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ashfallen0I have a weird issue... I have a qt app that runs fine as root, but crashes as normal user.01:27
ashfallen0anyone alive in here have an idea?01:31
c2tarunHey friends, I changed my top panel into left side. Now the only problem is time is not coming in proper orientation, Is there any way to fix this? http://www.zimagez.com/zimage/screenshot-sunday04may2014-072143ist.php01:52
esterleighis this the proper place to ask support questions?02:35
esterleighis it possible to get root access in thunar?02:40
esterleighw/ mint xfce i could just right click a folder and click 'open as root'02:41
esterleighbut no such option w/ xubuntu02:41
esterleighis my only option terminal?02:41
c2tarunesterleigh, did you try running gksu thunar from terminal?02:42
c2tarunI think so :)02:42
esterleighno02:43
esterleighdoes that open thunar w/ root access?02:43
esterleighim quite a linux noob if you've gathered02:43
esterleighok installed gksu and good to go thank you!!02:50
tomatosaladHey, in 13.10 I was able to disable the "scroll on other windows to switch focus" thing, but I can't find the option now. Anybody know where it is?03:22
xubuntu716Installing xubuntu 14.04 and I would like to know what it means encrypt the installation.  I had problems with 12.04 and runaway file duplication that soon filled my harddrive.04:04
tomatosaladxubuntu716: it will a) enable LVM and b) encrypt your / partition (and maybe /boot and /swap, I'm not sure)04:07
xubuntu716Thank you.  Is there a way to delete files in the encrypted partition?04:07
tomatosaladyeah!04:08
tomatosaladthe thing is04:08
tomatosaladwith full disk encryption04:08
tomatosaladit's just a security feature04:08
tomatosaladwhat it means, is when you turn on your computer, before it even boots, you have to enter a password04:08
tomatosaladwhen you enter it, it decrypts the harddrive, and starts booting04:08
tomatosaladSome people need it, some people dont04:08
tomatosaladI choose to only encrypt my home directory04:08
tomatosaladthat option is later.04:08
tomatosaladIn practice, you really don't need to do it at all, but it's *wise*04:09
tomatosaladfull disk encryption is a bit overkill for most people, though04:09
tomatosaladIn fact, I'd say it is for the *vast* majority of people04:09
xubuntu716Does it work well enough that if someone steals the harddrive they cannot decrypt the files on it?  How long would it slow down the NSA?04:09
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xubuntu716roughly that is!04:10
tomatosaladYour run of the mill thief? They'd not be able to get into it, without a security flaw in things other than the encryption04:11
tomatosaladI'm not sure what the algorithm that LVM/Xubuntu uses, but it's beyond adequate04:11
tomatosaladThe NSA, heh, that depends if you believe the rumor that NSA has broken RSA or whatever04:11
* tomatosalad checks what algorithm is uses04:11
tomatosaladxubuntu716: It looks like it's AES-256, which is incredibly strong04:13
tomatosaladxubuntu716: most people assume that it hasn't been cracked by the NSA, it'd be safe to say04:13
tomatosaladxubuntu716: ahh, digging deeper, AES-256 is approved by the government for "top secret" data04:14
tomatosaladxubuntu716: so, that should tell you something. It's used internally by them ;)04:14
tomatosaladxubuntu716: in short, your porn will never be seen by anybody but you ;)04:14
xubuntu716Except  your provider knows where you have been!04:15
xubuntu716I wonder if the NSA doesn't provide half the links in TOR?04:16
tomatosaladmeh.04:16
tomatosaladProbably not the NSA, but a few law-enforcement agenceis04:17
xubuntu300hi04:45
MonolithHi, I just installed Xubuntu 14.04 LTS to an old-ish HP laptop. At first the installer ended on a copying error, but after a second run it installed well. A few times though, an error message window briefly appears for a fraction of a second with the title of 'Defcon of [computer name]' This usually happens as open apps crash and I need to reboot. Is this a common message or was I hacked or something? It's a pretty intimidating titl05:23
tomatosaladMonolith: the odds of being hacked are slim to none. Probably a weird, one-off error05:29
tomatosaladMonolith: but it is strange.05:29
MonolithOk, I'm just paranoid because of the name. Is it a common message at all? Nothing has come up searching google.05:31
tomatosaladYeah, no idea.05:45
tomatosaladRun a reinstall, see if it happens again05:45
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meek_geeksup07:28
dreamonGood Morning. Installed xfce on Ubuntu 14.04. where can I deativate desktop changing when moving a window to the sides?08:02
brainwashdreamon: settings manager > window manager > advanced08:05
dreamonbrainwash, thank you.08:07
brainwash:)08:07
dreamona few more questions do I have :)08:08
dreamonI added in panel a objekt (its not in englisch, therefore I describe). I can see bluetooth, email, time, -> xfce4-indicator-plugin. I cant hide oder move their positions of the symbols.08:13
dreamonthe other thing is, xfce is freezing some time. cant move mouse anymore.08:15
dreamonSTRG+F1 and back with STRG+F7 it goes on woring.08:15
brainwashdreamon: did you try to relog after doing some changes in the indicator plugin settings dialog?08:41
dreamonbrainwash, Yes. this problem is there all the time.08:41
brainwashit's most likely bug 131404208:43
ubottubug 1314042 in xfce4-indicator-plugin (Ubuntu) "xfce4-indicator-plugin is not configurable - hide does not work" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/131404208:43
brainwashdreamon: does the whole desktop freeze or only the mouse?08:44
dreamonbrainwash, hole desktop08:47
dreamonI think since I installed nvidia. (using prime, so I can switch between intel an d nvidia08:49
brainwashmmh, maybe that's the cause08:50
brainwashsome sort of gpu lock up08:50
tomatosaladHow do I disable scroll-to-focus window in 14.04? I used to have it set not to do so08:50
dreamonI will keep this in mind, and switching back to see am I right or not.08:51
brainwashdreamon: you should also take a look at some log files like /var/log/syslog08:53
brainwashtomatosalad: settings manager > window manager > focus08:55
tomatosaladbrainwash: it's not there, I looked08:56
brainwashwhat exactly is missing?08:56
brainwashhttp://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfwm4/preferences#focus08:56
brainwashyou need to alter the "raise on focus/click" options08:57
tomatosaladbrainwash: no. It used to be in mouse behavior settings I could disable the scrolling focus08:57
brainwashmmh08:57
brainwashnot clue then08:58
brainwashno08:58
JohnNwhen I wake my machine I'm getting a login which says "light display manager" at the top that doesn't recognise my password any ideas how to get rid or set the password?09:18
BBLLCChi10:08
BBLLCCxubuntu 14.04 64 bits, every time I boot the system it takes 40 seconds to check something (bios maybe?) all I see is a white cursor and then the system boots normally. Id like to reduce the waiting time, making the system do the check every 10 or maybe 15 boots. What do I need to do?10:09
notwistBBLLCC: what is this "the check" that you are talking about? sounds like you're assuming a bunch of stuff that you don't really know11:00
notwistJohnN: try pressing ctrl+alt+F6 to get into a non-graphical prompt and see if you can login there. most likely you can't so you'll need to reset the password, if you don't have another user on the system with root access you can boot in safe mode and get root from there I believe. You should be able to google the rest11:01
flux242What bothers me is that network manager after clean boot asks for a keyring password to connect to my access point. After entering the password network manager won't connect to the station automatically. So every time after a new boot I have to enter the password and then connect manually. And it wasn't like that previously with the 13.04. What's your experience?11:44
brainwashflux242: is gnome-keyring-daemon running in the background?11:49
flux242yes, otherwise I wouldn't get the enter password dialog11:50
brainwashworks fine here11:56
brainwashmaybe try to reproduce it with a new user account11:57
brainwashor is this a fresh installation anyway?11:57
flux242well, home is old11:58
flux242its on a different partition11:58
flux242i could try to dpkg-reconfigure nm12:00
flux242but it's good to know that this is just a local problem. Thanks for helping12:01
BBLLCCno notwist i have no idea, thats why i ask12:16
starratsHow do you release the on screen keyboard to return to your regular keyboard?12:18
meek_geeksup12:19
starratsAnyone with an answer to my question above?12:27
FrancescoCHi everyone12:32
FrancescoCMaybe someone can help me12:33
cfhowlett!details|FrancescoC12:33
ubottuFrancescoC: Please elaborate; your question or issue may not seem clear or detailed enough for people to help you. Please give more detailed information, errors, steps, and possibly configuration files (use the !pastebin to avoid flooding the channel)12:33
FrancescoCSince i upgraded to xubuntu 14.04, it continues randomly logging me off. I didn't change anything, just upgraded12:35
meek_geekFrancescoC, Are you having a lot of prop. software on your xubuntu ?12:53
starratsany answer to my question above?13:21
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meek_geekstarrats, I do not get your question13:35
starratswell you have the capabilities of having a 'virtual keyboard on your screen in xubuntu at startup, if you use it and get logged in with your password when you go to use your keyboard on the laptop or your keyboard with your tower/desktop, those keys are frozen, at least mine, so is there a way to release the virtual keyboard to return to your regular one?13:39
starratscannot explain it nay better meek_geek13:40
elfystarrats: settings manager - acceesibility - asssistive tech - is that ticked? if it is untick it13:41
meek_geek^^13:41
starratsnot ticked at all13:43
elfyno idea then13:43
elfymight be in settings - onboard actually13:44
starratsah okay13:44
meek_geekstarrats, Setting - onboard - Show Onboard while editing text13:47
meek_geekTry that one13:47
starratswell the 'Show onboard while editing test' was off/not ticked13:52
xubuntu932i need some help with pulse audio, if someone has time to give me a little hand. It keep switching between headphones and speakers and i can't seem to make it work (xubuntu 14.04)13:54
meek_geekstarrats, I think you need to look into more settings yourself then13:54
starratsI guess I will have to, been looking thru the different ones on setting mgr.  might have to google this problem/bug13:56
xubuntu932anyone?14:04
bazhang!info pavucontrol14:04
ubottupavucontrol (source: pavucontrol): PulseAudio Volume Control. In component universe, is optional. Version 2.0-2 (trusty), package size 111 kB, installed size 962 kB14:04
bazhang!info padevchooser14:05
ubottupadevchooser (source: padevchooser): PulseAudio Device Chooser. In component universe, is optional. Version 0.9.4-1.1 (trusty), package size 22 kB, installed size 107 kB14:05
bazhangtry those for a start14:05
xubuntu932pavucontrol is the main issue actually. Whatever i try on setting the audio, it goes on it's own and starts switching between speekers and headphones (no headphones attached)14:08
xubuntu932i managed to make it stop by editing /etc/pulse/default.pa by commenting "load-module module-switch-on-port-available" but in that case only the headphones (if attached) work, not the speakers14:09
bazhangfile a bug, and the give the *full* info as you just did, not like earlier14:11
xubuntu932i have a packard bell easynote notebook. Audio device when inserting "asplay -l" results: Intel [HDA] AD1986A Analog14:12
starratsI went to google, found a ubuntu page with the problem I'm having so I hope this will help me down the road when I log out, which i'm not going to do until tonight when I shut down my comp. if I shut down at all.  Wish there was a 'button' at night to do or just close the lappie like windows and put your password in with out any freezing, which I'm still experiencing.14:12
skribblezatchastarrats what issue are you having if you dont mind me asking?14:14
xubuntu932bazhang i'm still pretty much a newbie to linux in general, and all the info that i posted was thanks to some links i found on the net. Where should i post a bug report? And are there any more things i must post other than what i already mentioned?14:16
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starratsMy issue is that when I shutdown at night or have to restart the computer because it's 'requesting' me to after updating, when I get to the logon screen to initate my password it won't let me.  i have to shutdown a few times to get to do so, it's driving me nuts.  I even bought a new mouse thinking this would solve the issue but hasn't.14:18
skribblezatchao i see. have you tried disabling light locker?14:21
starratsThis 'freezing' of the cursor does not happen on my windows side of this dual partition just xubuntu.  Almost tempted to try ubuntu but not sure if that would do any good.14:21
bazhang!bug | xubuntu93214:22
ubottuxubuntu932: If you find a bug in Ubuntu or any of its derivatives, please file a bug using the command « ubuntu-bug <package> » - See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs for other ways to report bugs.14:22
skribblezatchawell first, do you have a swap partition starrats?14:22
xubuntu932bazhang thank you14:22
starratslet me see, check gparted, brb14:23
skribblezatchaok, take your time.14:24
starratsper gparted = Linux Swap Size-3.48GiB/Used-4.00KiB/Unused-3.4814:27
starratsoh by the way it's on /dev/sda514:28
skribblezatchaok cool starrats. what is your ram in that system if you dont mind me asking starrats?14:29
starratsI forget but it's a lot, is there a way on term to tell me or I would have to go to my windows partition and find out, lol14:30
skribblezatchado you have inxi installed starrats?14:31
starratsI do not know?14:31
starratswould not know where to look for it14:32
starratsor if it's installed14:32
zleaphello14:33
skribblezatchaok cool, in terminal enter sudo apt-get install inxi starrats.14:33
skribblezatchaonce its installed let me know please.14:33
starratsok14:33
zleapi have a new install of xubuntu 14.04 it was working great yesterday, today I can't insall libreoffice and the whole thing keeps freezing then giving me a blank white screen and zero responses14:34
zleapi can ssh in so if it happens again is there anything i can run from the ssh session to help figure out what has caused the crash14:34
starratsIt's done installing14:35
skribblezatchaok cool, now in terminal enter sudo inxi starrats.14:36
skribblezatchayou will see your mem there.14:36
skribblezatchathe amount after / is your total ram installed.14:37
starratsthis is my report from term on that request sorry posting the msg here:  CPU~Dual core AMD A4-3305M APU with Radeon HD Graphics (-MCP-) clocked at Min:800.000Mhz Max:1600.000Mhz Kernel~3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 Up~2:25 Mem~851.9/3427.8MB HDD~500.1GB(0.9% used) Procs~173 Client~Shell inxi~1.9.1714:39
skribblezatchaok cool, 4gb of ram, thanks starrats.14:41
skribblezatchaummm, ok..now have you tried disabling lightlocker starrats?14:41
starratsok14:43
skribblezatchado you know how to do that?14:44
starratsyes and done, went to settings mgr>lightlocker>turned off locking14:45
starratsit was 'on' now it's 'off'14:45
skribblezatchaok cool.:) now see if that helps. when it goes to sleep..you should now just be able to move a mouse and it wake up and everything be ok.14:48
starratsshould restart now or just waiting until tonight when i shutdown for the evening?14:49
skribblezatchait depends on when you want to know if it works or not.14:50
starratsah ok14:50
skribblezatchaor when you want it to start working.;)14:50
skribblezatchai would do it now, so that it works for this evening just in case you decide not to shutdown.14:50
starratsthis command was given to me by drc 'synclient TouchPadOff=1' when i put in my new USB mouse yesterday,  At startup the Touchpad is still active but when I'm here or any other site the TouchPad is disabled14:52
skribblezatchaso is that why you dont want to shutdwn?14:53
starratsI shutdown because I don't want to leave the computer on all night, well it does go to sleep and if that's okay I will do that starting tonight15:07
skribblezatchai hear you. i shutdown too..so i know exactly what you mean.15:08
flux242starrats: you problem is that you cannot enter password at login?15:09
starratscorrect flux242 after turning on comp in the morning after a night of shutdown or sometimes after a re-start15:10
flux242I do not know what the problem, but you can skip the login screen completely. Switch on auto login for you user15:11
starratsI push the the starting key of my password and it won't put in the 'dot'15:11
skribblezatchai thought that you were having issues with waking up from a sleep.15:11
skribblezatchabecause the screen locker was messing things up. my fault starrats.15:12
flux242starrats: if you have complete xubuntu installed then there should be Users menu in the setting15:12
flux242starrats: there you can switch on auto login15:13
starratsdon't worry skrbblezatcha and flux242 auto login by going from me to 'user accout at the login screen where PW goes?15:19
flux242I don't follow15:23
starratsat the login screen I have a choice that is my name, 'other' and 'user' I believe, is that what you are telling me to go to user and login?15:24
flux242no, go to setting manager, find users and groups15:26
starratsah okay15:31
starratsflux242 just created a user15:36
flux242you could user your current user15:40
starratswell when I log off for whatever reason I will be trying this,  Is this the 'auto login' you are saying to me?15:42
flux242yes15:44
starratsah ok15:44
flux242starrats: you if log out then you'll have to enter the password. But usually you do log out only to change current user. If you have only one user you don't have to log out15:48
stephanie_just installed lubuntu and am having an issue with the firefox address bar: http://i.imgur.com/wS7SG4u.png16:09
stephanie_someone on the forums told me xubuntu was having the same issue16:09
starratshere's my new desktop:  http://imgur.com/e2fkVjh16:12
brainwashstephanie_: open a terminal window and start firefox by running "firefox"16:18
brainwashdoes it generate any warning messages related to your font issue?16:19
brainwashalso try to run "firefox -safe-mode"16:19
stephanie_brainwash, (process:8321): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed16:19
brainwashthis will start firefox with addons deactivated,..16:20
stephanie_brainwash, i already tried that yesterday...deleted my profile, reinstalled...nothing worked16:20
brainwashthe glib-critial message is "normal" and expected to appear16:20
brainwashmmh, it's the first time that I see someone reporting this visual glitch in the address bar16:21
brainwashyou should file a bug report on launchpad, simply run "ubuntu-bug firefox"16:22
brainwashalso add the link to the ubuntuforums(?) thread to your report16:23
stephanie_brainwash, ok16:25
Guido1Hello, I'm searchin for a program like "DDR pen drive recovery" for Linux. (Gparted sees the flash drive as unformated)17:46
skribblezatchaformat it Guido1 with gparted.17:46
skribblezatchaor is there data on the pen drive that you are wanting to get off of it?17:47
Guido1Yes, there is data on the pen drive which I want back17:47
skribblezatchaok, what format is the pen drive in at the moment?17:48
skribblezatchafat32 is what its formatted as by default.17:48
Guido1I assume it's fat 32, but as mentioned linux shows it as unformated (windows xp, 98 and 7 too)17:50
skribblezatchaok..well lets try this..do you have anything else plugged in Guido1 such as an external storage device or another pen drive other than that one?17:51
Guido1skribblezatcha: In the moment yes and no free port. I was hoping for an answer which i can try later17:52
skribblezatchaok, well you will want to unplug the other things unless you can see the drive label..which if nothing else would be plugged in..a usb stick would show as sdb1.17:53
skribblezatchaso this is what you would want to try from xubuntu in terminal: sudo mount /sdb1 //mnt17:53
Guido1skribblezatcha: (In the moment the pen drive is by a friend who also has linux)17:53
skribblezatchao ok i see.17:54
skribblezatchawell you would to plug it in, and run this command: sudo mount /sdb1 //mnt17:54
Guido1okee and what do i (or he) have to do after "sudo mount /sdb1 //mnt"17:54
skribblezatchaonce you run that command you are going to want to open thunar (file manager) by clicking on the home icon on your desktop..then go to filesystem, and go to mnt. you will see the contents of the pen drive there.17:55
skribblezatchaif it mounts thats a good thing and thats what will happen. if it doesnt mount then thats a bad thing and you are in bad shape.17:56
skribblezatchalol17:56
Guido1I tryed ddr pen drive recovery and found that there are files on it, but the names where gone and the demo version does not allow to recover. So it should be possible to recover the data somehow17:59
skribblezatchawell i told you what you can try, if that doesnt work then we can go from there.18:01
skribblezatchathe other way is to try and use gparted for data recovery.18:02
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Guido1skribblezatcha: How can I use gparted for it? I'm very carful with that because I don't want to write on the pen drive ;-)18:04
skribblezatchain gparted, you would be sure to be on the pen drive partition and then go to device, attempt data rescue.18:06
Guido1skribblezatcha: okee18:18
Guido1I also had the idea that I maybe just have to change something so that the pen drive is seen as fat 32 instead of unformated18:18
zleapis there a way to show the menu bar in thunar, please it vanished yesterday, not sure what happened to make it vanish18:18
brainwashzleap: ctrl+m should restore the menu bar18:19
zleapbrainwash, thanks18:20
zleapbrainwash, its now fixed18:38
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starratsare you sure GridCube?20:09
GridCubestarrats, ?20:09
starratsitwas suppose to be a haha Ah I didn't see the tail _ at the endof your firts nick, my bad, lol20:11
GridCube:D20:12
nonyahow to find out system info22:24
knomelike, what information?22:25
nonyaMy system like in windoz22:26
knomehardware information? kernel logs?22:26
nonyayes allthat22:26
knomei doubt you want all of the kernel logs22:26
knometry lspci.22:27
nonyalike what my kernel is22:27
nonyado i have xubuntu 1422:28
knome'uname -a' for kernel information22:28
knome'lsb_release -a' for version information22:28
knome(and there is no "xubuntu 14", only xubuntu 14.04)22:29
nonyaok got it22:29
nonyatrusty22:29
nonyaI have a problem with the last software update the firefox url is blacked out22:30
nonyano matter what i use as addon theme22:31
xanguablacked out¿22:32
nonyahow can i take a picture of desktop to show it22:33
knomepress the print screen button.22:33
nonyadid now how do i post it22:33
knome!imagebin | nonya22:34
ubottunonya: Screenshots can be made with the [PrtScr] button. Want to show us a screenshot of your problem? Upload an image to http://imagebin.org/?page=add and post a link to it.22:34
nonyahttp://imagebin.org/30904622:35
nonyadoes any buddy see what i mean22:37
TatuusHi, how can i adjust the screen brightness? I can't find the slider such as in Ubuntu anywhere :/22:40
nonyado you see knome , ubottu22:42
nonyai can still copy the url but can not see it http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?br22:43
nonyabut not the whole url22:44
nonyabrb22:46
Tatuusany help with the brightness? the "fn" button does not work, so i can't "force" the brightness through keyboard22:48
nonyacan some one help me with this http://imagebin.org/30904622:56
nonyaI have a problem with the last software update the firefox url is blacked out22:57
xanguahave you tried start firefox in safe mode or a fresh profile nonya ?23:01
nonyanot yet how do i do that23:01
nonyaworking on it23:03
xanguanonya: menu button, help icon, restart23:04
nonyastill the same23:04
nonyaxangua, still the same23:06
nonyahttp://imagebin.org/30905423:08
xanguaI saw someone mentioning a similar issue on #firefox23:09
xanguaHe even linked to bugzilla, my current install is ok23:09
nonyahmm it only happened when I updated the software by Xubuntu23:11
krytariknonya, xangua: It's this one: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100550123:20
ubottuMozilla bug 1005501 in Untriaged "Solid coloured rectangles/bars instead of text in address/location bar" [Normal,Unconfirmed]23:20
krytariknonya, xangua: And this is the Launchpad equivalent: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/131492423:22
ubottuLaunchpad bug 1314924 in firefox (Ubuntu) "Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text" [Undecided,New]23:22
nonyalet me look in to it23:23
nonyabeen looking into it23:40
nonyano fix yet23:54
nonyaguess I will go to chrome23:56

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