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gracious1

01:31

Hello. Any help on this one? askubuntu.com/questions/1093615/…

Zanna

08:04

@TheWanderer haha yeah I hate PETA

Zanna

08:21

@gracious1 there's some sort of UEFI issue with Acer machines. Only oldfred seems to understand it properly

might not be your issue - did you try making the USB again?

I'm not at all suggesting you did it wrong. USB sticks are just somewhat unreliable. Even a new one could be faulty or there might have been some write error or the file got damaged on its way to you. Not very likely but people do sometimes resolve this kind of issue that way

Journeyman Geek

heh, that's true...

one reason I switched to a IODD

(also I'm lazy and having a device that basically turns any iso into a bootable, emulated usb optical drive is magical)

Zanna

IODD eh? covertly looks it up

Journeyman Geek

@Zanna its a fancy enclosure

Zanna

oh yeah?

Journeyman Geek

amazon.com/iodd-External-Encrypted-Enclosure-Virtual/dp/…

this is the model I have

basically you can boot VHDs and isos directly off it

Zanna

08:29

looks fancy

Journeyman Geek

also does hardware encryption with a passcode

Zanna

@JourneymanGeek very neat

@JourneymanGeek wow

Journeyman Geek

Every single system I own now was installed (linux) or updated (windows) using it

Zanna

$79 is quite steep but I guess it's worth it

Journeyman Geek

IMO? second best/most fun hardware purchase I have made

@Zanna it mounts ISOs and VHDs natively

Zanna

08:30

:)

Journeyman Geek

there's probably a small arm computer inside ._.

Zanna

haha yeah probably

or a "very cooperative gnome"

Journeyman Geek

Ya, you could probably buy a cheapie for a fiver

Zanna

as Khan Academy described enzymes

Journeyman Geek

0_0

Zanna

08:31

@JourneymanGeek ooh

Journeyman Geek

so, workflow for a linux install?

download the ISO. Copy it over to my "_ISO" folder.

plug pick the ISO I want off the screen... (yes it has a screen)...

boot from it on whatever PC I want.

will also let me boot a VHD (for windows 2go or linux) but the performance isn't all that great

Zanna

brilliant stuff

Journeyman Geek

yup. As you can tell, I'm a fan ;)

Zalman sold an older version - its pricier and dosen't do the VHD thing

So... I haven't used rufus in a while

Zanna

I use sgdisk to make bootable USBs

Journeyman Geek

ah

my day to day PC is still windows.

Zanna

08:35

so if that was the 2nd most fun thing... what was the most fun thing?

Journeyman Geek

@Zanna I'm glad you asked.

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Q: Ubuntu performance is too slow on "Vmware workstation 14player''

I have installed Ubuntu on Vmware workstation 14player on windows 10 last month with a help of tutorial on youtube.First two or three days it was working fine no problem in performance or anything but then it got so slow that it wont even open .I reinstalled it but still it didn't work.How much s...

Journeyman Geek

I bought a 4 port 'industrial' PC

and built a ubuntu based router.

Zanna

routers are a total complete and utter mystery to me

I do not understand any aspect of networking at all

Journeyman Geek

@Zanna well, the basics are simple

Zanna

08:37

I should really make the effort one of these days to get my head round it. I can only really understand things by actually trying to make or do something...

Journeyman Geek

The secret is understanding 2 things...

Zanna

oooh

Journeyman Geek

1. Linux has all the moving bits you need for a basic router

2. a consumer router is actually 2-3 things

so I literally started with 2 things

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/04/… this guide (which I adapted a bit to taste here journeymangeek.com/?p=196 )

an ubuntu purist will do UFW ;)

Zanna

must have a look...

Journeyman Geek

so... you have 2 interfaces. One interface to the internet, one to the internal network. You have packet forwarding (in kernel), you have a DNS server (optional) DHCP server (for giving out IPs) - DNSmasq is a dream for this...

then some basic firewall rules to tell your firewall "Hey, if a client is talking to an external system, please pass on the messages"

quite honestly - I just adapted those rules from basically everywhere.

Ipv6 and hostapd were a pain

but you don't really need ipv6, and the secret to hostapd is most of the resources on the internet suck and you really need to use the stock config file and adjust it...

Zanna

08:42

hmm

Journeyman Geek

I literally started with 0 experience with doing this sorta thing - took me about 2 weeks to wrap my head around it (and you can do the initial setup with your router-box hanging off your current network)

I think J1900 celerons are what most folks use - I went with a core i3 ULV cause I intend to hang a few additional resources off this.

(like I said, really fun XD)

and the important part is its fast

I can do gigabit line speeds on wan.

Zanna

ooh :)

Journeyman Geek

also its flexibility - I have a few tools for monitoring (netplan is awesome) and I run a different speed test software from repos cause its better

I'm also toying with a VPN and I can run anything - and possibly take advantage of AES-NI

The one place where it falls short is wifi (I use my old router in a purely AP role)

but I could also use something like an ubiquity and run the controller on it

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Q: Finding duplicate files and moving ONE copy to another drive, deleting all other copies

Actually I am trying to do two different things.... First off is to make a copy (onto my travel HDD) of all the video files, photos and documents, excluding any duplicates. So there is only one copy on my travel HDD. This would have to be able to see into many levels of folders (ntfs file syst...

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Journeyman Geek

Oh, also gives you the option for connection bonding, folks have set up multi-waned/homed connections and since I'm running ubuntu 18.04 at least a decade of software support...

cause most consumer routers have crappy firmware updates

Zanna

09:08

thanks a lot for the tips and inspiration @JourneymanGeek ^_^

Journeyman Geek

XD. As I said, most fun

I love my PC builds but they finish so fast.

Zanna

I have recently thought of a couple of tasks that will motivate me to get into networking and understand it haha. That's at the top of my list of things to do when I finish all the really urgent things :/

Journeyman Geek

Well , there's a few concepts I still don't get...

I don't bother to remember subnetting ._.

and vlans are still a complete and utter mystery

Zanna

sounds like a creamy dessert to me

Journeyman Geek

but I'd need a managed switch to really do it

Zanna

09:14

unfortunately I now have to try to get my head around acid dissociation constants

not fun at all

Journeyman Geek

eh chemistry

Fabby

10:55

@dessert You're asking the wrong person. You should ask @JacobVlijm

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12:34

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Q: Realtek rtl8821ce wifi drivers for Ubuntu Budgie

I tried installing the endlessm and tomaspinho drivers because they're the only ones being suggested on here and the rest of the internet but I haven't been able to compile them. Does anyone here have any different options I might look into?

ubuntu wifi drivers realtek

Videonauth

12:48

@dessert because python rocks :D

Rinzwind

13:30

python hiss :=)

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Q: Using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on Chromebook with crouton

I am planning on buying a Chromebook and using crouton (https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton) to install Linux on it. I want to use a normal install of Ubuntu 18.04 'Bionic Beaver' (preferably the "minimal" version). I have never done this before, so my main question is: How close is this to what...

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USERID_UNK

14:00

Can I ask about ubuntu native (just plug it in) hardware support here?

I didn't see the word "hardware" on the tour

and if this isn't the correct place, where should I ask

oh maybe I have to ask this on the main page and then link to it on meta since I don't have enough reputationpoints or something...

dessert

@USERID_UNK this is perfectly on topic if you ask me

USERID_UNK

15:03

Based on the feedback, I'll ask about a specific piece of hardware then, rather than a class of hardware.

I asked on meta, because this is often an issue I have, not extending only to this specific question.

In this case, I am wondering about the availability of a non-wacom drawing tablet with video display.

There are several I've been reading through, for example, the GT220,I have found conflicting information about ones such as the Huion GT-220, but their official support says it doesn't work. And I've read posts that say it both does and doesn't. Plus there are two versions, V1 and V2, and there seems like there are actually different makes within these. Possibly all with different support.

Ask Ubuntu Meta

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Q: Meta (meta) question, hardware support as a question on ask ubuntu

I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: Hardware support on topic? I would have added this earlier, but it says "You can only post once every 40 minutes." Here is the question: Can I ask about ubuntu native (just plug it in) hardware support here? I didn't see the word "hardware" on t...

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mrSuperEvening

17:18

hey guys. i installed lubuntu as dual boot with windows. however ,i can't select it when i'm booting up the laptop. what should i do?

how do i make it bootable? i now used usb to launch lubuntu and opened gparted. anything i should do there?

Zanna

I suggest you run boot repair to get the info summary

there could be any number of things that went wrong. Not enough info to advise further - but the info summary should provide plenty

mrSuperEvening

@Zanna Thanks a lot. I am getting a message now. Do you want to have all grub 2 files removed

it seems like i shouldn't accept it?

but boot repair i think is suggesting to do that

i pressed yes, lets hope for the best...

Zanna

I should have said don't let it do recommended repair

just want the info summary

but maybe it will work shrug

Fabby

17:34

@mrSuperEvening We just need the boot repair info posted as a question on the site so we can have a look.

mrSuperEvening

@Fabby @Zanna Thank you guys. Here's the report: pastebin.com/dp9HRdev

i tried what boot-repair suggested, but it didn't help

Fabby

18:02

@mrSuperEvening Please post a question on the site so we can answer.

include the exact steps you took to arrive at this situation and then ping me with a link to the question.

mrSuperEvening

askubuntu.com/questions/1093786/lubuntu-not-showing-up-on-boot @Fabby

Fabby

Reading and editing.

@mrSuperEvening Fresh install?

mrSuperEvening

yes, both of them fresh... spent hours on this, going insane...

Fabby

No worries.

Reading.

mrSuperEvening

thank you so much

Fabby

18:07

@mrSuperEvening Easy fix:

=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda.
 => Syslinux MBR (5.00 and higher) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb.

sda1: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       vfat
    Boot sector type:  Windows 7/2008: FAT32
    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:
    Boot files:        /EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi /EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
                       /EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgr.efi

You installed Windows in EUFI mode and Lubuntu in BIOS mode.

Answering.

mrSuperEvening

after i ran boot-repair thing, now windows don't start. i can only start lubuntu via usb try lubuntu live

Fabby

@mrSuperEvening Did you have boot-repair remove anything?

mrSuperEvening

nope

yes, grub 2 fields

Fabby

Well, looks like a reinstall to me then...

Sorry!!!

Boot-repair doesn't like mixed UEFI / BIOS systems and screws up at least one of them.

(depending in which mode you are)

@mrSuperEvening P.S. after you've installed Win10, use CloneZilla to make a system backup of your working system.

Actually, I'm going to reboot and make a full system backup as well as the October update came in a few days ago.

mrSuperEvening

ahhhh... okay...

how do i install lubuntu in uefi mode btw?

i will reinstall everything tomorrow

Fabby

18:17

@mrSuperEvening lemme check.

@mrSuperEvening cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/18.04/release/…

Videonauth

18:55

@Fabby uptime: 1 day, 22:42 hours

Fabby

19:13

@Videonauth Woohoo!!! Congrats!

Rinzwind

\o

Fabby

@Videonauth How the mighty have fallen: Happy with 1 day uptime!

Videonauth

o/

Fabby

:D ;-)

o/

PerlDuck

What sort of people want to setup a proxy server (which isn't particular a beginner's task) and at the same time are not skilled enough to replace two occurances of the digit 2 with a 3 and a 4? I don't get that.

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Q: Reverse proxy listening to multiple ports, Nginx

I want to proxy pass all requests coming from a series of ports into single port and different IP, using Nginx. I have the following config: server { listen 3333; server_name test.in *.test.in; location / { proxy_pass http://10.1.1.2:5479/; include /etc/nginx/proxy_...

nginx reverse-proxy

Sorry. I'm nasty again.

Videonauth

19:23

@Fabby ^ the culprit

Fabby

@PerlDuck Reading...

PerlDuck

@Fabby Read the suggested dupe! And compare them.

Fabby

@PerlDuck Just voted to dupe and was going to do that next.

@PerlDuck What do you expect of someone who can't even remember their own login???

:D :D :D

which mod is on shift?

@PublicVoid you can read, but you cannot write until you get 2 more rep...

Huh! on a saturday night... going to flag for moderator attention.

@PerlDuck Or they are students of the same professor...

PerlDuck

@Fabby Well, it's not exactly a dupe. One is about "Which keys do I need to press on my calculator to add 2 and 3?" while the other rather is "Which keys … to add 2 and 4?" But if someone cannot even apply such a clear solution to his own problem, then I tend to say "You're in the wrong job"

Fabby

@PerlDuck I can say that about... 90-95% of management in my (IT) company...

Most managers and directors have no ~~fucking~~ clue...

Though our CEO is quite technical still.

PerlDuck

19:36

The proposed dupe is three years old and the text is almost identical. However.

@Fabby Our management is quite OK. They have other skills which I, for instance, do not have. Making decisions, for example.

Fabby

@PerlDuck >:-) Do you know what I do in RL?

PerlDuck

@Fabby No. Enjoying french fries, I'd guess ;-)

dessert

21:08

@Zanna Just heard the strange construction “somebody is to make something adjective” – what exactly does that mean? Is that AE?

Zanna

hmm

it means somebody has the intention or obligation to make something like that

dessert

do you use this construction?

Zanna

I'm sure I use it in writing sometimes

sounds formal

I guess in speaking I would say somebody is going to make something adjective or somebody has to make something adjective

dessert

nice :>

Zanna

it seems more likely in a conditional structure... like... if somebody is to make something adjective, she will need...

so there I guess "is to" means "will have the ability to"

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21:53

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Q: Monitors keep swapping after the machine sleeps for a while

I'm on Ubuntu 18.04.1 Usually if I turn off my machine and turn it on then the left and right monitors will be correct, but if I let the machine sleep overnight then they'll swap. If I just lock the screen and unlock it then it will be fine, it is only after long sleeps that the issue happens. ...

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Tim

23:22

I am now the proud owner of every official ubuntu version from 10.04 onwards!

imgur.com/MKCpGuc

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Q: Bash: Execute command independent of parent PID?

Executing this test.sh script: #!/bin/bash sleep 15 & sleep 2000 Then, viewing the running processes with $ ps auxfwww | grep -i [2]000 -B 10, I get the following 11886 and 11887 PIDs: user 7070 0.0 0.0 4504 1444 ? Ss Nov15 0:00 \_ /bin/sh /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc ...

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dessert

23:35

@Tim but why?

Videonauth

guess because he can, I myself would not be able to spare so much space

Tim

23:52

Yeah, fun project

only 580 odd GB

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