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chocolaterobotcan we use thunar as our Samba GUI program?02:21
blip-hi, installed xubuntu 16.04 recently on laptop.  Brigthness control works, but occasionally (especially after going to standby and resuming), it doesn't anymore09:38
blip-Restarting xfce4-power-manager made no difference. any suggestions?09:39
drumcode303i'm having trouble finding file contents of .txt files with catfish. results are always 'no files found'11:04
drumcode303is it possible that catfish has problems with .txt files of different encoding?11:30
drumcode303tried gnome-search-tools, same problem.11:42
drumcode303seems to be a utf-8 and utf-16 thing11:51
nimdrumcode303: yeah, Catfish only handles UTF-8. Tested just now.12:08
drumcode303i have utf-16 txt files, lots. what do i use?12:09
nimdrumcode303: well, you can convert them to UTF-8 first. Let's say your UTF-16 files are in `~/utf16`, and you what to put their converted copies to `~/utf8`. Now open Terminal and run: cd ~/utf16 && for f in *; do iconv -f utf16 -t utf8 -o ~/utf8/"$f" "$f"; done12:22
nimdrumcode303: the `~/utf8` directory (or whatever you chose) should exist before the command is ran.12:23
nimdrumcode303: after that, you can point Catfish to that directory and search there.12:24
drumcode303ok, thanks a lot for the workaround. but is there no other tool able to search through utf-16 files?12:25
nimdrumcode303: not that I know of, sorry. You're welcome.12:26
nimblip-: if you're still here, can you tell me your laptop's model name? And what graphics does it use? Intel, AMD?12:35
blip-nim, thanks.  the issue happens even when power management turns my screen off and i turn it back on.  Brightness keys don't work anymore (even in software).   It's an old Lenovo T420 with 2 cards. A nvidia and an intel13:18
blip-nim, Intel 2nd Generation Integrated Graphics Controller (rev89) and Nvidia Quadro NVS 4200M.  From lspci.  Note that xorg probably just using intel vga13:20
blip-*xorg/X1113:20
nimblip-: try reinserting the battery, just to check if it fixes the issue.13:36
blip-nim, ok.  i'll try now (as laptop is running on AC)13:37
nimblip-: you may try installing the newer kernel version to see if it's fixed there. For that you can install the HWE versions of kernel and X.Org Server: sudo apt-get install linux-generic-hwe-16.04 xserver-xorg-hwe-16.0413:41
nimblip-: but if something goes wrong, boot the older kernel which will still be there and, using the console, reinstall the older version of X.Org Server: sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg13:42
blip-nim, ty very much:)  will test13:44
nimblip-: or you can use the safer option: write the latest Xubuntu version to a USB stick or whatever, boot to the live environment and try suspending there.13:47
blip-nim, shouldn't the hwe kernel show up under grub?  I see a couple of generic kernels only.  Latest 4.8.0.51-generic and  4.8.0.51-generic(upstart)13:49
blip-i mean hwe is not in the name (unlike the apt package)13:50
nimblip-: 4.8.0 is HWE, so no problem.13:51
blip-nim, ok brightness works in login screen - stops after logging in13:51
blip-so normal kernel is better in this case13:52
nimblip-: weird… Did you install xserver-xorg-hwe-16.04 too?13:53
blip-nim, yes13:55
nimblip-: try running `xbacklight` in Terminal and show me the output.13:56
nimblip-: ah, yeah, it's not installed by default, so install it first, of course. :D13:57
blip-nim, > No outputs have backlight property13:57
blip-this is under hwe kernel and xorg13:58
nimblip-: just in case: dpkg -l xserver-xorg-video-intel-hwe-16.0414:00
blip-nim: ok it lists the version and such14:02
nimblip-: with `ii` at the beginning?14:02
blip-yes14:02
blip-the first and second lines are weird though14:02
blip-Status =Not/Inst/Conf-Files....14:02
blip-Err?=(none)/Reinst-required(Status,Err:uppercase=bad)14:03
blip-non-nonsensical at best14:03
nimblip-: good, that's okay; well, the last thing to try is Xubuntu 17.04 live image. The kernel and xserver are even newer there, so maybe you'll get more luck there.14:06
blip-nim, thanks, how do i go back to the old kernel and xorg for now ?14:07
blip-nim, sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg14:08
blip-and for kernel?14:08
nimblip-: not much you can do anyway, looks like the issue is ACPI-related. As the laptop is old, I guess there are no BIOS updates. But if you're not running the latest BIOS version, consider upgrading.14:09
blip-nim, yes but the old kernel the brightness worked more often (it only fails after suspend)14:09
blip-with HWE it fails after login14:10
nimblip-: just remove the HWE kernel: sudo apt-get remove linux-image-generic-hwe-16.0414:10
blip-ah14:10
blip-perfect14:10
nimblip-: yeah, I'm not talking about HWE, just about the issue in general.14:11
blip-nim, i see14:13
blip-nim, have to run.  i'll check for bios update tonight.  ty very much for the help :)14:14
nimblip-: you're welcome. Good luck.14:14
nimDamn... If someone sees blip- again, please tell him that he probably needs to install `xserver-xorg-video-all`, as `xserver-xorg` doesn't install it by default for some reason.14:26
xubuntu29dhello15:54
encomjonesgood day15:55
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sorinelloHello guys16:27
sorinelloI am hitting an annoying issue on Xubuntu, but this most surely is present on Ubuntu as well16:28
sorinellosince upgrading to 17.04 I noticed that the local names are no longer resolved. Let me explain. I have a dnsmasq server on my router, with some local hostnames for some devices in my LAN16:28
sorinelloon 16.10 things were OK as far as I remember16:29
sorinelloon my Xubuntu, from NetworkManager, I set 192.168.0.1 DNS server and nameserver16:29
sorinellobut when I look in restolv.conf, I don't have this, instead I have nameserver 127.0.0.53 which resolved internet names, but does NOT resolve local names16:29
sorinelloany idea what might be behind this sorcery ?16:30
sorinelloI've ran across several topics regarding DNSSEC starting 17.04, but I don;t think this is my issue16:30
sorinelloand all bugs related to that seems to have been fixed in march, and my system is up to date16:31
sorinellowhat an annoying piece of software must be systemd-resolved ....17:05
nimsorinello: Ubuntu 17.04 now uses systemd-resolved: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-resolved.service.html17:44
nimsorinello: it should use nameservers returned by your DHCP server and cache them. I think that you can actually resolve your local names by appending the suffix configured in dnsmasq, which is `.lan` by default. So try pinging `example.lan`, and if it works, you just need to configure that suffix in /etc/systemd/resolved.conf. The section is `[Resolve]`, and the option name is `Domains`. For example, `Domains=lan` if your suffix is `.lan`. Then relo17:55
nimsorinello: you can also remove /etc/resolv.conf, which is by default a symlink to /run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf, and create a new one with the contents like this: http://paste.ubuntu.com/24544115/17:59
nimsorinello: resolved will use it then to get the necessary information. For details see the link I gave you above. Hope that helped.18:00
sorinellonim, THANKS !18:10
sorinellowill try your suggestions18:10
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xubuntu83ihello all23:31
xubuntu83iwhat about stability of 17.04? Is it normal or too many bugs for main OS installing&23:32
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