[02:21] <chocolaterobot> can we use thunar as our Samba GUI program?
[09:38] <blip-> hi, installed xubuntu 16.04 recently on laptop.  Brigthness control works, but occasionally (especially after going to standby and resuming), it doesn't anymore
[09:39] <blip-> Restarting xfce4-power-manager made no difference. any suggestions?
[11:04] <drumcode303> i'm having trouble finding file contents of .txt files with catfish. results are always 'no files found'
[11:30] <drumcode303> is it possible that catfish has problems with .txt files of different encoding?
[11:42] <drumcode303> tried gnome-search-tools, same problem.
[11:51] <drumcode303> seems to be a utf-8 and utf-16 thing
[12:08] <nim> drumcode303: yeah, Catfish only handles UTF-8. Tested just now.
[12:09] <drumcode303> i have utf-16 txt files, lots. what do i use?
[12:22] <nim> drumcode303: 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"; done
[12:23] <nim> drumcode303: the `~/utf8` directory (or whatever you chose) should exist before the command is ran.
[12:24] <nim> drumcode303: after that, you can point Catfish to that directory and search there.
[12:25] <drumcode303> ok, thanks a lot for the workaround. but is there no other tool able to search through utf-16 files?
[12:26] <nim> drumcode303: not that I know of, sorry. You're welcome.
[12:35] <nim> blip-: if you're still here, can you tell me your laptop's model name? And what graphics does it use? Intel, AMD?
[13:18] <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 intel
[13:20] <blip-> nim, Intel 2nd Generation Integrated Graphics Controller (rev89) and Nvidia Quadro NVS 4200M.  From lspci.  Note that xorg probably just using intel vga
[13:20] <blip-> *xorg/X11
[13:36] <nim> blip-: try reinserting the battery, just to check if it fixes the issue.
[13:37] <blip-> nim, ok.  i'll try now (as laptop is running on AC)
[13:41] <nim> blip-: 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-16.04
[13:42] <nim> blip-: 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-xorg
[13:44] <blip-> nim, ty very much:)  will test
[13:47] <nim> blip-: 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.
[13:49] <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)
[13:50] <blip-> i mean hwe is not in the name (unlike the apt package)
[13:51] <nim> blip-: 4.8.0 is HWE, so no problem.
[13:51] <blip-> nim, ok brightness works in login screen - stops after logging in
[13:52] <blip-> so normal kernel is better in this case
[13:53] <nim> blip-: weird… Did you install xserver-xorg-hwe-16.04 too?
[13:55] <blip-> nim, yes
[13:56] <nim> blip-: try running `xbacklight` in Terminal and show me the output.
[13:57] <nim> blip-: ah, yeah, it's not installed by default, so install it first, of course. :D
[13:57] <blip-> nim, > No outputs have backlight property
[13:58] <blip-> this is under hwe kernel and xorg
[14:00] <nim> blip-: just in case: dpkg -l xserver-xorg-video-intel-hwe-16.04
[14:02] <blip-> nim: ok it lists the version and such
[14:02] <nim> blip-: with `ii` at the beginning?
[14:02] <blip-> yes
[14:02] <blip-> the first and second lines are weird though
[14:02] <blip-> Status =Not/Inst/Conf-Files....
[14:03] <blip-> Err?=(none)/Reinst-required(Status,Err:uppercase=bad)
[14:03] <blip-> non-nonsensical at best
[14:06] <nim> blip-: 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.
[14:07] <blip-> nim, thanks, how do i go back to the old kernel and xorg for now ?
[14:08] <blip-> nim, sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg
[14:08] <blip-> and for kernel?
[14:09] <nim> blip-: 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)
[14:10] <blip-> with HWE it fails after login
[14:10] <nim> blip-: just remove the HWE kernel: sudo apt-get remove linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04
[14:10] <blip-> ah
[14:10] <blip-> perfect
[14:11] <nim> blip-: yeah, I'm not talking about HWE, just about the issue in general.
[14:13] <blip-> nim, i see
[14:14] <blip-> nim, have to run.  i'll check for bios update tonight.  ty very much for the help :)
[14:14] <nim> blip-: you're welcome. Good luck.
[14:26] <nim> Damn... 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.
[15:54] <xubuntu29d> hello
[15:55] <encomjones> good day
[16:27] <sorinello> Hello guys
[16:28] <sorinello> I am hitting an annoying issue on Xubuntu, but this most surely is present on Ubuntu as well
[16:28] <sorinello> since 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 LAN
[16:29] <sorinello> on 16.10 things were OK as far as I remember
[16:29] <sorinello> on my Xubuntu, from NetworkManager, I set 192.168.0.1 DNS server and nameserver
[16:29] <sorinello> but 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 names
[16:30] <sorinello> any idea what might be behind this sorcery ?
[16:30] <sorinello> I've ran across several topics regarding DNSSEC starting 17.04, but I don;t think this is my issue
[16:31] <sorinello> and all bugs related to that seems to have been fixed in march, and my system is up to date
[17:05] <sorinello> what an annoying piece of software must be systemd-resolved ....
[17:44] <nim> sorinello: Ubuntu 17.04 now uses systemd-resolved: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-resolved.service.html
[17:55] <nim> sorinello: 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 relo
[17:59] <nim> sorinello: 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/
[18:00] <nim> sorinello: resolved will use it then to get the necessary information. For details see the link I gave you above. Hope that helped.
[18:10] <sorinello> nim, THANKS !
[18:10] <sorinello> will try your suggestions
[19:20] <blip-> !log
[23:31] <xubuntu83i> hello all
[23:32] <xubuntu83i> what about stability of 17.04? Is it normal or too many bugs for main OS installing&
[23:32] <xubuntu83i> ?