[01:06] checking journalctl -b -p err may help [01:06] I had an issue with kubuntu sound too, I had to plug HDMI cable in order to have sound even the external monitor had no speakers. after a version upgrade problem solved, it was not clear why it happened at first place. [01:07] And i guess it uses poth [01:07] having both pipewire and pulseaudio may cause conflicts. [01:07] could you create a new user and log in with it to see if problem exist? (re @Omarvx211: And i guess it uses poth) === courchea is now known as Andre_M53 === thelou756463593 is now known as thelou75646359 === diceLibrarian2 is now known as liceDibrarian [07:20] Hi everyone, I'm using Kubuntu 24.10, and everything is working great, including Steam and my games. For one of my games, there's a character planning tool available only as a .exe file. What’s the best way to get it running—should I use something like Flatpak/Bottles or Protontricks or something else? [07:20] fix it by this [07:20] sudo apt install pavucontrol [07:20] pavucontrol (re @mh_firouzjah: checking journalctl -b -p err may help [07:20] I had an issue with kubuntu sound too, I had to plug HDMI cable in order to have sound even the external monitor had no speakers. after a version upgrade problem solved, it was not clear why it happened at first place. [07:20] And i guess it uses poth [07:20] having both pipewire and pulseaudio may cause conflicts. [07:21] lebster, have you tried searching for if that .exe would work through wine? [07:29] kirvesAxe: I haven’t tried yet. When I searched, I saw posts saying that installing a system-wide version of Wine might not be ideal since Steam and other apps use different versions. I don’t think the tool needs to run within the same instance as the game, but I want to make sure installing system-wide Wine wouldn’t cause issues or be going down the wrong path. [07:41] kirvesAxe Also when I looked up running exe on Kubuntu it said wine was removed from Kickoff? Not sure if that meant that I should not manually install it for some reason as something else might be available. [07:42] Well I haven't used Wine in years, but that was just my first thought :) [07:43] kirvesAxe: is there something already in Kubuntu 24.10 that manages wine instances that can run apps through wine? [07:44] kirvesAxe: for my specific .exe it looks like they are running it via - winetricks d3dcompiler_47 [08:14] lebster, wine isn't included on a default kubuntu 24.10 install [08:16] guiverc: would you recommend using wine via flatpak or wine via ubuntu in discovery? [08:16] Discover* [08:16] personally I'd prefer a deb package (I know a non-destructive re-install can cope with that, if from Ubuntu repositories)... but I'm not a wine user sorry [08:20] oh, i was under the impression that installing from the ubuntu .deb would be destructive. I guess it is similar to flatpak then, just has access system wide? [08:23] by non-destructive re-install I mean if my current systems got stuffed due to some mistake I made etc... I want the option to non-destructively re-install the box using an ISO & have it back usable in ~15 mins without me needing to touch my backups... using default ubuntu deb packages are handled by a non-destructive re-install (flatpaks aren't) [08:28] ah gotcha [09:12] hmmm, so I installed wine and the app runs okay... but for some reason if steam is open the internet connection for it goes in and out. I have to close the other wine app and restart steam to resolve it. =/ [09:13] wine via the deb ubuntu === guiverc2 is now known as guiverc === nia is now known as GeKoDemo [12:01] Hi all === ciccio is now known as MaritoTO === Lord_of_Life_ is now known as Lord_of_Life [22:55] Warm day! [22:55] Does anyone get the same error during installation using Kubuntu LiveCD? [22:56] https://i.imgur.com/iMQlkVx.png [22:59] This is the manual set partitions for the installation: https://i.imgur.com/OegqW1X.png [22:59] Looks like it failed to create the encrypted partition you requested? (As it says, it's not very useful as to why it failed) [22:59] yes, some encounter the same, see answer 4. manual wiping and partitioning works, automaticly not.. https://www.kubuntuforums.net/forum/newbie-support/help-the-new-guy/684639-error-installing-kubuntu-24-10-with-luks [23:01] oerheks: thank you. This is a new partitions I've just set manually with the complete table re-creation. [23:02] karenw: I see. I found something about /boot encrypted/unencrypted, where it could fail? [23:02] This: https://github.com/calamares/calamares/issues/2129 [23:02] -ubottu:#kubuntu- Issue 2129 in calamares/calamares "LUKS2 unusable in current state" [Open] [23:03] /boot should never be encrypted or you won't be able to boot.. [23:04] Initially, I set /boot unencrypted (ext4), but with the button "Next" pressed. The installer warned that it is recommended to encrypt /boot, and hence I did. [23:04] I do remember having to manually delete all my partitions for something to work. [23:04] s/pressed. The/pressed, the/ [23:04] I mean, it's recommended for security, but usability cost is absolute. It won't boot. Perfectly secure. [23:05] I don't get the recommendation then... [23:05] Yeah, me neither [23:06] 1 moment. I made a photo even. [23:07] This: https://i.imgur.com/3jsqG5T.jpeg [23:08] It showed this warning when I had /boot to be formatted as ext4 and not luks [23:13] Hmm, that is quite unhelpful. Everything it says is technically true. [23:13] But afaik grub does not support booting from an encrypted /boot [23:13] karenw: it looks like indeed a bug during partitioning, since this is how the drive looks like now: https://i.imgur.com/aeYTmy3.png [23:14] Yeah that looks like a mess. [23:15] I'll try again with /boot set as ext4 [23:16] My setup is /boot/efi (300MiB ExFAT) /boot (4GiB ext4) / (Remaining space, ext4-inside-luks2) and a swapfile not partition [23:18] karenw: this is for a motherboard with EFI support, I believe. [23:19] Yes :) [23:19] The '/boot/efi', specifically. This laptop does not support EFI but legacy/BIOS only. [23:19] If you're on a non-EFI x86 motherboard in 2024, you're probabally hitting poorly tested code. [23:20] Also I assume you don't have secure boot, in which case having an encrypted boot partition is even more important from a pure security pov (but as you found, unusable with any known bootloader) [23:21] And how would you have /boot encrypted but also working with Kubuntu? [23:25] There's apparently "GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK" [23:25] Seen: https://askubuntu.com/a/801394 [23:37] It continued further with the /boot set to be formatted as ext4 instead of luks(ext4) [23:38] e.g. https://i.imgur.com/zAKCtPk.png [23:38] Yeah, the only non-theoretical setup us /boot as extn, and / as luks(extn). [23:44] Rebooting. Thank you, karenw and oerheks, and everyone! [23:44] Happy New Year!