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  • Maybe it still appears in /var/lib/dpkg/status? If it is, try deleting the entry from there.

  • RAID setup for Ubuntu media server
  • I use openmediavault for my home NAS, it does all the heavy lifting for you with a nice GUI so you don't have to config everything yourself. I'd recommend checking it if you don't have a lot of experience with RAID setups or don't want to do manually.

    Just please remember that RAID is not a backup solution, it's a redundancy solution. If you have data corruption on one side, it can copy itself to the other mirror and then you're screwed. If your media is important, keep a proper separate backup.

  • Why is the new 6.8.0 kernel package named "daily"?

    I noticed the newest kernel package is named "linux-image-6.8.0-76060800daily20240311-generic".

    Why is it named daily? Does it mean we will be getting more frequent kernel updates? Or just some daily build that someone forgot to change its name?

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    Steam crashes after upgrading NVIDIA driver to 545.29.06
  • Turns out it was a problem with the Steam client itself, I think it's because the steam:i386 package isn't used anymore and it's now steam-installer, but something with the steam update didn't run correctly. After purging all the old steam packages and reinstalling from Pop Shop it started running again.

  • Steam crashes after upgrading NVIDIA driver to 545.29.06

    I ran apt upgrade on my laptop today after not using it for a couple of weeks, the main thing was upgrade of NVIDIA driver to 545.29.06, but there was also some change on one of the steam-lib packages (I'm using the Steam deb version, not flatpak). Ever since upgrading, Steam crashes on start.

    I tried searching for recently reported issues with the Steam Linux client but can't find anything. Is this a known issue? Any suggestions on what I can check/do?

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    Here's the segfault from syslog, I have a bunch of core files but don't know if I can get anything useful from them.

    Dec 6 17:13:30 computer steam.desktop[5200]: steam.sh[5200]: Running Steam on pop 22.04 64-bit Dec 6 17:13:30 computer steam.desktop[5200]: steam.sh[5200]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically Dec 6 17:13:30 computer steam.desktop[5321]: setup.sh[5321]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date! Dec 6 17:13:31 computer steam.desktop[5200]: steam.sh[5200]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied Dec 6 17:13:31 computer steam.desktop[5392]: 12/06 17:13:31 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1701289036)/tid(5392) Dec 6 17:13:33 computer steam.desktop[5392]: /home/user/.themes/Sweet-Dark-v40/gtk-2.0/main.rc:727: error: unexpected identifier 'direction', expected character '}' Dec 6 17:13:33 computer steam.desktop[5392]: /home/user/.themes/Sweet-Dark-v40/gtk-2.0/apps/chrome.rc:50: error: invalid string constant "button", expected valid string constant Dec 6 17:13:33 computer steam.desktop[5392]: /home/user/.themes/Sweet-Dark-v40/gtk-2.0/apps/xfce.rc:79: error: invalid string constant "entry", expected valid string constant Dec 6 17:13:33 computer steam.desktop[5404]: crash_20231206171333_5.dmp[5404]: Uploading dump (out-of-process) Dec 6 17:13:33 computer steam.desktop[5404]: /tmp/dumps/crash_20231206171333_5.dmp Dec 6 17:13:33 computer crash_20231206171333_5.dmp[5404]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)#012/tmp/dumps/crash_20231206171333_5.dmp Dec 6 17:13:33 computer kernel: [ 72.142532] show_signal_msg: 19 callbacks suppressed Dec 6 17:13:33 computer kernel: [ 72.142534] steam[5392]: segfault at 0 ip 00000000f7ab5045 sp 00000000fffb3e8c error 4 in libc.so.6[f7a20000+182000] likely on CPU 4 (core 4, socket 0) Dec 6 17:13:33 computer kernel: [ 72.142544] Code: 40 38 ca 0f 84 4d 01 00 00 80 f9 00 0f 84 71 01 00 00 40 4f 75 14 8a 08 38 ca 0f 84 36 01 00 00 80 f9 00 0f 84 5a 01 00 00 40 <8b> 08 bd ff fe fe fe bf ff fe fe fe 01 cd 31 cd 01 cf 8d 40 04 0f Dec 6 17:13:33 computer steam.desktop[5200]: /home/user/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 798: 5392 Segmentation fault (core dumped) "$STEAMROOT/$STEAMEXEPATH" "$@" Dec 6 17:13:35 computer steam.desktop[5404]: crash_20231206171333_5.dmp[5404]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes Dec 6 17:13:35 computer steam.desktop[5404]: crash_20231206171333_5.dmp[5404]: response: CrashID=bp-11a3ce92-de87-49ca-8b7c-7e1622231206 Dec 6 17:13:35 computer steam.desktop[5404]: crash_20231206171333_5.dmp[5404]: file ''/tmp/dumps/crash_20231206171333_5.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-11a3ce92-de87-49ca-8b7c-7e1622231206'' Dec 6 17:13:35 computer crash_20231206171333_5.dmp[5404]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes Dec 6 17:13:35 computer crash_20231206171333_5.dmp[5404]: response: CrashID=bp-11a3ce92-de87-49ca-8b7c-7e1622231206 Dec 6 17:13:35 computer crash_20231206171333_5.dmp[5404]: file ''/tmp/dumps/crash_20231206171333_5.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-11a3ce92-de87-49ca-8b7c-7e1622231206'' Dec 6 17:13:35 computer systemd[3855]: app-gnome-steam-5200.scope: Consumed 1.187s CPU time.

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    Sacrificial fire
  • I thought there was supposed to be increased spawn rate while the fire is in your line of sight?

  • Out of date apps in shop
  • Just to add to that, you also have the option of using Flatpak, which already comes installed by default in Pop OS and integrated into Pop Shop. With Flatpak you can usually get a more recent version of the app, but the downside is larger install size.

  • [DEV] Shorter Pixel Dungeon 1.2.0 has been released!
  • What's the gimmick here? Just smaller floors?

  • Display freeze while updating nvidia driver
  • Worth a try. I should probably switch back to X11 anyway since Slack screen sharing is broken on Wayland for quite some time and it doesn't look like they're gonna fix it.

  • Display freeze while updating nvidia driver

    I have a Dell Precision laptop with an nvidia GPU, today for the second time I've experienced a freeze while updating drivers. This also happened to me the last time a driver update was published. The display just froze and I couldn't do anything, though it seemed it was just the display dying because I had some Youtube video playing at the time and the audio kept running. Tried to switch to another TTY and that froze too before I could login. I just left it alone for a few mintues, hoping it's still running the upgrade in the background, then forced a cold boot and the laptop came up normally. I didn't look for any logs or traces so don't really have more info.

    I'm running Wayland, not sure if it's relevant/related.

    Wondering if this is a known issue or if other people seen it. If it is known, anything I should do to avoid it?

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    Linux 6.4.6 and Mesa 23.1.3 Released
  • Thank you for releasing the Mesa 23.1 update. I was hoping you'll get to it for some time.

  • Why did I need to restart to upgrade my recovery partition?
  • Did you check if the recovery partition was recognised and mounted? Maybe some voodoo made it fail to mount, but it worked after a reboot.

  • Saw a post earlier about headphones on another community. Why are my Bluetooth headphones crackling?
  • If you're using the default bluetooth connection from settings, maybe try installing blueman instead.

  • Help! Can't remember a title of an early CD-Rom game where you fought through the ages and into the future. SOLVED:Time Commando
  • Oh yeah, Time Commando. Had the demo as a kid and I played it so much, thought it was the best game ever. The demo was just some parts of the prehistoric and roman levels, I think. Then years later I suddenly remembered it and picked it up on sale from GOG, and oh boy, did this game age badly. The cutting edge graphics for its time are just plain ugly today, and the gameplay is boring. My advice to you is stick to your memories but don't bother with the actual game.

  • Favourite Discworld adaptations
  • I've translated the subtitles for Troll Bridge for a screening at a local scifi/fantasy con, and I've watched it so many time while working on it so it's pretty much engraved in my mind. So I guess that's my favorite.

    From the Sky adaptations, Going Postal and Hogfather are quite good and fun to watch. I guess they didn't have a huge budget so it can look a little cheap in some parts, but the script and acting make up for it (also Going Postal has Claire Foy who is amazing). Colour of Magic is... fine, but not as good. Maybe because it's based on an earlier book. But something feels off with that one.

    I never liked the Cosgrove Hall animated movies. They're ugly and surprisingly boring even though they take a lot of the dialog directly from the books.

    (not Discworld, but) Johnny and the Bomb mini series is also nice. Not as deep as the book but a fun kids movie. Shame they didn't do the other two.

  • Bender and friends - mural in Lisboa
  • He's 40% mural!

  • Wireguard on Pop! OS
  • I have the wireguard configs imported with nmcli and use WireGuard Indicator to turn it on/off.

  • Questions regarding installation
    • Not sure if the installer would run, you may have to disable secure boot just for that. But you can run Pop with secure boot although there is no built in support. You will have to sign the kernel yourself everytime there's a new version.
    • Yes, from the custom install option you can set up the partitions however you like on the drives you select. If you don't want to overwrite the Windows drive by mistake, you can physically disconnect it before installing Pop.
  • Any good adventure games on the Steam Summer Sale?
  • I just got The Last Door yesterday, interesing story (at least in the first part) and it gets the creepy atmosphere just right, though the puzzles are pretty easy. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/275/The_Last_Door_Collectors_Edition_Bundle/

    Also, Lair of the Clockwork God is awesome and everyone should play it. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1060600/Lair_of_the_Clockwork_God/

  • Who’s old enough to recognize this DOS game?
  • The mother of all games! I bet the game manual I printed is still lying at the bottom of some forgotten drawer at my parents house.

  • A Visual Guide to SSH Tunnels: Local and Remote Port Forwarding
  • Thanks, bookmarking that. I always get -L and -R mixed up and have to look up examples, this one looks very handy.

  • New to Linux - is Pop!_OS for me?
  • I really Pop and think it's a great distro for beginners. If you're getting the laptop from System76 you know the hardware is compatible and you won't have to mess with the installation which is also a plus.

    Gaming on Linux have made great progress in recent years and quite a lot of games run great on Wine/Proton. I have a duel-boot setup but hardly ever boot Windows because I don't need it much anymore. However if you're playing online games with anti-cheat, that's a different experience as they are less supported.

    One thing you should note is that Pop works best with Cosmic DE, now running over Gnome but at some point as an independent DE, and it's not a good choice if you prefer some other DE (technically possible to install something else but missing the point IMO). So try it first on a VM or something to see if you enjoy the Cosmic workflow.

  • Selling a game while making it open source.
  • Sounds like Shattered Pixel Dungeon. The code is open source (since it's a port of the original Pixel Dungeon which is also open source) and a Java version and .apk are freely available to download from github. But it is also being sold on mobile/Steam/GOG, and I think the dev is making a bit of money of it (enough to go on developing, in any case).