I executed sudo apt update and this error occurs, what happened?

hazel · 02-15-2020, 04:18 AM

Well, that is seriously weird because, when I click on it in FF, I get a readable image at once.

ondoho · 02-15-2020, 06:32 AM

^ That's because you allow unknown sites to execute code on your machine.

hazel · 02-15-2020, 06:53 AM

Ouch! What do I do about that? Do I need to install noscript?

86153c1d-3ebd-4643-8885 · 02-15-2020, 07:36 AM

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The warnings were a side effect of an apt script creating a new initramfs image for booting your system. This happens whenever there is an upgrade of some piece of basic software that occurs on the initramfs. Most updates don't involve this step. The warnings will recur intermittently in the future so it's worth checking whether they apply to you.

Realtek make ethernet as well as wifi cards (I have a Realtek ethernet card on my machine) but as far as I know, those don't usually require extra firmware. lspci -v should show what card you have and what driver it uses.

The quickest way to identify your video card driver is to look in /var/log/Xorg.0.log which is the record of your last X session.

Alternatively, you could just install the firmware packages. That's the lazy solution

but it won't do any harm.

Thanks, I will check this ASAP and I'll try to see if I can fix it for myself!

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Did the warnings look something like this:

I've had these 2 warnings every single time the initramfs had to be rebuilt on this system, for years. They're harmless, unless you KNOW that you use these modules.

I will transcribe the warnings for you when get my other keyboard, in a couple of hours.

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I do wish people would just post code instead of linking to weird sites.

Sorry, uMatrix was blocking a script which prevented my from using the text editor inside LQ, so posted a screenshot.
Just for clarification it is not weird, it is FLOSS website to host images which has a metadata deleter and the option to delete the image after some time while also encrypting the file. You can find the code here: https://gitlab.com/vaared/upload.vaa.red

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They're not always weird sites. A lot of people use imgur which is pretty well known. But the basic principle remains and should be taken account of by all newbies

: you should not post an image if you can collect actual text from a log. Images are difficult for many people to read.

The only situation in which an image would be appropriate is when you have early boot errors/panics that appear on the screen but never get into any log. Even then, if you have time to transcribe them, that would be better.

Thanks, I will make sure to post code between code brackets in the future!

ondoho · 02-15-2020, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by hazel

Ouch! What do I do about that? Do I need to install noscript?

I use uMatrix, but yes, noscript will do