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gansub

1:07 AM

It says gdm3 already installed

I tried purging lightdm and reinstalling it. Am still getting a blinking cursor

gansub

1:25 AM

Could ot be an issue witb nividia Intel drivers

gansub

1:49 AM

gansub

2:33 AM

Now unable to get the login prompt

Tried ctrl + tab + f2 f3 f4

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8:59 AM

Q: Xorg running from user can't access /dev/dri/card0

Got a strange problem on Ubuntu 20. I'm trying to get hw accelerated xrdp Xorg session. Computer video is Mesa DRI Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2). I fetched compiled and installed devel branch of xrdp (Glamour branch was merged in). Then I tried to login but cinnamon show warning about soft...

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gansub

10:52 AM

I have a usb chip with ubuntu 20.04 in it. If i insert it to repair ny boot record will it erase my data?

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gansub

4:12 PM

I get/dev/sda3 recovering journal error on startup

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Zanna

5:32 PM

did this person just replace their entire system with a config file?

jokerdino

😂

Zanna

Me: *Thinks aloud about changing a minor configuration setting*
Windows: ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO DO THAT OMG

Me: *enters a command that totally destroys the system*
Linux:

Kulfy

sed -i s/a/b/g ~/Pictures/*

Congrats you corrupted all pictures :/

Zanna

I suggest adding a do not execute to that message haha

to avoid pulling a terdon

Kulfy

5:47 PM

These stunts are performed by trained professionals, don't try this at home..

@gansub Try fsck

Zanna

6:09 PM

the weekly snake killer

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10:25 PM

Q: How to restore user and all its data, deleted with Ansible

By default, when I cleared all changes applied with Ansible, a system alexandr user, logged at that time to the system was deleted. Not only a user was deleted, but also related group and its home folder /home/alexandr. There are no other system users, who can be used for logging. I can login to ...