[00:49] <mybalzitch> lulz
[04:29] <Gamah> A system I haven't touched in 2 months now completely locks up (yes completely, alt+sysreq REISUB does nothing) any time I'm connected to wifi. I thought my install was borked so I reinstalled, but even the installer crashes when wifi is enabled. Installed offline and it worked fine. Pulled over some code I have that can max out the CPU's and Disk, that code works fine. Turn on WIFI? Lockup within 2-3 minutes even if I'm not web browsing. Ideas?
[04:31] <RaGE_Syria> faulty wifi hardware maybe? Does the same thing happen if u connect via ethernet cable
[04:32] <Gamah> trying to find a patch cable..
[04:35] <Gamah> speed test gig down and gig up working just fine
[04:38] <Gamah> turned on wifi complete system lock up within 15 seconds
[04:38] <Gamah> this is /so/ frustrating... i exclusively take this throwaway laptop with me to work on stuff when i'm away and without my regular bag
[05:21] <guiverc> Gamah, providing release details may help (and if a LTS release; the kernel stack choice made or being specific may also help)
[05:26] <Gamah> LTS 20.04 and the latest 21.04 iso
[05:27] <Gamah> Default kernel stack
[05:36] <Gamah> All I did after install was get g++, vscode, chromium, and pgadmin
[05:40] <lotuspsychje> 21.04 is end of life Gamah
[05:42] <Gamah> It started with 20.04 LTS
[05:43] <lotuspsychje> Gamah: can you share your dmesg in a pastebin, so the volunteers can have a look for you?
[05:43] <Gamah> When I get back to the machine I will
[06:18] <guiverc> Gamah, 21.04 is EOL as already stated (https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2022/01/21/ubuntu-21-04-hirsute-hippo-end-of-life-reached-on-january-20-2022/) and default stack varies on installation media used; GA for server, HWE for most desktop ISOs (flavors default GA for 20.04 & 20.04.1, but desktop installs can also default to OEM if hardware is detected to benefit from that; so default needs ISO to be provided & hardware to be specified..)
[06:41] <priyank> Hi, my second screen is not detected in ubuntu 21.04 but is detected in windows. Any additional drivers I've to install for that?
[06:45] <guiverc> Ubuntu 21.04 is EOL - https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2022/01/21/ubuntu-21-04-hirsute-hippo-end-of-life-reached-on-january-20-2022/
[06:45] <guiverc> priyank, ^
[06:47] <priyank> Yeah I get that but still second display should work. This just means updates will not be given for it.
[06:48] <priyank> guiverc, ^
[06:49] <lps_> hi
[06:49] <guiverc> support for 21.04 no longer exists; the 5.11 kernel is EOL & unpatched so shouldn't be used online etc; we'll help with release-upgrade questions to get you to a supported release but won't help with 21.04 issues as it's EOL
[06:49] <guiverc> priyank, ^
[06:50] <lps_> fuk you
[06:50] <guiverc> the link I provided contains the ImpishUpgrades link (ie. from 21.04 to 21.10) within it
[06:50] <lps_> fjsbdjhqdjqaahkbkkbkwjej jbbhbhebfhbehehfhbbhebfhbehfbehfbhebfhbehfbheb
[06:51] <priyank> ok thanks I'll just fresh install 20.04 then.
[07:48] <rgh> hi all, I no longer have the option to Save to Google Drive in my printer dialog. Anyone knows what could be wrong ?
[07:48] <rgh> gonna test in a fresh vm too, maybe my old 20.04 system is borked
[08:35] <neure> hi
[08:36] <neure> anyone know how to apply a KDE theme - for Qt4 application - without installing kde-plasma-desktop?
[08:37] <neure> I am using the (default) gnome desktop, set to Yaru-dark theme, but a Qt4 application uses some default light theme :/
[08:40] <KBar> neure: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Uniform_look_for_Qt_and_GTK_applications
[08:40] <Croran> my nvidia GPU is stable in furmark and gpu_burn, but it 'falls off the bus' in xcom 2.
[08:41] <Croran> tried a bunch of kernel parameters. tried different driver versions. tried clocking it to match the clocks of the nvidia reference model. tried decreasing the power limit to match the nvidia reference power limit.
[08:42] <Croran> falls off the bus within 10 minutes and often within just 2-3 minutes. i've monitored it with nvidia-smi dmon while in game and there's nothing unusual going on with temperature or power or clocks.
[08:43] <Croran> it crashes in gta V too. not sure whether it gives the 'fallen off the bus' message there, but the symptoms are the same.
[08:44] <neure> KBar, I know I can start Qt application like {application_name} -stylesheet {path_to_style_sheet} - where can I locate the style files like yaru dark?
[08:45] <Croran> symptom is the video output turns off and monitor goes to 'no signal'. but i can ssh in and see the kernel log of 'fallen off the bus'
[08:45] <Croran> also tried mprime stress test while running gpu_burn, to see if it had something to do with a combination of CPU+GPU load.
[08:45] <Croran> totally stable there too
[08:46] <neure> Putting [Qt]\nstyle=Yaru-dark into ~/.config/Trolltech.conf does not seem to change the style
[09:10] <neure> KBar, unfortunately that page you linked is for arch and not Ubuntu
[09:11] <neure> Weird, yesterday I was able to change Beyond Compare style with -style {style} args
[09:11] <neure> Today it does not seem to work
[09:12] <KBar> neure: the fundamentals still apply… it's not like Arch is a totally different OS. Qt and GTK are mostly distro-agnostic.
[09:13] <KBar> I've fixed way too many things thanks to their wiki. It's a good source of information.
[09:14] <KBar> And I've never used Arch btw. But sure, you do you. It's your system after all.
[09:16] <neure> Yeah, I know
 "hi all, I no longer have the..." <- so, google cloud printing has been shut down , no wonder it doesn't work anymore :-)
[09:33] <neure> why doesn't apt-cache search g++-7 show g++-7 package?
[09:38] <krytarik> Debian #923982
[09:38] <krytarik> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcc-7/+publishinghistory
[09:52] <weedmic> I could use some help.  trying to get an lte modem to work.  this is what I do once to setup the modem on a machine.  sudo systemctl enable modem, sudo nmcli c add type gsm ifname '*' apn data.mono, reboot, then test that I got an ip with ip -4 a show ppp0 | grep -Po 'inet \K[0-9.]*'
[09:52] <weedmic> however, sometimes, I get "
[09:54] <weedmic> gsm   13397fce-2abd-4da2-954c-d7742ae4e5fe  gsm"   -- instead of "gsm   13397fce-2abd-4da2-954c-d7742ae4e5fe  gsm   cdc-wdm0" when I do nmcli c s - and of course get no ip address
[09:54] <lotuspsychje> we got a wiki for modems weedmic see if it can help you perhaps?
[09:54] <lotuspsychje> !ppp
[09:54] <weedmic> it is a cli, but will check the wiki
[09:55] <weedmic> i mostly want a command to tell it to assign gsm to cdc-wdm0 manually
[09:57] <lotuspsychje> also found this weedmic https://ubuntu.com/core/docs/networkmanager/configure-cellular-connections
[09:58] <weedmic> lotuspsychje: that is what I am doing, but will read and see if it has what I want v what I actually did
[10:20] <weedmic> i cannot seem to find "r" option in the man page for nmcli - is there one?  I'm trying to see why "nmcli r wwan on" does not seem to do anything.
[10:23] <weedmic> found in onscreen help
[11:02] <FreeBDSM> !upgrade
[11:05] <FreeBDSM> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes is outdated
[11:08] <KBar> FreeBDSM: Thanks for noticing. Feel free to join #ubuntu-doc or file a bug report on Launchpad. It's a Community Wiki, please suggest your edits if you can.
[11:20] <FreeBDSM> !codenames
[11:27] <Maik> FreeBDSM: please take the bot to a Query if you continue to ask it stuff
[11:27] <FreeBDSM> Maik, what do you mean?
[11:28] <Jeremy31>  /msg ubottu
[11:29] <Maik> FreeBDSM: Query/PM aka Private Message
[13:01] <neure> Hi I am once again back to figuring out how to get dark theme to Beyond Compare 4.
[13:02] <neure> I have found that `bcompare -stylesheet style.qss` works, but I just need to find the right qt4 stylesheet
[13:02] <neure> How can I locate Yary-dark stylesheet so that I can feed it to bcompare like that?
[13:13] <ducasse> neure: try /usr/share/themes/Yaru-dark/gtk-3.0/gtk-dark.css
[13:13] <ducasse> or /usr/share/themes/Yaru-dark/gtk-3.20/gtk-dark.css
[13:13] <neure> contents of that file is just `@import url("resource:///com/ubuntu/themes/Yaru-dark/3.0/gtk-dark.css");`
[13:14] <ducasse> there aren't any other css files in the yaru packages
[13:14] <ducasse> /usr/share/themes/Yaru/gtk-3.20/gtk-dark.css ?
[13:15] <neure> and that is `@import url("resource:///com/ubuntu/themes/Yaru/3.20/gtk-dark.css");`
[13:57] <goddard> so gnome online accounts microsoft exchange account doesn't work?
[14:11] <BluesKaj> 'morning folks
[14:37] <FreeBDSM> I'd like to build chromium portable and unfortunately I get an error by ninja: `Unable to create file. File name too long`
[14:38] <FreeBDSM> someone said they don't experience such an issue on Debian 11
[14:38] <FreeBDSM> but unfortunately, I'm using Ubuntu (20.04 now)
[14:38] <FreeBDSM> is there anything I can tune in system to let it work with longer file paths?
[14:52] <charls_a> Hi, recently i upgraded my vps server from 16 to 18.04.6 LTS. I've installed oidentd (sudo apt-get install oidentd) so for users in IRC doesnt show the ~ before their idents, but after installation seems not working because in IRC it still shows the ~... any idea of to fix it?
[14:58] <mybalzitch> that only provides ident for outgoing irc connections, not incoming
[14:58] <charls_a> Ok, any recommendations to fix this?
[14:59] <mybalzitch> you are running an ircd?
[14:59] <charls_a> No, znc and eggdrops basically
[15:00] <mybalzitch> ok, but irc connections are originating from the machine you installed oidentd on? and you are connecting to other irc networks with it?
[15:00] <mybalzitch> and you configured oidentd ?
[15:02] <mybalzitch> and then the client reconnected to irc after installing and configuring oidentd?
[15:03] <charls_a> Yes. Connections are originated from the machine i installed oidentd
[15:04] <mybalzitch> oh, and you are allowing the oidentd port through your firewall, if there is one
[15:04] <mybalzitch> 113/tcp
[15:04] <charls_a> Exactly
[15:05] <mybalzitch> okay, and then the last bit is just the client reconnecting their irc session, so the remote IRC server queries ident again
[15:06] <mybalzitch> if oidentd is configured correctly, and the remote server is querying ident, it 'should' work at that point
[15:17] <tomreyn> charls_a: please don't cross-post in the future.
[15:22] <noarb> I'm trying to add a bridge to my machine on a VLAN like this example: https://netplan.io/examples/#configuring-network-bridges ... I'm trying to understand this a little more and what options are available, does the renderer 'networkd' have manpages to detail the options?
[15:23] <noarb> I'd like to have a bridge with untagged traffic for ubuntu and tagged vlan traffic for the vm
[15:23] <tomreyn> there is https://netplan.io and i think you have man pages, too
[15:24] <tomreyn> oh wait the networkd renderer
[15:24] <tomreyn> that's systemd-networkd
[15:25] <tomreyn> so systemd.network(5) and systemd-networkd(8)
[15:26] <me_> WINDOW SHOW 1
[15:27] <noarb> thanks, I was looking for things like 'accept-ra', I think this has it
[15:46] <noarb> what package is the ip command a part of? `apt-file search /usr/sbin/ip` doesn't match that exact command. Does netplan and systemd-networkd populate /etc/network/interfaces?
[15:48] <leftyfb> noarb: if you are using /etc/network/interfaces then you are not using netplan and networkd. If you are using netplan and networkd, then you are not using netplan
[15:50] <leftyfb> noarb: what issue are you having exactly?
[15:50] <noarb> looks like it was in iproute2. Is that the right way to inspect results of netplan/networkd? After applying a configuration with netplan apply, I'd like  like to look at the low level networking details
[15:51] <leftyfb> noarb: "ip" will show you the active network configuration
[15:51] <noarb> leftyfb: I'm trying to get a bridge with my ubuntu host on an untagged vlan, and the VMs on that host to be on a tagged vlan. I found an example close to that on the netplan site, trying to understand what it's doing
[15:51] <leftyfb> noarb: is it working?
[15:55] <leftyfb> noarb: the netplan.io link you posted is really all you need
[16:03] <noarb> in that example, does the host traffic not traverse the bridge? enp0s25 gets its address via dhcp, then a linux bridge is created with a static address 10.3.99.25/24 (could it get its address via dhcp as well?) Then /etc/libvirtd/qemu/networks/ allows VMs to connect to br0, and all traffic on br0 is tagged VLAN 15 traffic?
[16:04] <noarb> the only interface on the bridge is [ vlan15 ], could I add several vlans here, or would I need multiple bridges?
[16:04] <leftyfb> noarb: you should have dhcp disabled on the interface you're trying to bridge. The bridge interface is set with dhcp
[16:04] <leftyfb> or not, with a static ip
[16:06] <leftyfb> noarb: if you're going to have multiple vlans you're worrying about, you tag them. Otherwise, if there's only 1 vlan to worry about on that physical interface you're connected to, you leave them untagged and don't worry about vlan configs on clients
[16:07] <noarb> the Ubuntu KVM host will have untagged traffic, and its guests will have tagged traffic on the same interface
[16:07] <leftyfb> noarb: nope, that's not how this works.
[16:08] <noarb> OK, that's what I thought this example was doing in the single guest VM scenario
[16:09] <leftyfb> noarb: let me clarify, that's not how networking works
[16:09] <leftyfb> noarb: if you have multiple vlans on a physical interface, you tag them
[16:12] <leftyfb> noarb: if you'd like more information on networking and vlans, try #networking
[16:12] <noarb> leftyfb: alright, thanks for your help
[16:13] <tykling> leftyfb: uhm, it is absolutely possibly and used many places to have both tagged and untagged traffic on an interface
[16:13] <tykling> *possible
[16:14] <tykling> in fact I am chatting to you through a vm using tagged traffic on an interface that also carries untagged
[16:15] <FreeBDSM> decided to update 18.04 to 20.04 and quite a lot seems to work. But, mpv now seems to play videos with lags/frame skipping.
[16:15] <FreeBDSM> don't know how to fix
[16:16] <leftyfb> tykling: I was going to say sure, but it's not typically done. But I guess for VM's it can make sense. Why not just tag all of it though? What's the point of the untagged traffic?
[16:17] <leftyfb> tykling: I do the opposite with LXD, I tag my host and leave all the containers untagged
[16:20] <lotuspsychje> FreeBDSM: graphics card driver recognized after upgrade?
[16:21] <tykling> leftyfb: in this case management is untagged and services are tagged but yeah, many reasons
[16:25] <FreeBDSM> lotuspsychje, yeah
[16:25] <ducasse> FreeBDSM: which gpu?
[16:26] <FreeBDSM> seems like video output 'vdpau' degraded for me, switching to 'gpu' solved the lags issue
[16:26] <FreeBDSM> ducasse, nv gtx 1070ti
[16:29] <ducasse> sorry, i'm mostly familiar with intel, my friend
[16:29] <lotuspsychje> FreeBDSM: vlc doesnt get lags?
[16:33] <FreeBDSM> lotuspsychje, don't care, since vlc is crapware, suitable only for rare cases when streaming media can't be consumed using mpv
[16:34] <FreeBDSM> another issue is that when I start/stop video - I sometimes hear 'psh-psh' noises
[16:34] <lotuspsychje> charming
[16:34] <FreeBDSM> damn ctrl+q
[16:35] <FreeBDSM> earlier I hadn't much issues with pulseaudio and I always was surprised people in the internets calling it psh-psh-audio for those noises
[16:40] <FreeBDSM> another issue is that ubuntu screwed me my browser by replacing it with snapware. And it even worked at first, but now it doesn't start.
[16:40] <FreeBDSM> ah, I see why: I've deleted snap 'gnome-3-38-2004'
[16:49] <jhutchins> FreeBDSM: You know, it's a real tragedy that there are thousands of people using this software and they aren't even aware of the horrible shortcomings you have so cleverly discoverd.
[17:07] <FreeBDSM> jhutchins, it seems to be the opposite: I've seen thousands of negative comments about pulseaudio, while at the same time I had experienced almost no issues with it. But now I do too.
[17:07] <FreeBDSM> even opening 'audio mixer' from tray icon produces that psh-psh (or clicking) sound
[17:09] <i-garrison> FreeBDSM: if you are running pa 15.0 you probably can get to pulseaudio irc to find out what could go wrong
[17:10] <FreeBDSM> i-garrison, 13.99.1-1ubuntu3.13
[17:11] <FreeBDSM> so much for "LTS"
[17:11] <i-garrison> FreeBDSM: if you can try any modern live cd and reproduce the issue, that could be a way forward (13.99.x is quite old stuff)
[17:11] <FreeBDSM> that old stuff is supposed to be stable, that's the only reason I use LTS OS
[17:11] <leftyfb> FreeBDSM: please stop the passive aggressive comments
[17:12] <i-garrison> FreeBDSM: another option could be to install ppk (or how it is called here) of later version since it is not likely ubuntu would upgrade software in lts
[17:13] <FreeBDSM> leftyfb, please make LTS stable then
[17:13] <leftyfb> FreeBDSM: it's stable for me
[17:13] <leftyfb> !bug | FreeBDSM
[17:14] <leftyfb> FreeBDSM: this is a volunteer support channel. There's no point in making such comments here expecting them to somehow make developers do what you want
[17:17] <enigma9o7[m]> I would check if live iso is doing that audio problem you describe, to see if it is indeed an issue with the version of pulse.
[17:17] <enigma9o7[m]> If it isn't doing it in live, then its likely something you can fix in your installed version.
[17:17] <enigma9o7[m]> Maybe create a new user and login as them, see if its possibly some config file in your home folder related.
[17:19] <enigma9o7[m]> However if it is happening in live, check a newer live iso (impish or jammy-dev) to see if it's already been fixed.
[17:20] <enigma9o7[m]> Otherwise bug report kinda waste of time.
[17:20] <enigma9o7[m]> Yours and devs.
[17:53] <sydney_> engineer
[17:53] <sydney_> are there engineers around
[17:54] <lotuspsychje> this is ubuntu support sydney_
[17:54] <lotuspsychje> whats your question about exactly?
[17:54] <sydney_> I C.  still learning.  How can I find a forum with engineers, specifically mechanical engineers
[17:55] <lotuspsychje> !alis | sydney_
[17:57] <sydney_> Thanks
[18:22] <webpg> hola desde PARAGUAY ASUNCION
[18:23] <tomreyn> !es | webpg
[18:23] <tomreyn> XV8: Please don't change your nickname to indicate presence on #ubuntu and #ubuntu-* channels - see "Don't use public away messages" on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines - thanks!
[18:26] <webpg> HELLO, does anyone have a report or news that some version of LINUXMINT has been hacked?
[18:27] <tomreyn> webpg: we only care about Ubuntu and its official flavors on this channel.
[18:27] <webpg> siguiente consulta: LINUXMINT es seguro para servidor????
[18:28] <webpg> linuxmint se creo de UBUNTU
[18:28] <tomreyn> try this:  /join ##linuxmint
[18:28] <webpg> JOIN ##linuxmint
[18:38] <Maik> !Mint | webpg
[18:39] <Maik> tomreyn the mint channel is over at spotchat
[18:39] <Maik> not on libera
[20:06] <kate_> Hi, I am running on Ubuntu 20.4 and have the following situation: when going into suspend, the USB ports still draw power and, for example, an LED in the mouse is still lit. I'd like to be able to turn the power off on the USB port when going into suspended mode.
[20:12] <goddard> i am on a server where the vhost is setup on a users account i am not really used to that
[20:12] <goddard> where is the vhost config file in this case?
[20:14] <jhutchins> goddard: What virtualization environment?
[20:14] <goddard> just apache
[20:15] <jhutchins> Chase your apache config file, see where it's loading the host from.  /etc/apache2/sites-enabled is a good place to start.
[20:17]  * enyc meows
[20:17] <enyc> kate_: I'd imagine (could be wrong) that is settable in the firmware/bios settings  in many cases
[20:18] <enyc> kate_: some motherboards had jumpers for 5v<>5vSB for usb ports and stuff i remember, too
[20:18] <kate_> enyc: thank you for your reply. The BIOS does not provide the option to disable "Always On USB"
[20:19] <kate_> enyc: thanks again, this is on a laptop
[20:23] <goddard> jhutchins: on the hunt i go
[20:25] <enyc> kate_: some machine dosigs just don't provide option,..  might be able to comment more with make/model of machine
[20:25] <enyc> kate_: in some cases, firmware/bios update can help
[20:26] <enyc> kate_: potentially ou could arrange swap partition etc so that ubuntu can 'hibernate' instead of 'suspend' which then turns machine 'off' rather than suspend-to-ram, could work too...
[20:26] <kate_> enyc: thanks again. the laptop is 12 years old - Toshiba Satellite - has the latest BIOS update installed
[20:26] <enyc> kate_: model exactly?
[20:27] <kate_> enyc: Satellite-L550D
[20:29] <enyc> kate_: what does  "cat /sys/module/usbcore/parameters/autosuspend"   in terminal reveal?
[20:29] <kate_> enyc: 2
[20:30] <enyc> kate_: hrrm potentially this is controllable  ... uerr 1mo
[20:31] <kate_> enyc: what does hrrm and uerr lmo mean?
[20:31] <enyc> kate_:  1 moment =)  just reading docs
[20:32] <kate_> enyc: thank you :) - if those docs are related to my topic, please share.
[20:35] <enyc> kate_: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/usb/power-management.txt  <-  its not clear to me alas, might be looking at wrong thing i.e. device internal powerdown commands, not  system-wide suspend-ness
[20:35] <enyc> kate_: again, an easier answer might be to  arrange so ubuntu can "hibernate"  instead of suspending at all,  and this may require having an explicit swap partition  on disk,  traditionally
[20:36] <enyc> kate_: in short I don't know [!!]
[20:43] <ioria> kate this might work  work :  https://itectec.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-how-to-turn-off-the-usb-power-to-the-mouse-when-i-suspend-the-notebook/
[20:46] <ioria> kate_, the core is the 'unbind' string
[20:49] <kate_> ioria: thank you for the link. I've tried it and the 'ls' command returns 0 lines in my case
[20:50] <ioria> kate_, ls ?
[20:51] <ioria> kate_, you mean 'ls /sys/bus/usb/devices' ?
[20:51] <kate_> ioria: looking at the "easier solution"... ls /sys/bus/pci/drivers/xhci_hcd
[20:52] <kate_> ioria: the "easier solution" is further down on the page. But let me try the upper solution and get back to you
[20:53] <ioria> kate_, please just run :   ls -al /sys/bus/usb/devices
[20:53] <kate_> ioria: there are tons of devices
[20:54] <ioria> kate_, so what does it mean  : ' 'ls' command returns 0 lines in my case'
[20:56] <kate_> ioria: the webpage you sent me has two scripts, one is to be created in: "/etc/pm/sleep.d/ ", the other is to be created in "/lib/systemd/system-sleep/custom-xhci_hcd ", please let me know if you see what I mean
[20:56] <ioria> kate_, yes
[20:56] <kate_> ioria: the second script includes a line " for i in `ls /sys/bus/pci/drivers/xhci_hcd/ | egrep '[0-9a-z]+\:[0-9a-z]+\:.*$'`; do"
[20:56] <kate_> ioria: that ls is producing now lines on my system
[20:57] <kate_> -now +no
[20:57] <kate_> ioria: you can see that the egrep is looking for a specific format of devices listed via ls.
[20:57] <kate_> ioria: there is nothing for egrep to work on
[20:58] <kate_> ioria: but let me give a try with the first script
[20:58] <ioria> kate_, sure, you first need to know your mouse specifics : run 'lsusb'
[20:59] <ioria> kate_, you can't use 1b1a:7001  ofc
[20:59] <kate_> ioria: thank you for making sure. I am aware of this detail
[20:59] <ioria> kate_, don't take it verbatim
[21:03] <kate_> ioria: that didn't work
[21:08] <kate_> ioria: I can tell you that the script is not being called when going into suspend mode. I assume that the /etc/pm/sleep.d is not being triggered when going into suspend mode
[21:51] <jhutchins> goddard: Find it?
[22:35] <Guest9015> if my persistent ubuntu USB boots into initramfs am I screwed? When I booted into busybox, there was no fsck. Can I repair it by using a live ubuntu USB? If so, what do I need to do?
[22:37] <Jeremy31> Guest9015: why not just install to a HDD?
[22:38] <Guest9015> i didn't feel like doing it I was experimenting with some stuff
[22:38] <Jeremy31> A USB thumb drive eventually will fail
[22:39] <Guest9015> Last thing I know is that I could not write any files
[22:39] <Guest9015> Then all of a sudden i reboot and initramfs
[22:39] <Jeremy31> It failed and went read only
[22:39] <Guest9015> yes
[22:39] <Guest9015> So it is a goner?
[22:39] <Guest9015> Can I wipe it and use it again?
[22:40] <Jeremy31> Most likely, just like the small SATA SSD i got
[22:40] <Guest9015> shoot
[22:40] <Jeremy31> I don't think you can wipe and re use
[22:40] <Guest9015> But can I at least try fsck by plugging it into my live usb?
[22:40] <Jeremy31> you could try
[22:40] <Guest9015> ok
[22:48] <Guest9015> it says it is a read only file system and the disk is write protected
[22:48] <ducasse> if it's gone read only fsck can do nothing
[22:48] <ducasse> it's a hardware thing
[22:49] <Guest9015> wow i cannot believe it
[22:49] <Guest9015> can gparted rescue the data?
[22:50] <Guest9015> gparted says input/output error during read
[22:50] <Guest9015> the backup GPT table is corrupt but the primary appears to be ok so that will be used
[22:52] <jhutchins> Guest9015: There's an old saying: any data that is only on a removable drive is not really yours.
[22:54] <Guest9015> it says no filesystems found
[22:55] <jhutchins> Guest9015: You might be able to recover files to a different device, then reformat it, but I wouldn't really trust it.
[23:47] <leftyfb> Guest9015: if you didn't have a backup of the data, the data wasn't important. Maybe try a VM  to experiment