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quidnuncAfter upgrading to 23.10 thumbnails aren't created for some videos anymore. How do I debug this?00:37
pragmaticenigmaquidnunc: I'd start with making sure the codec packages are installed00:52
iconoclast_hero# In general, the magic SysRq key is not needed for the average Ubuntu # system, and having it enabled by default can lead to security issues on # the console such as being able to dump memory or to kill arbitrary # processes including the running screen lock.00:52
iconoclast_heroso assuming that all of the physical machines are protected by a pack of hungry guard dogs, that shoot bees out of their mouths, what security concerns am I likely to encounter?00:53
iconoclast_herobecause if there are no security concerns about this from a non-local user, I'm not especially concerned about anyone being able to know what to do with a memory dump (I don't have a screen lock on my desktop), being able to get past the bees and dogs, and having the opportunity and motive.00:55
tomreyniconoclast_hero: this is probably less so about physical security, and more about both other legitimate users on your system, as well as about software with malicious or unintended functionality / bahvior.01:19
tomreynif you want to apply changes, see the kernel.sysrq setting in /etc/sysctl.conf and the notes about it there01:21
iconoclast_herothe quote above is from /etc/sysctl.conf/10-magicsysreq...01:22
tomreyn(and i do not claim to know / understand the full set of risks you'd expose your system to by changing these)01:22
tomreynah maybe it's actually different on ubuntu, sorry, i'm on debian currently01:22
iconoclast_herook01:22
tomreynthis is what it says there: https://termbin.com/a1ca01:23
iconoclast_herohttps://security.stackexchange.com/questions/138658/how-can-the-magic-sysrq-key-be-dangerous-for-linux-users01:24
pragmaticenigmawhat would concern me is the concept of virtual keyboards. or software that can emulate/inject keypresses. offering the ability for a program to "press" the button in software and thus trigger any action associated to the sysrq key.01:25
pragmaticenigmareally I see no reason to turn it on, unless your doing some lowlevel programming and need access to the resources made available by activation of that feature01:26
iconoclast_herowell i needed it today.01:28
iconoclast_heroand  it didn't work.01:28
iconoclast_herobut i think that's because i forgot to use the function key.  but since ctrl-alt-F7 didn't take me to the console, it was definitely locked up01:29
iconoclast_heroit does appear that if you have sudo access you can send they key combos directly to something.01:29
iconoclast_herobut if you have sudo access then that's the lease of my concerns.01:29
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pragmaticenigmaiconoclast_hero: I would recommend using Ctrl + Alt + F2 or F3 ... F7 used to be tied to graphical session, though Ubuntu has moved that to F1, I'm not 100% sure F7 was mapped to a terminal session01:33
tomreyni think tty6 would be the last tty by default (so usually F6 with gnome-shell / mutter and KMS)01:46
tomreynctrl + alt + F7 should still switch to a black screen, though, if things have not locked up.01:46
pragmaticenigmathat's what I was thinking02:00
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ecapiGET YOUR HANDS OFF ME YOU DAMN DIRTY APE03:19
arraybolt3ecapi: wrong channel?03:23
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iconoclast_herotomreyn...  ok i usually just start hitting f keys until something opens.03:29
iconoclast_herof7 is blank, f2 gets me back here, f1 gets me a lock screen i think03:30
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pydev1hello08:49
pydev1i need to: 1. create an user that can access the server via ssh  2. i would like to chroot that user to avoid moving around the system08:50
pydev1is that possible somehow?08:50
pydev1i mean if i set /home/user108:50
pydev1i do not what that user go outside /home/user108:51
pydev1possible?08:51
stennopydev1: yes, its called 'chroot jail'08:53
stennoplease note that it does not give you any actual security though08:54
stennoso that with enough (criminal?) energy, people can break out of those jails08:54
ecapistenno, do you have any scientic journals you can reference on that?09:00
stennoreference to what?09:00
stennowhy chroot jails are no real security?09:00
ecapibreaking out of chroot jails09:00
stennohttps://www.redhat.com/en/blog/chroot-security-feature09:01
ecapiblogs arent science09:01
stennoMoney quote: It is not hard to consider the chroot() system call a security feature. In theory, it sounds great, but if you really take the time to understand what is going on, it is not really a security feature, it is closer to what we would call a hardening feature. It might slow down an attacker, but in most situations it is not going to stop them.09:01
stennoredhat developer blog is not 'scientific' enough?09:02
ecapinope, just redhat propaganda09:02
stennoit explains how to do it09:02
stennolmao09:02
stennohttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/BasicChroot09:05
ecapii want peer reviewed scientifc studies in which group of hacker particapents successfully break jail roots in both real systems and placebo systems09:08
stennohttp://sunsite.uakom.sk/sunworldonline/swol-08-1999/swol-08-security.html09:09
stennook you could also just read the articles and do some research09:09
stennobut you are apparently not in the mood for that09:09
stennoand i am not going to do more work for you09:09
stennoidk if you are trolling or whatever your agenda is09:10
ecapiif you dont know dont answer, the last thing we need on the internet is hunches and guesses09:11
stennoi do know and i did answer09:12
stennofeel free to assume that chroot jails are totally safe and a super security feature, disregarding everything that was written09:12
stennobut it is not the reality09:12
pydev1stenno, pardon i am back09:18
pydev1hmmm what do you mean exactly?09:18
pydev1is it a jail or not :D ?09:18
stennoit is a jail with holes09:18
stennowell-known security issues for the last 30 years09:18
stennoit's not a security feature09:18
pydev1stenno, ok so another solution ?09:19
pydev1docker container?09:19
stennoto be honest, i don't know what a good solution for this is09:19
stennoi only know that chroot jail isn't it, if you don't trust the people logging onto your system enough09:20
stennodocker container is probably even worse than chroot jail09:20
pydev1i think that a system where multiple users ccan acces is quite usual :) i cant believe there is no solution for that.09:20
stennowe use chroot jails in production too, but we know our customers09:21
pydev1i know user, i just would block them running rm -r /09:21
pydev1:D09:21
pydev1stenno, i know that user too, how can i enable that chroot?09:22
stennogoogle 'ubuntu chroot jail'09:22
stennohttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/BasicChroot09:22
pydev1stenno, ok but i would like to understand how can i "assign" a chroot to an user09:24
stennopydev1: if you want to solve a problem, how do you approach it?09:29
pydev1during the creation of that user should i just set the homedire to the chroot env ?09:29
pydev1https://www.tecmint.com/restrict-ssh-user-to-directory-using-chrooted-jail/09:31
pydev1reading09:31
stennobasedir, yeah09:31
stennothe instructions on that page look like the one i have followed too09:34
pydev1i searched: assing chroot jail to user09:35
pydev1ahahahahah09:35
antonispgsso on a fresh 23.10 install, app center does not show installed apps and there is no installed apps tab any idea why?09:46
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loswedsededffmpeg cut a mkv file according to instructions: -ss 00:01:26 -to 00:52:24 -c copy output.mkv, but the first 8 seconds of the resulting file include just audio. This never happened before. Why now?11:41
Guest44Hello, any idea what in Ubuntu 23.10 might cause it to send IPV6-ICMP traffic to itself once in 1-2min ? I shut all programs and it keeps happening13:12
Guest44same SRC/DST13:12
Habbiewhat's the src/dst?13:12
Guest44same source/destination13:13
Habbieyes, which one?13:13
Guest44I am just getting alert:[1:527:8] BAD-TRAFFIC same SRC/DST [**] [Classification: Potentially Bad Traffic] [Priority: 2] {IPV6-ICMP} :: -> ff02::1613:13
Habbiethat's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicast_Listener_Discovery13:13
BluesKajHi all13:15
pragmaticenigmaGuest44: You could install something like nethogs to see what applications are sending and receiving network traffic. My guess is it's something like cups-browsed, avahi, or some other service that is performing a zeroconf scan of the network13:15
Habbiein this specific case i suspect it's the kernel itself13:16
Habbiein general, pragmaticenigma's advice is great :)13:16
Guest44pragmaticenigma Habbie yea it seems to be /usr/sbin/NetworkManager13:18
Guest44or ? root unknown TCP13:18
Habbiemulticast traffic usually is not TCP13:18
Guest44Habbie so its is the NetworkManager ?13:19
Habbieyes, or the kernel, perhaps because of something that NetworkManager configured in the kernel13:19
Habbieis this a router?13:19
Guest44my pc13:19
Guest44hmm... im not sure if nethogs sees it13:22
Guest44while snort alerts of it13:22
Guest44does nethogs see if src/dst is same?13:22
Guest44unless its delayed by like 15s13:22
Guest44but delay is 1s i think, so it cant be NetworkManager then13:23
pragmaticenigmaGuest44: I think you might need to read up on the documentation for snort. I'm guessing it's set to defaults which are usually way too sensitive13:23
pragmaticenigmaspecifically with IPv6 traffic13:24
Guest44the ruleset is for https://www.snort.org/rule_docs/1-527  with "No known false positives"13:27
Guest44[1:527:8]13:28
Guest44unless  Ive misunderstood something13:28
Guest44I guess the newer version has removed this in 3.0 im using 2.913:28
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nsaundershow do I know what software is listening to port 25 on localhost?  https://pastebin.com/cEybktsr13:51
mbeierl_sudo netstat -napt | grep LISTEN | grep 2513:51
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leftyfbnsaunders: sudo lsof -i :2513:52
ografor netstat you might need to install the net-tools package FWIW13:53
ogra(i dont think it is pre-installed anymore)13:53
mbeierlya, I forgot about -i in lsof. Much easier13:53
nsaundersthanks guys13:54
nsaundersokay, can I track down what's listening?  I'm trying to figure what I'm using form SMTP because that should help me find some e-mails fetchmail has stored...   https://pastebin.com/YKnqm6Rg13:56
leftyfbit gives you a PID13:57
leftyfbreadlink -f /proc/pid/<pid>13:57
nsaundersthx13:59
ograor in netstat: sudo netstat -tulpn | grep LISTEN| grep ":25 "13:59
ograthat prints the app name directly13:59
ogra(un the last column)13:59
ogra*on the lst ...13:59
leftyfbor lsof -p <PID> | grep cwd13:59
nsaundersleftyfb: no results on readlink https://pastebin.com/9G1ZXAJD14:00
nsaunderspostfix14:01
nsaundersleftyfb: thx14:01
nsaundersokay, so, if postfix is being used for smtp, and fetchmail is saving e-mails to postfix, wouldn't they be in /var/spool/ or similar?  I couldn't find them there.14:02
mybalzitchor /var/mail14:03
leftyfbnsaunders: fetchmail isn't "saving email to postfix". Postfix is an MTA. Fetchmail is basically an email client14:04
nsaundersmybalzitch: yeah, nothing there.  the log shows fetchmail reading mail, but it never explicitly says "saved to folder xyz"14:04
leftyfbunless you have fetchmail configured to forward email by writing to postfix directly, which, don't do that14:05
nsaundersleftyfb: right, pardon.14:05
nsaundersno, just using fetchmail out of the box.  I'm half inclined to remove postfix as I don't use it so far as I know.14:05
leftyfbnsaunders: if you want to send email, then you need something like postfix14:05
leftyfbif you just want to retrieve email, then you don't need postfix14:06
nsaundersnah, not looking to send mail (well, using IMAP for that.)  I'm going to remove postfix then.14:06
nsaunderslsof shows nothing on port 25 now.14:07
ograso you scared away shy postfix by looking at it too much 😉14:08
nsaunderslol.  no, it scared me.14:08
leftyfbthey removed it because it's not needed to retrieve email14:08
nsaundersSMTP transaction error while fetching from saunders.nicholas@gmail.com@imap.gmail.com and delivering to SMTP host localhost          <--- new error I think.14:08
leftyfbthat's what a client is for, not an MTA14:08
leftyfbnsaunders: https://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-FAQ.html#I914:09
nsaunderscan I just specify a folder or file to fetchmail so it saves explicitly somewhere?  I'll checkout this link.14:09
leftyfbnsaunders: that's done through your ~/.fetchmailrc14:10
nsaundersI'm using 2FA so have an "app" password for google.  works fine with Pine e-mail.  From logs, fetchmail was logging into gmail fine.14:11
nsaundersleftyfb: can you point me in the right direction on the .fetchmailrc and specifying a target folder?14:11
leftyfbnsaunders: check ~/Maildir/14:15
leftyfbI'm not that familiar with fetchmail to be honest14:15
leftyfblooks like it might actually prefer a local MTA for it to write to14:16
leftyfbnsaunders: what is your end goal here? Are you just looking for an email client?14:16
nsaundershttps://pastebin.com/5Jtih3fv             trying to download mail for backup14:17
nsaundersfrom that log it looks to connect fine but is giving errors about the localhost14:17
leftyfbnsaunders: use procmail to store it locally14:19
leftyfbhttps://stelfox.net/blog/2013/11/backing-up-gmail-with-fetchmail/14:19
riley_Hi everyone, I'm trying to "Learn Kubernetes the Harder Way" via https://github.com/ghik/kubernetes-the-harder-way/blob/main/docs/01_Learning_How_to_Run_VMs_with_QEMU.md and come seeking insight. The author of the article is on a MAC and I'm on Ubuntu Jammy, so my qemu commands are a bit different than theirs. The confusion I'm running into is that while the author sees a TEXT-DRAWN grub and gets right into a login prompt, I see a GRAPHICAL grub and when I14:25
riley_select "try or install", it just hangs. I've found that I can include `-device virtio-gpu-pci` to allow the graphical stuff to work, but I'm really interested to find out why the text-drawn grub menu doesn't show up and would like to know what I need to do to make it so. Fingers crossed.14:25
riley_I have a pastebin here of the qemu command I'm using: https://pastebin.com/3w2se0cv14:25
nsaundersleftyfb: thx14:28
ecapiis ubuntu the most common linux distro in use today?14:28
lotuspsychjeecapi: we told you before, we dont take polls here14:29
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lotuspsychje!guidelines | ecapi14:30
ubottuecapi: The guidelines for using the Ubuntu channels can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines14:30
ecapihow is that a poll?14:30
leftyfbecapi: feel free to have discussions in #ubuntu-offtopic or #ubuntu-discuss14:30
cahoots_hi, what's the lowest latency way of remapping keys (e.g., up arrow key -> r_ctrl) for ubuntu 22.04?14:44
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lotuspsychjecahoots_: there's a handy app called input-remapper on the repos14:49
cahoots_lotuspsychje, that one works, although my ui feels sluggish and i'm not sure whether it's due to the remapper or not. so i'm curious if there are other ways14:55
lotuspsychjei tester the remapper, works fine, a sluggish desktop is probably something else to find a root cause cahoots_14:56
armadefuego1there is the possibility to remap below the UI, (Wayland, or X)15:00
pragmaticenigmaarmadefuego1: The suggestions provided to you are usually making those changes to the lower levels15:08
armadefuego1Yes. i guess its not just "point and click", but, if latency_is_ the issue then it _should_ solve that.15:09
pragmaticenigmaoh, sorry armadefuego1 ... I got you mixed with the OP. You are correct though, there is a way15:12
pragmaticenigmajust going beyond a configuration tool, greatly increases the chance of making life very difficult for fixing a misconfiguration15:13
cahoots_why would i be using linux if i didn't want to make life difficult15:18
cahoots_armadefuego1, what would you recommend specifically for X15:18
armadefuego1there are a few i have little experience in them.15:23
armadefuego1loadkeys?15:23
armadefuego1keybd?15:23
ph88Could anyone help me to get irfanview running? The launcher is now showing up and when i try to launch it with the terminal i get this https://bpa.st/GHQA15:23
leftyfb!wine | ph8815:25
ubottuph88: WINE is a compatibility layer for running Windows programs on GNU/Linux - More information: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wine - Search the !AppDB for application compatibility ratings - Join #winehq for application help - See !virtualizers for running Windows (or another OS) inside Ubuntu15:25
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armadefuego1pragmaticenigma: greatly increases is an understatement!15:29
mxiaAnyone recently experienced "UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds" bug in the kernel similar to this report? https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-signed-hwe-6.2/+bug/2039409  I wonder if anyone tried a successful downgrade to workaround this regression15:33
-ubottu:#ubuntu- Launchpad bug 2039409 in linux-signed-hwe-6.2 (Ubuntu) "System freezes with UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in iwlwifi code" [Undecided, Confirmed]15:33
leftyfbmxia: you might try asking in #ubuntu-kernel15:43
mxialeftyfb: thx let me do that15:45
cahoots_armadefuego1, ty15:55
antonispgsare there people that actually use the interim releases for home use and upgrade every 6 months or is that for testing only?16:17
tomreynthere certainly are those who do.16:17
antonispgsis it viable, i keep hearing fedora people do that (since there is no LTS) but rarely do you use someone passionately do that with Ubuntu. It's mostly LTS users out there16:19
juanit may be viable for you (or not) depending on your requirements and how comfortable you are with faster updates16:23
wuy26hi you16:44
armadefuego1antonispgs: I, personally, use interim releases, at least on a few of my machines. It depends on how cutting edge i can afford to be on that machine. New features are _usually_ good. I tend to stay away from them on _always available_ machines.17:59
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howudodathaving a bit of an issue with my HP 451dn color laser printer.  The test pages print fine but anything that I color as brown on my screen prints purple on the printer.  reds yellows and oranges all seem to print fine so I suspect it might have to do with the color profile18:32
ioriahowudodat, what apckage have you installed ?18:39
kalen22having trouble installing and using steam.  brand new 22.04 install.  it installs but doesnt show the window for more than 0.1 second.  it just flashes on and off.18:40
pragmaticenigmakalen22: have you switch modes to X.org instead of wayland?18:41
kalen22pragmaticenigma, thats a good idea i actually did try it.. i logged out and chose X11, and went back in but that didnt help18:41
kalen22this is an AMD ryzen 9 system with the b66018:42
kalen22it relaunches every 5 seconds, shows for .1 second (blank window) and closes18:44
kalen22the vkcube test runs ok so i assume the 3D driver is good; its using an AMD accelerated one which i believe i've used before on another board.  soemthing tells me its config-based, and perhaps i need to reinstall while on x11 or something18:45
kalen22i installed from a dpkg and im unaware of how to uninstall it.  'steam' is not an app i can remove with apt18:46
tomreynkalen22: if you installed with dpkg you'd be able to uninstall it with apt. also with dpkg.19:08
tomreynhowudodat: do the colors on your test pages match exactly those framing the 2nd diagnostics page here? https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Printer-Ink-Cartridges-Print-Quality/M451DN-Color-Calibration/m-p/8332779/highlight/true#M4182719:16
oehmankarlen22 uninstall it from ubuntu software manager... Scroll down on installed software and select the knogweel.19:16
tomreynhowudodat: if any colors are missing on the left or bottom line then you have a broken color cartridge (likely a physical issue). if none are missing but any colors look differently on the right or bottom line, it's an issue with color calibration. if one or more colors are off on the right hand column *only* then it's a (different) software issue, driver or application.19:21
howudodatok, after I uncrossed my eyes looking at all those squares, none are missing.  left and bottom are fine, along the right purple are all fine, red is fine, the lighter red and orange are more like deep pink and pink, the 3rd green down is more like blue and the 4th is like a really pale blue19:32
tomreynhowudodat: looks like there's an issue with mixing in yellow then19:36
tomreynbut if the yellow is fine on the left and bottom then it's a software or drvier issue19:36
howudodatyeah that's what I thought too as brown is made from mixing in yellow.  This is the image I'm testing with https://imgur.com/a/JhPqVUX on the left is gimp, on the right is libre using the same hex colors19:36
tomreyngimp can convert between RGB and CMYK, i think, might reveal somethnig. but i'm not sure how t continue debugging. make sure the printer firmware is up to date, hplib is, and that you're actually using that driver series.19:38
howudodatI just upgraded hplip to the latest.  not quite sure where the driver is coming from as I cant seem to find any through the gnome printer settings19:40
tomreynhttp://localhost:631/admin is usually the better UI19:41
* arraybolt3 seriously does not understand why on earth CUPS chooses to make its administration UI available as a local web server19:43
tomreynmaybe because it runs a web server for ipp already19:43
pragmaticenigmathat was my assumption on CUPS being accessable through a webservice19:44
pragmaticenigmaenterprises usually had/have shared printers, before jet direct and other networking built into the printer, you'd litterally have to have a computer attached to the printer.19:45
howudodatso it appears that the printer is using a postscript driver instead of PCL.  however when I use cups to admin, it is unable to get a list of printer drivers19:49
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pragmaticenigmahowudodat: If it is an HP printer, I believe you have to use the hplib to get it setup and regsitered. My hp printer is never found with cups, I always have to use hplib (and sometimes they omit my printer from their package)19:52
howudodathplib or hplip?19:52
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tomreynhplib19:53
pragmaticenigmalip19:53
tomreynreally? hmm19:53
pragmaticenigmatomreyn: either that I'm just so unfortunate to have a printer that CUPS refuses to find drivers for19:54
tomreynpragmaticenigma is right19:54
tomreyn"hp linux imaging and printing"19:54
tomreyni was thinking it referred to "library"19:55
pragmaticenigmaI'm a software developer things that end with "li_" have muscle memory to put a "b" on the end19:56
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tomreyni'll try to remember this as "hplip is not just lip service"19:58
pragmaticenigma(it often feels that way though)19:59
pragmaticenigma*from hp19:59
tomreynstill one of the better supported brands, for a long time.19:59
CosmicDJfriends don't let friends by HP printers19:59
CosmicDJb+u+y19:59
pragmaticenigmawhat is the user account tied to the web admin for cups? I thought a sudo user should be able to login20:01
pragmaticenigmaoh... I had the wrong username... nm20:02
ice9I installed the camera app "snapshot" via flatpack but it say "no camera found", any idea?21:36
fribI'm trying to extend a raid0 array from 4->5 drives with `mdadm --grow /dev/md0 --raid-devices=5 --add /dev/nvme1n1` and it tells me mdadm: /dev/md0: could not set level to raid421:37
pragmaticenigmaflatpack by default run in a sandbox environemnt. You need to enable access to the software21:37
nshireice9, try lsusb and see if it's there21:37
pragmaticenigmaice9: I recommend installing flatseal which allows you to manage security permissions for installed flatpack packages21:37
ice9nshire, pragmaticenigma the camera device is there and I enabled camera access in flatseal but still doesn't see it21:41
pragmaticenigmaWith the app being so very new, it's possible the current release has a bug in it. I'm really not sure where to go from here or where you might find support for Gnome desktop apps21:51
pragmaticenigmaice9: ^ ^21:53
ice9pragmaticenigma, thanks, do you recommend any other camera app?21:54
arraybolt3Is Cheese sufficient?21:54
arraybolt3Also bear in mind that Flatpak's are essentially the same as PPA's, i.e. not officially supported here.21:54
tomreynfrib: a raid-0 with 5 devices means ^4 probability of data loss. are you sure you want this?21:55
tomreynif you really wanted to (probably a bad idea), you'd need to --stop then --assemble  or --manage, not --grow, i think21:57
pragmaticenigmaice9: I really don't. Mostly because I don't know what purpose these kind of apps provide to you. Cheese and others are stuck in a computer, that doesn't seem like an effective way to take a picture21:57
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joe123How do I stop having the folders of my home directory from showing on my desktop?23:06
leftyfbjoe123: undo the changes you made to ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs23:07
joe123I haven't knowingly made any changes there23:08
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joe123leftyfb: In fact I looked for the /.config folder and I don't see it. BTW I'm running Ubuntu 23.1023:14
leftyfbjoe123: I didn't tell you to look in /config. That directory doesn't exist by default23:15
leftyfbsorry, nor did I mention /.config23:16
leftyfbjoe123: please look in ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs   specifically, XDG_DESKTOP_DIR=23:16
joe123You're right. I tried to see if I could find that file and open it in nano to read what might have changed and cannot find it23:17
leftyfbjoe123: if you don't have ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs then you're not running Ubuntu. You do realize ~ is your home directory right? If you run "nano ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs" it should work23:18
joe123leftyfb: I found it by entering what you said. What line is causing this behavior and how do I correct it?23:20
tomreynjoe123: i think whether or not folder icons show on your gnome-shell desktop actually depends on the configuration of the desktop-icons-next-generation (DING) gnome-shell extension.23:26
leftyfbtomreyn: that's not the issue23:26
leftyfbjoe123: cat ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs | nc termbin.com 999923:27
tomreynleftyfb: from how i read it, it is23:27
leftyfbtomreyn: nope, everything in their $HOME, files and folders are all being shown on their Desktop. Because XDG_DESKTOP_DIR is more than likely set to $HOME when it should be set to $HOME/Desktop23:28
joe123tomreyn: Hello. I right clicked on the desktop and selected Desktop Icons Settings23:29
tomreyni see, now i think either could be the issue.23:29
tomreynjoe123: hi. did it help?23:30
leftyfbno, doing that will only bring up the Appearance settings23:30
leftyfbjoe123: cat ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs | nc termbin.com 999923:31
leftyfbjoe123: please run that^ and paste the URL here23:31
joe123I toggled the show Personal folders toggle but that just shows or hides the "Home" folder. However either way the "Documents" "Pictures" etc always show23:31
leftyfbthat's because what you are changing has nothing to do with the problem at hand23:31
tomreynjoe123: i guess i was indeed wrong then, and you're dealing with the other setting leftyfb discussed23:32
leftyfbjoe123: cat ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs | nc termbin.com 999923:32
leftyfbjoe123: please run that^ and paste the URL here23:32
joe123cat: /root/.config/user-dirs.dirs: No such file or directory23:32
leftyfbjoe123: why are you logged in as root?23:32
tomreynsorry leftyfb, your guess was better this time ;)23:32
leftyfbjoe123: or why did you add sudo to the command I gave you?23:33
tomreynsudo with ~ would still have expanded to the restricted users' home23:34
joe123Sorry. I'm new to linux. I thought that is how I had to do it23:34
leftyfbjoe123: you should almost never login as root unless you know for a fact it's required. And you should only run commands as sudo when directed to do so or you know it's required23:35
leftyfbjoe123: as your user, run:    cat ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs | nc termbin.com 9999       # do not add anything to the command including sudo. Please paste the resulting URL here23:36
tomreyngenerally, anything regarding the graphical desktop configuration (other than installing and uninstalling software) should be run without sudo / root23:36
joe123leftyfb: I switched back to my user account and ran the command and I got this URL https://termbin.com/l93123:38
leftyfbbingo23:39
joe123lefttyfb: does that URL mean anything to you?23:40
leftyfbyes, give me a moment23:40
leftyfbjoe123: run this:  sed -i 's/XDG_DESKTOP_DIR.*/XDG_DESKTOP_DIR=\"$HOME\/Desktop\"/g' ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs23:45
leftyfbthen log out and back in23:46
joe123leftyfb: ok23:46
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joe123leftyfb: I'm back the folders are still on the Desktop23:51
leftyfbjoe123: as your user, run:    cat ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs | nc termbin.com 9999       # do not add anything to the command including sudo. Please paste the resulting URL here23:52
joe123leftyfbv- Ok. Here you go https://termbin.com/zsyh23:53
leftyfbjoe123: wget https://termbin.com/u1rs -O ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs23:56
leftyfbrun that and log out and back in23:56
joe123leftyfb: ok. Back in a minute23:58
rmsadept 23:59
rmsadeptOpen letter to Libera and other FOSS communities concerning risks of the emerging WebAssembly technology: https://paste.debian.net/plain/130122523:59
rmsadept 23:59
leftyfbrmsadept: no23:59
rmsadeptStop enabling it by default in your packages.23:59

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