[00:04] hey guys, I have a issue with firefox, it wont open external hyperlinks [00:05] just goes on home page [00:05] bug 1425972 [00:05] bug 1425972 in exo (Ubuntu Utopic) "Firefox no longer supports -remote parameter" [Undecided,In progress] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1425972 [00:05] oh [00:05] ty [00:05] Sure thing. [00:08] it has to do with emacs? [00:09] Seems that also has a problem with Firefox removing -remote [00:09] yes it has, it is something to do the helpers in xfce4 [00:10] is not a big issue just details... [00:11] Emacs won't be using the xfce4 helpers, no. [00:11] no emacs woth but changin the last line with X-XFCE-CommandsWithParameter=%B -new-tab "%s";%B "%s" seems to work [00:12] at least on other programs [00:12] but thanks for the help really did find the workaround ;) [01:04] Where can I change the settings of the alt-tab menu for xfce? They show that it has a list view in the update.. [01:05] in 4.12? are you running 4.12? [01:09] Yeah [01:11] in that case xfwm4-tweaks > compositor > enable previews [01:18] http://uppix.com/f-Screenshot_from_54f90052001876c6.png [01:18] Thats all I see.. [01:21] good night for you all [01:21] hello to you too [01:21] Good evening. [01:21] I've just reinstalled Xubuntu, but the configured password is not working, how can I fix it? [01:23] first 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 compatible [01:24] *maybe [01:24] xubuntu06w: just reset the password to something simple, that you know [01:24] to test.. [01:24] xubuntu06w, do you mean your login password? [01:24] http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword [01:25] you can test the login in tty.. some folks assume the password is the issue, when, its the session that wont start.. [01:25] !tty [01:25] To 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/ChangeTTYResolution [01:25] if you can input your username and password there ^ and get a prompt, then, you dont have a password problem.. [01:26] hmm... holstein, that's exactly what I meant [01:26] thanks shurtagul, yup, it's the login password [01:27] Thank holstein lol I did nothing [01:27] shurtagul, I'm thankful for you both!! hehe, gonna try it [01:29] Anyone know about the alt tab menu thing? [01:32] shurtagul: "they" show what has a list view in the update? a ppa you added? [01:34] http://xfce.org/about/tour [01:35] shurtagul: where did you get 4.12? [01:35] A PPA [01:36] shurtagul: i would make sure i have that version, and ask the ppa maintainer, or upstream xfce support venues about it [01:37] https://launchpad.net/~xubuntu-dev/+archive/ubuntu/xfce-4.12 Have what version? [01:37] I 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. [01:38] shurtagul: i would make sure i have the version that is being referenced at the link you post [01:38] It'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. [01:40] then when i press a key, the screen comes on, at normal login screen. [01:40] http://uppix.com/f-wwww54f90587001876c9.png I definitely have 4.12 installed if you mean that. [01:41] Seven_Six_Two: sounds like you wake it up from sleep, and you are promted for the password after locking [01:41] 4.10 works fine here. dont see the reason for the hubbub [01:42] shurtagul: 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 sources [01:43] holstein, ok thanks for your help [01:45] holstein, 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. [01:46] Seven_Six_Two: sure, friend. in a *brand* new session.. the settings that i see typically set by default would do that [01:46] sleep 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.. [01:47] "dont lock the session when starting the screensaver".. etc.. [01:47] checking it out now [02:03] hmm, 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 it [02:04] it did it again. I'm back at the login screen. [02:04] I set power management to never turn the screen off, whether on battery or power. Screensaver is off. [02:05] !15.04 [02:05] Ubuntu 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/1425 [02:06] Espionage724: you can also try #xubuntu-devel for xubuntu specific things.. otherwise, use a supported version [02:06] ah, alright I'll try over there; thanks [02:07] tail of xorg.0.log.old: http://paste.ubuntu.com/10546049 [02:09] Seven_Six_Two: i would experiement with the opensource nvidia driver.. [04:07] anyone 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-dsev [04:08] *uuid-dev [04:09] i dont,but the repos are the same as main ubntu, so myabe more folks in #ubuntu culd assist with first hand info [04:10] !info libuuid-perl [04:10] libuuid-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 kB [04:10] but, im assuming you have already tried that.. [04:11] !info uuid-dev [04:11] uuid-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 kB [04:12] maybe "it" is expecting a different version.. [04:15] i liked fstab better without uuid [04:16] i havent tried the libuuid-perl [04:16] thank you === The_Dude is now known as Evil_Eric [06:15] Hello? [06:16] galentanner, ask your xubuntu question [06:16] I'm having an issue with ubuntu. Can someone help? [06:16] Thanks [06:17] I 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? [06:18] galentanner, wired mouse or bluetooth? [06:18] It is a synaptic touch pad, I think. [06:18] It works on a fresh restart but not on the wake up. [06:19] galentanner, ask in #ubuntu more eyes [06:19] ok. Thanks. [08:47] hello good day! [08:47] how can i install my graphics card in xubuntu and other hardwares [08:48] anyone? === macmeck_ is now known as macmeck [12:52] Good morning all [12:53] NegativeFlare, [12:53] oops [12:53] =) [13:32] Hi, 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 internet [13:32] help. please [13:33] antovar, no idea [13:33] Guys, I moved my main laptop to xubuntu just now. From Unity to Xubuntu. [13:33] Awesome stuff! [13:33] Remove CairoDock, tint2, and Wally [13:35] I've also moved from unity and I had no problem with X listening to tcp connections there === OrioaZzZ is now known as Orioa [14:30] Guys, I have a question about bumblebee (nvidia-prime like). Just a little question. If you use it, please tag me. [14:42] !ask | zadigfaction [14:42] zadigfaction: 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 !patience [14:43] In 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] And if it's the case, what's the point? [14:53] Hmm 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. [14:54] xubuntu20w: yep - known bug [14:54] bug 1425972 [14:54] bug 1425972 in exo (Ubuntu Utopic) "Firefox no longer supports -remote parameter" [Undecided,In progress] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1425972 [14:54] there's a fix in there you can do manually [14:55] I guess I could edit them to open Firefox rather than through default WebBrowser [14:55] thanks for the bug page [14:57] xubuntu20w: change /usr/share/xfce4/helpers/firefox.desktop [14:57] last 2 lines [15:02] an easy fix then. mozilla took out the remote option [15:07] I have changed it so if something is updated now that wouldn't affect my change? [15:08] not sure tbh - might, but that should just be official fix landing [15:10] elfy xubuntu20w an update to package libexo-helpers may overwrite the file. but tbh I do not remember having ever seen an update to that package [15:11] (source: dpkg -S /usr/share/xfce4/helpers, which means "what is the package that contains the file ...") [15:15] that won't be an issue then, I don't have any other reason for the file [15:27] the 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 report [15:28] http://i.imgur.com/ykKs7kS.png [15:30] FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'gnome-session-quit' [15:33] xubuntu20w, please file a bug report against software-properties === Orioa is now known as OrioaZzZ === OrioaZzZ is now known as Orioa [17:29] How would I set Super+D to show the xfce desktop? [17:32] GreekDude: "Settings Manager → Window Manager → Keyboard → Show desktop" [17:32] thanks [17:34] It doesn't appear to actually work, though, when I tried it just now. All that happens is the whisker menu pops up [17:34] GreekDude: Well, I tried it before too. [17:35] GreekDude: try, temporarily, setting to another combo.. see that you can trigger the action. seems to me, the "super" function is happening *before* super+d.. [17:36] it works fine as the original control-alt-d [17:37] GreekDude: Yep, looks like you've assigned Whisker Menu to just the Super key. [17:37] I recall doing that [17:37] or, something with the keyboard/hardware/config is not passing the superD through past just super [17:38] when i faced that *exact* issue, i just remapped.. and got a good nights sleep.. [17:38] but, im sure you can hack about on it, and sort out what is going on.. [17:40] if 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 understand [17:40] I see. I think I [17:40] will just use control-alt-d [17:40] GreekDude: that could be the case.. [17:40] Stupid me hits the enter key by accident all the time >.< I should not be trusted near small keyboards [17:56] Hello! 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] I booted into the liveCD alright, but when I try to boot into my new installation it just hangs for forever [17:56] pointers to help me solve this issue? [17:57] booting from USB? [17:57] or from an actual CD [17:57] er, from a USB flash drive, or from a CD drive, or a USB CD drive [17:57] USB flash drive [17:58] I booted into the 'try' option and then installed from there [17:58] That'd be a LiveUSB then, I think, but I'm not sure if it really matters [17:58] I had to add the 'mem=1G' option because it was having an issue [17:58] sorry my terminology and knowledge are quite lacking [17:59] my only linux experience previous is CLI with ubunutu/debian/CentOS for the basic things I need to do with my VPS' [17:59] obscurehero: you have to, as per a c720 user in my lug, facilitate the hardware to boot something other than chromeos [17:59] I'm just being a (curious) pedant. Does it reach a boot splash screen before hanging? [17:59] obscurehero: have you edited the bios? or entered developermode? etc? all the machine side tweaks needed? [18:00] yes, 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] GreekDude, 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. haha [18:01] GreekDude, I don't get a graphical splash screen. It gives some register error, a USB 2-4 error, and then hangs [18:01] if 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-chromebook [18:01] there will be some *very* specific things you need to do machine-side to make any "unsupported" operating system boot.. [18:02] holstein, yes, I was using this - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Chromebook [18:02] sounds 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 on [18:02] because I thought I'd be brave and try Arch, and then I thought better of it [18:02] yeah, I can do that. You only need to do that if you'd like to boot to the SeaBIOS by default [18:03] and 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] sure.. its just that, that bios faciliates specificall doing what you are trying to do [18:03] otherwise, there are steps.. can you boot the live iso? and the installer worked? correct? [18:03] Yeah, 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? [18:04] yes, installer worked [18:04] booting back into the LiveUSB it recognizes the new partition as a Xubuntu 14.10 [18:04] obscurehero: 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" now [18:05] holstein, 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. [18:06] That'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 directly [18:06] Otherwise, I don't care what I do with the disk. I jsut got this chromebook and I've actually upgraded to a 128GB SSD [18:06] obscurehero: 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 tinker [18:06] *120 [18:07] holstein, 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 go [18:08] but 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... haha [18:08] yup.. 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 takes [18:08] Anyway, it should be irrelevant b/c I can just press Ctrl+L to do the same thing [18:08] it slows down the boot process and adds a step, but I'm not super bothered by that for the momment [18:08] *moment [18:09] voila [18:09] FWIW, the write-protect screw and all that bios crap shouldn't be the issues as far as I can tell [18:09] GreekDude, yes I forgot my v [18:09] s/oila/voila [18:10] cool.. 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 systems [18:10] s/(?! otherwise, let me see if my LUG friend is on.. i know he already wipe and put xubuntu on his.. [18:10] anyways, I should be quiet, I'm not contributing [18:10] yes, again, you shame me GreekDude [18:10] my regex is shitty [18:11] holstein, 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 system [18:11] Xubuntu rocks! [18:11] while yours would work in some cases, it'd make voila into vvoila. However, I'm still not really helping any and will be quiet now [18:11] obscurehero: i ping'd my friend. if he shows up, i'll ask him to find you here.. otherwise, good luck.. [18:12] GreekDude, it would, sorry I was being specific/optimistic. The world only works the way I tell it to, dammit [18:13] holstein, cheers [18:18] oooh 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 :) === ejhnfuief is now known as me === me is now known as notme123 [19:46] I've got a funky video res issue in a KVM guest: http://www.nivex.net/images/tmp/vivid-res-mismatch.png [19:46] No idea how I'd even report that one [19:47] a "kvm guest" ? [19:47] oh.. kvm virtualization.. [19:47] yes, kernel virtual machine manager by virt-manager [19:47] *managed [19:48] Nivex: i have seen that, before.. that half screen type oddness.. [19:48] with virtualbox and lxde.. and others.. [19:48] first I've ever bumped into it, so since it's a beta I thought I'd try and get it reported in time [19:48] yeah.. thats what addressed it for me.. updating [19:49] I end up having to use vmvga because there's still funkyness with the cirrus driver [19:49] Ideally I'd be using qxl but that's even weirder (missing letters, weird image scaling) [20:29] 70 [20:30] Goal! [22:49] What to do with flickering white screen? I am an idiot who knows nothing about xubuntu [22:59] what to do with flickering white screen? I am an idiot who knows nothing about xubuntu [23:10] When 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. [23:14] change what behavior? not being able to move windows? [23:15] knome: 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 move [23:15] knome: I want to set some parameter to make this less sensitive [23:15] knome: so it moves only when I hold down the mouse button, not click it [23:15] i think you might need to edit the window manager code and rebuild then [23:16] knome: wow. Any idea what area of the wm code this might be in [23:17] nope [23:17] K thx [23:17] but i don't think there is any threshold currently [23:17] the window moves as soon as you drag it [23:18] sam_i_am: Just lower the mouse sensibility. [23:18] knome: so a tiny mouse movement will cause this behavior [23:18] sure [23:18] well as a workaround, you can click any button on the titlebar to bring up the window [23:18] eg. the scrollwheel, if your wheel is buttoned [23:19] actually, that doesn't seem to work [23:19] but right-click does [23:19] hey [23:19] So I should try adjusting "sensitivity" in the [23:19] can somebody help? [23:19] FFf, just ask your question [23:19] mouse & touchpad control panel for buttons & feedback [23:20] sam_i_am, actually, the wheel button works if you click the window content area, but not the window title [23:20] 01:09 » sam_i_am [c65fe2ec@gateway/web/freenode/ip.198.95.226.236] has joined [23:20] hmm [23:20] i use qt and kde stuff and after i added the 4.12 ppa they became retro. The gtk apps still looks like charm [23:20] too much middle-button clicking. [23:20] is it normal? [23:20] knome: yeah, but I've got the wheel set up as paste, so I may end up pasting stuff doing that [23:21] sam_i_am, as we saw, yeah. [23:21] i have another problem with xfwm4 [23:22] OK, I'll try that. Thx [23:22] FFf, 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+" [23:23] i'll try it === maktar is now known as spl33n [23:29] oh [23:29] it's worked well [23:29] ty