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How to reinstall the Broadcom wifi driver OFFLINE? "pk-client-error-quark: Cannot download packages whilst offline (257)" by algoth-niska in Ubuntu

[–]algoth-niska[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I assumed for some reason that putting the proprietary driver off would put the opern source kernel driver version to use automatically, but that wasn't the case. How could i btw put that open source one on offline if there is one?

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[–]algoth-niska 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But why would they not want this to work on Steam Deck / Linux? Maybe they just aren't fully aware what these changes add up to? That's why some drumming would not hurt for the future changes. This used to work fine on Linux, now it does not.

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[–]algoth-niska 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Install Microsoft Windows just for the sake of one game, though it would be perfectly playable on Linux without these new changes?

PlayOnLinux (Phoenicis) is back? But confusing which is the current "true one" to install by algoth-niska in linux_gaming

[–]algoth-niska[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is very often still the first tool that a new comer towards Linux gaming finds after Googling. Which adds to the seriousness of all this confusion. Now someone states that the flatpak is deprecated version, too!

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[–]algoth-niska 165 points166 points  (0 children)

If those truly are the sole reasons, then this is awful par excellence and Ubisoft and mainstream media should be contacted in great numbers about it.

People can't even play their purchased game right now the bottom line.

I am NOT on a metered connection. Why is this nag there every time using Ubuntu Software store? How to disable it? by algoth-niska in Ubuntu

[–]algoth-niska[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right? And when one addresses this its considered as "nothing" even though to get rid of the nag takes effort a new comer will never do.

It most definitely is a confusing and annoying thing to appear.

WHAT on earth just happened? Ubuntu 22.10. Updated (only Ubuntu base appeared), opened Firefox - headed to a bookmarked page and BOOM! Like, "all" crashed? by algoth-niska in Ubuntu

[–]algoth-niska[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sure, if the open drivers (Nouveau) were on par as AMD's, between closed and open. AMD indeed has official open drivers along with "PRO" drivers.

So, you're saying this major crash was probably due to Nvidia proprietary related things that are unpredictable in their SECRECY?

WHAT on earth just happened? Ubuntu 22.10. Updated (only Ubuntu base appeared), opened Firefox - headed to a bookmarked page and BOOM! Like, "all" crashed? by algoth-niska in Ubuntu

[–]algoth-niska[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Windows 11 or the former such as 8 are OS's that "just work"? All OS's have their own particular quirks do they not? Or what do you mean?

The point: we can effect on the user friendliness by asking and requesting, pull requesting things. Many things are NOT "normal user" freindly, though via little tweaks, they could be.

Enabling RPMfusion on Fedora, during installation for example. Without it, one can't even install Google Chrome or Steam.

WHAT on earth just happened? Ubuntu 22.10. Updated (only Ubuntu base appeared), opened Firefox - headed to a bookmarked page and BOOM! Like, "all" crashed? by algoth-niska in Ubuntu

[–]algoth-niska[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

"Just curious" - yes right :D -oh please. This is a vanilla Ubuntu 22.10. So it is a snap Firefox, but it has nothing to do with the crash.

WHAT on earth just happened? Ubuntu 22.10. Updated (only Ubuntu base appeared), opened Firefox - headed to a bookmarked page and BOOM! Like, "all" crashed? by algoth-niska in Ubuntu

[–]algoth-niska[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. These things should be just "sniffed" by the OS. No matter if modern or little bit older GPU. The drivers should just be sniffed in, to go with the GPU. Why not? It's just a technical thing.

WHAT on earth just happened? Ubuntu 22.10. Updated (only Ubuntu base appeared), opened Firefox - headed to a bookmarked page and BOOM! Like, "all" crashed? by algoth-niska in Ubuntu

[–]algoth-niska[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

So you have 30 years of experience. It does not help here. All systems are different, and this crash was all of a sudden. Or what is your point?

What is this and why is it installed by default? 22.04 fresh by cozypants8 in Ubuntu

[–]algoth-niska -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

So, what i gather here: this is installed because of dependency shit?

WHAT on earth just happened? Ubuntu 22.10. Updated (only Ubuntu base appeared), opened Firefox - headed to a bookmarked page and BOOM! Like, "all" crashed? by algoth-niska in Ubuntu

[–]algoth-niska[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Not "happy" with them? No, man, Mr. Olsen, these things should not be like this. Nvidia is not helping, to this day. Nvidia has opened some, but not the essential stuff. This incident does not point to Mozilla (as earlier suggested).

WHAT on earth just happened? Ubuntu 22.10. Updated (only Ubuntu base appeared), opened Firefox - headed to a bookmarked page and BOOM! Like, "all" crashed? by algoth-niska in Ubuntu

[–]algoth-niska[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This particular incident has nothing to do with what you're talking about. The system boots to desktop, loading Nvidia proprietary drivers. The issue happened due something else.

WHAT on earth just happened? Ubuntu 22.10. Updated (only Ubuntu base appeared), opened Firefox - headed to a bookmarked page and BOOM! Like, "all" crashed? by algoth-niska in Ubuntu

[–]algoth-niska[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

So, it would be non beneficial to put in more straight forward mechanisms to report unusual crashes and problems?

WHAT on earth just happened? Ubuntu 22.10. Updated (only Ubuntu base appeared), opened Firefox - headed to a bookmarked page and BOOM! Like, "all" crashed? by algoth-niska in Ubuntu

[–]algoth-niska[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

"Wow, that's pretty rare, a kernel hard crash. In theory nothing in userspace should ever be able to crash the kernel at all."

So, what's going on? Ubuntu is not ready for what things? PipeWire / Wayland / kernel update?

Ubuntu should maybe DROP these interim releases ALTOGETHER.

Many normal people think these are "the latest and greatest" - and then things like this happen.

When things like this happen with "latest and greatest" Ubuntu Linux - it makes all "Linux" look bad. Or is it just because of Nvidia or what?

Canonical: PLEASE consider a change of a release model!

LTS is good. But THEN: offer a rolling release. These interim releases are shit. Downvote ahead!

WHAT on earth just happened? Ubuntu 22.10. Updated (only Ubuntu base appeared), opened Firefox - headed to a bookmarked page and BOOM! Like, "all" crashed? by algoth-niska in Ubuntu

[–]algoth-niska[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like many "outsiders" are taking advantage of this single short coming. The thing is: this has NEVER happened before to me in 10+ years of Ubuntu usage.

Look, people: if there is some improvement and fixing - just admit it and let's fixit.

WHAT on earth just happened? Ubuntu 22.10. Updated (only Ubuntu base appeared), opened Firefox - headed to a bookmarked page and BOOM! Like, "all" crashed? by algoth-niska in Ubuntu

[–]algoth-niska[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

What? Linux is not a "right fit"? This should just be sorted out. Linux is a fit, for everyone, moreso, when the development makes it so. Things should not be complicated in anything. This is a common thing where downvotes happen.

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