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bjabrcan anyone help me with installing the right nvidia driver for 16.04?01:28
SporkWitchhttps://google.com/01:28
SporkWitchfind one of the results that mentioned "ubuntu-drivers"; that should be at least the first 5 or 10 results...01:29
SporkWitchjust don't blindly hit "yes" when it asks you to approve the conflict resolution, as depending on what you've installed on your system it may decide that nearly all of KDE needs to be purged01:29
claycornhello01:42
bjabrcant get it to work01:59
bjabrtried every damn result from google01:59
bjabrgot an nvidia gtx 95001:59
bjabrand for some reason plasma crashes after installing nvidia drivers02:00
SporkWitchcrashes tend to produce logs02:01
bjabri get the error "plasma failed to start because it could not properly configure OpenGL 2"02:40
papapenguinI'm trying to access files on my old hard drive (Kubuntu 15.04) via USB from a new install (Kubuntu 16.04) but I'm having problems mounting the drive02:41
SporkWitchpapapenguin: how are you trying to mount it? what's the error?02:46
papapenguinI have a SATA-USB device and I thought it would show up as a USB device like my phone, USB sticks, camera, etc do automatically, but I can't see it at all unless I look for it as superuser02:48
papapenguinfor example, I type lsusb and don't see it at all02:48
papapenguinbut sudo lsusb allows me to see the SATA-USB device only02:49
papapenguinI can see the drive in KDE Partition, but can't access it at all02:49
papapenguinif I take out my hard drive and install this older one, it boots and works perfectly, which makes me think it's a mounting problem02:50
papapenguinsudo /dev/sdb1 /mnt gives me:02:51
papapenguinmount: special device /dev/sdb1 does not exist02:51
papapenguinblkid gives me:03:07
papapenguindonald@donald-HP-ENVY-m6-Notebook-PC:~$ blkid03:07
papapenguinoops03:07
SporkWitchpapapenguin: it sounds like it's being treating like what it is: a SATA HDD.03:07
SporkWitchpapapenguin: non-root users cannot mount unless there's an entry in FSTAB with the appropriate flags03:07
papapenguinI wish I could post outputs here03:07
papapenguinok, so I'll need to change my fstab?03:08
SporkWitchpastebin (or any of its counterparts; i like hastebin)03:08
SporkWitchthat would be my guess, based on the information you've given me.  It's not a lot to go on, but it seems a reasonable assumption.  First, try mounting it with sudo03:08
SporkWitchif that works, you should then look into creating an fstab entry WITHOUT auto; we don't want it to try automatically mounting it at boot, because it'll fail and start yelling at you if it's not connected03:09
papapenguinblkid is here: http://pastebin.com/MpTjNPUe03:10
papapenguinsudo blkid is here: http://pastebin.com/1ZHJSn0Z03:11
SporkWitchand what happens with sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/foo ?03:13
papapenguinsudo lsusb: http://pastebin.com/ubT5VqYs03:13
papapenguinsudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/foo gives me: mount: mount point /mnt/foo does not exist03:14
papapenguinsudo fdisk -l gives me: http://pastebin.com/q6FY23Cz03:17
SporkWitchpapapenguin: i'm not clicking on those links until you read the error message you put here and tell me what you did to resolve it03:23
SporkWitch(it's not personal, but just because someone is helping doesn't mean you get to stop reading and thinking yourself lol)03:24
papapenguinwhich error? The sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/foo ?03:25
SporkWitchyeah03:26
papapenguinI posted that earlier03:26
papapenguinhere it is again:03:26
papapenguinsudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/foo gives me: mount: mount point /mnt/foo does not exist03:26
SporkWitchi know, you pasted it, i want you to READ IT03:26
SporkWitchand then tell me what you're going to do to resolve it03:26
papapenguinsorry, that's not helpful, if I knew what to do to resolve it, I wouldn't be asking03:27
SporkWitchok, what do you THINK it means?03:27
papapenguinI have the /mnt folder in root03:27
SporkWitchok03:28
SporkWitchwhat about /mnt/foo ?03:28
papapenguinno, I don't have that, but shouldn't that just be a subfolder in the /mnt folder by mounting as superuser should automatically mount into?03:29
SporkWitchthe mount command mounts x onto y.  Both must exist.  so the command i gave you, mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/foo attempts to mount the first partition of the second scsi drive onto the folder /mnt/foo03:30
SporkWitchthe mount failed.  it gave you an error message.  given what i've just said, how are the two related?03:31
papapenguinit seems like a circular question03:33
papapenguinwhen I look in fdisk, I see the drive as sdb103:33
papapenguinwhen I try to mount the drive into the folder /mnt it say sdb1 does not exist03:34
SporkWitchpapapenguin: stop thinking about the root problem we started from03:34
SporkWitchthis is completely unrelated03:34
SporkWitchthe problem we're dealing with now is one i already know the answer to, and is WHY i'm forcing you to figure it out, because the error message itself told you how to fix it03:35
SporkWitchand arguably i've already told you how to fix it too03:35
SporkWitch(i have no problem helping, but i'm not going to do it all for you; if you want me to just do it for you, my consulting rate is $25/hr; i'm feeling generous, also desperate)03:35
papapenguinI see03:39
Dragonslicerpapapenguin- the directory has to exist before you can mount a disk to it03:39
DragonslicerThe mount program doesn't create the target directory for you03:39
papapenguinI understand that, but I thought that the mount point of /mnt would work without creating a subfolder03:40
DragonslicerIt should, but be aware that you won't be able to get to anything that's already in /mnt as long as something else is mounted there03:41
papapenguinIf I remember correctly, mounting into /mnt worked before, but I could be wrong03:41
SporkWitchno one said anything about mounting it directly to /mnt, i only see a message about /mnt/foo03:41
DragonslicerNormally you should only mount disks to empty directories03:41
SporkWitchand an error message that was ignored and a claim of not understanding made03:41
SporkWitchin any case, the solution to that error is to CREATE the directory /mnt/foo03:42
Dragonslicerpapapenguin- what are you using for a mount command right now, and what do you get for an error message?03:42
SporkWitch(in short: posting that error was useless, should have just corrected it and then gotten the output that resulted that you couldn't figure out)03:43
papapenguinSporkWitch: thanks03:43
papapenguinDragonslicer: I was using: sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt03:46
DragonslicerWhat do you get for an error message with that?03:47
papapenguinDragonslicer: mount: special device /dev/sdb1 does not exist03:49
DragonslicerTry this command: sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb03:52
DragonslicerIf that doesn't list the disk, try disconnecting it and reconnecting it (eject the disk, unplug the USB cable, whatever)03:52
papapenguinfdisk sees it, ot03:53
papapenguinoops, it's posted above03:53
Dragonslicercat /proc/partitions03:53
papapenguinhttp://pastebin.com/q6FY23Cz03:53
DragonslicerDoes that list sdb and sdb1?03:54
papapenguinlists sdb and sdb103:54
DragonslicerWeird. What about this: ls -al /dev/sdb*03:55
papapenguinoops, cat /proc/partitions only lists sdb03:55
papapenguinfdisk -l lists sdb and sdb103:55
papapenguinls -al /dev/sdb lists only sdb03:56
DragonslicerHm, that's kind of strange. Just as a sanity check, do this: sudo mount | grep sdb -03:57
DragonslicerJust to make sure sdb1 isn't already mounted03:57
DragonslicerIf that doesn't list anything, disconnect the disk (turn off the dock, unplug the USB cable, etc.)03:59
papapenguinit lists nothing04:00
DragonslicerAfter you disconnect the disk, run cat /proc/partitions again. sdb should be gone.04:01
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barqMy mouse cursor is inaccurate, it points at pixels above where it is shown on 16.04. How can I fix this?06:23
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paolo_hi11:22
paolo_I'm trying to install kubuntu 16.0.4.1 from USB, I'm able to boot from it.... but X not start... an I see only the login from console11:22
paolo_so I'm not able to start the installation11:23
paolo_I think that the issue is related to the nouveau driver.... I'm using nvida graphics card11:23
hateball!nomodeset | paolo_11:28
ubottupaolo_: A common kernel (boot)parameter is nomodeset, which is needed for some graphic cards that otherwise boot into a black screen or show corrupted splash screen. See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132 on how to use this parameter11:28
yossarianukpaolo_: do yo have hybrid graphics ?11:29
paolo_yossarianuk: I have a gtx 97011:34
hateballif it is a very recent chipset I dont think 16.04 handles it ootb, with nouveau11:34
yossarianukJust one GPU or do you have intel as well ?11:34
hateballbut with nomodeset you should be able to boot and install, then boot with nomodeset again and add nvidia PPA11:35
paolo_and adding nouveau.modeset=0 on boot parameter the installer seem to works :)11:35
paolo_yossarianuk: one gpu11:35
hateballpaolo_: you'll need to do it again as I said, once it is installed. until you add this !ppa https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa11:36
paolo_hperfect11:36
paolo_hateball:  thanks11:36
hateballpaolo_: a one-liner: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa && sudo apt update && sudo apt install nvidia-37011:36
paolo_very good11:36
yossarianukif you have an intel CPU I would also install intel-microcode also...11:39
hateballwhich is: sudo apt install intel-microcode11:42
dsealiushello12:44
soeehiho dsealius12:48
dsealiuswhen I click on the activity button (top left corner of the screen) the activities panel just appears fr a fraction of second... I'm wondering if this is the case also for you ?13:07
soeeyup13:17
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dsealiusis it a bug or something ?13:44
soeedsealius: why ?13:57
dsealiuscuz I cannot switch activity from the top left corner button14:01
dsealiusI have to right click > acticities > ....14:02
soeeah, hmm14:02
soeeyou can try adding actiity switcher widget to your panel14:02
soeei use custom shortcuts to switch them though14:02
dsealiusI also use the super + tab combination but it also allows to switch not to stop an activity14:03
dsealiusadding the activity manager on my panel wqs a good idea ! it looks like older kde version !14:08
dsealiuswas*14:08
syltaoIs copy / past of repertory working fine in Dolphin ? I've an error somothing like «waiting for past file, not repertory».14:15
SporkWitchRunning into some weirdness with kmail.  I was able to sign (in-line) my outgoing message fine, but when I open the reply with my quoted (and signed) message inside it, the signed portion shows as "cannot be verified" "unknown key" (and the long id), and Status: Wrong Cyrpto Plug-In.  I'm not seeing any results for searching that status.  The closest I've found is a mention of a bug with pgp/mime14:57
SporkWitchnot being recognized correctly if there was also a dpsam attachment; i DO see a "spam status: spam assasin [white box]" indicator around it it, possibly related to the filters on my mailserver?14:58
gremistarastaopa15:26
dirkyhello, for some reason nothing happens when I try to launch the installation17:03
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clutchhi17:58
ethanglooking for a good mid-size scalable RDBMS for kubuntu.  Any suggestions?18:13
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mgolden_ethang: you mean like mysql? what does the kubuntu desktop matter to you?18:47
mgolden_dirky: you mean an upgrade?18:47
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Waffle688hello21:36
Waffle688FIrst time RIC user, DOn't mind me.21:36
Waffle688irc21:36
soeehiho :)21:37
geniiWaffle688: Well, if you have any support questions concerning your Kubuntu, this is the place to ask them :)21:38
shimejichannel about hacking?22:11
ikoniashimeji: if you have to ask, you have already failed22:19
SporkWitchshimeji: try yahoo messenger, that's where all the 1337 h4x0rz are22:20
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