[00:02] <Jaybot> dang, i can't register my nick to speak because it's taken, and i can't change it because: "Cannot change nickname while banned on channel"
[00:03] <Jaybroni> okay now i'll rejoin ##linux
[00:03] <Unit193> Irssi: Quiet against $~a matches unidentified user, Jaybroni.
[00:04] <Jaybroni>  /msg NickServ VERIFY REGISTER Jaybroni laifmyyudqoe
[04:07] <jeek> Any tips on how to increase font size from console? All my fonts are like 3px
[04:08] <holstein> jeek: the settings.. in the menu
[04:08] <holstein> in lxterm or gnome-terminal, or terminator.. whatever you use
[04:08] <jeek> I meant the GUI fonts
[04:09] <jeek> The GUI is damn-near unusable, figured I'd fix it from a console
[04:09] <Unit193> .config/lxterminal/lxterminal.conf, .config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini, .config/openbox/lubuntu-rc.xml, .config/pcmanfm/lubuntu/pcmanfm.conf these files.
[04:10] <jeek> Anywhere else? None of those files exist.
[04:11] <Unit193> That would be in ~/.config/ in case you're not in the correct path.
[04:11] <holstein> jeek: they are .hidden. you can use control + h in a file manager to show them
[04:14] <jeek> I know how to ls -a in my home dir
[04:14] <jeek> I'm at a console, I can't see anything in the GUI.
[04:14] <holstein> jeek: what console? on what system? and what are you trying to do?
[04:14] <holstein> jeek: lxde is a GUI
[04:14] <jeek> I hit Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get to a terminal
[04:15] <holstein> !tty
[04:15] <jeek> because I can't read anything in lxde
[04:15] <holstein> i would read about changing the resolution/font size
[04:15] <holstein> jeek: so, you are in tty, trying to change the fonts in lxde?
[04:15] <jeek> Everything I've googled only shows how to do it from a GUI that you can already read
[04:15] <jeek> holstein: Yes.
[04:16] <holstein> jeek: there is a safe graphics mode, if thats literally all you can get to
[04:16] <holstein> otherwise, i would set them in the places Unit193 mentioned..
[04:16] <Unit193> jeek: Those files should be there though, you can try a guest account to see if that's any better.  Also, are you sure it's the fonts and not the screen res?
[04:16] <jeek> None of the files Unit193 mentioned existed. There was a Trolltech.conf
[04:16] <Unit193> If you have another computer, you can actually ssh -X and run lxappearance
[04:16] <jeek> I set the res to 1024x768, the fonts were still unreadable.
[04:17] <jeek> Unit193: I'll try that.
[04:18] <Unit193> I see.
[04:19] <ianorlin> hopefully jeek is able to over ssh
[04:21] <jeek> OK, only saw once place to change the font in lxappearance, raised it from 10 to 32
[04:24] <jeek_> Logged out and logged back in, no change
[04:24] <Unit193> xdpyinfo | grep resolution:  what's that say?
[04:24] <jeek_> other than Trash on desktop is now readable
[04:25] <jeek_> Login screen has same issue, but I can at least navigate that from memory
[04:28] <jeek_> This is weird, though.
[04:28] <jeek_> I have to set the font to 40, and it looks like what would be 14 on any other computer.
[04:28] <jeek_> and then it doesn't save when I log out and back in
[04:28] <jeek_> so the menus never change
[04:31] <Unit193> Can you give the output of that last command?
[04:31] <jeek_> One sec, in middle of reboot.
[04:32] <holstein> personally, i think i would look at just updating from tty console, and see if i need a proprietary driver
[04:32] <holstein> sounds like a larger issue than just font size
[04:34] <Unit193> Considering you have to set it to 30+ just to read? :)
[04:34] <jeek> I'm running an NVidia driver
[04:34] <holstein> jeek: what nvidia driver? and when? were the fonts ok before that installation? are you sure its the nvidia driver? and not the open nouveau one? are you up to date with upgrades?
[04:35] <jeek> 30x30 dpi
[04:35] <jeek> Hrm, thinking back to when I started having this problem
[04:35] <Unit193> Erm, alright.  Generally speaking somewhere around 96 is more usual.
[04:35] <jeek> I started with nouveau, fan was constantly on and GPU temp was high, so I switched to nvidia and the fan stopped going nuts all the time, temp was normal
[04:35] <holstein> if you didnt have it at install, try running the guest account.. see that you have normal font size there.. or as another user
[04:35] <jeek> This was maybe two weeks ago?
[04:36] <holstein> jeek: if you are asking me, or the channel, i wont know.. were the fonts ok with the other driver?
[04:36] <jeek> Yes
[04:37] <holstein> i would look at another user account, and see that my users config isnt causing any issues, then, i would look at the driver im using
[04:37] <Unit193> Mine with nvidia has 81dpi, I'd look into nvidia-xconfig or nvidia-settings
[04:41] <jeek> nvidia-xconfig just copied over xorg.conf
[04:42] <jeek> nvidia-settings shows that I have 30x30 dots per inch, but it's a label and not a field I can change
[04:44] <holstein> likely dont have permission to
[04:44] <holstein> what are you running how?
[04:47] <jeek> OK
[04:47] <jeek> So xrandr --dpi 75 fixes the issue temporarily.
[04:48] <holstein> i would set that dpi setting, then.. seems like thats the issue..
[04:55] <jeek> Feels like I'm almost there
[11:05] <MACscr> how can i set vlc as the default media player for dvd's?
[11:06] <MACscr> also, is it possible to make it always start in full screen too?
[11:17] <hateball> MACscr: For fullscreen, you'd have to edit the launch-options of the vlc.desktop file
[11:17] <hateball> which now is something like vlc %s
[11:23] <MACscr> so where do i set the app to be default though
[11:23] <MACscr> unfortunately the ubuntu tutorials dont seem to apply here
[11:23] <hateball> I don't have a lxde system handy right now so I cannot check
[11:24] <hateball> if memory serves there is a "Standard applications" thingy one can config
[11:39] <MACscr> found this lxsessions configurations app, but it doesnt work with crap
[11:39] <MACscr> cant select anything from the more menu
[11:39] <MACscr> lxde by default completely looks like 2002
[11:39] <MACscr> lol
[11:40] <hateball> MACscr: any reason you're not using something more modern? older hardware?
[11:41] <MACscr> new hardware, but its my htpc, so i really only need it for launching Plex Home Theater and VLC for DVD's until the OpenPHT project adds the dvd capability
[11:42] <hateball> aha
[11:42]  * hateball uses Kodi for HTPC
[11:43] <MACscr> not a kodi fan
[11:43] <MACscr> plex is so much better
[16:32] <mpmc> Hey folks, any news on a LXQT Lubuntu? :)
[18:08] <holstein> mpmc: its not in lubuntu
[18:08] <holstein> !14.04
[18:08] <holstein> ^is the long term support version with lxde
[18:08] <holstein> 14.10 still has lxde
[18:09] <holstein> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/06/changes-planned-for-lubuntu-14-10
[18:09] <mpmc> holstein: I understand, but I'm asking how it's progessing and whether there was a chance it would hit 15.04 :p
[18:09] <holstein> mpmc: its progressing upstream..
[18:11] <mpmc> holstein: Cool, I can't wait, I'm currently using Xubuntu but really like Lubuntu but I hate the greyish theme by default, I know you can change it but once you do everything that runs with sudo looks awful, hoping lxqt would change that.
[18:12] <holstein> mpmc: you dont have to wait.. you can use the dev ppa for it..
[18:12] <holstein> you *really* shouldnt be running things like that as sudo/root, anyway
[18:12] <wxl> mpmc: sudo runs as superuser, e.g. root, which doesn't have the same home folder you do. NOTHING will change that
[18:14] <holstein> to address a theme for gtk for root, though, one shouldnt be running apps as root like this http://askubuntu.com/questions/57990/set-a-specific-theme-for-root-launched-applications
[20:31] <MACscr> why is ubuntu sometimes stopping at the grub menu without a countdown and other times it counts down just fine?
[21:55] <mpmc> MACscr: Good question, I also have that issue.
[21:57] <Unit193> MACscr: Generally speaking, that means your computer didn't successfully boot last time, and it's now waiting for you to select something because of it.  Did your computer not properly start?
[22:04] <MACscr> No clue, but im not a fan of that at all. does not work well for remote servers
[22:06] <Unit193> Check /etc/init.d/grub-common
[22:40] <tentonbricks> Hey gang. Working with 14.04 on a Inspiron 1525. Still super new with lubuntu (and Linux, in general). Either I missed a package on intall, or I'm just doing something wrong, but I have no wifi, and ifconfig only shows eth0 and lo as far as interfaces.
[22:43] <Unit193> tentonbricks: What device?
[22:43] <wxl> use `lspci` to figure out what wifi interface you have
[22:44] <tentonbricks> BCM4312
[22:44] <Unit193> !b43
[22:45] <tentonbricks> well hot damn. that's handy
[22:45] <Unit193> Not such a bad one, not hard to fix either.
[22:45] <Unit193> Yeeeep.
[22:45] <wxl> indeed
[22:45] <tentonbricks> Here's the kicker - I don't have an internet connection without the wifi.
[22:45] <wxl> plug it into ethernet to make your life easy
[22:45] <wxl> there are instructions to deal with that
[22:45] <wxl> you will need another computer that can download a file
[22:45] <wxl> then you need to put it on some sort of media that the other computer can use
[22:45] <tentonbricks> Normally, I'd use ethernet, but my workplace has that locked down like fort knox.
[22:46] <tentonbricks> We have public wifi that I can get to, though.
[22:46] <tentonbricks> well damn. they also apparently have ubuntu.com blocked. wtf, guys?
[22:46] <wxl> yeah that's not our problem XD
[22:46] <tentonbricks> yes it is! fix it! :)
[22:47] <wxl> that's Unit193's department
[22:48] <tentonbricks> I suppose I'll just wait until I get home and see what I can do there.
[22:48] <wxl> probably wise
[22:48] <tentonbricks> I was hoping I'd be able to fix it here without having to lug this beast of a laptop all over.
[22:48] <wxl> if you have ethernet it's so much easier
[22:48] <Unit193> tentonbricks: https://unit193.net/tmp/help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx
[22:48] <wxl> aw how sweet
[22:48] <wxl> told you it was his department :)
[22:48] <tentonbricks> this just in: Unit193 is a ninja
[22:49] <wxl> he's certainly as shady as a ninja
[22:49] <Unit193> ^
[22:49] <wxl> heck, we don't even know his NAME
[22:49] <wxl> i hear there's people in his home state that have actually SEEN him but i doubt it.
[22:50] <mpmc> What is "home state"? :p
[22:50] <tentonbricks> either solid, liquid, or gas
[22:51] <tentonbricks> I suppose he could be plasma
[22:51] <mpmc> Ah, googled it, weird phrase..
[22:52] <tentonbricks> Well, folks. I appreciate the help (though I couldn't do much with it yet). I'm outta here.
[22:52] <mpmc> o/
[22:52] <tentonbricks> Have a good night. Morning. Mid-afternoon. Whatever it is wherever you are.
[22:52] <Unit193> tentonbricks: Sure, good luck.  You going to need that page again?