[01:30] <naught101> Is there any way to force knetworkmanager to preferentially select the strongest known network, when it's trying to connect?
[04:46] <idlazir> huwaaaaamnt
[07:54] <yossarianuk> can you no longer use init=/bin/bash in order to sert your pass ?
[07:54] <yossarianuk> *reset*
[07:58] <valorie> yossarianuk: ubuntu is set up to use sudo, rather than a root passw
[07:59] <valorie> !sudo
[08:00] <alvin> I have 2 services that fail on startup (seen in /var/log/boot.log): The "SMB/CIFS FIle and Active Directory Server", which I don't need, but can't disable, and the "load fallback graphics devices", whatever that is What is that, and how can I disable it?
[08:02] <lordievader> yossarianuk: You can use the recovery mode, from there you can get a root shell.
[08:04] <yossarianuk> lordievader: what about for people who have forgotten the password
[08:06] <valorie> yossarianuk: http://aplawrence.com/Linux/lostlinuxpassword.html might help
[08:06] <lordievader> yossarianuk: What password?
[08:06] <lordievader> Root doesn't have a password. (In Ubuntu)
[08:07] <yossarianuk> it does when you set one
[08:07] <yossarianuk> sudo passwd root.....
[08:08] <yossarianuk> previously with debian/ubuntu I have always had to use init=/bin/bash single to change a forgotten pass.
[08:08] <yossarianuk> (I know I can use the liveCD and chroot to change also)
[08:08] <lordievader> yossarianuk: Not Ubuntu policy. Anyhow grab a live-cd, chroot into the install and change the pw from there.
[08:09] <yossarianuk> done already - just wondering why init=/bin.bash no longer is working....
[08:09] <yossarianuk> but thanks for the help !
[08:12] <lordievader> Doesn't that drop you to a init shell? I.e. with only initrd mounted?
[08:16] <ikonia> no, it should drop you to a normal shell
[08:17] <ikonia> however that is not the way to set the password, booting into single user mode should be fine, unless you have set the root password, in which case it will ask you for the root password in single user mode
[08:17] <ikonia> which is one of the reasons you shouldn't set the root password as it breaks the ubuntu auth system
[08:33] <Walex2> alvin: welcome to the brillian idea of Debian and Ubuntu developers to confufe people by having different names for a daemon, the service that starts it, the package in which it is delivered, and the name with which it appears in messages.
[08:34] <yofel> that's called branding ^^
[08:35] <Walex2> yofel: :-) :-) :-)
[08:36] <Walex2> alvin: try something like: ls -ld /etc/{rc,init}*/*{smb,cifs,ad,samba}* and you may get a name to use in 'update-rc.d'
[08:37] <alvin> lol, Yofel :-)
[08:38] <alvin> update-rc.d. Now, now. And tht in the sytemd era
[08:38] <alvin> The funny part is. I rebooted, and now only the samba thingy is left. The other service? Still no idea, but it didn't fail
[08:39] <alvin> Must have been an issue. You get those with parallell init. That's progress.
[08:40] <alvin> 'SMB/CIFS File and Active Directory Server' is something that is started by samba-ad-dc.conf. I disabled it the Upstart way (.override with 'manual' in it), but it keeps trying to start
[08:41] <alvin> I've also put an override on smbd
[08:41] <alvin> AHA, but nog on nmbd...
[08:41] <alvin> That might do it/ We'll see on next reboot
[08:54] <dd> no kde updates for kubuntu 12.04?
[08:57] <yossarianuk> dd: in a ppa yes
[08:58] <yossarianuk> dd: 4.13 is available - http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kde-sc-4.13
[08:58] <yossarianuk> kde 4.13 = best ye....
[08:58] <yossarianuk> *yet*
[09:13] <Anonymous_> gnome still does not show the applikation icon.  i have copied an icon to /usr/share/icons/hicolor/numxnum/apps/
[09:13] <Anonymous_> to hicolor and oxygen
[09:13] <Anonymous_> for every resolution 16x16 up to 512x512
[09:13] <Walex2> Anonymous_: you should never install stuff in standard places except by using packages...
[09:13] <lordievader> Anonymous_: This is #kubuntu, for question about Gnome #ubuntu is better suited.
[09:14] <Anonymous_> sorry. wrong channel
[09:14] <Walex2> Anonymous_: if it were KDE you would probably have to restart the caching daemon
[09:16] <Anonymous_> Walex2: A package is the next step.
[10:20] <BluesKaj> Howdy all
[14:49] <stokp2> Hello! I am totally miserable.. after leaving my kubuntu 14 install on for a couple of days and having no problems this morning I booted it up again and now it goes directly into text mode... no graphical login... what can it be?
[14:50] <stokp2> only graphical login
[14:51] <stokp2> also when I go to /var/log and do cat syslog | last only a list of files appears... not the last part of the syslog
[15:00] <BluesKaj> stokp2,  sudo nano /var/log/syslog at the VT/TTY
[15:01] <stokp2> I do it with | less now
[15:02] <stokp2> nothing unusuall except for: AGP bridge not found and "none of the nvidia graphic adapters were initialized"
[15:03] <stokp2> could it be I have a hardware problem :(
[15:04] <BluesKaj> yep, your graphics driver doesn't seem to be loading
[15:05] <BluesKaj> try update/upgrade and dist-upgrade at the VT
[15:06] <BluesKaj> and install xserver-xorg-video-ati if needed stokp2
[15:07] <yossarianuk> racooper: thanks also
[15:08] <BluesKaj> ok , stuff to do ...BBL
[15:17] <stokp2> what is vt?
[15:17] <stokp2> why ati? I have nvidia
[15:18] <stokp2> tried the nouveau driver... nothing anymore only recovery mode works now
[15:23] <Glorfindel> vt is Virtual Terminal
[15:24] <Glorfindel> ctrl+alt+f1/f2/f3/f4/f5/f6/
[15:24] <Glorfindel> all open VTs
[15:25] <Glorfindel> on ubuntu anyway
[15:25] <Glorfindel> some other distributions have less
[15:43] <BluesKaj> stokp2,  sorry I misread your graphics post (too many chats on the go) ...nouveau is the default for nvidia and for mst setups it works ok. try nvidia-current if the nouveau driver isn't working
[15:43] <stokp2> thanks
[17:52] <pookito>  sup dudes I need some advice
[17:52] <pookito> [12:41] <pookito> is it possible to install Sabayon on a windows 8 computer?
[17:52] <pookito> [12:44] <pookito> Is it possible to disable the secure boot via Bios?
[17:52] <pookito> sorry
[17:52] <pookito> kubuntu on a windows 8 computer
[17:53] <lordievader> pookito: Should be possible, but I've heard  UEFI can be tricky.
[17:54] <denark> im using kde. when i right clic on what i believe is the desktop (lol), id ont get options to create new files or folders.  and when i do drag folders/files to the desktop, they dont show up.
[17:54] <denark> what needs to be changed?
[18:02] <arpan> denark: i don't have access to kde right now but i think you need to change default desktop type
[18:38] <OsBin> got problem wit hard disk...tryed to install arch linux unlucky and got http://imgur.com/gB2UbjP
[18:40] <OsBin> how to delete sort it out any suggeses?
[18:42] <lordievader> OsBin: This channel is for #kubuntu support, I think Arch is in #arch or #archlinux
[18:43] <genii> !arch
[18:43] <genii> Hm.
 im on kubuntu lad...
[18:44] <OsBin> at the moment
[18:49] <lordievader> Hmm, is it some theme? Not regular Dolphin.
[18:59] <stevelnx> Hi can someone kindly post any commands, instructions or advise regardiing the installation of Gnome to Kubuntu 14.04
[19:00] <genii> My advice is probably not to do it.
[20:26] <awptea> Hey folks. Been near a decade since I've run linux on a desktop/laptop. I have a GT70-894 (MSI) that can't seem to detect the video card. I tried installing the nividia-current package, but the "nvidia-detector" application always says, "none" for video. It seems stuck on the discreet graphics built into the cpu. What else can I try/do to get the video working?
[20:57] <hanasaki1> is there a way to make all of the gui including login screen larger?  this is for display on a 1080P TV about 10+ feet away
[20:58] <lordievader> hanasaki1: You could change the dpi settings, but I'm not sure that is what you want.
[20:59] <hanasaki1> lordievader:  that's what I found with itnernet searching.   this is to be a media gui
[21:00] <hanasaki1> and for some basic email and web surfing