[02:48] <EventHorizon> morning...  any ideas why desktop is sometimes booting to tty1 instead of tty7???
[02:52] <EventHorizon> any ideas???  it is not happening often...
[04:17] <Samlompo> l
[07:29] <viewer|21592> Hi all. I tried to instal Kubuntu 16.04 in VirtualBox (Windows host), but on the third step whatever I did, button ">Next" is inactive. What I did wrong?
[08:19] <acheronuk> viewer|21592: give it a bigger virtaul disk. the virtualbox default of 8GB is too small.
[08:28] <viewer|21592> Thanks. It works ))
[09:11] <acheronuk> viewer|21592: great :)
[10:36] <mdsmedia> register mdsmedia
[10:40] <mdsmedia> join #nightlife
[12:29] <BluesKaj> Hiyas all
[13:19] <BrokenNeckTech> Good afternoon!  I'm working with a gentleman whose pc I've just upgraded to Kubuntu 16.04 LTS.  We have a problem - we're trying to get flashplayer to install, and it doesn't seem to have an "installation candidate".
[13:19] <BrokenNeckTech> I've tried googling to find an answer, but the only answers I can find involve updating apt and trying to install it again.  Anyone else got any ideas please?
[13:25] <BluesKaj> BrokenNeckTech, which browser do you want to use
[13:25] <BluesKaj> ?
[13:28] <BrokenNeckTech> Hi BluesKaj - We're looking to use firefox
[13:31] <BluesKaj> bro
[13:32] <BrokenNeckTech> Still here :)
[13:32] <BluesKaj> BrokenNeckTech, install the flashpugin-installer, not the player
[13:32] <BrokenNeckTech> The flashplugin-installer is installed
[13:33] <BrokenNeckTech> But it's not installing anything and I can't get it to actually *do* anything
[13:33] <BluesKaj> ok , so what issues do you have on websites
[13:33] <BrokenNeckTech> Missing items, websites telling us we need to install flash, etc
[13:34] <BrokenNeckTech> Can't play Bejeweled Blitz on facebook and so on
[13:34] <BluesKaj> it doesn't install anyrthing the name is misleading, id it's installed so is flash
[13:34] <BluesKaj> if=if
[13:34] <BrokenNeckTech> Hm.  So why isn't flash working?
[13:35] <BluesKaj> some sites use old flash versions that don't play on linux , I've encountered those myself
[13:35] <BrokenNeckTech> Firefox is giving no indication in the add-on's manager that flash is there
[13:35] <BluesKaj> not many IME tho
[13:36] <BrokenNeckTech> Would it be wise to uninstall the package and try again?
[13:37] <BluesKaj> did you type flash in the add ons search ?
[13:37] <BrokenNeckTech> yep
[13:37] <BrokenNeckTech> nothing
[13:37] <BluesKaj> wow , I get all kinds of flash options
[13:38] <BluesKaj> ok , have you updated and upgrade the OS sinc einstallation ?
[13:38] <BrokenNeckTech> I get things to install for downloading flash videos and stuff, like ripping from Youtube, but that's it
[13:38] <BrokenNeckTech> Yep, and that's finished
[13:39] <BrokenNeckTech> I'm having to fix my mind, I'm an old linux user, but I last used Kubuntu back at 12.04... things are still a bit rusty here!
[13:43] <BluesKaj> BrokenNeckTech, ok ,check /usr/lib/mozilla for flashplugin, just to make sure it's there
[13:45] <BluesKaj> click on plugins, there should be flashplugin-alternative.so installed
[13:46] <BrokenNeckTech> Sorry about that Blueskaj.  I lost connection
[13:47] <BrokenNeckTech> We're back on with flash.  I removed and reinstalled the flashplugin-installer, it must have broken during the first run, because flash now appears in the add ons manager
[13:48] <BrokenNeckTech> Sorry about leading you up the garden path, but everything looks good now.  I'll try to do a couple of websites and see how we go.
[13:48] <BluesKaj> BrokenNeckTech, justb to be sure look in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins for flashplugin-alternative.so
[13:49] <BrokenNeckTech> ok mate hang on a sec :)
[13:50] <BluesKaj> but flash is such a pita, can't wait for HTML5 to be fully adopted
[13:51] <BrokenNeckTech> yep, it's there as a symlink to /etc/alternatives/mozilla-flashplugin
[13:51] <BluesKaj> cool, ok think you should be fine now
[13:52] <BrokenNeckTech> Thanks for the help, i've still got some other bits to finish so i better get on
[13:52] <BrokenNeckTech> If I need anything else i can come back
[13:53] <BrokenNeckTech> see ya
[13:53] <BluesKaj> sure , we'll be here
[14:16] <Yaiyan> So uh, my taskbar's disappeared after logging in, anyone know how to get it back?
[14:16] <Yaiyan> I think I'm on 16.04, not sure how to doublecheck that
[14:41] <hazamonzo> Howdy BluesKaj
[14:41] <BluesKaj> hey hazamonzo
[17:48] <nadim> HI,  how can I get SVG preview working, particularly Konqueror which stays my favourite. I run Kubuntu 16.04. Many thanks.
[19:32] <pidde> Hi
[19:32] <pidde> I need some help with dolphin not recognizing certain characters in file names?
[19:34] <BluesKaj> pidde, which characters?
[19:34] <pidde> Specifically å,ö and ä
[19:38] <BluesKaj> swedish alphabet characters I bet, perhaps #ubuntu-se can help, pidde
[19:38] <pidde> They're swedish indeed
[19:38] <pidde> I'll try that channel
[19:38] <BluesKaj> goo
[19:38] <BluesKaj> d
[19:38] <BluesKaj> :-)
[20:26] <pidde> BluesKaj do you have any other ideas? There's no answer in ubuntu-se...
[20:28] <jcgs> heya :) I'm trying to upgrade to kubuntu 16.10, but when I run do-release-upgrade -d it says "no new release found" what am i supposed to do?
[20:30] <BluesKaj> jcgs, set your update manager to 'normal' instead of 'LTS only'
[20:30] <BluesKaj> updates/upgrades
[20:31] <jcgs> got it
[20:31] <jcgs> /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades
[20:32] <jcgs> i would have thought just not running the program was safer than having an awkward file
[20:32] <jcgs> or a command line option
[20:33] <pidde> if i do an "ls" in the directory the file names are missing åäö
[20:34] <pidde> but things like vlc can still display and open the files just fine
[20:34] <BluesKaj> jcgs, if you set the update manager to normal run sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade to upgrade you packages before running do-release-upgrade
[20:56] <pidde> Solved!
[20:56] <pidde> By changing .kde/env/setlocale.sh
[20:56] <pidde> And then locale-gen sv_SE
[20:59] <BluesKaj> heh, I thought your locaqle was already set to se
[20:59] <pidde> I thought so too until I checked that file :P
[21:01] <BluesKaj> my first language was swedish 'til we moved to Canada when I was a 4 yr old ..I'm a finnish-swede like linus :-)
[21:02] <BluesKaj> like linus was
[21:03] <BluesKaj> now a proud Canadian, especially after what happened in the US election
[21:05] <BluesKaj> anyway it's time to close up here
[21:18] <pidde> Interesting :)