[00:15] <pilne> i'll be back to gnome soon... i got a wild hair up my ass to try mate and i'm about to punch myself in the face
[00:15] <pilne> just thought I'd share a laugh
[03:04] <berglh> darkxst: i know this is kind of out of the scope of ubuntu-gnome, if i want to try a kernel patch for ubuntu gnome, do i just clone the ubutnu linux kernel git repo, patch the driver file and then build the deb (somehow)?
[08:27] <ricotz> darkxst, hi
[08:27] <darkxst> ricotz, hey
[08:27] <ricotz> darkxst, I am starting to play around with HiDPI
[08:27] <darkxst> does it work? I still dont have hidpi hardware
[08:28] <ricotz> while the ubuntu-gnome plymouth theme doesnt support it and also don't use the hacky solution of ubuntu ..
[08:28] <ricotz> I did this https://launchpad.net/~ricotz/+archive/ubuntu/staging/+sourcepub/6167873/+listing-archive-extra
[08:28] <ricotz> which surprisingly works ;)
[08:28] <darkxst> ricotz, yeh we don't have the 2x themes yet
[08:29] <darkxst> by hacky I guess you mean the 2-scale
[08:29] <ricotz> darkxst, it kind of works, but I have trouble with other hardware issues due missing proper skylake support
[08:29] <ricotz> darkxst, yeah, that is what i mean
[08:29] <darkxst> right sjylake really needs 4.5?
[08:29] <ricotz> more like 4.6
[08:30] <ricotz> but ubuntu's 4.4 will get the 4.6 intel stack
[08:30] <darkxst> ha ok, sometime in the future ;)
[08:30] <ricotz> no already since 4.4.0-9.x
[08:31] <ricotz> aka i915_bpo
[08:32] <ricotz> anyway, I guess due the lack of hidpi on your side you havent pushed getting proper support to someones attention yet
[08:33] <darkxst> ricotz, file a bug ;) and yes, hopefully I can get a new laptop soon though
[08:35] <darkxst> though I do wonder why those patches never landed?
[08:35] <ricotz> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/core-1403-hidpi-boottime
[08:35] <ricotz> I assume just the lack of time and testing
[08:36] <ricotz> would be nice to have them pushed and getting a new plymouth release
[08:36] <ricotz> (with soname bump)
[08:36] <darkxst> ricotz, yes, I am aware that the Ubuntu plymouth dealt with hidpi at the them level
[08:38] <darkxst> I don't about know getting a transition through this late in the cycle
[08:39] <darkxst> but guess I could chat with halfline about pushing for an upstream release
[08:39] <ricotz> that would be great
[08:42] <darkxst> ricotz, you do realise rstrode is halfline on IRC ?
[08:42] <darkxst> (just looking the the gnome-hackers backlog)
[08:42] <ricotz> oh :\
[08:42] <ricotz> he is
[08:49] <darkxst> not sure he would actually be around right now, but he should respond later
[08:52] <darkxst> ricotz, I think he is west coast US, business hours...
[08:53] <darkxst> though I often get confused by timezones ;)
[08:53] <ricotz> darkxst, alright, let's wait
[08:55] <darkxst> ricotz, what laptop did you get?
[08:55] <darkxst> (assuming its a laptop!)
[08:56] <darkxst> my trusty thinkpad T400 is well past its time!
[08:58] <darkxst> not sure I trust the lenovo inspired thinkpads now...
[08:59] <ricotz> I have a HP 2540p which is getting replaced by a XPS13
[09:02] <ricotz> so it will still take some time for mesa and kernel to catch up with proper support
[09:04] <darkxst> skylake does seem to have been slower than past generations in gaining mainline support
[09:08] <ricotz> not sure, I have missed some generations in between ;)
[09:09]  * darkxst also but in general intel have been 6months ahead of hardware release
[09:10] <ricotz> yeah, but there are still newer skylake revisions coming out which need their little tweaks
[09:10] <ricotz> before kabylake hits the floor
[09:11] <darkxst> certainly sandy bridge, ivy bridge, broadwell and haswell all had pretty good release day support
[09:16] <ricotz> so hoping those current issue will get fixed soon :)
[09:25] <darkxst> should do!
[09:26] <darkxst> though I don't have any leverage with the upstream intel guyss
[20:08] <ricotz> darkxst, fyi the plymouth hidpi patches got pushed
[20:09] <ricotz> and of course mutter 3.18.3 and gnome-shell 3.18.4