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12:43 AM

^

Android Dev

lol

TheWanderer

1:18 AM

I like how MSI has literally one agent managing replacement parts for USA notebooks

Seth

3:13 AM

current status

If that doesn't fix it, git.txt contains the phone number of a friend of mine who understands git. Just wait through a few minutes of 'It's really pretty simple, just think of branches as...' and eventually you'll learn the commands that will fix everything.

> Just wanted to let you know it crashed and restart my phone. Hope you this 5stars will help you fix what's causing that bug

no but maybe the device model would xD

Nathan Osman

4:03 AM

I have that info.

It shows up for me in the Developer Console.

Q: Formally known as bodhi.zazen

4:31 AM

@fossfreedom I got my touchpad working. No idea why it did not work from initial install but this did it askubuntu.com/questions/966898/ubuntu-17-10-natural-scrolling

Ask Ubuntu Meta

5:20 AM

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Just a heads up here on meta ... Time for a name change , just letting you all know, and yes it has been a long strange trip .... Web site is still bodhizazen.com / blog.bodhizazen.com

discussion

Q: Ubuntu, How to boot into CLI only from LiveCD without getting into desktop?

6:14 AM

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so i wanted to perform backup and restore my virtual ubuntu system with rsync. Now, i ald backed up the whole system into my usb flash drive. Then, i intentionally destroy my system by deleting the boot folder. Now i need to get to the CLI or terminal from my liveCD image which i ald loaded. But ...

linux ubuntu

6:32 AM

@AskUbuntuMeta uhh okay

@edwinksl can i upvote chat messages?

that would be an interesting feature

Hi

Anyone here who could help me with a Ubuntu GPU issue?

Have been pulling my hair out

what is it

I have an old 2012 Imac. This model had overheating issues with the GPU. So in essence my GPU has failed.

I'[ve installed xubuntu on the system

but want to disable the Radeon drivers and switch to integrated graphics

I have not got any proprietory drivers

xubuntu used radeon out of the box

:-(

6:40 AM

does the imac 2012 even have an integrated gpu?

rfts@RFTS:~$ sudo lshw -c video
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Blackcomb [Radeon HD 6970M/6990M]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:90000000-9fffffff memory:a8800000-a881ffff ioport:2000(size=256) memory:a8820000-a883ffff
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: Display controller

even if it has it doesn't mean it's connected to anything. it could effectively be disabled

While running OSX i was able to uninstall the drivers and managed to switch to integrated graphics but OSX limits video ram to 64MB

so the performance was paltry

^ 64MB on integrated graphics that is

ah, well then

you could try blacklisting the radeon drivers, i think

no idea if that will work though

rfts@RFTS:~$ sudo mousepad /etc/default/grub I've tried to edit that

But no luck

6:44 AM

it'd be /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

The blacklistfile contains the following

# This file lists those modules which we don't want to be loaded by
# alias expansion, usually so some other driver will be loaded for the
# device instead.

# evbug is a debug tool that should be loaded explicitly
blacklist evbug

# these drivers are very simple, the HID drivers are usually preferred
blacklist usbmouse
blacklist usbkbd

# replaced by e100
blacklist eepro100

# replaced by tulip
blacklist de4x5

# causes no end of confusion by creating unexpected network interfaces
blacklist eth1394

How do I blacklist radeon?

add blacklist radeon to the bottom of the file

do note that this may break your graphics config

okay

done.

Should I reboot the system?

you would have to, yes.

Thank you for the help. Rebooting. If I am not back in 5 minutes, I think I would have broken something

Nope

no go

didn't help

rfts@RFTS:~$ lspci -nnk | grep -i vga -A3
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Blackcomb [Radeon HD 6970M/6990M] [1002:6720]
Subsystem: Apple Inc. Radeon HD 6970M [106b:0b00]
Kernel modules: radeon
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Barts HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6790/6850/6870 / 7720 OEM] [1002:aa88]

A: 16.04 ; power off discrete graphics (ATI/AMD)

6:58 AM

interesting.

5

Check graphic drivers which are in use (radeon/amdgpu should be listed): lspci -nnk | grep -i vga -A3 | grep 'in use' Note: If amdgpu is listed, replace radeon with amdgpu in the instructions below! Open the following file: gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub Modify the following line by addi...

look at that

I think that the radeon driver (oipensource) is baked into the kernel

only other thing i can think of

even if it is, you can still blacklist it

Q: REISUB cause hard disk IO error

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I just installed Ubuntu 17.10 , when I restarted by using Alt + SysRq + R +E+I+S+U+B, Ubuntu fails to boot, it show; Unexpected inconsistency and tells me to manually run fsck on /dev/sda2 the / of Ubuntu. Then it shows me busybox console where I run fsck. Why does it happen? How can I fix it?

ubuntu linux-kernel

you might also need to blacklist amdgpu

what is gksudo?

6:59 AM

sudo for the gui

(you shouldn't use sudo when executing graphical commands for a lot of reasons)

Nathan Osman

Not the least of which is that GUI apps should never be run as root.

Q: How to set up headphone mic on Ubuntu?

7:56 AM

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I have been trying to make the microphone on my headset to work correctly. So I bought a mic/audio splitter (like that), plugged it into the motherboard mic and audio jack slots (mother ROG RAMPAGE V EXTREME), and plugged the headset into the splitter. However, that doesn't seem to work on Ubun...

ubuntu audio microphone

Q: differences between confgiurations

8:39 AM

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I have those 2 configurations and I don't understand why one functions over the other. I want to set INPUT policy to DROP, and only the second set of rules functions. I need the first one to functions instead : # Generated by iptables-save v1.6.0 on Fri Oct 20 23:57:47 2017 *filter :INPUT DROP [...

ubuntu iptables firewall

David Foerster

9:15 AM

askubuntu.com/users/749918/aju-here posts a bunch of identical link-only answers to his blog. I found two so far.

nice, free flag :p

David Foerster

more spam: askubuntu.com/a/967117/175814

10:43 AM

The only thing I hate more than unannounced Windows update with 1h downtime is the Ubuntu update which breaks everything and takes a whole day to fix it all

jarno

Oh, what went wrong?

e.g. default Ubuntu login session doesn't work (just returns to the login screen), though Ubuntu with Xorg is fine

but a major PITA is the wireless driver - I'm hesitating to ask on site, because there are several basically the same questions, and none compile. Is there any other possible answer except "wait until someone releases a compatible version/attempt to fix errors yourself"?

I'm using TL-WN722N / Realtek 8188eu

I've tried switching to connect using wicd instead of networkmanager, and it printed a bunch of ioctl[SOMETHING]: Operation not supported, and when compiling open source drivers it gives bunch of incompatible pointer errors (e.g. cfg80211_something instead of ieee_something, AFAIR), and referencing destructor (it suggests priv_destructor) inside some struct

too many breaking changes >.>

user136984

11:01 AM

All is well in the world!

user136984

Isn't that a good thing to wake up to?

user136984

Good morning all! :)

wonderful indeed

11:40 AM

@ParanoidPanda Trump is still in charge :=)

@Luke ubuntu updates never take day to fix when they break something >:-)

I can have my system up and running from a total reinstall in 17 minutes :P

user136984

@Rinzwind: Yes, and he's still managing to insult people and not react himself.

@ParanoidPanda pandy! :=D

user136984

Rinzy! :D

I actuall fell of my chair when I heard about the phone calls he claimed to have made with families from dead soldiers

what a f***** moron is that man

user136984

I trust his judgement.

11:42 AM

Hi everybody ! :)

user136984

@cl-netbox: Hi! :)

boxy!

Rinzy ! :)

@ParanoidPanda Hi ! :) Did you check out the new ubuntu already ?

"I believe he knew what he signed up to" is a pretty weird thing to tell a widow.

user136984

@cl-netbox: Not yet.

11:44 AM

@cl-netbox I switched to regular Ubuntu y-day

@ParanoidPanda Runs smoother than expected. :)

@cl-netbox not really

user136984

@cl-netbox: That's good.

well sure, I guess I could dig up an older kernel and hope it'd work with 17.10 (or 17.04 as a last resort), if nothing else works

user136984

Do you have GNOME 3.26?

11:45 AM

nvidia closed driver does not work

user136984

I think so.

@Rinzwind what is regular ubuntu y-day ?

most gnome extensions do not work on 3.26

@ParanoidPanda yup

@cl-netbox gnome 3

11:46 AM

@Rinzwind good idea :)

smplayer does not work. video plays on without any controls

lock screen stays active even when you tell it to turn it off

you can not close lid without wifi active

need to go on? >:)

@Rinzwind switch to x session :)

why?

how :+D

@Rinzwind because these things work there :)

the dock when on the desktop (so no active windows) goes OVER the icons on the desktop

11:48 AM

@Rinzwind logout - select ubuntu on x and log back in :)

@cl-netbox repeating: how? (from logon?)

though so >:)

BRB

@Rinzwind on login screen ... in GDM ! :)

wtf

there is no logoff method?>

only restart and shutdown :P

brb + 5 seconds

@Rinzwind there is : click on the user icon :) found it ?

Q: NetworkManager - WiFi connection breaks soon after connecting

0

Problem description: Until yesterday, my home WiFi works perfectly. And now, very soon (seconds to minutes) after establishing the WiFi connection, I loose the network (ping: sendmsg: Network is unreachable). To be more precise, when booting my laptop and automatically logging into my WiFi I ca...

ubuntu networking linux-mint wifi networkmanager

11:50 AM

@Rinzwind looks as if you are new to GNOME :)

bacj

@cl-netbox no but never could stand it longer than 2 days

and NO wifi is still killed with lid close :(

user136984

I'm really happy that they are finally pronouncing G-NOME correctly! :D

@ParanoidPanda its gnome. like the leprechaun >:-D

not the DNA >:-D

I refuse to call it that

-end of discussion- >:-D

@Rinzwind did you find the logout option ?

@cl-netbox am I in AU chat?

11:52 AM

@Rinzwind are you drunken ? :D :D :D

@cl-netbox I don't do alcohol :=) so no

aha :D

settings->power-> wifi and BT. switching those to OFF should NOT immediatly kill wifi or BT.

someone messed up

turning those to off should kill wifi or bt when you have "blank screen" set OR when you have auto suspend set to ON.

(and you then black the screen or suspend the system)

why would we need TWO methods for killing wifi? The settings->wifi already has a "off"

user136984

@Avery: I ended up buying another plant as a replacement by the way which ended up being also quite poisonous, and given that the third plant I bought also turned out to be poisonous I have decided that the universe is trying to tell me something and I will just keep the pot plants I have and not buy any more unless I am certain that I know everything about them. I think Aloe Vera and a tomato plant is a safe option.

@Rinzwind suggestion : install gnome-session ... reboot ... select gnome on x ... login ... nearly all issues are gone ! :) you are using vanilla GNOME then ... :)

user136984

11:56 AM

I'm not sure why I'm messaging you about this.

user136984

But I'm not sure who else to tell really as I don't think anyone who is here now heard about that.

@ParanoidPanda I have 0 plants in my house :=)

user136984

@Rinzwind: Probably for the best, I ended up with some absolutely toxic heart stopping, immune suppressing and cancer causing plants that spread spores that make you feel ill and cause you to feel like you are on psychedelic drugs.

user136984

Because I didn't actually eat that one I am fine.

user136984

The spores or flying plantlets rather are as toxic as the main plant which looks like it's going to get up and eat you in the middle of the night. It's got a purple stem which goes into green tendrils which all have leopard skin patches of those colour variations on them.

12:00 PM

yuck!

user136984

It is called Kalanchoe Delagonsis. And its native name is "The Devil's Backbone", if I had known that name, I wouldn't have bought it! :D

user136984

But unfortunately the flower shop didn't know what it was.

user136984

And their suppliers didn't say it was poisonous.

@Rinzwind Have you seen what I suggested to you ? Please try it out - I know what I'm talking about ... I'm having vanilla GNOME on my fedora workstation and everything works without problems. :)

always go for a cactus

@cl-netbox fedora. tsk :=)

user136984

12:03 PM

Yes, I think so, I'm not sure that you can go wrong with them.

user136984

But I have a very interesting air plant which doesn't require soil so that is quite nice.

@ParanoidPanda yeah and free cactus drinks when you run out of tap water

@Rinzwind ubuntu. tsk :=)

user136984

It's just sits on a little glass thing on my desk.

user136984

And doesn't need more than a little mist every month or so.

user136984

12:04 PM

@Rinzwind: :D :D :D

@cl-netbox waiting for it to install :P

brb

@cl-netbox you made things worse! :=)

I hate black cursors :=)

say

ah well/

I want Unity back :(

7

@Rinzwind just try to get used to it ... I think after a while you'll like it and won't look back. :)

@Rinzwind you still can install unity if you want to ... :)

sigh

sigh

I know. But 1 thing I also aim for is a setup that does not require tinkering.
-> install system -> install smplayer -> done

(all I really use my system for is watching series)

<3

12:15 PM

@Rinzwind Well, I think in the next edition most things will be sorted out ... though wayland still needs a lot of work until everything works properly and as expected. :)