| wxl | um that's weird | 00:00 |
|---|---|---|
| wxl | try running lxpanelctl restart | 00:00 |
| Goose_ | https://www.imgur.com/YFPD8en.png | 00:01 |
| Goose_ | The color changed the clock color at the right, but not the actually windows | 00:01 |
| wxl | OH | 00:01 |
| wxl | derp | 00:01 |
| wxl | it's not the panel settings | 00:01 |
| wxl | hold on lemme fire up a vm | 00:01 |
| Goose_ | cool | 00:02 |
| Goose_ | It just makes it really hard to read the active windows like that and I cant find the setting for it ANYWHERE | 00:02 |
| wxl | it's the task bar (windows list) settings | 00:02 |
| wxl | if you can click an area next to an app you might get to it | 00:03 |
| wxl | but you can get to it through panel settings | 00:03 |
| wxl | just click on the panel applets tab | 00:03 |
| wxl | then click "task bar (window list) in the plugin list | 00:03 |
| wxl | so it's highlighted | 00:03 |
| wxl | then click preferences on the right | 00:03 |
| wxl | i think "flat buttons" may help | 00:04 |
| wxl | also getting rid of the "flash when there is any window requiring attention" might help | 00:04 |
| wxl | butr flat buttons kills the hilight | 00:04 |
| Goose_ | That was so easy... | 00:06 |
| Goose_ | I just... | 00:06 |
| wxl | yep :) | 00:06 |
| Goose_ | wow | 00:06 |
| wxl | hahahah | 00:06 |
| Goose_ | Thanks a whole lot man! | 00:06 |
| wxl | just remember you can get to all the lxpanel components' individual preferences in the panel applets | 00:06 |
| wxl | or you can fuddle with right clicking on them XD | 00:06 |
| Goose_ | Thanks! | 00:06 |
| wxl | np[ | 00:07 |
| Goose_ | I'm actually just installing it for a friend, are there any general Lubuntu only tips you got for him? | 00:09 |
| Goose_ | I'm stuck on Debian/Ubuntu so I dont know too much about Lubuntu | 00:09 |
| wxl | well, come to irc or join the mailing list to ask questions | 00:09 |
| wxl | we're a friendly bunch :) | 00:09 |
| wxl | if he's coming from the windows world, as you know, linux is a little different… | 00:10 |
| Goose_ | Will do! Gonna throw Lubuntu on ym laptop in a bit | 00:10 |
| Goose_ | yeah, he's only ever used windows so it'll be abit | 00:10 |
| wxl | if he's new to lxde, it's very stripped down and there's not alwyas a big flashing easy button | 00:10 |
| wxl | in general, there's an easy way to do things, but it may not be as obvious | 00:10 |
| wxl | there's still a couple things that don't have proper gui configuration front ends… | 00:11 |
| wxl | for example, alsamixer for sound | 00:11 |
| Goose_ | yeah, I guess he'll have to get used to googling like everyone else haha | 00:11 |
| wxl | heheheh | 00:11 |
| wxl | or he can come here or use the mailing list, as i said | 00:11 |
| Goose_ | What's featured on the mailing list? Also link? | 00:11 |
| wxl | the other thing to remember is that unlike windows, lubuntu (just like linux in general) can be whatever you want | 00:11 |
| wxl | so if you want to install all the pulseaudio garbage for him, he'll have the easy button for sound :) | 00:12 |
| wxl | you could even install compiz if you really wanted XD | 00:12 |
| wxl | mailing list is… | 00:12 |
| wxl | https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users | 00:12 |
| wxl | generally it's only for support | 00:12 |
| wxl | development/qa/etc happens on other lists | 00:13 |
| Goose_ | What's a good wm that isn't tiling? | 00:13 |
| * wxl shrugs | 00:14 | |
| wxl | depends on what you want | 00:14 |
| wxl | i like openbox personally | 00:14 |
| Goose_ | I'll have to look. Advantages of Openbox? | 00:14 |
| wxl | it's already in lubuntu XD | 00:14 |
| wxl | it's also very simple | 00:15 |
| wxl | no real frills | 00:15 |
| wxl | no compositing, even | 00:15 |
| wxl | which to some people is a bug, not a feature :) | 00:15 |
| Goose_ | Oh! Well then I kinda like it. But I'm also new to Lubuntu. I actually just got it on his pc because it was old and running xp. | 00:15 |
| wxl | cool, that's a perfect reason to put lubuntu on | 00:16 |
| Goose_ | bug/feature same difference really | 00:16 |
| wxl | hahahahah | 00:16 |
| Goose_ | Yeah it started with Ubuntu 14.04 unity just b/c i had the live usb already and it ran BADLY | 00:16 |
| wxl | well i'm the release manager and head of qa for lubuntu and am usually here if you need anything else, Goose_ | 00:16 |
| Goose_ | But Lubuntu is running great, got it all customized and nice | 00:16 |
| wxl | including fun stuff like how to report bugs :) | 00:16 |
| wxl | yeah that's what brought me here in the first place, too | 00:17 |
| wxl | i support the vision that ubuntu has for their desktop interface, but i don't want it on my laptop XD | 00:17 |
| Goose_ | Thanks so much! I will definitely be back | 00:17 |
| Goose_ | later | 00:17 |
| Goose_ | thanks again | 00:17 |
| wxl | ta | 00:17 |
| wxl | thank you! | 00:17 |
| jay34788 | sometimes my mouse arrow cursor turns into two curors with a tiny desktop printscreen image in center........how do I stop this from happening ? | 00:26 |
| jay34788 | *turns into two mouse cursors........seems like a glitch of some sort in lubuntu | 00:27 |
| jay34788 | any fix for iit ? | 00:27 |
| jay34788 | another problem I am having is when I scroll down with the house it will switch from desktop 1 to desktop 2 back to desktop 1 and vice versa | 00:32 |
| jay34788 | argh.......my spelling is off, my bad | 00:33 |
| jay34788 | if anyone cares to shed some sort of advice on how to fix these problems I am having with lubuntu, it is much appreciated | 00:33 |
| ianorlyn | jay34788: there are lines in ~/.config/openbox/lubuntu-rc.xml that can be removed for switching | 00:39 |
| jay34788 | ianorlyn: i tried that but I still got the problem, I assume I did not remove all the necessary lines | 00:40 |
| ianorlyn | https://gist.github.com/c509dc7ab2e39c2cdaeb and then you need to run openbox --reconfigure to reload the config file | 00:42 |
| jay34788 | alright let me give it a shot | 00:44 |
| Goose_ | What's the easiest/best way to make a live usb? | 02:39 |
| Goose_ | Not for ubuntu, for debian\ | 02:40 |
| holstein | !install | 02:40 |
| 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 | 02:40 |
| holstein | Goose_: most distros allow you to dd copy iso's, if you prefer. should be able to use unetbootin, or whatever the debian community suggest... | 02:40 |
| Unit193 | You seem to be in the wrong channel, try /join #debian | 02:41 |
| Goose_ | Thanks! | 02:41 |
| NgBUCKWANGS | does lubuntu 15.04 have lxqt 9? | 12:24 |
| zh1 | when i have lubuntu locked screen noticed cant access machine via teamviewer how can i change this? | 15:19 |
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| uio | Hullo - sometimes my machine just slows down to the point of effectively freezing. Is there a way to put in a sort of ctrl-alt-del that would allow me to avoid my present tactic of a hard reboot ?? | 20:04 |
| Unit193 | !sysrq | 20:09 |
| ubottu | In an emergency, you may be able to shutdown cleanly and reboot by holding down Alt+PrintScreen and typing, in succession, R, E, I, S, U and B. For an explanation, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key | 20:09 |
| Unit193 | There's other magic keys too, I invoke OOMKiller. | 20:09 |
| ianorlyn | uio: have you tried control alt f1 in case it is just GUI freezing | 20:10 |
| jay224 | how do I change the root password ? | 20:35 |
| ianorlyn | !rootsudo | 20:35 |
| ubottu | sudo is a command to run command-line programs with superuser privileges ("root") (also see !cli). Look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo for more information. For graphical applications see !gksu (GNOME, Xfce), or !kdesudo (KDE). If you're unable to execute commands with sudo see: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/fixsudo | 20:35 |
| jay224 | so I just type in !rootsudo in terminal ? | 20:36 |
| ianorlyn | no that was to get the bot to show the documentation on why should not | 20:36 |
| jay224 | what is the terminal command to change my current root password ? | 20:37 |
| Unit193 | jay224: Try reading the text. | 20:38 |
| jay224 | i skimmed through it and see nothing about changing the root password to a new pass | 20:40 |
| ianorlyn | jay224: because it is telling you why you should not do it | 20:43 |
| jay224 | i had changed my password once and now I wish to change it back to the old pass I had but it keeps saying the pass is too simple or too similar to my current root pass | 20:44 |
| jay224 | i tried this sudo passwd root | 20:44 |
| jay224 | went through the prompts but unfortunately it didnt change my root | 20:45 |
| jay224 | isn't there a command which will allow me to change my password to anything I want without restrictions or denials | 20:47 |
| jay224 | got it | 20:51 |
| jay224 | passwd ...........thats the command to change the password | 20:51 |
| jay224 | such a helpful group, thankyou | 20:52 |
| Powersource | i can't manage to scroll in lxterminal. "scrollback lines" is set to 1000 (default) and i've used more lines than fits in the window, but the scrollbar is still full length | 21:26 |
| ianorlyn | Powersource: is this in the pager less | 21:36 |
| ianorlyn | I think that is a known bug | 21:36 |
| Powersource | pager less? | 21:37 |
| Powersource | ianorlyn | 21:42 |
| ianorlyn | less is a command that can scroll text in a terminal | 21:42 |
| ianorlyn | if the output doesn't fit on a screen but the scrollbar won't work lxterminal as a bug | 21:42 |
| ianorlyn | but up and down can work but I think you are talking about ouput of old commands right | 21:43 |
| ianorlyn | Powersource: did you just open the terminal? | 21:43 |
| Powersource | ianorlyn: a while ago, yes? | 21:44 |
| ianorlyn | if you haven't filled the screen up the scrollbar appears full height | 21:44 |
| Powersource | well i did. now it seems to work when i restarted the terminal | 21:45 |
| ianorlyn | although if you used a command that uses ncurses it might not define what scrolling does and will take up the entire terminal until you quit it | 21:47 |
| Powersource | ianorlyn: i was running commands like normal | 21:48 |
| Powersource | but could i have done that while affected by another command? | 21:48 |
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