[00:26] <distressed> having hard time deleting kubuntu
[00:26] <distressed> any help??
[00:51] <m477> should I install on 14.04 XBMC Media Center as a basic media codec?
[00:52] <valorie> I don't understand your question, m4
[00:53] <valorie> oops, m477
[00:53] <valorie> the media center is a suite of applications
[00:53] <valorie> codecs are for various media formats, and probably `kubuntu-restricted-extras` is what you need
[00:57] <m477> valorie: thanks for fast answer, but may I ask why just this one>
[01:02] <m477> addons also are useful to install?
[01:04] <valorie> not sure
[01:04] <valorie> what's in it?
[01:04] <valorie> !info kubuntu-restricted-addons
[01:05] <valorie> well pff, that is no info
[01:05] <m477> yes I meant it
[01:06] <valorie> muon will show you what's in the package so you can decide
[01:06] <valorie> sorry, gotta go afk again
[03:27] <Roguehorse> Hello
[03:30] <Roguehorse> When I start my computer in the morning I get this 20 x 30 pixel blob in the middle of the screen that says it's the plasma desktop in the tray - I'm not sure why this is starting
[03:30] <Roguehorse> Has anyone else reported anything like this?
[03:46] <noaXess> morning
[03:46] <noaXess> in 13.10 dolphin, if i moved over/marked a image i saw the dimensions of it.. now in 14.04 it's gone... any hint to reenable it?
[05:12] <ztane> hi, I had setup autologin in KDE in 1304 already; now after some updates to trusty, I cannot get X session start at all, only get a message box about "/usr/bin/startkde -- not default session" and nothing is started, cannot see the whole message and so, any ideas on how to fix?
[05:14] <ztane> maybe just lightdm.conf changes;
[05:14] <ztane> no need to have autologin anymore
[05:16] <ztane> hmm got the greeter screen, but it is the ubuntu default, not the kde greeter anymore
[05:17] <ztane> hmm it says "unable to find /usr/bin/startkde", wtf?
[05:22] <ztane> ahhh
[05:22] <ztane> I have not installed kubuntu-desktop in full I gues
[05:22] <ztane> *guess
[05:57] <bseekins> Hello
[07:16] <Guest54403> how do u change ur nick name
[07:26] <valorie> !info phonon-backend-vlc
[07:58] <lodrino> Buenos dias. perdonen si molesto. no habo muy bien Ingles. hay halguien que habla español?
[07:59] <lodrino> Español
[08:00] <Unit193> !es
[08:01] <lodrino> muchas gracias ubottu.
[08:02] <lodrino> yo buscaba en Kubuntu porque uso Kubuntu y tengo un problema y no estoy seguro que en ubuntu-es me puedan ayudar
[08:07] <hateball> !en
[08:09] <lodrino> muchas gracias
[08:36] <dragonfly> i am trying to install kubuntu 14.04 dual boot with windows 7 . currently i have ubuntu 12.04 with windows 7, how do i upgrade ubuntu 12.04 to kubuntu 14.04 keeping windows intact? when i tried installing using bootable usb, and chose first option guided... it says it will install a separate partition.. please help..
[08:39] <tanay111_> chose the last option  in installer menu...and chose the partion you want to install.....
[08:40] <dragonfly> tanay111_:  but it says that it will install on entire hardisk.
[08:41] <dragonfly> i cant see any windows partition in the after install graph
[08:41] <dragonfly> tanay111_: kubuntu covers every thing using every other option except the first one
[08:46] <tanay111_> i think you cant upgrade it to 14.04 from 12.04 directly.
[08:46] <tanay111_> dragonfly
[08:48] <tanay111_> from installer menu chose "Something else"..
[09:07] <hateball> oh the dragonfly is gone
[09:07] <hateball> why wouldnt they just upgrade from within the installation I wonder
[09:11] <yossarianuk> I just don't understand how anyone can actually use unity - why is kubuntu so low on distrowatch.org....
[09:11] <hateball> tanay111_: you can upgrade, altho not using regular release-upgrade until 14.04.1
[09:11] <yossarianuk> cinnamon is ok - but its like a students cobbled it together in their spare time.
[09:12] <tanay111_> hmm
[09:37] <shadeslayer> yossarianuk: distrowatch is not a good measure of Kubuntu's popularity
[09:37] <shadeslayer> or for that matter, any distro's popularity IMHO
[10:10] <apapapa> how do i set system wide proxy settings, i have put them manually in proxy system settings with http proxy ip and port, but still i am unable to access net from konsole, i am able to access internet using same proxy setting for browser though
[10:33] <BluesKaj> Hiyas all
[12:13] <rcw2> had issues with kde parted, it aborted grow operations on two partitions.  suggestions?
[12:13] <rcw2> also, sometimes there is no sound throughout the system afaik
[12:16] <BluesKaj> rcw2, use gparted live cd/media to do your partitioning it's safer and more effective
[12:18] <rcw2> oh
[12:18] <rcw2> ?
[12:19] <BluesKaj> that's been my experience
[12:21] <rcw2> any thoughts on the sound issue?
[12:21] <rcw2> can i reset the drivers somehow
[12:21] <rcw2> without rebooting
[12:22] <BluesKaj> what's your audio chip in alsamixer?
[12:23] <rcw2> no-show
[12:23] <BluesKaj> upper left
[12:23] <rcw2> there's some issue, saying 'dummy output'
[12:24] <BluesKaj> in alsamixer
[12:24] <rcw2> gnome alsamixer is blank
[12:24] <rcw2> nothing showing
[12:24] <BluesKaj> why gnome alsamixer?\
[12:25] <rcw2> BluesKaj, didn't find a kde one
[12:25] <BluesKaj> run aplay -l , pastebin it
[12:26] <BluesKaj> rcw2, the kde alsamixer is default on kubuntu-desktop
[12:27] <rcw2> maybe theres a software conflict then http://pastebin.com/9r8uu6Yq
[12:27] <rcw2> you think?
[12:27] <BluesKaj> if you're still running gnome/ubuntu then #ubuntu is the place toi ask
[12:28] <rcw2> its kubuntu
[12:30] <rcw2> strange, muon is not allowing me to remove some packages
[12:32] <BluesKaj> rcw2, then remove gnome-alsamixer, and then run, sudo modprobe snd-hda-intel , there will be no output if the driver loads proiperly. Then run, sudo alsa force-reload, if you want to reboot, but there's no guarantee that last command will stick
[12:33] <rcw2> i think there might be a bug in kubuntu similar to this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qapt/+bug/833058
[12:33] <BluesKaj> if you don't want to reboot
[12:34] <BluesKaj> rcw2, use sudo apt-get remove gnome-alsamixer in the terminal
[12:34] <hateball> rcw2: I have that bug, with regards to muon. So do it with apt-get instead
[12:37] <chgonzalez> hi there
[12:37] <chgonzalez> i have a problem with kubuntu 14.04
[12:37] <chgonzalez> i've installed plasma active from repos
[12:38] <rcw2> hateball, thanks for mentioning
[12:38] <chgonzalez> and since then i can't use plasma-nm
[12:38] <rcw2> BluesKaj, ok, doing that
[12:38] <chgonzalez> and i've lost desktop notifications
[12:38] <chgonzalez> running plasma-desktop from konsole i see this message:
[12:39] <chgonzalez> Type NotificationDelegate unavailable
[12:39] <chgonzalez> i've tried removing plasma-active packages and reinstalling all plasma related packages
[12:40] <BluesKaj> chgonzalez, try reinstalling kubuntu-desktop
[12:41] <chgonzalez> BluesKaj, i already do that
[12:43] <reaper> can some one help me my ktorrent is not working
[12:43] <hateball> !details | reaper
[12:45] <reaper> it dos not pick it up the ktorrent
[12:47] <reaper> i tryed dowloading transmishion but its the same fire fox dos not pick it up
[12:48] <BluesKaj> reaper, are you choosing the magnetic link or regular torrent file?
[12:50] <BluesKaj> reaper, check the downloads arrow on firefox, you may have click on it to enable the torrentfile in ktorrent
[12:51] <BluesKaj> especially if you use kickasstorrents site
[12:53] <reaper> how do i do that
[12:56] <BluesKaj> do you see the arrow pointing down on the right hand side of the menubar in FF?, that's the downloads library, open it to see if the torentfile is located there
[12:57] <reaper> no its not
[13:00] <BluesKaj> when you choose a torrent, does a dialog box open asking what to do with the file ?
[13:01] <reaper> yes it dos but ktorrent is not there
[13:01] <BluesKaj> do you get an option "open with" ?
[13:02] <reaper> yes but makes me look for the file
[13:03] <BluesKaj> then look for ktorrent in usr then bin , or /usr/bin/ktorrent
[13:03] <BluesKaj> ok got errands to run ...BBL
[13:07] <reaper> that woked thanks
[13:16] <reaper> any one now whats the beast kde op system
[13:19] <BluesKaj> reaper, what kind of question is that in the kubuntu chat, the answer is kubuntu of course
[13:20] <alvin> I thought the answer was "a dragon" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konqi)
[13:22] <BluesKaj> alvin, I think he meant operating system
[13:39] <rcw2> how's grub restored in kubuntu 14.04
[13:40] <hateball> !restoregrub
[13:40] <BluesKaj> what did you do to grub?
[13:41] <rcw2> my root is /sda5, so do i run grub-install /dev/sda5
[13:41] <rcw2> or grub-install /dev/sda
[13:41] <rcw2> BluesKaj, this happened during the kparted issue i might have explained earlier
[13:42] <BluesKaj> then run sudo update-grub
[13:43] <rcw2> rebooting to test
[13:45] <hateball> Hmmm, when I cut/paste files through redirected drives in krdc in 14.04 it sometimes... does not copy the files, but it deletes them anyhow
[13:45] <hateball> That's not really a nice behavior
[13:52] <rcw2> BluesKaj, no, grub still doesn't show up.  i see Realtec PCI media error and then some PXE info
[13:52] <rcw2> but i can boot from bash1 menu restore cd
[13:53] <alin_> hello
[13:53] <rcw2> its not recognizing the harddrive as bootable?
[13:58] <hateball> you have to set the partition that has grub, to bootable
[13:58] <hateball> easy to miss if you are fiddling about with gparted
[14:00] <BluesKaj> rcw2, do you have a live cd OS? , if so use that to open a terminal and run sudo grub-install /dev/sdX , X being like /dev/sda or some such
[14:00] <rcw2> BluesKaj, not 14.04 only 13.10 on hand
[14:01] <BluesKaj> rcw2, no matter it will work
[14:03] <rcw2> will try
[14:15] <rcw2> BluesKaj, can't i run that now
[14:16] <rcw2> grub-install
[14:16] <BluesKaj> on live cd?
[14:16] <BluesKaj> in the terminal
[14:17] <rcw2> im in my normal OS, but as root, not user
[14:17] <rcw2> but i see this grub-install: warning: File system `ext2' doesn't support embedding.
[14:17] <BluesKaj> nope you can't run grub on a disk that's in use
[14:18] <BluesKaj> youi have to run it in the terminal on a livecd
[14:19] <rcw2> ah
[14:23] <BluesKaj> or grub install at least, you can update-grub from the hdd , but install
[14:23] <BluesKaj> not install
[14:23] <rcw2> yeah, update-brug didn't work
[14:24] <rcw2> from the hd
[14:24] <rcw2> hdd
[14:24] <BluesKaj> rcw2, that's because yopu lost grub when you were repartitioning
[14:31] <rberg_> "nope you can't run grub on a disk that's in use" wait what? that cant be right
[14:33] <BluesKaj> rberg_, I qualified it with "install grub" if you read on
[14:33] <rberg_> so you cant install grub on a disk thats in use?
[14:33] <BluesKaj> you can run update-grub, but not grub-n=install
[14:34] <BluesKaj> grub-install
[14:34] <rberg_> you can definitively reinstall the grub bootloader on a booted system
[14:39] <BluesKaj> from a separate partition running a different OS
[14:41] <BluesKaj> rberg_, perhaps you could tell us the method then, since your'e so definitive about it
[14:42] <rberg_> sure.. so you are booted into the system directly and need to reinstall the bootloader?  and this is a msdos partition table or gpt with a grub-bios area?
[14:44] <rberg_> also I dont know anything about working with other OS's.. so if you have windowds installed dont do this.. to install grub to sda you would run just ' grub install /dev/sda'
[14:44] <rberg_> err ' grub-install /dev/sda'
[14:44] <rberg_> with /boot mounted
[14:45] <BluesKaj> dunno since he repartitioned and lost grub, so I advised him to run grub-install from a terminal on his live-cd
[14:46] <rberg_> ohh is {s,}he booted to a live cd?
[14:46] <BluesKaj> grub-install /dev/sdX , X being the partiton that grub was previously located
[14:48] <rberg_> fwiw I just reinstalled grub on the system I am typing on "sudo grub-install /dev/sda" "Installation finished. No error reported."
[14:49] <BluesKaj> rberg_, where would run grub-install from on a booted OS that doesn't have a grub installation, other than a live cd/media or a separate OS on the same HDD
[14:51] <BluesKaj> rberg_, fine if you're already booted into an OS that had grub installed when you booted
[14:51] <rberg_> ohh I thought you were booted already.. my mistake.. you can boot another linux os and chroot in the one you want to boot
[14:52] <rberg_> you will have to bind mount proc sys and dev before chrooting
[14:53] <BluesKaj> no, that's why he needs the livecd , well it amounts to the same thing , only more complicated using the chroot method
[14:55] <BluesKaj> then there's boot-repair which also works quite well
[14:57] <rberg_> ahh never used that.. I should check it out
[14:58] <BluesKaj> B-R saved my setup a few times already
[14:59] <rberg_> I have a pxe / nfsroot setup over here.. so not totally typical
[15:02] <BluesKaj> as long as you know where grub was installed, then most likely the livecd with terminal will reinstall grub easily enough
[15:02] <rcw2> BluesKaj, ?
[15:03] <rcw2> sorry, i tried that but it gave an error about being impossible :o
[15:03] <rcw2> something about /boot/...
[15:04] <BluesKaj> something about doesn't help me
[15:04] <BluesKaj> rcw2, what did you repartition and for what reason , we need more details
[15:05] <rcw2> BluesKaj, i have sda2 which contains sda5 (root) and sda6(home).  i was just trying to grow both sda5 and 6, but got errors, then grub menu was gone
[15:06] <rcw2> i also deleted a couple other older installations that were on sda2 under different partitions
[15:06] <BluesKaj> rcw2, do you have windows installed anywhgere on theat drive?
[15:06] <rcw2> BluesKaj, i did, but i just deleted that partition
[15:06] <rcw2> as well
[15:07] <rberg_> any more info about the errors you got while growing the partitions?
[15:08] <rcw2> rberg_, just generic kparted had errors...
[15:08] <BluesKaj> thengrub got wiped out with the windows delete, most likely anyway
[15:09] <rcw2> BluesKaj, hm, well given the info i gave you, where should the boot flag be, on sda2 or sda5?
[15:10] <rcw2> and do you have more suggestions for restoring grub
[15:10] <BluesKaj> just sda
[15:11] <BluesKaj> get your partitons fixed first if you can, using gparted live cd, that's the best method IME
[15:11] <rcw2> fixed?
[15:13] <rcw2> what is wrong with them?
[15:13] <BluesKaj> do you have them allocated etc and resized to your staisfaction before installing grub
[15:13] <BluesKaj> satisfaction
[15:16] <rcw2> BluesKaj, no, but i am dd'ing backups right now before i do that
[15:17] <rcw2> do you think you will be around a bit?
[15:17] <rcw2> a bit longer
[15:22] <rcw2> can i dd while using the partition
[15:22] <rcw2> the source partition
[15:23] <BluesKaj> rcw2, http://www.forensicfocus.com/linux-dd-basics
[15:27] <BluesKaj> BBL
[15:35] <rcw2> Path ‘/boot/grub...’ is not readable by GRUB on boot. Installation is impossible. Aborting.
[15:38] <rberg_> is /boot mounted?
[15:41] <rcw2> im trying update-grub method now, when i run update-grub -o what should i name the output file
[15:41] <rcw2> rberg_
[15:42] <rcw2> grub.cfg?
[15:43] <rberg_> usually you run update-grub without arguments..
[15:43] <rcw2> yeah but that didn't work last time
[16:06] <lb> nickserv bill
[16:06] <Guest522> hello
[16:24] <rcw2> hi, it seems like windows was originally installed, then kubuntu added... the main partition is shown as msdos.
[16:25] <rcw2> shouldn't matter though, right? how can i get grub going again
[16:28] <rcw2> im in live cd and ive mounted the root drive and run grub-install there, but it says Path `/boot/grub' is not readable by GRUB on boot. Installation is impossible. Aborting.
[16:32] <BluesKaj> wrong path rcw2 , delete that /boot partition, then make it an ext and install grub to it's new device name
[16:34] <rcw2> delete /boot on sda5?
[16:34] <rcw2> delete the entire partition?
[16:34] <rcw2> or directory?
[16:35] <BluesKaj> why do you have a boot partition, there's no need
[16:35] <rcw2> ok, i copied over the partition
[16:35] <rcw2> how do i start up from there
[16:36] <BluesKaj> copied ?
[16:36] <rcw2> with dd
[16:36] <BluesKaj> why?
[16:37] <BluesKaj> you don't need a boot partition
[16:37] <rcw2> well at first to have a backup but to start over outside the boot partition
[16:37] <BluesKaj> no boot backup needed
[16:38] <rcw2> how do i skip the boot partition
[16:38] <rcw2> or must i delete it
[16:38] <BluesKaj> delete it then reallocte it as an ext partition
[16:40] <rcw2> can i just remove the /boot from fstab and not delete it
[16:41] <BluesKaj> well you have enough information now to make a decision on your own
[16:42] <BluesKaj> I'm finished with suggestions
[16:50] <rcw2> BluesKaj: thanks for getting me this far
[16:51] <BluesKaj> stop fooling with partitions if you aren't familiar with it, ask for help before doing so...that's my advice
[16:53] <rcw2> that's what i want to do, stop modifying partitions and just have the machine go straight to the ext4 kubuntu partition, ignoring any windows bootloader if there still is any
[16:54] <BluesKaj> is this machne 3yrs old or less?
[16:54] <rcw2> yes
[16:54] <rcw2> but the harddrive may be older
[16:55] <BluesKaj> pastebin a screenshot of your partition table
[16:56] <BluesKaj> kmenu>system>partition manager
[17:00] <rcw2> http://ctrlv.in/341768
[17:01] <rcw2> is that readable?  the font looks a bit unclear on my machine
[17:03] <rcw2> here's a zoomin: http://ctrlv.in/341770
[17:05] <rcw2> BluesKaj: ^
[17:07] <BluesKaj> rcw2, as I suggested , run a livecd, open a terminal, sudo grub-install /dev/sda
[17:10] <BluesKaj> then run sudo update-grub
[17:11] <rcw2> BluesKaj: yes, i did that but i get the /boot/grub not readable error then you suggested i modify partitions.
[17:19] <BluesKaj> rcw2, do you have gparted live cd , you can fix the sda /boot partititon by using the check/repair option
[17:19] <rcw2> BluesKaj: yes, i used that to resize the drives.  any other info on check/repair before i boot into it?
[17:22] <BluesKaj> the reason is you used dd to backup the partition and i'm sure the sizes werent't exactly the same from if to of , therefore the check option on those partitions youi dd'd
[17:23] <rcw2> BluesKaj: so i might fix everything in gparted
[17:23] <rcw2> without doing anything else
[17:23] <BluesKaj> yes
[17:24] <rcw2> question on dd?  why would the partition sizes need to be exactly the same
[17:25] <lordievader> Because dd is a bitcopy utility.
[17:25] <rcw2> brb
[17:26] <BluesKaj> they are just copies atm , once they are rezised then they become actual partitions afaik
[17:27] <BluesKaj> her messed up his partitions, not researching first how to do it correctly , now he lost grub , but can't install it because he's getting boot errors
[17:28] <BluesKaj> he  messed
[17:28] <BluesKaj> lordievader,^
[17:29] <lordievader> Install it from a live-env.
[17:29] <lordievader> Grub, I mean.
[17:30] <BluesKaj> yup, that's what he was trying to do
[17:30] <lordievader> Ah check.
[17:31] <BluesKaj> the partititon table is messed up
[17:38] <lordievader> Oeh, that is less. I've had that once. There is not really a simple way of getting that back. Supposedly this is easier with GPT disk since the partition table is in two places.
[17:40] <BluesKaj> afraid he may have to sacrifice one of the logicals
[19:29] <TBotNik> All, can not get movies to play on my kubuntu 12.04 LTS desktop.  Wrote this up at:  http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubuntu-linux/201626-video-player-2.html#post951814
[19:30] <TBotNik> All, hope someone out here know how to unravel all the player/codec issues, cause never tried any AV stuff before!
[20:38] <bprompt> TBotNik:    install     mplayer for one  and also install   ffmpeg and libavcodec
[20:39] <bprompt> I think that'd include all or most codecs and any player using mplayer as their backengine will play the video
[21:51] <rcw2> didn't see a release date for 14.10 on the wikipedia page
[21:59] <rberg_> 14.10 is a date :)
[21:59] <rberg_> or most of a date
[22:23] <DarthFrog> October, 2014.
[22:23] <DarthFrog> Ususally in the 3rd week of the month, if I recall correctly.
[22:25] <genii> DarthFrog: ?
[22:25] <genii> Oh, release day, yes.
[22:26] <genii> Third Thursday of the month usually about 6pm GMT
[22:26] <DarthFrog> Correct.
[22:26] <DarthFrog> Which would be Oct. 20th this year.
[22:27] <genii> I'll have to remember to book the release party venue again :)
[22:28] <DarthFrog> No time like the present.  Do it, then it's done and off your plate.
[22:29] <genii> Yup, true. I'm actually headed there tonight to watch the hockey game, I'll take care of it then.
[22:30] <DarthFrog> Which game?
[22:30] <genii> Kings-Rangers Game 1
[22:31] <DarthFrog> I just reminded the wife about that, she responded, "Five o'clock and the PVR is set."  :-)
[22:35] <TBotNik> All, Repeating request!! Can not get movies to play on my kubuntu 12.04 LTS desktop.  Wrote this up at: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubuntu-linux/201626-video-player-2.html#post951814  All, hope someone out here knows how to unravel all the player/codec issues, cause never tried any AV stuff before!  Wilee-nilee, from the "#ubuntu" channel had me load the restricted extras with HOWTO at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats but loading
[22:35] <TBotNik> these has not changed the operation of any of my loaded players.  Still getting all the original errors!  Also "bprompt" from the "#kubuntu" channel suggested I do a fresh install of mplayer, ffmpeg and libavcodec so did so with cmd "apt-get -f install mplayer libxine1-ffmpeg gxine mencoder mpeg2dec vorbis-tools id3v2 mpg321 mpg123 libflac++6 ffmpeg totem-mozilla icedax tagtool easytag id3tool lame nautilus-script-audio-convert libmad0 libjpeg-progs flac
[22:35] <TBotNik> faac faad sox ffmpeg2theora libmpeg2-4 uudeview flac libmpeg3-1 mpeg3-utils mpegdemux liba52-0.7.4-dev libquicktime2".  I had to leave libavcodec off as it kept erroring with "not found", so do not have the right repository for this or it has been version superceded!
[22:35] <TheFakeazneD525> TBotNik: alright
[22:36] <TheFakeazneD525> I'm going to recommend you install phonon-vlc-backent
[22:36] <TheFakeazneD525> d
[22:36] <TheFakeazneD525> er
[22:36] <TheFakeazneD525> sudo apt-get install phonon-vlc-backend --install-suggests
[22:36] <TheFakeazneD525> then, configure Phonon to use VLC instead of GStreamer for backend
[22:40] <TBotNik> TheFakeazneD525: What is repository, getting "Unable to locate package phonon-vlc-backend
[22:40] <TheFakeazneD525> oh dear
[22:40] <TheFakeazneD525> one sec
[22:41] <TheFakeazneD525> TBotNik: oh, wait
[22:41] <TheFakeazneD525> sudo apt-get install phonon-backend-vlc --install-suggests
[22:41] <TheFakeazneD525> TBotNik: ^
[22:43] <TBotNik> TheFakeazneD525:  I found cmd "apt-get install gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3 gstreamer0.10-gnonlin gstreamer0.10-sdl gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly totem-plugins-extra gstreamer-dbus-media-service gstreamer-tools ubuntu-restricted-extras ttf-mscorefonts-installer" at:  http://debianhelp.wordpress.com/2012/11/10/to-do-list-after-installing-ubuntu-12-04-lts-aka-precise-pangolin/
[22:43] <TBotNik> Will that do the trick?
[22:43] <TheFakeazneD525> well, if you must use GStreamer, I suppose...
[22:43] <TheFakeazneD525> personally, I still recommend installing phonon-backend-vlc
[22:43] <TheFakeazneD525> as VLC can play nearly anything
[22:50] <TBotNik> TheFakeazneD525: I checked in synaptic and VLC was already install the the "phonon-backend-vlc" was listed so have it installing now.  I found a HOWTO at: https://wirejungle.wordpress.com/2010/08/10/switch-to-phonon-vlc-for-better-sound-in-kde/   Is this a good one to follow?
[22:51] <TheFakeazneD525> Er, I don't have the time ATM to read it, but I have a quick guide...
[22:53] <TheFakeazneD525> Open system settings, then click multimedia, then audio and video settings, and finally, click the "Backend" Tab
[22:53] <TheFakeazneD525> then, prefer the VLC backend
[22:56] <el_le> i recently installed an nvidia card + the drivers from their website. I installed kde-full on ubuntu, and it's freezing up when loading. which logs should i be looking at?
[22:56] <TBotNik> TheFakeazneD525: Hey phonon installed so I went to:  'KDE Start' + 'Settings' + 'System Settings' + 'Hardware' + 'Multimedia' + 'Audio and Video Settings' and when I click the 'Backend' tab only GStreamer is available and there is not "ADD" option to bring in VLC!
[22:57] <TheFakeazneD525> odd
[22:57] <TBotNik> TheFakeazneD525: Any suggestions?
[22:57] <TheFakeazneD525> well, then follow that guide you found...
[22:57] <TheFakeazneD525> or try  running the command I posted
[22:57] <TheFakeazneD525> sudo apt-get install phonon-backend-vlc --install-suggests
[22:57] <TheFakeazneD525> in konsole
[23:00] <TBotNik> Ah, thought I already ran the command from synaptic, but did not!
[23:01] <TBotNik> Ah, thought I already ran the command from synaptic, but did not! Now I get "Latest version" when I run CLI
[23:01] <TBotNik> Reopening the Setting dialog
[23:03] <TBotNik> TheFakeazneD525: It was there now, but have to reboot, so will let you know if I make the round!
[23:58] <el_le> so any one have an idea why i can't use kde with nvidia drivers?
[23:59] <rcw2> using supergrubdisk.org i get to a prompt where i can type startx which starts my kubuntu as root.  are there options for startx to attempt to login as user