| Ceaseless | Hi! I have a problem with xubuntu 14.10 but am not sure what it is. I have a desktop system that has 14.10 i386 installed. I access this desktop via my laptop from home through teamviewer. I lock the desktop screen and unlock it when I connect via teamviewer. Right now when I tried connecting, all I am getting is a black screen with an 'X' for the cursor. I would rather not restart the machine since it has programs running on it. | 01:25 |
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| Ceaseless | Any help or direction would be much appreciated | 01:25 |
| Unit193 | And lock/unlock from remote normally works? I presume hitting Esc or Ctrl doesn't help? | 01:26 |
| Ceaseless | Yes, usually I am able to log on with no problem, and enter, esc or ctrl doesn't work | 01:28 |
| Unit193 | Alright, otherwise I'd have said LP1287171 | 01:31 |
| Ceaseless | not sure what to google for as well... | 01:38 |
| Ceaseless | Ok, I tried to log in as I usually do, if there were the usual lock screen, and nothing happened. Then I just reconnected via Teamviewer and i was able to see my desktop. Sweet! | 01:52 |
| dalebert | Looking for help on how to sort the Whisker submenus alphabetically like Settings and System. I can right-click Favorites and sort that but can't find how to do the others. | 01:54 |
| Ceaseless | thanks! | 02:13 |
| simon_ | My Xubuntu 14.04 netbook is being given an IP address by the router, but gets "unknown host" when pinging anything and it cannot see the internet. The rest of the network seems OK. If I boot the netbook from the Xubuntu 14.04 DVD it can see the internet. If I boot it from its LXLE partition, that can see the internet. Any ideas? | 08:47 |
| simon_ | I also have a mobile broadband device that provides a WiFi hotspot. If I point the netbook at that it connects to it, gets an IP address but the same ping "unknown host" messages and cannot see the internet. | 08:48 |
| simon_ | It can ping the router. It can ping other devices on the LAN. | 08:52 |
| simon_ | I get the same symptoms when I plug in an ethernet cable. | 08:57 |
| koegs | simon_: did you add an dns server manually at some point? | 09:02 |
| simon_ | No, I have made no network changes like that. (Not consciously or intentionally, anyway.) | 09:16 |
| simon_ | Hmm. /etc/resolv.conf is timestamped late Monday night, which would be around the time the problem appeared. It is empty except for "# Generated by Network Manager". | 09:18 |
| simon_ | It is different from the one on this PC which has "nameserver 127.0.1.1" and "search lan" | 09:19 |
| simon_ | koegs: thank you. That DNS comment led me to resolv.conf which has led me to people asking why it is empty on askubuntu.com with lots of suggestions. | 09:30 |
| koegs | simon_: you are welcome :D | 09:30 |
| simon_ | koegs: the solution was "sudo dpkg-reconfigure resolvconf". Why this problem occurred, I have no idea, but that fixed it. I have spent at least 8 hours trying to sort this out. I should have asked online in the first place! I shall have a beer later in your honour. | 09:43 |
| koegs | simon_: good idea, i have to wait at least 6 hours for my beer :D | 09:53 |
| dalebert | Looking for help on how to sort the Whisker submenus alphabetically like Settings and System. I can right-click Favorites and sort that but can't find how to do the others. | 11:28 |
| brainwash | dalebert: aren't these entries sorted automatically? | 11:46 |
| brainwash | that is the expected and intended behavior | 11:46 |
| dalebert | Is there a setting to sort them automatically? In Settings, Bluetooth Manager is at the bottom | 11:59 |
| brainwash | dalebert: did you manually edit the menu structure at some point? | 12:03 |
| brainwash | with the menu editor | 12:04 |
| brainwash | and does the classic app menu sort the mentioned entry properly? or the desktop right click context menu? | 12:05 |
| dalebert | The Classics app menu and right-clickingon the desktop are sorted the same as the Whisker menu, ie not alphabetically | 12:07 |
| brainwash | did you manually edit the menu structure at some point? | 12:10 |
| brainwash | I would also start the guest session or login with another user account and check if the problem is a general one | 12:11 |
| brainwash | there could be something wrong with your user specific menu file | 12:12 |
| dalebert | I don't recall manually editing it. I finally figured out something is out of wack because I can't find a menu item unless I do a search for it | 12:13 |
| brainwash | an no, there is no button or menu entry to sort the menu/submenus | 12:13 |
| dalebert | Ok, Thanks for the help. I'll try logging as another user. You can right-click and sort the Favorites so I thought there was a way to sort the submenus. Perhaps a product enhancement request? Seems rather basic | 12:18 |
| brainwash | dalebert: well, the thing is that it should be already sorted automatically | 12:20 |
| brainwash | maybe you can tweak the order with the menu editor (menulibre) | 12:21 |
| brainwash | and it's not clear yet how many entries are not sorted properly in your case. you should note down all the oddities and start to investigate | 12:22 |
| dalebert | Accessories, Graphics, Internet, Office, Seetings and System are not sorted alphabetically. Games and Multimedia are | 12:27 |
| polohemd | hello | 14:40 |
| polohemd | can someone help me with a little problem? | 14:41 |
| cfhowlett | !ask | polohemd | 14:41 |
| ubottu | polohemd: 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 | 14:41 |
| nomic | help help! <has quit> so common | 14:43 |
| cfhowlett | nomic, indeed. | 14:43 |
| polohemd | Thanks and sorry. My problem is, when I start Xubuntu my mouse is freezing completely after a while. sometimes after 2 minutes sometimes after 30 minutes. The keyboard which is connected to the same receiver is doing its job all the time | 14:44 |
| holstein | sounds like hardware, though | 14:46 |
| holstein | polohemd: *if* this is a wireless keyboard mouse, with a reciever, like that.. i would test the unit on another machine.. i would test with, ideally, the officially supported operating system.. whatever i feel is a "good" test for the hardware | 14:47 |
| polohemd | oh! The computer system was running on Windows for 3 jears without any problems. The latest BIOS updates are installed an switching the USB port has no effect | 14:47 |
| holstein | polohemd: so, when you currently, as in, right now, run the unit in windows, all is well? | 14:47 |
| polohemd | i have to waite a few seconds. it´s installing again | 14:48 |
| holstein | polohemd: what im postulating, is the likely scenario that, after the 3 years of flawless service you recived from the unit, it has now broken.. and im just suggesting you isolate and test that | 14:48 |
| polohemd | keyboard and mouse are only "lend" from my other pc where its working every day without problems | 14:49 |
| polohemd | holstein? your name sounds german? do you speak german? | 14:50 |
| holstein | polohemd: no | 14:50 |
| holstein | polohemd: so, the unit works fine on another box? yes or no? | 14:50 |
| polohemd | yes | 14:50 |
| holstein | polohemd: what is the unit? | 14:50 |
| polohemd | its a Logitech cordeless system | 14:51 |
| polohemd | the name is canada 310 | 14:51 |
| holstein | polohemd: just let a volunteer here know when you have the details, such as the model #.. | 14:52 |
| polohemd | oh sh.. i forgot to say any USB mouse is doing that! | 14:52 |
| holstein | polohemd: that certainly supports an issue with the USB controller.. either hardware or software support | 14:53 |
| polohemd | how can I check if its a software problem? | 14:53 |
| holstein | polohemd: what i would do, is first update the system.. "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get-dist-upgrade" see that all updates are installed | 14:53 |
| holstein | polohemd: isolate and test, as i am suggesting.. try other usb mice, as you are, and try the same hardware on different computers, running the officially supported operating system | 14:54 |
| polohemd | I did this yesterday an the system said all updates are installed but the problem was the same | 14:54 |
| holstein | anyways.. update the system, reboot, and test one of the "Known good" usb mice | 14:54 |
| holstein | polohemd: sure. so do it again, right now. and make certain | 14:55 |
| holstein | polohemd: then, i would try to isolate the USB on that machine.. i would also run other live iso's and test the USB | 14:55 |
| holstein | polohemd: i would personally get the live iso for main ubuntu, and join #ubuntu, since that is the larger support community.. xubuntu *is* ubuntu, so, if you find its a softwarte issue, that needs a driver (which i dont think will be the case) you can do whatever fixes that work in ubuntu in xubuntu | 14:56 |
| polohemd | when i start from a live cd there was no problem | 14:56 |
| TimeVirus | I want to make a Live USB drive with the persistence option available. I use Xubuntu and am not good at dd yet - any good programs in the repo that someone knows off hand? | 14:56 |
| holstein | polohemd: so, to recap.. you installed.. everything was fine.. you currently, right now, can reboot with a live iso, the one you installed, and all is fine? correct? | 14:57 |
| polohemd | right | 14:57 |
| holstein | polohemd: if thats the case, i would simply reboot the machine and boot the older kernel in the list, and test again | 14:57 |
| holstein | polohemd: then, if it works "fine" with the older kernel, i would file a bug.. | 14:57 |
| holstein | !bug | 14:57 |
| ubottu | If you find a bug in Ubuntu or any of its derivatives, please file a bug using the command « ubuntu-bug <package> » - See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs for other ways to report bugs. | 14:57 |
| polohemd | and at the moment I do anything in here with the Logitech system... using mouse and keyboard sind 5 minutes | 14:57 |
| holstein | TimeVirus: i just install.. i do a normal install to the USB stick | 14:57 |
| holstein | !mini | 14:58 |
| ubottu | The Minimal CD image is very small in size, and it downloads most packages from the Internet during installation, allowing you to select only those you want. The installer is text based (rather than graphical as used on the Desktop DVD). See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD | 14:58 |
| TimeVirus | holstein, first you need to get it ON the usb | 14:58 |
| holstein | TimeVirus: i'll ust the mini iso, since, i can easily choose the USB stick for grub | 14:58 |
| holstein | TimeVirus: sure. i literally install it onto it | 14:58 |
| holstein | TimeVirus: i use an additional USB stick, or a cd.. etc | 14:58 |
| holstein | anyways, its just what i prefer.. you can use any of the pendrive suggestions.. | 14:59 |
| TimeVirus | oh then once its installed to the flash drive how do you install it to your friends computer? | 14:59 |
| holstein | TimeVirus: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD/Persistence for example | 14:59 |
| holstein | TimeVirus: ? i dont.. if i want an installer, i just dd a live iso | 14:59 |
| holstein | TimeVirus: you dont need persistence to do that.. and i think you are assuming the changes you make to the live installation would be installed on your friends machine | 15:00 |
| TimeVirus | lol I'm not so confident in my dd abilities to do it though | 15:00 |
| polohemd | thank you holstein! I´ll see what is happening :) | 15:00 |
| holstein | polohemd: cheers.. good luck | 15:00 |
| polohemd | thx | 15:00 |
| holstein | !live | 15:00 |
| ubottu | The Ubuntu Desktop CD is a "LiveCD" which can be run without altering existing files on your harddrive. Especially useful for testing your hardware's compatibility, it also includes an install option. | 15:00 |
| holstein | !install | 15:00 |
| ubottu | Ubuntu can be installed in lots of ways. Please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation for documentation. Problems during install? See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommonProblemsInstall - Don't want to use a CD? See http://tinyurl.com/3exghs - See also !automate | 15:00 |
| holstein | TimeVirus: you can use any of the software.. such as unetbootin, to make a live usb or whatever you prefer | 15:01 |
| holstein | TimeVirus: you dont need persistence to install to your friends machine | 15:01 |
| TimeVirus | true but I would just like a program that has the ability | 15:01 |
| TimeVirus | and dd has that ability too but I'm not there yet | 15:02 |
| holstein | TimeVirus: i just do an install.. but, there are checkboxes on a lot of the applications listed at the links i gave | 15:02 |
| TimeVirus | ok | 15:02 |
| holstein | have 2.. problem solved | 15:02 |
| holstein | make a live USB. with unetbootin, or dd.. just a normal one.. do an install to USB, that is "persistent" for you.. and keep the other for installing for friends | 15:03 |
| TimeVirus | I found that many time Unetbootin lists OLD OS versions is it irrelevant? holstein | 15:03 |
| holstein | or, start experiementing with the options | 15:03 |
| holstein | TimeVirus: ? i dont use any list.. i use the iso *i* want to use | 15:03 |
| TimeVirus | ok | 15:03 |
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| xubuntu89w | hi | 15:11 |
| xubuntu89w | xubuntu 12.04 on IBM X31 - Problems with Displayresolution Who can help? pls! | 15:13 |
| xubuntu89w | someone there? | 15:20 |
| xubuntu89w | hello | 15:22 |
| krytarik | !patience | xubuntu89w | 15:23 |
| ubottu | xubuntu89w: Don't feel ignored and repeat your question quickly; if nobody knows your answer, nobody will answer you. While you wait, try searching https://help.ubuntu.com or http://ubuntuforums.org or http://askubuntu.com/ | 15:23 |
| krytarik | !details | xubuntu89w | 15:23 |
| ubottu | xubuntu89w: Please elaborate; your question or issue may not seem clear or detailed enough for people to help you. Please give more detailed information, errors, steps, and possibly configuration files (use the !pastebin to avoid flooding the channel) | 15:23 |
| xubuntu89w | i changed my resolution on the GUI and was kicked out - back to LogonScreen now i can only log in as a guest | 15:26 |
| xubuntu89w | im a poor newbie | 15:26 |
| ochosi | xubuntu89w: quick question, why are you using such an old version of xubuntu? | 15:27 |
| xubuntu89w | becaus of old hardware - X31 IBM | 15:27 |
| xubuntu89w | i better change? | 15:28 |
| xubuntu89w | !pastebin | 15:31 |
| ubottu | For posting multi-line texts into the channel, please use http://paste.ubuntu.com | To post !screenshots use http://imgur.com/ !pastebinit to paste directly from command line | Make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic. | 15:31 |
| xubuntu89w | http://paste.ubuntu.com/10866632/ | 15:40 |
| xubuntu89w | http://paste.ubuntu.com/10866649/ | 15:44 |
| krytarik | xubuntu89w: Provided that you used the default GUI tool for that, remove "~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/displays.xml" via the console, and try again. | 15:47 |
| xubuntu89w | i get "no rights" back | 15:50 |
| xubuntu89w | "no authorization" | 15:52 |
| krytarik | xubuntu89w: Check the permissions of that file, as well as the content of your home directory generally. | 15:54 |
| xubuntu89w | there is no literal error and the homeDir is unchanged | 15:58 |
| xubuntu89w | any other idea? | 16:29 |
| groze | Quick question is Xubuntu 15.04 going to be released on April 23, 2015? | 17:08 |
| knome | yes | 17:08 |
| groze | thank you knome | 17:08 |
| xubuntu23w | Hello. I am having problems with getting Kodi to autostart and focus on Xubuntu 14.10. Can someone help me out please? | 18:17 |
| genii | !info kodi | 18:22 |
| ubottu | Package kodi does not exist in utopic | 18:22 |
| genii | Hm | 18:22 |
| xubuntu23w | I've added an init but on boot nothing appears just the normal desktop. | 18:27 |
| xubuntu23w | Fixed it. :-) | 18:29 |
| xubuntu31o | hoola que tal tengo problemas con mi maquina alguien me puede ayudar | 19:23 |
| xangua | !es | 19:23 |
| ubottu | En la mayoría de los canales de Ubuntu, se habla sólo en inglés. Si busca ayuda en español entre al canal #ubuntu-es; escriba " /join #ubuntu-es " (sin comillas) y presione intro. | 19:23 |
| xubuntu31o | tankyou | 19:24 |
| someguy57 | Hello. I am having some wifi issues on a fresh Xubuntu 14.04.2 64-bit install. | 20:38 |
| TimeVirus | do you know what wifi chipset you have? | 20:47 |
| someguy57 | I do, but for some reason it's working now, after an hour of trying to solve this. | 20:48 |
| xubuntunewb | Greetings. I am a total xubuntu newb. I upgraded to Trusty Tahr today and now everytime I try to open a terminal window it is open for about 1 seconds and then closes. If I log in as a gues the terminal works fine. | 21:49 |
| KW4HK | anyone know what utc time 15.04 will be posted for download? | 23:26 |
| Unit193 | "When it's ready" | 23:28 |
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