[02:55] Hello US world! Does anyone want to entertain a problem that I need help with? Would much appreciate it :) [02:56] And, yes, I have tried everything I could imagine already trying to fix it. [02:57] If you live in MA I will bake you cookies LOL [03:02] Basically, I cannot seem to open the Sound Settings or Pulse Audio Volume Control. [03:02] For that matter, I cannot even open Gparted! [03:02] If you open them via terminal, what happens? [03:03] ss [03:03] d [03:03] Haven't tried. What is command? I tried "pulseaudio" in CL a few days ago, but that is something different, right? [03:03] pavucontrol [03:04] where i am? [03:04] This is error for gparted: /usr/sbin/gpartedbin: error while loading shared libraries: libpangomm-1.4.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory [03:04] pavucontrol: error while loading shared libraries: libpangomm-1.4.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory [03:04] Am I missing a library? [03:05] Synaptic hasn't reported any missing libs or broken packages... [03:06] I look at Synaptic and it is there... [03:06] libpangomm-1.4-1 is installed. [03:06] This is what I think caused the problem... [03:07] I installed the gnome-shell a while back along side the US desktop environment. [03:07] It was a theoretically brilliant idea. [03:07] You're on wily. Run updates. [03:07] On wily? [03:08] I should be on Trusty... [03:09] Everything looks like it is on Trusty... [03:09] I update all the time. [03:11] Strange, figured it was the rebuild of stuff, but you could perhaps be just missing that. [03:11] !find libpangomm-1.4.so.1 trusty [03:11] Package/file libpangomm-1.4.so.1 does not exist in trusty [03:11] !find libpangomm-1.4.so.1 [03:11] Found: W:, W:, W: [03:11] !find libpangomm-1.4.so.1 [03:11] Package/file libpangomm-1.4.so.1 does not exist in vivid [03:12] What I imagined the problem to be is that Gnome and xfce are sharing some of the same config files. [03:12] Actually, where I am now is a lot better than a week ago. I couldn't even access the desktop a week ago. [03:12] lightdm became broken [03:13] So I had to go to TTY and uninstall and reinstall it. [03:14] apt-cache policy gparted | pastebinit ? [03:24] https://goblinrefuge.com/mediagoblin/u/pikurasa/m/having-trouble-with-gparted/ [03:33] Do you also want to see the one for pavucontrol? [03:33] I tried doing sudo install --reinstall gparted a few days ago when I became fed up with the problem... [03:33] to no avail. [03:39] Could this have caused a problem... When I was trying to fix my problem to run the GUI desktop environment... [03:39] I did run xfce as root a couple of times. [03:40] pikurasa, why? [03:40] why run root? [03:40] I don't think that I had the problem before then... but then again. I had a crippling problem at the time and I was just trying to fix it. [03:41] I ran as root because the desktop environment wouldn't work AT ALL. [03:41] So I just started trying stuff. [03:41] pikurasa, that's ... not the way to fix. [03:41] And running as root loaded the GUI. [03:41] so ... no xfce works perfectly, right? [03:42] XFCE works now because I uninstalled lightdm and then reinstalled it. [03:42] from the TTY [03:42] after I ran XFCE as root and searched the internet for solutions. [03:43] I noticed that running as root did screw with some of the config files. [03:43] pikurasa, exactly [03:43] I have restored from a backup, which fixed the configs. [03:44] But now I need to get pavucontrol, gparted, and the gang up and running again. [03:45] Is that possible with my current situation? [03:46] Did you ever apt-get --reinstall install libpangomm-1.4-1 ? [03:46] pikurasa, I'd normally say yes, but root introduces a whole bunch weirdness into the equation. Personally, I'd get a md5sum verified .iso and reinstall rather than chase the tail of residual problems. [03:48] Unit193 It worked!!! [03:48] Still would be interesting to know why you got random breakage. [03:49] and GParted works! [03:49] and pavucontrol! [03:49] Its all back again!!! [03:49] 'Welcome. [03:49] I am still a computer idiot, but at least the problem on the surface is fixed... LOL [03:50] And now I know to never start xfce as root. [03:50] Like, now I REALLY know. [03:50] I will be telling my grandkids about it. [03:50] Pretty much. Wonder if the perms on the authority files just got messed up. [03:51] I wonder why the GUI wouldn't start that one day... [03:52] oh the mysteries of free software... [03:53] Okay, I was not serious about the cookies, but... [03:53] HERE ARE SOME AWESOME VIDEOS!!! [03:53] Check this out! [03:53] https://goblinrefuge.com/mediagoblin/u/pikurasa/collection/music-blocks/ [03:54] This is software I helped guide the development for. Its MusicBlocks, a SugarLabs project. [03:54] Made the videos with Ubuntu Studio! [03:55] pikurasa, include "made with ubuntustudio" in the credits and/or encode a US watermark. [03:55] Thank you! Wife says to go to bed now. [03:56] How do you do the watermark? [03:56] pikurasa, I used ffmpeg but you could also use avconv or even the gui video apps [03:56] Also, I had trouble putting meta data in with Pitivi. [03:57] I used Pitivi because KDen Live was too complex for this simple project. [03:57] I have used ffmpeg2theora before... [03:58] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17410394/how-to-render-a-watermark-with-transparency-into-a-video [03:58] I have yet to try the newer builds of Pitivi which may work better. I used the Pitivi that was in main repo. [03:59] pikurasa, I suspect openshot is the least complex video editor [04:00] Pitivi worked great but the version in repos is "buggy" and meta data was non-existent from what I could tell. [04:00] pikurasa, tried to view your videos, but the Great Firewall said "no way" [04:01] What? [04:01] I'm in China. [04:01] First time using Media Goblin, but... [04:02] pikurasa, China blocks a whole list of websites. for some reason MG and Dropbox are not allowed [04:02] pikurasa, ah! false! just took awhile to get through [04:04] pikurasa, not bad. suggestions: clean up your voice audio. audacity > sample a non-speaking section > remove noise. then amplify, compress and equalize. [04:07] Okay. Non-speaking section means the sound from browser software synth? [04:07] Also, I added "Videos made with all free/libre software, GNU/Linux operating system, and Ubuntu Studio distribution (http://ubuntustudio.org/)" [04:07] as a quick credit hack. [04:08] Okay, if I don't stop making typing noise over here I will see divorce papers. [04:08] pikurasa, another time then. [04:08] Thanks for the guidance! [04:08] happy2help! === wook is now known as Guest62238 [10:27] hi, my first time using Ubuntu Studio and I got no sound after starting JACK server, can anyone help me a little? [10:31] Is anyone available? [10:59] manh: !ProAudio [10:59] !proaudio [10:59] hmm [11:00] !ProAudio [11:00] I was trying to get this link up https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/ProAudioIntro [11:01] Specifically https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/ProAudioIntro#UbuntuStudio.2FProAudioIntro.2F1204.Starting_Jack [11:02] For information on professional audio tools in Ubuntu, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/ProAudioIntro === wook is now known as Guest28911 === wook is now known as Guest34187 === ubuntu-studio is now known as bluzeo [21:44] hey guys - i am looking for a why to install libre office to 5.01 [21:44] i meant way [22:50] hello === joe__ is now known as Len1510