General Linux Chat and Small Questions v. Year of the Linux Desktop!

[Lyoko2]

[QUOTE=Adam.GameDev;49806211]Considering I'm buying a server soon, how stable is BTRFS RAID and send/receive?[/QUOTE]

I've been using RAID0 BTRFS on my desktop system for the last few months. It's pretty decent but I think you should stick to mdadm on classic ext4 partition.
there were a few times my raid was acting wierd and a restart solved it.

[SocMinarch]

[QUOTE=Lyoko2;49806235]I've been using RAID0 BTRFS on my desktop system for the last few months. It's pretty decent but I think you should stick to mdadm on classic ext4 partition.
there were a few times my raid was acting wierd and a restart solved it.[/QUOTE]

Any experience with RAID1 and beyond?

[Lurr]

So I'm getting this error twice, in quick succession, shortly after booting (Ubuntu 15.10, x64)
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/3uaHH78.png[/IMG]
I don't experience any other problems, but the message is annoying and I'm wondering if this could indicate any underlying problem? It's up there with "Something happened" in terms of vague error messages so I don't really know what to make of it

[SocMinarch]

Don't you get more information when you click "Report problem..."?

[Lyoko2]

hey, I was extending 1.4TB Partition to 3TB for the last few hours, and my gparted window is stuck. I checked to see if there is any kind of disk I/O and there isn't.
not sure what I should do.
Edit: Seems like the reason gparted got stuck is because the drive was /dev/sdd when I started the operation and now it's on /dev/sdg.
what a disaster.

[Reflex F.N.]

Does Ubuntu replace Linux Mint's bootloader when it's installed?
I had Linux-Mint and Windows dual-booted on my laptop. I decided to remove it and install Ubuntu instead.
The bootloader still looks the same, but it's coloured purple now, instead of black.
Out of curiosity, I was wondering; does Ubuntu completely replace Mint's bootloader or does it keep the same bootloader?
I know that they both install GRUB2, by the way. I was just wondering whether Ubuntu completely overrides the one that was already installed or not.
Thank you. :smile:
Also, I am not an experienced Linux user; I've only been using Linux for about four months, so I'm still a beginner. So, please excuse my current ignorance; I'm still learning. :happy:

[Reflex F.N.]

Oh, all right.
Thank you very much for the information! :smile:

[josm]

Why oh why is lemonbar such a pain in the ass.

[Reflex F.N.]

[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;49810681]It will either upgrade(if GRUB is newer) and add it's own entries into the boot loader and remove any old ones iirc.[/QUOTE]By the way, should I be concerned that I had the version of Linux-Mint that contained a backdoor? (I downloaded it when the fake version was up last week). Did the backdoor affect the bootloader?
I did replace Mint with Ubuntu, but if it's still the same bootloader, should I be concerned?
I know that I'm probably being a bit paranoid, but I like to be safe.
Thank you. :smile:

[Reflex F.N.]

Yeah, I reinstalled Ubuntu over it immediately after I heard about the backdoor. I'm not too concerned about GRUB2 because I don't think that backdoor had much to do with the Booloader, but I was still a bit concerned, just in case.
Well, thank you very much for your help, ~Kiwi~v2! :happy:

[vlad]

regarding the Mint backdoor, how hard was it to remove? I recall reading that if you had a specific file lying around, that'd mean you had the backdoor. what would happen if you removed this file?

[Lyoko2]

[QUOTE=Lyoko2;49810577]hey, I was extending 1.4TB Partition to 3TB for the last few hours, and my gparted window is stuck. I checked to see if there is any kind of disk I/O and there isn't.
not sure what I should do.
Edit: Seems like the reason gparted got stuck is because the drive was /dev/sdd when I started the operation and now it's on /dev/sdg.
what a disaster.[/QUOTE]

testdisk cannot find the original partition. R.I.P. 1.1TB of important backups.
all thanks to TOSHIBA's sleep mode for their external drives.

[Thelurker1234]

I thought it'd be neat if FP had more specific Linux distros next to flag dog rather than just Linux, but according to Firefox useragents are too bare for that. Oh well.

[Levelog]

#!++

[ipha]

[QUOTE=Levelog;49822880]#!++[/QUOTE]

4 characters that to the average person look look like gibberish, but actually have an English pronunciation with a proper meaning.

Languages are weird.

[SocMinarch]

Fedora XFCE with the Greybird theme is nice

[Lyokanthrope]

[QUOTE=Levelog;49822880]#!++[/QUOTE]

I thought the better supported #! successor was Bunsen Labs? Or am I horribly misinformed?

[Levelog]

[QUOTE=Lyokanthrope;49823639]I thought the better supported #! successor was Bunsen Labs? Or am I horribly misinformed?[/QUOTE]

I mean they're both just community continuations AFAIK.

[editline]27th February 2016[/editline]

Oh you edited that in the super long time it took me to respond, haha. Honestly not sure support wise.

[Lyokanthrope]

[QUOTE=Levelog;49823672]I mean they're both just community continuations AFAIK.

[editline]27th February 2016[/editline]

Oh you edited that in the super long time it took me to respond, haha. Honestly not sure support wise.[/QUOTE]

Yeah I realized that "official" was the wrong term, heh.

[Thelurker1234]

Protip for manjaro users

when you do screenfetch

do screenfetch -D 'arch'
to be amongst the cool kids

[josm]

[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;49823702]#!++ Kinda sucked.
#! Though.... oh baby I still stand that #! is good.

Although this means shit all now. I've seen the light now that Manjaro is in my blood.[/QUOTE]

Welcome to having the AUR. It will make you bloody lazy.

[Lyokanthrope]

Speaking of Manjaro it refuses to boot on my laptop. No idea why. It passes the bootloader then dies immediately. v:v:v
Oh, right.
noapic fixes it. Forgot about that.

[Van-man]

Out of boredom I decided to try [del]installing Funtoo[/del] wizardry, and it honestly went well compared to the times where I was down with the flu or drunk.

[B]EXCEPT [/B]for a dependency collision regarding ncurses:

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild     U ~] sys-libs/ncurses-6.0-r1 [5.9-r5] USE="{-test%} -threads%"
[ebuild  rR    ] sys-process/procps-3.3.10-r1
[ebuild     U ~] net-firewall/iptables-1.4.21-r4 [1.4.21-r1] USE="-pcap%"
[ebuild   R    ] sys-libs/glibc-2.20-r2  USE="hardened*"
[ebuild     UD ] sys-devel/gcc-4.9.2-r2 [4.9.3-r1] USE="hardened* -fortran*"

!!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled
!!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict:

sys-libs/ncurses:0

  (sys-libs/ncurses-5.9-r5:0/5::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
    sys-libs/ncurses:0/5[ada?,cxx?,gpm?,static-libs?,tinfo?,unicode?,abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_x86_x32(-)?,abi_mips_n32(-)?,abi_mips_n64(-)?,abi_mips_o32(-)?,abi_ppc_32(-)?,abi_ppc_64(-)?,abi_s390_32(-)?,abi_s390_64(-)?] required by (sys-libs/ncurses-5.9-r99:5/5::gentoo, installed)
                    ^^^^                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
    >=sys-libs/ncurses-5.9-r1:0/5=[unicode] required by (app-editors/nano-2.4.3:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                             ^^^^^                                                                                           
    >=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2-r2:0/5= required by (app-shells/bash-4.3_p42:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                             ^^^^^                                                                                           
    sys-libs/ncurses:0/5= required by (app-editors/nano-2.4.3:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                    ^^^^^
    sys-libs/ncurses:0/5= required by (app-crypt/pinentry-0.9.5:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                    ^^^^^
    >=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2:0/5= required by (sys-apps/less-481:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                          ^^^^^
    sys-libs/ncurses:0/5=[unicode] required by (sys-process/htop-1.0.3:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                    ^^^^^                                                                                                    
    sys-libs/ncurses:0/5= required by (sys-devel/gettext-0.19.6:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                    ^^^^^
    >=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2-r2:0/5=[unicode] required by (sys-apps/util-linux-2.26.2:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                             ^^^^^                                                                                           

  (sys-libs/ncurses-6.0-r1:0/6::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
    sys-libs/ncurses:0/6= required by (sys-apps/openrc-0.18.3-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                    ^^^^^


It may be possible to solve this problem by using package.mask to
prevent one of those packages from being selected. However, it is also
possible that conflicting dependencies exist such that they are
impossible to satisfy simultaneously.  If such a conflict exists in
the dependencies of two different packages, then those packages can
not be installed simultaneously. You may want to try a larger value of
the --backtrack option, such as --backtrack=30, in order to see if
that will solve this conflict automatically.

For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man
page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.


The following keyword changes are necessary to proceed:
 (see "package.accept_keywords" in the portage(5) man page for more details)
# required by sys-apps/util-linux-2.26.2::gentoo[ncurses]
# required by @system
# required by @world (argument)
=sys-libs/ncurses-6.0-r1 ~amd64
# required by sys-apps/iproute2-4.3.0::gentoo
# required by @system
# required by @world (argument)
=net-firewall/iptables-1.4.21-r4 ~amd64

I'm guessing it's because some packages prefer one version of it, while others packages prefer another.
So what's approach to solve this?

[mastersrp]

[QUOTE=Van-man;49829646]Out of boredom I decided to try [del]installing Funtoo[/del] wizardry, and it honestly went well compared to the times where I was down with the flu or drunk.

[B]EXCEPT [/B]for a dependency collision regarding ncurses:

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild     U ~] sys-libs/ncurses-6.0-r1 [5.9-r5] USE="{-test%} -threads%"
[ebuild  rR    ] sys-process/procps-3.3.10-r1
[ebuild     U ~] net-firewall/iptables-1.4.21-r4 [1.4.21-r1] USE="-pcap%"
[ebuild   R    ] sys-libs/glibc-2.20-r2  USE="hardened*"
[ebuild     UD ] sys-devel/gcc-4.9.2-r2 [4.9.3-r1] USE="hardened* -fortran*"

!!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled
!!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict:

sys-libs/ncurses:0

  (sys-libs/ncurses-5.9-r5:0/5::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
    sys-libs/ncurses:0/5[ada?,cxx?,gpm?,static-libs?,tinfo?,unicode?,abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_x86_x32(-)?,abi_mips_n32(-)?,abi_mips_n64(-)?,abi_mips_o32(-)?,abi_ppc_32(-)?,abi_ppc_64(-)?,abi_s390_32(-)?,abi_s390_64(-)?] required by (sys-libs/ncurses-5.9-r99:5/5::gentoo, installed)
                    ^^^^                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
    >=sys-libs/ncurses-5.9-r1:0/5=[unicode] required by (app-editors/nano-2.4.3:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                             ^^^^^                                                                                           
    >=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2-r2:0/5= required by (app-shells/bash-4.3_p42:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                             ^^^^^                                                                                           
    sys-libs/ncurses:0/5= required by (app-editors/nano-2.4.3:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                    ^^^^^
    sys-libs/ncurses:0/5= required by (app-crypt/pinentry-0.9.5:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                    ^^^^^
    >=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2:0/5= required by (sys-apps/less-481:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                          ^^^^^
    sys-libs/ncurses:0/5=[unicode] required by (sys-process/htop-1.0.3:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                    ^^^^^                                                                                                    
    sys-libs/ncurses:0/5= required by (sys-devel/gettext-0.19.6:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                    ^^^^^
    >=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2-r2:0/5=[unicode] required by (sys-apps/util-linux-2.26.2:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                             ^^^^^                                                                                           

  (sys-libs/ncurses-6.0-r1:0/6::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
    sys-libs/ncurses:0/6= required by (sys-apps/openrc-0.18.3-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                    ^^^^^


It may be possible to solve this problem by using package.mask to
prevent one of those packages from being selected. However, it is also
possible that conflicting dependencies exist such that they are
impossible to satisfy simultaneously.  If such a conflict exists in
the dependencies of two different packages, then those packages can
not be installed simultaneously. You may want to try a larger value of
the --backtrack option, such as --backtrack=30, in order to see if
that will solve this conflict automatically.

For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man
page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.


The following keyword changes are necessary to proceed:
 (see "package.accept_keywords" in the portage(5) man page for more details)
# required by sys-apps/util-linux-2.26.2::gentoo[ncurses]
# required by @system
# required by @world (argument)
=sys-libs/ncurses-6.0-r1 ~amd64
# required by sys-apps/iproute2-4.3.0::gentoo
# required by @system
# required by @world (argument)
=net-firewall/iptables-1.4.21-r4 ~amd64

I'm guessing it's because some packages prefer one version of it, while others packages prefer another.
So what's approach to solve this?[/QUOTE]

Do all your packages have to support and use it? If not, make some of them use -ncurse, to avoid pulling it in.

[maaatts]

[QUOTE=Adam.GameDev;49806211]Considering I'm buying a server soon, how stable is BTRFS RAID and send/receive?[/QUOTE]

I'm using BTRFS RAID1 on Gentoo.
It was a pain to get it set up because I have /boot and / in the array, but it's working quite well.

[lavacano]

[QUOTE=Van-man;49829646]Out of boredom I decided to try [del]installing Funtoo[/del] wizardry, and it honestly went well compared to the times where I was down with the flu or drunk.

[B]EXCEPT [/B]for a dependency collision regarding ncurses:

!!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled
!!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict:

I'm guessing it's because some packages prefer one version of it, while others packages prefer another.
So what's approach to solve this?[/QUOTE]

[url=https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=558856]Oh, it's the ncurses 6 bug again.[/url]

At the moment I think the only known-to-work solution is to emerge -C ncurses and then reinstall ncurses 6, accepting the keyword if necessary

[Nutcake]

[t]http://j03.imgup.net/plot7bf9.png[/t]

Does the dhcpcd service usually take this long to initialize or is something wrong here?
I just got an SSD and wanna optimize my boot time as much as possible.

[lavacano]

If it takes that long to get a response from your DHCP server, then yes

[vlad]

[IMG]http://pred.me/pics/1456753868.png[/IMG]

and this is an SSD too :cry:

[Nutcake]

Holy hell. Any clue whats causing that? What does the full graph look like?