[00:33] hi guys, im new to linux, i hope to get along! [00:34] you'll do fine blurrorz [00:34] haha thanks... :P [00:35] im trying to verify if my video drivers have installed with the lubuntu installation [00:36] if you see stuff, they probably have :) [00:36] haha yeah... but sometime its and old or more basic version of the driver... [00:37] seriously though, if there's no reason to be concerned, you're probably good to go [00:37] same blurrorz, using lubuntu? [00:38] yeah [00:38] cool [00:38] anyone know how [00:38] is there a way to change the direction the window minimize animation goes? whenever I minimize/maximize a window, It always goes dow [00:39] as if the panel is down, but it's on top [00:39] [00:39] Nixus - have you logged out and logged back in since you made that change? [00:39] yes [00:39] even restarted [00:39] 3 times* === SonikkuAmerica_ is now known as SonikkuAmerica [00:44] AH, ouchy, I can't seem to get my sound working :'-( [00:45] anyone help? [00:46] try unmuting stuff in alsamixer is the easiest place to start but sound problems are quite annoying [00:46] also lspci to tell what kind of sound is useful [00:48] hmm, kinda new here, can you explain in a n00b fashion? sorry [00:48] run lspci in a terminal to show what kind of sound chip you have [00:48] before you do that, though, run `alsamixer` in terminal and make sure nothing's muted [00:49] audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [00:50] alsamixer shows: card: hd-audio generic chip: ati r6xx hdmi Item: s/pdif [off] [00:50] oh no not hdmi [00:51] \o/ [00:51] so is it trying to output sound through hdmi? [00:53] it *MAY* be [00:53] hdmi sound can be a pain [00:53] check to see if anything is muted [00:53] oh no! [00:53] if you see 00 at the bottom of the channels that's NOT muted [00:53] if you see MM it is muted [00:54] it would be green if it's not muted [00:54] I disabled it on my motherboard [00:54] and just use the headphone jack [00:54] shows MM in cyan (blue) [00:54] but that would be in bios [00:54] MM is muted [00:54] ok, I'll try [00:55] arrow over to the right channel and hit M [00:55] hi drkokandy [00:55] welcome [00:55] right channel? [00:55] * wxl facepalms [00:55] you'll find i'm REALLY good at that [00:56] lol [00:56] sorry [00:56] hey guys what do you guys use for rdp in lubuntu? [01:00] ? [01:00] blurrorz: Server or client? [01:01] client... sorry [01:01] blurrorz: freerdp, or that plus remmina (pre vivid.) [01:01] ive tried rdesktop... but in fullscreen mode the lubuntu taskbar stays on top and hides the windows taskbar... its quite annoying lol [01:03] so should I just disable hdmi in bios? [01:05] have you tried a search online about switching audio output in lubuntu? sometimes you can get your answer! [01:07] REMMINA seems nice... ill give it a try later... thanks [01:08] hmmm. people are talking about being a slider in alsamixer, I don't seem to see one [01:09] are you on a laptop ? [01:09] yes [01:10] theres a good chance you can find the exact model number of audio device [01:10] and then find a driver for ubuntu for your device... [01:11] theres a good chance you can find the exact model number of audio device... if you check online with your laptop model number [01:15] any luck ? [01:17] okay.. lol [01:18] aw [01:18] haha! [01:18] got it. [01:19] someone else had the same thing on the lubuntu forum the same laptop. got it working my creating a file called "asoundrc" and put some stuff into it. worked like a charm! [01:19] now, is there a way to get a volume indicator? [01:19] lol you changed nickname ? [01:20] dont you have a speaker icon on the taskbar ? [01:20] yeh, change between nixus and this [01:20] :P [01:20] didn't have an icon in the bar before, but have one now :-) [01:20] but is there a popup one? [01:21] well if you click on it there should be a volume control popping up... other than that im not sure what you mean [01:22] like here: [01:22] http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.digit.in%2Fforum%2Fsoftware-q%2F125548-need-volume-indicator-bar-windows-similar-linux-mint-volume-bar.html&ei=18S1VLyXE8P9yQTN74KICA&bvm=bv.83640239,d.aWw&psig=AFQjCNFUfS9-Ira0EXIV2TJEnhGcM7LI6w&ust=1421284947133808 [01:23] or here: http://i.stack.imgur.com/GEFwy.jpg [01:25] thats beyond my knowledge... i dont know how you could change it to what it is by default... [01:26] ok, thank you so much for your patience with me (me=n00b) [01:27] np [01:28] other than the way it looks is there any useful reason to change it to what you want ? [01:29] well it's more convenient and more easily viewable than the puny little applet in the panel [01:29] and it is more detailed, as it should have many levels [01:30] Lol :P ok then [01:31] but not neccisary [01:32] yeah i figured :P [01:34] oh, mama mea, just got it working. put xfce4-volumed :-) [01:35] i used xfce before and was like, go figure, lxde already uses some xfce stuff (powermanager, etc) and yaya, happiest person :-) [01:36] I'm out, gotta go! TY! [01:39] NVM, can stay a bit longer [01:39] says that the volume mute, volume lower and volume raise failed, even though it works... strange [01:41] yeah... [01:41] works though! :-) [01:41] :P [01:42] are there any major differences between openbox and xfwm4? IDK [02:10] hey thanks guys... remmina works great"! [02:40] Hello guys. I am new to this channel so please forgive my ignorance. I am not sure if this is the place to discussion lubuntu ideas for quality assurance or ideas to implement in the upcoming lubuntu releases [02:41] no that is more the job of the lubuntu brainstorming team [02:48] what is this chat used for if you don't mind me asking? [02:53] maybe #lubuntu-offtopic but not many on irc right now [02:54] sak: this channel is about support for the lubuntu operating system [02:54] !contribute | sak [02:54] sak: To contribute and help out with Ubuntu, see http://community.ubuntu.com and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ContributeToUbuntu [02:57] Holstein, when you say support, did you mean quality support or technical support? [02:58] sak: this is, as the /topic states, support.. for the users of the lubuntu operating sytem [02:59] sak: if one is using lubuntu, and wants support, one can ask for help here from a volunteer in the community here.. or, one can hang here and volunteer said support [02:59] sak: if you want to "contribute", you can see the contribute link for helping upstream, or, as ianorlin mentioned, the "dev" channel is typically #lubuntu-offtopic,.. [03:05] Thank you holstein. This will be a very useful channel as I am running Lubuntu on my laptop as I type ;-) [09:37] hello, I tried to make a ".desktop-file", after this lxpanel don't work anymore, I purged lxpanel\* and reinstall it, then the desktop was puzzled - what happens with a so simple action ?, now I had to reinstall [10:13] hello, any answer to my question ? [11:40] hi, i'm on lubuntu 14.04 and notice something strange.. when i change a menu-item with properties to "execute in terminal emulator" it does open LXTerminal but doesn't execute the command, nor does it set current dir to the set "working directory" [15:06] hi [15:49] hello, how to fix, the lxpanel crashes in 14.10 ? [16:47] i get the impression this channel is not watched much [16:48] Newk: it's not as active as other,s no. [16:48] Newk well feel free to help out [16:49] i dont know much about bugs in lxde [16:49] Newk: hi (here you got your missing greeting) [16:49] i try where i can [16:50] one way to learn about things is lurking and looking at man pages for stuff you don't know that is how I learned [16:50] (12:40:57) Newk: hi, i'm on lubuntu 14.04 and notice something strange.. when i change a menu-item with properties to "execute in terminal emulator" it does open LXTerminal but doesn't execute the command, nor does it set current dir to the set "working directory" [16:51] i bet i cannot find much about that in man pages [16:52] but it might give a hint if i knew more about the inner workings of lxde [16:52] Newk: i user something like this in the starter-command-line: xterm -e "ps xfa; data; read key" [16:52] ah I think this is a known bug [16:53] Newk: sorry -- typing error its not "data" ist "date" to display current time [16:54] why would i want to display current time? [16:54] Newk: you may blame me - but i wont care -- this was only one of my samples, i use -- [16:55] i dont blame anyone but my own lack of knowledge, thats why i' m here to ask [16:56] Newk: i gave you a sample - you dont want to try and check? [16:56] yes i was at it [17:00] testdr: that seemed to work! [17:01] Newk: fine - if this solves your problem -- cause normal xterm font is small - i usually use the optione "xterm -fn 9x15 ......" [17:01] so i circumvent the issue by starting up a terminal with given commands beforehand instead of relying on the menu-configuration [17:02] i could start a sh script [17:02] Newk: yes - and you can blame me for this - i only noticed it works not how expected and therefor always used this "old way". [17:02] ok! glad you could help me out :D [17:02] thanx! [17:03] Newk: i dont know if some propertys of such starter-desktop-files is interpreted in full from other windowmanagers [17:03] I think starting console applications from menu is unforatnetly broken :( [17:03] Newk: for example: you wont get any activity-response (spining mouse-curser etc.) like in some other window-managers [17:03] i stuck to lxde for some time now.. i quite like it [17:04] i think its the best.. and curious what the fusion with qt will bring [17:04] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lubuntu-default-settings/+bug/1289881 [17:04] Launchpad bug 1289881 in lubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu) "Terminal applications do not start (empty terminal window instead)" [Undecided,Confirmed] [17:04] ianorlin: starting applications from menu is working for me - but i have to copy such a starter-file into the global directorys, where all other app-starter-files are [17:05] no but htop doesn't for me as in this bug [17:07] testdr: yes you mean the applications folder with all those .desktop files.. if i want to add one i also copy ones from similar programs [17:07] yep [17:08] i once tried this program "main menu editor" it worked (though it uses java) but i sometimes got doubles [17:09] for the lxpanel-entries is possible to manually (with editor) add a local (in ~/bin/) desktop-file --- i never tried this menu-editor [17:19] testdr: do you know something i could add to; either that line for xterm. or to sh script so that it won't close xterm after execution... so i can read what was logged [17:19] Newk: my sample did use " ...; read key" a normal shell-command to wait for some input with return-key [17:20] ah that was that for! [17:20] i allready wondered :3 [17:20] whats the goal? click a button, and run in terminal? [17:20] but, you want it to be the lxterm? [17:21] Newk: i did not write a shell-script for those few commands -- if you put everything into a shell-script (with bash-bang and executable) you can use a lot more functions [17:21] well that would be best so i can copy paste from it [17:21] hello holstein :) [17:21] you dont want to pipe some output? [17:24] no just to leave terminal op in the event of bugs so i can copy/paste them to report to dev [17:24] *open [17:24] terminal operation? [17:24] Newk: what bugs? [17:25] "they" may not want that.. i would try and just follow the normal bug reporting, and included tools, when possible.. [17:25] !bug [17:25] If you find a bug in Ubuntu or any of its derivatives, please file a bug using the command « ubuntu-bug » - See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs for other ways to report bugs. [17:25] could help for all kinds of testing [17:25] this is an interesting time for lxde, as its likely transitionning [17:25] transitioning* [17:26] it *could* help, but, its not necessary.. you can always look at logs, when asked, if the system hasnt locked or kernel panic'd [17:26] for everything that was executed there is a log? [17:27] Newk: i didnt say, or mean to imply that, but, thats not important, since, you need not log *everything* that was ran [17:27] ask the NSA - it might record everything? [17:27] for example, if its not in the ubuntu repos, is it going to get attention? [17:27] lol [17:27] you can find a *lot* of bugs for some things like skype, but, its closed, and there is not much that can be done [17:28] there actually should be a "cant fix" or "upstream should fix" flag [17:28] i would drop bugs at skype for that... not at ubuntu community [17:29] Newk: they dont welcome them, so, users file with ubuntu, which is fine, im just suggesting, dont get too hung up on logging *all* your output like that [17:29] skype did bug is enough when dropping support for alsa and only went for pulsaudio abstraction [17:29] holstein: at last - i cant wait for fixing bugs, i need working now. For example dnsmasq using without cache, why use it at all, if used without cache? [17:29] there are logs.. x logs, kernel logs.. if a "dev" sees the bug, they will ask for what they need [17:30] Newk: nothing about ubuntu/linux/pulse/alsa prevents skype from supporting it.. but, to stay constructive, for the end user, there is little need to constantly monitor log output, since, it cant be addressed anyway [17:30] yes that was what i was thinking from a testing user perspective [17:30] for you, you can just follow the normal bug reporting proceedure [17:31] look for existing bugs, isolate and test.. join existing bugs, or make new ones as needed, and get others, such as myself, to reproduce [17:31] and, also, exercise patience, as, lxde is transitioning.. [17:31] testing the iso's *is* helpful [17:31] http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/ and easy to address [17:32] yes with lxde i have patience... it came a long way already with allot ahead too [17:32] its my main usage in linux [17:32] even on that little raspberry i got [17:33] right now.. with pidgin [17:35] you can always ask for support in #ubuuntu for pidgin, since it wont be lxde/lubuntu specific.. [17:36] #ubuntu [17:37] that channel is more active, and has more users, and the pidgin application is the *same*.. [17:37] no i didnt meant i was testing that other then using it right now on raspberry to chat here... i was using that terminal thing for another program on another machine [17:38] thanx for the advice tho :D [17:43] testdr: -e flag works with lxterm too [17:43] Newk: then the man-page for lxterminal is correct [17:44] yes just did lxterm -h to find out [17:44] Newk: oops - lxterm is for my setup the same like xterm [17:49] indeed.. but lxterminal also supports -e i just found out [17:49] testdr: ^ [17:50] read key is not ideal.. i rather have it give a prompt so that it would only close when i tell it to [17:50] * Newk googles [18:52] Hi - is there an appropriate channel to discuss 15.04? [18:55] as good as any gil [18:55] okay [18:55] we don't have a qa channel [18:55] or a dev channel for that matter [18:55] I'm not sure what the official term for the little icons that you click to expand things? Widgets perhaps? [18:55] For example, in the software updater, you can click a little triangle usually to expand more information [18:55] but anyhow, in 15.04 these are all invisible for me [18:56] was just wondering if this is a known issue [18:56] screenshot for me? [18:56] which 15.04 are we talking about? === newbooter1 is now known as newbooter [18:57] Okay I can't take a screenshot because I have no updates to do at the moment and I can't think of another interface that features them [18:57] but if you check this out - http://www.opensourceforu.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Ubuntu1204-04-Software-updates.png [18:57] the small triangle next to Details [18:57] that is what is invisible [18:57] which 15.04? [18:59] wxl here's what shows for my version number - http://pastebin.com/3jVmBgD4 I did a force upgrade from 14.10 using software updater with the -d flag and have since kept it up to date [18:59] hm [18:59] assumedly that would give you the latest daily [18:59] i'm not 100% sure [18:59] what graphics driver are you using? [19:00] It'll be the integrated intel driver for the 4000 chipset [19:00] I'll find you an exact name [19:02] wxl it's the i915 driver [19:02] do you have any other graphics issues? [19:03] Nope, none at all [19:03] it's only the little triangle widgets that vanish [19:03] ok so that's probably not an issue but i think i've heard of problems with that driver [19:03] so that's something to keep in the back of our mind [19:04] no problems with 14.10 i'm assuming? [19:04] so it's not a major problem, in fact I've been surprised at how well the 15.04 works for me at this stage [19:04] well usually new versions build on the quality of previous ones, so ;) [19:04] wxl there was one thing with 14.10 where every time I logged in I used to get a bunch of system error boxes appear [19:04] about 5 or 6 [19:04] things may get funky when we roll lxqt out [19:04] I would just cancel them away and get on with it [19:04] that may be because you had a previous crash that's still sitting around [19:04] but these boxes stopped appearing since I did the 15.04 u/g [19:05] yeah i imagine it would wipe those out in the process [19:05] if you have similar problems, either continue or wipe the files from /var/crash [19:05] but that's it, rock solid apart from that :) [19:05] ....oh yeah and chrome always crashes when I start it up cold [19:05] chrome or chromium? [19:05] chrome [19:05] hm [19:05] how much memory you have? [19:06] but I set it to ignore future crashes so I never really see it crash [19:06] 4GB [19:06] hm [19:06] what version are you using? [19:06] I'm on the stable branch [19:06] k [19:06] when you say "start it up cold" what is the alternative? [19:06] Version 39.0.2171.99 (64-bit) [19:07] okay so basically, I start up Lubuntu and log in, click the Chrome icon, I then get a crash dialog box and Chrome relaunches itself and then everything is fine [19:07] stable for hours after that [19:07] so there's nothing you can do to not keep it from crashing? [19:07] it's only the first time I launch chrome after a cold boot [19:07] wxl no, it always does so on the first launch. However, I select "ignore future errors" or whatever the option is, and so I don't see the crash box on launch [19:08] hm [19:08] until google push an updated version out so I see a crash dialog again [19:08] oh [19:08] interesting [19:08] this sounds like a chrome problem [19:08] so then I select "ignore future errors" [19:08] i use chrome myself and have had no such issue [19:08] and around we go again :) [19:08] there's probably a directory you need to wipe [19:08] however, in general, i would suggest ALWAYS submitting crashes [19:08] Yeah I figured that was more of a Chrome issue, because generally lubuntu has been really really stable for me [19:08] else it may keep harassing you, whether it be chrome, lubuntu, or whatever :) [19:09] I think I tried to submit it but was told it wasn't officially supported or what not, so I kind of gave up :-\ [19:09] hm weird [19:12] well [19:12] gil: what version of lubuntu-artwork do you have? [19:14] I have two apparently: lubuntu-artwork 0.50 and lubuntu-artwork-15-04 0.50 [19:14] brb 5 mins [19:14] iiiiinteresting [19:15] loading a vm up [19:16] oh man this is old [19:16] 0.48 [19:16] updating [19:16] wxl the copyright file fo lubuntu-artwork hasn't been updated in a while either [19:17] yeah i saw the bug ianorlin [19:17] do you have any experience with this problem? [19:17] don't use chrome [19:22] wxl back if you need me [19:24] 1s gil [19:24] it's not about chrome ianorlin [19:24] redescribe the problem with the triangle thingy gil [19:24] ianorlin the little triangle icon you click to expand things, such as "details" in software updater [19:24] it's invisible [19:24] everything else draws fine [19:25] it's just that triangle "widget?" [19:28] gil did you change widget in lxappearance [19:29] I filed a bug for that here https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk2-engines/+bug/1406807 because it only effected ones that weren't part of lubuntu-artwork [19:29] Launchpad bug 1406807 in gtk2-engines (Ubuntu) "multiple engeines missing widgets in software updater on lxde" [Undecided,New] [19:30] ianorlin I tried to change widget after I noticed the issue, but I've had the issue so far in both Lubuntu-default and Mist [19:31] I can reproduce in mist but not lubuntu-default [19:32] Can you give me an example GUI that features the triangle widget so I can try? The only one I can think of is software updater and I need updates to be able to do that :) [19:40] gil: 1s [19:42] running software updater [19:42] This is weird. I was going to force version a package so I could get the software updater to find an update and display the widget for me to test it [19:42] but synaptic's force version menu item seems to be permanently greyed out [19:44] ahhh nvm seems some updates are coming down the pipe [19:45] yeah, widgets reappear in Lubuntu-default so that works for me :) [19:46] I wonder why it wasn't set to Lubuntu-default when I upgraded from 14.10 initially though? [19:46] keeps files in home folder [19:46] Does 14.10 use Clearlooks as default? [19:46] no [19:46] but you still have the config in home folder that tells it what theme to have [19:47] ianorlin okay. Not to complicate things, but I don't think I *ever* changed the look and feel until I installed 15.04 and noticed the missing widgets [19:47] so problem solved? [19:47] but if that's the only way it could not have been set to Lubuntu-default I suppose I must have :-\ [19:47] but yeah, problem solved, wxl - non default widgets are wonky :) [19:47] some widgets are broken but work around [19:48] well dark-panel still works [19:48] Now bring on lxqt! :D [19:55] gil: you may want to file a bug against those widgets [19:56] gil: file it against lubuntu-artwork and we'll figure out where it should go to [19:56] wxl it's already filed I think [19:57] wxl https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk2-engines/+bug/1406807 [19:57] Launchpad bug 1406807 in gtk2-engines (Ubuntu) "multiple engeines missing widgets in software updater on lxde" [Undecided,New] [19:57] Not sure why I didn't see that when I searched for it earlier [19:57] great thanks [19:57] please confirm it [19:57] brb [19:58] kk