[01:31] <keithzg> Hmphh. I've just installed Kubuntu on a new laptop, imported my VPN config from a .ovpn file, and I click connect and . . . nothing. Nada. Zilch.
[01:32] <keithzg> I blame the new network manager frontend :P
[02:04] <kubuntu> Hey
[02:04] <kubuntu> Can someone help me?
[02:04] <Guest82200> Hello?
[02:09] <kubuntu_> Hi
[02:09] <kubuntu_> I need some help
[02:10] <kubuntu_> tadh
[02:11] <kubuntu_> Does anyone know how to fix an unreadable partition?
[07:25] <comander> can i get help here regarding to QT ?
[07:26] <comander> actually  i want get the output  of a process that i evoked from my QT Application
[07:47] <cecilpierce> :D
[11:06] <BluesKaj> Hiyas all
[11:07] <pietro10> heading out, bbl
[14:22] <pietro10> hm
[14:23] <pietro10> sgt-puzzles and zim also use the gtk default style
[14:23] <pietro10> but I do have gtk[23]-engines-oxygen installed
[14:23] <pietro10> and they're not being run as root
[14:23] <pietro10> what's wrong now?
[14:23] <pietro10> er wait no, after manually reselecting oxygen in kde-config-gtk sgt-puzzles looks right
[14:24] <pietro10> and now so does synaptic
[14:24] <fabio123> i had thi issue
[14:24] <pietro10> so I guess I just had to reselect kde-config-gtk
[14:24] <pietro10> I'm not sure if that's a bug in kde-config or not
[14:24] <fabio123> i remember i made a gtkrc file in the root folder
[14:24] <pietro10> yeah that was the old way
[14:25] <fabio123> anyway about that i no longer use oxygen-gtk
[14:25] <fabio123> i use qtcurve which is a lot faster
[14:25] <pietro10> apparently all you need to do is go into kde-config-gtk, make some changes without applying to mark the window as dirty, then change it back to oxygen, and then click apply
[14:25] <pietro10> so even though kde-config-gtk says the currently applyed theme is oxygen, it's not really
[16:19] <ut> Hi guys, i have an inspiron 14z ultrabook and my bluetooth is not working, there is "your default bluetooth adapter is not visible for remote devices <Fix it>" note, but nothing changes when i click it. Moreover, when i try to change something in "Adapters" label, my changes are not saved.
[16:19] <ut> I tried to google something about it but i found nothing really useful.
[16:27] <Marthinus> Hi all so I'm pretty new to this. Installed Kubuntu for the first time today and my wireless isn't working. I keep getting a "The Wifi network could not be found"
[16:28] <Marthinus> Any help would be much appreciated
[16:29] <ut> nvm, i just restarted bluetoothd and not it works fine
[16:44] <RishJ> i am using kubuntu 12.10LTS...i am having some problem with screen brightness..even when i reduce it it doesnt get reduced..can anyone help?
[16:55] <yossarianuk> RishJ: what h/w are you using?
[16:56] <yossarianuk> whow are you reducing brighness also ?
[16:57] <RishJ> what exactly are you asking for?
[17:06] <RishJ> yossarianuk: i dont think its hardware related..i guess its some issue with kubuntu
[17:07] <yossarianuk> RishJ: well it likely is HW/driver related.
[17:07] <yossarianuk> i.e if you had nvidia - the nvidia-settings WOULD work.
[17:07] <RishJ> ok...i dont have nvidia
[17:07] <yossarianuk> I have a samsung netbook and the built in brightness settings do not work - until I install a driver....
[17:07] <yossarianuk> (that is intel h/w)
[17:08] <yossarianuk> you can change with xgamma
[17:08] <yossarianuk> i.e try xgamma -gamma 1.1
[17:08] <RishJ> i have a samsung ultrabook
[17:09] <RishJ> so how did you make it work then?
[17:09] <yossarianuk> it is your h/w possibly
[17:09] <yossarianuk> https://launchpad.net/~voria/+archive/ppa
[17:09] <yossarianuk> I had to use the ppa
[17:09] <yossarianuk> (on my crappy samsung netbook)
[17:11] <yossarianuk> you'll likely have more luck with newer versions of kubuntu/ubuntu/whatever also.
[17:12] <RishJ> 13.10 works just fine
[17:12] <RishJ> but i am using 12.10LTS for dev
[17:12] <RishJ> as its stable
[17:12] <yossarianuk> try the ppa.
[17:12] <yossarianuk> also try installing a newer kernel
[17:12] <yossarianuk> 3.2.x is not supported any longer
[17:13] <yossarianuk> if you install ubuntu/kubuntu now you'll actually get 3.8.x kernel
[17:13] <yossarianuk> sorry install 12.04.4 lts
[17:13] <yossarianuk> you will get 3.8.x kernel now
[17:14] <RishJ> ok cool...is there any way i can update directly from here
[17:14] <RishJ> oh i am sorry..i am using 12.04 lts
[17:14] <RishJ> i guess its 12.04.3
[17:15] <yossarianuk> what I mean is if you download the latest 12.04.x .iso you'll end up with kernel 3.8..
[17:15] <RishJ> ok..but can i update it from 12.04.3 ?
[17:15] <yossarianuk> you can download kernel 3.11 for lts version
[17:15] <yossarianuk> just
[17:15] <yossarianuk> sudo apt-get install linux-image-generic-lts-saucy sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic-lts-saucy
[17:16] <yossarianuk> i.e
[17:16] <yossarianuk> http://www.leaseweblabs.com/2013/07/upgrade-ubuntu-12-04-lts-kernel-to-3-4/
[17:17] <yossarianuk> you'll probably need updated samsung tools though as well as kernel..
[17:17] <yossarianuk> (ppa)
[17:41] <SeanFromQueens> I'm running Kubuntu 13.10 KDElibs 4.11.3, connected to my Wifi network, but can't see my NAS that is connected to my router (can see it on my Win7 partition)
[17:42] <SeanFromQueens> What should I be looking into to change so Dolphin File Manager can see network drives?
[17:42] <hateball> SeanFromQueens: are you looking for samba shares?
[17:43] <SeanFromQueens> I guess so, I was really hoping to just see resources connected to my network
[17:43] <yossarianuk> SeanFromQueens: open dolphin
[17:44] <hateball> I don't recall if I've ever bothered to get browsing to work, but you can go to the location at smb://user@ip.address/resource
[17:44] <yossarianuk> click - network in the left menu
[17:44] <yossarianuk> then > samba shares
[17:45] <SeanFromQueens> yossarianuk: the samba shares green plus sign turns to red minus sign
[17:52] <SeanFromQueens> hateball: typing the smb and the IP address jumped over whatever the barrier was, and now I can navigate around
[17:52] <SeanFromQueens> hateball: thank you very much
[17:52] <hateball> SeanFromQueens: no worries, as I said I never bothered getting browsing working... :p
[17:55] <SeanFromQueens> One more question, when downloading a file from firefox, why isn't network and (very recently) created places available to 'save to'?
[17:56] <Blueink_> !ops
[17:57]  * genii pops in and looks around
[17:58] <Riddell> thanks ikonia
[18:09] <SeanFromQueens> So does anyone know how to 'save to' samba shares directly from Firefox?
[18:23] <BluesKaj> SeanFromQueens, in FF >edit>preferences>under "Downloads"> save files to 'whatever samba shared folder' you would like
[18:25] <BluesKaj> but then, that target folder becomes the default for any downloaded file in FF, unless you change it if course
[18:25] <SeanFromQueens> BluesKaj: that gives me the same local choices (only file systems, home, and desktop)
[18:26] <SeanFromQueens> I even have a location shortcut on my desktop that is grayed out, and inaccessible from ff as download option
[18:27] <SeanFromQueens> browsing into the NAS is the central issue
[18:29] <SeanFromQueens> dolphin file manager has no issue navigating to the NAS, but it is the only app that can
[18:30] <BluesKaj> yeah , I see what you mean, nor networked file destinations work , even if the path is typed in the searchbar
[18:30] <BluesKaj> SeanFromQueens,^
[18:31] <BluesKaj> that's a bummer
[18:31] <SeanFromQueens> thanks for the sympathy BluesKaj
[18:33] <BluesKaj> my smb access suddenly stopped working, now i have to use fish, which is ok, but I prefer sftp
[19:50] <fkm> Hi there. What can I do, to debug a USB device that is not recognized? Suddendly, my Android device doesn't show up as a device when connected. The hardware connection seems to work, as the "charging"-light on the device turns on, when I plug in the device. lsusb doesn't show any entry that I would identify as my device (Samsung Galaxy S3, i9300).
[19:51] <fkm> I don't know about any update that might be related. But honestly I didn't check as I don't know enough to know more after reading through the list of updated packages.
[19:58] <BluesKaj> fkm, try this to see if your phone shows up, sudo lshw -C network
[20:00] <fkm> BluesKaj: Thank you for the tip! Unfortunately, it didn't work :-(
[20:01] <fkm> What I see though (through lsusb on the computer and the phone) is the USB-hub via which the device is connected. But not the device itself and I always used the USB-hub until now. I even tried to connect it directly to no avail.
[20:02] <fkm> lsusb output: http://pastebin.com/thpavpTL (1d6b is the hub).
[20:05] <BluesKaj> fkm, did you try the lshw command after the direct connection?
[20:08] <fkm> BluesKaj: Nope. I will do that now.
[20:12] <fkm> Still nothing
[20:14] <fkm> I'll test it with another computer. My netbook must be lying around somewhere.
[20:18] <BluesKaj> can't the phone connect by wifi?
[20:21] <fkm> BluesKaj: Yes, it could in theory. But I would like to push some code to the device using ADB.
[20:22] <fkm> And I guess the problem lies with Android / the device. The netbook doesn't recognize it either and I didn't do any updates there in the past week.
[20:22] <fkm> Thank you BluesKaj for your advice! :-)
[20:24] <BluesKaj> ADB?
[20:24] <fkm> "Android Debug Bridge"
[20:25] <fkm> A cli tool to control your Android device (or push/pull data to/from it)
[20:25] <BluesKaj> fkm, my duaghter's LG phone connected without any probs here, but don't think she was pushing any code:)
[20:26] <fkm> Well. The worst part about my problem is, that last time I tried (about a week ago), everything worked like a charm.
[20:27] <fkm> So I guessed that maybe a Kubuntu update made some changes as I didn't do any OS upgrades on the phone. But seems like there was a change on the phone after all :-)
[20:27] <fkm> I'll try another cable and then call it a night :-D
[20:28] <fkm> O. M. G.
[20:28] <fkm> It actually was the cable -.-
[20:28] <BluesKaj> oops :)
[20:29] <fkm> Lesson learned: Don't leave your USB cables in the car for a week ;-)
[20:29] <BluesKaj> ok, I'll make a note of that
[21:32] <keithzg> Hmm, I'm not having very good luck with OpenVPN on 13.10 on the new laptop I got. If I configure the settings in the plasma-based NetworkManager frontend, nothing even happens when I press connect.
[21:35] <dougl> anyone know what the package for the gui config tool for grub was/is called?
[21:36] <Poisoned_Dragon> I use Grub customizer from a ppa
[21:37] <dougl> Poisoned_Dragon, I saw that... don't really like the ppa thing as I am 14.04 alpha for reasons beyond my understanding...
[21:37] <dougl> you deem it safe?
[21:38] <Poisoned_Dragon> I use it now. I'm on 14.04
[21:44] <dougl> lol - you are a god send... I cannot boot to my 13.10 - thanks for the referal Poisoned_Dragon :)
[21:44] <Poisoned_Dragon> np
[21:51] <dougl> sorry Poisoned_Dragon - ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer?
[21:52] <Poisoned_Dragon> tup
[21:52] <Poisoned_Dragon> oops, yup
[21:54] <dougl> :)
[21:54] <dougl> cool
[22:03] <soee> someone experienced problems with nvidia-prime 0.5.5 ? (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-prime/+bug/1274822)
[22:40] <keithzg> Hmphhh, how do I manually set a nameserver in this godforsaken age of resolvconf?
[22:44] <dolomite> keithzg to add custom dns?
[22:44] <dolomite> my understanding is that /etc/resolv.conf is constantly overwritten by resolvconf now
[22:45] <dolomite> and I've seen a solution where you add "prepend domain-name-servers 10.1.2.3;" to /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf
[22:45] <tsimpson> modify /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/base to add custom stuff
[22:47] <dolomite> mine's empty
[22:47] <tsimpson> it usually is
[22:47] <dolomite> but you can treat it like we used to treat resolv.conf?
[22:47] <dolomite> nameserver xx.xx.xx.xx
[22:48] <tsimpson> /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/base gets added (as if by cat) after any dynamic stuff from dhcp
[22:49] <tsimpson> yep, just add your nameserver lines to it, or /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/tail
[22:49] <dolomite> well I wasn't the one with the question but I learned something!
[22:49] <dolomite> thanks
[22:49] <tsimpson> /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/tail gets added only after some interface is configured, /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/base gets added always
[23:10] <genii> keithzg: You can also do something like add into the /etc/network/interfaces file a post-up directive for the interface, like: post-up echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" >> /etc/resolv.conf
[23:11] <keithzg> genii, tsimpson: Thanks! I'll definitely keep all that in mind. In my case though it just turned out I needed to add the /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf script to my client's VPN .ovpn. Now to figure out why the GUI doesn't work...