GNU/Linux

Lubuntu LVM Encrypted

 in GNU/Linux  tagged encrypted / lubuntu / lvm / lvm2 / lxde / swap / swapoff / ubuntu by

While trying to setup a lubuntu GNU/Linux that would use an encrypted LVM file-system we run into several problems that should have not been there.
For example, the installer would not continue as swap memory was not encrypted and it was blocking the operation.
An other issue was that the LVM support package was not installed by default although it is needed by the installer.

Our solution requires an active internet connection so that you can install the lvm2 package.

Methodology

After booting into the live session, before we started the installation process, we opened a terminal from the main menu (Start Menu) and executed the following two commands:


sudo apt-get install lvm2 -y;

sudo swapoff --all;

These two commands disabled all swap (so that we do not get the error that swap is not encrypted) and it installed the lvm2 package that is needed by the installer to create our LVM setup.

The following video presents the full successful installation procedure by making the changes before starting the procedure.

The next video, shows our attempts to fix the installation after encountering the errors instead of fixing them beforehand.

Compiling DJI Onboard-SDK: error: ‘fd_set’ does not name a type

 in C++ / GNU/Linux  tagged compile / DJI / fedora / GNU/Linux / matrice / Onboard-SDK by

While compiling the DJI Onboard SDK on a Fedora GNU/Linux we got the following error:

[ 41%] Building CXX object osdk-core/CMakeFiles/djiosdk-core.dir/platform/linux/src/linux_serial_device.cpp.o
In file included from Onboard-SDK/osdk-core/platform/linux/src/linux_serial_device.cpp:33:0:
Onboard-SDK/osdk-core/platform/linux/inc/linux_serial_device.hpp:97:3: error: ‘fd_set’ does not name a type; did you mean ‘tzset’?
 fd_set m_serial_fd_set;
 ^~~~~~
 tzset
In file included from /usr/include/sys/types.h:197:0,
 from /usr/include/stdlib.h:279,
 from /usr/include/c++/7/cstdlib:75,
 from /usr/include/c++/7/bits/stl_algo.h:59,
 from /usr/include/c++/7/algorithm:62,
 from Onboard-SDK/osdk-core/platform/linux/src/linux_serial_device.cpp:34:
Onboard-SDK/osdk-core/platform/linux/src/linux_serial_device.cpp: In member function ‘int DJI::OSDK::LinuxSerialDevice::_serialStart(const char*, int)’:
Onboard-SDK/osdk-core/platform/linux/src/linux_serial_device.cpp:330:14: error: ‘m_serial_fd_set’ was not declared in this scope
 FD_ZERO(&m_serial_fd_set);
 ^
Onboard-SDK/osdk-core/platform/linux/src/linux_serial_device.cpp:330:14: note: suggested alternative: ‘m_serial_fd’
Onboard-SDK/osdk-core/platform/linux/src/linux_serial_device.cpp:331:26: error: ‘m_serial_fd_set’ was not declared in this scope
 FD_SET(m_serial_fd, &m_serial_fd_set);
 ^
Onboard-SDK/osdk-core/platform/linux/src/linux_serial_device.cpp:331:26: note: suggested alternative: ‘m_serial_fd’
make[2]: *** [osdk-core/CMakeFiles/djiosdk-core.dir/build.make:735: osdk-core/CMakeFiles/djiosdk-core.dir/platform/linux/src/linux_serial_device.cpp.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:86: osdk-core/CMakeFiles/djiosdk-core.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:130: all] Error 2

To resolve this, we added to the file Onboard-SDK/osdk-core/platform/linux/inc/linux_serial_device.hpp the following include directive right after line 37 (which contained #define LINUXSERIALDEVICE_H):


#include <sys/select.h>

Then, we issued make again which terminated successfully.

Source: https://github.com/dji-sdk/Onboard-SDK

Compilation Commands:


git clone https://github.com/dji-sdk/Onboard-SDK;

cd Onboard-SDK;

mkdir build;

cd build;

cmake ..;

#Modify the file Onboard-SDK/osdk-core/platform/linux/inc/linux_serial_device.hpp and add #include <sys/select.h> at the top

make all;

# Something

# Make profit

Lubuntu: “Do Nothing” when I close the laptop’s lid 4

 in GNU/Linux  tagged HandleLidSwitch / ignore / laptop / lid / logind.conf / lubuntu / screen / ubuntu by

A few days ago we setup a server on a laptop with lubuntu. We wanted to make sure that once the screen lid is off, the PC would not shut down (or hibernate or sleep) and it would continue to accept requests.

We tried to configure the PC through the system settings that are available with the GUI but we could not get it to work right. Anyhow, what we did in the end and worked was the following:

In the file /etc/systemd/logind.conf we set the variable HandleLidSwitch to ignore. So after the change, the following line was in logind.conf:

HandleLidSwitch=ignore

If the above line is commented out (i.e. starts with the character #, be sure to uncomment it by removing the # character).
After that, we had to restart the systemd-logind service as follows:


service systemd-logind restart;

Finally, to test we closed the lid and the server was operating as expected.

Note

If you have a power manager such as xfce4-power-manager-settings, it is a good practice to make sure it is configure properly first before doing the change above. (e.g. Set Lock screen or Switch off display in When laptop lid is closed option).

If you start xfce4-power-manager after you do the change above, you might have to restart the service again as the solution seems to stop.