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rohani am trying to add my work's WPA2-TLS connection to KDE network management applet, but somehow it's not working03:11
rohanthe connection just doesn't show up03:11
rohanany clues?03:11
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fayazCan anyone point me to some good fonts for python programming on kate?05:35
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lordievaderGood morning.07:55
jackhey lordievader07:56
jackstill tired? i am...07:56
lordievaderHey jack, just woke up ;)07:56
jacksimilar here...had a coffee already though07:57
lordievaderI'm having a tea.07:58
jackblack tea? (the one with caffeine)07:59
Mamarokall tea has caffeine, green and white and oolong as well08:00
lordievaderGreen tea, actually. However this is more a topic for #kubuntu-offtopic.08:00
jackreally? ok08:00
Mamaroktrue, my bad :(08:00
lordievaderMamarok: ?08:00
* jack chuckles08:01
Mamaroklordievader: for answering an off-topic question08:01
jackMamarok, you're female and love amarok - correct?08:02
jack(testing my nick-decryption skills)08:02
Mamarokjack: how is my gender relevant?08:02
jackwell, guys rarely are mothers08:03
Mamarokjack: you were pointed to -offtopic already, weren't you?08:03
lordievaderjack: /join #kubuntu-offtopic08:04
* jack chuckles again08:04
jackokay :P08:04
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InforBoy25wow, this chatroom is 98% dicks08:38
eagles0513875hey all :) anyone noticing an issue with kmix that it requires one to open the entire mixer to be able to adjust the sound settings?08:47
ikoniaeagles0513875: that used to be a problem in early (very early) kde 4 days08:51
eagles0513875ikonia: im experiencing that now08:53
eagles0513875a regression must have been introduced somewhere. is there something in particular i need to install to get debug symbold for kmix08:54
ikoniawhy are you looking at debug symbols ?08:54
eagles0513875maybe if i run it through command line with debug symbols installed ill be able to determine why its not working as it should be08:55
ikoniaare you serious ?08:55
eagles0513875yes08:55
ikoniaI give in with you,08:56
eagles0513875how am i supposed to go about determining what the issue is08:56
ikoniawell, normal practice would be to log a bug08:56
ikoniatry to reprroduce it08:56
ikoniasee if it's something specific to your setup or a generic bug08:56
eagles0513875ok.08:57
ikoniaI don't understand why you try to rush into "technical" solutions you don't understand08:57
ikoniarather than just working through the basics that may actually add value to people trying to fix it08:57
eagles0513875i thought it was best practice to try and gather as much information as possible before filing a bug08:58
ikoniaeagles0513875: yes, but information you understand08:59
ikonianot just random cust and pastes08:59
ikoniacut08:59
Mamarokand maybe, just maybe check if you have an actual profile set for Pulseaudio in systemsettings -> Multimedia -> Audio and video settings -> Hardware tab08:59
Mamarokbecause in 13.10 there is currently a PA bug cuasing that08:59
ikoniait's always rush into the high tech solution to look cool rather than actually try to fix the problem or work it through09:00
Mamarokalso starting the question with specifying the version would also be a very good idea09:00
eagles0513875turns out tweaking the settings a bit in multimedia solved the problem :) thanks Mamarok09:02
Mamarokeagles0513875: that would have beent eh first thing to do09:02
Mamarokbeen the*09:02
ikoniaeagles0513875: do you mean you did exactly what Mamarok said to do or something different09:02
eagles0513875exactly what she said.09:02
ikoniaright - so you did "what Mamarok said to do" not "tweaking the settings"09:03
eagles0513875what i mean by tweaking i meant changed some settings and tested them with the included speaker testing stuff09:03
ikoniaeagles0513875: no - you did "what Mamarok said to do"09:03
ikoniayou have to make it sound like you are "hacking through a problem" rather than "I did what you suggest Mamarok it worked"09:04
eagles0513875ok09:04
ikoniaso it's clear that Mamarok's advice is the solution, rather than some black art tweaks you made09:04
ikoniawhich you didn't make - you just did what Mamarok said09:05
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yossarianukok found an odd bug - not sure if its here to report or evolution...09:26
yossarianukthe bug is using evolution in Kubuntu 13.1009:26
yossarianukIf you select the oxygen-gtk theme for gtk3 then start evolution you cannot use the mousewheel in a new message09:27
yossarianuk(if i change the theme from oxygen-gtk its fine...)09:27
Mamarokyossarianuk: looks like a bug, this was reported with other gtk apps09:28
yossarianuki,e a kubuntu bug ?09:29
Mamarokin Launchpad, yes09:29
Mamarokbut more likely a problem with the theme09:29
yossarianukyes09:30
yossarianuktried 3 others and they are fine09:30
yossarianukbut they all do not look as good as oxygen-gtk...09:30
Mamarokhm, I don't use many gtk apps, only evolution, but my theme is just plain oxygen09:30
Mamarokso I have never seen the bug09:31
Shiva_I have fresh installed kubuntu 13.10 couple of days back...but what I found is extend right feature of screen mangaement system doesnt work after some time say after few reboots, I did install whole thing again still it happens the same..can any one suggest how to overcome that ?09:34
MamarokI fear I don't understand, what do you mean by "extend right feature"?09:35
Shiva_Mamarok, I meant I am use two screen and screen extend feature of display settings dont work after few reeboots from fresh install09:37
Shiva_*I use09:37
Mamarokwell, I still don't understand what you mean by "extend right", I use two monitors as well and don't see any such feature or options09:38
Mamarokare you talking about an addition al application?09:39
Shiva_Mamarok,sorry for not being clear,I simply meant I am unable to use screens separately for different tasks simultaneously, No I am not using any additional applications09:41
MamarokShiva_: might be useful to tell what graphic card you have, and what driver, I think tis can vary from card to card09:41
MamarokI have an Intel graphic card here and have never had any problems09:42
Shiva_mine is  ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5650 Graphics09:43
Shiva_I tried activating additional driver from muon , but still that didnt helped09:44
MamarokI try to find where in the configuration files this is defined09:45
Shiva_The thing is everything works fine up to some reboots from fresh install, but after that it dont work09:46
Mamarok sounds like something is overriding a setting, but let me find that configuration file first09:47
Shiva_sure09:47
MamarokShiva_: hm, seems to be related to krandr, check if you have such a file in $HOME/.kde/share/config/ and pastebin its content somewhere and give the link09:55
MamarokI guess it is actually krandrrc, with double r09:56
Shiva_Mamarok, Sorry I dont have that machine with me right now, am on different pc, I ll get back to you or this group ASAP09:57
MamarokShiva_: and you said it was a fresh installation, not an upgrade?09:57
Shiva_yeah,Its fresh installation09:58
Mamarokbecause now KDE 4.11 uses KScreen, not krandr anymore, so if you have such a file you should probably erase it09:58
Shiva_okay ,  I ll note it down and try out and get  back to you with results, thanks for the support :)10:00
Mamarokjust ping me10:08
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MamarokShiva_: ditch what I said about krandrrc, keep that file and just pastebin the content, must be something like 3 lines or so10:13
Mamarokand if you use the fglrx driver of your card, it has its own settings10:16
Shiva_I ll ping  you back as soon as I get to my kde machine10:18
BluesKaj'Morning folks10:19
BluesKajlordievader. an upstart script or...?10:24
BluesKajlordievader., any error output if you try to monitor output in the terminal?10:37
lordievaderBluesKaj: It's a solved problem.10:45
BluesKajlordievader. ok \10:46
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mausschubserskreech_: hi, do you remeber me?10:59
BluesKajnope10:59
BluesKaj:)11:00
mausschubserBluesKaj: want to help?11:01
BluesKajwhat's your issue mausschubser11:01
mausschubserI cannot write on my external HDD11:02
mausschubseras fas as we found out I don't have to rights to do this, only root has them11:02
mausschubserfar11:02
BluesKajext or ntfs ?11:02
mausschubserext11:02
mausschubser411:02
BluesKajshows in dolphin places ?11:04
mausschubserthe hdd?11:04
mausschubseror the error message?11:04
BluesKajthe drive11:06
BluesKajmausschubser.^11:06
mausschubserBluesKaj:  yes, it does show11:08
excognac2ikonia: i'm on the new machine, 13.10 kubuntu installed. there is no xorg.conf in /etc/X1111:11
excognac2ikonia: shall i create it?11:11
BluesKajok choose it or highlight it in dolphin , mausschubser , then, file/properties/permissions tab , what's the user and group ?11:12
excognac2anybody: is that normal i don't have a /etc/X11/xorg.conf ?11:13
BluesKajexcognac2. yes11:15
BluesKaj!xorg11:15
ubottuThe X Window system is the part of your system that's responsible for graphical output. To restart X, type 'sudo /etc/init.d/lightdm' on an ubuntu system. replace with kdm on Kubuntu. To fix screen resolution or other X problems: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution . Also see !xorgconf11:15
excognac2BluesKaj: if i stop kdm, i have to go tex mode right? (I just wanna create it to paste for somone helping me)11:15
mausschubserBluesKaj: root11:18
BluesKajwhynot highlight and copy the output in the cli , excognac211:18
BluesKajmausschubser. and is the user listed as you?11:19
excognac2BluesKaj: what is cli? mono-runtime?11:20
mausschubsercommand line interface11:20
mausschubserright?11:21
mausschubserBluesKaj: no, I am Mausschubser, but it only says root11:21
BluesKajmausschubser. try mounbting the dsrive in system settings > removable devices11:22
BluesKajerr mounting11:22
excognac2cyaz lata11:22
BluesKajmausschubser. is yout username listed beside "User" ?11:23
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mausschubserBluesKaj:  I can mount it and have read access, no, it's not11:27
excognacdoes 13.10 use kdm or lightdm?11:43
excognacby default11:43
tsimpsonexcognac: lightdm11:44
BluesKajlightdm11:44
monkeyjuiceexcognac:  is on #ubuntu also11:45
monkeyjuicehey BluesKaj ;)11:46
BluesKajhi monkeyjuice :)11:48
AceKingI am having a sound problem in Chromium. I did a clean install of 13.10 64 bit the other day. If I go onto youtube, I don't get any sound. However, if I use Firefox, the sound works perfectly. Any ideas what could be wrong?11:49
BluesKajmausschubser. lost my connection for a bit11:49
MamarokAceKing: please check the sound profile in Systemsettings -> Multimedia -> Audio and Video Settings -> Audio Hardware Setup, there currently is a bug with Pulseaudio not setting a default profile on startup11:52
AceKingMamarok: ok, I will check that. Thank you!11:53
Mamarokyaw :)11:53
alvinAny new twitter clients for KDE?11:56
tsimpsonalvin: choqok11:58
BluesKajalvin. what's wrong with a plain browser for twitter access?11:58
alvintsimpson: No, Choqok does not support Twitter. It used to, but it hasn't been working for over a year.11:58
tsimpsonI just went off the description11:58
alvinBluesKaj: lots. Actually Choqok was very good.11:58
tsimpsonyou could maybe try hotot-qt11:59
Mamarokthere is a fix in the work for Choqok11:59
alvinGlad to hear that. About time too.11:59
alvinWell, I should have said Twitter stopped supporting Choqok of course.12:00
BluesKajok alvin , I'll take your worf for it :)12:00
BluesKajword12:00
alvinI'm not a browser guy. That's like using webmail instead of decent software.12:01
BluesKajwell if twiiteris important then i suppose a dedicated client would be best12:02
alvinNot that important, but a client can do faster searches for example. Also, the layout is nicer.12:02
alvinand you don't have to open a browser. It runs in the background and notifies you12:03
BluesKajnever searched, so I don't know , might have used it 3 times in my life12:03
BluesKajguess I'm a twitter luddite12:06
alvinYou're not missing that much12:06
* BluesKaj nods12:07
alvinbut I do use it from time to time. If lots of my customers start calling that there are problems with their internet, you can find information faster on Twitter than from some helpdesks ;-)12:07
BluesKajthen it's a necessary tool for your work , that's something different12:08
mausschubserBluesKaj:  no problem, I think I have a solution12:08
BluesKajmausschubser. ok , what is it?12:09
mausschubserstarting dolphin with su rights12:09
mausschubserand then I added myself to "media" for rwx12:10
mausschubserrights12:10
BluesKajwell you could do blkid and take the string and modify it a bit in pastebin to fit the syntax. mausschubser , but running as root isn't advisable12:12
BluesKajpastebin = brain fart , i mean fstab12:13
mausschubserlol12:14
mausschubserBluesKaj: don't worry, Iḿ only doing it for a backup12:16
mausschubserbut you're right12:16
BluesKajmausschubser. if your not in wan , but a home pc then i suppose iy'd not too dangerous12:17
BluesKajit's12:17
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mausschubserBluesKaj: thanks, problem is fixed12:49
yossarianukFor the non working mouse wheel issue in certain gtk3 apps when using oxygen-gtk3 theme I have made a bug report12:52
yossarianukhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxygen-gtk3/+bug/124667612:53
ubottuUbuntu bug 1244941 in oxygen-gtk3 (Ubuntu Saucy) "duplicate for #1246676 Mousewheel scrolling does not work" [Undecided,Fix committed]12:53
yossarianukwhich it turns out is a dupe of12:53
yossarianukhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxygen-gtk3/+bug/124494112:53
ubottuUbuntu bug 1244941 in oxygen-gtk3 (Ubuntu Saucy) "Mousewheel scrolling does not work" [Undecided,Fix committed]12:53
alvinInteresting new features in Telepathy: http://www.sharpley.org.uk/blog/ktp-0-712:56
BluesKajmausschubser. good13:05
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* SonikkuAmerica is thinking about pursuing an AAS in Info Science after he gets done with his BRE14:26
SonikkuAmerica... Wrong channel14:26
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lordievaderGood afternoon.15:35
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wxlum, is there some sort of situation which would lead to plasma freaking out, running xkill (skull and crossbones mouse cursor) and blacking out the screen?16:22
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wxli guess the user might have have spazzed out, accidentially hit ctrl-alt-esc and then clicked on the desktop16:24
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geniiwxl: That would probably be my best guess, they hit the key combo somehow and then kept trying to click on stuff16:50
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rohancould someone help with a network manager issue? I am unable to make and save changes to an 802.11 WPA2-enterprise wifi connection.17:36
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rohanapachelogger: could you help me here, then? :) ^17:45
rohani'm unable to add WPA2-TLS connections even on the livecd17:54
ovidiu-florinrohan: what kubuntu version?18:05
rohanovidiu-florin: 13.1018:05
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ShivaMamarok: ping18:08
ovidiu-florinrohan: how are you adding that connection, describe step by step, please18:14
ovidiu-florin?18:14
rohanovidiu-florin: i tried both clicking on the connection from gui and adding it manually using edit connections dialogue18:15
ovidiu-florinand what happens?18:16
rohanit just doesn't add18:17
rohani added all the parameters, the certificate, key, password, etc. and on clicking ok, the connection doesn't appear18:17
FloodBotK1!netsplit18:25
ubottunetsplit is when two IRC servers of the same network (like freenode) disconnect from each other, so users on one server stop seeing users on the other. If this is happening now, just relax and enjoy the show. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netsplit18:25
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MangaKaDenzasay19:10
MangaKaDenzahow do I force any given command?19:10
MangaKaDenzaI don't mean use with root privs19:10
MangaKaDenzaI mean "disregard all errors/warnings and hope for the best that my laptop doesn't blow up"19:11
lordievaderMangaKaDenza: Depends on the application.19:12
MangaKaDenza:<19:12
MangaKaDenzabut... is there like sudo force somecommand/programthing19:12
lordievaderMangaKaDenza: Nope, that is usually some switch in the application  itself.19:13
MangaKaDenza:<19:13
lordievaderWhat are you trying to do?19:13
MangaKaDenzalordievader, apt-get install something that keeps returning broken dependancies no matter what I does19:14
littlegirlMangaKaDenza: That's a good way to "blow up" the laptop. (:19:15
MangaKaDenza:<19:15
* littlegirl comforts MangaKaDenza19:15
littlegirlMangaKaDenza: Can you satisfy the dependencies?19:15
lordievaderMangaKaDenza: Ah, that is (usually) curable. Could you paste the entire output?19:17
lordievader!paste | MangaKaDenza19:17
ubottuMangaKaDenza: For posting multi-line texts into the channel, please use http://paste.ubuntu.com | To post !screenshots use http://imagebin.org/?page=add | !pastebinit to paste directly from command line | Make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic.19:17
MangaKaDenzaactually nvm19:18
MangaKaDenzaI j...19:18
MangaKaDenzawat19:18
MangaKaDenzaI just fixed it19:18
MangaKaDenzabut different question...19:18
MangaKaDenzaHow do I run every program as root without having to do sudo something or kdesudo or gksudo19:18
Dudalus_weeahh..my windows just died :D19:19
MangaKaDenza:<19:19
lordievaderMangaKaDenza: sudo -i19:19
lordievaderMangaKaDenza: That will get you are root shell.19:20
MangaKaDenzawait... is that different than sudo su19:20
Dudalus_MangaKaDenza: no important data..just the last windows installation (NOW is the moment to trash windows hehe)19:20
littlegirlMangaKaDenza: Please read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo and see the warning on deciding to do something like that.19:20
MangaKaDenzaone more question19:21
MangaKaDenzais it possible...19:21
lordievaderMangaKaDenza: sudo su works aswell.19:21
MangaKaDenzato copy dkpg a few times, and then make a apt-get variant that uses those?19:21
MangaKaDenzaso I can do multiple installs/upgrades/etc at once?19:22
lordievaderMangaKaDenza: I'm sorry I don't understand.19:22
MangaKaDenzafor example19:22
MangaKaDenzawhen I run apt-get install somepackage in one terminal19:22
MangaKaDenzaI cant install something else in parralel19:22
littlegirlMangaKaDenza: I wrote a page on how to do that, but I'm not sure if I'm allowed to put the link in this channel, so I'll whisper it at you.19:23
MangaKaDenzaas dpkg is locked19:23
littlegirlOh, I'm not sure if my page will handle that. You might want to use multiple TTY sessions to accomplish that. I have a page on that as well, but once again am not sure if I'd be allowed to paste that in here.19:24
itaylor57it locks it for a reason so you won't bork you system19:25
MangaKaDenzaand yet another question19:25
MangaKaDenzahow do I check my java version19:26
MangaKaDenzaand java sdk19:26
itaylor57java -version19:26
itaylor57from konsole19:26
rohanovidiu-florin: any hints?19:26
rohanovidiu-florin: would any logs help?19:26
MangaKaDenzaOpenJDK19:27
ovidiu-florinrohan: can you connect to the network?19:27
MangaKaDenzahow do I install Oracle's java stuff19:27
itaylor57there is a ppa19:27
rohanovidiu-florin: no, becase i can't save the settings19:27
itaylor57i have java version "1.7.0_45"19:27
genii-o-lanternThe webupd8 ppa19:27
itaylor57yep19:27
ovidiu-florinrohan: do you get an error?19:27
rohanovidiu-florin: i can't even connect to insecure guest wifi we have a twork19:27
itaylor57that is the one19:27
rohanovidiu-florin: no errors: it just fails to add/save the network19:27
MangaKaDenzawebupd?19:28
MangaKaDenzawhats the url for it19:28
rohanovidiu-florin: i even enabled saucy-proposed to get the new nm-client packages and such19:28
itaylor57MangaKaDenza: http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/install-oracle-java-jdk-7-in-ubuntu-via.html19:28
ovidiu-florinsome logs would help, but I wouldn't know where to find them19:29
genii-o-lanternMangaKaDenza: As usual I'm going to flash the "USE AT OWN RISK" sign blinking in large red neon letters at you.19:29
rohanovidiu-florin: yes, if you can tell me what to provide, i would happily do so19:29
rohanovidiu-florin: ok, correction: i can connect to insecure wifi, it just works. but i still ca'nt connect to WPA2-TLS19:30
MangaKaDenzaalso with my flood of questions19:31
MangaKaDenzahow do I install all reccomended/suggested packages with the package I'm installing in konsole19:31
QuintasanMangaKaDenza: apt-get install with pull recommends by default19:32
Quintasanwill pull*19:32
MangaKaDenzapull ?19:32
MangaKaDenzaah19:32
rohanovidiu-florin: in general my net has been terribly slow and riddled with issues19:33
QuintasanMangaKaDenza: Recommends and Suggests are two different things :)19:33
MangaKaDenzasuggests then19:33
QuintasanMangaKaDenza: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/dreq.en.html#idp77150419:35
QuintasanMangaKaDenza: Using apt-get will install recommends as well19:35
QuintasanIf you want to install suggest as well then use apt-get install --install-suggests19:36
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wolfgang_hi21:22
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yossarianukhi - does anyone know how long it takes for the local mirrors to catch up with updates ?21:35
tsimpsondepends on the mirror, but for the main mirrors they should update 4 times a day (every 6 hours) at the least21:38
tsimpsonmost should be more frequent21:39
yossarianukok thank you21:40
yossarianukanyway of finding out the status of a specific  mirror (UK)?21:45
keithzgArghh, this doesn't make any sense. Tried adding a bridge to a co-workers desktop; didn't really work, so we removed it. But now networking is entirely broken for him, even though no visible remnants of the bridge setup remain.21:48
keithzgWe even tried entirely removing NetworkManager and just adding auto eth0, iface eth0 inet dhcp to /etc/network/interfaces . . . it comes up but nope. No IP.21:50
keithzgI'm completely baffled, arghh.21:50
keithzgI'm not even seeing eth0 in /dev now...21:54
keithzgalthough I don't see it in mine either, so I guess that's changed?21:54
yossarianuktry sudo ifconfig -a21:55
keithzgyoussarianuk: all that does is rub my face in the fact that eth0 is there and not getting an address ;)21:56
genii-o-lanternkeithzg: try sudo dhclient -r eth0 && sudo dhclient eth021:56
genii-o-lanternkeithzg: In ifconfig, does it show any traffic in the RX packets and TX packets lines?21:57
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keithzggenii-o-lantern: Sadly, although dhclient is quite happy to release, it just hangs there forever on 'sudo dhclient eth0'. And yeah, there's traffic on RX and TX (way more on recieve than transmit, although I guess that's not too surprising).22:00
genii-o-lanternkeithzg: What is other end of the network cable plugged into?22:01
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keithzggenii-o-lantern: a gigabit switch; eventually it's all run by an old router computer, which runs DHCP. Again, this was all working just fine before we tried setting up a network bridge . . . sigh.22:03
* keithzg is baffled at how he managed to muck this up so mysteriously22:04
genii-o-lanternkeithzg: Do you have a link to the instructions you used when trying to make the network bridge? Perhaps it has something enlightening.22:04
keithzggenii-o-lantern: Well, it was two-part. First we tried to do it through the plasma NM widget, which didn't really work.22:05
keithzgThen we tried to do it the way I had previously set up on my former desktop (which the SSD died on so I'm not using it at the moment, though). That starts out basically like https://wiki.debian.org/BridgeNetworkConnections#Setting_up_your_Bridge22:07
keithzgSo basically all I did was install bridge-utils, try to add a bridge; didn't work (well, I mean, the bridge was added but didn't seem to be functional). That was with brctl. Tried then with /etc/network/interfaces. That also didn't work.22:08
keithzgSo reverted /etc/network/interfaces to the default three-line (comment heading, auto lo, and defining lo as loopback). Now we had no network connection, no IP.  So we uninstalled NetworkManager and added the two lines for eth0, assumming that hey, how could THAT not work?22:10
genii-o-lanternkeithzg: In /etc/default/bridge-utils ...is it disabled?22:11
keithzggenii-o-lantern: No, although the only line in there is "BRIDGE_HOTPLUG=Yes". I should probably just uninstall bridge-utils though, eh?22:13
keithzg(to clarify, there are two other lines, but they're just comments)22:13
genii-o-lanternkeithzg: I think probably to purge it, yes22:14
genii-o-lanternkeithzg: After purge of bridge-utils, I would do: sudo service networking restart     ... then see if you can release/renew the IP on eth0 again22:17
keithzggenii-o-lantern: Purged with "apt-get purge bridge-utils" (was that always a thing? I swear I remember having to use aptitude to purge packages back in the day...) but upon restarting the networking service, I get "networking stop/waiting"...and it hangs for a while...in fact it is still hanging.22:20
genii-o-lanternkeithzg: Thats fine, should eventually time out. Probably dhcp issues again22:21
keithzggenii-o-lantern: But why the dhcp issues? What's now broken with that on this Kubuntu install that wasn't broken a few hours ago?22:22
keithzgThat's kindof the crux of the issue...22:22
genii-o-lanternkeithzg: Yes, it's very odd. I'm beginning to suspect some oher thing as the problem... like, maybe we are doing all these operations to eth0 but eth1 is actually the one plugged into the right place, etc22:23
genii-o-lanternkeithzg: When you were trying to use it as a bridge, did you add/remove/shuffle adapters around?22:24
keithzggenii-o-lantern: Not really, no, other than adding the bridge adapters. The adapter that was in use was at the time called eth0.22:25
keithzggenii-o-lantern: I did notice while rebooting while debugging that startpar-bridge was trying to turn on repeatedly during the time it was waiting for a network connection, if that means anything.22:27
genii-o-lanternkeithzg: Just for my peace of mind... please do: sudo rm /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules  && sudo touch /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules   ( this will clear out the list of what hardware  is associated to what designation)22:28
keithzgDone.22:29
genii-o-lanternkeithzg: I think probably a reboot is in order now, i will be here when you return. This is to make sure the eth0 gets correct designation, and that no cached stuff related to the bridging is interfering22:30
keithzgIt's still hanging at "waiting for network configuration..."22:32
genii-o-lanternkeithzg: Yeah, so for now do ctrl-c to stop it22:35
keithzgOh, it's done *now*, I let it run the 60 seconds, heh.22:35
genii-o-lanternkeithzg: This makes me think it's some deeper issue, as before. Is it possible to do a pastebin of exactly what's in the /etc/network/interfaces file? Maybe copy it to a usb stick onto the machine you're using now, etc22:38
keithzggenii-o-lantern: http://paste.ubuntu.com/6338205/22:41
genii-o-lanternReading22:41
keithzg(and there's nothing in interfaces.d, for the record)22:42
genii-o-lanternHm, it all looks good there.22:42
genii-o-lanternThought maybe some syntax problem or lines out of order but nope.22:43
genii-o-lanternkeithzg: When you do: sudo ifconfig -a    ...do you see other adapters not listed in the interfaces file?22:44
keithzggenii-o-lantern: only the silly avahi one that shows up if dhcp fails.22:46
genii-o-lanternOK22:46
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keithzggenii-o-lantern: Okay, I just decided to give up and do what I should've done long ago: define a damned static IP :P22:47
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genii-o-lanternkeithzg: This was my next suggestion. And then to see if you can ping the dhcp server22:47
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genii-o-lantern(router/modem/whatever )22:48
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keithzggenii-o-lantern: oh, yeah, it works abso-${expletive}-lutely fine now22:48
keithzgThe dhcp server is a PC running as a router. And it's running Trustix.22:49
keithzgI am eagerly awaiting the day it dies and I can replace it with something from living memory :P22:49
genii-o-lanternkeithzg: Makes me think the dhcp server doesn't want to hand out an IP to it now22:49
keithzggenii-o-lantern: Yeah, I was thinking that too. But hell if I'm going to dig around in the hilariously user-hostile realm that it lives in, I'm just going to call it a day for now, go off to the bar to meet up with friends, and tomorrow I'll just add the PC's hostname to the static IP config :)22:50
keithzggenii-o-lantern: thank you VERY much for your help, take care!22:51
genii-o-lanternkeithzg: There was some mention of that in the debian article you linked to earlier..eg: "Note: If, after trying to use the bridge interface, you find your network link becomes dead and refuses to work again, it might be that the router/switch upstream is blocking "unauthorized switches" in the network (for example, by detecting BPDU packets). "22:51
genii-o-lanternkeithzg: Have a good night. Glad to help.22:51
keithzg<genii-o-lantern: Ooh, good catch. But yeah, I'm out, later!22:52
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