[01:49] <the4ndy> Hey, so I added a second NIC to my Xubuntu machine and it works fine, but whenever i plug anything into the second NIC (or anytime anything network wise changes on that NIC) the OS defaults to that as the "main" connection
[01:50] <the4ndy> this is very very annoying as i typically use that second NIC for things that are NOT connected to the internet (ie configuring new network devices)
[01:51] <the4ndy> can anyone point me in the right direction to either forcing the OS to ALWAYS default to eth0 or a way to at least manually adjust the default network connection
[04:14] <xubuntu59w> Hey guys, I'm having some issues with 15.10 and what seems to be compositing crashing. I've done some basic troubleshooting, but I was wondering if anyone could help me pinpoint what's going on.
[04:17] <svetlana> what have you got so far?
[04:18] <xubuntu59w> I haven't pulled any logs yet, but so far I've run through the gamut of *ubuntu systems to see if that was it, tried 3 different graphics cards, the onboard video for my mobo. Tried all proprietary and non drivers
[04:18] <xubuntu59w> Tried changing the compositor
[04:19] <xubuntu59w> I can get compositing to function correctly by switching to a VT and back to VT7
[04:20] <xubuntu59w> Also of note, I installed both openSUSE tumbleweed and Arch with XFCE and the same thing was happening
[04:20] <xubuntu59w> It's pretty perplexing to say the least.
[04:20] <svetlana> what are the symptoms when it looks/behaves "wrong"?
[04:21] <xubuntu59w> I'm unable to switch from the window I have open, or if I haven't opened anything yet I can only open the XFCE menu or applets.
[04:24] <svetlana> but you can stil click things in the open window right?
[04:25] <xubuntu59w> Yes I can
[04:26] <xubuntu59w> So say I open firefox, I can browse and use it normally, but I'm unable to move the window around or acess the XFCE menu.
[04:27] <svetlana> ok, please wait here for a while. I will look for a way to troubleshoot this, but it's not a familiar issue to me, and it would be useful to wait for someone more knowledgeable to appear in the chat.
[04:28] <xubuntu59w> Sounds good, thank you
[05:56] <rangergord> Hi. How can I change the default action for executable files when using the file manager? I'd like a double-click to open the file in an editor, rather than execute
[05:57] <rangergord> getting burned since that's not the behavior on Ubuntu : )
[06:15] <krytarik> rangergord: That behavior was changed in version 1.6.6 of Thunar - Xfce bug 7596.
[06:51] <rangergord> krytarik: ok, thanks...guess I'll wait for Xubuntu 16.04
[12:03] <xubuntu06i> hi
[16:49] <DanielX> Hi all
[16:50] <DanielX> on a fresh install of Xubuntu 15.10 I have no sound
[16:50] <DanielX> it's an old LG laptop that had sound with windows 7 on it
[16:50] <DanielX> inxi says the audio card is Intel NM10/ICH7
[16:51] <DanielX> alsamixer opens without error
[16:52] <DanielX> and nothing is muted
[17:05] <DanielX> this fix worked
[17:05] <DanielX> http://www.webupd8.org/2010/11/fix-hda-intel-realtek-alc887-no-sound.html
[17:23] <xubuntu42w> alguien habla español??
[21:24] <SHD> When you apparently have so little space that you can't delete things... what do you do? An upgrade botched due to not enough space, and now I can't remove old kernels to free space. Or remove anything for that matter.
[21:25] <GeekDude> SHD, Can't delete or can't move to trash?
[21:26] <SHD> all removals fail due to, I think, "gzip: stdout: No Space left on device"
[21:27] <SHD> When you apparently have so little space that you can't delete things... what do you do? An upgrade botched due to not enough space, and now I can't remove old kernels to free space. Or remove anything for that matter.
[21:28] <SHD> Tried removing small, unneeded things through ubuntu software center, had the same problem.
[21:29] <GeekDude> I would probably just stick my bootable drive into it and work off there, though I suppose not everyone has bootable media prepared in advance
[21:30] <SHD> So doing it from a live OS might get past this issue?
[21:32] <GeekDude> Definitely
[21:33] <SHD> I'm not sure why I didn't think of that. I will try now.
[21:38] <GeekDude> You'd probably want to use the live os to move nonessential files/documents/media from the system to somewhere else (or just delete it outright if it's unimportant)
[22:09] <SHD> still getting the no space left on device error. I think I am going to have to just jump ship while I still have hair to tear out.
[22:10] <flocculant> SHD: have you tried apt-get autoremove yet?
[22:10] <flocculant> apt-get autoclean?
[22:10] <flocculant> apt-get clean?
[22:11] <SHD> every time, the gzip no space left error
[22:12] <SHD> That one cannot delete something because there's not enough space seems counterintuitive.
[22:12] <flocculant> the last two probably first - in that order, will clear first old .debs, then all .debs from the cache
[22:13] <flocculant> and did this all suddenly happen because you had a kernel update?
[22:14] <SHD> Yes. From what I understand, I tried to update when there was not enough space.
[22:14] <flocculant> ok - so try the apt-get autoclean or clean
[22:14] <flocculant> then autoremove - that should clear out some old kernels
[22:15] <flocculant> then you should be in a position to try and finish upgrading kernels
[22:15] <flocculant> SHD: lvm or encrypted install?
[22:16] <SHD> gzip: stdout: No space left on device , E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
[22:16] <SHD> lvm
[22:16] <flocculant> right - /boot gets set ot 256Mb or something - then fills up
[22:17] <flocculant> SHD: you get that with autoclean or clean?
[22:17] <SHD> autoclean, dpkg --remove, and apt-get purge
[22:17] <flocculant> and is this from recovery - or just booted as far as it can?
[22:18] <SHD> It is from the last working kernel, as well as chroot from live media
[22:18] <flocculant> not sure about chroot - rarely use them - not enough to help you out :)
[22:19] <flocculant> try from recovery root terminal, you'll need to make sure to mount first with mount -o remount,rw /
[22:20] <flocculant> http://askubuntu.com/questions/345588/what-is-the-safest-way-to-clean-up-boot-partition
[22:20] <GeekDude> SHD, the point of the live media was so you can remove files from the mounted drive while not trying to run the system off the drive. chrooting to the drive kind of negates that advantage
[22:20] <flocculant> assuming that if you df -h you see /boot as full
[22:21] <flocculant> GeekDude: if /boot is full then you could remove /home and it would still fail to complete the install afaik
[22:21] <GeekDude> although if it's the boot partition that's full, I have no idea
[22:24] <flocculant> GeekDude: I only know because I read other people's issues, not doing lvm/encrypted myself
[22:26] <GeekDude> LVM sounds like a useful tool, though I never use it since it's unchecked by default in the system setup
[22:27] <flocculant> I never use it because I spend my life in dev version and we don't test it :D
[22:39] <SHD> Well, I had to move this off the VM onto a physical machine anyway. Thanks for the help guys, I think I'm going to go have a pint and nuke it when I come back.
[22:40] <flocculant> oh
[22:41] <flocculant> didn't see VM in the backlog ...
[22:41] <flocculant> I'd have just resized things
[22:43] <flocculant> I can understand the sentiment in the last sentence though