[01:28] <bjabr> can anyone help me with installing the right nvidia driver for 16.04?
[01:28] <SporkWitch> https://google.com/
[01:29] <SporkWitch> find one of the results that mentioned "ubuntu-drivers"; that should be at least the first 5 or 10 results...
[01:29] <SporkWitch> just 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 purged
[01:42] <claycorn> hello
[01:59] <bjabr> cant get it to work
[01:59] <bjabr> tried every damn result from google
[01:59] <bjabr> got an nvidia gtx 950
[02:00] <bjabr> and for some reason plasma crashes after installing nvidia drivers
[02:01] <SporkWitch> crashes tend to produce logs
[02:40] <bjabr> i get the error "plasma failed to start because it could not properly configure OpenGL 2"
[02:41] <papapenguin> I'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 drive
[02:46] <SporkWitch> papapenguin: how are you trying to mount it? what's the error?
[02:48] <papapenguin> I 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 superuser
[02:48] <papapenguin> for example, I type lsusb and don't see it at all
[02:49] <papapenguin> but sudo lsusb allows me to see the SATA-USB device only
[02:49] <papapenguin> I can see the drive in KDE Partition, but can't access it at all
[02:50] <papapenguin> if I take out my hard drive and install this older one, it boots and works perfectly, which makes me think it's a mounting problem
[02:51] <papapenguin> sudo /dev/sdb1 /mnt gives me:
[02:51] <papapenguin> mount: special device /dev/sdb1 does not exist
[03:07] <papapenguin> blkid gives me:
[03:07] <papapenguin> donald@donald-HP-ENVY-m6-Notebook-PC:~$ blkid
[03:07] <papapenguin> oops
[03:07] <SporkWitch> papapenguin: it sounds like it's being treating like what it is: a SATA HDD.
[03:07] <SporkWitch> papapenguin: non-root users cannot mount unless there's an entry in FSTAB with the appropriate flags
[03:07] <papapenguin> I wish I could post outputs here
[03:08] <papapenguin> ok, so I'll need to change my fstab?
[03:08] <SporkWitch> pastebin (or any of its counterparts; i like hastebin)
[03:08] <SporkWitch> that 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 sudo
[03:09] <SporkWitch> if 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 connected
[03:10] <papapenguin> blkid is here: http://pastebin.com/MpTjNPUe
[03:11] <papapenguin> sudo blkid is here: http://pastebin.com/1ZHJSn0Z
[03:13] <SporkWitch> and what happens with sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/foo ?
[03:13] <papapenguin> sudo lsusb: http://pastebin.com/ubT5VqYs
[03:14] <papapenguin> sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/foo gives me: mount: mount point /mnt/foo does not exist
[03:17] <papapenguin> sudo fdisk -l gives me: http://pastebin.com/q6FY23Cz
[03:23] <SporkWitch> papapenguin: i'm not clicking on those links until you read the error message you put here and tell me what you did to resolve it
[03:24] <SporkWitch> (it's not personal, but just because someone is helping doesn't mean you get to stop reading and thinking yourself lol)
[03:25] <papapenguin> which error? The sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/foo ?
[03:26] <SporkWitch> yeah
[03:26] <papapenguin> I posted that earlier
[03:26] <papapenguin> here it is again:
[03:26] <papapenguin> sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/foo gives me: mount: mount point /mnt/foo does not exist
[03:26] <SporkWitch> i know, you pasted it, i want you to READ IT
[03:26] <SporkWitch> and then tell me what you're going to do to resolve it
[03:27] <papapenguin> sorry, that's not helpful, if I knew what to do to resolve it, I wouldn't be asking
[03:27] <SporkWitch> ok, what do you THINK it means?
[03:27] <papapenguin> I have the /mnt folder in root
[03:28] <SporkWitch> ok
[03:28] <SporkWitch> what about /mnt/foo ?
[03:29] <papapenguin> no, 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?
[03:30] <SporkWitch> the 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/foo
[03:31] <SporkWitch> the mount failed.  it gave you an error message.  given what i've just said, how are the two related?
[03:33] <papapenguin> it seems like a circular question
[03:33] <papapenguin> when I look in fdisk, I see the drive as sdb1
[03:34] <papapenguin> when I try to mount the drive into the folder /mnt it say sdb1 does not exist
[03:34] <SporkWitch> papapenguin: stop thinking about the root problem we started from
[03:34] <SporkWitch> this is completely unrelated
[03:35] <SporkWitch> the 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 it
[03:35] <SporkWitch> and arguably i've already told you how to fix it too
[03:35] <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)
[03:39] <papapenguin> I see
[03:39] <Dragonslicer> papapenguin- the directory has to exist before you can mount a disk to it
[03:39] <Dragonslicer> The mount program doesn't create the target directory for you
[03:40] <papapenguin> I understand that, but I thought that the mount point of /mnt would work without creating a subfolder
[03:41] <Dragonslicer> It 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 there
[03:41] <papapenguin> If I remember correctly, mounting into /mnt worked before, but I could be wrong
[03:41] <SporkWitch> no one said anything about mounting it directly to /mnt, i only see a message about /mnt/foo
[03:41] <Dragonslicer> Normally you should only mount disks to empty directories
[03:41] <SporkWitch> and an error message that was ignored and a claim of not understanding made
[03:42] <SporkWitch> in any case, the solution to that error is to CREATE the directory /mnt/foo
[03:42] <Dragonslicer> papapenguin- what are you using for a mount command right now, and what do you get for an error message?
[03:43] <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] <papapenguin> SporkWitch: thanks
[03:46] <papapenguin> Dragonslicer: I was using: sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
[03:47] <Dragonslicer> What do you get for an error message with that?
[03:49] <papapenguin> Dragonslicer: mount: special device /dev/sdb1 does not exist
[03:52] <Dragonslicer> Try this command: sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb
[03:52] <Dragonslicer> If that doesn't list the disk, try disconnecting it and reconnecting it (eject the disk, unplug the USB cable, whatever)
[03:53] <papapenguin> fdisk sees it, ot
[03:53] <papapenguin> oops, it's posted above
[03:53] <Dragonslicer> cat /proc/partitions
[03:53] <papapenguin> http://pastebin.com/q6FY23Cz
[03:54] <Dragonslicer> Does that list sdb and sdb1?
[03:54] <papapenguin> lists sdb and sdb1
[03:55] <Dragonslicer> Weird. What about this: ls -al /dev/sdb*
[03:55] <papapenguin> oops, cat /proc/partitions only lists sdb
[03:55] <papapenguin> fdisk -l lists sdb and sdb1
[03:56] <papapenguin> ls -al /dev/sdb lists only sdb
[03:57] <Dragonslicer> Hm, that's kind of strange. Just as a sanity check, do this: sudo mount | grep sdb -
[03:57] <Dragonslicer> Just to make sure sdb1 isn't already mounted
[03:59] <Dragonslicer> If that doesn't list anything, disconnect the disk (turn off the dock, unplug the USB cable, etc.)
[04:00] <papapenguin> it lists nothing
[04:01] <Dragonslicer> After you disconnect the disk, run cat /proc/partitions again. sdb should be gone.
[06:23] <barq> My mouse cursor is inaccurate, it points at pixels above where it is shown on 16.04. How can I fix this?
[11:22] <paolo_> hi
[11:22] <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 console
[11:23] <paolo_> so I'm not able to start the installation
[11:23] <paolo_> I think that the issue is related to the nouveau driver.... I'm using nvida graphics card
[11:28] <hateball> !nomodeset | paolo_
[11:29] <yossarianuk> paolo_: do yo have hybrid graphics ?
[11:34] <paolo_> yossarianuk: I have a gtx 970
[11:34] <hateball> if it is a very recent chipset I dont think 16.04 handles it ootb, with nouveau
[11:34] <yossarianuk> Just one GPU or do you have intel as well ?
[11:35] <hateball> but with nomodeset you should be able to boot and install, then boot with nomodeset again and add nvidia PPA
[11:35] <paolo_> and adding nouveau.modeset=0 on boot parameter the installer seem to works :)
[11:35] <paolo_> yossarianuk: one gpu
[11:36] <hateball> paolo_: 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/ppa
[11:36] <paolo_> hperfect
[11:36] <paolo_> hateball:  thanks
[11:36] <hateball> paolo_: a one-liner: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa && sudo apt update && sudo apt install nvidia-370
[11:36] <paolo_> very good
[11:39] <yossarianuk> if you have an intel CPU I would also install intel-microcode also...
[11:42] <hateball> which is: sudo apt install intel-microcode
[12:44] <dsealius> hello
[12:48] <soee> hiho dsealius
[13:07] <dsealius> when 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 ?
[13:17] <soee> yup
[13:44] <dsealius> is it a bug or something ?
[13:57] <soee> dsealius: why ?
[14:01] <dsealius> cuz I cannot switch activity from the top left corner button
[14:02] <dsealius> I have to right click > acticities > ....
[14:02] <soee> ah, hmm
[14:02] <soee> you can try adding actiity switcher widget to your panel
[14:02] <soee> i use custom shortcuts to switch them though
[14:03] <dsealius> I also use the super + tab combination but it also allows to switch not to stop an activity
[14:08] <dsealius> adding the activity manager on my panel wqs a good idea ! it looks like older kde version !
[14:08] <dsealius> was*
[14:15] <syltao> Is copy / past of repertory working fine in Dolphin ? I've an error somothing like «waiting for past file, not repertory».
[14:57] <SporkWitch> Running 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/mime
[14:58] <SporkWitch> not 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?
[15:26] <gremistarasta> opa
[17:03] <dirky> hello, for some reason nothing happens when I try to launch the installation
[17:58] <clutch> hi
[18:13] <ethang> looking for a good mid-size scalable RDBMS for kubuntu.  Any suggestions?
[18:47] <mgolden_> ethang: you mean like mysql? what does the kubuntu desktop matter to you?
[18:47] <mgolden_> dirky: you mean an upgrade?
[21:36] <Waffle688> hello
[21:36] <Waffle688> FIrst time RIC user, DOn't mind me.
[21:36] <Waffle688> irc
[21:37] <soee> hiho :)
[21:38] <genii> Waffle688: Well, if you have any support questions concerning your Kubuntu, this is the place to ask them :)
[22:11] <shimeji> channel about hacking?
[22:19] <ikonia> shimeji: if you have to ask, you have already failed
[22:20] <SporkWitch> shimeji: try yahoo messenger, that's where all the 1337 h4x0rz are