[07:26] <teli_> hi
[07:27] <teli_>  I have no more background or icons and PC crashes as soon as I minimize firefox. on 17.04
[07:27] <teli_> freezes*
[07:27] <teli_> i removed my default file manager
[07:27] <teli_> maybe that has something to do wtih it?
[07:54] <ikonia> you removed gnome-shell ? or unity-shell
[07:56] <ikonia> or nautlius
[08:46] <teli_>  I have no more background or icons and PC crashes as soon as I minimize firefox. on 17.04
[08:46] <teli_> I removed nautlius
[08:55] <ikonia> I wouldn't remove nautlius, but that shouldn't cause what you are seeing
[09:00] <teli_> any advice?
[09:06] <ikonia> define "crash"
[09:06] <ikonia> look at the xorg logs and your session logs
[09:06] <ikonia> look at what video driver xorg is using on your system
[15:06] <Volkodav> Does anyone run any Brother MFC by any chance? I can't get my scanner to work on a fresh install. It works fine on another box that was upgraded. Zsane and simple scan do not detect a scanner - all drivers installed with no errors
[15:28] <Carly> Hi there hoping I'm in the right place
[15:28] <Carly> created a bootable drive to put and AMD 64 Ubuntu 16.04 on my computer and somehow it ended up just being the shell now all I have is a black screen with the command line that doesn't seem to like me very much and it definitely will not give me anything I can't do a sudo command because it keeps coming back with a failed attempt to fetch archives
[22:35] <clissold345> 17.04 seems to have installed ok except that I cant open websites in firefox. I can connect to the router and I can ping. Eg ping 8.8.8.8. Is it a known problem? Can I fix it?
[22:35] <dbarton> clissold345: dig example.net works?
[22:36] <clissold345> dbarton, no "connection timed out; no servers could be reached".
[22:37] <dbarton> clissold345: "dig example.net @8.8.8.8"?
[22:39] <dbarton> clissold345: as you might be able to ping 8.8.8.8, your network stack seems to be working (connectivity, routing, etc.)… I suppose you need to set a DNS server (e.g. 8.8.8.8 for Google)
[22:42] <clissold345> dbarton, yes the second command does something: "...QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1 ...".
[22:43] <dbarton> clissold345 so your DNS settings are wrong…
[22:45] <clissold345> dbarton, so how do I correct them? Can you give me a link to (simple if possible) instructions?
[22:46] <dbarton> clissold345, well I can tell you a config file (/etc/resolv.conf) as I'm a console guy, but I'm pretty sure Ubuntu wouldn't be happy about it… I've currently no Ubuntu GUI, so I can't give you any instructions. but try to configure your network settings and find something that's called "DNS server(s)" or "nameservers" and add 8.8.8.8 to it
[22:47] <dbarton> clissold345 there should be a settings GUI called "Network Connections", then you should be able to "Edit" your connection (wired or wireless) and add a DNS server in the "IPv4 Settings" tab…
[22:47] <dbarton> clissold345, http://www.tellypass.com/configure-ubuntu-dns.html
[22:48] <dbarton> clissold345 just use 8.8.8.8 instead of 85.13…
[22:48] <dbarton> clissold345 or use the DNS of your provider if you don't want google to have all your DNS lookups ;)
[22:50] <clissold345> dbarton, thanks your help. I know almost nothing about DNS settings but your instructions sound do-able. Thanks.
[22:51] <dbarton> clissold345 np you're welcome! it's more or less a "phone book" for resolving names (aka hostnames e.g. ubuntu.com) into phone numbers (aka IP addresses e.g. 1.2.3.4)
[22:58] <clissold345> dbarton, yes Edit Connections and "8.8.8.8" in the Additional DNS servers field has got firefox working. Many thanks!
[22:59] <dbarton> clissold345 glad I could help… happy browsing!