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bjrohanSystem Audio Volume, all tabs are blank, no configurations are available, wheere I used to be able to choose, digital stereo, HDMI, HDMI + stereo etc00:00
bjrohanHow may I fix this?00:00
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TheFocusany ideas why sudo service sddm start does not work????02:46
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tearmannairWhen trying to install a deb file - what does it typically mean if the install button is unuable, but there's no errors?03:13
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GavinjbMorning all08:53
aniketh_Ping09:28
aniketh_ I would like suggest that we should really upgrade to KF5 5.27. it's safe and much better09:29
acheronukaniketh_: that is being done for zesty 17.04, which can then likely be backported09:40
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aniketh_acheronuk: But the thing is for example as I am on Kubuntu 16.10 I wanted to build kf5archive but what I required for build is as for 5.2809:53
aniketh_but only 5.26 is yet released09:53
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acheronuk5.28 is not released yet09:54
aniketh_yeah09:55
aniketh_https://www.irccloud.com/pastebin/llFja1h6/09:56
aniketh_See this error I got while building kio frameworl09:56
aniketh_framework*09:56
acheronukbut what I said stands. once 5.27 is in zesty 17.04, it can be backported for 16.1009:57
acheronukbuilding parts from the stack from git is going to give problem is many cases, as they will already have bumped their cmake required versions for frameworks to 5.28+10:00
aniketh_So how can I tackle the current issue ?10:09
acheronukwhy are you trying to build kio from git?10:16
aniketh_fixing bugs10:16
acheronukwhat specifically, as every frameworks release is basically a combination of a bugfix and new feature one10:17
aniketh_i am new to open source. Want to contribute to KDE. Have fixed one in kio while I was in 16.04 wanted to hack into somemore as I know some of its code base10:19
acheronukin that case you may want to run something like https://neon.kde.org/ in a Virtual machine, as the dev-stable and dev-unstable editions of that are designed primarily for KDE contributors and interested people wanting to run and test and hack on the latest code10:22
acheronukif you bugs are found in the stable versions that kubuntu tries to provide, then then let us know and what the propose fix is, and we can see if that can be forwarded upstream to KDE, and sometimes with those if they are crucial fixes, they can be backported to our stable versions10:24
aniketh_Is kde-neon dev-stable is stable ?10:27
aniketh_is it better for devs other than kubuntu10:27
acheronukthe dev-stable is built from git-stable branches where the exist in the kde repositories. i.e. they are the branches where the updates for future bugfixs etc of already released versions go. so eventual .1 .2 .3 point releases etc10:30
acheronukdev-unstable are build directly from the bleeding edge git master, so are in no way 'stable'10:30
acheronuktech savvy people and developers do run Neon, and it can be reasonably stable, but there is always the danger that things can break in small or big ways. but conversely, fixes are usually fairly rapid as well10:32
aniketh_ohh !10:32
acheronukI run kubuntu on my desktop and Neon unstable on my laptop10:32
aniketh_which is better ?10:33
aniketh_for someone like me ?10:33
aniketh_So you suggest me to run kde-neon rather than kubuntu10:33
acheronukneither, as for the most part they serve different use cases10:34
acheronukoh, for you?10:34
aniketh_yea10:34
acheronukif I was you I would perhaps set up Neon in a virtual machine, or on a spare laptop/PC if you have one, and give it a test drive. It would likely be be better if you want to actually do KDE code contribution, but you may not find it to your taste as a main machine10:35
aniketh_I am really confused. Should I run it as my main machine  or not .10:37
acheronukas said, I have a machine on both so I can best help develop/test kubuntu AND upstream at the same time10:37
aniketh_But don't have a spare machine and not really intrested in virtual machine10:38
aniketh_I have only one choice boot10:38
aniketh_but is it stable is my doubt ?10:38
acheronukcould try on a 2nd partition maybe10:38
aniketh_it would make it 3 :P .I have windows too ;)10:39
acheronukreasonably.... but breakages can and do happen. you have to give up some stability to get newer stuff10:39
acheronukNeon is also on a Xenial 16.04 LTS base, so if you want newer non-kde stuff that may not be found on Xenial, then that is a consideration as well.10:42
acheronukNeon will not upgrade their base from 16.04 until ubuntu do the next LTS as 18.04 in 201810:43
paolo_hi guys, I'm using kubuntu 16.04 with nvidia card and from log I have many of the following: kscreen: Primary output changed from KScreen::Output(Id: 483 , Name: "DP-0" ) ( "DP-0" ) to KScreen::Output(Id: 483 , Name: "DP-0" ) ( "DP-0" )10:55
paolo_what this mean?10:55
aniketh_acheronuk:  So will that effect any development works I will be doing ?11:00
gilighostAnybody, I want to access my ssh sever from outside my the current network.. I am coonected to college wifi. I want to access by computer using ssh through internet..11:18
gilighostSolution please..? anybody..11:18
aniketh_I was trying to install KDE neon  and found error and installation crashed and it's in grub rescue menu11:47
aniketh_How to fix it ?11:47
IrcsomeBot<acheronuk> KDE Neon has it's own telegram group and forum on https://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=30911:49
IrcsomeBot<acheronuk> and IRC on #kde-neon11:50
IrcsomeBot<acheronuk> other people here may be able to help with grub problems, but not really my thing11:50
ChetManlyvlc12:36
ChetManlydragon player > vlc ??12:36
BluesKajHiyas all13:03
drydento the people from yesterday (but he's not here), my flash drive was slow not because of Linux but because of general bad wear leveling as these drives do not have discard and they just fill up and I had to use a Windows Transcend utility to secure erase it...13:08
drydenand now performance is good again as detailed somewhere...13:09
drydenso one thing to note: if you encrypt them, do not complete format them (fill up the internals with zeroes) as it will write to too many blocks and the devices can't handle it.13:10
BluesKajdryden, there are linux utilities to erase and set partitions and fdisk file systems etc13:10
drydenhdparm secure erase didn't work, thank you BluesKaj.13:10
BluesKaj!gparted13:11
ubottugparted is a !GTK/!Gnome !GUI partitioning program. Type « sudo apt-get install gparted » in a console to install it - A GParted "live" CD is available at http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php13:11
drydenit was not about partitioning, these usb flash drives have an internal block allocator that gets messed up over time.13:11
BluesKajpartitioning is only one aspect of the gparted13:11
BluesKajread the url13:12
drydenwell if hdparm can't do it I doubt gparted can but I can try of course.13:12
BluesKajor there's always dd13:12
drydendd would write blocks, that's the whole issue, that won't work.13:13
drydengparted doesn't have any kind of secure erase feature, sorry.13:14
BluesKajit won't erase an encrypted disk/partition? y=that's news to me13:14
BluesKajdd I mean13:15
drydenin the flash world erasing and writing zeroes is not the same thing13:15
drydenerase uses firmware codes that cause the drive to discard cells, rather than overwrite them.13:15
drydenmy drive responds by glowing blue slowly when it is being done to it :p.13:16
BluesKajok nm, there's no point then13:16
drydennormally good drives (like SSDs) will have discard (trim) support but these drives don't even have that, so you can't keep them "up to date" or fully functioning by proper operation, not possible.13:17
drydenyou can test by mounting an ext4 partition on them with discard support and then doing fstrim /mountpoint.13:18
drydenit will say "The trim operation is not supported".13:18
drydenall flash devices need trimming, they don't have it, so they clog down.13:19
el-sidhey13:19
drydenfor some the hdparm commands also work so you can do it from Linux.13:19
drydenthis one didn't...13:20
drydenhey13:20
el-sidI hope someone can help me with this issue13:20
el-sidI installed a widget13:20
drydenelcid = eerste leiden commissie introductie dagen ;-).13:20
el-sidbtw...not spanish13:20
el-sid:D13:20
drydennot greek either I guess...13:21
el-sidnope13:21
drydenyou installed a widget...13:21
el-sidand this error pops up "org.kde.plasma.private.volume" is not installed"13:21
el-sidany workaround you can suggest?13:21
BluesKajfrankly I've had no problems erasing usb sticks encrypted or not ...you can go on about it , but it seems you've made up your mind that nothing works , so I'll let someone lse help you , if you let them ....13:22
drydenBluesKaj it was not about erasing any disk, when will you learn?13:22
drydenI had no need to erase anything.13:22
drydenIt was write performance that was abysmal.13:23
BluesKajso now you solved myour problem13:24
drydenthis is a screenshot from before: http://drydenpersonalis.com/f/i/screenshots/screenshot-slow-jetflash-from-gnome-disks.png13:25
drydenthis is a screenshot from after: http://drydenpersonalis.com/f/i/screenshots/screenshot-slow-jetflash-from-gnome-disks_after.png13:25
BluesKajfine, then you don't need me because I thought you had one ...sorry to takeup your time13:25
dryden<dryden> to the people from yesterday (but he's not here), my flash drive was slow not because of Linux but because of general bad wear leveling as these drives do not have discard and they just fill up and I had to use a Windows Transcend utility to secure erase it...13:26
drydenthat's not a request for help is it...13:26
dryden <dryden> and now performance is good again as detailed somewhere...13:27
BluesKajlike I said above, you solved your problem13:27
drydenyes that's the first thing I said in this channel.13:28
drydenand I was telling others that if they have a problem with their flash drive they may need to secure erase it using a firmware tool to get good performance again...13:28
drydenel-sid: I have no idea out of present, I don't even know how to install those things.13:29
el-sidI see...13:31
el-sidI tried to install Win7mixer widget13:31
drydenyou could try to reinstall plasma-pa: sudo apt install --reinstall plasma-pa13:31
drydenok13:31
el-siddidnt work..do i have to reboot?13:33
BluesKaj Win7mixer widget?13:33
drydendon't think so.13:33
BluesKajel-sid,^13:33
el-sidyes13:33
BluesKajwhere did you find that widget?13:34
el-sidI'm not sure why I installed it...I had some issue with different audio channels13:34
el-sidthought it would help13:34
el-sidits on the list of widgets13:34
el-sidplasma add-on installer13:35
drydenorg.kde.plasma.volume exists but org.kde.plasma.private.volume may not.13:36
drydenidk, can't help you there, maybe the widget is unmaintained.13:36
BluesKajwhat does aplay -l output , .pastebin the result , el-sid13:37
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el-sidOh..well then..no problem..thanks for trying, dryden13:37
BluesKajnever heard of such a widget13:37
BluesKajnot in the package manager/repos13:37
BluesKajel-sid,I'll repeat,  in the terminal aplay -l , please pastebin the output13:39
el-sidBluesKaj, http://pastebin.com/42YkPrz713:39
BluesKajok el-sid, which kubuntu version are you running?13:40
el-sid16.0413:40
BluesKajel-sid, in the terminal, sudo modprobe snd-hda-intel, then open alsamixer and make sure automute is disabled13:42
el-sid"sudo modprobe snd-hda-intel" gave no output13:43
el-siddisabled alsamixer though13:43
el-sidi mean automute13:44
BluesKajand turn up any volume controls like the master and pcm13:44
el-sidyes..they are all maxed13:44
BluesKajthere is no output to the modprobe command if the driver loads properly13:44
el-sidI see...so thats not the problem13:45
el-sidThis is the full error in the widget13:45
el-sidError loading QML file: file:///home/el-sid/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.volumewin7mixer/contents/ui/main.qml:33:1: module "org.kde.plasma.private.volume" is not installed13:45
BluesKajno need to m ax al;l the the controls , just the ones that are relavent to your setup13:45
el-sidmaster and pcm are maxed...as are headphones13:46
BluesKajel-sid, do you have pulseaudio installed , it will show in the hardware tab in system settings>multimedia>music13:47
BluesKajyou might need to set those up and test the audio there as well13:48
el-sidok13:48
el-sidyes I have tested that13:49
el-sidthe audio is working...but the widget isnt13:49
BluesKajwhat's the widget used for?13:50
el-sidI beleive its an alternative to the default plasmoid13:51
el-sidfor controlling different audio streams13:52
el-sidI am trying to use the default right now13:53
el-sidit too gives the same error13:53
BluesKajwhat's the correct  exact nane of the widget, because idon't see it in the plasma addon installer13:54
BluesKajname13:54
el-sidhttps://api.kde-look.org/p/110089413:55
el-sidits the link to the widget13:56
BluesKajdo you have pavucontrol installed13:58
BluesKaj?13:58
el-sidyes13:58
BluesKajAfter installing, System Tray Settings > Extra Items > Uncheck "Audio Volume". This will hide the default audio widget." ...did you do that?13:59
el-sidI did now13:59
el-sidI mean it was unchecked previosuly14:00
el-sidpreviously...I enabled it..and it too shows the same error14:00
el-sidnow I disabled it again14:00
BluesKajmake sure your plasma/kde packages are up to date14:01
el-sidok14:02
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tsopanoshello14:03
el-sidI'll reboot and brb14:03
tsopanosi was thinking of changing to ubuntu kde but i dont know if my ram can handle the kde UI14:04
tsopanosalso i noticed no pavucontrol to install?..14:04
BluesKajtsopanos, how much RAM?14:08
el-sidBluesKaj, the update/reboot solved it14:08
el-sidthanks for your patience14:08
el-sidand help :)14:08
BluesKajok el-sid, good14:08
BluesKajel-sid, I hoper the widget works for you :-)14:09
el-sidyes it does...thanks :)14:09
tsopanos4g of ram can handle the kde ?14:09
* BluesKaj nods14:09
BluesKajtsopanos, yes 4Gigs will work well, as long as you're not a gamer14:10
tsopanosno i mostly use my pc for chatting and playing online music14:11
tsopanosi usually have just chromium open14:11
BluesKajtsopanos, then you should be fine with kde/plasma ...which ubuntu version are you running?14:11
tsopanoscurrently i am on live dvd :) but as my main os i have mint, i wanna change it14:12
HydrogenHi friends.  updated my system the other day and now it's hanging on startup14:13
Hydrogenbooting in recovory mode makes it look like it's hanging waiting for nfs14:14
BluesKajHydrogen, at what point in the startup is it hanging?14:14
Hydrogenbut finding any documentation on how to not start nfs is prooving... difficult14:14
HydrogenBluesKaj: somewhere in the "kubuntu" splash screen.14:15
tsopanosanyway, thx for advice, i will give it a shot on kubuntu, i like it, its so beautiful14:16
Hydrogen"A start job is running for NFS and services (51s/ no limit)14:16
Hydrogenif I boot into recovory and choose resume14:16
BluesKajok, that sounds like a boot sequence problem, is the NFS device in your /etc/fstab file? If so you might want change your boot prority device to the pc and turn off the device that's hosting the NFS files..like an outboard drive14:18
BluesKajHydrogen,^14:18
BluesKajboot sequence in your BIOS/UEFI14:19
Hydrogenthis is halfway through the ubuntu boot sequence14:20
HydrogenI also have no nfs related mounts in /etc/fstab14:20
HydrogenI did have some things in /etc/exports, commenting them ount14:20
BluesKajHydrogen, can you drop to a VT/TTY (ctl+alt+F1-F6) m?14:21
BluesKajignore the m14:21
Hydrogenhmm14:23
Hydrogenlooks like it was the nfs exports14:23
Hydrogencommenting that out make things a) go much faster, and b) work14:23
HydrogenI was nfs mounting to a rPI for a while, then I moved my PI a few months ago, apparently it's finally decided to get angry :)14:23
BluesKajHydrogen, yes i find NFS very unforgiving, one little change and it stops working14:27
Hydrogenjust strange that it waited this long to fail14:27
Hydrogenit does explain my slow startup times though :)14:27
Hydrogenpreviously14:28
Hydrogenmaybe it was a change to from timing out after X amount of time to never timing out14:28
BluesKajI have an rpi3, but i just connect my media outboard drive via smb/samba ...it's clunky , but it works , mostly :-)14:30
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HydrogenI was using it as a web server for a bit and nfs sharing my development files14:33
Hydrogengot tired of git pushing things around :)14:33
kuSuSEsorry but I am on xenial and I like to watch kodi in windowed mode how do I prevent the screen from locking automatically?14:35
BluesKajkuSuSE, system settings>desktop behaviour>screen locking...disable it and the lock screen on resi=ume14:38
BluesKajresume14:38
kuSuSEblueskaj thank you14:48
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user|69521hi evaryone15:04
n8w ive got a weird problem with grub not seein new kernels after ive installed them....sudo update-grub has no effect15:26
vinny@n8w ,,,do you have more than 1 install ,,,are you sure you are updating the grub that control's booting15:33
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herschehello everyone20:10
herschesince a update today, my installation is broken somehow - sddm don't start anymore, audio don't work, adb did also not.. no idea whats my wrong20:11
herschethere was something written about two i965-firmware-files.. someone knows if this is a current problem?20:12
hersche(i've started sddm via tty)20:12
herscheno sddm-problems on other installations?20:25
___OregonMike___Hello all23:12
___OregonMike___I just installed Kubuntu, and when I switched to the Nvidia 367 driver all the text went teeny tiny...how can I scale back to 96dpi in the terminal, i can't read the menus23:13
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___OregonMike___I just installed Kubuntu, and when I switched to the Nvidia 367 driver all the text went teeny tiny...how can I scale back to 96dpi in the terminal, i can't read the menus23:19
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schnoodlesSince upgrading to 16.10 my computer has gone a bit weird like it seems to think the file system is read only. Has anyone run into that or know how to fix it ?23:31
schnoodlesOk I just remounted the drive and it seems ok for now.23:36
valorieschnoodles: have you used sudo to run any gui applications?23:37
valorieif so, you may have odd permissions problems23:37
valorieif you have, you can solve that by running chroot on your $HOME23:38
valoriethat will change all the permissions there back to you23:38
sintreanybody around this time of night23:39
sintreneed some help , setting up a new budget notebook best i can with kubuntu, fixd kdewallet alwaysways wanting passowrd , fixed it not saving password to my wifi23:41
sintrebut getting hdmi to work correctly is almost impossible , i'm thinking that there are better drivers , as plasma keeps crashing23:42
sintreeven fixed some bezaree problem with it installing a bootloader correctly  ' which i think was my fault as i set the boot parameters wrong'23:43
sintreso anybody up helpin trouble shoot this?23:43
sintrei found this site https://01.org/  supposedly a intel hd sponsored support site , but no clue if its legit , or what if it is to try to install23:48
sintrewell guess not the most active channel :) i'll wait awhile maybe somebody will come around :)23:52
DarinMillersintre: What version of kubuntu are you running?23:53
sintrelts 14.1023:54
sintreor 16 i'm sry23:54
sintrethe newest iso for lts23:54
sintresystem is a new  http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/productdetails/inspiron-15-3558-laptop/fncwc105sb23:55
DarinMillersintre: 16.04 has some older plasma libriaries that are not very stable (not good advertisement for LTS, but there's a long story behind it).23:55
DarinMillerHave you installed the backports ppa?  It will help a lot.  Or , upgrade to 16.10.  Either option, plasma 5 is much more stable.23:56
DarinMillerAnd the  https://01.org/  is a legit intel website.23:57
sintreit says plasma 5 is in the 16.0423:57
sintreon release notes23:57
sintremight be on to something though23:58
GavinjbHi all23:58
sintreas i used kubuntu 16.04 lts to do intital install and it would reconise it at boot except thru live usb23:58
sintreused unbuntu to do duel install and the grub loader wroked which was 16.1023:59
sintrenot sure how it affects hdmi though23:59
sintrewouldn't sry23:59

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