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PhoenixSTFhey guys, I have a issue with firefox, it wont open external hyperlinks00:04
PhoenixSTFjust goes on home page00:05
Unit193bug 142597200:05
ubottubug 1425972 in exo (Ubuntu Utopic) "Firefox no longer supports -remote parameter" [Undecided,In progress] https://launchpad.net/bugs/142597200:05
PhoenixSTFoh00:05
PhoenixSTFty00:05
Unit193Sure thing.00:05
PhoenixSTFit has to do with emacs?00:08
Unit193Seems that also has a problem with Firefox removing -remote00:09
PhoenixSTFyes it has, it is something to do the helpers in xfce400:09
PhoenixSTFis not a big issue just details...00:10
Unit193Emacs won't be using the xfce4 helpers, no.00:11
PhoenixSTFno emacs woth but changin the last line with X-XFCE-CommandsWithParameter=%B -new-tab "%s";%B "%s" seems to work00:11
PhoenixSTFat least on other programs00:12
PhoenixSTFbut thanks for the help really did find the workaround ;)00:12
shurtagulWhere can I change the settings of the alt-tab menu for xfce? They show that it has a list view in the update..01:04
knomein 4.12? are you running 4.12?01:05
shurtagulYeah01:09
ochosiin that case xfwm4-tweaks > compositor > enable previews01:11
shurtagulhttp://uppix.com/f-Screenshot_from_54f90052001876c6.png01:18
shurtagulThats all I see..01:18
xubuntu06wgood night for you all01:21
klopsi-u3hello to you too01:21
shurtagulGood evening.01:21
xubuntu06wI've just reinstalled Xubuntu, but the configured password is not working, how can I fix it?01:21
xubuntu06wfirst I thought I'd forgotten it, but after reinstalling I've realized it's not the point, mabe one of the characters I've used is not compatible01:23
xubuntu06w*maybe01:24
holsteinxubuntu06w: just reset the password to something simple, that you know01:24
holsteinto test..01:24
shurtagulxubuntu06w, do you mean your login password?01:24
holsteinhttp://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword01:24
holsteinyou can test the login in tty.. some folks assume the password is the issue, when, its the session that wont start..01:25
holstein!tty01:25
ubottuTo get to the TTY terminals 1-6, use the keystroke ctrl + alt + F1-F6 respectively (Alt+F7 will get you back to your graphical login).  To change the resolution for your TTY, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ChangeTTYResolution01:25
holsteinif you can input your username and password there ^ and get a prompt, then, you dont have a password problem..01:25
xubuntu06whmm... holstein, that's exactly what I meant01:26
xubuntu06wthanks shurtagul, yup, it's the login password01:26
shurtagulThank holstein lol I did nothing01:27
xubuntu06wshurtagul, I'm thankful for you both!! hehe, gonna try it01:27
shurtagulAnyone know about the alt tab menu thing?01:29
holsteinshurtagul: "they" show what has a list view in the update? a ppa you added?01:32
shurtagulhttp://xfce.org/about/tour01:34
holsteinshurtagul: where did you get 4.12?01:35
shurtagulA PPA01:35
holsteinshurtagul: i would make sure i have that version, and ask the ppa maintainer, or upstream xfce support venues about it01:36
shurtagulhttps://launchpad.net/~xubuntu-dev/+archive/ubuntu/xfce-4.12 Have what version?01:37
Seven_Six_TwoI was in earlier complaining about missing menu icons in menu after installing xfce, which was sorted by installing xubuntu-desktop metapkg. now, after a time, my session logs out.01:37
holsteinshurtagul: i would make sure i have the version that is being referenced at the link you post01:38
Seven_Six_TwoIt's like a power saver thing that blanks your screen, and it looks innocuous, but I've just started noticing the nvidia logo flashing before going blank again.01:38
Seven_Six_Twothen when i press a key, the screen comes on, at normal login screen.01:40
shurtagulhttp://uppix.com/f-wwww54f90587001876c9.png I definitely have 4.12 installed if you mean that.01:40
holsteinSeven_Six_Two: sounds like you wake it up from sleep, and you are promted for the password after locking01:41
klopsi-u34.10 works fine here. dont see the reason for the hubbub01:41
holsteinshurtagul: cool.. could take a bit for all the changes in that *very* latest to come to the PPA you are using.. ask the maintainers of the sources01:42
shurtagulholstein, ok thanks for your help01:43
Seven_Six_Twoholstein, No, it's a brand new session. I just remembered one other change that I did (oops!) to try to fix a noisy fan, so I just undid it and rebooted. I'll check power settings and test again.01:45
holsteinSeven_Six_Two: sure, friend. in a *brand* new session.. the settings that i see typically set by default would do that01:46
holsteinsleep and lock the monitor. with a password prompt at wake.. if you havent explored that option, look in the xfce power settigns in the menu, and see what you see there that is relevant.. as well as the screensaver..01:46
holstein"dont lock the session when starting the screensaver".. etc..01:47
Seven_Six_Twochecking it out now01:47
Espionage724hmm, so I just did a clean install of today's Xubuntu 15.04 daily (BIOS mode with the LVM + encryption disk encryption options checked; no home folder encryption), and on the first boot after install, I only have a gray screen with a cursor on it02:03
Seven_Six_Twoit did it again. I'm back at the login screen.02:04
Seven_Six_TwoI set power management to never turn the screen off, whether on battery or power. Screensaver is off.02:04
holstein!15.0402:05
ubottuUbuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) will be the 22nd release of Ubuntu due for release in April 2015. Discussion and support in #ubuntu+1. For more info see the announcement at  http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/142502:05
holsteinEspionage724: you can also try #xubuntu-devel for xubuntu specific things.. otherwise, use a supported version02:06
Espionage724ah, alright I'll try over there; thanks02:06
Seven_Six_Twotail of xorg.0.log.old:    http://paste.ubuntu.com/1054604902:07
holsteinSeven_Six_Two: i would experiement with the opensource nvidia driver..02:09
AndroidHackeranyone know about the package libuuid? im trying to compile parted, but its telling me i need this package installed, even tho it doesnt exist. have already installed uuid and uuid-dsev04:07
AndroidHacker*uuid-dev04:08
holsteini dont,but the repos are the same as main ubntu, so myabe more folks in #ubuntu culd assist with first hand info04:09
holstein!info libuuid-perl04:10
ubottulibuuid-perl (source: libuuid-perl): Perl extension for using UUID interfaces as defined in e2fsprogs. In component main, is optional. Version 0.05-1build1 (utopic), package size 9 kB, installed size 81 kB04:10
holsteinbut, im assuming you have already tried that..04:10
holstein!info uuid-dev04:11
ubottuuuid-dev (source: util-linux): universally unique id library - headers and static libraries. In component main, is extra. Version 2.25.1-3ubuntu4 (utopic), package size 26 kB, installed size 168 kB04:11
holsteinmaybe "it" is expecting a different version..04:12
klopsi-u3i liked fstab better without uuid04:15
AndroidHackeri havent tried the libuuid-perl04:16
AndroidHackerthank you04:16
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galentannerHello?06:15
cfhowlettgalentanner, ask your xubuntu question06:16
galentannerI'm having an issue with ubuntu.  Can someone help?06:16
galentannerThanks06:16
galentannerI installed Xbuntu 14.04 on my old Dell laptop.  Every time I close the screen and then reopen it the mouse is frozen.  I can't find a simple solution for a newbie such as myself.  Can you help?06:17
cfhowlettgalentanner, wired mouse or bluetooth?06:18
galentannerIt is a  synaptic touch pad, I think.06:18
galentannerIt works on a fresh restart but not on the wake up.06:18
cfhowlettgalentanner, ask in #ubuntu   more eyes06:19
galentannerok.  Thanks.06:19
newinxubuntuhello good day!08:47
newinxubuntuhow can i install my graphics card in xubuntu and other hardwares08:47
newinxubuntuanyone?08:48
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knobGood morning all12:52
knobNegativeFlare,12:53
knoboops12:53
knob=)12:53
antovarHi, I can't get X in xubuntu to listen so I may open windows from crontab and from others hosts. I've tryed everything I've found in internet13:32
antovarhelp. please13:32
knobantovar, no idea13:33
knobGuys, I moved my main laptop to xubuntu just now.   From Unity to Xubuntu.13:33
knobAwesome stuff!13:33
knobRemove CairoDock, tint2, and Wally13:33
antovarI've also moved from unity and I had no problem with X listening to tcp connections there13:35
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zadigfactionGuys, I have a question about bumblebee (nvidia-prime like). Just a little question. If you use it, please tag me.14:30
GridCube!ask | zadigfaction14:42
ubottuzadigfaction: Please don't ask to ask a question, simply ask the question (all on ONE line and in the channel, so that others can read and follow it easily). If anyone knows the answer they will most likely reply. :-) See also !patience14:42
zadigfactionIn bumblebee, there are options like optirun -b primus or primusrun, to activate the nvidia card for an application. What I don't understand is if it's activate for an application, isn't it for all the system? That means both cards are activated?14:43
zadigfactionAnd if it's the case, what's the point?14:43
xubuntu20wHmm odd thing happening with me. On 14.04.2 fresh install, local/internet links in whisker menu (Help, Xubuntu Website, Contribute to Xubuntu) open up the browser fine with the page. However, updating Firefox makes something go wrong. Clicking these links in whisker menu only opens up the browser with no page loaded. Same thing applies to creating URL links on desktop.14:53
elfyxubuntu20w: yep - known bug14:54
elfybug 142597214:54
ubottubug 1425972 in exo (Ubuntu Utopic) "Firefox no longer supports -remote parameter" [Undecided,In progress] https://launchpad.net/bugs/142597214:54
elfythere's a fix in there you can do manually14:54
xubuntu20wI guess I could edit them to open Firefox rather than through default WebBrowser14:55
xubuntu20wthanks for the bug page14:55
elfyxubuntu20w: change /usr/share/xfce4/helpers/firefox.desktop14:57
elfylast 2 lines14:57
xubuntu20wan easy fix then. mozilla took out the remote option15:02
xubuntu20wI have changed it so if something is updated now that wouldn't affect my change?15:07
elfynot sure tbh - might, but that should just be official fix landing15:08
htqpelfy xubuntu20w  an update to package libexo-helpers may overwrite the file. but tbh I do not remember having ever seen an update to that package15:10
htqp(source: dpkg -S /usr/share/xfce4/helpers, which means "what is the package that contains the file ...")15:11
xubuntu20wthat won't be an issue then, I don't have any other reason for the file15:15
xubuntu20wthe other issue I am encountering is the restart button not working after changing driver on Additional Drivers tab of Software & Updates...seems to be a gnome related restart command there. couldn't find a bug report15:27
xubuntu20whttp://i.imgur.com/ykKs7kS.png15:28
xubuntu20wFileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'gnome-session-quit'15:30
brainvvash_xubuntu20w, please file a bug report against software-properties15:33
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GreekDudeHow would I set Super+D to show the xfce desktop?17:29
krytarikGreekDude: "Settings Manager โ†’ Window Manager โ†’ Keyboard โ†’ Show desktop"17:32
GreekDudethanks17:32
GreekDudeIt doesn't appear to actually work, though, when I tried it just now. All that happens is the whisker menu pops up17:34
krytarikGreekDude: Well, I tried it before too.17:34
holsteinGreekDude: try, temporarily, setting to another combo.. see that you can trigger the action. seems to me, the "super" function is happening *before* super+d..17:35
GreekDudeit works fine as the original control-alt-d17:36
krytarikGreekDude: Yep, looks like you've assigned Whisker Menu to just the Super key.17:37
GreekDudeI recall doing that17:37
holsteinor, something with the keyboard/hardware/config is not passing the superD through past just super17:37
holsteinwhen i faced that *exact* issue, i just remapped.. and got a good nights sleep..17:38
holsteinbut, im sure you can hack about on it, and sort out what is going on..17:38
GridCubeif you map a single key to a function, then you cannot just use it for combinations with other functions as well, or at least thats what i understand17:40
GreekDudeI see. I think I17:40
GreekDudewill just use control-alt-d17:40
holsteinGreekDude: that could be the case..17:40
GreekDudeStupid me hits the enter key by accident all the time >.< I should not be trusted near small keyboards17:40
obscureheroHello! I've installed Xubuntu on my Acer C720 chromebook. I wanted to dual boot so I just put a boot partition sda6 (16MB) my main partition sda7 and then a swap partition (4096 MB) at the end of the disk. The beginning of the disk is all ChromeOS stuff.17:56
obscureheroI booted into the liveCD alright, but when I try to boot into my new installation it just hangs for forever17:56
obscureheropointers to help me solve this issue?17:56
GreekDudebooting from USB?17:57
GreekDudeor from an actual CD17:57
GreekDudeer, from a USB flash drive, or from a CD drive, or a USB CD drive17:57
obscureheroUSB flash drive17:57
obscureheroI booted into the 'try' option and then installed from there17:58
GreekDudeThat'd be a LiveUSB then, I think, but I'm not sure if it really matters17:58
obscureheroI had to add the 'mem=1G' option because it was having an issue17:58
obscureherosorry my terminology and knowledge are quite lacking17:58
obscureheromy only linux experience previous is CLI with ubunutu/debian/CentOS for the basic things I need to do with my VPS'17:59
holsteinobscurehero: you have to, as per a c720 user in my lug, facilitate the hardware to boot something other than chromeos17:59
GreekDudeI'm just being a (curious) pedant. Does it reach a boot splash screen before hanging?17:59
holsteinobscurehero: have you edited the bios? or entered developermode? etc? all the machine side tweaks needed?17:59
obscureheroyes, holstein I've enabled developer mode, I've limited chrome OS to a partition (partitions... I have no idea why it needs so many)18:00
obscureheroGreekDude, be what you'd like, any help is appreciated even if it's just to call me an idiot... that could be helpful I guess. haha18:00
obscureheroGreekDude, I don't get a graphical splash screen. It gives some register error, a USB 2-4 error, and then hangs18:01
holsteinif i were doing so, i would refer to a guide like http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/764181-how-to-install-linux-on-an-acer-c720-chromebook18:01
holsteinthere will be some *very* specific things you need to do machine-side to make any "unsupported" operating system boot..18:01
obscureheroholstein, yes, I was using this - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Chromebook18:02
holsteinsounds to me like, you havent quite gotten the machine to that state. my LUG friend took "The read-only screw" out of his, and put open bios on18:02
obscureherobecause I thought I'd be brave and try Arch, and then I thought better of it18:02
obscureheroyeah, I can do that. You only need to do that if you'd like to boot to the SeaBIOS by default18:02
obscureheroand since I don't know how to write back to the firmware to revert that at this point, I'd rather not do anything irreversible.18:03
holsteinsure.. its just that, that bios faciliates specificall doing what you are trying to do18:03
holsteinotherwise, there are steps.. can you boot the live iso? and the installer worked? correct?18:03
obscureheroYeah, but it comes with a SeaBIOS by default and I'm able to boot the LiveUSB so does that rule out the bios as an issue?18:03
obscureheroyes, installer worked18:04
obscureherobooting back into the LiveUSB it recognizes the new partition as a Xubuntu 14.1018:04
holsteinobscurehero: i personally suggest a backup.. a clone, or whatever it takes. that hard drive fails like all the rest, and you lose everything then.. might as well plan for that "irreversible" inevitability.. that will assist you in being more "nimble" now18:04
obscureheroholstein, yes, I love backups. But I can't backup the firmware at this point because I don't have my raspi to interface with it.18:05
obscureheroThat's one of the options for editing the firmware. I can flash new firmware without it, but to unbrick I'd need some way to interface with the firmware directly18:06
obscureheroOtherwise, I don't care what I do with the disk. I jsut got this chromebook and I've actually upgraded to a 128GB SSD18:06
holsteinobscurehero: sure. its just that you reference wanting to "reverse" and get back where you are. and *when* that hard drive fails, that will not be possible.. so, i say, address that, and then you can better tinker18:06
obscurehero*12018:06
obscureheroholstein, oh, I don't mean reverse and get my data back. Just restoring the device back to a chromebook again... in order to boot to the SeaBIOS by default and not by hotkey you have to remove the writeprotect screw, write a change to the hardware bios, and then oila you're good to go18:07
obscureherobut to reverse the hardware change, I need to undo what I wrote to the firmware and I don't know how to do that when I'm not in ChromeOS... and I can't install ChromeOS if I default to SeaBIOS AFAIK... haha18:08
holsteinyup.. i understand, and im personally still running chrome os on my c720.. im working on "tinkering" with other hardware.. when i decide to tinker with that hardware, i will be ready to do whatever it takes18:08
obscureheroAnyway, it should be irrelevant b/c I can just press Ctrl+L to do the same thing18:08
obscureheroit slows down the boot process and adds a step, but I'm not super bothered by that for the momment18:08
obscurehero*moment18:08
GreekDudevoila18:09
obscureheroFWIW, the write-protect screw and all that bios crap shouldn't be the issues as far as I can tell18:09
obscureheroGreekDude, yes I forgot my v18:09
obscureheros/oila/voila18:09
holsteincool.. well, xubuntu works and boot fine here, and for others. so, i think it may be constructive to assume it may be related to the hardware setup there. since, those have *large* guides on how to facilitate "normal" booting of other operating systems18:10
GreekDudes/(?!<v)oila/voila/ should do it I think18:10
holsteinotherwise, let me see if my LUG friend is on.. i know he already wipe and put xubuntu on his..18:10
GreekDudeanyways, I should be quiet, I'm not contributing18:10
obscureheroyes, again, you shame me GreekDude18:10
obscureheromy regex is shitty18:10
obscureheroholstein, yeah, I'll sort through it. I can boot with the LiveUSB so I think it's something wrong I'm doing with the dual boot system18:11
bynarieXubuntu rocks!18:11
GreekDudewhile yours would work in some cases, it'd make voila into vvoila. However, I'm still not really helping any and will be quiet now18:11
holsteinobscurehero:  i ping'd my friend. if he shows up, i'll ask him to find you here.. otherwise, good luck..18:11
obscureheroGreekDude, it would, sorry I was being specific/optimistic. The world only works the way I tell it to, dammit18:12
obscureheroholstein, cheers18:13
obscureherooooh I think I figured it out... I think it was related to how I partitioned my disk... I'll let you know when I'm done if it worked :)18:18
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NivexI've got a funky video res issue in a KVM guest: http://www.nivex.net/images/tmp/vivid-res-mismatch.png19:46
NivexNo idea how I'd even report that one19:46
holsteina "kvm guest" ?19:47
holsteinoh.. kvm virtualization..19:47
Nivexyes, kernel virtual machine manager by virt-manager19:47
Nivex*managed19:47
holsteinNivex: i have seen that, before.. that half screen type oddness..19:48
holsteinwith virtualbox and lxde.. and others..19:48
Nivexfirst I've ever bumped into it, so since it's a beta I thought I'd try and get it reported in time19:48
holsteinyeah.. thats what addressed it for me.. updating19:48
NivexI end up having to use vmvga because there's still funkyness with the cirrus driver19:49
NivexIdeally I'd be using qxl but that's even weirder (missing letters, weird image scaling)19:49
Pici7020:29
Unit193Goal!20:30
xubuntu96wWhat to do with flickering white screen?  I am an idiot who knows nothing about xubuntu22:49
xubuntu41wwhat to do with flickering white screen?  I am an idiot who knows nothing about xubuntu22:59
sam_i_amWhen I left mouse on a window's title bar, it often starts to move the window.  How can I change that behavior?  I just want it to raise the window.23:10
knomechange what behavior? not being able to move windows?23:14
sam_i_amknome: I left click on the title bar, not intending to move the window, just raise it. But the cursor changes to a hand & the window starts to move23:15
sam_i_amknome: I want to set some parameter to make this less sensitive23:15
sam_i_amknome: so it moves only when I hold down the mouse button, not click it23:15
knomei think you might need to edit the window manager code and rebuild then23:15
sam_i_amknome: wow.  Any idea what area of the wm code this might be in23:16
knomenope23:17
sam_i_amK thx23:17
knomebut i don't think there is any threshold currently23:17
knomethe window moves as soon as you drag it23:17
krytariksam_i_am: Just lower the mouse sensibility.23:18
sam_i_amknome: so a tiny mouse movement will cause this behavior23:18
knomesure23:18
knomewell as a workaround, you can click any button on the titlebar to bring up the window23:18
knomeeg. the scrollwheel, if your wheel is buttoned23:18
knomeactually, that doesn't seem to work23:19
knomebut right-click does23:19
FFfhey23:19
sam_i_amSo I should try adjusting "sensitivity" in the23:19
FFfcan somebody help?23:19
knomeFFf, just ask your question23:19
sam_i_ammouse & touchpad control panel for buttons & feedback23:19
knomesam_i_am, actually, the wheel button works if you click the window content area, but not the window title23:20
knome01:09 ยป sam_i_am [c65fe2ec@gateway/web/freenode/ip.198.95.226.236] has joined23:20
knomehmm23:20
FFfi use qt and kde stuff and after i added the 4.12 ppa they became retro. The gtk apps still looks like charm23:20
knometoo much middle-button clicking.23:20
FFfis it normal?23:20
sam_i_amknome: yeah, but I've got the wheel set up as paste, so I may end up pasting stuff doing that23:20
knomesam_i_am, as we saw, yeah.23:21
FFfi have another problem with xfwm423:21
sam_i_amOK, I'll try that.  Thx23:22
knomeFFf, probably. just to remind that you use PPAs at your own risk.. but you can probably fix this by installing qt4-qtconfig and set the gui style to "GTK+"23:22
FFfi'll try it23:23
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FFfoh23:29
FFfit's worked well23:29
FFfty23:29

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