[00:00] <plastikman> build another machine, then restore the backup
[00:00] <plastikman> or deploy a VM on your current machine and test it there
[00:01] <A|ien-> Ah! that's great because I don't have any spare machine to test it on
[00:12] <A|ien-> another quick question, which type of drive is better to use as a backup source? for longevity and reliability?
[00:14] <Eickmeyer> A|ien-: That's a great question. There are "backup drives" out there that are made specifically for it, but the're just slow spinning hard drives. Newer solid state and NVMe drives are pretty good too, but too much reading/writing/heat buildup can degrade them.
[00:15] <Eickmeyer> A|ien-: You can get refurbished HDDs that have been pulled from datacenters. The only catch is that they're known to be noisy, but they have probably a decade of life left in them.
[00:15] <Eickmeyer> A|ien-: Most are available on Amazon. Usually with high storage capacity for cheap.
[00:15] <A|ien-> Brilliant!
[00:16] <A|ien-> does it need to be 5400 or 7200 RPM?
[00:16] <Eickmeyer> For backup, it doesn't matter, but you'll find they're usually on the slower end since you're not typically using them for data access consistently.
[00:17] <A|ien-> Got it, and are there any good practice to observe whilst storing them safely?
[00:17] <Eickmeyer> Keep 'em dry, and preferably in a good case.
[00:17] <Eickmeyer> Heat = bad.
[00:17] <A|ien-> anti-static bag?
[00:18] <Eickmeyer> If they're in a good external case, anti-static doesn't matter, but if you're extra precautious it couldn't hurt.
[00:19] <A|ien-> Sweet! and do we have to fire them up every now and again or it doesn't matter?
[00:19] <Eickmeyer> Probably doesn't matter if the hard drive is robust enough.
[00:20] <A|ien-> one last question, any recommended brands?
[00:20] <Eickmeyer> Hitachi, but the name they use for their datacenter brands escapes me at the moment.
[00:21] <Eickmeyer> I want to say HBX but let me confirm.
[00:21] <A|ien-> much appreciated!
[00:22] <Eickmeyer> A|ien-: Western Digital (WD) is excellent, too.
[00:23] <Eickmeyer> A|ien-: HGST is the one I was looking for.
[00:23] <A|ien-> Thank you!
[00:23] <Eickmeyer> A|ien-: YW
[00:25] <A|ien-> Backup says - Creating your first backup -- this might take a while
[00:25] <A|ien-> does this mean I can make incremental backups after this?
[00:31] <Eickmeyer> A|ien-: Yes.
[00:31] <A|ien-> that's Amazing!
[00:31] <Eickmeyer> :D
[00:34] <A|ien-> do you reckon I should upgrade to the latest Ubuntu? or it doesn't make much difference?
[00:56] <imdumb> Hello world
[01:05] <mek10> Hey all. I am having a hard drive issue... when I boot up my machine, it goes into grub rescue mode and says "unknown filesystem". I tried to `ls` each of the top level drives (hd0, hd1, hd2) and no matter which I do, they all say "unknown filesystem".
[01:05] <mek10> is my harddrive just dead?
[01:20] <guiverc> mek10, I'd boot a live system and explore your drive health (SMART)... Contrast current state with prior state (assuming you watch your drive health), and if it looks okay, then I'd likely explore if file-system checks will help
[02:32] <Elladan> Hi, I need to revert a package in the ubuntu graphics-drivers PPA back to the one in the core repos.
[02:33] <Elladan> However, when I do this, it either A) tells me it wants to uninstall more or less my entire desktop environment or B) just does nothing.
[02:34] <jack> we now know you are breaking peoples shit - i have screenshots as well as logs.... ubuntu as long as i survive is done -- you should be a shamed.. you started well -- now -- you are satanists shit..  FUCK YOY -- yes i screen shotted it.
[02:34] <jack> scumbags
[02:35] <Elladan> I tried removing the PPA source and then ordering a reinstall, and it seems to have downloaded the replacement .deb but it's still acting like the wrong one is installed.
[02:35] <jack> thats right - shoot my system under cover
[02:35] <jack> scumbags cock suckers
[02:35] <jack> i loaded 5 systems with your shit
[02:35] <jack> all sukt
[02:36] <jack> ubuntu is going down
[02:36] <jack> mark my word satan
[02:36] <Elladan> Eh, I think I fixed it. Never mind.
[02:36] <jack> i suported ubuntu since version 6
[02:37] <jack> \and this is what i get ??
[02:37] <jack> fuck you
[02:37] <jack> who has anything to say ??
[02:37] <jack> waits
[02:37] <jack> break it you fucj ass holes
[02:38] <jack> BREAK IT -- OW
[02:38] <jack> you no good ass holes
[02:38] <jack> 8 ti8mes  i loaded your shit\
[02:38] <jack> fuck you Elladan
[02:38] <jack> idiot
[02:39] <jack> your shit suks
[02:40] <jack> im going to take a screen shot and reboot after this.. watch
[03:14] <sody> j #ubuntu
[03:15] <sody> ill be glad when the ni99ers get your ass.. ive had enough of your ghosting peoples systems and sabotaging them cuz you dont like what they say. you have it coming in south africa.
[03:19] <glabifrons> Anyone here ever get Anbox Cloud running on Ubuntu 22.04 (server)?
[03:22] <glabifrons> I can't seem to get past step 1.
[03:22] <glabifrons> $ sudo anbox-cloud-appliance init
[03:22] <glabifrons> Error: failed to check secure boot status: exit status 255
[03:23] <rbox> that seems liek a bug
[03:24] <glabifrons> Yeah, unfortunately I'm not a corporation, just some guy fiddling around with this for his family to play with, so I don't have a paid support contract. Their site said to come here for support. LOL.
[03:28] <glabifrons> Baffling why an Android emulator would be trying to access the hardware's Secure Boot in the first place. If this wasn't Canonical, I'd think it was super sketchy.
[03:55] <kucklehead> Who's good at diagnosing bugs and errors?
[03:56] <rbox> !ask
[03:58] <kucklehead> Oh okay here then: http://ix.io/4F4A cause I have no idea how to ask what is going on inside my journal log
[04:02] <matsaman> kucklehead: what is it you're having trouble accomplishing
[04:07] <kucklehead> matsaman, zfs on root on 22.04. I have these datasets: http://ix.io/4F4D I installed zfsutils-linux and zfs-dkms. I'm trying to get my gdm3 to pop up and not have a black screen
[04:11] <kucklehead> It's hard to figure out what the issue is. I don't know if it is being picky with the /home dataset which is causing the Desktop,Download,Video, etc folders not show up. Or do I have to mask a couple services and just use zfs-import-cache and zfs.target. Ive gotten zfs to work on Archlinux and I got it to somewhat work on ubuntu but I have to disable gdm3 and log into the shell
[04:14] <kucklehead> Or can it be the uneeded packages. Here are the packages by the way: http://ix.io/4F4G I copied the system that was installed on another ssd onto another one and just wrapped it up with zfs
[04:31] <kucklehead> I am wantinng gnome and not xorg
[04:34] <LuckyMan> is there a way to make the computer auto-start at a certain hour?
[04:36] <rbox> search for 'rtc wake'
[04:47] <LuckyMan> rbox thanks
[06:25] <uthman> hello
[06:33] <ikn0wn0thing> EXIT
[07:14] <rikkerd22> https://paste.ubuntuhttps://paste.ubuntu.com.com
[07:33] <Terminal-V> Hi. I am using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Does anyone know if GNOME's text editor can be made to look like the text editor, Pluma?
[07:43] <toddc> Terminal-V: https://linuxways.net/ubuntu/how-to-install-pluma-text-editor-on-ubuntu-20-04-lts/
[07:44] <Reventlov> hey
[07:45] <Reventlov> So I'm trying to prevent networkmanager from configuring some apipa addresses and failing to do so. NetworkManager is configured through netplan, which has a "link-local: [ ipv6 ]" section, but it's still getting some autoconfigured ipv4 addresse
[07:46] <Reventlov> and, indeed, if I do a sudo nmcli connection show netplan-eth1|grep ipv4.method, I get ipv4.method:                            link-local
[07:46] <Reventlov> so, is that a bug in the renderer of netplan ?
[07:46] <Terminal-V> toddc thanks, but I don't want Pluma.
[07:51] <Terminal-V> It cannot be done. Thanks.
[07:52] <Reventlov> hmm, it seems that maybe I can get through using networkmanager: passthrough: […]
[12:08] <ueberall> Hi. Can someone point me to an explanation why Canonical made available kernel 6.2 instead of kernel 6.1 (LTS) as the current "Jammy HWE kernel"? Thanks!
[12:19] <ravage> because it is the kernel available in 23.04
[12:29] <BluesKaj> Hi all
[12:38] <kylen> Hello BluesKaj
[12:43] <BluesKaj> hi kylen
[13:07] <Jackneill_> hey.
[13:08] <Jackneill_> what is the preferred way/app to cast to tv local video/music files?
[13:13] <leftyfb> Jackneill_: VLC
[13:14] <ravage> or an HDMI cable
[13:17] <Jackneill_> the option seems to be playback menu -> renderer. i have "scanning..." but the scanning is never finished. (chromium cast to lg smart tv works)
[13:19] <amir123> Hello, Ubuntu users!
[13:19] <leftyfb> Jackneill_: you can try asking in #videolan
[13:20] <Jackneill_> thank you
[13:23] <amir123> q
[13:57] <xubuntu> hi
[13:58] <xubuntu> !terminal
[13:58] <leftyfb> xubuntu: hi, what can we help you with?
[13:59] <xubuntu> im just browsing
[14:24] <amir123> Hello, ubuntu users!
[15:18] <A|ien-> Hello
[15:19] <A|ien-> wondering how would I upgrade Oracle VM from 6 to 7 in 20.04?
[15:19] <oerheks> i would not, just get a fresh vm?
[15:19] <A|ien-> Oh I mean how would I upgrade the software?
[15:20] <A|ien-> sorry not the VMs, yeah I can create new VMs
[15:20] <oerheks> if you want to upgrade that vm, see the oracle docs?
[15:20] <A|ien-> Can't figure out how to upgrade
[15:20] <oerheks> do-release-upgrade is a tool only for ubuntu,
[15:21] <oerheks> not even sure it is even possible to upgrade that vm from 6 to 7 ..
[15:22] <A|ien-> lol I think I need to rephrase
[15:22] <A|ien-> can I upgrade VB? :D
[15:22] <A|ien-> as in the software
[15:23] <oerheks> upgrade virtual box itself?
[15:23] <A|ien-> Yes please
[15:24] <oerheks> focal gives the same as jammy lts, gives 6.1
[15:25] <oerheks> next lunar 7.0 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox
[15:26] <oerheks> and no, there is no PPA for virtualbox
[15:27] <A|ien-> oerheks: thanks
[16:08] <topcat001> Jackneill_: I love Plex with a Chromecast or using the TV's app. Very reliable and at least on the CC almost everything is hardware decoded so 0% cpu usage on the server.
[16:09] <topcat001> Indeed my server is a 12yr old PC (core 2 quad) :)
[16:28] <webchat4> Hi
[16:29] <webchat4> need help
[16:29] <leftyfb> !ask | webchat4
[16:30] <webchat4> how to forget my authentication password ,  i forgeted the password
[16:31] <leftyfb> webchat4: https://itsfoss.com/how-to-hack-ubuntu-password/
[16:32] <oerheks> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LostPassword
[16:33] <leftyfb> oerheks: that article hasn't been touched in almost 10 years
[16:34] <oerheks> yes, i noticed..
[16:34] <oerheks> recovery method is the easiest way.,
[16:43] <_8lurry> is it possible to cross-compile embedded python on ubuntu (possibly with mingw-w64)? it's probably not a question of "possibility" rather a question if availability of related linkers/packages?
[16:47] <oerheks> mingw-w64 is in our repos, but i find this; https://github.com/asanoic/lib-python-mingw64
[16:48] <oerheks> MinGW-w64  C/C++ compiler  works with all Python versions up to 3.4
[16:48] <_8lurry> mingw-w64 from ubuntu repo doesn't say anything about the python-embed (linker)
[16:48] <oerheks> i have no example for ubuntu, maybe someone else here?
[17:33] <ralhumai> Hello?
[17:33] <alghamdf> hi !!!
[17:33] <ralhumai> Hwllo?
[17:33] <alghamdf> :3
[17:41] <oerheks> :-)
[17:50] <oehman> whenever is ubuntu gonnna get killed?
[17:53] <leftyfb> oehman: trolling is offtopic here. Please stick to support questions
[17:56] <oehman> is the topc to sat stick to ubuntu
[17:57] <leftyfb> oehman: please take it elsewhere
[17:57] <oehman> yes please
[17:58] <hggdh> oehman: please, behave
[17:58] <oehman> whenever ubuntu gonna get killed on ubuntu 22.04 on nvidia
[18:01] <Jackneill_> topcat001, thanks for the suggstion
[18:05] <topcat001> Jackneill_: yw
[18:12] <Beladona> yt-dlp doesn't work with this. Is anyone able to get all videos from this page? https://www.acquisition.com/training/offers
[18:13] <oerheks> Beladona, look in the source of that page?
[18:13] <oerheks> not really an ubuntu issue though
[18:15] <oerheks> also, crossposting is not nice
[18:20] <Beladona> oehman it is essential if one place does works
[18:21] <oerheks> focus on#debian
[18:22] <Beladona> ok
[18:22] <leftyfb> Beladona: if you're running Debian, then you should be asking for support in #debian. You also asked for help in #linux to which people responded to you
[20:06] <oerheks> o /clear
[20:08] <YoGauM> hello !
[20:17] <cluelessperson> I can't get pcscd to work on ubuntu
[20:17] <cluelessperson> I get this error when I restart it
[20:17] <cluelessperson> gsd-smartcard[10849]: Got potentially spurious smartcard event error: Failed to wait for slot event, error: 5.
[20:22] <oehman> (QUIT
[20:45] <cluelessperson> I can't access my servers now
[20:48] <cluelessperson> reinstalling pcscd and scdaemon
[20:49] <cluelessperson> seems to work. hm
[21:13] <Anadon> Hello all, I recently started receiving the following (`The repository 'http://ddebs.ubuntu.com lunar-security Release' does not have a Release file.`)and am wondering how to fix the repo list files.
[21:16] <jhutchins> Anadon: That's not something you do, it's up to the maintainers.  Be patient.
[21:17] <Anadon> Ah, just an upstream thing?
[21:19] <jhutchins> Anadon: I'd say a repo maintainer thing.  Not exactly upstream, it's a the level just one step "up" from the user.
[21:19] <jhutchins> Anadon: Running a repo is fun and entertaining, you should try it!
[21:20] <Anadon> I tried a few packages 7 years ago, and it takes more time than I can justify just yet.  Life just takes too much out of me.
[21:21] <jhutchins> Anadon: Actually, I don't see a security repo on that server anyway.  Security updates are usually on a seperate mirror.
[21:22] <Anadon> I say this, but I am looking to make a base environment to share across all my systems with nix...
[21:22] <jhutchins> kicstart, ansible, preseed...
[21:22] <Anadon> Strange.  I didn't add that file.
[21:24] <Anadon> Those tools would fit if I were a proper sysadmin.  I'm in software engineering so can't work from that perspective.  Don't get me wrong, those are the right tools for managing company wide.  Not my working context.
[21:29] <TuxBlackEdo> I am trying to have an cloud-init install script that uses the very first drive on the machine to install ubuntu, unfortunately "storage: layout: name: direct" will use the largest drive on the machine, I am trying to match the very first drive the machine has, so I tried "match: path: /dev/sda" which works great but i would like to have the same cloud-init file for machines with nvme drives, how do i match either /dev/sda OR /dev/nvme0n1 whichever
[21:29] <TuxBlackEdo> one it sees?
[21:35] <jhutchins> Anadon: Actually, I don't see a security repo on that server anyway.  Security updates are usually on a seperate mirror.
[23:15] <MannyLNJ> Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS Need help w/ MacBook Pro-Wifi not working I installed install broadcom-sta-dkms , rebooted and started following the guide at https://linuxconfig.org/ubuntu-22-04-connect-to-wifi-from-command-line but immediately I noticed an issue because the output only shows my wired connector All assistance is appreciated
[23:18] <toddc> MannyLNJ:  try this guide for the best driver for your broadcom card https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx
[23:18] <jeremy31> MannyLNJ: what URL from terminal for> lspci -nnk |grep -iA3 net|nc termbin.com 9999
[23:20] <MannyLNJ> @jeremy31, https://termbin.com/ncdw
[23:22] <MannyLNJ> @jeremy31, I have two wireless adapters the build in one and a USB adaper. The USB is showing as  wlx00198611613b in /sys/class/net
[23:23] <genii> !bcm
[23:23] <genii> Hm, I think that's only for those 43-whatever series
[23:24] <genii> Broadcom adapters are notoriously problemmatic under linux
[23:24] <MannyLNJ> @genii, thats good because the card is a BCM4331
[23:26] <MannyLNJ> We have success. Thank you @toddc Now to see if it survives a reboot
[23:28] <jeremy31> MannyLNJ: install firmware-b43-installer and remove bcmwl-kernel-source
[23:30] <MannyLNJ> And it survived a reboot. Next steps it to get it to connect to two separate wifi networks and bridge them but first food
[23:35] <genii> It has two wifi adapters in it?
[23:36] <jeremy31> genii: one is USB
[23:38] <genii> Ah, ok
[23:38] <genii> Possible to do then :)