[01:05] <certiorari> hi, im trying to install irssi with the option --with-socks, but it returns "invalid option" why?
[01:06] <tomreyn> what's the command you're running?
[01:06] <sarnold> what does it mean to "install irssi with the option --with-socks"?
[01:07] <certiorari> "install irssi --with-socks"
[01:07] <certiorari> I neet to use socks5 so need to install it with the socks option
[01:07] <tomreyn> so you built irssi on your own?
[01:07] <certiorari> need*
[01:08] <certiorari> no?
[01:08] <tomreyn> what do you expect the "install" comand to do?
[01:09] <certiorari> install it?
[01:09] <certiorari> wdym?
[01:09] <Ravage> the command you are looking for is "sudo apt-get install irssi"
[01:09] <certiorari> well, yes ofc :)
[01:09] <certiorari> but Im installing it using homebrew and mac<os
[01:09] <sybariten> hey hey...   i have a Fujitsu mini PC, 320 Gb WD harddrive running some form of ubuntu, 18 or 20 i reckon. I managed to screw this disk up somehow. On the startups it says "boot failure. press any key to continue" now, in that white bootup font
[01:10] <Ravage> certiorari: this is the Ubuntu support channel. We can only support the official Ubuntu releases
[01:10] <sybariten> from what i can gather there can be several reasons for this message, one fundamental is that the drive isnt visible for the system but i dont think thats the case. BIOS lists it, and now that i've booted up into ubuntu with a USB memory, fdisk -l sees it.
[01:11] <certiorari> Ravage: ok, will look elsewhere
[01:11] <tomreyn> certiorari: the short help for the "install" command says "install - copy files and set attributes". this is a script usually used to moved files into place in the different directories after your built a software. it's not the default approach for installing new software on ubuntu.
[01:11] <certiorari> ok
[01:11] <sybariten> So i dont think its a hardware problem really but i think i managed to mess with the HD by accidentally turning off the machine at the wrong moment or something. Any ideas to my first step of salvaging the boot sequence / OS, without re-installing too much ?
[01:14] <tomreyn> sybariten: "boot failure. press any key to continue" sounds like a (legacy) bios looking for a boot sector on the device it is configured to try booting from, and not finding one, or being unable to read it.
[01:15] <tomreyn> possible reasons: pointed at wrong storage media; broken boot sector on storage media.
[01:15] <Bashing-om> sybariten: "turning off the machine" >> run a file system check (fsck) from the liveUSB.
[01:16] <tomreyn> 320 GB HDD sounds veeeeery old
[01:16] <sybariten> tomreyn: aha aha. What exactly does legacy mean in BIOS contexts? It comes up all the time
[01:16] <tomreyn> sybariten: in the cpontext i used it i meant to point out this is probably not UEFI booting
[01:17] <sybariten> tomreyn: i dunno, ten years maybe? I have plenty of 320 disks that run fine
[01:17] <sybariten> hmmm and what is UEFI booting? is this this new thing that appeared, when it was suddenly a bit tricker to get to BIOS menus and set boot orders and such?
[01:18] <tomreyn> !uefi
[01:19] <sybariten> hmmm ok
[01:20] <tomreyn> sybariten: try disconnecting any other storage devices, and make sure the bios is configured to boot off the right HDD
[01:20] <sybariten> Bashing-om: hmm ok i'll run the one that comes with ubuntu 20. Not a huge process is it?
[01:23] <bex> hello i am trying to follow this guide but i'm stuck on importing ssh key https://ubuntu.com/download/intel-nuc
[01:24] <Bashing-om> sybariten: Noi it is simple - is advised however to run the check from same version as installed. - from the lifeueb run ' sduo fdisk -lu ' to *know* the target.
[01:24] <Bashing-om> No*
[01:25] <Bashing-om> sudo fdisk -lu  - sheesh my fingers not complying !
[01:25] <tomreyn> !ubuntucore | bex
[01:26] <tomreyn> bex: note also on the page you downloaded from: "There are two install options for the Intel NUC: Ubuntu Core or Ubuntu Desktop This page is for Ubuntu Core." -> if you want to try ubuntu desktop, we can help here
[01:27] <tomreyn> (or try to)
[01:27] <sybariten> Bashing-om: what do you mean, to know the target? To not adress the USB itself accidentally?
[01:28] <sybariten> yeah so this is sda, the HD
[01:28] <tomreyn> there can be multiple partitions and file systems on a disk
[01:28] <Bashing-om> sybariten: Yeah - you want to insure that you point fsck to the correct partition. The partition that holds the "root" file system.
[01:29] <sybariten> hmmmm
[01:30] <sybariten> Bashing-om: https://pastebin.com/KybChE9u
[01:31] <Bashing-om> sybariten: In my case: "/dev/sda1  *        2048  58593279 58591232   28G 83 Linux". The asterisk here denotes my root partiton.
[01:32] <tomreyn> guess i was wrong, this is a disk set up to be uefi bootable
[01:33] <sybariten> tomreyn: man i need to learn these things better. The PC itself, as far as i can tell, seems older than the UEFI concept.... if i remember correctly, when that appeared. But maybe that is irrelevant
[01:34] <Bashing-om> sybariten: In your case - the 1st approach ' fsck /dev/sda2 ' to see if the file system is corrupted. As "sda2" is where the root on your system resides.
[01:34] <sybariten> Bashing-om: yeah hm the only asterisk i see here is on the disk that i booted from (USB memory, i.e. not the problematic disk)
[01:35] <sybariten> what is "root" actually? One often talks about a boot partition, right?
[01:36] <Bashing-om> sybariten: UEFI - the system knows that the boot code is in "sda1" in your case :)
[01:36] <tomreyn> the "root file system" is where the uppermost ubuntu dirrctory is stored on, the / directory
[01:37] <Bashing-om> sybariten: "root" is the top dmain of the file system - everything falls below this.
[01:37] <Bashing-om> domain*
[01:37] <tomreyn> sometimes you have a separate file system containing the /boot directory tree, but not in this case apparently. that's fine.
[01:38] <sybariten> Bashing-om: yeah okay i mean i know what it means once you're in the OS, so to speak...    oh well anyhow
[01:40] <tomreyn> make sure your computer's uefi/bios is set to boot in uefi mode, from this disk
[01:40] <sybariten> hmmm  fsck  can take just one second?    ubuntu@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ sudo fsck /dev/sda2  --->  /dev/sda2: clean, 524730/19505152 files, 64406952/78011392 blocks
[01:42] <tomreyn> you may need to run it with -f if the file system was considered to be clean
[01:42] <tomreyn> make sure it is not listed in the output of "mount" before you do
[01:43] <tomreyn> i.e.    mount | grep sda2     should not return anything
[01:43] <Bashing-om> sybariten: Yeah - the system keeps track of system errors and the tool looks at the file to know the status. Looks now that you should re-install the uefi boot code. UEFI is not in my bag of tricks - best if others advise on this step.
[01:43] <sybariten> Hm okay
[01:44] <sybariten> tomreyn: no no its not mounted
[01:44] <tomreyn> it's also possible that the FAT file system that is the EFI system parition (ESP) is corrupt, you may want to fsck that as well (sda1)
[01:44] <sybariten> Btw, one thing - it does not appear as an icon on the desktop which i believe is normal behaviour for any attached drive, on ubuntu
[01:46] <Bashing-om> sybariten: per above - when ya run the check on sda1 - will have to tell fsck that this is a fat file system rather than the default.
[01:47] <tomreyn> not on my 18.04 lts here
[01:48] <tomreyn> fsck automatically branches to fsck.fat here
[01:50] <sybariten> https://pastebin.com/pTRaNfeQ
[01:51] <sarnold> nice
[01:51] <Bashing-om> tomreyn: :D nice to know for fat file systems :)
[01:54] <tomreyn> Bashing-om: fsck is a wrapper trying to detect the actual file system and handing over to the fsck utility for that (but i assume you know this), VFAT is one of those file systems it can detect.
[01:54] <tomreyn> sybariten: you have chosen not to apply any fixes
[01:54] <Bashing-om> sybariten: "Dirty bit is set" might try from the liveUSB ' sudo ntfsfix /dev/sda1 ' to reset.
[01:54] <tomreyn> it's not NTFS, it's (V)FAT
[01:55] <sybariten> tomreyn: yeah i know i just wanted to show you guys what fsck said. I'm not very familiar with the tool myself.
[01:56] <tomreyn> sybariten: just run     sudo fsck -f /dev/sda1    again and have it fix things. after that, you may be able to boot off this disk again. or will need to re-write the esp from a chroot recovery.
[01:57] <sybariten> ok
[01:58] <sybariten> should i maybe do choice #2 for the second action there, backup to original?
[01:58] <Bashing-om> tomreyn: Oucvh - I tunnel vision again on my part - jumped all over that "dirty bit" part :(
[01:58] <tomreyn> yes, probably what is corrupt is the boot sector, not its backup
[01:59] <tomreyn> so do option 2 and cross fingers
[02:00] <tomreyn> Bashing-om: it is the relevant output, though. just that not just ntfs can have the dirty bit set
[02:00] <sybariten> Uh, strange, i obliged to the dirty bit thing (has to do with a filesystem not being properly unmounted doesnt it?) , but when i did that i didnt get the second question about the backup/original thing. Hmpf. It just finished
[02:00] <sybariten> maybe i should try rebooting now just for the sake of it
[02:01] <tomreyn> give it a try
[02:02] <tomreyn> and yes, the dirty bit is set when the file system is mounted and normally unset during orderly unmount.
[02:03] <sybariten> if it doesnt work i need to hit the sack anyhow i think, too tired to boot up into the USB again and get back here. But thank you guys so much so far, you've been most helpful
[02:03] <tomreyn> but the orderly unmount seems to not have taken place, which is probably why (there could be other reasons) the dirty bit remained set, and this may have been what made the mainboard firmware said "no, i won't even try to boot from that!"
[02:04] <sybariten> tomreyn: ok yeah sounds like a reasonable theory
[02:04] <sybariten> Laters
[02:04] <tomreyn> good luck
[02:07] <sybariten> merci
[02:28] <nameless-x> hello
[02:56] <alpha> When I right click on a file in Dolphin and choose Open With from the context menu, all of the applications are missing. Anyone know how to fix this? I have no idea what I did to cause this
[07:06] <bogdan5316> quit
[07:08] <alkisg> alpha: try with a new user account, to see if it's a problem with your account or a system-wide issue
[07:55] <Mikurynda> my network interfaces are gone, "ip a" only shows the loopback interface, this is on Ubuntu 20.04.3, how can I fix this? Both the ethernet and wireless device are visible in lspci and lshw
[08:09] <alkisg> Mikurynda: what's the output of `uname -r` ?
[08:09] <Mikurynda> alkisg: 5.13.0-30-generic
[08:10] <alkisg> Mikurynda: ls /boot
[08:10] <alkisg> Do you see previous kernels there?
[08:10] <Mikurynda> there are, they are prefixed with initrd.img
[08:11] <Mikurynda> initrd.img-5.11.0-46-generic for example
[08:11] <alkisg> OK. Reboot and in grub select advanced option and boot with one of the previous kernels
[08:11] <alkisg> From there, when the NIC will work, try to do updates; it sounds like you rebooted before they were finished or something
[08:12] <Mikurynda> there are like 5 versions to pick from
[08:12] <Mikurynda> should I just try each starting from the newest?
[08:13] <alkisg> Right, the newest before 5.13.0-30
[08:13] <Mikurynda> okay, that worked, the network works! :D
[08:13] <Mikurynda> how can I update it now?
[08:17] <alkisg> sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade --yes
[08:28] <Mikurynda> alkisg: thank you! everything works now
[08:50] <smallville7123> how is the mouse position obtained?
[09:23] <SteelRose> Hi all
[09:24] <SteelRose> I'm having some trouble updating /etc/resolv.conf ... the file get's rewritten to what it was before and I don't know what is causing it...
[09:24] <SteelRose> help is appreciated
[09:24] <SteelRose> waht is the Ubuntu way to update that file?
[09:32] <alkisg> If you're on desktop, you go to network-manager and edit the connection
[09:32] <alkisg> If you're on server, you use netplan. I've never used that one so I can't tell more (I always purge and replace it with network-manager, even on servers)
[09:32] <alkisg> SteelRose: ^
[09:33] <SteelRose> alkisg: it's a server, sorry I did not mention it ..
[09:33] <SteelRose> on other Linux distros, you just update the file, done
[09:33] <SteelRose> bue in Ubuntu it's... special
[09:33] <Ravage> SteelRose: "ls -l /etc/resolv.conf" should give you a hint what is actually managing your file. usually its systemd
[09:34] <Ravage> on with "other" distros you mean old ones
[09:34] <SteelRose> Ravage: is there any way to disable that behaviour?
[09:34] <SteelRose> Ravage: nope... other distros, even new ones
[09:34] <Ravage> i dont know a modern linux distro that uses a static file here
[09:35] <SteelRose> Ravage: that's not the point of my question... I just needed to know how to make that my changes to /etc/resolv.conf survive over the time
[09:35] <alkisg> systemd automatically picks the information provided by ...netplan in the connection files
[09:35] <alkisg> Do it properly. It's not appropriate to use a static /etc/resolv.conf nowadays
[09:36] <SteelRose> alkisg: OK, I will update the netplan thing...
[09:36] <EriC^^> SteelRose: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1314076/how-to-set-dns-and-edit-etc-resolv-conf-on-ubuntu-server-16-04
[09:36] <alkisg> E.g. you can have 20 connections with 30 DNS servers; systemd will use the correct DNS per connection; while a plain resolv.conf would be inefficient
[09:36] <EriC^^> maybe netplan is better though, didnt see it said 16.04
[09:37] <SteelRose> alkisg: good to know - never had such an issue before :-)
[09:37] <SteelRose> EriC^^: this is a 20.04 LTS server
[09:52] <gile> Hello. I am running Ubuntu Server on Windows 10 via VirtualBox?
[09:52] <gile> How do I scroll up and down in text mode?
[09:52] <gile> SHIFT+PageUp doesn't work.
[09:56] <Kolusion> Hi all. I am using the application airmon-ng on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. When I start monitor mode on the interface, the program hangs, and sudo stop working throughout the system. Does anyone know what might be causing this problem?
[10:01] <Kolusion> Where is this large open source community I keep hearing about?
[10:03] <SteelRose> Kolusion: busy working somewhere else?
[10:04] <Ravage> the community is on a protest walk against impatient IRC users. sorry
[10:04] <SteelRose> Kolusion: does your WLAN chipset is supported by the airmon-ng suite?
[10:04] <SteelRose> Ravage: LOL
[10:04] <Kolusion> Yes
[10:04] <Kolusion> https://community.tp-link.com/en/home/forum/topic/184118?page=1
[10:05] <Kolusion> I followed this.
[10:06] <Kolusion> I can see the interface, but as soon as I put it into interface mode, it says it will be renamed because Linux does not support long names, but then it hangs. And sudo stops working system wide. I use 'sudo bash' but it also hangs and doesn't even ask for my password.
[10:07] <Kolusion> I also used 'airmon-ng check kill' beforehand.
[10:10] <Kolusion> I'll be back
[10:14] <tomreyn> gile: Try (mouse) clicking on the window before you try to use the keyboard to scroll up and down on the VM. If this is a laptap, make sure you're actually triggering a PgUp/PgDown, not some other function that is placed on multi-purpose keys (may need to press + hold "Fn" modifier key)
[10:16] <gile> It still doesn't work. When I press SHIFT-PageDown, it writes tilds.
[10:17] <gile> *tildes
[10:20] <tomreyn> hmm, i'm not sure whether that points to an incorrect keyboard configuration on Ubuntu or rather a similar issue with the VirtualBox configuration (which is, since it's running on Windows, out of scope here)
[10:20] <Kolusion> Back
[10:20] <Kolusion> I don't care about airmon-ng now, I can change an interface mode using 'iwconfig'.
[10:21] <Kolusion> Now I have a problem where I can see stations but not AP's. Anyone know whats up?
[10:25] <Kolusion> Fuck the FOSS is fucking shit
[10:25] <Kolusion> No wonder Linux sucks
[10:42] <ps1quiKo> hallo, guten tag
[10:43] <zaggynl> hallo
[10:44] <ps1quiKo> and tschuss :P
[12:32] <frost-core> hello
[12:32] <frost-core> can anybody help me please?
[12:32] <frost-core> i booted xubuntu to install it
[12:32] <frost-core> but the installer crashed
[12:33] <frost-core> so i mounted the partitions to install grub
[12:33] <frost-core> but now i see a cmd grub
[12:33] <frost-core> how can i boot the system from that minimal bash like terminal
[12:34] <frost-core> please help me, idk about how to boot in grub
[12:34] <frost-core> i know how to use the tui
[12:34] <frost-core> but not the cmd
[12:36] <frost-core> :(
[12:38] <frost-core> -_-
[12:47] <frost-core> why am i not getting help?
[12:56] <oerheks> If your installer crashed, check the media and start over again?
[12:56] <oerheks> !md5sum
[12:57] <frost-core> nvm
[12:57] <frost-core> i fixed it
[13:21] <Maik> !patience | frost-core
[13:22] <Maik> people aren't 24/7 at their PC and we're all volunteers here ;) :)
[13:55] <BluesKaj> Hi all
[13:57] <frost-core> hi blueskaj
[13:58] <BluesKaj> hi frost-core
[14:00] <PTNapivoski> BluesKaj, \o
[14:00] <BluesKaj> PTNapivoski, o/
[14:15] <markwdev> Has anyone ever seen an smb mount "unmount" itself but still show as mounted when running "mount" ?
[14:16] <markwdev> We have an smb share mounted on boot and recently we started getting access denied on it. Doing an "ls" on the directory showed it as empty, but a quick re-mount and things are back to normal.
[14:17] <Guest4638> can u guys Know neofetch alternatives....sorry for  bad english
[14:19] <SteelRose> markwdev: was the Windows server rebooted?
[14:20] <SteelRose> question: why would netplan ever refuse to configure my ethernet device when the YAML syntax and the device name are correct? THanks
[14:20] <markwdev> It's another Linux server on the other end, I can check.
[14:20] <patrix76> ciao a tutti
[14:21] <SteelRose> markwdev: oh well... or another Linux... but why would you use SMB?
[14:21] <markwdev> I knew that was coming. :)
[14:22] <markwdev> It is a server acting as a backup endpoint for MS SQL Server backups.
[14:23] <markwdev> We are starting to play with MS SQL on Linux and didn't want to setup NFS on the box.
[14:23] <markwdev> But for the most part, it's all Windows boxes hitting that server.
[14:24] <markwdev> But... just checked and no reboot recently
[14:26] <SteelRose> MS SQL on Linux... heresy! :-D
[14:27] <SteelRose> markwdev: no worries... we also have some Windows stuff connected to Linux SMBs
[14:28] <markwdev> NFS is in our future for sure, but didn't want to change too many things at one time while we do out testing.
[14:38] <tomreyn> markwdev: here's another theory: the network connection got interrupted between the two systems.
[14:38] <tomreyn> but you probably have logs and studied them?
[14:51] <frost-core> hello
[14:51] <frost-core> how do i extend the ubuntu partition while ubuntu is running?
[14:53] <leftyfb> frost-core: you will need to reboot in order to take advantage of any new space added to a filesystem anyway, so why not do it the safe/preferred way and resize things out of band using a live cd/usb?
[14:55] <tomreyn> frost-core: is it an actual partition, an LVM2 LV, or something else?
[14:55] <frost-core> its a normal partition
[14:55] <frost-core> it was installed by using the erase disk option
[14:55] <frost-core> nothing else after
[14:55] <leftyfb> frost-core: you know resizing the partition alone won't increase your filsystem right?
[14:56] <frost-core> i need some free space
[14:56] <tomreyn> better do it while it is not in use then
[14:56] <frost-core> ohk
[14:56] <leftyfb> frost-core: then use a live cd/usb
[14:56] <leftyfb> frost-core: the easiest way is to use a live cd/usb and gparted
[14:56] <frost-core> there is another way
[14:57] <frost-core> if i had a partition other than that partition
[14:57] <frost-core> i could boot an ubuntu iso
[14:57] <frost-core> and resize that partition
[14:57] <frost-core> but i have an efi one
[14:57] <frost-core> and a one which is 1m
[14:58] <leftyfb> frost-core: https://www.howtogeek.com/114503/how-to-resize-your-ubuntu-partitions/
[14:59] <tomreyn> step 0 is *backup*
[14:59] <frost-core> why does windows do it while its running?
[14:59] <frost-core> this isnt an argue
[14:59] <frost-core> just a question, does it have to relate to ntfs?
[15:00] <leftyfb> frost-core: ask in #windows
[15:00] <frost-core> ok then
[15:01] <yolo> is it normal after I blacklisted nouveau and lsmod still shows it after reboot, "nouveau 190554 0", why is nouveau still listed by lsmod
[15:02] <yolo> /etc/modprobe.smd/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf
[15:02] <yolo> blacklist nouveau
[15:02] <yolo> options nouveau modset=0
[15:03] <yolo> reboot, lsmod still lists nouveau, and I already did: apt purge nvidia-*
[15:03] <yolo> this is 18.04, I know, but the company demands 1804
[15:04] <frost-core> nvidia usually sucks in drivers of linux
[15:04] <Ravage> the directory is modprobe.d and not modprobe.smd
[15:05] <yolo> that's a typo, sorry
[15:06] <Ravage> did you update the initramfs?
[15:06] <Ravage> try "sudo update-initramfs -u" and then reboot
[15:06] <yolo> tried that one
[15:07] <tomreyn> another typo: not "modset=0" but "modeset=0"
[15:07] <Ravage> you can add "modprobe.blacklist=nouveau" to your grub command line too
[15:13] <yolo> so update-initframfs -u does get rid of all nouveau drivers from lsmod, I did it last night but forgot it this time, tried about 50 reboots so I kind of forgot :(
[15:13] <yolo> it got stuck at gdm3, but lightdm not stuck, however lightdm does not let me login
[15:14] <yolo> tried to purge gdm3 and reinstall a few times. no help so far
[15:14] <yolo> tried nomodeset on grub cmdline, no help either, gdm3 just stuck at various phases and never present a gui
[15:15] <tomreyn> gdm3 defaults to wayland. you seem to be trying to use nvidia proprietary drivers, which don't work with wayland on 18.04 LTS. you would need to configure gdm3 not to use wayland then.
[15:15] <tomreyn> uncomment #WaylandEnable=false in /etc/gdm3/custom.conf and restart gdm3
[15:16] <yolo> thanks, that was set to false indeed, 18.04 was not very good with wayland anyways
[15:18] <tomreyn> note i did not say "change WaylandEnable=false to WaylandEnable=true" but "uncomment #WaylandEnable=false", i.e. remove the leading "#" character
[15:24] <markwdev> The issue was a typo in the fstab. Apparently this box hadn't been rebooted since the fstab was updated a while ago. The typo had it mounting the share to a directory that was one character off from the place it should have been.
[15:24] <markwdev> Needless to say this really made all of us looking at it feel really smart.
[15:25] <yolo> purged gdm3, reinstalled gdm3, uncommented that line, systemctl start gdm3, screen keeps flashing as before
[15:25] <yolo> lightdm was always stable though never let me login
[15:25] <yolo> spent 6 hours with this so far
[15:26] <yolo> a dell laptop, which had known issues with nvidia+gdm3+1804, google has like 20 different fixes, non worked for me so far
[15:31] <tomreyn> i'd undo all those 'google fixes', ensure ubuntu 18.04 is fully up to date, ensure the bios is up to date, try again, and if it still fails, check logs.
[15:34] <yolo> so far: nonveuv is fully removed and blacklisted, gdm3 is reinstalled, wayland is disabled, the other changes I had is adding nomodeset to grub's CMDLINUX, it really should work now :(
[15:34] <yolo> log does not give much info either
[15:41] <moha> I am asked for creating an Ubuntu template (for VMWare vCenter); I was wondering how much of disk size and how many cpu cores and RAM are minimally necessary?
[15:42] <tomreyn> moha: https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/installation https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop
[15:44] <mircsicz> Hi all, I've got an issue while setting up rsyslog to receive messages from remote hosts:
[15:46] <oerheks> mircsicz, oke, what ubuntu version and what guide do you follow?
[15:47] <tomreyn> moha: "Disk: a minimum of 2.5 gigabytes" for server won't work with most installation sceanrios, though, i would think.
[15:47] <mircsicz> oerheks I'm on 20.04.3 and have configured it without a specific howto
[15:49] <mircsicz> Config is like this: $template RemoteHost,"/var/log/loghub/%$year%/%hostname%-%$now%.log" if ($fromhost-ip != "127.0.0.1" ) then ?RemoteHost
[15:50] <mircsicz> And I've two Problem's: The log from remote keeps showing up in syslog and Mar  4 15:49:18 loghub-bc-01 rsyslogd: error during config processing: omfile: creating parent directories for file  '/var/log/loghub/2022/s3stor-mon-03-2022-03-04.log' failed: Permission denied [v8.2001.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2207 ]
[15:51] <mircsicz> I've already checked permissions and the apparmor profile for rsyslog doesn't seem to be loaded
[15:55] <mircsicz> This is probably closest to what I did... https://computingforgeeks.com/configure-rsyslog-centralized-log-server-on-ubuntu/
[15:55] <tomreyn> error 2207 points to a syntax error in your configuration file. i'm not sure how that's related to the "permission denied" message.
[15:56] <mircsicz> But I've got my config in /etc/rsyslog.d/00-server.conf
[15:56] <tomreyn> I assume you want RemoteLog not RemoteHost on the line you quoted above
[15:56] <tomreyn> generally, you might have more luck with this in #ubuntu-server
[16:02] <mircsicz> tomreyn THX, I'll jump over
[16:51] <yolo> on 18.04 my lightdm is always wayland, how can I switch that off, gdm3's custom.conf turning off wayland does not impact lightdm it seems
[16:54] <oerheks> yolo, change to xorg on login?
[16:54] <yolo> actually, loginctl showed 3 seat0, the first is wayland and second is x11
[16:54] <yolo> the 3rd seat0 is my tty, not sure why there is the first(id is c2) with wayland there
[16:57] <yolo> i think there is a vpn on tty that is using seat0 that is ctl-alt-f8, that probably is the issue
[17:02] <jailbreak> Can I dual-boot Ubuntu server and Windows 11?
[17:05] <tomreyn> jailbreak: You can use Ubuntu in a multi-boot environment, but make sure that the other OS does not overwrite Ubuntu's boot loader.
[17:05] <jailbreak> tomreyn: yeah I know I can with normal Ubuntu but wasn't sure with the Server version
[17:05] <leftyfb> jailbreak: what's the point of running a server dual-boot? If you're just using it for testing, why not run the server in a VM or WSL2?
[17:06] <jailbreak> leftyfb: need windows for, you know and want to use Ubuntu
[17:06] <leftyfb> jailbreak: I didn't question the need for Windows. Just the need to run a server dual boot
[17:07] <jailbreak> there's no 'mini.iso' no more and what I install with Ubuntu I don't need the extra packages like lubuntu, gnone, xubuntu etc
[17:07] <leftyfb> jailbreak: ubuntu server doesn't install any of those by default
[17:07] <jailbreak> gnome*
[17:07] <leftyfb> jailbreak: try WSL2 on Windows
[17:07] <jailbreak> leftyfb: exactly my point
[17:08] <jailbreak> ubuntu server I can setup the way I want, install what I want. but with the regular ubuntu, lubuntu, xubuntu you get a lot of packes and I won't use most of them. and no I won't just remove said packages
[17:08] <jailbreak> packages*
[17:08] <jhutchins> jailbreak: All of the main OS subsystems are the same for "server" and the desktop flavors.
[17:08] <leftyfb> jailbreak: nobody is suggesting you install "regular ubuntu"
[17:09] <jhutchins> jailbreak: The only difference is the selection of packages.
[17:09] <jailbreak> jhutchins: yeah... wish there was still a mini.iso
[17:09] <jailbreak> leftyfb: ? then?
[17:10] <leftyfb> jailbreak: you do not need the mini.iso. Ubuntu Server or WSL will do what you want (no desktop)
[17:10] <jhutchins> jailbreak: It's been a long time since I ran the installer, I wonder if it still _asks_ if you want to install a desktop environment.  Maybe under "select individual packages"?
[17:10] <leftyfb> jailbreak: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install    or  https://ubuntu.com/download/server
[17:10] <leftyfb> jhutchins: the mini.iso does, not server
[17:10] <jailbreak> leftyfb: lol I know that, the mini.iso would be better
[17:10] <leftyfb> jailbreak: false
[17:10] <jailbreak> false? how?
[17:11] <leftyfb> jailbreak: using the mini.iso is exactly like installing ubuntu server, except it pulls all the packages over the internet, not your USB/CD
[17:11] <jailbreak> and why are you linking me to a windows wsl, I rarely boot into windows but need it there just in case
[17:11] <jailbreak> yes
[17:11] <jailbreak> so it would be better...
[17:11] <leftyfb> jailbreak: ok, then use the server iso I linked you to
[17:11] <leftyfb> jailbreak: why is it better to pull the files over the internet than from your usb?
[17:12] <jailbreak> leftyfb: you're not seeing my point....
[17:12] <leftyfb> jailbreak: your point is, you do not want a desktop environment. The server installer will give you what you want
[17:13] <jailbreak> ... I want to install what I want, ie my own DE without lubuntu install packages* the mini iso would be perfect
[17:13] <jailbreak> lubuntu ETC all have packages I'm never going to use = extra bloat
[17:13] <jhutchins> jailbreak: It looks like the mini.iso is no longer being built, since 18.04.
[17:14] <leftyfb> jailbreak: so install ubuntu server and install the DE you want
[17:14] <jailbreak> yeah there's a legacy mini.iso jhutchins but not supported afaik,
[17:14] <moha> leftyfb>: Thanks; I created it over a 10G disk
[17:14] <jailbreak> leftyfb: .... yeah.... but last time I tried I couldn't dual boot. it wrote over the whole hdd so wiping windows
[17:15] <enigma9o7[m]> Install ubuntu server then remove the `ubuntu-server` package.
[17:15] <leftyfb> jailbreak: that would be due to the way you chose options in the installer
[17:15] <enigma9o7[m]> Then install what you want.
[17:15] <leftyfb> jailbreak: take better notice of the options install the installer
[17:15] <enigma9o7[m]> and dont forget --no-install-recommends
[17:15] <jhutchins> jailbreak: I hate to say it, but that's probably user error, picking the wrong option when disk setup/partitioning is happening.
[17:15] <jailbreak> leftyfb: it's bugged. I tried to set a parition as "/" but it wouldn't let me pick anything else. even though I set "/boot" and "/"
[17:16] <allquixotic> Hi, on Ubuntu 20.04, I'm stuck early in the systemd bootup. It says "A start job is running for dev-disk-by\x2uuid-..." and it just hangs there forever. The UUID it gives is the UUID of my LUKS volume before I decrypted it, but now it's changed. I have one LVM2 PV, one VG, and a home, root and swap partition as LVs. How can I get systemd to stop
[17:16] <allquixotic> trying to mount the old UUID? I grepped and used find through the entire filesystem for the offending UUID and it's only in old log files and the /etc/lvm/backup and /etc/lvm/archive.
[17:16] <leftyfb> jailbreak: feel free to ask for help the next time you're going through the installer so you do not make a mistake again
[17:16] <jailbreak> and I'm out :-) cheers all.
[17:33] <jpmh> I have a new cloud install and all looked good - apt update etc all worked well.  Today I get what is shown at https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/TrbvVMKCgD/ - how do I fix this?
[17:34] <leftyfb> jpmh: remove the docker repo or contact them for help with their repo
[17:34] <jpmh> leftyfb: ty - since I don't use docker that would be fine - how do I do that?
[17:35] <leftyfb> jpmh: why did you add the docker repo if you don't use it?
[17:35] <jpmh>  I have to say, as an Ubuntu user of MANY years this is the first time I've had an issue like this
[17:36] <jpmh> leftyfb: I suspect that an OLD install script that we use still had it - we did use docker for a short time
[17:36] <leftyfb> jpmh: delete it from /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
[17:38] <jpmh> leftyfb: so you mean just remove the files with docker in their names from that directory?
[17:38] <leftyfb> jpmh: yes. There should only be a .list and a .list.save
[17:38] <leftyfb> jpmh: if there's more with docker in the name, them you have multiple repo's for docker
[17:39] <jpmh> right - actually there is NOTHNG other than docker there
[17:40] <jpmh> leftyfb: TY SO MUCH - removed and can now update - ty
[17:40] <jpmh> this is why I LOVE Ubuntu - it's about the community
[17:45] <jpmh> so, now I was able to apt update and apt upgrade but when I try and install tor I get what is shown at https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/Mxdq5gP7SG/ - so, now, how do I fix that
[17:46] <leftyfb> jpmh: apt-cache policy tor tor-geoipdb
[17:48] <jpmh> that command gives me https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/GZVg93prqn/
[17:49] <leftyfb> jpmh: looks like an issue with their repo
[17:49] <leftyfb>  and/or packages
[17:49] <jpmh> you mean tor is bad?
[17:49] <jpmh> so, this has nothing to do with the previous issue?
[17:49] <leftyfb> jpmh: they are packages made for Debian, not Ubuntu
[17:49] <leftyfb> jpmh: correct
[17:50] <jpmh> leftyfb: again TY SO MUCH -
[18:05] <jhutchins> I heard docker was created to keep developers busy trying to make it work and keep their hands of working code.
[18:45] <jailbreak> how do I make this go away when ejecting a usb drive? https://i.postimg.cc/BvjKRjT3/Screenshot-from-2022-03-04-18-44-29.png
[18:46] <leftyfb> jailbreak: what does this give you?  which eject
[18:46] <jailbreak> when opening thunar and right clicking to eject it gives that leftyfb
[18:47] <jailbreak> nothing
[18:47] <leftyfb> jailbreak: ls -l $(which eject) | nc termbin.com 9999
[18:47] <jailbreak> ...
[18:47] <jailbreak> I just said it does nothing.
[18:48] <jailbreak> also, nc not found
[18:48] <leftyfb> jailbreak: so this is your server install the way you like it right?
[18:49] <leftyfb> jailbreak: you're missing the "eject" package
[18:49] <jailbreak> ... how do I install it? what's it called?
[18:49] <leftyfb> it's called eject. You install it like every other package
[18:50] <jailbreak> nvm
[19:05] <jailbreak> "jailbreak: so this is your server install the way you like it right?" if I wanted sarcasm, I'd speak in #ubuntu-offtopic :-)
[19:06] <leftyfb> jailbreak: it was a valid question. Otherwise if this was a normal installation of Ubuntu desktop, you should have had that package installed and we would need to troubleshoot why
[19:51] <DynamiteDan> Greetings. I would like to boot ubuntu server with a higher density text mode. How do I achieve that? Thanks in advance-
[19:51] <leftyfb> DynamiteDan: you mean a different font size?
[19:52] <DynamiteDan> yes. 120x43 for example
[19:52] <leftyfb> DynamiteDan: sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup
[19:56] <DynamiteDan> hmm. it does change the font type, but the text mode remains the same
[19:59] <DynamiteDan> leftyfb, thanks :)
[20:05] <alkisg> DynamiteDan: maybe you're looking for something like video=VGA-1:1600x900, to set the framebuffer resolution to something other than the default?
[20:06] <alkisg> (that goes in the kernel cmdline, via grub)
[20:09] <DynamiteDan> ah okay
[20:09] <DynamiteDan> I will try that on the next reboot cycle
[20:47] <xMopx> i have a 20.04 box with kernel 5.4.0, and occasionally the box drops offline and when i reboot it there are messages in the log like kernel: e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 enp0s31f6: Detected Hardware Unit Hang:
[20:47] <xMopx> it looks like the e1000e driver is very old, 3.2.6-k
[20:47] <xMopx> is it a better idea to install a newer driver via dkms or just use a newer kernel?
[20:52] <sarnold> it'd be worth filing a bug report about this before going too much further, ubuntu-bug is much more helpful when you're running the software that has shown the problem
[20:53] <alkisg> xMopx: sure, sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-20.04 and reboot
[20:54] <alkisg> The bug might be already fixed in newer versions
[20:59] <xMopx> alkisg: thanks, i may go with that route. I recall using similarly named packages to get newer kernels in the late days of 14.04
[21:01] <sarnold> still exists :) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack
[21:47] <SnakesAndStuff> Hello. I'm migrating and updating and I'm hoping to find a solution. Currently on an older webserver I'm using pdftk to fill out a pdf email the output to a customer. My understanding is that pdftk has been dropped from debian due to an older dependency. I see there is a java version that replaces this, but it isn't present in the 18.04 repository. Can anyone point me into the right direction for
[21:47] <SnakesAndStuff> programatically filling out a pdf in newer versions from the command line/script?
[21:47] <SnakesAndStuff> Surely there are numerous others that have encountered this.
[21:49] <tomreyn> SnakesAndStuff: i think poppler-utils may provide what you want
[21:50] <tomreyn> https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/amd64/poppler-utils/filelist
[21:50] <tomreyn> though i'm not entirely sure i got your use case
[21:50] <sarnold> taking user-supplied content to stuff into a pdf is a historically difficult thing to do safely. I hope you've got this thing confined via VM tooling or apparmor profiles or similar
[21:51] <SnakesAndStuff> The current use case is I have a pdf that has fields... and I use pdftk from a script to fill in those fields
[21:53] <SnakesAndStuff> Because my only other option is to manually fill this out for every customer/client.
[21:53] <sarnold> if it's *you* filling out the fields, that's fine and everything :)
[21:54] <sarnold> I'd probably just reach for latex to generate the whole thing, but if you don't already know latex, that's a huge learning curve
[21:54] <tomreyn> still a terrible workflow
[21:54] <tomreyn> can't you edit the source document?
[21:54] <sarnold> heh I'd rather edit a simple .txt file with four fields than edit a pdf in acrobat or whatever
[21:55] <SnakesAndStuff> It is a contract/agreement that I have to use that is in PDF format. I'm not allowed to change it etc.
[21:55] <SnakesAndStuff> Or even re-render it. It is a standardized form that is handed down from those above me.
[21:56] <tomreyn> this must be this "business process digitalization" everyone is talking about.
[21:57] <tomreyn> anyways, sorry i don't have better suggestions.
[21:57] <SnakesAndStuff> tomreyn: Believe me... I'm not a huge fan either. Problem is that those above me care less about the work flow and want it to look "how it has always looked"
[21:58] <tomreyn> no doubt, they're the problem
[21:58] <SnakesAndStuff> they are the same people that require support tickets to create busy work that the other workers are qualified to do. But if we have a support ticket system it justifies their other layer if IT services.
[21:58] <jhutchins> SnakesAndStuff: I'd hate to see you reduced to running a Windows system just for this.  Adobe used to have a limited version that worked with Linux.  Open/Libre Office has some PDF editing/form filling capability, but the PDF standards are so broad that they might not work with your docu,ment.
[21:59] <SnakesAndStuff> What are the security implications of form-filling a known base pdf as long as you sanitize the input? It is customer data like name, phone number, address, etc.
[21:59] <alkisg> There are many fill-pdf packages in npm, maybe you could use one of them: https://www.npmjs.com/search?q=fill%20pdf
[22:00] <SnakesAndStuff> And I get it... When there is a problem that seems like it should have a simple solution, but it doesn't: there is often a reason why the solution isn't simple.
[22:00] <sarnold> SnakesAndStuff: quite often the "fill a pdf" tools go through ghostscript or imagemagick which are extremely insecure tools, and probably can't be made secure
[22:01] <SnakesAndStuff> alkisg: First one I clicked on there has a pdftk dependency....
[22:01] <alkisg> SnakesAndStuff: continue to the next one
[22:01] <alkisg> Some depend on it, some don't
[22:04] <jhutchins> !info pdftk-java
[22:04] <SnakesAndStuff> Then I have a stupid question: What is the correct/accepted work flow to create a pdf that needs to be populated with info like customer information etc? It seems like with other tools it is still going to go through ghostscript or some other external library etc?
[22:04] <SnakesAndStuff> Perhaps I wasn't looking in the correct repository
[22:11] <SnakesAndStuff> Also: The data that is being put into the PDF is *not* supplied by the customer, but is supplied on our end by our employee(s).
[22:11] <jhutchins> SnakesAndStuff: https://linuxhint.com/install_pdftk_ubuntu/
[22:11] <jhutchins> I didn't see any dates or versions there.
[22:11] <SnakesAndStuff> so it isn't just allowing random input from anyone
[22:12] <jhutchins> info pdftk
[22:12] <jhutchins> !info pdftk
[22:12] <Guest8983> hi
[22:19] <yolo> gnome-shell[41845]: Failed to load background 'file:///home/yolo': Error opening file /home/yolo: Is a directory
[22:19] <jhutchins> Guest3952: Hi.  If you have an Ubuntu support question, please go ahead and ask.
[22:19] <yolo> keep getting this from gnome-shell, what is it?
[22:19] <yolo> ubuntu 20.04
[22:20] <jhutchins> yolo: What part don't you understand?
[22:21] <yolo> how to fix or silence it
[22:21] <sarnold> probably there's a settings thing in gnome that lets you pick a background to load
[22:22] <sarnold> picking a valid file from that would probably do the trick
[22:30] <yolo> i use gsettings to do a solid color background, but gnome-shell does not like that, it keeps complaining, now I'm looking for solid color background to make gnome-shell happy(quiet)
[22:33] <rfm> yolo, you probably need to tell gsettings to stop using the picture as well as telling it what solid background to use.  I found this that has instructions for various GNOME versions (I don't know which version ubuntu 20.o4 uses) https://www.tc3.dev/posts/2021-09-04-gnome-3-solid-color-background/
[22:33] <rfm> yolo, I suspect it is the picture-options none or picture-url none you're missing
[22:35] <genii> Anyone know if snap has something the same as apt-build?
[22:39] <yolo> yes, I found a solid jpg and put it under gnome-tweaks's appearance and now it's quiet :)
[22:39] <genii> There seems to be optimize-images but I'm not sure it does the same thing. I need to insert some additional compile-time arguments
[22:39] <yolo> gnome settings GUI(gnome-tweaks) does not sync with gsettings direct changes well
[22:40] <yolo> https://www.solidbackgrounds.com/ has lots of solid color jpgs
[23:29] <boxrick> On an Ubuntu 20.04 install is 'zfsutils-linux' package sufficient to get the latest version of OpenZFS?
[23:29] <boxrick> https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/releases shows 2.x.x, my system shows  0.8.3-1ubuntu12.13
[23:31] <boxrick> Argh wrong channel...