[00:18] <DarinMiller> Kadesy: Do you see see a grub boot menu before trying to boot Kubuntu?
[00:57] <oaktree347> I'm running KDE Plasma 5 on Ubuntu 15.10. I'm having an issue where the desktop sometimes crashes from the pretty version with no icons to an ugly, purple version with icons. This just randomly happens and only sometimes.
[00:57] <oaktree347> Either it's this way on login, or it happens when I shutdown. It always happens on shutdown.
[00:57] <oaktree347> Also, other times the screens (i have 2 monitors) flicker between the desktop i am used to seeing and the weird, unity-looking one I described above. I've tried completely getting rid of unity to no avail. thoughts?
[04:54] <valorie> hmmm, another ask & leave
[05:15] <bukai> Hi guys,can someone please tell me, is it possible to send attachments using djrill?
[05:15] <valorie> what is djrill?
[05:16] <valorie> !info djrill
[05:16] <bukai> valorie: I am very sorry wrong channel. It is mandrill's django plug in
[05:16] <bukai> I am really very sorry
[05:17] <valorie> np
[06:48] <lordievader> Good morning.
[08:13] <mohan___> Hello... I installed Kubuntu 15.10 on my notebook today, and restarted into the newly installed OS. It worked well, and I was prompted to do a update. The update required a restart to finish. On restart, the boot failed. I've tried multiple times now. There is no error shown. Any help on how to proceed?
[08:14] <hateball> mohan___: can you hold/hammer shift when booting, that should give you a grub menu
[08:14] <mohan___> On different boots, the boot stuck at rc-local.service, accounts-daemon.service, and Started Accounts Service
[08:14] <hateball> mohan___: there you can edit the boot line and remove "quiet splash" so you can see where it chokes
[08:14] <hateball> oh, you already do
[08:14] <hateball> mohan___: anyhow, can you get into grub and pick recovery session?
[08:14] <mohan___> oops, sorry, should have included that in the first post
[08:14] <mohan___> I did once
[08:15] <mohan___> I got a terminal
[08:15] <mohan___> was able to log in
[08:15] <hateball> mohan___: in that terminal, run "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade"
[08:15] <mohan___> alright, hang on while I try
[08:15] <mohan___> is any command required to enable the network?
[08:16] <hateball> no it should work automatically
[08:16] <mohan___> okay
[08:16] <hateball> mohan___: ping 8.8.8.8
[08:16] <hateball> mohan___: if that fails, we'll need to do some manual labor to bring up the interface
[08:16] <mohan___> okay
[08:16] <mohan___> give me a few minutes, I'll try and be back
[08:20] <didrod> bonjour à tous
[08:20] <hateball> !fr
[08:20] <hateball> Heh
[08:20] <hateball> I only meant for them to not waste time typing a long thing in french :/
[08:21] <OerHeks> oui
[08:27] <mohan31> @hateball did what you suggested. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove, and 0 not upgraded.
[08:28] <hateball> mohan31: That's not very awesome, then
[08:28] <mohan31> hateball: what next?
[08:29] <mohan31> hateball: I can do a reinstall, no problem, because it was a fresh install, but I would like to get to the root of the problem, so that it doesnt crash again
[08:29] <OerHeks> sudo apt-get install -f # to see if any update failed?
[08:29] <hateball> mohan31: try that ^
[08:29] <mohan31> on it
[08:30] <mohan31> same message as before. 0 to all
[08:32] <OerHeks> last resort, but i think unlikely packages messed up: sudo dpkg --configure -a
[08:32] <hateball> Well there are a few more things to try I'd say
[08:32] <OerHeks> What error/result do you get when you boot? black screen ?
[08:33] <hateball> mohan31: You can try picking an older kernel in the grub menu when you boot
[08:33] <mohan31> hmm, this might be relevant. On the same laptop, I had been running kubuntu 14.04 till yesterday. I did an upgrade, I'm not sure to which, but I got a similar crash yesterday. Since I've been meaning to do a fresh install sometime, I took the opportunity and did the fresh install today.
[08:33] <mohan31> if I have the gui boot, then I get a black screen
[08:34] <mohan31> gui boot, as in, splash screen
[08:34] <mohan31> if I escape the splash screen, I don't get an error, but it stalls at different points each time
[08:34] <hateball> mohan31: I think an fsck is in order
[08:34] <hateball> as well checking your disks health with smartctl
[08:35] <mohan31> sudo dpkg --configure -a didn't give me any result, just back to my prompt. Running the update again gives me the same message - 0 to upgrade, install, remove
[08:36] <mohan31> hateball: Ill try the older kernel, give me a sec
[08:36] <OerHeks> no result is ok.
[08:37] <mohan31> tried with 4.2.0-16. Still stalling. This time at kerneloops.service
[08:38] <mohan31> 0erHeks: didn't get any result
[08:38] <hateball> mohan31: can you liveboot the system and run fsck and smartctl checks?
[08:39] <mohan31> hateball: could you guide me on how to do the fsck? and smartctl? both from the prompt I guess?
[08:39] <hateball> mohan31: you'll need to liveboot
[08:39] <mohan31> okay, once I liveboot, what should I do?
[08:39] <hateball> mohan31: sudo fsck /dev/sda1
[08:39] <hateball> mohan31: or whatever partitions you have
[08:40] <mohan31> all partitions, or just the one in which I've installed kubuntu?
[08:40] <mohan31> I have an ext4 for the kubuntu install, another ext4 for /home, an the swap
[08:41] <mohan31> *and
[08:41] <hateball> mohan31: checking the root partition should be enough, but it isnt like it takes any amount of time really
[08:41] <hateball> so you may as well check /home as wlel
[08:41] <valorie> is this a nomodeset situation?
[08:42] <mohan31> ah okay, will do and get back to you. same command with mutatis mutandis for smartctl?
[08:43] <mohan31> valorie: I'm sorry, I have no idea what you mean. but if it has anything to do with a graphics card, I don't believe my laptop has one. It's kind of old... It has just the inbuilt video card
[08:43] <valorie> !nomodeset
[08:44] <mohan31> hateball: should I mount to do a fsck?
[08:44] <hateball> mohan31: no
[08:44] <mohan31> okay, thanks
[08:44] <hateball> mohan31: sudo apt-get install smartmontools && sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda
[08:44] <hateball> !paste
[08:45] <mohan31> hateball: fsck clean for both root and home
[08:45] <hateball> hmmm
[08:45] <hateball> well that is good in a way
[08:46] <mohan31> running the smartctl command you gave now
[08:46] <hateball> it'll probably be alright
[08:47] <mohan31> okay, I'm a bit lost with the smartctl results... what should I be looking for?
[08:49] <hateball> mohan31: anything more than 0 for reallocated sectors or uncorrectable errors indicate a bad drive
[08:49] <hateball> mohan31: but most likely that would have led to a corrupt filesystem, so I doubt that's any concern
[08:49] <hateball> you could try what valorie suggested
[08:49] <hateball> !nomodeset | mohan31
[08:51] <mohan31> with the smartctl, for reallocated_sector_ct, I have an R of 0.
[08:52] <mohan31> cant find an uncorrectable errors, but there is offline_uncorrectable, which is again 0
[08:52] <hateball> ye as I said, doubt there's any errors on it
[08:52] <mohan31> okay, i'll try nomodeset
[09:00] <mohan31> hateball: tried nomodeset (from the grub edit). now I'm stuck with the splash screen (unlike before where I get a black screen)
[09:01] <mohan31> I am also unable to see the boot by hitting escape
[09:01] <valorie> :(
[09:02] <mohan31> okay, I just noticed that I'm getting an error high up (booting again without nomodeset). "Failed to start LSB: AppArmor initialization"
[09:03] <mohan31> this is not where the boot stalls though, this is rather earlier
[09:04] <mohan31> the only noticeable pattern about where the boot stalls is this: it invariably occurs a step or a few steps after "Starting Wait for Plymouth Boot Screen to Quit"
[09:05] <hateball> mohan31: can you edit your bootline and remove "quiet splash"
[09:05] <hateball> mohan31: what GPU chipset is this?
[09:05] <mohan31> will do, and boot with nomodeset?
[09:05] <mohan31> um... don't know... any way to find out?
[09:05] <hateball> mohan31: lspci |grep VGA
[09:06] <hateball> mohan31: skip nomodeset, just edit the regular bootline and remove quiet splash
[09:06] <mohan31> okay, hang on
[09:07] <mohan31> okay, this is weird, removing quiet splash, I just get a black screen throughout
[09:08] <hateball> hmmmm, it should be spitting out information about what it is doing
[09:09] <mohan31> not sure if its relevant, but theres an entry $vt_handoff after quiet splash, on the same line. I didnt remove that.
[09:09] <hateball> that's fine
[09:11] <mohan31> hmm, removing quiet splash, i hit escape as soon as I got the black screen, and I saw the processes happening again. This time, it stalled at IPv6:ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE)
[09:11] <hateball> certainly sounds like something is broken but I am running out of ideas what to check
[09:12] <hyper_ch> hi there, latest kubuntu can't be run in vm... installation works but afterwards just black screen
[09:12] <mohan31> hmm... Im just worried that I got a very similar error on updating my old installation. It happened again with a fresh latest install... not sure how to proceed
[09:12] <hateball> hyper_ch: what hypervisor are you using?
[09:12] <hyper_ch> hateball: virtualbox
[09:13] <hateball> hyper_ch: Alright. I have no idea about any potential quirks there, perhaps some else does tho
[09:13] <hateball> hyper_ch: by latest, do you mean 15.10 ?
[09:13] <hyper_ch> y
[09:18] <mohan31> hateball: the VGA chipset - Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
[09:21] <hateball> shouldnt be any driver issue then
[09:21] <hateball> mohan31: sorry I am drawing a blank here :|
[09:22] <hateball> mohan31: if it were me, I would reinstall with 16.04 nightly. But that's not advisable unless you are prepared for breakage
[09:23] <mohan31> Hmm... Maybe I'll do a fresh install, and then not update till 16.04 is released?
[09:24] <mohan31> I'm a student, and in the process of writing my thesis... Can't afford to break the system again in between, but can experiment after my thesis is done
[09:24] <mohan31> hateball: just curious, are there any logs I could check?
[09:25] <hateball> mohan31: you have various logs in /var/log but I am not sure how much gets written if it stalls.
[09:25] <hateball> mohan31: and you cant get to a different tty and log in either I guess?
[09:26] <mohan31> nope
[09:26] <mohan31> but I meant about the update I did previous to the break?
[09:26] <hateball> mohan31: if that's the case you'd need to liveboot and mount the partition to read in /var/log
[09:26] <hateball> mohan31: update history is in /var/log/apt/history*
[09:26] <mohan31> okay
[09:26] <mohan31> I'll try to check that
[09:33] <mohan31> hateball: this is weird... I'm reading /var/log/apt/history. In the update I did prior to the crash, quite a few packages were removed. I cant make sense of most of it, but I'm guessing things like update-manager-core, konsole, kmail, perl, ksysguard, kde-runtime etc. should not be removed?
[09:34] <hateball> mohan31: no, that isnt very good
[09:34] <mohan31> oh, add kwin-x11 to the list
[09:34] <mohan31> kwin-style-breeze
[09:34] <mohan31> quite a few packages...
[09:34] <hateball> mohan31: if you can boot in recovery again, try "sudo apt-get install --reinstall kubuntu-desktop"
[09:35] <hateball> mohan31: that'll take a good long while tho
[09:35] <mohan31> i'll try... could this be a bug with Muon? because that's what I used for the updates...
[09:36] <hateball> mohan31: I suppose, tho I havent heard of it
[09:36] <hateball> I only use commandline to manage these things
[09:37] <mohan31> mm, I should have too... I am not comfortable with muon either, I generally use synaptic
[09:44] <aektzis> helloz ^^
[09:50] <mohan31> hateball: I'm trying the kde reinstall now. If that doesnt work either, Ill just do a clean reinstall and sit tight without updating. Thank you so much for all the help... You've been most kind and patient...
[09:58] <mohan31> !pastebinit
[09:58] <Dani_> Guys I do something stupid can you help me
[09:59] <Dani_> I deleted my network-manager
[10:31] <hateball> oh they left
[10:47] <mohan31> hateball: w00t! the kde reinstall worked! Thank you!
[11:51] <BluesKaj> Hey folks
[11:51] <lordievader> Hey BluesKaj, how are you doing?
[11:51] <shallwe> hi
[11:52] <BluesKaj> hey lordievader, fine thanks, and you?
[11:53] <lordievader> Doing okay here :)
[13:28] <noaXess> hey hey
[13:28] <noaXess> anybody also using vlc for playing movies? i use nouveau driver.. and vlc shows not the whole movie.. how can i explain.. hm..
[13:29] <soee> not whole ?
[13:30] <soee> cuts some part of visible area?
[13:31] <BluesKaj> noaXess, which nvidia gpu?  Perhaps the recommended driver would be better, although I've never had problems with nouveau and vlc
[13:33] <noaXess> check this
[13:33] <noaXess> http://i.imgur.com/w5pkozP.png
[13:33] <noaXess> can only see part of movie
[13:33] <noaXess> with dragon player it works
[13:34] <OerHeks> F12 maximize vlc, then the ratio goes full screen, or change the size of the vlcwindow, seen that before
[13:34] <OerHeks> err F11 maximize
[13:35] <noaXess> OerHeks: no.. if fullscreen.. it shows less movie parts
[13:35] <stu> hey all.  total noob here
[13:35] <stu> how can i browse a windows network?
[13:37] <noaXess> stu: dolphon, click into addressbar and type: smb:
[13:38] <stu> do i insall that?
[13:38] <noaXess> dolphin?
[13:38] <noaXess> is default file manager in kubuntu.. and smb is a default network protocoll..
[13:38] <stu> ahhh.  let me try that
[13:39] <stu> says it cant find konquerer
[13:42] <stu> noaXess it worked.....can i map a drive?
[13:42] <Aristide> stu: Konqueror is not provided by default
[13:42] <Aristide> You must install software
[13:43] <Aristide> stu: You can brows network with smb:// or with \\ip
[13:43] <Aristide> *browse
[13:43] <stu> i found it.  can i map a drive like Windows?
[13:45] <Aristide> stu: You can put folder into the left pannel
[13:46] <Aristide> http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/863026shortcut.png Like this :p
[13:52] <noaXess> or use smb4k
[13:53] <noaXess> with smb4k you can browse networks, and mount shares to local folder.. then you can access this local folder from any program..
[13:56] <BluesKaj> stu, in dolphin places , choose network, then add network folder, then Microsoft Windows network drive, the fill in the fields, then save and connect
[13:58] <BluesKaj> stu, you can then add the resulting folder to places in dolphin
[15:14] <Sanguich> I installed KDE Neon on my Kubuntu build and no my build is WAYYYY too buggy.  Is this a good place to get help with this?
[15:14] <lordievader> Sanguich: #kde-neon would be better
[15:16] <Sanguich> roger.  I tried over there just now, but didn't get a response.l  I'll hang tight to see if anyone comments.  Thanks!
[15:25] <stu> thanks all for the help.  im good.  it just freezes when watching vids.....
[16:40] <hggdh> !releases
[18:52] <BluesKaj> theDuderino, check your irc connection please
[19:33] <neotom> hello all
[19:35] <sanguich> hi
[20:03] <Guest67649> How to make icons become smaller when there is too many opened programs in the taskbar (bottom panel)? Like in Windows. Or at least to show some arrows or navigation to access programs that are outside the vidible icons.
[20:04] <Guest67649> I have only icons (like in Windows 7
[20:04] <Guest67649> in the taskbar , but I get sometiimes out of space when I have opened too many programs and some are non accessible
[20:33] <Swipe-> can't wait for 16.04, sick of plasma crashes once a week in 15.10. Never had one single plasmashell crash in 15.04
[21:50] <soul_> guys, how can I enable a systemd service?
[21:51] <rattking> 'systemctl enable service'
[21:52] <DarinMiller> i.e.: sudo systemctl enable kdm
[22:00] <perry_> hi
[22:00] <DarinMiller> hey
[22:01] <perry_> :D
[22:01] <perry_> just got kunbuntu so happy
[22:01] <DarinMiller> 15.10?
[22:01] <bprompt> "hay bartender",  said the horse at the bar
[22:01] <perry_> yeah
[22:01] <perry_> and on a macbook :D
[22:01] <DarinMiller> Cool :)
[22:02] <bprompt> *cough* ahemm    16.04 is coming out in 2 months, and it's LTS *cough*
[22:02] <perry_> anyone know how to change boot loader defalt by chance?
[22:02] <DarinMiller> Dual boot using rEFit or virtual?
[22:02] <perry_> rEfit
[22:02] <perry_> accidently changed defalt bootloader to the partion I'm running on and... you know -_-
[22:03] <DarinMiller> It's been awhile so I don't recall off the top... I would have to google ....
[22:03] <perry_> yeah
[22:03] <perry_> i'll check later not important
[22:12] <soul_> Thank you rattkingand Dar