[00:58]  * RedDeath Back
[02:19] <writing_novel> Can I ask a quick question here
[02:20] <writing_novel> bluesabre gave me this one liner:
[02:20] <writing_novel> xfce4-panel --quit; killall xfconfd; cp /etc/xdg/xfce4/panel/default.xml ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml && sleep 2 && (xfconfd &) && (xfce4-panel &)
[02:20] <writing_novel> and it worked to give me the look and feel I wanted, except that it gave me an error about xfconfd not existing
[02:20] <writing_novel> any ideas?
[02:37] <writing_novel> aloysius!
[03:14] <e87hd> I am having DNS issues
[03:14] <e87hd> it is taking a long time to resolve IP's
[03:15] <e87hd> I am running 14.04
[03:15] <e87hd> I am using google's public DNS servers to test them
[03:15] <e87hd> but no matter which DNS server I use, I experience the same behaviour
[03:16] <Unit193> How are you testing?
[03:16] <e87hd> with firefox
[03:16] <Unit193> ;; Query time: 52 msec   ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)
[03:16] <Unit193> Try dig.
[03:16] <e87hd> and nslookup
[03:16] <e87hd> also
[03:16] <e87hd> when I tried to connect to irc
[03:17] <e87hd> it could not resolve irc.freenode.net
[03:17] <e87hd> nslookup could not as well
[03:17] <e87hd> I think it has something to do with resolver.conf
[03:17] <e87hd> but I dont know enough about it
[03:18] <Unit193> resolv.conf, and you're likely using resolvconf which is a cache.  I used dig @8.8.8.8 google.com  to test.
[03:18] <Unit193> See also http://docs.xubuntu.org/1404/internet-networks.html#network-troubleshooting
[03:18] <Unit193> !resolvconf
[03:18] <Unit193> xubuntu651: Hello.
[03:20] <xubuntu651> hi guys..why whenever I click on the whisker menu my PC turns to black screen then profile login menu again
[03:22] <e87hd> ok
[03:22] <e87hd> so, right now I am getting time outs when I ping google.com
[03:22] <e87hd> if I ping 8.8.8.8 it is working
[03:24] <e87hd> it also just takes a very long time to surf the web
[03:24] <e87hd> as every page I go to seems to take forever to load
[03:25] <e87hd> and the status bar in FF says, "Looking up $website ..."
[03:33] <e87hd> I found this article that might resolve my issue http://askubuntu.com/questions/134578/slow-wired-connection-dns-issue
[03:33] <e87hd> I just don't know how to implement it
[10:19] <xubuntu427> hi guys..I tried everything in the forums to solve my xubntu login loop
[10:19] <xubuntu427> still to no avail
[10:53] <ObrienDave> what login loop?
[11:29] <xubuntu694> hello
[11:29] <xubuntu694> anyone online?
[11:29] <ObrienDave> nope
[11:29] <garandil> we're offline at the moment
[11:29] <xubuntu694> daamn..
[11:30] <ObrienDave> nobody home but us chickens ;P
[11:31] <xubuntu694> quick question, does anyone know how to update bios on xubunut? my netbook can't charge the battery unless i update bios..
[11:31] <garandil> should be able to do flash from USB
[11:33] <ObrienDave> most BIOS flash utilities are meant to be run from USB stick or floppies
[11:33] <xubuntu694> I think the bios update was made for windows os , will it be a problem?
[11:33] <ObrienDave> shouldn't be an issue
[11:34] <xubuntu694> thank you very much i will try to do that
[11:36] <garandil> It might not be able to interact with the HW via Wine
[11:36] <garandil> USB flashing would be the safest way to go as BIOS upgrades potentially can brick your computer
[11:54] <xubuntu916> when updating bios from usb, what format does it have to be, in order to be booted?
[11:55] <garandil> The current BIOS should have a flash option
[11:55] <ObrienDave> umm, it should be transferred to USB as an image file. likely with unetbootin, yumi, etc.
[11:56] <garandil> Where it can read *.bin files from a certain FS type of USB storage
[11:58] <xubuntu916> so these .exe files should be transfered into .iso?
[11:59] <ObrienDave> noooo, they might be windows executable. i've seen that before
[12:07] <xubuntu916> Hopefully I won't destroy BIOS completely.. but before I do it. Does anyone know how to get rid of the netbook battery problem? I have gor Acer aspire on 521, before switching to xubuntu, laptop was running on win 7 and I was able to charge my battery. Now when the cable is out, laptop switches off immediately.
[12:08] <ObrienDave> could be a bad battery. they don't last forever especially if left on the charger for months at a time
[12:08] <ObrienDave> killed more than one battery that way
[12:16] <xubuntu916> you might be right, however plenty of acer/ubuntu users had the same problem http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1558296&page=2&p=10126099#post10126099    however due to my limited knowledge i dont know how to install these patches https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15707    on kernel
[12:21] <xubuntu916> if anyone could explain me in a simple way how to put this patch through kernel i would be grateful
[12:23] <lakechfoma> hey so i had the live cd running on a laptop which i then (without thinking) closed and removed the drive
[12:23] <knome> "simple way", "patch through kernel"? nope.
[12:24] <lakechfoma> upon opening the machine i realized that A i didnt need the live OS anymore and B it probably wouldnt work right anyway
[12:24] <lakechfoma> so i shut it down
[12:24] <lakechfoma> the shut down hung
[12:24] <lakechfoma> so ye olde truste "hold down the power button" ensued
[12:24] <lakechfoma> but that does nothing.
[12:25] <lakechfoma> how is that possible and what do i do?
[12:29] <ObrienDave> hold the button down longer?
[13:06] <byt3bl33d3r> hi
[13:07] <byt3bl33d3r> does anyone now how to change the background of xflock?
[13:09] <Azelphur> byt3bl33d3r: I don't know the answer, but I have a point in the right direction, xflock isn't actually a lock screen, it just invokes whatever you have installed (light-locker, xscreensaver, etc)
[13:10] <Azelphur> I think light-locker is the default, so you probably wanna search around for changing the background of light-locker, rather than xflock.
[13:14] <byt3bl33d3r> Azelphur : ah ok thanks.. i had to remove light-locker because it kept crashing X for some reason.. so now i have gnome-screensaver
[13:14] <Azelphur> righto, then yea you'll wanna research changing it for gnome-screensaver
[13:17] <cfhowlett> byt3bl33d3r, lightlocker and screensaver definitely have conflict potential.
[13:17] <Azelphur> cfhowlett: he said he removed it
[13:18] <cfhowlett> Azelphur, ah. thanks.
[13:19] <cfhowlett> Azelphur, I've got ubuntustudio = xubuntu + lightlocker and xscreensaver.  xubuntu recommends xscreensaver removal.
[13:19] <Azelphur> I use xscreensaver myself, light locker seems to nuke my audio
[13:19] <Azelphur> which I'm unsure is a feature or a bug
[13:19] <ObrienDave> feature ;P
[13:23] <ochosi> Azelphur: http://xubuntu.org/news/screen-locking-in-xubuntu-14-04/
[13:24] <Azelphur> ochosi: feature then, cool :)
[13:30] <byt3bl33d3r> ok im stuck lol
[13:30] <byt3bl33d3r> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNOME_tips#Change_gnome-screensaver_background
[13:31] <byt3bl33d3r> /usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds/gnome doesnt exisist on my system
[13:31] <byt3bl33d3r> neither does /usr/share/gnome-screensaver
[14:07] <monkeynaut> check out this screenshot of my chromium address bar.  is this the normal appearance for the font size?    i think it is, but want to make sure there isn't a configuration on my machine that is causing it.  it's nit-picky, but i wish i could shrink that font size a bit:   http://i.imgur.com/gc5U4wQ.png
[17:24] <boldfilter> Get Google chrome profile error every time I start it up
[19:18] <soman> Why I always get skype tray context menu with only about 3 items and up and down buttons? How make skype to show all items at once?
[19:28] <SkyfireFR> hello
[20:36] <brainwash> soman: that's bug 965953
[20:46] <soman> brainwash: thanks for info. I hope the update will be available soon. It's really annoying using skype with such bug.
[22:56] <Wlsonjl3> how do i hook my laptop to my tv using an hdmi cable? i can't seem to get it working
[23:03] <Wlsonjl3> how do i hook my laptop to my tv using an hdmi cable? i can't seem to get it working
[23:03] <Wlsonjl3> is there a program i need??
[23:04] <ObrienDave> Wlsonjl3, afaik you need to enable the display
[23:04] <Wlsonjl3> afaik?
[23:05] <ObrienDave> As Far As I Know
[23:05] <Wlsonjl3> how do i do that?
[23:05] <Wlsonjl3> oh nvm
[23:05] <Wlsonjl3> lol thank you
[23:05] <ObrienDave> hook up the cable, settings, display. iirc (IF I Recall Correctly)
[23:05] <Wlsonjl3> yep
[23:06] <Wlsonjl3> thank you, again :P you seem to be here whenever i have a question
[23:07] <ObrienDave> our little secret ;P
[23:07] <Wlsonjl3> haha
[23:56] <writing_novel> Bluesabre: Your one liners almost worked, although I did get the look and feel I was looking for it did report an error.
[23:58] <writing_novel> I got some error with regard to the xfconfd
[23:59] <writing_novel> I would have to reinstall (which I don't mind to do) the Xubuntu again to recreate it (I had been installing and deleting Xubuntu in different scenarios anyway(
[23:59] <writing_novel> )