crostini

[mattias jonsson]

i see that crostini containerless are default now
how to install other distros now

[mattias]

the sound volume of crostini are verry low

how to encrease the sound volume

yes there is alsamixer

but the function keys wont act as functions keys

[Dylan Jurado]

Hi Mattias,

To modify the volume settings in Crostini, you can try the following steps to bypass the function key issue:

1.  Open the Terminal in your Linux container.
2.  Type alsamixer and press Enter.
3.  Instead of using function keys, use the arrow keys to select the audio controls and adjust the volume levels.
4.  If you need to access specific menus usually mapped to function keys (like F6 to select a sound card), you can often press the corresponding number key or use the Esc key to navigate the interface.

Additionally, ensure that the main ChromeOS volume slider is turned up, as the container's output is tied to the system's master volume.

Best regards,

Dylan

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[mattias jonsson]

this was just confusing
i had a fresh copy of my crostini setup saved
i tryed to just restore it. it failed
and now the backup file are totaly gone
should a backup file be removed after an failed or completed backup?
i had anoter backup on g drive but it failed too
because the disc are almost full...
full? i cant see what is taking space
maybe some crostini stuff are sitll there
but i removed crostini

[Dylan Jurado]

Mattias,

If the backup failed and the files are gone, you might just need to reinstall Crostini fresh and start over. It's usually faster than trying to debug a failed restore.

Did you check the Trash/Recycle Bin in the Files app too?

Thanks,

Dylan

[mattias]

i realy cant start over with crostini

because the space are near full

yes no backup file in trash

system files take up near 95 gb

no! powerwas are no option        

[Dylan Jurado]

Hi Mattias,

When Crostini is removed, sometimes the container disk image file doesn't get fully cleaned up, which could explain the missing space if you removed it manually.

If you can't start over, we need to figure out where that 95GB is hiding first.

Dylan

[mattias]

i think the 95 gb are crostini stuff

do you know where the disc images are saved?

[Dylan Jurado]

Hi Mattias,

Crostini disk images are stored in a protected system partition that isn't directly accessible through the standard Files app. They are typically located within the stateful partition at /home/root/[user_hash]/crosvm/.

Since you mentioned that system files are taking up 95GB even after removing Crostini, it’s likely that the virtual disk image (.qcow2 file) wasn't properly deleted. To clear this space without a powerwash, you can try toggling the "Linux development environment" on and then off again in your ChromeOS Settings to see if it triggers a cleanup.

If that doesn't work, you may need to use the Crosh terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) to manually check for and stop any lingering crosvm processes.

Thanks,

Dylan

[DennisLfromGA]

Mattias,

> i had a fresh copy of my crostini setup saved

> i tryed to just restore it. it failed
> and now the backup file are totaly gone

If by 'crostini setup saved' you mean you had a .tini backup file then a failed restoral attempt should not have deleted it.

If you still have a backup .tini file somewhere you can open it since it is a gunzipped tar file and restore the individual files & folders that you need to your new crostini container.

~DennyL

[mattias jonsson]

.tini file?
no i use baugette mode
are it not standard now
and inside a baugette backupfile there is only a .img file

[DennisLfromGA]

Mattias,

> no i use baugette mode

Okay, good to know, I use it too but that changes things.

'baguette' backups use the zst format to backup the whole VM image, so if you have a .zst backup file you would first have to decompress it using zstd or tar then mount the image to extract the files, not as easy as uncompressing a .tini file but I've found the baguette backup & restoral method much quicker & better.

~DennyL

[mattias jonsson]

denny?
how to mount img files in chrome os?
are it doable

[DennisLfromGA]

Mattias,

You can loop mount an image file in Linux using the mount command with the -o loop option.

Also, I just heard from a colleague that hey ran into the same issue as you when trying to restore a baguette image, it failed and removed the .zst file.

That's a pretty serious issue and one worth reporting in the public issuetracker IMO.

~DennyL

[mattias]

and why not this bug

sometimes the restore dont work at all