General Linux Chat and Small Questions v. Year of the Linux Desktop! - Hardware & Software

I can't access Windows 10's partition from Ubuntu; every time I try to, it gives me an error informing me that Widows is hibernated and refused to mount. I have tried turning off fast start-up from the power settings in Windows, yet I am still getting this problem. I didn't have this problem till recently.

[QUOTE=Reflex F.N.;51221787]I can't access Windows 10's partition from Ubuntu; every time I try to, it gives me an error informing me that Widows is hibernated and refused to mount. I have tried turning off fast start-up from the power settings in Windows, yet I am still getting this problem. I didn't have this problem till recently.[/QUOTE] Have you tried mounting as RO?

[QUOTE=Levelog;51221840]Have you tried mounting as RO?[/QUOTE]I don't want to mount it as RO; I want to be able to to write to it, as well. Actually, I am mostly curious about what's causing this problem. This problem is not hindering my daily tasks or anything, but I am curious why I can't mount the partition anymore, even though I turned fast start up off.

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[QUOTE=Reflex F.N.;51221843]I don't want to mount it as RO; I want to be able to to write to it, as well. Actually, I am mostly curious about what's causing this problem. This problem is not hindering my daily tasks or anything, but I am curious why I can't mount the partition anymore, even though I turned fast start up off.[/QUOTE] Not quite sure, I could never get my Server 2012R2 disk to get off hibernate for writing.

Shut Windows down properly, the default "shut down" option afaik actually hibernates it. If you do a restart/reboot on Windows then it should get rid of hiberfil.sys on the Windows partition and allow you to mount the partition normally.

[QUOTE=supervoltage;51221894]Shut Windows down properly, the default "shut down" option afaik actually hibernates it. If you do a restart/reboot on Windows then it should get rid of hiberfil.sys on the Windows partition and allow you to mount the partition normally.[/QUOTE]In power settings -> choose what the power buttons do, I set the shut down button to shut Windows down. But thanks for the advice; I'll try it, and post back here whether it worked or not, just to make sure; maybe it'll work. :smile: [editline]After a few minutes[/editline] I tried booting into Windows, rebooting and then booting into Ubuntu, but it still didn't work. :'(

Strange because I shut it down with the fast boot way, the hiberfil.sys is not present and I can mess with the filesystem. Maybe it helps if the windows 10 is updated to the latest anniversary edition.

[QUOTE=ichiman94;51221937]Strange because I shut it down with the fast boot way, the hiberfil.sys is not present and I can mess with the filesystem. Maybe it helps if the windows 10 is updated to the latest anniversary edition.[/QUOTE]It is updated to the latest anniversary edition. I only started having this weird problem after the update. [editline]after a while[/editline] I solved the problem. I ran [code]powercfg -h off[/code] in command prompt. I'm glad that it's fixed now, but now I feel extremely annoyed because I have already done this before. Why do some Windows updates revert my settings back to the defaults? Does Microsoft want to intentionally annoy the users?

Okay I got a [I]completely[/I] fresh Ubuntu 16.04LTS install and got the ArcOSx -white theme. Most things look fine, and then there's compiz: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/conGfI6.png[/IMG] This is literally the only things I have modified, a GTK3 theme. Is this because Compiz is GTK2 or something? I don't get why this happens on two entirely different computers. This isn't normal, right? Edit: okay it looks like shit in the default Radiance theme as well, I guess Compiz just needs an update...

[QUOTE=Reflex F.N.;51221944]I'm glad that it's fixed now, but now I feel extremely annoyed because I have already done this before. Why do some Windows updates revert my settings back to the defaults? Does Microsoft want to intentionally annoy the users?[/QUOTE] I don't know if this is applicable to your particular situation, but their naming scheme is mostly the issue. The Anniversary Update was actually a complete OS upgrade. I mean, sure, Microsoft did use that as an excuse to reinstall a lot of the Windows bullshit, but the important part of this is that it did reset many settings to their defaults. No idea if they could have prevented that and just didn't bother or if they intentionally made that happen, but here we are. Anyway, if you changed something pre-AU it might have been set to its default settings again.

Does anybody here use GPU Passthrough? How does something like the Steam Controller work with that? Could I use it natively in the Windows VM to play games there, and then use it natively in Linux to play native Linux games?

[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;51223344]Does anybody here use GPU Passthrough? How does something like the Steam Controller work with that? Could I use it natively in the Windows VM to play games there, and then use it natively in Linux to play native Linux games?[/QUOTE] You'd also do USB passthrough for the steam controller when using Windows then.

[QUOTE=Van-man;51223382]You'd also do USB passthrough for the steam controller when using Windows then.[/QUOTE] And once everything is setup, I can just go back and forth between the systems without, like, rebooting or anything? I guess so because I presumably won't require two keyboards and mice.

[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;51223395]And once everything is setup, I can just go back and forth between the systems without, like, rebooting or anything? I guess so because I presumably won't require two keyboards and mice.[/QUOTE] USB is hot-plug, but I doubt GPU passthrough is, but I'm no expert on GPU passthrough. And I'd still recommend a back-up set of keyboard and mouse, in-case Windows locks up and the devices are currently allocated to that VM. Unless there's a hotkey combo for "breaking out" of the VM for your peripherals that I don't know of.

[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;51223395]And once everything is setup, I can just go back and forth between the systems without, like, rebooting or anything? I guess so because I presumably won't require two keyboards and mice.[/QUOTE]People generally use a program called synergy to manage the mice and keyboards IIRC. It costs money but it's libre.

I think KDE finally fixed the nvida tearing bug... am I dreaming?

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Might want to include port 123/UDP for NTP if you have ntp/timesyncd enabled. I'm not a fan of outbound firewalls, but that's just my preference. EDIT: And maybe allow ICMP if you want to use ping.

[QUOTE=IpHa;51250151]Might want to include port 123/UDP for NTP if you have ntp/timesyncd enabled. I'm not a fan of outbound firewalls, but that's just my preference. EDIT: And maybe allow ICMP if you want to use ping.[/QUOTE]Oh, I'll add them. Thanks for the help! :smile: By the way, is it a bad idea to have outbound rules on my main machine? I'm just trying it out in a VM, at the moment. I plan on experimenting directly with iptables next; rather than UFW.

Hey guys. I'm quite confused here. There's a deal on strix gtx 1080 in my town, basically going for 450usd, new. But on the other hand it's not from a shop, it's from a person. So... How do i check if it's not broken? (besides running benchmarks that is)

[QUOTE=Manulthecat;51250196]Hey guys. I'm quite confused here. There's a deal on strix gtx 1080 in my town, basically going for 450usd, new. But on the other hand it's not from a shop, it's from a person. So... How do i check if it's not broken? (besides running benchmarks that is)[/QUOTE] Well, you could learn what the inside looks like and ask to check though he might freak out at the prospect of you taking apart his precious GPU edit: derp I wrote about checking if its real lol. I think that's basically it, if you know electronics you might be able to see some signs of something fucking up by looking at the board itself but that won't always work.

[QUOTE=thelurker1234;51250374]Well, you could learn what the inside looks like and ask to check though he might freak out at the prospect of you taking apart his precious GPU edit: derp I wrote about checking if its real lol. I think that's basically it, if you know electronics you might be able to see some signs of something fucking up by looking at the board itself but that won't always work.[/QUOTE] Hm, i'll run Furmark and just magically try to figure it out if it's somehow broken or not, then.

Just test it by putting it in your PC?

Running furmark can rule out 99% of issues.

Aw man. She couldn't meet today to test it. Can't wait to jump into 60fps 4k experience. But yeah, running Furmark covers about every problem it may have. Just take a look at temperatures and that's all.

When does nouveau usually start supporting new cards? I'm still waiting for 1080 support. Does it vary a lot or do they usually start supporting new cards after a given time?

[QUOTE=PredGD;51255704]When does nouveau usually start supporting new cards? I'm still waiting for 1080 support. Does it vary a lot or do they usually start supporting new cards after a given time?[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure people are still waiting for nouveau support for the 7600gt. Don't use nouveau.

[QUOTE=Levelog;51256977]I'm pretty sure people are still waiting for nouveau support for the 7600gt. Don't use nouveau.[/QUOTE] It's more on a case-by-case basis For a fully reverse engineered graphics driver, it's pretty neat if you don't plan on doing 3d shit. Handles wayland far better than the proprietary driver still

[QUOTE=thelurker1234;51257105]It's more on a case-by-case basis For a fully reverse engineered graphics driver, it's pretty neat[B] if you don't plan on doing 3d shit[/B]. Handles wayland far better than the proprietary driver still[/QUOTE] Then what's the point of even having a dGPU? (For anything made this decade)