[00:25] <xu-irc67w> i need help fixing a driver issue
[00:25] <xu-irc67w> the audio quality on my ideapad is complete trash
[00:25] <xu-irc67w> it looks like it's a realtek but the realtek driver isn't available for download anymore
[00:30] <xu-irc67w69> how do i find a list of installed hardware?
[00:31] <xu-irc67w69> because the drivers for the audio aren't working right at all
[00:31] <xu-irc67w69> even bluetooth audio devices don't work
[00:32] <xu-irc67w69> ok according to the system information all the audio drivers are generic
[00:33] <tomreyn> xu-irc67w69: there's a script alsa-info.sh which you can run to gather all information on your audio configuration and hardware.
[00:35] <xu-irc67w69> https://pastebin.com/Wnbn6mJ5
[00:35] <xu-irc67w69> here is the info from that command
[00:35] <xu-irc67w69> why didn't linux install realtek drivers?
[00:36] <xu-irc67w69> realtek is very common
[00:38] <tomreyn> the linux kernel does not install drivers, its user-psace utilities (i.e. helper commands) load those drivers (usually called 'modules') which come with the kernel. but not all hardware manufacturers provide support linux for every device.
[00:39] <tomreyn> i'm not yet convinced that some hardware is not supported in your case.
[00:39] <xu-irc67w69> it's a lenovo ideapad
[00:39] <xu-irc67w69> very basic laptop
[00:44] <xu-irc67w69> so far xubuntu is great until a problem comes along
[00:44] <xu-irc67w69> half the time the solution is "rip open the source code and wangjangle it"
[00:46] <tomreyn> maybe a different kernel versionwould give you better results. you can try installing linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04-edge and rebooting
[00:50] <xu-irc67w69> how do i install that
[00:50] <xu-irc67w69> i do not know the terminal in any fluent capacity
[00:51] <tomreyn> you can install it using the graphical user interface, using the default software installer
[00:51] <xu-irc67w69> searching that gives zero results
[00:52] <tomreyn> or you can install it on the terminal using  sudo apt update && sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-22.04-edge
[00:53] <tomreyn> https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.6-Fixes-9-Lenovo-Laptop suggest you may actually want to get a 6.6 kernel (the above gives you a 6.5 one, which *may* already solve the audio issue)
 or you can install it on the terminal using  sudo apt update && sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-22.04-edge
 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.6-Fixes-9-Lenovo-Laptop suggest you may actually want to get a 6.6 kernel (the above gives you a 6.5 one, which *may* already solve the audio issue)
[00:55] <tomreyn> https://docs.xubuntu.org/current/user/C/managing-applications.html describes how to install software on xubuntu
[00:56] <xu-irc67w> how do i install a 6.6 kernel?
[00:57] <tomreyn> it's not available in any supported form, yet
[01:03] <xu-irc67w> ok i'm back
[01:03] <xu-irc67w> installing that kernel did nothing
[01:03] <xu-irc67w> how do i install the 6.6 kernel?
 it's not available in any supported form, yet
[01:03] <tomreyn> i also told you you need to reboot after installing the newer kernel version
[01:03] <xu-irc67w> which i did
[01:03] <xu-irc67w> this thing reboots VERY fast
[01:04] <JackFrost> Dang.  Mine takes ~2 minutes.
[01:04] <xu-irc67w> SSD
[01:04] <tomreyn> what does this command, when run in a terminal, report now?   cat /proc/version
[01:04] <xu-irc67w> linux version 6.5.0-14-generic
[01:05] <tomreyn> ok, so switching to the newer kernel version worked
[01:05] <tomreyn> a pity it has no effect on your audio issue, though
[01:05] <xu-irc67w> even bluetooth audio is affected
[01:06] <xu-irc67w> my mic quality is abysmal i'd be better off sending a raven
[01:06] <tomreyn> i suggest using the internal laptop speakers or headphones for now rather than hdmi/usb-c or bluetooth audio
[01:06] <tomreyn> i don't know whether this will be better, though, but it's worth a try.
[01:06] <xu-irc67w> i'm guessing no other fixes exist yet
[01:06] <xu-irc67w> i knew i should have used old hardware...
[01:07] <tomreyn> there are unsupported ways to get newer kernel versions setup, but since they're unsupported, and you're a new user, i would do you a disservice by trying to guide you that way.
[01:08] <tomreyn> i suggest to just live with the limitations you have for now, and it'll likely solve itself in a few weeks or months.
[01:08] <tomreyn> something else you could try is to use the latest (non LTS) xubuntu release.
[01:09] <tomreyn> while the kernel version will be the same (and thus the driver support), some software will be newer, which might help with bluetooth issues, for example (but probably not with bad audio quality)
[01:10] <xu-irc67w> how can i switch to the latest xubuntu release?
[01:10] <tomreyn> you can try the live / installer iso to see whether it would improve things for you.
[01:10] <xu-irc67w> that's in virginia
[01:10] <xu-irc67w> i'd have to make a new one
[01:10] <tomreyn> just make a usb stick with it
[01:23] <xu-irc67w> the bluetooth has improved to usable levels
[01:24] <tomreyn> nice. so you could make a choice about trading the stability an LTS release provides to the improved functionality the newer release appears to provide.
[03:25] <xu-irc67w> sorry i keep coming back with more errors, but now thunar isn't generating thumbnails for mp4 files
[03:25] <xu-irc67w> https://pastebin.com/MLvSYw8V
[03:26] <xu-irc67w> here is a pastebin from this command: journalctl | grep tumblerd
[03:27] <xu-irc67w> this is going to sound dumb but sorting memes without thumbnails is going to be harder
[04:34] <xu-irc67w> i think i found the problem, it's only affecting mp4's downloaded from twitter via the twitter downloader site
[04:34] <xu-irc67w> this problem is new though
[12:46] <frasson> Hi. I have a xubuntu install. On boot, I get "The root filesystem in /dev/sda2 requires a manual fsck" and prompt goes to (initramfs)
[12:47] <frasson> Searching around, I found a solution: (initramfs) fsck -y /dev/sda2
[12:47] <frasson> When I run it, I get "fsck: Text file busy" error.
[12:47] <frasson> Any clues on how to fix this?
[12:53] <diogenes_Vx15> frasson, The "Text file busy" error typically occurs when you try to run fsck (file system check) on a mounted file system or on a file system that is in use. The fsck command is designed to check and repair file systems, and it requires the file system to be unmounted or, in some cases, mounted in a read-only mode to perform its checks.
[12:53] <frasson> Thanks :-)
[12:57] <frasson> I am on (initramfs) prompt. Any clue on how to proceed (to unmount)? I tried "umount /dev/sda2" and I get "umount: can't unmount /dev/sda2: invalid argument"
[12:58] <frasson> I (still) didn't find a way to proceed 
[12:58] <diogenes_Vx15> frasson, the command is 'umount' not 'uNmount'
[13:02] <frasson> yes, indeed I used "umount /dev/sda2"  
[13:03] <frasson> I typed error message sic
[13:12] <frasson> Tried "lazy" umount:  umount -l /dev/sda2, same error
[13:13] <frasson> I have no clue yet of which arguments umount expects
[13:15] <frasson> Reading manual page for umount, I saw "-r" flag: In case unmounting fails, try to remount read-only. However, same "Invalid argument" error
[13:16] <diogenes_Vx15> frasson, cat /mnt/disk/proc/mounts
[13:17] <diogenes_Vx15> also you can run: mount
[13:17] <diogenes_Vx15> and see the exact mount points.
[13:21] <frasson> (initramfs) mount
[13:21] <frasson> none on / type rootfs (rw)
[13:21] <frasson> sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw, nosuid, nodev, noexec,relatime) proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid, nodev, noexec,relatime)
[13:21] <frasson> udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime, size=8119348k,nr_inodes=2029837,mode=755, inode64) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid, hoexec, relatime, gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
[13:21] <frasson> tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid, nodev, noexec,relatime, size=1631248k, mode=755, inode64)
[13:21] <frasson> there is no /mnt dir
[13:23] <frasson> ls -> dev bin init 1ib64 sbin sys var root conf lib libx32 scripts proc kernel etc 1ib32 run usr tmp
[20:17] <xu-irc67w> how do i properly view a .crash file?
[20:19] <xu-irc67w> discord keeps crashing so badly that i get totally logged out of my user account
[20:19] <xu-irc67w> i have t log back into the computer every time it happens
[20:27] <tomreyn> xu-irc67w: https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/jammy/man1/apport-unpack.1.html
[22:11] <xu-help25w> Anyone know where to find an ISO-image for xUbuntu on a bootable USB flash drive?
[23:08] <xu-irc67w> is it possible to run android apps on xubuntu?
[23:08] <xu-irc67w> and if so can someone provide a method?
[23:10] <Bashing-om> xu-irc67w: Check out: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/anbox-cloud-1-16-0-has-been-released/32264 .
[23:26] <xu-irc67w> ok now how do i install this?
[23:32] <xu-irc67w> why does everything have to be a damn expedition with this?
[23:42] <tomreyn> xu-irc67w: if you're a convert from a more proprietary operating system / application landscape, you will find that *some* applications, especially open source ones, on linux are less polished. most of the time that's because less money and less developer time is flowing into these projects than it is the case for proprietary and commercial software, where you usually pay with a combination of user data, ad revenues and licensing fees.
[23:42] <tomreyn> and i stressed "some" for a reason, because others are actually in better shape than you would see elsewhere.
[23:43] <xu-irc67w> i'm just aggravated because i've been trying to use discord and the website doesn't have mic audio, and the app keeps crashing my entire system to the login screen
[23:43] <xu-irc67w> i can't find a simple way to set up wine to run the windows version
[23:43] <xu-irc67w> and anbox might as well be greek
[23:44] <xu-irc67w> the only smart device i have set up right now is an absolutely ANCIENT tablet
[23:47] <tomreyn> anbox used to be a desktop software you could use to run android on your own computer, but i think it is no more: https://github.com/anbox
[23:48] <tomreyn> there's an alternative, which is anbox cloud, which Bashing-om pointed you to, Anbox Cloud, which runs things in the cloud (someone elses' computer).
[23:48] <tomreyn> there is also waydroid, but it depends on wayland, and if you're on xubuntu you cannot use it, unless you also run a wayland based graphical desktop and switch to that.
[23:49] <tomreyn> and then there are several other, mostly proprietary, alternatives for running android on your computer or in the cloud.
[23:49] <tomreyn> googles' android development kit (i forgot the exact name) would be one of them
[23:51] <tomreyn> part of the issue with all of this is that android is a partially closed source system and also (at least by default) a different system architecture than what your desktop computer probably runs (amd64).
[23:51] <tomreyn> xu-irc67w: ^
[23:52] <tomreyn> some of this are personal views of mine, others may not share those.