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81</div></div> </div> </aside> <div class="main-pane astro-67yu43on"> <main data-pagefind-body class="astro-bguv2lll" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <div class="content-panel astro-7nkwcw3z"> <div class="sl-container astro-7nkwcw3z"> <h1 id="_top" class="astro-j6tvhyss">Asking and Reporting the Smart Way</h1> </div> </div> <div class="content-panel astro-7nkwcw3z"> <div class="sl-container astro-7nkwcw3z"> <div class="sl-markdown-content"> <aside aria-label="Note" class="starlight-aside starlight-aside--note"><p class="starlight-aside__title" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="16" height="16" fill="currentColor" class="starlight-aside__icon"><path d="M12 11C11.7348 11 11.4804 11.1054 11.2929 11.2929C11.1054 11.4804 11 11.7348 11 12V16C11 16.2652 11.1054 16.5196 11.2929 16.7071C11.4804 16.8946 11.7348 17 12 17C12.2652 17 12.5196 16.8946 12.7071 16.7071C12.8946 16.5196 13 16.2652 13 16V12C13 11.7348 12.8946 11.4804 12.7071 11.2929C12.5196 11.1054 12.2652 11 12 11ZM12.38 7.08C12.1365 6.97998 11.8635 6.97998 11.62 7.08C11.4973 7.12759 11.3851 7.19896 11.29 7.29C11.2017 7.3872 11.1306 7.49882 11.08 7.62C11.024 7.73868 10.9966 7.86882 11 8C10.9992 8.13161 11.0245 8.26207 11.0742 8.38391C11.124 8.50574 11.1973 8.61656 11.29 8.71C11.3872 8.79833 11.4988 8.86936 11.62 8.92C11.7715 8.98224 11.936 9.00632 12.099 8.99011C12.2619 8.97391 12.4184 8.91792 12.5547 8.82707C12.691 8.73622 12.8029 8.61328 12.8805 8.46907C12.9582 8.32486 12.9992 8.16378 13 8C12.9963 7.73523 12.8927 7.48163 12.71 7.29C12.6149 7.19896 12.5028 7.12759 12.38 7.08ZM12 2C10.0222 2 8.08879 2.58649 6.4443 3.6853C4.79981 4.78412 3.51809 6.3459 2.76121 8.17317C2.00433 10.
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86<figure class="frame is-terminal not-content"><figcaption class="header"><span class="title"></span><span class="sr-only">Terminal window</span></figcaption><pre data-language="sh"><code><div class="ec-line"><div class="code"><span style="--0:#82AAFF;--1:#3B61B0">Ctrl-Shift-S</span></div></div></code></pre><div class="copy"><div aria-live="polite"></div><button title="Copy to clipboard" data-copied="Copied!" data-code="Ctrl-Shift-S"><div></div></button></div></figure></div> 87<p>That will open a pop-up window, with information on what logs will be gathered and the path to your home directory were the octopi-sysinfo log will be created. It will take 10-20 seconds to gather all info. After checking the report you can now use a pastebin service or copy/paste it directly in the forum, a bug report, Gitter or provide it in IRC.</p> 88<div class="sl-heading-wrapper level-h3"><h3 id="info-to-provide-for-installation-issues">Info to provide for Installation Issues</h3><a class="sl-anchor-link" href="#info-to-provide-for-installation-issues"><span aria-hidden="true" class="sl-anchor-icon"><svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path fill="currentcolor" d="m12.11 15.39-3.88 3.88a2.52 2.52 0 0 1-3.5 0 2.47 2.47 0 0 1 0-3.5l3.88-3.88a1 1 0 0 0-1.42-1.42l-3.88 3.89a4.48 4.48 0 0 0 6.33 6.33l3.89-3.88a1 1 0 1 0-1.42-1.42Zm8.58-12.08a4.49 4.49 0 0 0-6.33 0l-3.89 3.88a1 1 0 0 0 1.42 1.42l3.88-3.88a2.52 2.52 0 0 1 3.5 0 2.47 2.47 0 0 1 0 3.5l-3.88 3.88a1 1 0 1 0 1.42 1.42l3.88-3.89a4.49 4.49 0 0 0 0-6.33ZM8.83 15.17a1 1 0 0 0 1.1.22 1 1 0 0 0 .32-.22l4.92-4.92a1 1 0 0 0-1.42-1.42l-4.92 4.92a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.42Z"></path></svg></span><span class="sr-only" data-pagefind-ignore="true">Section titled âInfo to provide for Installation Issuesâ</span></a></div> 89<p>If for any reason you are faced with problems in Live mode or running the installer, first follow this check-list:</p> 90<ol role="list" class="sl-steps"> 91<li> 92<p>How did you create the Live Media? Make sure to follow the tutorials to properly create installation media for KaOS. See <a href="/install/usb_flash/">USB</a> and <a href="/install/dvd/">DVD</a> creation guides.</p> 93</li> 94<li> 95<p>Did you check the sha256sum of the downloaded ISO?</p> 96<div class="expressive-code"><figure class="frame is-terminal not-content"><figcaption class="header"><span class="title"></span><span class="sr-only">Terminal window</span></figcaption><pre data-language="sh"><code><div class="ec-line"><div class="code"><span style="--0:#82AAFF;--1:#3B61B0">sha256sum</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">/path/to/the/downloaded/<kaOS>.iso</span></div></div></code></pre><div class="copy"><div aria-live="polite"></div><button title="Copy to clipboard" data-copied="Copied!" data-code="sha256sum /path/to/the/downloaded/<kaOS>.iso"><div></div></button></div></figure></div> 97<p>compare the result with the sha256sum provided on the Download page, make sure they match</p> 98</li> 99<li> 100<p>Are you using a GPT partition table on a BIOS system? If so, follow the instruction to set up properly since the installer cannot create such a setup yet. See <a href="/install/bios_gpt">Create GPT on BIOS</a></p> 101</li> 102<li> 103<p>Provide the installation log:</p> 104<ul> 105<li>Live Mode: <code dir="auto">~/installation.log</code></li> 106<li>Installed System: <code dir="auto">/var/log/installation.log</code></li> 107</ul> 108</li> 109</ol> 110<p>Disk layout info is often needed. Many installation related errors are due to incompatible settings, wrong partition table for chosen settings, selecting an automated partitioning option while only the manual option is viable for a certain layout. To provide that info run:</p> 111<div class="expressive-code"><figure class="frame is-terminal not-content"><figcaption class="header"><span class="title"></span><span class="sr-only">Terminal window</span></figcaption><pre data-language="sh"><code><div class="ec-line"><div class="code"><span style="--0:#82AAFF;--1:#3B61B0">sudo</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">blkid</span></div></div></code></pre><div class="copy"><div aria-live="polite"></div><button title="Copy to clipboard" data-copied="Copied!" data-code="sudo blkid"><div></div></button></div></figure></div> 112<p>and:</p> 113<div class="expressive-code"><figure class="frame is-terminal not-content"><figcaption class="header"><span class="title"></span><span class="sr-only">Terminal window</span></figcaption><pre data-language="sh"><code><div class="ec-line"><div class="code"><span style="--0:#82AAFF;--1:#3B61B0">sudo</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">fdisk</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#82AAFF;--1:#3B61B0">-l</span></div></div></code></pre><div class="copy"><div aria-live="polite"></div><button title="Copy to clipboard" data-copied="Copied!" data-code="sudo fdisk -l"><div></div></button></div></figure></div> 114<div class="sl-heading-wrapper level-h3"><h3 id="using-a-pastebin-service-to-provide-info">Using a Pastebin Service to Provide Info</h3><a class="sl-anchor-link" href="#using-a-pastebin-service-to-provide-info"><span aria-hidden="true" class="sl-anchor-icon">
114<svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path fill="currentcolor" d="m12.11 15.39-3.88 3.88a2.52 2.52 0 0 1-3.5 0 2.47 2.47 0 0 1 0-3.5l3.88-3.88a1 1 0 0 0-1.42-1.42l-3.88 3.89a4.48 4.48 0 0 0 6.33 6.33l3.89-3.88a1 1 0 1 0-1.42-1.42Zm8.58-12.08a4.49 4.49 0 0 0-6.33 0l-3.89 3.88a1 1 0 0 0 1.42 1.42l3.88-3.88a2.52 2.52 0 0 1 3.5 0 2.47 2.47 0 0 1 0 3.5l-3.88 3.88a1 1 0 1 0 1.42 1.42l3.88-3.89a4.49 4.49 0 0 0 0-6.33ZM8.83 15.17a1 1 0 0 0 1.1.22 1 1 0 0 0 .32-.22l4.92-4.92a1 1 0 0 0-1.42-1.42l-4.92 4.92a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.42Z"></path></svg></span><span class="sr-only" data-pagefind-ignore="true">Section titled âUsing a Pastebin Service to Provide Infoâ</span></a></div> 115<p>All examples so far create text info that often is too large to add to a forum post, not possible supply in an IRC channel or hard to read when added to an email. It is much cleaner and easier to copy the output of any command and paste it into a service like:</p> 116<p><a href="https://bin.disroot.org/" target="_blank">https://bin.disroot.org/</a><br/> 117<a href="https://gist.github.com/" target="_blank">https://gist.github.com/</a><br/> 118<a href="http://pastebin.com/" target="_blank">http://pastebin.com</a></p> 119<p>After pasting in your info, just hit âsubmitâ or âpasteâ, it will return a URL that you can use to link to.</p> 120<div class="sl-heading-wrapper level-h3"><h3 id="creating-a-pacman-log">Creating a Pacman Log</h3><a class="sl-anchor-link" href="#creating-a-pacman-log"><span aria-hidden="true" class="sl-anchor-icon"><svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path fill="currentcolor" d="m12.11 15.39-3.88 3.88a2.52 2.52 0 0 1-3.5 0 2.47 2.47 0 0 1 0-3.5l3.88-3.88a1 1 0 0 0-1.42-1.42l-3.88 3.89a4.48 4.48 0 0 0 6.33 6.33l3.89-3.88a1 1 0 1 0-1.42-1.42Zm8.58-12.08a4.49 4.49 0 0 0-6.33 0l-3.89 3.88a1 1 0 0 0 1.42 1.42l3.88-3.88a2.52 2.52 0 0 1 3.5 0 2.47 2.47 0 0 1 0 3.5l-3.88 3.88a1 1 0 1 0 1.42 1.42l3.88-3.89a4.49 4.49 0 0 0 0-6.33ZM8.83 15.17a1 1 0 0 0 1.1.22 1 1 0 0 0 .32-.22l4.92-4.92a1 1 0 0 0-1.42-1.42l-4.92 4.92a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.42Z"></path></svg></span><span class="sr-only" data-pagefind-ignore="true">Section titled âCreating a Pacman Logâ</span></a></div> 121<p>The sysinfo tool in Octopi creates a very complete set of logs, but there are times it is easier to get individual logs or more details are needed.</p> 122<p>Whenever there are update issues, always provide a pacman log. It often is not needed to use more of this log than one week prior to the current date of any update issue. To see the full log:</p> 123<div class="expressive-code"><figure class="frame is-terminal not-content"><figcaption class="header"><span class="title"></span><span class="sr-only">Terminal window</span></figcaption><pre data-language="sh"><code><div class="ec-line"><div class="code"><span style="--0:#82AAFF;--1:#3B61B0">kate</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">/var/log/pacman.log</span></div></div></code></pre><div class="copy"><div aria-live="polite"></div><button title="Copy to clipboard" data-copied="Copied!" data-code="kate /var/log/pacman.log"><div></div></button></div></figure></div> 124<p>Scroll down to the appropriate date and pastebin the relevant section.</p> 125<div class="sl-heading-wrapper level-h3"><h3 id="using-dinit-logs">Using Dinit Logs</h3><a class="sl-anchor-link" href="#using-dinit-logs"><span aria-hidden="true" class="sl-anchor-icon"><svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path fill="currentcolor" d="m12.11 15.39-3.88 3.88a2.52 2.52 0 0 1-3.5 0 2.47 2.47 0 0 1 0-3.5l3.88-3.88a1 1 0 0 0-1.42-1.42l-3.88 3.89a4.48 4.48 0 0 0 6.33 6.33l3.89-3.88a1 1 0 1 0-1.42-1.42Zm8.58-12.08a4.49 4.49 0 0 0-6.33 0l-3.89 3.88a1 1 0 0 0 1.42 1.42l3.88-3.88a2.52 2.52 0 0 1 3.5 0 2.47 2.47 0 0 1 0 3.5l-3.88 3.88a1 1 0 1 0 1.42 1.42l3.88-3.89a4.49 4.49 0 0 0 0-6.33ZM8.83 15.17a1 1 0 0 0 1.1.22 1 1 0 0 0 .32-.22l4.92-4.92a1 1 0 0 0-1.42-1.42l-4.92 4.92a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.42Z"></path></svg></span><span class="sr-only" data-pagefind-ignore="true">Section titled âUsing Dinit Logsâ</span></a></div> 126<p>Many of the Dinit services used in KaOS will create a log in <code dir="auto">/var/log</code>, you can check there for any issue with a specific service.</p> 127<div class="expressive-code"><figure class="frame is-terminal not-content"><figcaption class="header"><span class="title"></span><span class="sr-only">Terminal window</span></figcaption><pre data-language="sh"><code><div class="ec-line"><div class="code"><span style="--0:#82AAFF;--1:#3B61B0">sudo</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">dinitctl</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">list</span></div></div></code></pre><div class="copy"><div aria-live="polite"></div><button title="Copy to clipboard" data-copied="Copied!" data-code="sudo dinitctl list"><div></div></button></div></figure></div> 128<p>This will provide a list with all running services and the status of each of those services.</p> 129<div class="expressive-code"><figure class="frame is-terminal not-content"><figcaption class="header"><span class="title"></span><span class="sr-only">Terminal window</span></figcaption><pre data-language="sh"><code><div class="ec-line"><div class="code"><span style="--0:#82AAFF;--1:#3B61B0">sudo</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">dinitctl</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">status</span><span style="--0:#D6DEEB;--1:#403F53"> </span><span style="--0:#ECC48D;--1:#3B61B0">greetd</span></div></div></code></pre><div class="copy"><div aria-live="polite"></div><button title="Copy to clipboard" data-copied="Copied!" data-code="sudo dinitctl status greetd"><div></div></button></div></figure></div> 130<p>This will show the status of the greetd service.</p> 131<p>For a more complete list of what dinitctl can do read:</p> 132<p><a href="https://davmac.org/projects/dinit/man-pages-html/dinitctl.8.html" target="_blank">https://davmac.org/projects/dinit/man-pages-html/dinitctl.8.html</a><br/> 133<a href="https://davmac.org/projects/dinit/man-pages-html/dinit-monitor.8.html" target="_blank">https://davmac.org/projects/dinit/man-pages-html/dinit-monitor.8.html</a></p> </div> <footer class="sl-flex astro-3yyafb3n"> <div class="meta sl-flex astro-3yyafb3n"> </div> <div class="pagination-links print:hidden astro-u2l5gyhi" dir="ltr"> <a href="/packages/" rel="prev" class="astro-u2l5gyhi"> <svg aria-hidden="true" class="astro-u2l5gyhi astro-c6vsoqas" width="16" height="16" viewB
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