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xubuntu350Hey I was wondering if someone could help me. For some reason whenever I load any Linux distro my USB 2.0 ports don't work but my USB 3.0 ports DO work. Any ideas?03:16
xubuntu350I have to plug my mouse and keyboard into USB 3.0 ports to get them to work03:17
cwideHey I was wondering if someone could help me. For some reason whenever I load any Linux distro my USB 2.0 ports don't work but my USB 3.0 ports DO work. Any ideas?03:20
Cornholiohi there, i've installed current xubuntu from the ubuntu minicd and the desktop itself does not start properly. mostly black screen but sometimes there seems to flash parts of a login screen. I have to admit that my linux skills are not really up to date as it has been about 10 years ago when I last worked with linux a little bit more intense... Is there any idea how to track this down? I've (re)installed xfce4 and xubuntu-desktop via ap07:13
Cornholiono1?07:36
bullgard4Cornholio: "Cornholiohi there, i've installed current xubuntu from the ubuntu minicd and the desktop itself does not start properly. " Please analyze /var/log/syslog and ~/.xsession-errors. If then you cannot think of counter measures, please report the error messages that you encountered.07:42
kostexdon't know if it's the right channel, but please forgive me if is is..   is there a command to check if I have my secondary screen connected? (to be able to use it in a shell script)07:54
bullgard4kostex: Try '~$ xrandr'.07:58
kostexthanks bullgard4! Ofcourse! silly me!07:59
kostexxrandr | grep LVDS-1-0 | cut -d' ' -f2      WIN!08:03
Cornholiothank you bullgard4, I'm quite lost. ;) The syslog does not give me any hints and I do not have a xsession-errors file in my ~/08:09
bullgard4Cornholio: Mind the dot at the beginning.08:16
bullgard4(It's a "hidden" file.08:17
bullgard4)08:17
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Cornholioyes, I did mind that ;)08:18
Cornholio~/.xsession-errors08:18
Cornholioas it it a clean install, maybe installing xubuntu and not ubuntu with minicd and then installing xubuntu desktop is a better solution? TRhe only problem is that it is a X21 Thinkpad which only has a CD Drive and the 14.04 does not fit on a CD ;)08:20
bullgard4Yes. - So you better copy your /var/log/syslog to a nopaste service and ask a good friend to be so kind to scutinize it.08:20
bullgard4Cornholio: I do not think that "installing xubuntu and not ubuntu with minicd and then installing xubuntu desktop" makes much difference. But if you cannot find the reason for your black screens it may be worth a try.08:22
bullgard4I'd prefer installing Xubuntu at once, though.08:26
Cornholiome 2 but I'd like to have 14.04 and as there is no image for 14.04 which fits on CD I tried die MiniCD08:27
bullgard4Cornholio: Yes, you needed a solution which fits into a CD.08:28
CornholioI'll try xubuntu 12.04.4 then as 13.04 also is 789MB08:30
koegsCornholio: ist the x21 able to boot from usb?08:32
Cornholioyes, but not from usb-sticks ;)08:32
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gryWeird. I try an icon theme for lightdm and they all act up at the lightdm screen. What is the default lightdm icon theme?10:53
Unit193elementary-xfce-dark10:55
gryThanks. I used "elementary-xfce" and it worked. :-) What about making the list of users selecteable instead of scrolleable?10:57
brainwashgry: feel free to file a feature request -> https://launchpad.net/lightdm-gtk-greeter11:05
gryOkay, thanks.11:07
gryIs it an in-ubuntu tool though? Is this the primary bug tracker for this software? I was assuming that launchpad is only for distro bugs, i.e. if the issue is within a software itself, it's filed elsewhere.11:09
Unit193That's the project page, not the Ubuntu source page.11:10
gryI see. Thanks.11:11
knomegry, what issue isn't within software itself? anyway, you can file any bugs against the ubuntu packages, they'll be forwarded in most cases11:18
knomeor cross-tracked11:18
knomebbl11:18
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Guest24532heyho, i have a bugreport, don't know where to put it11:59
cfhowlett!bug|Guest2453212:00
ubottuGuest24532: 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.12:00
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pumkashGood morning people, what's going on?12:05
cfhowlettpumkash ask you ubuntu questions12:05
pumkashI don't have any right now.12:06
mokratesfound, thanks12:07
mokratesbye12:07
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CrypticByteQuestion, does anyone know if there is a way in Xubuntu to have a global menu like it is with Ubuntu12:28
gryhow global should it be?12:31
CrypticBytejust like on ubuntu, every window instead of having file, view, etc it will be on the main top pannel12:31
brainwashthere is indicator-appmenu, but it does not work properly in Xubuntu12:34
brainwashother solutions seem to be outdated/broken12:34
CrypticByteah ok well I suppose I'll just learn how to properly use ubuntu then :P its the one feature that ubuntu has that I refuse to give up :P I suppose everyone has a feature or two that hooks them into their distro12:35
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gryI'm reading the documentation: at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Roadmap I don't really see what's planned or what the todo is. It's an almost empty page.13:03
brainwashgry: that's a question for #xubuntu-devel13:08
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xubuntu204hello?13:37
xubuntu204I need help with my  xfce panel. I was messing around with the settings and changed it to the maximum size. Now it's filling my whole screen and windows are trapped behind it. Please help!13:40
paolo"Close multiple terminals? this tab has sseveral terminals open. closing the tab will also close all terminals within it." clicking on "Close terminals" does nothing (the terminals stay open)13:40
paoloi use terminator. is it a terminator issue or xubuntu?13:40
xubuntu204xubuntu.13:40
paolook, should i open an issue on the bugtracker then?13:41
xubuntu204idk, im new to linux.13:41
dan4dmhi all. trying to install Xubuntu (14.04 amd64) from DVD on my new thinkpad T440p. "Check disk for errors" works fine. "Install Xubuntu" does some disk access then hangs with a "xubuntu" splash and a spinning wheel. what should I try please?14:38
pumkashI'm back!14:44
pumkashWhat's up Xubuntu users!14:45
dan4dmpumkash: well hello. I wonder if you can advise: I'm trying to install Xubuntu (14.04 amd64) from DVD on my new thinkpad T440p. "Check disk for errors" works fine. "Install Xubuntu" does some disk access then hangs with a "xubuntu" splash and a spinning wheel. what should I try please?14:45
pumkashdan4dm:  I could only think of 2 things.   You have a bad copy of Xubuntu or you need to replace your DVD burner.14:48
GridCube!uefi | dan4dm14:48
ubottudan4dm: UEFI is a specification that defines a software interface between an operating system and platform firmware. It is meant as a replacement for the BIOS. For information on how to set up and install Ubuntu and its derivatives on UEFI machines please read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI14:48
GridCubedan4dm, ^14:48
pumkashWhat is uefi?14:49
GridCubepumkash, read what ubottu said14:49
dan4dmGridCube: gosh. thanks.14:49
pumkashOk.14:49
pumkashLet me Google it.14:49
GridCubesound like a plan :)14:49
pumkashLOL14:49
gryhrmz, what a novel concept14:50
GridCubenot really tho, uefi and efi is being a head pain for a long time now14:54
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grysynaptic doesn't open from the menu or commandline, but if i prefix its command with gksu or sudo, it opens ok; how do i make it open from the menu too?14:58
gryhm, i reinstalled it, same issue15:10
brainwashgry: try synaptic-pkexec15:12
gryit asks which user to run it as; no way i use this prompt every time15:13
dan4dmhmm, I can't find how to "Disable Acceleration from Intel RST", in this BIOS?15:13
brainwashgry: is it a graphical prompt?15:14
gryno, it is text prompt15:14
dan4dmno wait, I found RST. It's SRT (!) I can't find, "Intel Smart Response Technology"15:15
brainwashgry: this means that polkit-gnome-authentication-agent isn't started automatically on session start15:15
grycan i uninstall that agent please15:15
brainwashwhy would you want to do this?15:16
brainwashthe agent provides the graphical prompt15:16
gryi wouldn't like a prompt to appear in the first place, it would be nice if it just started as the current user15:16
brainwashbut you cannot run synaptic as normal user15:17
elfyyou can - it's just pointless15:21
grywhat specifically is responsible for running apps with privileges just when they need it?15:22
xubuntu038hi15:46
wrongplacehi, I have torified all traffic in/from my computer. THats not a problem if I know the router's number of identification and possword. THe problema rises in college, there I have to log in to get access to internet, but I cannot reach the log in page while torified. WHat I now do is in firefox: connect with no proxy, log in, and proxify all, given that "http_proxy=";" does not work. Is there any easier workaround?16:49
wrongplacei tried to mark the page as an exception in the proxy settings, that didnt work16:52
dan4dmis "LiveCD" still a thing for ubuntu installers? is it part of the standard desktop amd64 xubuntu image? (still failing to install on this thinkpad t440p)17:21
slickymasterWorkdan4dm: xubuntu image doesn't fit in a CD anymore, you can either produce a LiveDVD or a LiveUSB with the image though17:22
dan4dmslickymasterWork: thanks. "you can produce" means there's something special to do to make LiveDVD, or just burn the image?17:24
slickymasterWorkjust burn, dan4dm, if you're going with a DVD ;)17:25
dan4dmok thanks!17:25
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dan4dmok, in case anyone cares: installing on T440p seems to require answer #15 here: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/246834 (i.e. acpi=off boot option)17:48
slickymasterWorkthanks for the heads up dan4dm17:52
pavlosliveCD xubuntu 14.04 popped task manager, tried to resize columns (processname, pid, cpu) not able to ... is that a known issue?17:53
docsaintlyHello All. I usually run teamviewer for remote and I've been fiddling to get the headless display to be a higher resolution. It's not coming up now, so I'd like to VNC into the existing desktop to see what's going on. I'm running: x11vnc -display :0 -auth ~/.Xauthority and it's giving me the "XOpenDisplay("") failed.19:56
docsaintly" error19:56
docsaintlyany ideas?19:56
holsteindocsaintly: if i could plug a monitor in, i would and save lots of time.. ssh'd into my machine, i can run "x11vnc -usepw -forever -rfbport #### -geometry 1366x768" to start a vnc session19:59
docsaintlyholstein: even tried that and it still says it can't open a display :\20:01
holsteindocsaintly: as i said, i would just plug in a monitor, if at all possible.. but, what are the errors? do you have a firewall up? if so, remove it from the equation20:04
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docsaintlyscreen -x20:08
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holsteindocsaintly: freind, you are in the IRC channel trying to issue commands..20:09
docsaintlyholstein: sorry - my screen is quite corrupted right now. my apologies for the spam20:09
docsaintlybasically, I went over and plugged in a screen and it would appear the ogin screen has hung up, it's probably due to the configuration I tried to apply20:10
pavlosliveCD xubuntu 14.04 popped task manager, tried to resize columns (task, pid, cpu) not able to ... is that a known issue?20:23
brainwashpavlos: don't think that this is a known issue20:26
brainwashsee https://bugzilla.xfce.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=__open__&product=Xfce4-taskmanager20:26
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pavlosbrainwash, thanks ... bug 8788 describes what I see, after you resize a col and sort, they go back to original size.21:52
ubottubug 8788 in iso-codes (Ubuntu) "Changed to Spanish name" [Low,Fix released] https://launchpad.net/bugs/878821:52
pavlosbrainwash, https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8788 ... the bot picked up some other bug21:54
ubottubugzilla.xfce.org bug 8788 in General "Column sizes are being reseted when sorting processes" [Normal,New]21:54
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faoziazizhelllo23:00
faoziazizwhy i can't using proxy setting in xubuntu23:00
pawella23:36
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