[03:01] <kaerhon> hi #xubuntu
[03:02] <kaerhon> i have a question about os installation, my machine currently runs xubuntu 15.04, i want to do a fresh install of 16.10, can i make a live usb with the image i'm downloading?
[03:04] <krytarik> kaerhon: Sure.
[03:04] <krytarik> !usb
[03:04] <kaerhon> omg it has its own command
[03:04] <kaerhon> thanks krytarik
[03:11] <kaerhon> just a question about startup disk creator, what is the package name?
[03:12] <krytarik> !info usb-creator-gtk
[03:12] <kaerhon> haha thanks
[03:12] <kaerhon> thank you :x
[03:13] <krytarik> Sure.
[04:27] <AppAraat> hi, can anyone confirm whether this tmux config works for you or not? https://bpaste.net/show/5dd13544b30a
[04:27] <AppAraat> I see errors on 2.1
[08:08] <xubuntu04w> good morning, can someone tell me how i can increase the overall fontsize in Xubuntu?
[08:11] <xubuntu04w> nevermind already found it sorry !
[15:33] <kaerhon> hiiii
[15:33] <kaerhon> i have more questions about installing xubuntu
[15:34] <digbychicken> ok, shoot
[15:34] <kaerhon> i made a live usb, booted on it, and ran the disk check thing
[15:34] <kaerhon> and it found errors in 2 files
[15:34] <kaerhon> (that on 2 usb sticks)
[15:35] <digbychicken> you ran the utility looking at the live CD integrity?
[15:35] <kaerhon> yes
[15:35] <digbychicken> ok...possible you have a bad image (i.e. it could have been corrupted during download)
[15:35] <digbychicken> Is there any way you can download a new one and try it?
[15:35] <kaerhon> yeah i'm doing it right now :)
[15:35] <digbychicken> ok
[15:35] <kaerhon> ok that was my question
[15:36] <pmjdebruijn> kaerhon: did you check the sha256sum of the downloaded iso?
[15:36] <pmjdebruijn> if that checks out, redownloading likely won't help
[15:36] <kaerhon> no, i'll do that
[15:43] <kaerhon> haha yeah that's not the same thing
[15:43] <kaerhon> i'll download it again
[15:45] <kaerhon> wait i'm stupid
[15:47] <kaerhon> no yeah it passed
[15:48] <kaerhon> so, new question : what should i do?
[15:49] <pmjdebruijn> how did you make the live usb?
[15:50] <pmjdebruijn> dd if=./my.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=1M ?
[15:50] <kaerhon> using that method https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick#gparted
[15:51] <kaerhon> with usb-creator
[15:52] <pmjdebruijn> using usb-creator on an old distro to create a live usb for a newer one, has not always worked as well
[15:52] <pmjdebruijn> I would use dd
[15:52] <pmjdebruijn> do be very very careful to get the device file right
[15:52] <pmjdebruijn> otherwise you might end up wiping your harddisk
[15:52] <kaerhon> ._.
[15:53] <kaerhon> i'm not doing that.
[15:53] <kaerhon> not good enough at the command-line game
[15:53] <pmjdebruijn> cat /proc/partitions will tell you which is the right one
[15:54] <pmjdebruijn> if the ISO is verified to be fine, and you have >1 usb drive show the exactly same issue, the root cause of probably the USB creation process
[15:54] <pmjdebruijn> which files are listed as being wrong btw>
[15:54] <kaerhon> i didn't see
[15:54] <kaerhon> hm
[15:54] <pmjdebruijn> it's quite relevant
[15:55] <kaerhon> yeah, i didn't see listed files
[15:55] <pmjdebruijn> if it's a difference in the sys/isolinux  that would be expected
[15:55] <pmjdebruijn> kaerhon: run it again and see
[15:55] <kaerhon> ok
[15:55] <kaerhon> i'll do that when i come back home
[15:55] <kaerhon> thanks for the help!
[15:55] <kaerhon> see you later
[17:54] <AppAraat> what is currently the best way to update grub options to not to display splash for example?
[17:54] <genii> In the /etc/default/grub
[17:55] <AppAraat> cool, thanks.
[18:48] <tonyt-> is there a way to fix sceen tearing?
[19:23] <uu> Hi
[19:24] <uu> I am trying to remaster xubuntu with uck what should I have to know most......
[19:40] <Randy_> Hi! I have a question about removing old kernel packages that dpkg can't see. Is there anyone who can help?
[19:43] <flocculant> Randy_: what's the issue here - not seen by dpkg but exist in /boot and when you boot?
[19:43] <Randy_> Correct
[19:44] <Randy_> And headers in /usr/src
[19:44] <Randy_> I tried removing them with dpkg --purge but it says they don't exist
[19:44] <Randy_> dpkg doesn't list them either
[19:45] <flocculant> I assume left overs from a version upgrade eg 14.04 to 16.04 or something?
[19:46] <Randy_> I think it was 12.04 to 14.04, but yes, I assumed the same thing
[19:46] <Randy_> It's not a huge deal, but they appear to be using up 25% of my inodes
[19:46] <Randy_> So I'd like to clean house
[19:48] <flocculant> https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2252894&p=13168979&viewfull=1#post13168979
[19:48] <flocculant> j
[19:49] <flocculant> seems just double check - measure twice, cut once - and manually remove them - sudo update-grub should then clean that up iirc
[19:51] <flocculant> be careful about that - don't delete the wrong kernel(s)
[19:51] <Randy_> OK, that's kind of what I figured. I was hoping for something more elegant, but if rm is the way to go, I'll probably just leave them there until I run into problems
[19:53] <Randy_> Thanks flocculant! I appreciate your input! Makes me feel better about the possibility of ripping these files out manually.
[19:56] <flocculant> I've manually binned them in the past - I think after a version upgrade
[20:39] <xubuntu93i> whats about suse destibution as alternate solution for xubuntu?
[20:42] <xubuntu93i> okay, cummunity seems to be boring for xubuntu.
[20:42] <xubuntu93i> that is someting I found out for tonight
[20:43] <xubuntu93i> enjoy the ESC and sleep well
[21:55] <xubuntu00d> Hello
[21:55] <xubuntu00d> Is anybody here?
[21:57] <krytarik> xubuntu00d: Yes.  Hello.
[21:58] <xubuntu00d> I'm looking for help with xubuntu.Am I in the right place?
[21:58] <krytarik> Totally.
[21:59] <xubuntu00d> I would like to install the flash plugin for Opera web browser
[21:59] <xubuntu00d> but I don't have idea how.
[22:00] <xubuntu00d> I'm using xubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
[22:00] <xubuntu00d> Could you help me,please?
[22:01] <AppAraat> Opera, now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time.
[22:02] <krytarik> xubuntu00d: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OperaBrowser  explains it.
[22:02] <AppAraat> btw, if you just want to watch Youtube videos it is possible even without Flash.
[22:04] <xubuntu00d> YouTube works fine because it uses HTML5 but some movies sites still require flash to be installed.
[22:04] <xubuntu00d> Let me check the link
[22:07] <kaerhon> hi, #xubuntu
[22:08] <kaerhon> oh
[22:09] <xubuntu99w> mv: cannot evaluate 'unpackchrome/opt/google/chrome/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so': No file or folder of this type
[22:09] <xubuntu99w> This error shows up after typing the command to install flash
[22:09] <xubuntu99w> sudo update-pepperflashplugin-nonfree --install
[22:10] <AppAraat> if anything, you could also try Chrome which has Flash built-in and sandboxed. That means that it's more secure than standalone plugin installation like the method described in that documentation.
[22:10] <xubuntu99w> Does chrome has a built in VPN like opera does?
[22:10] <xubuntu99w> have*
[22:12] <xubuntu99w> how to install chrome? I will try it out.
[22:14] <kaerhon> hi again
[22:14] <AppAraat> xubuntu99w: chrome does not have builtin VPN, but you could use NetworkManager (the thing that you also use to connect to your wifi networks etc.) to set up a VPN pretty easily.
[22:15] <AppAraat> you can download it here: https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/
[22:15] <kaerhon> pmjdebruijn i just ran the error checker by booting on the live usb drive to look for what files were affected by the 2 errors
[22:15] <kaerhon> and it doesn't say what files are affected
[22:15] <kaerhon> just that there are 2 errors
[22:19] <krytarik> xubuntu99w: Sorry about that - try "adobe-flashplugin" instead then: http://askubuntu.com/questions/836261/pepperflashplugin-nonfree-package-installation-fails-since-chrome-54-is-out-oct
[22:20] <xubuntu99w> Package 'adobe-flashplugin' has no installation candidate ...
[22:20] <xubuntu99w> this is what happens.
[22:20] <krytarik> !partner
[22:22] <krytarik> You'll find it in your software sources already though - just disabled by default.
[22:24] <xubuntu99w> I have another problem now.The software center shows no applications.
[22:25] <krytarik> "sudo apt update", then try again.
[22:28] <xubuntu99w> thanks.working now.
[22:30] <kaerhon> i'm making a live usb of ubuntu, i had errors when doing it with usb-creator so pmjdebruijn told me to try with dd, providing me the following commandline : dd if=./my.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=1M ?
[22:31] <kaerhon> after trying to understand it with man, which i more or less did, i still don't know what value i should use for bs=
[22:31] <AppAraat> kaerhon: bs is optional and it can also be written like "if=my.iso" (if you're in the right dir)
[22:32] <kaerhon> hmm i see
[22:32] <kaerhon> so i can totally skip the bs part and use a simpler command by cd-ing at the right place
[22:33] <kaerhon> thanks! i'll try that right now
[22:34] <AppAraat> yeah so that would in total become "dd if=my.iso of=/dev/sdX"
[22:34] <kaerhon> thanks! :D
[22:34] <AppAraat> but triple check you're using the right output file
[22:34] <AppAraat> because otherwise it can get pretty nasty
[22:34] <kaerhon> yeah, i searched for it, and wrote it on paper
[22:35] <kaerhon> pmjdebruijn warned me about it and i freaked out a bit x)
[22:35] <kaerhon> (sorry for all the HLs)
[22:35] <AppAraat> yeah, so depending on when and how it's mounted it could have changed, so check again. A handy command to use for this is "lsblk"
[22:37] <kaerhon> thanks :)
[22:37] <kaerhon> yeah i wroted down the good one
[22:37] <kaerhon> wrote*
[22:39] <kaerhon> i have no permissions on the usb drive D:
[22:39] <AppAraat> use sudo
[22:39] <kaerhon> oh
[22:39] <kaerhon> simple as that
[22:39] <kaerhon> thanks again
[22:39] <AppAraat> otherwise random users would be able to obliterate your data :)
[22:40] <kaerhon> which i'd love to avoid
[22:40] <AppAraat> I wholeheartedly agree
[22:46] <kaerhon> i... think it's copying the file
[22:46] <kaerhon> nothing appears in the terminal
[22:46] <AppAraat> wait until you see the command prompt again and then issue the command "sync"
[22:47] <kaerhon> what does "sunc" do?
[22:47] <kaerhon> sync
[22:47] <AppAraat> that synchronizes all buffers that haven't been written yet
[22:47] <AppAraat> (similar to one of the things that Windows' "Remove Hardware Safely" does)
[22:48] <kaerhon> x)
[22:48] <kaerhon> ok it's done copying
[22:49] <kaerhon> i just sync? not dd sync?
[22:49] <AppAraat> just sync
[22:49] <AppAraat> if you want to see more info, then you can use one of these methods: http://askubuntu.com/questions/215505/how-do-you-monitor-the-progress-of-dd
[22:50] <AppAraat> I personally use dcfldd (also mentioned there)
[22:51] <kaerhon> oh yeah that seems very handy
[22:51] <kaerhon> thanks
[22:52] <kaerhon> oooookay now i'll reboot and check for errors
[22:52] <kaerhon> brb
[22:58] <kaerhoff> no error found \o/
[22:58] <kaerhoff> yeeeeee
[23:17] <AppAraat> kaerhoff: congrats :)
[23:20] <kaerhoff> thanks!
[23:21] <kaerhoff> i now have a clean fresh system
[23:22] <kaerhoff> so thank you AppAraat and pmjdebruijn and krytarik for the help! <3
[23:22] <krytarik> !yay
[23:23] <kaerhoff> \o/
[23:24] <AppAraat> :)
[23:37] <kaerhon> the last xubuntu is so pretty *_*
[23:38] <krytarik> Latest! :P
[23:38] <kaerhon> oups
[23:38] <kaerhon> sorry
[23:38] <kaerhon> the latest xubuntu is so pretty *_*
[23:38] <krytarik> \o/
[23:39] <kaerhon> i was wondering, we are cetting close to the alphabet's end, what will happen next with releases'names?
[23:40] <bazhang> http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames kaerhon
[23:40] <kaerhon> getting close* (i'm not paying enough attention)
[23:40] <kaerhon> ooooh thanks
[23:40] <Unit193> bazhang: Yeah but everyone ignores that.
[23:40] <Unit193> bazhang: They switch to AAA! :P
[23:40] <bazhang> next release is april this year
[23:43] <kaerhon> oh it goes back to the alphabet's beginning
[23:43] <kaerhon> one less thing to worry about