[00:26] having hard time deleting kubuntu [00:26] any help?? [00:51] should I install on 14.04 XBMC Media Center as a basic media codec? [00:52] I don't understand your question, m4 [00:53] oops, m477 [00:53] the media center is a suite of applications [00:53] codecs are for various media formats, and probably `kubuntu-restricted-extras` is what you need [00:57] valorie: thanks for fast answer, but may I ask why just this one> [01:02] addons also are useful to install? [01:04] not sure [01:04] what's in it? [01:04] !info kubuntu-restricted-addons [01:04] kubuntu-restricted-addons (source: ubuntu-restricted-addons): Commonly used restricted packages for Kubuntu. In component multiverse, is optional. Version 20 (trusty), package size 2 kB, installed size 28 kB [01:05] well pff, that is no info [01:05] yes I meant it [01:06] muon will show you what's in the package so you can decide [01:06] sorry, gotta go afk again === meerkat is now known as Guest63373 === woody is now known as Guest38756 [03:27] Hello [03:30] 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] Has anyone else reported anything like this? [03:46] morning [03:46] 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? === TheFakeazneD525 is now known as TheTrueDenza252 === TheTrueDenza252 is now known as TheFakeazneD525 [05:12] 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] maybe just lightdm.conf changes; [05:14] no need to have autologin anymore [05:16] hmm got the greeter screen, but it is the ubuntu default, not the kde greeter anymore [05:17] hmm it says "unable to find /usr/bin/startkde", wtf? [05:22] ahhh [05:22] I have not installed kubuntu-desktop in full I gues [05:22] *guess === tsimpson_ is now known as tsimpson [05:57] Hello === mk is now known as Guest78316 === kubuntu is now known as Guest54403 [07:16] how do u change ur nick name [07:26] !info phonon-backend-vlc [07:26] phonon-backend-vlc (source: phonon-backend-vlc): Phonon VLC backend. In component universe, is optional. Version 0.7.1-1ubuntu3 (trusty), package size 82 kB, installed size 334 kB [07:58] Buenos dias. perdonen si molesto. no habo muy bien Ingles. hay halguien que habla español? [07:59] Español [08:00] !es [08:00] En la mayoría de los canales de Ubuntu, se habla sólo en inglés. Si busca ayuda en español entre al canal #ubuntu-es; escriba "/join #ubuntu-es" (sin comillas) y presione intro. [08:01] muchas gracias ubottu. [08:02] yo buscaba en Kubuntu porque uso Kubuntu y tengo un problema y no estoy seguro que en ubuntu-es me puedan ayudar [08:07] !en [08:07] Certain Ubuntu IRC channels are English only. For a complete list of channels in other languages, please visit https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/ChannelList [08:09] muchas gracias === kubuntu is now known as Guest91071 [08:36] 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] chose the last option in installer menu...and chose the partion you want to install..... [08:40] tanay111_: but it says that it will install on entire hardisk. [08:41] i cant see any windows partition in the after install graph [08:41] tanay111_: kubuntu covers every thing using every other option except the first one [08:46] i think you cant upgrade it to 14.04 from 12.04 directly. [08:46] dragonfly [08:48] from installer menu chose "Something else".. === Tm_Tr is now known as Guest17709 [09:07] oh the dragonfly is gone [09:07] why wouldnt they just upgrade from within the installation I wonder [09:11] I just don't understand how anyone can actually use unity - why is kubuntu so low on distrowatch.org.... [09:11] tanay111_: you can upgrade, altho not using regular release-upgrade until 14.04.1 [09:11] cinnamon is ok - but its like a students cobbled it together in their spare time. [09:12] hmm [09:37] yossarianuk: distrowatch is not a good measure of Kubuntu's popularity [09:37] or for that matter, any distro's popularity IMHO === Guest17709 is now known as Tm_Tr [10:10] 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] Hiyas all === haudegen is now known as Guest43836 === ksinny_ is now known as ksinny [12:13] had issues with kde parted, it aborted grow operations on two partitions. suggestions? [12:13] also, sometimes there is no sound throughout the system afaik [12:16] rcw2, use gparted live cd/media to do your partitioning it's safer and more effective [12:18] oh [12:18] ? [12:19] that's been my experience [12:21] any thoughts on the sound issue? [12:21] can i reset the drivers somehow [12:21] without rebooting [12:22] what's your audio chip in alsamixer? [12:23] no-show [12:23] upper left [12:23] there's some issue, saying 'dummy output' [12:24] in alsamixer [12:24] gnome alsamixer is blank [12:24] nothing showing [12:24] why gnome alsamixer?\ [12:25] BluesKaj, didn't find a kde one [12:25] run aplay -l , pastebin it [12:26] rcw2, the kde alsamixer is default on kubuntu-desktop [12:27] maybe theres a software conflict then http://pastebin.com/9r8uu6Yq [12:27] you think? [12:27] if you're still running gnome/ubuntu then #ubuntu is the place toi ask [12:28] its kubuntu [12:30] strange, muon is not allowing me to remove some packages [12:32] 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] i think there might be a bug in kubuntu similar to this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qapt/+bug/833058 [12:33] Ubuntu bug 833058 in qapt (Ubuntu) "Muon-updater doesn't ask for password" [Undecided,Fix released] [12:33] if you don't want to reboot [12:34] rcw2, use sudo apt-get remove gnome-alsamixer in the terminal [12:34] rcw2: I have that bug, with regards to muon. So do it with apt-get instead [12:37] hi there [12:37] i have a problem with kubuntu 14.04 [12:37] i've installed plasma active from repos [12:38] hateball, thanks for mentioning [12:38] and since then i can't use plasma-nm [12:38] BluesKaj, ok, doing that [12:38] and i've lost desktop notifications [12:38] running plasma-desktop from konsole i see this message: [12:39] Type NotificationDelegate unavailable [12:39] i've tried removing plasma-active packages and reinstalling all plasma related packages [12:40] chgonzalez, try reinstalling kubuntu-desktop [12:41] BluesKaj, i already do that [12:43] can some one help me my ktorrent is not working [12:43] !details | reaper [12:43] reaper: 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) [12:45] it dos not pick it up the ktorrent [12:47] i tryed dowloading transmishion but its the same fire fox dos not pick it up [12:48] reaper, are you choosing the magnetic link or regular torrent file? [12:50] reaper, check the downloads arrow on firefox, you may have click on it to enable the torrentfile in ktorrent [12:51] especially if you use kickasstorrents site [12:53] how do i do that [12:56] 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] no its not [13:00] when you choose a torrent, does a dialog box open asking what to do with the file ? [13:01] yes it dos but ktorrent is not there [13:01] do you get an option "open with" ? [13:02] yes but makes me look for the file [13:03] then look for ktorrent in usr then bin , or /usr/bin/ktorrent [13:03] ok got errands to run ...BBL [13:07] that woked thanks [13:16] any one now whats the beast kde op system [13:19] reaper, what kind of question is that in the kubuntu chat, the answer is kubuntu of course [13:20] I thought the answer was "a dragon" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konqi) [13:22] alvin, I think he meant operating system [13:39] how's grub restored in kubuntu 14.04 [13:40] !restoregrub [13:40] what did you do to grub? [13:40] Lost GRUB after installing Windows? See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreGrub [13:41] my root is /sda5, so do i run grub-install /dev/sda5 [13:41] or grub-install /dev/sda [13:41] BluesKaj, this happened during the kparted issue i might have explained earlier [13:42] then run sudo update-grub [13:43] rebooting to test [13:45] 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] That's not really a nice behavior [13:52] BluesKaj, no, grub still doesn't show up. i see Realtec PCI media error and then some PXE info [13:52] but i can boot from bash1 menu restore cd [13:53] hello [13:53] its not recognizing the harddrive as bootable? [13:58] you have to set the partition that has grub, to bootable [13:58] easy to miss if you are fiddling about with gparted [14:00] 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] BluesKaj, not 14.04 only 13.10 on hand [14:01] rcw2, no matter it will work [14:03] will try [14:15] BluesKaj, can't i run that now === c[_] is now known as doege === doege is now known as doge [14:16] grub-install [14:16] on live cd? [14:16] in the terminal [14:17] im in my normal OS, but as root, not user [14:17] but i see this grub-install: warning: File system `ext2' doesn't support embedding. [14:17] nope you can't run grub on a disk that's in use [14:18] youi have to run it in the terminal on a livecd [14:19] ah [14:23] or grub install at least, you can update-grub from the hdd , but install [14:23] not install [14:23] yeah, update-brug didn't work [14:24] from the hd [14:24] hdd [14:24] rcw2, that's because yopu lost grub when you were repartitioning [14:31] "nope you can't run grub on a disk that's in use" wait what? that cant be right [14:33] rberg_, I qualified it with "install grub" if you read on [14:33] so you cant install grub on a disk thats in use? [14:33] you can run update-grub, but not grub-n=install [14:34] grub-install [14:34] you can definitively reinstall the grub bootloader on a booted system [14:39] from a separate partition running a different OS [14:41] rberg_, perhaps you could tell us the method then, since your'e so definitive about it [14:42] 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] 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] err ' grub-install /dev/sda' [14:44] with /boot mounted [14:45] dunno since he repartitioned and lost grub, so I advised him to run grub-install from a terminal on his live-cd [14:46] ohh is {s,}he booted to a live cd? [14:46] grub-install /dev/sdX , X being the partiton that grub was previously located [14:48] fwiw I just reinstalled grub on the system I am typing on "sudo grub-install /dev/sda" "Installation finished. No error reported." [14:49] 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] rberg_, fine if you're already booted into an OS that had grub installed when you booted [14:51] 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] you will have to bind mount proc sys and dev before chrooting [14:53] no, that's why he needs the livecd , well it amounts to the same thing , only more complicated using the chroot method [14:55] then there's boot-repair which also works quite well [14:57] ahh never used that.. I should check it out [14:58] B-R saved my setup a few times already [14:59] I have a pxe / nfsroot setup over here.. so not totally typical [15:02] as long as you know where grub was installed, then most likely the livecd with terminal will reinstall grub easily enough [15:02] BluesKaj, ? [15:03] sorry, i tried that but it gave an error about being impossible :o [15:03] something about /boot/... [15:04] something about doesn't help me [15:04] rcw2, what did you repartition and for what reason , we need more details [15:05] 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] i also deleted a couple other older installations that were on sda2 under different partitions [15:06] rcw2, do you have windows installed anywhgere on theat drive? [15:06] BluesKaj, i did, but i just deleted that partition [15:06] as well [15:07] any more info about the errors you got while growing the partitions? [15:08] rberg_, just generic kparted had errors... [15:08] thengrub got wiped out with the windows delete, most likely anyway [15:09] BluesKaj, hm, well given the info i gave you, where should the boot flag be, on sda2 or sda5? [15:10] and do you have more suggestions for restoring grub [15:10] just sda [15:11] get your partitons fixed first if you can, using gparted live cd, that's the best method IME [15:11] fixed? [15:13] what is wrong with them? [15:13] do you have them allocated etc and resized to your staisfaction before installing grub [15:13] satisfaction [15:16] BluesKaj, no, but i am dd'ing backups right now before i do that [15:17] do you think you will be around a bit? [15:17] a bit longer [15:22] can i dd while using the partition [15:22] the source partition [15:23] rcw2, http://www.forensicfocus.com/linux-dd-basics [15:27] BBL [15:35] Path ‘/boot/grub...’ is not readable by GRUB on boot. Installation is impossible. Aborting. [15:38] is /boot mounted? [15:41] im trying update-grub method now, when i run update-grub -o what should i name the output file [15:41] rberg_ [15:42] grub.cfg? [15:43] usually you run update-grub without arguments.. [15:43] yeah but that didn't work last time [16:06] nickserv bill === lb is now known as Guest522 [16:06] hello [16:24] hi, it seems like windows was originally installed, then kubuntu added... the main partition is shown as msdos. [16:25] shouldn't matter though, right? how can i get grub going again [16:28] 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] wrong path rcw2 , delete that /boot partition, then make it an ext and install grub to it's new device name [16:34] delete /boot on sda5? [16:34] delete the entire partition? [16:34] or directory? [16:35] why do you have a boot partition, there's no need [16:35] ok, i copied over the partition [16:35] how do i start up from there [16:36] copied ? [16:36] with dd [16:36] why? [16:37] you don't need a boot partition [16:37] well at first to have a backup but to start over outside the boot partition [16:37] no boot backup needed [16:38] how do i skip the boot partition [16:38] or must i delete it [16:38] delete it then reallocte it as an ext partition [16:40] can i just remove the /boot from fstab and not delete it [16:41] well you have enough information now to make a decision on your own [16:42] I'm finished with suggestions [16:50] BluesKaj: thanks for getting me this far [16:51] stop fooling with partitions if you aren't familiar with it, ask for help before doing so...that's my advice [16:53] 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] is this machne 3yrs old or less? [16:54] yes [16:54] but the harddrive may be older [16:55] pastebin a screenshot of your partition table [16:56] kmenu>system>partition manager === bart is now known as Guest47558 [17:00] http://ctrlv.in/341768 [17:01] is that readable? the font looks a bit unclear on my machine [17:03] here's a zoomin: http://ctrlv.in/341770 [17:05] BluesKaj: ^ === haudegen is now known as Guest34062 [17:07] rcw2, as I suggested , run a livecd, open a terminal, sudo grub-install /dev/sda [17:10] then run sudo update-grub [17:11] BluesKaj: yes, i did that but i get the /boot/grub not readable error then you suggested i modify partitions. [17:19] rcw2, do you have gparted live cd , you can fix the sda /boot partititon by using the check/repair option [17:19] BluesKaj: yes, i used that to resize the drives. any other info on check/repair before i boot into it? [17:22] 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] BluesKaj: so i might fix everything in gparted [17:23] without doing anything else [17:23] yes [17:24] question on dd? why would the partition sizes need to be exactly the same [17:25] Because dd is a bitcopy utility. [17:25] brb [17:26] they are just copies atm , once they are rezised then they become actual partitions afaik [17:27] 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] he messed [17:28] lordievader,^ [17:29] Install it from a live-env. [17:29] Grub, I mean. [17:30] yup, that's what he was trying to do [17:30] Ah check. [17:31] the partititon table is messed up [17:38] 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] afraid he may have to sacrifice one of the logicals === MangaKaDenza is now known as TheFakeazneD525 === TheFakeazneD525 is now known as Nagato_Yuki === Nagato_Yuki is now known as TheFakeazneD525 [19:29] 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] All, hope someone out here know how to unravel all the player/codec issues, cause never tried any AV stuff before! [20:38] TBotNik: install mplayer for one and also install ffmpeg and libavcodec [20:39] I think that'd include all or most codecs and any player using mplayer as their backengine will play the video === Haudegen is now known as Guest32065 === Guest83568 is now known as rcw2 [21:51] didn't see a release date for 14.10 on the wikipedia page [21:59] 14.10 is a date :) [21:59] or most of a date [22:23] October, 2014. [22:23] Ususally in the 3rd week of the month, if I recall correctly. [22:25] DarthFrog: ? [22:25] Oh, release day, yes. [22:26] Third Thursday of the month usually about 6pm GMT [22:26] Correct. [22:26] Which would be Oct. 20th this year. [22:27] I'll have to remember to book the release party venue again :) [22:28] No time like the present. Do it, then it's done and off your plate. [22:29] Yup, true. I'm actually headed there tonight to watch the hockey game, I'll take care of it then. [22:30] Which game? [22:30] Kings-Rangers Game 1 [22:31] I just reminded the wife about that, she responded, "Five o'clock and the PVR is set." :-) === haudegen is now known as Guest3855 [22:35] 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] 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] 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] TBotNik: alright [22:36] I'm going to recommend you install phonon-vlc-backent [22:36] d [22:36] er [22:36] sudo apt-get install phonon-vlc-backend --install-suggests [22:36] then, configure Phonon to use VLC instead of GStreamer for backend === pc08 is now known as shakal [22:40] TheFakeazneD525: What is repository, getting "Unable to locate package phonon-vlc-backend [22:40] oh dear [22:40] one sec [22:41] TBotNik: oh, wait [22:41] sudo apt-get install phonon-backend-vlc --install-suggests [22:41] TBotNik: ^ [22:43] 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] Will that do the trick? [22:43] well, if you must use GStreamer, I suppose... [22:43] personally, I still recommend installing phonon-backend-vlc [22:43] as VLC can play nearly anything [22:50] 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] Er, I don't have the time ATM to read it, but I have a quick guide... [22:53] Open system settings, then click multimedia, then audio and video settings, and finally, click the "Backend" Tab [22:53] then, prefer the VLC backend [22:56] 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] 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] odd [22:57] TheFakeazneD525: Any suggestions? [22:57] well, then follow that guide you found... [22:57] or try running the command I posted [22:57] sudo apt-get install phonon-backend-vlc --install-suggests [22:57] in konsole [23:00] Ah, thought I already ran the command from synaptic, but did not! [23:01] Ah, thought I already ran the command from synaptic, but did not! Now I get "Latest version" when I run CLI [23:01] Reopening the Setting dialog [23:03] TheFakeazneD525: It was there now, but have to reboot, so will let you know if I make the round! [23:58] so any one have an idea why i can't use kde with nvidia drivers? [23:59] 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