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bprompt_he may try checking /etc/X11 for any xorg.conf files.... in "recovery mode", and remove it, or just "mv" it to somewhere in case it may need to put it back, then boot back up00:00
VolUTFanwhat would he be looking for specifically00:01
VolUTFanand how to tell if its in recovery mode00:01
VolUTFanthere is a file called xorg.conf.failsafe, but its the only xorg.conf file i see in the /etc/X11/ directory00:05
VolUTFanwould that indicate recovery mode?00:06
bpromptVolUTFan:    once in the root shell, the system gets mounted as read-only, so you have to set ti to RW  with -> mount -o remount,rw /   <-- and then you do whatever else00:08
bpromptanyhow.. he could that I gather from a liveUSB session as well00:08
VolUTFanaccording to what I am reading, there is no longer a xorg.conf file in the /etc/x11 dir anymore00:09
VolUTFani know I don't have one either00:09
bpromptVolUTFan:     right.. but you said his was an update... and depending on whatever he may have had installed, one may have been created by a package installation00:10
bprompts/update/upgrade/00:10
VolUTFanso what were you referring to by the commands above?00:11
bpromptwell....  have him check for an xorg.conf   and remove if there, and reboot00:11
VolUTFaneven the xorg.conf.failsafe file?00:12
VolUTFanin etc/x1100:12
bpromptsure00:12
VolUTFanok00:12
bpromptjust an "mv", don't have to rm it, so if anything, can always put it back00:13
VolUTFanunderstood bprompt.  good idea!00:20
VolUTFanthat was done just now00:20
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VolUTFanwhat is the default lightdm or sddm in 14.10 kubuntu with plasma400:57
qdatalightdm00:57
VolUTFanif a new user is created and they login and there is nothing except white, no kicker panel, no icons, no nothing, could that indicate a problem with lightdm01:00
qdataI think so, I'm no expert but I gave seen that if I enter a wrong password everything stops with no way to proceed, so I know of at least that is wrong w/lightdm01:01
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VolUTFani have a 13.10 version in vbox.  what is the command from terminal to bring me upto 14.1001:17
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VolUTFani don't want 15.x, just doing some testing01:21
VolUTFannm found it.  problem was the apt update01:25
VolUTFanim doing the dist-upgrade now01:25
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zekihi i've installed plasma 5 on kubuntu 14.10, there are two issues that i cant find a solution on int. the wallpaper selection dialog is not working properly, images are not visible and navigation through is not wotking10:11
zekiplus desktop view is not working too, nothing different than palsma desktop + no icons over there10:13
zekianyone experiencing the same issue?10:13
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lordievaderGood morning.10:46
BluesKajHiyas all11:55
VolUTFanMorning ya'll13:06
lordievadero/13:06
VolUTFanhey lordie13:06
VolUTFanI started an upgrade on my 13.04 vbox kub last night doing sudo apt-get dist-upgrade.  This morning it was at 13.10.  I thought it would bring me upto 14.04.  What did I do wrong lol13:19
VolUTFani was actually expecting to see 14.10, yet alas...  13.1013:19
VolUTFanoh oh oh i know what I did wrong...  "It was me that tried to do the upgrade"  lol13:20
VolUTFanno seriously, anyone know what happened13:20
lordievaderVolUTFan: Nothing went wrong, 13.04 cannot upgrade directly to 14.04.13:21
VolUTFanahh... and there it is!!  LOL13:21
VolUTFanso, there is an upgrade path to get to 14.1013:22
VolUTFangot it...  good information13:22
VolUTFanthanks lordie13:22
VolUTFanlordie, is there a log for the root crontab?  I am curious if some jobs run that I moved over last night13:23
VolUTFanwhere would I look13:24
lordievaderVolUTFan: It can email you... so it probably ends up in the local root mail.13:25
VolUTFanaccording to http://askubuntu.com/questions/56683/where-is-the-cron-crontab-log you use "grep CRON /var/log/syslog" but the only entry I see is Mar  1 08:17:02 Chewbacca CRON[14471]: (root) CMD (   cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) which only tells me  nothing really13:29
VolUTFanstill looking13:29
lordievaderVolUTFan: Login as root and run 'mail'.13:29
VolUTFanI figured it out.  it will be in /etc/cron.hourly most likely, but I moved the times to 1700 est13:32
VolUTFannothing is going to be in there yet13:33
VolUTFanI forgot about moving the time.  I checked crontab -l13:33
lordievaderVolUTFan: "nothing is going to be in there yet" what do you mean with that?13:34
VolUTFangoing to check mail now lol13:34
VolUTFangood point lordie13:34
VolUTFanbrb13:35
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VolUTFansince avcov is no longer in 14.10, what replaced it?14:22
VolUTFan**avconv I mean14:22
lordievaderffmpeg is back, or so I've heared.14:22
VolUTFaninteresting.  its not in the default install.  just tried the command.  Let me see if it will install14:23
BluesKajyes ffmpeg is back on 15.0414:24
BluesKajin the repos14:25
VolUTFanoh, im at 14.1014:25
VolUTFanso, in 14.10, there is neither avconv or ffmpeg.  Is avconv in 15.04?14:26
VolUTFanis 15.04 in stable release?14:27
lordievaderVolUTFan: Not yet.14:27
VolUTFanok, I will hold on that for now14:27
VolUTFanI may put it on my vbox to test14:28
proteusguyJust did a apt-get update on my kubuntu trusty. Now my Network Manager is broken (although my existing network settings still work) and my Audio manager things I have no audio device (which I haven't been able to confirm as I have no speakers hooked up at the moment). This is for 14.04 Kubuntu on a Dell XPS-16 laptop. Been running Kubuntu on it for almost 3 years steadily now.14:38
proteusguyAlso did an apt-get autoremove as well... not sure which one broke it14:39
BluesKajproteusguy, try a dist-upgrade14:43
roshanhi14:47
roshanIm new to kubuntu and install netbeans on /home and need to create a dektop shortcut14:48
BluesKajroshan, drag it to the desktop afaik14:54
BluesKajroshan, yes choose the icon option14:57
BluesKajno need to pm , we can talk about it in here , we can all help that way roshan14:58
roshani installed it from downloading and running the netbeans.sh file14:59
roshanand draged and droped netbeans from the bin folder15:00
roshanto desktop but no icon for it15:00
BluesKajdunno anything about netbeans, does it have a launcher or does it use a browser etc/15:01
roshanits jst a launcher , what i want to no is in kumuntu when u add shortcut to desktop the icon image does not come15:03
roshanits jst a launcher , what i want to no is in kubuntu when u add shortcut to desktop the icon image does not come15:03
proteusguyBluesKaj, dist-upgrade? You mean upgrade from 14.04 to 14.10?15:03
BluesKajproteusguy, dist-upgrade just upgrades your existing packages , it's not a release upgrade15:04
proteusguyBluesKaj, how does one do a dist-upgrade then? :-) Thanx.15:05
BluesKajdoesn't upgrade to 14.015:05
BluesKaj14.1015:05
BluesKajsudo apt-get dist upgrade15:05
BluesKajoops dist-upgrade15:06
* BluesKaj needs a break ..eyes need a rest15:07
roshanBluesKaj, its jst a launcher , what i want to no is in kubuntu when u add shortcut to desktop the icon image does not come15:09
proteusguyBluesKaj, dist-upgrade found nothing to do. I'm all upgraded into this broken mess. :(15:12
VolUTFanlordie, may I please post a link for informational value?  Its a youtube video of minix, which if very interesting so far on the topic of creating a new operating system.  It may be beneficial for review.  It is about an hour long.  Was sent to me yesterday and I am watching it now15:14
VolUTFannot sure if anyone knows about minix or not15:14
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VolUTFani just thought that some folks may be interested in the information contained in the video15:15
BluesKajVolUTFan, minix is offtopic for this chat15:15
VolUTFanI get that part, but information is information15:16
lordievaderVolUTFan: No, as BluesKaj Minix is not Kubuntu, post it in #kubuntu-offtopic or something.15:16
BluesKajVolUTFan, that's what google is for15:17
VolUTFanBlue, thanks..  I will make sure to ask their CEO15:18
VolUTFanI will post that link in the offtopic channel if anyone wants to look15:18
VolUTFanHumor guys...  HUMOR..  It makes work easier!15:18
VolUTFan:)15:18
VolUTFanI am one of those guys that just has to smile and laugh.15:19
roshanBluesKaj ok i found out thanks just right clicked on the file on desktop and clicked the icon then u can upload any icon15:20
VolUTFanare you guys in europe?  I am in the USA15:20
hypokrit_how to check in console if my hd is full15:20
BluesKajCanada here15:20
VolUTFanDang Blues..  I bet your burried in snow15:21
VolUTFanI am down in TN15:21
BluesKajhypokrit_, sudo fdisk -l15:21
VolUTFanwe got about 20 inches of snow15:22
hypokrit_thanx15:22
BluesKajVolUTFan, join us in #kubuntu-offtopic15:22
VolUTFanBlues, I just posted the link a few minutes ago, did you see it?15:22
VolUTFanit was in the #kubuntu-offtopic channel15:22
proteusguyBluesKaj, any more ideas? No idea how to deal with Kubuntu losing track of it's network & sound configuration controls.15:26
BluesKajproteusguy, hda-intel audio ? and does your internet connection still work , if so just rightclick on the desktop add widget and type in network management and drag the icon into the panel15:30
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VolUTFando any of you guys know what on earth would cause a completely white screen when you log into Kubuntu 14.10 as a new user15:33
VolUTFanit was happening to a user yesterday I was trying to help out15:33
proteusguyBluesKaj, it says "NetworkManager 0.9.8 required found ."15:34
proteusguyBluesKaj, and yes, hda-intel audio I believe. Network still works, just the network manager shows everything missing/off. Can't confirm audio works as have no speakers here.15:35
BluesKajthen run sudo modprobe snd-hda-intel , thiws bug is very common after upgrades, there will be no output from the command if the driver loads properly , and a reboot is usually required15:36
BluesKajproteusguy, ^15:36
VolUTFanthis is theory proteus, but during my windows systems administrator position, I ran across times where that would happen on a server box.  I had to remove the driver for the network card and readd it, because it freaked out.  Once I did that, it worked fine again.  So to apply that in theory, could it be possible that your network card driver in Kubuntu could be problematic and remove and readd it?15:36
proteusguyBluesKaj, when I hover over the widget in the add widget selection it claims to be 0.9.3.315:36
proteusguyVolUTFan, no the network is working find. Command line controls are good. It's just the networkmanager thinks there's no network.15:37
proteusguyBluesKaj, no output on the modprobe. And I've rebooted several times already.15:38
VolUTFanoh i see what your talking about.  It is the wrapper utility that isn't finding the network.  Got it.  Its blind to the fact there is a connection15:38
BluesKajproteusguy, sudo apt-get install --reinstall network-manager15:38
VolUTFangood idea Blues15:38
VolUTFanomg, my vbox for my kub test system is SLOWWWWW.15:38
BluesKajyes, but that loads the driver properly proteusguy no mater how many reboots were doine before15:39
proteusguyBluesKaj, looks promising... time to reboot. brb15:39
BluesKajVolUTFan, vbox is ok if a little clunky , gotta give it more memory and diskpace than the recommendations15:41
VolUTFanAs so I noticed LOL15:42
BluesKajI liked kvm-qemu a lot for running W7 as a guest , but the LAN networking on windows was non existent15:44
BluesKajno homegroup etc15:45
VolUTFanis there still a vmware-player package for Kub?15:47
VolUTFanI couldn't find vmware-server package for Kub when I was looking for it a couple of weeks back15:47
proteusguyBluesKaj, weird, apt-get said it was installing v 0.9.8.8 of network-manager but when I try to install the widget it still says it's 0.9.3.3. How do I make this thing go away?!?15:48
BluesKajproteusguy, as a temporary measure, in krunner/run command, kdesudo dolphin /usr/bin , find and click nm-applet15:56
BluesKajVolUTFan, there is a vmware-manager pkg in the repos, but I imagine it's for their proprietary/paid linux version of the pkg15:59
VolUTFanat one time, a long long time ago, in a galaxy far far away.  LOL, I found the vmware-server package, but they must have went to paid16:00
BluesKajthere was afree vmware player version iirc16:00
VolUTFaniirc is the name of the package?16:06
BluesKajno, iirc is short for "if I remember correctly"16:07
BluesKajVolUTFan, Idon't see vmware player anywhere nowadays16:09
VolUTFanwhat is kvm-qemu?  Is it like vbox or vmware-player?16:10
VolUTFannever used it before16:10
BluesKaj!qemu16:12
ubottuqemu is an emulator you can use to run another operating system - see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsXPUnderQemuHowTo16:12
BluesKaj!kvm16:12
ubottukvm is the preferred virtualization approach in Ubuntu. For more information see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM16:12
BluesKaj!qemu-kvm16:14
proteusguyHow do I remove widgets from the panel? I've got a few dead ones I need to clear off.16:14
proteusguyI see add-widget but nothing about remove-widget.16:15
BluesKajpro click on the cashew on right then move your cursor over the widget and popup with an X will show , click the X16:15
BluesKajproteusguy,^16:15
BluesKajVolUTFan, it's actually qemu-kvm in the package manager16:16
proteusguyBluesKaj, many thanx.16:19
BluesKajnp16:19
VolUTFanBlues, I installed the qemu-kvm app, how do I launch it16:33
BluesKajVolUTFan, in the kmenu>setrtings>virtualizer16:39
BluesKajerr apps>settings16:39
VolUTFaninteresting...  I don't see it16:40
BluesKajoops I'm all mucked up apps system>virt16:40
BluesKajikeep most  favs in favs, so forget16:40
VolUTFani still don't see it in apps/system/virt16:41
VolUTFaninteresting16:41
VolUTFanbut I do know its installed.  Used package manager16:41
BluesKajlibvirt or some such, check that it's installed16:42
VolUTFanmaybe it would require a log off and back on?16:42
VolUTFanwhat is the command from the terminal to launch it?16:42
VolUTFanmaybe, I can just launch it that way for now?  I just wanted to see what it looks like16:43
BluesKajVolUTFan, hang on , I'm reinstalling it , then I'll find it16:44
VolUTFanthanks Blues.16:44
VolUTFanits prob something like kvm& or qemu&16:45
BluesKajthink you're right , it's not there for me either ..rebooting16:47
VolUTFanokie dokie16:48
alketis there any PPA for kdevelop16:51
VolUTFanhttp://www.kubuntu.org/news/kdevelop-4.6  what about this alket16:54
alketVolUTFan: thanks, but I need 4.7.116:56
VolUTFanokie dokie let me look16:56
VolUTFanwhat about this?  https://launchpad.net/~rjvbertin/+archive/ubuntu/kdevelop16:57
VolUTFanthere is a dropdown for the repos you can pick your version.  its 4.7, but I would imagine that the install would include, hotfix 116:57
alketthanks VolUTFan16:57
VolUTFanno problem alket16:58
alketanother question16:58
alketWhy when opening directory of current download from Firefox it opens Gwenview instead of Dolphin16:58
VolUTFansounds like the file association for whatever you downloaded is associated with gwenview17:00
VolUTFanwhat file extension are you trying to open17:01
VolUTFanhey Blues.. wb17:01
BluesKajVolUTFan, I found the page i used for 64 bit architecture for 10.04 or later, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM/Installation , using this command sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm libvirt-bin ubuntu-vm-builder bridge-utils17:01
VolUTFandid the qemu ever show up17:01
VolUTFanyes, I found that same page.17:02
BluesKajran the command and it will install what's not aready there17:03
VolUTFandid that as well17:03
BluesKajok17:03
VolUTFandid the qemu-kvm app ever show up in your app menu17:05
alketVolUTFan: well I ned everything to open to dolphin , since i do Open Directory17:08
VolUTFanalket, goto system settings/File Associations.  You can review that there17:13
BluesKajVolUTFan, ok install virt-manager, odd that one has to scroll to the bottom of the page for the key app :/17:30
VolUTFandoing that now17:30
BluesKajit's in kmenu>apps>system>virtual machine manager , no need to logout17:32
VolUTFanstill installing.  I will check it in a minute.  Ive got my cpu taxed out.  upgrading 1 VM to 14.10 and installing Minix R3 on the other17:33
VolUTFani found it...  :)  awesome.  now to add my account to the libvirtd group17:35
BluesKajbut I have a / and /home partitions and unfortunately / is the default for qemu-kvm guest OS installation and it's only 16G so it's not practical for me ...windows needs more than 10G for proper operation17:36
BluesKajtried installing to ./home , but it kept erroring17:37
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rushilpaulI'm having a problem with apt-get utility18:10
VolUTFanwhats the problem rush18:16
BluesKajapt-get is a package manager, and what's the issue, rushilpaul?18:16
roshan_has anyone installed android studio on kubuntu18:22
roshan_getting an error Unable to run mksdcard SDK tool.18:23
roshan_Unable to run mksdcard SDK tool18:50
roshan_android studio error18:50
roshan_has  any one installed the latest version of android studio18:50
BluesKajroshan_, ubuntu-touch ?18:51
SternThunderbird is showing the wrong dateformat (mm/dd/yy) in Kubuntu 14.04; not according to the locale setting which is dd/mm/yy. Anyone got a solution?18:54
VolUTFanStern, try reading this19:17
VolUTFanhttp://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=167060119:17
VolUTFanI don't use thunderbird personally19:18
SternVolUTFan: Thanks, followed the instructions but they didn't help for me. I ended up installing an add-on which solves the problem.19:41
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VolUTFananyone know how I can make an offline copy of a wiki?20:20
VolUTFani may be asking too much on that one lol20:20
symptoVolUTFan: httrack or wallabag20:25
VolUTFanthanks sympto.. will check that out20:26
symptoany1 can tell me why i cant see anything on apple2 screensaver? or at least where to configure it? http://i.imgur.com/nXOsJxA.png20:26
hyper_chhmmm, 15.04 beta still has issues with custom partioning like created raid1 with 1 device and manual set encrypted drives20:46
VolUTFananyone know how to send a running process to a specific cpu core, like you can in windows using affinity21:23
VolUTFanim tarring a directory with several GB of data and its eating too much cpu time across my multiple processors.  Its not a priority task, so it wouldn't bother me to isolate it to 1 core, so i can have more cpu for more important tasks21:24
VolUTFani found something on the topic21:29
WalexVolUTFan: 'renice' for CPU21:31
WalexVolUTFan: and 'man 0-k affinity'21:31
WalexVolUTFan: and 'man -k affinity'21:31
VolUTFanthanks walex21:32
WalexVolUTFan: note that "eating too much cpu time across my multiple processors" is a priority issue not an affinity one.21:33
VolUTFanhow would you suggest I handle that issue ?21:33
WalexVolUTFan: that's why I suggested 'renice'. Affinity is to minimize cache misses and context swaps across CPUs.21:33
VolUTFanive heard of renice, thats about all I know about it21:33
VolUTFanI will check it out21:34
Walexor in rare cases affinity is useful when CPUs have slightly different configurations21:34
VolUTFanwhat I have is a tri-core21:34
WalexVolUTFan: same here BTW21:58
WalexVolUTFan: probably you just use 'renice' and the 'tar' (or rather compression) will go on in the background21:59
VolUTFancan you give me an example of how you would use renice?22:02
VolUTFanim reading the man btw, but an example would still be cool22:02
VolUTFanI guess Blues called it a day.  He must have logged off22:02
VolUTFanpriority range -20 to 19..  wow, um what should I pick?22:04
WalexVolUTFan: just 'renice $PID'22:15
WalexVolUTFan: most likely it is not 'tar' that is consuming CPU, it is the compression process if you are compressing.22:15
WalexVolUTFan: you can 'renice' with 'top', command "r"22:16
VolUTFanwould the compression process be literally listed as "compression"22:16
VolUTFanso $top, compression "r"22:17
VolUTFanor is the r the priority22:17
WalexVolUTFan: no, probably 'gzip' or 'bzip2'22:17
WalexVolUTFan: just run the command 'top' and it will be clear22:17
VolUTFanill take a look22:19
WalexVolUTFan: but this is Kubuntu, you can do it with KDE: just press Ctrl+ESC and then right click on the process with high CPU and set it low priority22:19
VolUTFanthe slider bar?22:19
Walexwith high CPU%22:19
WalexVolUTFan: yes.22:19
VolUTFani seen that earlier.  that is to renice the process?22:20
WalexVolUTFan: yes, the same22:20
VolUTFanoh ok.  I know that then22:20
VolUTFanthanks22:20
VolUTFanany idea how I can switch from gui to terminal in kubuntu running inside of vbox?  Usually its ctrl-alt F122:23
symptodoes at least anybody mess around harder with kscreensaver?22:33
Blueleafi have an issue swapping the caps lock and esc keys. I can do it in the GUI but when i ctrl-alt-f1 to a login terminal it is not in effect. i have tried putting a command in my .profile but either that doesnt work or i have the wrong command. any ideas? o23:01
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VolUTFanIm telling ya what..  My connection to my local repos is kick@$$ now that I have used apt-mirror.  I knew it would be fast, but goodness, I didn't expect this kinda speed.23:55
VolUTFanim even doing an upgrade to my other box, just simply updated my sources.list23:55
VolUTFanfetched 858 MB in 2min 23s23:57

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