[07:26] hi [07:27] I have no more background or icons and PC crashes as soon as I minimize firefox. on 17.04 [07:27] freezes* [07:27] i removed my default file manager [07:27] maybe that has something to do wtih it? [07:54] you removed gnome-shell ? or unity-shell [07:56] or nautlius [08:46] I have no more background or icons and PC crashes as soon as I minimize firefox. on 17.04 [08:46] I removed nautlius [08:55] I wouldn't remove nautlius, but that shouldn't cause what you are seeing [09:00] any advice? [09:06] define "crash" [09:06] look at the xorg logs and your session logs [09:06] look at what video driver xorg is using on your system === JanC is now known as Guest13435 === JanC_ is now known as JanC === k1l_ is now known as k1l [15:06] 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] Hi there hoping I'm in the right place [15:28] 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 === SuperLag_ is now known as SuperLag === matthelmke_ is now known as matthelmke [22:35] 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] clissold345: dig example.net works? [22:36] dbarton, no "connection timed out; no servers could be reached". [22:37] clissold345: "dig example.net @8.8.8.8"? [22:39] 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] dbarton, yes the second command does something: "...QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1 ...". [22:43] clissold345 so your DNS settings are wrong… [22:45] dbarton, so how do I correct them? Can you give me a link to (simple if possible) instructions? [22:46] 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] 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] clissold345, http://www.tellypass.com/configure-ubuntu-dns.html [22:48] clissold345 just use 8.8.8.8 instead of 85.13… [22:48] clissold345 or use the DNS of your provider if you don't want google to have all your DNS lookups ;) [22:50] dbarton, thanks your help. I know almost nothing about DNS settings but your instructions sound do-able. Thanks. [22:51] 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] dbarton, yes Edit Connections and "8.8.8.8" in the Additional DNS servers field has got firefox working. Many thanks! [22:59] clissold345 glad I could help… happy browsing!