dniMretsaM 2017-03-06 08:48:09
Is there a way to install compat-wireless on 16.10? I haven't been able to find an updated package past Precise or so
tomreyn 2017-03-06 08:51:07
https://backports.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page
tomreyn 2017-03-06 08:51:39
dniMretsaM: see above. i don't know how to get them nowadays, though, probably through HWE stacks
dniMretsaM 2017-03-06 08:53:23
Thanks, I'll see what I can find
dmiller309 2017-03-06 08:55:25
Having an annoying bug in Ubuntu where Super+1 will type the number 1 instead of opening the launching/switching to the first application in my left-side launcher.
EriC^^ 2017-03-06 08:57:20
dmiller309: you sure it's a bug not the keyboard playing up?
ash_workz 2017-03-06 08:58:24
how do you filter top's `COMMAND` field?
netsec 2017-03-06 08:58:35
hi
dmiller309 2017-03-06 08:58:57
It's not the keyboard playing up.
netsec 2017-03-06 08:59:11
hello
dmiller309 2017-03-06 08:59:48
It's happened on my desktop as well, but it's harder to make happen on my desktop because the super key is faster there.
dmiller309 2017-03-06 09:01:54
It takes 3 seconds to open the start menu after pressing the Super key, and I've disabled Aero blur which made it even slower.
dmiller309 2017-03-06 09:03:47
I have to press and hold the super key until the number icons appear on top of the left-side panel (which is 3 seconds), then pressing the number key will work to switch to that application.
MonkeyDust 2017-03-06 09:05:04
ash_workz i guess the htop command can do that
ash_workz 2017-03-06 09:05:35
I see
xiusfist 2017-03-06 09:08:10
hi I have been wanting to install ubuntu for a while and had a couple of questions. my first question is if 20GB is enough space for an Ubuntu instalation. My second question is weather or not it is posible to access my windows partition within ubuntu in case I wanted to save a large file or transfer data.
MonkeyDust 2017-03-06 09:09:02
xiusfist yes and yes
dmiller309 2017-03-06 09:09:07
I've installed Ubuntu on a computer with a 20GB hard drive.
Bashing-om 2017-03-06 09:09:29
xiusfist: Yes and yes .. but is recommneded 30 Gigs as a 1st approximation .
dmiller309 2017-03-06 09:10:17
My guess is that you're considering dual booting, putting your data on the Windows NTFS partition, and using that for your data on Ubuntu.
w9qbj 2017-03-06 09:10:19
xiusfist, I think 20G would be tight but possible. Q2 - yes, you have to mount the Win part.
xiusfist 2017-03-06 09:12:05
@wqbj I was under the impression that the ubuntu install size was around 14GB? you are saying that I should make the partition 30? does this include the size needed for updates?
xiusfist 2017-03-06 09:12:59
@dmiller309 yes that is what I plan to do
xiusfist 2017-03-06 09:13:16
@w9qbj I was under the impression that the ubuntu install size was around 14GB? you are saying that I should make the partition 30? does this include the size needed for updates?
MonkeyDust 2017-03-06 09:13:36
xiusfist you can drop the @ ... type two characters of a name, then hit tab
roue_ 2017-03-06 09:13:56
hola
xiusfist 2017-03-06 09:14:28
MonkeyDust: oh neat
roue_ 2017-03-06 09:15:30
I'm running into a strange apt-get update / upgrade issue on an older system (12.04.05). I have three mysql-server packaged ( mysql-server 5.5.46-0ubuntu0.12.04.2, mysql-server-5.5 5.5.46-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 and mysql-server-core-5.5 5.5.54-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 ) Not the version difference between the first two ( 5.5.46 ) and the last ( 5.5.54 ). When I try to run apt-get update / upgrade it fails to configure the package because ...
roue_ 2017-03-06 09:15:36
... "mysql-server-5.5 : Depends: mysql-server-core-5.5 (= 5.5.46-0ubuntu0.12.04.2) but 5.5.54-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 is installed"
w9qbj 2017-03-06 09:15:50
More room is always better. I have had a time when updates couldn't complete because of lack of space. If you can afford the space of the disk I'd go for it. Bu tonly you know(?) how much extra you may be keeping on the linux part (.jpg .mp3 etc) in the future.
roue_ 2017-03-06 09:16:08
This isn't my box, so I don't know how they got into this state. I'd appreciate any pointers toward resolving it ( short of wiping the whole box and installed 16.10 ... )
xiusfist 2017-03-06 09:18:09
w9qbj: ok cool. I dont plan on doing anything crazy on it. I just plan on using it to get first hand experience with Linux commands for a possible job.
nacc 2017-03-06 09:18:26
roue_: it would appear they installed from a non-ubuntu source
nacc 2017-03-06 09:18:38
!info mysql-server precise | roue_
ubottu 2017-03-06 09:18:40
roue_: mysql-server (source: mysql-5.5): MySQL database server (metapackage depending on the latest version). In component main, is optional. Version 5.5.54-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 (precise), package size 10 kB, installed size 114 kB
nacc 2017-03-06 09:18:55
roue_: can you pastebin `apt-cache policy mysql-server` ?
roue_ 2017-03-06 09:19:13
nacc getting it now. Thanks.
dmiller309 2017-03-06 09:19:42
Windows overwrote the bootloader thing so that the Ubuntu-Windows dual boot became a Windows single-boot. I reinstalled Ubuntu and fully wiped Windows after that.
w9qbj 2017-03-06 09:20:13
xiusfist, good luck. And you might find that you will like linux so much you'll just stay there - but by thenyou might junk the idea of Win all togheter
dmiller309 2017-03-06 09:20:22
That was back in the days of Vista/7, so I don't know if Windows does that stuff anymore.
MonkeyDust 2017-03-06 09:20:40
!manual | xiusfist this can be helpful
ubottu 2017-03-06 09:20:40
xiusfist this can be helpful: The Ubuntu Manual will help you become familiar with everyday tasks such as surfing the web, listening to music and scanning documents. With an emphasis on easy to follow instructions, it is suitable for all levels of experience. http://ubuntu-manual.org/
ash_workz 2017-03-06 09:20:53
every line reported by `ps -ely` is a separate process right? Is ~750 a high number of processes with the 'z_' prefix (about 200 each for fr_iss_, rd_int_ and wr_int_)?
roue_ 2017-03-06 09:20:58
nacc here: http://pastebin.com/pgvRhWks
dmiller309 2017-03-06 09:21:20
If this is a desktop, I would recommend adding a small second hard drive and booting to that and accessing the data on the other one instead of partitioning your Windows install.
xiusfist 2017-03-06 09:21:39
MonkeyDust: thank you for your help.
nacc 2017-03-06 09:21:43
roue_: right, so they d/l'd a .deb from somewhere and manually installed it
roue_ 2017-03-06 09:21:50
nacc, that's too bad.
nacc 2017-03-06 09:21:54
roue_: really not recommended to do that :/
roue_ 2017-03-06 09:22:04
nacc, so I'm guessing my best bet would be to uninstall it and apt-get install mysql-server again.
nacc 2017-03-06 09:22:04
roue_: are you interested in fixing it or do you want to contact the owner first?
roue_ 2017-03-06 09:22:10
fixing it.
MonkeyDust 2017-03-06 09:22:11
xiusfist you're welcome
ash_workz 2017-03-06 09:22:14
I bet those tasks are related to zfs
nacc 2017-03-06 09:22:47
roue_: right, i think you should be able to do something like `apt-get install mysql-server=5.5.54-0ubuntu0.12.04.1` which will complain about mismatches and keep adding to that until you get the deps at the right level
xiusfist 2017-03-06 09:23:05
dmiller309: unfortunately due my volatile living situation. ie couch surfing. having a full size desktop is not within my means. but thank you for the suggestion.
ash_workz 2017-03-06 09:23:50
nacc: +1 for using backticks to quote your code. :)
Bashing-om 2017-03-06 09:24:09
ash_workz: Z for zombie . See: http://askubuntu.com/questions/111422/how-to-find-zombie-process .
ash_workz 2017-03-06 09:24:40
Bashing-om: well, `ps aux` doesn't report any zombie processes, but it shows a ton of sleeping ones
nacc 2017-03-06 09:24:52
Bashing-om: I think they meant the command is z_...
ash_workz 2017-03-06 09:25:11
nacc: yeah
nacc 2017-03-06 09:25:13
ash_workz: e.g., z_fr_iss_ ?
ash_workz 2017-03-06 09:25:20
z_fr_iss_#
Bashing-om 2017-03-06 09:25:39
ash_workz: expected that a process not actively running to be a sleep mode .
nacc 2017-03-06 09:25:39
ash_workz: pstree may help you understand where they come from
nacc 2017-03-06 09:25:55
ash_workz: but yes, z_wr_iss is e.g., from zfsonlinux
dmiller309 2017-03-06 09:25:56
@xiusfist If you use Android, install https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.softwarebakery.drivedroid
nacc 2017-03-06 09:26:02
ash_workz: i would assume those all are
ash_workz 2017-03-06 09:26:24
nacc: is it normal to have that many?
dmiller309 2017-03-06 09:26:59
DriveDroid is very convenient for installing any distro, and if something goes wrong with your setup you can use DriveDroid's Live ISO.
nacc 2017-03-06 09:27:03
ash_workz: i have no idea, i don't use ZFS
nacc 2017-03-06 09:27:16
ash_workz: i believe it's heavily threaded in sw, so it's not surprising
Bashing-om 2017-03-06 09:27:22
ash_workz: On my system currently: " Tasks: 184 total, 1 running, 183 sleeping, " .
ash_workz 2017-03-06 09:27:41
my problem is that I'm using pg_restore in several (14) different screens and it's taking way too long.
ash_workz 2017-03-06 09:28:20
I mean, I expected it to take a long time, but really not longer than two days.
nacc 2017-03-06 09:29:34
ash_workz: confused -- why are you running 14 pg_restores at the same time?
ash_workz 2017-03-06 09:31:01
well, maybe I need to dispel some false notions.
ash_workz 2017-03-06 09:31:04
nacc: when I was researching pg_restore + parallelism, I got the impression that would be a good idea so long as the number of jobs is less than that of the number of cores you have.
ash_workz 2017-03-06 09:31:39
nacc: which is 48.
ash_workz 2017-03-06 09:32:58
nacc: the pg_restore wasn't (however) dumped as a full restore file, nor in
ash_workz 2017-03-06 09:33:40
'directory' format, so using pg_restore -j was not an option. So I thought it would be okay if I just ended up using pg_restore -a on the individual table dumps using parallel screens.
nacc 2017-03-06 09:34:14
ash_workz: and you're seeing them not make progress?
enw2512 2017-03-06 09:35:23
make progress
enw2512 2017-03-06 09:35:27
make: *** No rule to make target `progress'. Stop.
ash_workz 2017-03-06 09:35:59
this has worked for awhile, for example, I started 2 tables (amongst others) at the same time; one was 49G and the other 53G... the 49G table finished 2 days ago
ash_workz 2017-03-06 09:36:56
nacc: how would I be able to check that? even pg_restore --verbose doesn't seem to yield any output if nothing is going wrong
nacc 2017-03-06 09:37:12
ash_workz: i mean, you should see running processes
nacc 2017-03-06 09:37:29
ash_workz: i'd check man `pg_restore`, sometimes those kind of tools take signals to indicate to dump progress
paddyez 2017-03-06 09:38:28
Hi, am I the only one asking about chromium not working?
ash_workz 2017-03-06 09:38:28
nacc: well, at this point, I would be extremely hesitant to restart a restore that's taken place over 4 days.
nacc 2017-03-06 09:38:54
ash_workz: if pg_restore supports it, sending a non-fatal signal to it will not kill it
nacc 2017-03-06 09:39:00
ash_workz: hence read the manpage to see :)
nacc 2017-03-06 09:39:24
ash_workz: the problem is what an estimate would mean in this case
ash_workz 2017-03-06 09:39:26
in any case, I used &>> logfile, and that just says 'pg_restore: processing data for table "public.my_table"'
ash_workz 2017-03-06 09:39:38
nacc: 'estimate'?
nacc 2017-03-06 09:39:39
ash_workz: as probably, you can't guess how much IO load you will ahve in the future, so time is bad; you can estimate rows of tables, i guess
OerHeks 2017-03-06 09:40:06
paddyez, explain "chromium not working"?
miceiken 2017-03-06 09:40:18
Hello. I am looking for some kind of solution where any remote/external network traffic is blocked if it is not sent through VPN. LAN traffic is allowed. Any idea how I can achieve this?
Enlite 2017-03-06 09:40:43
trying out ubuntu budgie for the first time
tatertots 2017-03-06 09:42:29
miceiken: contact the network administrator or engineer and inquire if restrictions can be removed
paddyez 2017-03-06 09:42:42
OerHeks: like "Oh no can not display this website" even if you call chrome://settings/
compdoc 2017-03-06 09:42:45
miceiken, what does the vpn connect to?
miceiken 2017-03-06 09:43:30
tatertots, that's besides the point, I want to intentionally route all traffic through a tunnel
miceiken 2017-03-06 09:43:36
compdoc, what do you mean?
compdoc 2017-03-06 09:44:14
a vpn from where to where? home/office, office/office?
compdoc 2017-03-06 09:44:27
bedroom/bedroom
miceiken 2017-03-06 09:44:28
home to vpn provider
OerHeks 2017-03-06 09:44:28
paddyez, did you try to remove the chome settings in ~/.config/google-chrome ?
tatertots 2017-03-06 09:44:43
miceiken: then configure the network to meet your requirements....there's a #networking or #network channel or chat room on freenode