse engineer teh interface [14:41] chrisgt, for sure. This is a good start, cheers. [14:41] the i2c could also be fore VGA and old DVI monitors, though... [14:41] @chruisgt will that also work for the usb hdd? [14:41] since it used i2c to get the monitor properties [14:41] lpv: yes. fstab doesn't care where the hard drive is physically [14:41] if it's avaible in dev/disk/by-uuid, it'll mount [14:42] perfect! [14:42] i am sure /media/ is correct for removable storage, maybe it is shutdown with errors? [14:42] that would prevent mounting [14:42] i don't like putting fixed mount points in /media [14:43] Actually I also have a problem after upgrading to non-LTS(yeah that's probably not a good idea) that ext. drives ask for permission the first time to access. but anyway [14:43] i have media on a different drive, and i actually mount it to /home/chris/media with permissions set for my uid [14:43] chrisgt, well when I was playing with OpenRGB (which doesn't support my graphics card), I kept coming across i2c for other modern graphics cards, so I assume I'll be able to do this with a bit of fiddling [14:44] chrisgt, it's a long-ish read but basically this is what I have to do now - https://gitlab.com/CalcProgrammer1/OpenRGB/-/wikis/Reverse-Engineering === Dragonslicer is now known as Dragnslcr [14:45] Seems I'm on the right track with using i2c for graphics card [14:46] probably. i guessed that just based on how such things are generally controlled [14:47] chrisgt, there it is - https://gitlab.com/CalcProgrammer1/OpenRGB/-/wikis/ASUS-Aura-GPU [14:47] static blue here I come [14:47] If this works I'll FedEx you a beer or something [14:47] if it works, help the next person having the same issue :) [14:49] For sure. Will make a push request to OpenRGB for my particular graphics card [14:50]