[00:00] gonna reboot again [00:02] ok I am at the UbuntuGnome menu screen under other options I have Expert mode, acpi=off, noapic, nolapic, edd=on, nodmraid, nomodeset, Free software only [00:03] nomodeset didn't work before, right? [00:04] I guess this is grub because I have no mouse just keyboard controls [00:04] I got a terminal window and then startx [00:05] at least I had some functionality of the desktop [00:05] you said start shell? [00:05] gnome-shell [00:05] instead of startx [00:06] ok let's see what that brings [00:09] Error: gdk_mir_display_open [00:09] oh noes [00:10] did it hang? [00:10] errors usually happen when booting [00:10] Faile to connect to Mir: Failed to connect to server socket: No such file or directory [00:10] Window manager error: Unagle to ope X display [00:11] back to prompt [00:11] :/ [00:11] yea rall bummer [00:11] I don't see what's all the hype about gnome [00:12] it's the extensions, i guess [00:12] Well I'll never know about them at this rate [00:13] hehe [00:14] http://i.imgur.com/GHqAgwQ.jpg - a little of those extensions [00:15] network meter, translator, botto mdock [00:15] it's pretty customizable [00:15] I don't know If you watch Youtube but Logan of Tek Syndicate has a gnome desktop with games and video production software running three montors with Nvida cards [00:16] i do watch youtube, but don't know about that channel, hehe [00:16] And He just switched to Linux [00:16] i have a dual monitor setup with nvidia cards [00:16] steam, some games [00:17] once you get used to linux you don't want to leave it :) [00:17] Go to TekSyndicate.com and you'll see the video there too got a good forum going on there. But It's some high level stuff and GAMES [00:18] oh yea, GAMES \o/ [00:18] not much of a gamer tho, just play casually [00:19] I am running Ubuntu-desktop on this machine and loving it. Gave the USB stick to a friend and he installed it dual boot on his windows machine right from the usb. [00:20] Now he's diving into ubuntu [00:20] awesome :D [00:21] Yea, but I think Unity is a challenge for his hardware he says it's a bit slow [00:21] so I was looking for lighter weight desktops [00:21] in my case I didn't like unity look very much, and it was very buggy in the past [00:21] maybe it is stable now [00:22] if you really want lightweight desktops and don't care too much about effects and such, lxde or xfce are good ones [00:22] Knock on wood 14.10 is working well on and AMD Fusion e351 cpu [00:24] my baby rig, I am building a multi-media production pc and Need a reliable desktop [00:24] i see [00:24] Maybe Unity is it or something else but I've only really seen 3 so far [00:25] maybe KDE [00:26] Krita, and kdenlive run on this box so I just wanted a lighter desktop if possible [00:27] Thing is If logan uses it then It must be the real shit, cause he already has Adobe and windows [00:29] And it's his full time job on youtube [00:29] it's all about hardware [00:30] when I went to the store buy the pieces for this box, I had to be very selective to see parts linux compatible [00:30] if I got home and it didn't work, well, it'd be bad :P [00:31] I had a Radeon 7790 first, bought a GTX 650 to use CUDA with Blender [00:31] but then, the cuda kernel doesn't compile [00:31] haha [00:32] but this card is more stable than the other one, so it's ok [00:33] i'm watching the vid now, that's a nice rig [00:33] I am very concerned with that too but I am committed to amd 970 chipset mb, FX-9590 cpu, SSD's and at least 8T of HD storage. Two hot swappable drive bays [00:34] :o [00:35] Looking at Sapphire 8gig 970x Vapor X [00:35] i think i'll make some money selling games on steam and upgrade my box :P [00:35] That's a safe bet, like porn, games sell [00:35] yep [00:35] be an indi developer and make a name for your self [00:36] that's what i am planning [00:36] Logan promotes indi games alot [00:36] i went to 3 part time job interviews, and didn't pass in any of them :/ [00:36] Join the forum [00:37] You may find some eger alpha testers on the linux forum [00:37] I wanted to make games for the 3 platforms, but I haven't had much success setting up a Mac VM [00:37] No worries mate, Go to www.workmarket.com and get a gig [00:37] that's because I have AMD cpu [00:38] you work for your self [00:38] hmm, it seems interesting [00:38] like linux, small learning curve to make yourself known [00:40] but I need to keep up to date with what's going on if I wanted to still be known [00:40] but I have been paying the bills the last 4 yrs and it helps being indi to have something coming in you can count on even if it' like part time but pay's like full time. [00:40] what do you work with? games? [00:41] I do hardware integration, networking, windows obviously [00:41] don't know a lick of code [00:41] hmm, nice [00:42] I know some code but I need the will to actually finish something, hehe [00:42] the good and old procrastination [00:42] hey xauth: file /home/ubuntu-gnome/.Xauthority does not exist [00:43] I typed in --help after startx and got that before the usage screen [00:44] this doesn't seem critical [00:44] still nothing? [00:46] well I was looking to see what options if any I might have with startx [00:47] commonly one does it like this: startx -- :0 (or :1) [00:47] some I get -fs size -fi fontname [00:48] those two are for the raw X environment I believe [00:48] ok [00:49] let's try [00:49] i'll have to be afk for a bit, good luck there o/ [00:50] ok thanks [01:18] watsoncomputers, the live cd's dont use grub [01:18] if you hit a key at the very first screen [01:19] you should be able to select some boot options with one of the F keys [01:20] possibly F6 [01:38] Yes, I did f6 nomodeset and got a blank desktop but it had a number 3 in the upper left corner so using settings display I combined them and now have a functioning desktop [01:39] just getting use to moving around in it, I did find tweek tools [01:40] a lot to learn about moving around [01:40] and the tweeks them selves [18:10] Anyone working on getting GNOME Shell to work on Ubuntu? [18:10] You can install the gnome-session-wayland package [19:06] darkxst: hey who is the person who works on your guys slideshow in ubiquity? [20:24] Anyone else here running 15.04? I'm having a randomly occurring issue where a window grabs focus and won't let go - the only way to get to a window behind it is to control + alt + arrow to another workspace and then alt-tab back into the original workspace. [21:16] smallfoot-, Doesn't gnome-shell work now? [21:45] Noskcaj, it did work some week ago when using Upstart. Then Ubuntu transitioned to systemd. Since then, I haven't gotten it to work. [21:45] $ sudo apt-get install gnome-session-wayland [21:46] $ gnome-session --session=gnome-wayland [21:46] $ service gdm start [21:55] Anyone can run GNOME on Wayland on Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet? [22:11] smallfoot I'm not aware of any issues caused by the systemd transition [22:13] smallfoot-, just select the "gnome on wayland" session from gdm [22:50] darkxst, when I start Ubuntu (not Ubuntu-GNOME) what starts is LightDM [22:50] However, I can type "service gdm start" to start gdm, but then GDM kinda freezes and i cant use it [22:51] smallfoot-, dpkg-reconfigure gdm [22:52] thanks