i know using LVM I had to hand-write my hooks to include the lvm components. On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 7:10 PM Michael Butash wrote: > Secureboot is disabled, but uefi is still used. I didn't see another way > to do it at the time, still don't know if there is a way to keep secureboot > on fully. Not terribly missed either way. > > It's almost like the hooks aren't building into the kernel properly, or > grub isn't playing ball, but still boots ubuntu and its kernel just fine, > same with windoze. > > -mb > > > On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 9:49 PM Stephen Partington > wrote: > >> Interesting on both issues. I am assuming you use UEFI and secureboot? >> >> On Mon, Mar 4, 2019, 9:19 PM Michael Butash wrote: >> >>> The ubuntu issue making me switch with vitriol is somewhat different. I >>> simply can't switch to another DE now under ubuntu, and I hate what ubuntu >>> did to gnome3. Any other DE but ubuntu's simply crashes and dumps me back >>> to login. No idea why, and oddly I can't find much about it from others. >>> It was merely impetus to evacuate ubuntu further, but like crack I can't >>> seem to break free. >>> >>> I ran 16.04 before on my xps15. Old kernels worked ok with bumblebee, >>> but sucked at everything else, including my dell thunderbolt/usb3 dock. >>> I'd get random network timeouts, the usb bus would just sorta die >>> randomly. Lovely feature, really. >>> >>> Upgrading it fixed TB3, but fubar'd bumblebee/gpu interaction, and >>> powertop just sorta said I was causing planetary doom with consumption all >>> the time. It worked, but used power like crazy. I'd be lucky to get an >>> hour of batter life, mostly due to the stupid intel vs. nvidia vs. >>> bumblebee issues on it. Stable network and function vs. heat - I'll take >>> it. I was hoping moving to arch they might have fixed some of this >>> stupidity ubuntu could obviously never figure out. >>> >>> Why do I hate 18.04? Other than above gpu issues, I upgrade to find my >>> right click on the touchpad not working, a distinct lack of a minimize >>> button on my windows, and various things that simply didn't work out of box >>> I needed to find workarounds for. Upgrading out of sheer morbid curiosity >>> to 18.10 didn't fix anything, and in fact made most worse. I just hate >>> ubuntu now, and would really like to never deal with it again. >>> >>> I need to make a decent arch linux vm image I can clone and reuse, as >>> ubuntu is even more annoying with failed upgrades as a server. I really >>> hate having to rebuild everything every few years, but it does keep me in >>> practice. >>> >>> -mb >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 8:00 PM Stephen Partington >>> wrote: >>> >>>> To follow up Mike's Conversation earlier about arch on a laptop I am >>>> actually curious about the issue you had. >>>> >>>> I have had really good success with arch on laptops lately. And with >>>> the release of Ubuntu 18.04 Ubuntu has been really amenable. >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen