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mannequinthere was a linux-firmware update today in 20.0400:11
mannequinwhy?00:11
ogramannequin, apt changelog linux-firmware00:13
mannequinogra: thanks00:13
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stavroPhi01:32
stavroPhows life01:32
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DannyMacI've been researching this for a while and am confused by hdparm.  I'm running Ubuntu Server 20.04 and I want my HDs to spin down after a period of inactivity, but the APM values seem weird to me.  For me to have my HD spin down after 30 minutes, I would need to set the APM to 127 to enable spindown and then set the spindown value to 241 for 30 minutes?02:30
sarnoldDannyMac: be careful there, I had drive spindown cause filesystems to be remounted read-only once upon a time. it was very annoying.02:41
psystemupdateanyone know what the setup would be on linux for video capture stream routing to gpu accelerated greenscreen video software? i need some video software that has the same workflow like in a DAW such as ardour which lets you route audio streams to filters, effects, buses, virtual devices.02:49
psystemupdateill need to route multiple video capture sources to different filters02:49
psystemupdatein live mode02:50
sarnoldtry obs, I think it's used for those sorts of things02:50
psystemupdateis obs openshot?02:50
psystemupdateops?02:50
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sarnoldpsystemupdate: https://obsproject.com/02:51
psystemupdatethx02:51
sarnoldpsystemupdate: it's in package obs-studio, but the screenshots there might be useful to know if it's even remotely close to what you're asking for :)02:52
psystemupdatelooks like what im looking for, onlly other thing i knew which would do stream vid cap was VLC, but i didn't know how to use it to route02:54
psystemupdatei might go troll before the great sinfluencer shutdown02:55
DannyMacsarnold: thanks for the warning.  I had this enabled on my last build, but I was able to set this via some power management app using the GUI, but I seem to not be able to find a clear-cut way to set this up via cli03:03
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sarnoldDannyMac: aha, nice. I don't know what exactly to suggest then ;( I was just interested in not having it, hehe :)03:07
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DannyMacsarnold: yeah, it's weird, when i set it up all those years ago, I had to move some sliders to the duration I wanted and that was it, but now I need to worry about APM values and spindown times that you have to calculate manually03:09
DannyMaci guess i'll just not worry about it, but i sort of want to save some power03:11
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snowhawkhello!03:23
snowhawkanyone home?03:25
matsamanyerp03:25
sarnoldnarp03:26
snowhawkhey guys..03:26
snowhawkcan you rub Ubuntu from a USB stick while still logged into Windows? Like a Live USB, but not have to boot your entire computer into it?03:27
mybalzitchif you do it in a VM sure03:28
matsamanrub?03:28
snowhawkthats the first thing i did03:28
matsamanoh run03:28
snowhawki was wondering if it would be faster to run it from a USB though03:28
mybalzitchmost usb flash drives have horrible write performance03:29
matsamanfaster than storing data on the host's own storage device? No03:29
snowhawkoh03:30
lotuspsychjea portable ssd with a light lubuntu 20.04 could be an idea?03:37
matsamanwhat even is the problem that you're trying to solve?03:38
snowhawkmaybe03:40
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knaccchey peeps, i successfully figured out how to extract the OVAL CVEs from the XML where the severity is High. There is only one problem though - when I check for the existence of the /var/run/reboot-required file to see if I need a reboot, I don't know how to tell which specific updates will go into effect as a result of the reboot. Is there any way to tell which specific  updates require the reboot?04:10
knacccit'd be nice to be able to tell if the reboot will be of benefit to me before i take the server down04:11
lotuspsychjeknaccc: if its for ubuntu server, you might wanna try asking the experts @ #ubuntu-server04:18
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knaccclotuspsychje thanks, i will05:40
DOSfanquestion : I was wondering if it is possible to move the swap partition (it is now a primary) to the FRONT of the disk.  The working linux (ubuntu) partition (ext4) is currently in front of the swap partiton.  Is it possible to relocate the swap partition or maybe just use a swap file instead?05:45
alkisgDOSfan: it's possible to delete it, resize the ext4 partition, and recreate the swap partition in front; but note that moving the left side of a partition takes a whole longer (and for ntfs is even riskier) than moving the right side :)05:48
Bashing-omDOSfan: ^^ See too: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq#How_do_I_add_a_swap_file.3F .05:50
DOSfanBashing-om : thanks :)05:50
DOSfanYa I am thinking that just doing a swap file in the same ext4 partition is probably just easier.05:51
genii-coreYou can use swapoff/swapon to disable/enable the swap partitions or files. So the basic procedure would be use swapoff to disable it, edit the fstab file to comment out the swap entry there. Then boot from a livecd and rearrange the partitions to your liking with gparted, either moving the swap partition elsewhere or elimitating it entirely and using a swapfile on the main / instead05:51
DOSfangenii-core: yes ok I understand, thanks05:53
blahboybazI thought I baught a dedicated graphics card with this lappy (only about a yr old now) but I'm not sure what hardware is being used (if my dedicated card is not begin used for some reason or what is going on). More than that I don't know if I'm using the right driver for the hardware that's being used and I'm not sure how to work with these things. Can anyone help me find out what's going on?07:27
blahboybaz$ lspci | grep -i --color 'vga\|3d\|2d'07:30
blahboybaz0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 9a49 (rev 01)07:30
blahboybaz0000:01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1f97 (rev a1)07:30
blahboybaz$ lshw 2>/dev/null | grep 'VGA compatible' -A 1 | grep 'product' product: Intel Corporation07:30
blahboybaz$ lsb_release -a07:32
blahboybazNo LSB modules are available.07:32
blahboybazDistributor ID:Ubuntu07:32
blahboybazDescription:Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS07:32
blahboybazRelease:20.0407:32
blahboybazCodename:focal07:32
PhoebusIsn't there a simple way to make a window transparent, 20.04.3 lTS / gnome 3.36.8 , tried compiz so far, and gnome glass, nothing works... thanks!07:51
persiancathow could i to open UnityHub by terminal07:54
persiancathow could i to open UnityHub by terminal08:13
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blahboybazexit09:41
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Guest32Hi, I am trying to run apport-collect, I have authorized it but it has just been writing out "......" for the last 10 minutes. There seems to be no activity on the system. Is there anything I can do?10:43
lotuspsychje_Guest32: did you apport collect bug ID ?10:49
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Guest32yep: apport-collect 196082610:50
lotuspsychjeGuest32: try closing your browser after logged in to launchpad and try a new instance from a terminal10:50
Guest32I have created a file locally using apport-bug linux --save10:50
Guest32that should be the same info right?10:50
Jeremy31No package called lnux according to apport if I remember correctly10:51
Guest32I am running the apport-collect on a headless server, and opened the URL on a different PC, maybe that is the problem10:51
Guest32 As  a  special  case,  to  report  a  bug  against  the  Linux  kernel,  you  do  not  need to use the full package name (such as linux-im‐10:52
Guest32       age-2.6.28-4-generic); you can just use10:52
Guest32           apport-bug linux10:52
lotuspsychjeGuest32: in the ubuntu case its, ubuntu-bug linux10:53
lotuspsychjebug #196082610:54
ubottuBug 1960826 in linux (Ubuntu) "NFSv4 performance problem with newer kernels" [Undecided, Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/196082610:54
lotuspsychjeok,your ID exist Guest32 just try again; apport-collect 196082610:55
Guest32ok, it has worked now10:56
Guest32thanks!10:56
lotuspsychjegreat Guest3210:57
lotuspsychjeand thank you for your bug report and make ubuntu better Guest3210:59
Ravagethe But Bot still refers to Freenode by the way :)11:15
Ravage*Bug Bot11:15
lotuspsychjeRavage: ths bugbot?11:17
Ravage" You might also ask for help in the #ubuntu-bugs irc channel on Freenode."11:17
RavageUbuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)11:17
Ravageon launchpad. not sure how i would report that as a bug :)11:18
lotuspsychjewhats the link you seeing that Ravage ?11:18
Ravagehttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/196082611:19
ubottuLaunchpad bug 1960826 in linux (Ubuntu) "NFSv4 performance problem with newer kernels" [Undecided, Confirmed]11:19
lotuspsychjeoh cool, nice find Ravage11:19
lotuspsychjeRavage: maybe report that to #ubuntu-kernel crew, as its an auto msg from the kernel team11:20
lotuspsychjeRavage: or this https://launchpad.net/%7Ecrichton/+contactuser11:22
Ravagewill try :)11:23
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BluesKaj'Morning folks13:37
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Guest6494Hello!14:31
Guest6494I'm running ubuntu on zfs root with native zfs encryption. Haven been doing well for a year now, but I somehow managed to delete my key material, it seems14:31
Guest6494I now cannot boot anymore and cannot mount the rpool anymore. I can import it and it says it's all good. no errors14:32
Guest6494Is there a way I can revocer the key?14:32
Guest6494after importing, this is the part where it fails:14:32
Guest6494sudo zfs load-key rpool14:32
Guest6494Key load error: Failed to open key material file14:32
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coz_good day all14:49
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coconut 15:14
ice9apt is failing to upgrade firefox, I'm getting: The following packages have been kept back: firefox, even "apt dist-upgrade" is not working, what do you think?15:28
EriC^^ice9: what does 'sudo apt-get install firefox' give?15:29
ice9EriC^^, that worked :) thanks15:30
ice9EriC^^, whats the difference between both commands?15:30
EriC^^nothing really, anyways glad it worked15:32
EriC^^hmm unless you meant you ran apt-get dist-upgrade, maybe apt dist-upgrade is different, cant find it in the manpage15:33
EriC^^did you run apt or apt-get?15:34
Maikice9: what version of ubuntu is that on?15:35
ice9Maik, 21.1015:39
ice9EriC^^, apt15:39
EriC^^ice9: use "apt full-upgrade" instead15:40
Maikice9: firefox is a snap package on 21.1015:50
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vapg1974I was a KDE fag but Cinnamon is awesome!17:00
noobarooHey, I'm using Weechat 1.4 and the channel/server sidebar won't show. Any ideas?17:01
jhutchinsLet's see what the bot knows ...17:12
jhutchins!weechat17:12
ubottuWeechat is a text-based IRC client. Ubuntu has it in the !universe repositories. Weechat has its own repositories available too at https://weechat.org/download/debian/ which are not officially supported in #ubuntu, but are supported in #weechat.17:12
Guest8618I know that 21.04 is eol but is it possible to still upgrade 20.04 to it and after that go for 21.1017:22
RavageThere is no supported upgrade path17:27
deadromhi17:28
RavageMy advice is to wait for 22.9417:28
Ravage22.0417:28
Guest8618that is what I think but want to be sure tnx for tips17:29
deadromintel system with onboard sound and one logitech proprietary headphone dongle, ubu 18.04LTS. headhpones work. can't get sound from ATX sound output. pulse audio Volume Mixer in xfcs shows VU meter when I playback videos in browser, but I hear nothing. how can I play test sounds to the specific ATX output?17:30
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deadromnvm, fixed, wild button press orgy17:40
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mybalzitchoh I like those17:45
marc_Does Asus C1BKV0 Supreme Fx x-Fi  soundcard work on ubuntu17:46
marc_anyone here17:50
mybalzitchmmmmaybe17:50
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mybalzitchI can't find any obvious indication taht it is though17:51
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mybalzitchinternet claims it has the cmi 8738 chip, which seems to be supported17:52
deadrommarc_: it requires a config file containing question marks, since you don't know that you're out of luck.17:52
marc_I just offered somone £15 for the card17:53
jhutchinsmarc_: Did you search it on the web?17:56
jhutchinsmarc_: Does your motherboard support it?17:56
marc_Im using a server board twin E5-2687w v2 and 32gb ram17:57
marc_supermicro17:57
marc_X9DRH-iF it only has x8 and x16 slots17:59
mybalzitchyou can put lower cards in larger slots18:02
mybalzitchlike a x1 in a x8 or x4 in x8 or x1 in x1618:04
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marc_Just managed to get the card for £22 i got nvme in some of the 8x slots18:22
marc_and a gtx780 in the x 1618:22
pagiostest18:25
pagioswhen a device gets assigned tk a vlan what happens exactly ? the switch tags the port with a vlan id and also tells the client to send packets with a specfic vlan id to match the id on the switch port18:25
jhutchinspagios: I18:34
jhutchinspagios: I'm not really sure wht you're asking, but the host/hupervisor accepts all of the traffic for the vlan and acts as a router for it.18:35
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noobarooHow to find what DHCP client is in use on Ubuntu 16.04? Neither dhclient nor dhcpcd are running. systemd-networkd is loaded but inactive (dead). I'm very confused as to how I'm getting an internet connection right now. Oh and NetworkManager is not installed as far as I know.18:37
noobarooActually network-manager is installed. What is the exact name of the service, does anyone know?18:38
_The_ether_maybe conman?18:39
_The_ether_connman*18:40
tomreynnoobaroo: first of all, unless you're using ESM, ubuntu 16.04 is EOL.18:40
noobarooNetworkManager service is not found and inactive (dead)18:40
tomreynnoobaroo: this said, NM does implement its own DHCP client18:41
noobarooWhat's ESM? Ubuntu 16.04 is supported until 2026, not sure if you know that.18:41
tomreyn!esm | noobaroo18:41
ubottunoobaroo: Canonical offers paid extended security support for end-of-life LTS releases through the Ubuntu Advantage program. For more information, see https://ubuntu.com/esm . ESM is not an Ubuntu community offering; please direct questions about it to Canonical directly.18:41
tomreyn!16.04 | noobaroo18:41
ubottunoobaroo: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) was the 24th release of Ubuntu. !End-of-life was April 30th, 2021. Paid support (ESM) is available. See also !esm, !eol, !eolupgrade18:41
_The_ether_22.04 coming in April :D18:42
tomreynnoobaroo: did ubottu sufficicently answer your questions there?18:43
noobaroo_The_ether_: connman.service is not found either18:43
_The_ether_what does "systemctl list-unit-files | grep NetworkManager" say?18:43
noobarooReturns nothing :/18:44
tomreyni might be wrong but i think 16.04 didn't use systemd, yet18:45
noobarooIt does use systemd18:46
tomreynwell, it's been a while,and my memory decays18:46
_The_ether_what does cat /var/log/syslog | grep -i dhcp say?18:47
noobarooThe only dhcp client service that is even found is systemd-networkd... But its inactive (dead)18:47
tomreynhow about you upgrade to a supported release and re-emaine the situatio then?18:48
tomreyn*re-examine18:48
noobarooWhoa! A lot! Thanks! It mentions "Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.3.3" and "dhclient[775]: DHCPDISCOVER on enp2s0"18:49
noobarooWhy is dhclient.service not found then?18:50
noobaroo_The_ether_: Thank you for the help, much appreciated18:51
noobarootomreyn: I just installed 16.04 yesterday. I specifically chose this version of Ubuntu because 1. It's supported until 2026 2. It contains the 4.4 kernel.18:52
_The_ether_You're welcome noobaroo :)18:52
_The_ether_I'm not sure, maybe because it's a client not a service18:53
noobarooI dom18:53
sybaritenhey hey, the linux version supplied by WSL on Win10 is supposed to be ubuntu somehow right?18:54
noobarooI don't see it as a running process on htop either. I guess I'll look up documentation and man dhclient and see if I can find any useful commands to see what its doing, and if its even running18:54
_The_ether_@ noobaroo : 16.04 is EOL except if you have Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) as mentioned above18:54
_The_ether_I got to go, good evening every118:56
noobarooOh nevermind, I see it on htop18:56
noobarooCan I use kernel 4.4 on a higher version of Ubuntu?18:57
tomreynnoobaroo: Ubuntu 16.04 is only supported until 2026 if you have ESM - https://ubuntu.com/security/esm18:58
tomreynoh, i see this was understood already.18:59
tomreynkernel 4.4, is not supported on newe ubuntu releases, why do you need this oneß18:59
tomreyn*neweR18:59
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* alkisg is on 20.04 with 3.16 kernel in this particular odroid box :)19:01
tomreynThat's not Ubuntu then, just something pretending to be19:02
alkisgIt's stock ubuntu with a custom kernel because they needed a couple of binary blobs19:02
tomreynand the word "custom" is where it stops being Ubuntu19:03
alkisgPeople can call it however they see fit :)19:03
alkisgEh, by just adding dkms and nvidia you're on a custom ubuntu19:03
alkisgAs it taints the kernel19:03
alkisgFortunately the ubuntu community does support such efforts, otherwise they wouldn't have any arm ports at all. Vendors do need to begin from something, and odroid is one of the most vanilla ones19:04
noobarooalkisg: Did you compile 3.16 kernel yourself or were you able to find a binary package somewhere? If possible, please link a tutorial. I found a tutorial before but it wasn't entirely applicable to ubuntu and I had a problem loading kernel modules for one, I'd rather have modules compiled in the kernel itself rather than at a separate location19:06
alkisgnoobaroo: the comment from tomreyn is the most important one; if you don't state why do you need it, we can't really properly help. I was just answering the "it's possible" part, not the "it's supported or recommended"...19:07
alkisgMy 3.16 came from the vendor. They choose to be as vanilla ubuntu as possible, but they can't get use newer kernels.19:07
alkisg*yet19:08
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sybaritenhey hey, i'm on wsl under Win10 and when i do  sudo add-apt-repository universe  it says  'universe' distribution component is already enabled for all sources.  ....  yet i have problems installing midnight commander, which i suspect (only a suspicion) is related to the uni repo. apt says no package found19:49
thyriaenI have 21.10 and i am looking to get a ukrainian keyboard layout installed - however there is no such keyboard installed in the keyboard layout settings tab ( only russian keyboards ) how can i install additional layouts ? ( what is the package name ? )19:49
sybaritensame for emacs19:49
sarnoldthyriaen: xkb-data: /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ua19:54
sarnoldthyriaen: do you have the xkb-data package installed? does that /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ua file exist?19:54
sybaritenOK, so... uh, maybe i just did something stupid. What does the command "sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y" essentially do?19:55
thyriaenxkb data is installed sarnold19:55
sarnoldthyriaen: I'm not sure how the various keyboard selection widgets work, but i think that file should describe the keyboard..19:55
sybaritenI got a whole lot more activity than i normally get with an apt update19:55
thyriaensarnold, and ua exists19:56
sarnoldsybariten: the apt update will update the package lists; the apt upgrade step will install whatever packages are new, and if they have new dependencies, install those, too19:56
sarnoldthyriaen: dang. well, that's good, but I didn't have many ideas in the first place :(19:56
sybaritensarnold: ok.. so we're not talking any distro change or so?19:56
gordonjcpevening19:56
sybaritengood evening gordon19:56
gordonjcpI'm running Ubuntu 21.10 and none of the application icons on the desktop seem to work19:56
thyriaensarnold, how do i select the ua keyboard layout ?19:56
gordonjcpdo I need to do anything special here?19:57
sarnoldsybariten: if you've made changes to your /etc/apt/sources* files, yeah, it could do a distro update. (This is not the best way to update to a whole new release on ubuntu, but it is the way to do it on debian, so people sometimes try it on ubuntu, too)19:57
sybaritensarnold: no i never manually touched the sources file. I was rather trying to get the "universe" repo in/activated, (but ubuntu tells me it already is) and i try to use the apt commands for most things19:58
thyriaensarnold, i can use setxkbmap ua to enable ukrainian - but how can i now use it in gnome ? :p19:58
sarnoldthyriaen: hah, I was just reading the setxkbmap manpage to suggest exactly that :(19:58
thyriaensarnold, T_T19:59
thyriaensarnold, i need to be able to use the language swticher in gnome to swap back between english and ukrainian19:59
thyriaenthats why I am asking :p19:59
sarnoldthyriaen: heh, sorry, I've not used gnome in decades20:00
thyriaenah darn it20:00
thyriaeni dont know how20:01
thyriaenbut not it works20:02
thyriaenthanks so much for your help20:02
onryoexit20:02
sarnoldthyriaen: sorry :(20:04
gordonjcpokay, desktop icons work okay in 20.04, but are completely broken in 21.1020:04
gordonjcpis there a way to fix it or should I just flatten 21.10 and upgrade this machine to 20.04?20:04
thyriaensarnold, i mean it - i am grteful20:06
thyriaensarnold, oh i misstyped - i wanted to write "but now it works" :p20:07
sarnoldthyriaen: well, running setxkbmap by hand can't be the most pleasing thing; it does feel like something gnome ought to just get right20:10
thyriaensarnold, the ukrainian keyboard layout now appeared in gnome :p20:11
sarnoldthyriaen: lol20:11
sarnoldthyriaen: whyyyyyyy20:11
thyriaensarnold, i don't know20:11
sarnoldthyriaen: I hate computers :)20:11
thyriaensarnold, but i am happy now20:11
sarnoldthyriaen: I'm curious if it'll survive logging in and out..20:11
thyriaensarnold, maybe because i once used setxkbmap ua and gnome realised there is a layout i might want to use :p20:11
thyriaensarnold, i think so because now i have added it to the normal keyboard selection in the settings20:12
sarnoldthyriaen: that's my guess, but that's a huge barrier to entry :)20:12
thyriaensarnold, yea it is still there after logging out and in20:12
sarnoldthyriaen: sweet :)20:12
thyriaensarnold, yea :p20:13
thyriaensarnold, you know - i really love irc20:13
sarnoldthyriaen: half the time, asking for help on irc causes the thing in question to fix itself spontaneously20:13
thyriaensarnold, i just really love it here20:13
sarnoldthyriaen: it's pretty awesome :D20:14
thyriaensarnold, for me it is the right level of social interaction i desire - feels like family here20:14
sarnoldthyriaen: same with me, almost all my friends are on irc :)20:15
thyriaensarnold, it is perfect20:16
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eli123Hiiiiiiiiya21:15
eli123Whatsup21:15
eli123everybodi21:15
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daviddhey got a question: I see a docker volume that maps to a local folder. out of curiousity, I did "ls -l" on the folder and it says it's owned by 201:201 but I don't see such a user in passwd of when I do "id 201"21:45
gordonjcpdavidd: yes21:46
daviddis it some sort of hidden user21:46
gordonjcpnope21:46
gordonjcpit's a UID that doesn't have a user defined21:47
daviddoh interesting. and docker probably created it?21:47
gordonjcpwell, you just say what user you want a container to run as21:47
daviddI see, thanks for your help21:47
gordonjcpis there a way to get desktop icons to work in Ubuntu 21.10, with Gnome 40?21:50
gordonjcpas it is, the desktop seems pretty crippled21:50
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CarlFKhttps://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/charities/co-1form.pdf  I need to fill out this form.  it doesn't seem to be a pdf form with fields I can fill in.  I can print and use ink, but is there a way to overlay text on top of it? (and then print that)22:44
CarlFKconvert to image, gimp comes to mind, but eww.22:44
CarlFKHmm. libreoffice Draw seems to do something useful.  nifty.22:45
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adderallDoes anyone know how many kernels typically come with Ubuntu LTS? Usually there are at least two kernels, in case the default kernel has boot issues or becomes corrupt ...23:04
adderallI'm debating whether or not I should install a second kernel as a backup23:04
Jeremy31adderall: two or three never hurt.  You only have on kernel when you first install23:06
adderall*one kernel you mean?23:07
Jeremy31yes23:07
adderallWell, Debian comes with two23:07
adderallI upgraded to a kernel recently but it was incompatible with VMware so I actually spent a lot of time figuring out how to get rid of it and modifying the grub menu.23:07
adderallSo if I did install a second, I'd have to make sure it doesn't default boot to the secondary.23:08
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adderallcd /cat23:09
adderallHaha, my bad. I keep thinking I'm in the terminal as I'm on weechat.23:09
Jeremy31adderall: If you install kernels that are older than the one being used, actually a lower number, they won't be the default at boot, 5.13.0-27 will be the default even if 5.4.0-117 is installed23:11
adderallYeah, I'm at 5.13.0-3023:11
adderallI appreciate this help, BTW23:12
Jeremy31so you could install the -27 and -28 of 5.1323:12
sarnoldjust wait a couple of weeks, you'll get an additional kernel with security updates soon enough23:13
adderallI'm glad you said that23:13
adderallJust apt update && apt upgrade, right?23:14
sarnoldyeah23:14
adderallYet, it seems like there's another command to do a full upgrade23:14
adderallI just use those to upgrade the packages, dependencies, firmware etc23:14
adderall... security patches23:14
sarnoldthere's three usual commands: apt update (best), apt-get upgrade, apt full-upgrade (quite a lot like the apt-get upgrade)23:15
sarnoldsiiiiigh23:15
sarnoldthere's three usual commands: apt upgrade (best), apt-get upgrade, apt full-upgrade (quite a lot like the apt-get upgrade)23:15
adderallapt full-upgrade23:15
sarnoldmy fingers are very used to typing apt update && apt upgrade  :) so they went ahead and typed what they know..23:15
Jeremy31dist-upgrade23:15
sarnoldffs23:15
sarnoldcan I go back to bed? :)23:15
adderalldist-upgrade removes unneeded dependencies23:16
Jeremy31no23:16
sarnoldanyway, apt upgrade is best, it's least likely to uninstall something important, but will include new packages (like kernels) when they're released23:16
Jeremy31adderall: It might23:16
adderallWell, I just have a script that runs apt update -y && apt upgrade -y23:16
adderallIf I have to do something specific, I'll research the commands23:17
adderallOf course, you can always use the man command23:17
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