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dkfjfjfjhey00:11
dkfjfjfjminimec:  i am just going to try gnome00:12
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basketballikonia:  i am getting a bunch of ubuntu error message pop ups i am just clicking report is that the right thing to do00:14
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jdsjhf!chrome00:25
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basketballikonia:  in gnome how do i make the launcher like thing icons bigger00:47
basketballhow do i resize the favorite icons in gnome 3.1000:53
brian__anyone know how to install a theme in gnome shell02:45
brian__14.04 ubuntu gnome02:45
Beldarbrian__, You want the theme or the desktop?02:46
brian__i downloaded and unzipped and copied to ~/themes02:46
brian__Beldar, what is the dif02:46
brian__I want all windows (including chrome etc) to have a dark background with white text02:46
Beldarbrian__, One is a theme, one is a whole desktop, not the same.02:46
rwwiirc it's .themes, not themes02:46
brian__~/themes doesn't exist... mkdir?02:47
brian__where do i find 'desktops'02:48
brian__i'm looking for themes at gnome-look.org02:49
junkanooi can't get a gnome shell theme to 'take'03:19
junkanoocopied to /home/themes, went into tweak -> extensions and turned on user themes then went to appearance and switched to "Glass" theme I downloaded... but it doesn't look any different03:20
junkanoohelp03:20
basketballikonia,  when i plug in a vga monitor my laptop goes bizerg and freaks out03:23
basketballwhen i plug in a vga monitor my laptop goes bizerg and freaks out03:28
basketballhey rww03:29
harrisRequested size (2560, 1024) exceeds 3D hardware limit (2048, 2048).You must either rearrange the displays so that they fit within a (2048, 2048) square.03:37
JohnCalvinDid kim kardashian spread her pussy for kayne west?03:42
JohnCalvin!ops03:42
rwwJohnCalvin: no thx03:42
basketballrww,  can you help me here :)04:00
basketballwhen i plug in vga monitor my laptop stops responding04:11
basketballanyone here04:15
basketballrww,  when i plug in my speakers why does it togle the mute button over and over again04:24
rwwbasketball: I believe we talked recently about highlighting ops with support questions out of the blue?04:25
basketballyou are the only one on i didnt do it because you are op i did it becasue you are online04:26
rwwbasketball: If someone knows the answer to your question, they'll answer you. I'm not the only one on, just nobody is available that can help.04:27
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allstarsnorks2_Can I update from Daily Build 14.04 to Final 14.04 when it 14.04 comes out April 17?07:52
rww07:49:36 < rww> allstarsnorks2: yep, though the usual system update process07:52
rww:P07:52
rww!finalrelease07:52
rwwhrm07:53
rww!finalupgrade07:53
rwwoh, i'm overthinking it07:53
rww!final07:53
ubottuIf you install a development version of Ubuntu Trusty and keep up with package updates, then you will be upgraded to the official release of 14.04 when it comes out. To make sure, type « sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade » in a terminal.07:53
allstarsnorks2_how about the Beta L/K/X ubuntu?07:54
rwwsame07:54
allstarsnorks2_great07:54
allstarsnorks2_it's been quite a while since I clicked install on the graphical installer. Nothing's happening!07:57
lordievaderGood morning.09:57
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lanoxxwhere can i find the code for the indicator applet used in unity?11:44
thomas__Hello, Anybody out there able to help me with a trusty issue?12:00
bekks!anyone | thomas__12:06
ubottuthomas__: A high percentage of the first questions asked in this channel start with "Does anyone/anybody..." Why not ask your next question (the real one) and find out? See also !details, !gq, and !poll.12:06
thomas__sorry, well I upgraded to beta1 as it was stated to contain kde 4.12.2 however i ended up with 4.12.3 which wouldnt be bad, BUT the db migration of akonadi failed and now I am stuck with no access to mails stored in kontact12:07
minimeclanoxx: Iguess you can use the source file of indicator-applet-complete... http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=all&section=all&arch=any&keywords=indicator-applet&searchon=names12:07
thomas__anyone able to tell me how to fix https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=331867 or how to downgrade to 4.12.2 ?12:07
ubottuKDE bug 331867 in Migration "Column in embedded mysqld can not be null" [Grave,Unconfirmed]12:08
lanoxxminimec, as far as I know the indicator-applet-complete stuff is for the old gnome-panel, or does unity use the same source?12:13
minimeclanoxx: You may be right. Indeed I have gnome-panel installed, and indicator-applet-complete is installed on my 14.04 system.12:14
lanoxxminimec, i have the indicator applet code here on my system and being debugging it for a few days12:16
lanoxxbut i want to look at the unity code to see how things are done there12:16
Daekdroomlanoxx I think you'd have a better luck asking in #ubuntu-unity . It's the channel for Ubuntu's UI development.12:17
minimeclanoxx: Cool... Because I use the old gnome-panel in combination with e17, and there is some stuff missing in 14.04, like 'sound'...12:17
DaekdroomAnyway, the indicator stuff for Unity are packages such as indicator-bluetooth, indicator-sound, indicator-printers, -power, -keyboard, -session...12:18
lanoxxminimec, i suggest you subscribe to the gnome-flashback-list mailing list, there are people who can help you12:21
minimeclanoxx: I might consider that. THX12:22
lanoxxminimec, i use metacity + gnome-panel, alberts has ported metacity to gtk+312:22
basketballllllHwllo12:33
basketballllllHello12:34
basketballllllHey phowyett12:36
lordievaderHey basketballllll, do you need support with something? It is best to simply ask the questions you might have.12:39
ikoniaI think basketballllll, you've  been asked not to single out individuals for support unless you are already in a dialog with them.12:40
basketballllllIkonk he just joined the channel so i said hi12:41
basketballllllA d iord yes when i olug in a vga monitor my laptop stops responding12:41
basketballllllWhen i plug in my mobitor before i log in my keyboard wont type my password12:51
lordievaderbasketballllll: On a tty you should be able to login by just typing your login on the kb, I'm not really sure how lightdm handles that without a monitor.12:54
basketballllllNo i have a laptop and i am talking about second monitor12:55
minimecbasketballllll: I am not sure if this is the answer to my question... If you turn of your laptop, then plug the monitor, then boot up the laptop... What happens. Do you get a login screen on the laptop monitor, on the vga monitor, or what?12:55
basketballllllMy bad for not explain ing12:55
basketballlllli gwt the login screen but i cant type my password it doens rrconize the key12:56
minimecbasketballllll: And where do you get that login screen? on the laptop or on the second monitor?12:57
basketballllllI can go downstairs and check12:57
lordievaderMight be a focus problem/bug.12:59
basketballllllWilltou be online in 5 min13:00
BluesKajHiyas all13:01
minimeclordievader: He has an external monitor with a different resolution, I guess, and xrandr cannot expand the desktop. I am just surprised, that he doesn't remember on which screen he gets the login when doing a 'cold boot' with the monitor plugged... ;)13:01
basketballllllI am pretty sure the external but not sure13:02
basketballllllAnd if i plug monitor in after i log in then it works13:02
penguin42basketballllll: What hardware are you using?  I'd seen similar behaviour on an Nvidia laptop13:03
basketballllllHp pavilionv600013:03
penguin42do you know anything about it's graphics card?13:04
basketballllllAnd a samsung vga mobitor13:04
minimecbasketballllll: So now I doon't understand anything anymore, because bofore you said, that the computer 'stops responding' ?!?13:04
basketballllllMin i fixed that and now it just doesnt reconize keyboard on login screen13:04
penguin42basketballllll: you say it doesn't recognise keyboard - does anything else work? e.g. does the mouse move?13:05
basketballllllYes mouse moves13:05
penguin42basketballllll: Does a USB keyboard plugged in work?13:06
basketballllllWhwn mobitor is not pluged in13:06
basketballllllOr after i login13:06
penguin42basketballllll: No that's not what I meant13:06
penguin42basketballllll: In the situation where the laptop keyboard doesn't work, does a separate USB keyboard work ?13:06
basketballllllNo13:07
bekksDoes your laptop have keyboard leds, and are they blinking?13:07
basketballllllIt has leds yes13:09
bekksDo they blink...?13:09
basketballllllWhy would they blink13:10
penguin42a kernel panic would cause them all to blink; but if the mouse still moves it's not panic'd13:10
bekksWas that a yes or a no?13:10
basketballllllIt does not blink and the login screen is on laptop13:11
basketballllllCaps lock wilk turn on and off though13:12
basketballllllPassword just wont type13:12
penguin42ah, if caps lock works then the keyboard is OK13:13
penguin42basketballllll: does ctrl-alt-f1 get you a text console?13:13
minimecbasketballllll: What if we enabled 'autologin' for your user in the user settings once. That would give us the possibility to see, how xrandr epands the desktop over these two screens, and maybe we could check the display GUI in the settings to see how it is recognized.13:15
basketballllllPenguin yes13:15
penguin42basketballllll: Great13:15
penguin42basketballllll: It sounds then like the greeter or lightdm has died13:16
penguin42basketballllll: /var/log/lightdm should hold logs showing your errors13:16
penguin42<breakfast>13:16
basketballllllPenguin bash var … is a directory13:17
basketballllllPenguin u here13:21
minimecbasketballllll: Ok. We will have a look @ that log file. First install the software pastebinit... 'sudo apt-get install pastebinit'. Then type the following command: 'sudo nano /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log | pastebinit'. That should give you a link, that you can share with us. It will give us the content of your lightdm log file.13:23
basketballllllShould i be in gui or terminal thing13:23
minimecbasketballllll: terminal13:23
basketballllllTerminal in gui13:23
basketballllllOr the crtl alt f113:24
minimecbasketballllll: I was wrong with the command: it's 'sudo cat /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log | pastebinit'13:24
minimecbasketballllll: It would be good to have the laptop in that 'frozen' state with the external monitor plugged. So 'ctrl alt F1'13:25
basketballllllOk what do i type13:26
minimecbasketballllll: 'sudo apt-get install pastebinit', then 'sudo cat /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log | pastebinit'13:27
basketballllllYou are trying to send an empty document existing13:29
minimecbasketballllll: Verify that you typed '/var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log' correctly. That file shouldn't be empty.13:32
basketballllllIs there a space between cat13:33
minimecbasketballllll: Yes.13:34
basketballllllOk o wasnt ttping that13:34
basketballllllHttp://paste.ubuntu.com/706169013:35
minimecbasketballllll: Ok. thanks. Indeed we get an message 'Terminated with signal 15', 'Failed during authentication', 'Session stopped'13:37
minimecbasketballllll: Now penguin42 will probably be better with debugging lightdm than me. You might have to wait until he finished his breakfast.13:38
basketballllllWould it mattwr if i loged in to the gui and did the alt crtl f1 from there13:38
minimecbasketballllll: I would consider to activate the 'autologin' for user 'harris' and check what that gives us. Go to 'system settings' 'user accounts' for that.13:39
basketballllllWhy13:40
* penguin42 bbbuuuurrrrrpppps13:40
basketballllllPenguin can you help me debug lightdm13:40
minimecbasketballllll: because we would not have a lightdm login session then...13:40
basketballllllPlease13:40
basketballllllMin i need a password i take myblaptop to work13:41
penguin42basketballllll: Can you also pastebin /var/log/lightdm/x-0-greeter.log13:41
minimecbasketballllll: This is just for debugging. You could activate it again afterwards13:42
basketballllllUbuntu paste 706173313:43
basketballllllHttp://paste.ubuntu.com/7061733/13:45
penguin42hmm, my greeter log is a lot less chatty, but I don't know if that's because I'm on KDE or not; there are certainly some warnings/errors in there - but no signal/crash type thing13:47
* penguin42 is just installing a vm with standard trusty and I'll see what it's greeter log looks like13:49
basketballllllBoss what do i do13:49
* basketballllll is waiting patiently13:53
basketballllllPenguin42 i am in the gui waitinf and i keep getting apport windows13:58
thomas__upgraded to ubuntu 14.04 beta BUT db migration of akonadi failed and now I am stuck with no access to mails stored in kontact https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33186714:00
ubottuKDE bug 331867 in Migration "Column in embedded mysqld can not be null" [Grave,Unconfirmed]14:00
penguin42basketballllll: what errors are they giving?14:00
thomas__ANY Help appreciated14:00
basketballllllIll tell you after we fix the login problem14:01
minimecbasketballllll: I remember that I told how to switch from gnome3 to unity yesterday. Are you running on unity now?14:02
bekksMAybe they tell you something about the reason for your login problems.14:02
basketballllllNo still gnome14:02
basketballllllAnd it was about chrome14:02
minimecbasketballllll: penguin42: Could the fact (running gnome3) have an influence on the login behaviour. I think gnome3 would 'prefer' gdm as login manager...14:03
basketballllllOk i rebooted my laptop and it still wouldnt let me type so i opened up the crtl alt f1 ready when you are to do something14:03
bekksgnome uses gdm, not lightdm.14:04
bekksThat would be the reason for an empty lightdm log.14:04
basketballllllI am using light dm though14:04
basketballllllHow do i switch to gdm14:05
bekksWhy do you want to switch?14:05
minimecbasketballllll: So then maybe 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm' would give you the possibility to switch to gdm as default.14:05
basketballllllBekks i installed unoty yesterday so i have both unity and gnome 3 and light dm as default14:05
bekksbasketballllll: And why dont you want to use lightdm?14:06
basketballllllThey kustbsaid that was the problem14:06
penguin42bekks: The greeter is crashing on him14:08
penguin42minimec: I don't know, while I'd expect it might break gnome3 after login perhaps, it shouldn't break it before you have a chance to type a password14:09
basketballllllFrom the terminal page how do o get to the login screen14:11
minimecpenguin42: That could explain the fact, that he gets a lot of error messages after login...14:11
penguin42minimec: Yeh14:12
penguin42basketballllll: When you installed gnome3 did you install some of the unity stuff?14:12
minimecpenguin42: On the other hand... I gave gnome3 a try too and did not have error messages with lightdm, but it broke my unity setup. The 14.04 unity/gnome3 separation is not integrated yet.14:13
basketballllllPenguin gnome 3 game installed i installed unity14:13
penguin42minimec: Yeh, I think the greeter uses bits of the unity stuff, so if bits of that were removed it would explain some things14:13
basketballllllHey it worked14:14
basketballllllIn 13.10 there was an option for launcher to be on both screens can i do that in gnomd14:15
penguin42basketballllll: If you're sticking with lightdm then try and install the lightdm-gtk-greeter package, and uninstall the unity-greeter package  - it'll use a simpler greeter14:15
basketballllllNo ill use gdm14:16
penguin42ok14:16
basketballllllShould i uninstall anythinf14:16
penguin42hey if it works don't touch it14:16
basketballllllOk you know how up at the top jt says activities14:16
DJonesbasketballllll: I get a similar issue typing my password, what I find works is either to turn the onscreen keyboard on and use that to put the first letter of the password in, or to press the escape key before typing the password, so far one or the other works for me14:17
penguin42DJones: Hang on14:18
basketballllllDjones how !any monitors do you have14:18
DJonesbasketballllll: Only one14:18
penguin42DJones: Does your caps lock key work at that point, does an external USB keyboard work ?14:18
basketballllllIs there a way to make login screen show up on both monitors14:19
penguin42DJones: i.e. is the keyboard itself all happy, the only problem is the greeter?14:19
DJonespenguin42: I've not tried an external keyboard, I'm not sure about caps lock, this laptop doesn't actually have caps lock/number lock lights14:20
penguin42DJones: OK, it's just there are a few different bugs  1) Some laptop keyboards just don't work at all 2) The whole machine has died 3) X has died  4) The greeter is broken14:21
penguin42DJones: basketballllll's problem is 4,  I suspect yours is as well but we get too many people saying 'the keyboard is broken' to differentiate between them14:21
DJonespenguin42: I'll test next time, but I suspect its 4, its not 100% of the time, I only get it maybe 25% of the time14:22
basketballllll4 what14:22
bekks"4) The greeter is broken"14:23
basketballllllWhy is gnome getting so slow noe14:23
basketballllllNow14:23
BluesKajpenguin42, I've been having graphics issues with 14.04 KDE/Intel gpu, but using xrender and native gives fewer desktop effects, but the graphical artifacts have disappeared, so far.14:25
penguin42BluesKaj: This one is actually on OpenGL 2.0/Raster (this is my Intel box)14:25
penguin42BluesKaj: Oh, but has desktop effects disabled :-)14:26
basketballllllPenguin dobyou lnow why my laptop is now slos14:26
BluesKajpenguin42, maybe OpenGL 2 and raster will work here, havent tried that setting. I was using 3.1 and raster14:27
basketballllll!acting14:29
minimecBluesKaj: With 14.04 I get some 'flickering' sometimes with vmware images. I have that with unity, gnome3, or e17 sessions. I guess it's a xorg problem.14:29
basketballllllOmfg why is my laptop so slow14:30
penguin42basketballllll: Spec of your laptop please; CPU/RAM/Graphics card14:31
minimecBluesKaj: ... on a Intel HD400014:31
basketballllllCode to find out14:33
BluesKajminimec, same gpu here, but windows on VB seems fine graphically, but i gave it as much gpu memory as possible and almost 3G RAM in the VB settings, but no flickering here14:33
penguin42BluesKaj: The KDE visual effects does seem to push stuff quite hard14:35
basketballllllPenguin how do i find out whatbis making my PC slow14:35
penguin42start by answering my previous question14:36
basketballllllI cant because when i open activities it closes14:36
BluesKajpenguin42, seems so, yeah.14:37
minimecbasketballllll: I don't think it's a VM memory issue, as normally I can stop that behaviour by switching to the next desktop (and back). I think it's a 'layer issue' in fullscreen mode. Something I did not see in 13.10.14:40
minimecBluesKaj: I don't think it's a VM memory issue, as normally I can stop that behaviour by switching to the next desktop (and back). I think it's a 'layer issue' in fullscreen mode. Something I did not see in 13.10.14:40
basketballllllPenguin ram 1 gb graphics gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe14:47
penguin42basketballllll: OK, llvmpipe is always going to feel like drawing through treacle - what graphics card have you got?14:48
basketballllllI just said14:48
penguin42no you didn't14:49
basketballllllWhat xommand do i run in terminal14:50
BluesKajbasketballllll, lspci | grep VGA14:50
basketballllllIntel mobile 945 gm/ gms,943/940gm14:51
basketballllllExpress intergrated graphics controler rev 0314:52
penguin42hmm, I hadn't expected a 945 to use gallium14:53
penguin42sorry, hadn't expected it to use llvmpipe14:53
basketballffffdsdf14:57
penguin42basketball: if it's using llvmpipe something odd is happening I think14:58
basketballpenguin42,  what do  do to fix it14:59
penguin42basketball: dpkg -l | grep intel14:59
basketballlllllok15:00
basketballlllllhttp://paste.ubuntu.com/7062110/15:00
penguin42ok, that's good15:01
penguin42can you pastebin your /var/log/Xorg.0.log15:01
basketballlllllhttp://paste.ubuntu.com/7062120/15:02
penguin42I don't see why that's using llvmpipe15:05
basketballlllllwhat is llvmpipe15:05
penguin42basketballlllll: It's a software 3d renderer from when the hardware can't do it15:06
penguin42basketballlllll: But your X logs show that it's got the driver, and your dpkg -l   show you've got the packages15:06
basketballlllllpenguin42:  what do we do15:08
penguin42not sure15:10
basketballlllll.....15:10
basketballlllllwhat does that mean15:10
basketballlllllbekks: or minimec do you know15:11
minimecbasketballlllll: Do I know what?15:12
basketballlllllpenguin42:  i dont know how to describe this15:12
thomas__would urgently need help on this big: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33186715:14
ubottuKDE bug 331867 in Migration "Column in embedded mysqld can not be null" [Grave,Unconfirmed]15:14
penguin42I'd try #kde for that15:15
bekksthomas__: According to the bug report, there is no fix. did you submit to the bugreport already?15:15
basketballlllllpenguin42:  can you tell minimec  what we were trying to fix15:15
penguin42minimec: can read scrollback15:15
thomas__well just that i am affected too15:15
thomas__all the data is already there15:16
basketballlllllminimec: please read scrollback15:16
thomas__bekks: is tehre any way to downgrade to kde 4.12.2 on trusty?15:16
penguin42thomas__: It sounds like they changed the database layout at some point15:16
thomas__I KNOW ;)15:16
thomas__i have onl ytwo  options:15:16
thomas__1) downgrade to kde 4.12.215:16
thomas__2) get the database migrated manually15:17
thomas__I am not afraid of any of those two but woul dneed a littl ehelping hand on them15:17
penguin42thomas__: I think a 3rd would be to install a VM with an older kde15:17
thomas__akonadi group is totally silent15:17
thomas__hmmm not an option its my productive linux box (and yes i know i shouldnt have updated to beta1, but i upgraded on three test machines before and all worked well there)15:18
penguin42thomas__: Oh yeh, but it might let you at least get to your mail while you figure it out15:18
minimecpenguin42: basketballlllll: Ok... I took the time... ;) My guess is, that your dual screen setup is 'bigger' than the maximal resolution of your Intel 945. Therefore it changes to software rendering (llvmpipe). If my guess is true, you should not have that problem using only one screen.15:18
bekksthomas__: And why is "its my productive linux box" a reason for "a vm is not an option"?15:19
thomas__didnt expect 4.12.3 to be installed when it says 4.12.2 in the pages15:19
penguin42minimec: Yeh I think that's possible; I seem to remember there's a maximum horizontal width on Intel GPUs15:19
thomas__hmm to run linux just to have on it a vm that runs linux ...15:19
thomas__any way of downgrading to 4.12.2?15:19
penguin42thomas__: I don't think you can downgrade the KDE15:19
penguin42thomas__: There might be a way to backup the mails and reimport them15:19
basketballlllllminimec:  i want to use both screens though15:19
penguin42basketballlllll: Test the theory though - does it stop using llvmpipe if you switch down to one monitor (and reboot)15:20
thomas__akonadiserver is dying on startup so accessing the data will be troublesome15:20
bekksthomas__: Uninstall all KDE packages and reinstall the version you want. I suspect you have a backup from before upgrading.15:20
thomas__the data is fine15:20
thomas__its just that i dunno how to install 4.12.2 on trusty15:20
penguin42thomas__: Right, but if you can create a VM with the older KDE, do an export from that, then import it15:20
thomas__are there any repso for kde 4.12.2?15:20
thomas__penguin42: hmm jepp seems to be an option15:21
thomas__but its about 6-7 GB of pim data15:21
thomas__so i am a little bit shy on this :)15:21
bekksthomas__: Then why did you upgrade? :P15:22
thomas__:) i tried it on three test machines before and there all worked well15:22
penguin42thomas__: Except the one with your mail :-)15:23
thomas__OF COURSE ;)15:23
penguin42thomas__: Anyway, if you can get your VM running at least you can get yourself working while you give the akonadi guys a chance to reply, even if you don't do hte import trick15:23
thomas__does anyone have a contact to any akonadi dev?15:23
penguin42other than reporting a bug where mine died....15:24
penguin42you know, the menus in window title bars work nicely15:24
basketballllllllok i rebooted how do i test15:25
basketballllllll.15:25
penguin42basketballllllll: Does it still say llvmpipe?15:25
basketballllllllgraphics Intel® 945GM x86/MMX/SSE215:26
penguin42ah there you go - that's what you want15:27
thomas__@penguin42: Thanx for your support15:27
basketballllllllbut i need both screens15:27
penguin42basketballllllll: OK, I know this suggestion is going to sound a bit weird....but15:27
penguin42basketballllllll: boot with your other monitor plugged in, go into the display configuration and put it vertically underneath the other monitor rather than to the side, try and reboot and see what it says15:28
basketballllllll............15:28
basketballllllllok but i cant keep it like that15:28
Daekdroompenguin42, basketballllllll have you both ever considered his IGP might not support the resolution necessary for having both monitors?15:29
minimecpenguin42: basketballllllll: Maximum resolution of the i945 (intel i950 series) is '2048x1536' according to this... http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/gma950/15:29
penguin42minimec: Yeh15:29
DaekdroomThat ^15:29
penguin42basketballllllll: I ran them on my old laptop above each other like that for a while15:29
penguin42basketballllllll: Other than vertical stacking (which might work depending on your sizes) is to use another desktop rather than gnome3 that doesn't need so much GL15:30
DaekdroomHe should be fine using metacity - without - compositing.15:31
penguin42nod15:31
DaekdroomThe limit he's facing is actually tied to maximum texture size, I think.15:31
penguin42Daekdroom: Can you do that on Gnome3?15:31
basketballllllllwould unity work15:31
DaekdroomUnity wouldn't work.15:32
penguin42unity does work with llvmpipe - it's still not going to feel great, although it's not as bad as it used to be15:32
DaekdroomGNOME 3 can't use metacity. GNOME Flashback can, though.15:32
penguin42Daekdroom: It works in a VM with llvmpipe15:32
Daekdroompenguin42, but it wouldn't use his IGP15:32
penguin42basketballllllll: You could install mate-desktop (which is in Trusty) - will give you a good old Gnome2 desktop - nice and fast on old hardware15:33
penguin42basketballllllll: Or KDE in xrender mode15:33
DaekdroomUnity in llvmpipe works fine on my Phenom II X4 820.15:35
DaekdroomThese days I was using it and only noticed it when I tried to launch a game. There are subtle differences such as not as many transparencies, though.15:35
penguin42Daekdroom: Yeh it's ok in my vm now, it used to be awful though15:36
basketballllllMy laptop is rebooting what can i install that15:36
basketballllllLooks like gnome and unity15:37
basketballllllllpenguin42:   i am back15:41
basketballllllllwhat can i install15:42
penguin42mate, kde, xvwm15:42
basketballllllllwhich one looks nicest15:42
pietro10ok, is THIS documented?15:43
pietro10er, known?15:43
penguin42ah that's up to you; KDE looks nice IMHO and is very configurable15:43
penguin42pietro10: THIS?15:43
pietro10$ VARIABLE= -L /usr(tab)15:43
pietro10complete: usage: complete [-abcdefgjksuv] [-pr] [-DE] [-o option] [-A action] [-G globpat] [-W wordlist]  [-F function] [-C command] [-X filterpat] [-P prefix] [-S suffix] [name ...]15:43
pietro10er before that: bash: complete: -L: invalid option15:43
basketballllllllpenguin ok how do i uninstall unity15:43
pietro10it seems a recent update has completely broken tab complete15:43
pietro10a few days ago I was asking about a smaller problem15:43
penguin42pietro10: Tab complete seems OK here15:43
pietro10huh.15:44
pietro10then I'll need to investigate15:44
penguin42pietro10: Got a specific case?15:44
pietro10another one15:45
pietro10if I start with ~/ I can only complete directory names, not files15:45
basketballllllllminimec:  how do i unistall the unity we installed yesterday15:45
bekksapt-get purge15:45
basketballllllllapt-get purge what15:46
pietro10there was one more weird situatio nbut I forget what it is15:46
minimecbasketballllllll: you don't really need to. It's just an optioon for your login screen. If you want to remove that option you just 'sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop'15:47
Daekdroomminimec, basketballllll actually ubuntu-desktop is a good package to have installed in case of updates.15:47
DaekdroomYou might mean 'ubuntu-session'15:48
minimecDaekdroom: basketballllllll: I agree15:48
basketballllllllwill unity and gnome ever work with my monitors15:48
basketballlllllland how dp o install kde15:48
Daekdroom(heh, that is a hard-dependency of ubuntu-desktop; either way, it's ubuntu-session the package that places the Unity session in the login manager)15:48
Daekdroombasketballllll, GNOME Flashback might work with your monitors.15:49
DaekdroomGNOME 3 and Unity won't, unless you use llvmpipe, which might be slow.15:49
basketballllllllwhich looks best mate, kde, xvwm15:49
basketballllllllpenguin42:  said kde15:49
penguin42basketballllll: KDE imho looks nice and lets you run with good cards or slow cards15:57
basketballllllllpenguin42:  1 minute in here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dohhz91OTPY  he said kde is the slowest16:00
penguin42basketballllll: I don't care what he said16:01
basketballllllllis it ture16:01
basketballllllllpenguin42: ^^16:02
bekksbasketballllllll: We dont care about youtube videos.16:02
penguin42basketballllll: You asked for our advice, I gave it - if you don't like our advice, feel free to disregard it16:02
bekksInstall the desktop you like.16:02
basketballllllllis it slow16:02
HEROnymousno, kde is the second fastest by some completely meaningless subjective standard that can never be measured or proven in any way.16:02
HEROnymousbut in all seriousness, I've never had performance issues because of a window manager.16:03
penguin42HEROnymous: KDE will use every bit of GL if you configure it too, and will be all nice and fancy - so it can be slow; but it's also got loads of settings so you can make it pretty basic16:05
HEROnymouseh, I was running with pretty much max settings for quite some time on a geforce 210, which is a pretty amazingly powerless gpu.  ended up going to a geforce 650 for steam games though now that we can actually play real games ;)16:08
basketballllllllthank you for your opinions but kde looks too much like windows yuck16:08
HEROnymouskde looks how you want it to look16:09
HEROnymousthere's no reason not to just try stuff until you find what you like though.  just use gdm or kdm and there'll be a selector at login time for which window manager you want to use.16:10
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basketballllllllHEROnymous:  penguin42  minimec  and bekks  how does installing kde help with the monitors16:16
bekksbasketballllllll: It was your idea to install kde.16:17
bekksWe dont care about the desktop you are using.16:17
basketballllllllno penguin42  and minimec  said it would help with my monitor16:17
basketballlllllland graphics card16:17
bekksThey did not say that.16:18
basketballllllllyes they did16:18
thomas__kindergardden?16:18
minimecbasketballllllll: I never used KDE. So that's wasn't me... ;) I am using e17 for all my dual screen setups. But e17 has some 'learning curve'...16:18
BluesKajbekks, speak for yourself, I do care what ppl run especially when they need help, but in this case your frustration with this problem is understandable :)16:19
penguin42minimec: 'e' used to be the example for slow window managers - but that was 20 years ago16:20
bekksBluesKaj: Well, he asked about a good choice of desktop environment earlier - in terms of "how fast is it", etc. - and thats pretty uninteresting for the most of us, since "how fast is is" does not solve problems at all.16:20
bekksBluesKaj: ;)16:20
basketballllllllwhatever ill leave you guys alone16:20
BluesKajbekks, no kidding :)16:20
basketballllllll   /part #ubuntu+116:20
basketballllllll  /part #ubuntu+116:21
penguin42bekks: Well I want 'not annoyingly slow'16:21
basketballllllllpart dumb thing16:21
BluesKajbasketballllllll, recommend you try several desktops, asking how fast they are depends on your hardware etc, so do some research before asking unaswerable questions16:22
minimecpenguin42: Well.. I use it for about maybe 8 years, and have never changed my setup since (only minor changes). e17 is treating my screens as totally independent desktops. That is so cool... ;)16:22
HEROnymouspenguin42, I miss afterstep.  :(16:22
basketballllllBlues after i installed kde why is my bootloader saying i have kubuntu installed not ubuntu16:24
bekks4because you install kubuntu-desktop16:24
basketballllllSo i cant get support in #ubuntu now i have to go to #kubuntu16:25
bekksAfter April, you get support in #ubuntu as well.16:26
bekksUntil then, you et support in here, when using 14.0416:26
bekks*get16:26
basketballllllNo i have kububtu now16:26
bekksAnd the version is 14.0416:26
bekksSo you get support in here, before the official release of 14.0416:26
HEROnymouseh, my splash screen says kubuntu as well, but I always install regular ubuntu and then put kde on it after the fact, so that splash screen is part of a pkg somewhere.16:26
penguin42don't worry about the K16:27
BluesKajbasketballllll, kubuntu is kde installed on ubuntu core16:27
basketballllllWhy does it say my battery is broken16:28
HEROnymousmaybe your battery is broken.16:29
BluesKajhehe16:29
basketballllllBut it isnt16:30
bekksHow do you know?16:30
basketballllllIt works in windows and gnome16:30
bekksJust because Windows does not tell you it is broken? :)16:31
penguin42it's probably just a screwup in the sensing somewhere16:32
basketballllllllit installed16:42
basketballllllShoot what was the code to install kde from terminal16:57
basketballllllNever mind16:58
basketballllllHow do i install linux mint17:07
k1l!mint | basketballllll17:08
ubottubasketballllll: Linux Mint is not a supported derivative of Ubuntu. Please seek support in #linuxmint-help on irc.spotchat.org17:08
pietro10right17:08
pietro10linux mint is not a piece of software, but rather another distribution17:09
basketballllllIf i install linux mint will my graphics card support two monitors17:09
k1lbasketballllll: best is to ask the mint support. they know best about their software.17:09
pietro10I think you're very confused as to what linux mint is17:10
pietro10linux mint is another linux distribution, like ubuntu, and is based oin ubuntu17:10
pietro10I don't think the hardware support differs17:10
pietro10a better question is "how do I install the proprietary drivers needed ot make my graphics card work on Linux?"17:10
pietro10and for ubuntu that is run the alternative drivers program17:10
k1lpietro10: they use other kernels and different drivers. so that can be other support than ubuntu17:10
pietro10k1l: ok17:11
pietro10basketballllll: you're on command line; the command is either jockey-gtk or jockey-kde or jockey-cli if all else fails17:11
k1lbut just use mint because i dont know how to install the prop. driver, is not the right solution. yes17:11
pietro10(k1l: I haven't noticed any odd hardware differneces when I used mint; but frankly I'm so glad I'm not using mint anymore =p )17:12
penguin42basketballllll: No, mint won't help - it's a hardware limitation of your graphics chip17:15
penguin42basketballllll: It can't do GL when there are more than 2048 pixels horizontally - we had this discussion about 3 hours ago17:16
pietro10oh17:16
pietro10welp17:16
basketballllllSo do i need a new graphics card17:16
penguin42basketballllll: You need to start reading what people tell you17:16
basketballllllWhy is all of this even happening17:23
ikoniabasketballllll: honeslty - most of your problems are down to your lack of experience / knowledge and using an unstable product coupled with that17:24
ikoniathat's the truth17:24
penguin42ikonia: It would have helped if something somewhere had given the reason for disabling GL17:25
penguin42ikonia: The knowledge of the Intel only doing 2k wide GL is pretty obscure, nothing at all warned him17:26
basketballllllShould I go back to 13.1017:27
penguin42no, won't help17:27
ikoniapenguin42: I didn't know about it until I saw it your first mention of it earlier17:27
DaekdroomIt won't solve your problem.17:27
penguin42ikonia: Exactly, I'd hit it years ago - but I think it was minimec who 1st suggested it in this case; but hth is a normal user supposed to know why their machine feels like it's working through treacle17:28
basketballllllNow it wont even boot it is stuck on the foot with 3 dots17:28
ikoniapenguin42: that specific issue is not the norm, for sure, but the 2000+ lines of problems basketballllll is having / other issues are just lack of experience17:29
penguin42ikonia: Yeh17:29
minimecpenguin42: Well when you started to mention the llvm driver for an intel card... That got me thinking...17:30
penguin42nod17:30
basketballllllSorry that i am just starting to learn17:30
penguin42minimec: For some time I got used to moving the arrow down when I wanted to move to the screen across - it's a bit weird :-)17:31
pietro10there's nothing wrong with starting to learn; just listen and you will17:31
penguin42minimec: Back years ago it wouldn't even run the Intel driver with 2 monitors across17:31
basketballllllLast question is there a way to faxtory reset17:31
minimecpenguin42: Yeah intel was crappy, before they started the i3/5/7 series CPU, at least for dual screen.17:33
minimecpenguin42: I mean the GPU part of it...17:33
basketballllllMy laptop is stuck on the foot with the 3 dots and i can only login with crl alt f117:37
basketballllllI am rrinstalling 13.1017:45
basketballllllMy graphic card worked there17:46
subz3r0hi18:38
subz3r0did anyone of you test vidalia with 14.04?18:38
* penguin42 never heard of it18:39
subz3r0ahh hi penguin42. you again :)18:39
subz3r0got it fixed with the encryption issue... used the live cd and a terminal to do it18:39
subz3r0there was no other way around sadly...18:39
penguin42yeh that's a pain18:40
subz3r0vidalia is a frontend for tor18:40
subz3r0just a gui where you can control tor with it18:40
subz3r0"GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon:"18:41
subz3r0"An AppArmor policy prevents this sender from sending this message to this recipient,...."18:41
subz3r0seems like apparmor doesnt like it anymore18:41
subz3r0penguin42: youre maybe using pidgin? seems like i found another bug18:42
penguin42oh oh, don't break my pidgin18:42
subz3r0just checked with ps x for the vidalia pid to kill it and found this18:42
subz3r03215 ?        Z      0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>18:43
subz3r0three times18:43
subz3r0never happend with 12.0418:43
penguin42hmm, yes I have 4 defunct pidgins18:43
penguin42that's not a big issue; something not cleaning up18:44
subz3r0yeah i know. but it should not happen18:44
subz3r0can you write a ticket at bugtracker?18:44
penguin42yes, you can18:45
subz3r0nope i can't ;)18:45
subz3r0lost my login :P18:45
subz3r0but well... since i found some other bugs... time to register again it seems18:45
penguin42subz3r0: You should be able to ask it to send me your password18:46
subz3r0would be nice if you can fill the ticket... i would reply then to confirm that issue18:46
subz3r0send you my passwort? why should i? :P18:46
penguin42sorry, send you a new password18:46
subz3r0nvm... understood what you said ;)18:46
subz3r0hehe18:46
subz3r0that wont work. since i dont have this email anymore18:46
penguin42oh well, yeh18:47
subz3r0and another bug it seems :>18:58
subz3r0cant change the transparency of a terminal like in 12.04 before18:58
jklfjkfjfdjdkdfpenguin42:  bekks  and minimec  i am soory for being a pain this morning19:14
adamcunningtonHi, will the update from 12.04 to 14.04 be relatively simple? Will I be able to do that in terminal?19:18
bekksadamcunnington: Yes. Yes.19:19
adamcunningtonbekks: great cheers19:19
subz3r0would be: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade19:22
subz3r0:)19:22
basketballhow do i install the ubuntu toyuch emulator19:25
bekksadamcunnington: apt-get will not update one release to another. Once 14.04 is released, you have to use do-release-upgrade19:28
basketballbekks:  do you know how to install the ubuntu touch emulator19:29
basketballdo you have a link19:29
bekksbasketball: NO.19:29
bekks"No." even.19:29
basketballOK THANK YOU19:29
bekksbasketball: Yeah, blame it on my shift key :)19:29
basketballwhops pressed the caps lock button19:31
adamcunningtonbekks: it's as simple as 1 command?! mind blown.19:31
bekksadamcunnington: Yeah.19:31
adamcunningtonthat's actually awesome19:31
basketballbekks:  what is adamcunnington  trying to do19:31
adamcunningtoni was expecting to do a reinstall but then i caught wind that the transition from .04 to .04 is simples and now i'm like BOOOM!19:32
bekksbasketball: How about just asking him?19:32
basketballadamcunnington:  what is bekks  helping you with19:32
adamcunningtonbasketball: lol nosiest question ever ;)19:32
bekksadamcunnington: The upgrade from one LTS release to the next is that easy. 11.04 to 13.04 would not have worked like that.19:32
adamcunningtonbasketball: nothing per se, was just asking about upgrade to 14.04 from 12.04 and if it would be simple - but got my answers :)19:32
adamcunningtonbekks: presumably just because the developers put time in making that work for LTS versions? or is it built in from the ground upward with those versions?19:33
adamcunningtonbekks: and it will retain all apps, including things as core as like desktop environment?19:34
bekksadamcunnington: No. Release updates from LTS to LTS are supported. Leaving out one or more releases for upgrading "normal" versions is not supported.19:34
adamcunningtonbekks: yea, i know that - was more talking about the means in which that was possible19:34
basketballadamcunnington:  if you are just upgrading you will keep apps if you fresh install you will need to back up19:35
adamcunningtonbasketball: is there much benefits from a fresh install over upgrading?19:36
adamcunningtonmany benefits* sorry19:36
bekksadamcunnington: Depends on your personal setup.19:36
basketballadamcunnington:  i always fresh install as over the 6 months that i have the os i save a bunch of usless crap19:37
basketballi keep all of my important stuff in dropbox19:37
adamcunningtonbasketball: yea, i've not got any crap on this current install19:39
basketballthen upgrade should be fine19:40
basketballhey bekks  are you running daily or beta19:52
bekksbasketball: I am running 12.04 and 14.0419:53
basketball14.04 beta or daily19:53
bekksDoesnt matter.19:53
basketballyes19:53
basketballwhich one19:53
bekksBecause after one single update you are on "daily".19:54
bekksBecause there are updates - daily.19:54
bekksYou are on daily always, when using updates.19:54
basketballso downloading beta 1 and daily are the same thing19:54
bekksNo.19:54
bekks< bekks> Because after one single update you are on "daily".19:54
basketballafter updating they are the same19:55
bekksThats what I told you.19:56
basketballthen why do they make them different downloads19:56
bekksBecause there is the requirement of "non-daily-releases".19:57
basketballrequirementt?19:57
bekksRequirement. Yes.19:57
lordievaderbasketball: The daily images are respun everyday, while the beta's and the alpha's are respun until their release.19:57
bekksUbuntu is not a rolling release distro, so there is the requirement of specific releases besides "daily".19:58
basketballoh thank you19:58
basketballbut who makes them do it19:58
basketballlike what happens if they dont19:58
bekks"make them do it" - Make whom do what?19:59
penguin42basketball: There is a release team20:00
penguin42basketball: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases20:00
basketballBeldar:  or penguin42  is pipelight supported nin 14.0420:46
subz3r0basketball: http://linuxg.net/ubuntu-14-04-trusty-tahr-may-come-with-pipelight-support/20:47
basketballhow do i make numlockx always start using gnome 3 and gdm20:49
subz3r0you mean at the login page?20:50
basketballyes20:50
subz3r0does 14.04 use gdm again?20:51
subz3r0thought it will be light dm again?20:51
Daekdroomsubz3r0, it's lightdm.20:54
DaekdroomBut gdm is still installable, as it was since the lightdm transition.20:54
subz3r0Daekdroom: thanks, that was my thought too20:54
Daekdroom*it has been20:55
subz3r0basketball: you could try to install "numlockx"20:55
subz3r0or edit: /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf20:55
subz3r0and change line to: greeter-setup-script=/usr/bin/numlockx on20:55
subz3r0ofc make backups before20:55
subz3r0let me know please if it worked20:56
basketballthat file is blank because i dont use lightdm i use gdm20:57
subz3r0for gdm: /etc/gdm/Init/Default20:58
subz3r0which numlockx >/dev/null && numlockx on20:58
subz3r0under the first line20:58
subz3r0source: ubuntuusers wiki :>20:58
basketballok what do i do in that dile20:59
basketballfile20:59
subz3r0add the line i gave you under the first line21:00
basketballdo i type the which21:00
subz3r0yes21:01
subz3r0btw. does anyone know what to search for when i want to change this grey screen where i have to enter my password?21:03
subz3r0i mean the screen which will show up when you locked the screen and push it backup with the mouse21:04
basketballhow do i configure the size of favorite icons in gnome 321:12
basketballbekks:  there^^21:12
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basketballhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/supybot/+bug/129012421:32
ubottuError: launchpad bug 1290124 not found21:32
nathanesau1i installed ubuntu 14.04 in a VM on windows , but can't view the whole desktop. any ideas how to adjust the resolution?22:58
nathanesau1im trying to install ubuntu 14.04. however, it doesn't give me the option to install alongside windows like in previous distros. it says it will replace windows 8. suggestions?23:33
bblindyHi nathanesau1, which version are you downloading? Gnome? Unity? Server?23:35
nathanesau1ubuntu -gnome23:36
nathanesau1im currently trying out the live cd.23:36
bblindyDid you boot into the CD, or are you attempting the install through windows?23:37
nathanesau1i booted into cd.23:38
bblindyI wonder if it'll give you the same option of you attempt via windows.23:38
bblindy*if you23:38
Beldarnathanesau1, This a W8 and uefi/gpt?23:40
nathanesau1windows 8. not uefi though. i booted live cd in SATA mode23:40
Beldarnathanesau1, You installed this W8 and you know it's a msdos partition table?23:41
nathanesau1yes.23:42
nathanesau1if i shrink the partition with gparted, and then make another partition for ubuntu, can i install on the new partition23:42
nathanesau1and then use grub to choose which os to boot to23:42
Beldarnathanesau1, I would resize with the W8 partitioner, leaving a unallocated for ubuntu, be sure to reboot the windows after resizing.23:43
BeldarI assume you are aware of msdos tables and types and amounts of partitions23:44
nathanesau1ok should i just leave the space unallocated? and then 14.04 installation which create a NTFS or whatever partition out of the free space?23:45
nathanesau1*installation will create23:45
Beldarnathanesau1, So why are you using a development?23:45
nathanesau1i wanted to try out gnome23:45
nathanesau1and apparently you can install the development version and then just keep updating it23:46
Beldarnathanesau1, This has not been released, is all, not a good start for trying out is all.23:46
nathanesau1ok ill wait until april to install then23:46
Beldarnathanesau1, You could install 13.10, or 12.04 both will upgrade to 14.04.23:47
nathanesau1but those releases don't support gnome 3?23:47
Beldarnathanesau1, They do.23:47
nathanesau1ok thanks for the help23:47
BeldarThey are using gnome 323:48

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