[08:46] <lordievader> Good morning.
[08:56] <shookees> Morning
[11:44] <lotuspsychje> AbuDhar: also keep in mind that the system can break in this stage
[11:44] <AbuDhar> yeah I just want to read about the improvements.. :P
[11:44] <lotuspsychje> AbuDhar: i have it running on my desktop pretty stable
[11:45] <lotuspsychje> AbuDhar: as long as it doesnt come out officially you wont read anything much
[11:45] <lotuspsychje> AbuDhar: test it yourself in a virtual machine perhaps?
[11:46] <AbuDhar> ya maybe I will later.
[11:47] <AbuDhar> how well does it work with virtualbox?
[11:47] <lotuspsychje> AbuDhar: depends on your system of course
[11:48] <AbuDhar> I'll try. Can I get the guest additions etc?
[11:48] <lordievader> AbuDhar: Do you have a Linux host?
[11:48] <AbuDhar> yes
[11:48] <lordievader> Then I recommend using KVM, it is a lot faster than virtual box.
[11:49] <AbuDhar> ok.
[12:10] <BluesKaj> Howdy all
[18:34] <k1l> libregeekingkid: which ubuntu are you on exactly?
[18:36] <libregeekingkid> k1l: I am trying it for a trusty VM now
[18:36] <k1l> try "sudo do-release-upgrade -d"
[18:36] <k1l> make sure  the release prompt is set to LTS to get to 16.04
[18:37] <libregeekingkid> k1l: thanks for the instructions. But I specifically need the sources of xenial
[18:38] <k1l> can you describe what you are trying to do?
[18:43] <libregeekingkid> k1l: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial/ this is what I wanted. I am doing some hacks with the ubiquity Installer. taking in ubiquity latest 2.21.* which is there in xenials repos
[19:59] <libregeekingkid> k1l: are you still there?
[19:59] <k1l> yes
[21:21] <nicomachus> Sooo... somewhat stupid question. I installed 16.04 on a VM (virtualbox) and then installed unity 8. But how do I switch over to it? I'm not prompted on login like I normally am for a DE switch.
[21:22] <k1l> dont know if that works in vbox at all.
[21:22] <k1l> but log out, then change the desktop to start to the mir one.
[21:22] <nicomachus> I'll give it a shot.
[21:40] <nicomachus> ok, I was able to switch it to Unity 8, but then it freezes on login. checking through some logs now.
[22:20] <nicomachus> well, I think I found the error: http://paste.ubuntu.com/13837272/
[22:21] <k1l> might not work in vbox.
[22:21] <nicomachus> This bug looks to be similar, although it's rather old: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mir/+bug/1366805
[22:22] <lotuspsychje> nicomachus: how did you install unity8/mir?
[22:22] <nicomachus> lotuspsychje: `apt-get install unity8-desktop-session-mir`
[22:23] <lotuspsychje> yeah try in real install as k1l suggests
[22:23] <lotuspsychje> works like a charm on my 16.04 desktop here
[22:26] <nicomachus> lotuspsychje: by "real install" do you mean outside of a VM?
[22:26] <lotuspsychje> nicomachus: yeah, as in physical install on your machine
[22:26] <k1l> on bare metal
[22:26] <lotuspsychje> :p
[22:26] <k1l> but that doesnt work with prop. amd or nvidia cards
[22:26] <nicomachus> well, I could, but it's kind of critical that it work in VM's as well at some point...
[22:27] <k1l> *cards drivers
[22:27] <nicomachus> for now I'll just stick with unity 7 on this VM, but I'm curious about the bug.
[22:29] <lotuspsychje> nicomachus: no bug on my side here, working like a charm
[22:30] <nicomachus> lotuspsychje: in a VM or just on desktop?
[22:31] <lotuspsychje> nicomachus: on my desktop 16.04
[22:31] <lotuspsychje> running pretty stable here
[22:32] <nicomachus> yea, this bug has to do with the vbox drm driver, so it's only affecting VM's.
[22:32] <lotuspsychje> i also think so, as k1l suggested it might not work in vm
[22:33] <nicomachus> right, as of now it doesn't. But it's going to need to before widespread release.
[22:34] <lotuspsychje> nicomachus: keep in mind that unity8 is in test stage still
[22:34] <nicomachus> yea, of course.
[22:34] <lotuspsychje> nicomachus: when officially done, it will more look a desktop version
[22:34] <lotuspsychje> now it still looks like phone
[22:37] <nicomachus> well 16.04 seems pretty darn stable so far, so that's nice
[22:37] <lotuspsychje> yeppers
[22:38] <lotuspsychje> im pretty excited about 31dec :p
[22:38]  * nicomachus has a doctor's appt that day... but not sure what else is special about it
[22:38] <lotuspsychje> alpha stage nicomachus
[22:39] <nicomachus> ha, oh, right...
[22:39] <lotuspsychje> nicomachus: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/10/ubuntu-16-04-release-schedule-release-schedule-date-xenial-xerus