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RAID setup for Ubuntu media server by RandomChain in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] RandomChain@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

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.

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Why is the new 6.8.0 kernel package named "daily"? (lemm.ee)

submitted 7 months ago by RandomChain@lemm.ee to c/pop_os@lemmy.world

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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 (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago by RandomChain@lemm.ee to c/pop_os@lemmy.world

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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 &lt;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.

Sacrificial fire by RandomChain in c/pixeldungeon@lemmy.world

[-] RandomChain@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

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 by RandomChain in c/pop_os@lemmy.world

[-] RandomChain@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

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.

Display freeze while updating nvidia driver by RandomChain in c/pop_os@lemmy.world

[-] RandomChain@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

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.

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Display freeze while updating nvidia driver (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by RandomChain@lemm.ee to c/pop_os@lemmy.world

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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?

Linux 6.4.6 and Mesa 23.1.3 Released by RandomChain in c/pop_os@lemmy.world

[-] RandomChain@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you for releasing the Mesa 23.1 update. I was hoping you'll get to it for some time.

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 by RandomChain in c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

[-] RandomChain@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

Bender and friends - mural in Lisboa by RandomChain in c/futurama@lemmy.world

[-] RandomChain@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

He's 40% mural!

Wireguard on Pop! OS by RandomChain in c/pop_os@lemmy.world

[-] RandomChain@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I have the wireguard configs imported with nmcli and use WireGuard Indicator to turn it on/off.

Questions regarding installation by RandomChain in c/pop_os@lemmy.world

[-] RandomChain@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

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? by RandomChain in c/adventuregames@lemm.ee

[-] RandomChain@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

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/

A Visual Guide to SSH Tunnels: Local and Remote Port Forwarding by RandomChain in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] RandomChain@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks, bookmarking that. I always get -L and -R mixed up and have to look up examples, this one looks very handy.

What's your adventure game comfort food? by RandomChain in c/adventuregames@lemm.ee

[-] RandomChain@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Probably the Quest for Glory series for me. Played them so many times that I can just pick up any one them with any character and get sucked right back in to the game. I've had an itch lately to do a full playthrough of all 5 games after not touching them for a long time but I have little free time and too much backlog...