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IrcsomeBot1Gary was added by: Gary00:04
IrcsomeBot1<Gary> I just did a normal daily upgrade to my Kubuntu 16.04 server.  Upon restart, I receive a message saying: … "Plasma is unable to start as it could not correctly use OpenGL 2" … I have benn using 3.1 and the server has been working perfectly for over a year on 16.04 … Thank you00:12
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deardavidHi, I am a relatively new Kubuntu user.  I can load 16.10 via USB drive onto my Dell laptop, but can't bootup via USB drive on my custom-made desktop (C: is SSD), currently running Win7.  Is this a good place to get some advice?  Thanks.02:46
IrcsomeBot1<Gary> Thank you, deardavid.  … This doesn't answer a server issue03:05
deardavid1I am same user as deardavid.  I logged out to rejoin from a different computer, and I had to get a new nickname.03:10
deardavid1Gary, if you were answering my question about not being able to boot 16.04 on my desktop, then where would be a good place to ask...?03:11
IrcsomeBot1<Gary> https://www.ubuntu.com/support03:13
deardavid1Thank you very much, Gary.  I will try there.03:15
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IrcsomeBot1<Gary> Sorry, DearDavid.  I am actually looking for help here03:37
IrcsomeBot1<Gary> I was actuallylooking to UBUNTU support and found none03:49
IrcsomeBot1<Gary> I was thinking to drop a $500 note, but not now03:50
IrcsomeBot1<Gary> Updates ill take care of me in time.  I am so very patient … You just got nothing03:52
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crozAnyone able to help with getting 4K to display properly. I tried the scaling in the display settings and this was it at 2x. http://pix.toile-libre.org/upload/original/1495290629.png06:29
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efloidas of recent update Win key is no longer activating Application Launcher11:05
BluesKajHiyas all11:22
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jonas_i have a problem: i wanted to try kubuntu and booted it of an usb stick. then i selected "try kubuntu". but then there was just something like a plasma startscreen with the plasma logo and nothing else. i was able to press the on/off button of my computer so that a screen appeared where i was able to choose between shutdown, restart and all these things. i tried re-logging-in but i had the same problem again..can someone help me?12:28
BluesKajjonas_, which kubuntu release?12:33
jonas_17.0412:33
BluesKajjonas_, did you run a md5sum on the original iso, just to be sure ?12:36
jonas_no..never did this..don't know how this works12:37
jonas_so my problem isn't a common problem?12:38
BluesKajjonas_, I've seen it before, sometimes it's a corrupted iso, sometimes a graphics problem, but usually it's graphics12:40
jonas_well okay..i'll try that md5sum thing now12:41
jonas_and (don't know if that matters) i had kubuntu 16.04 and 16.10 on my computer some time ago and it worked well12:42
jonas_okay so the number from md5sum is correct12:47
BluesKajjonas_, then 17.04 should work, unless you had a graphics issue with 16.10 when you first tried to install it , then the same solution should work for 17.0412:47
jonas_no, is meant that 16.10 worked well i had no problems with that version..at the moment i have linux mint on my computer but i wanted to switch back to kubuntu12:49
AngelMate18Ltsjonas_: mint kde ?12:51
jonas_but i can try some other ubuntu version so that i can see if that's a kubuntu/kde problem or a ubuntu problem12:51
jonas_mint cinnamon12:51
BluesKajjonas_, Highlight "Run Ubuntu from this USB" and try hitting 'e'. If that shows you the boot lines, simply add nomodeset in front of the 'quiet splash. and it might be TAB to enter the edit mode.12:59
BluesKajBBL...13:17
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Taggnostrjonas_, I have the same problem13:50
TaggnostrI see the kde logo, then it loads the background image, but when it tries to load the bar at the bottom it just messes up the background image and doesn't load anything else, I can move the cursor but can't do anything else13:52
Taggnostrif I press the on/off button the screen with shutdown/restart appears13:52
TaggnostrI also tried ctrl+alt+f1 to get to a terminal but nothing appeared (the mouse pointer disappear though, and I got it back with ctrl+ald+f7)13:53
Taggnostrjonas_, do you have nvidia graphics?13:53
BluesKajTaggnostr, there's noo mouse availble in the vt/tty14:01
BluesKajit was easier with live cds . usbs seem to have all kinds of problems as live media14:04
BluesKajmostly it has to with the app used to creta the bootable image on the usb stick ...unetbootin fails over 50% of the time, the best metod is to use dd in my experience14:06
BluesKajmethod14:06
jonas_i created the usb stick with the ubuntu image writer. and i'm not sure what you mean with "Run Ubuntu from this USB" because when i boot off that usb stick it takes some time and than i just have that kubuntu window where i can choose between try and install kubuntu14:15
jonas_and no i don't have nvidia graphics14:16
BluesKajjonas_, never used the ubuntu image writer" so i have no idea whether it does a good job making bootable images on a USB stick. Peronally i use dd to copy the iso ,  dd if=pathtoiso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M ..use fat32 formatted USB to be safe14:25
TaggnostrBluesKaj, jonas_: I used unetbootin, maybe I can try with dd14:28
TaggnostrBluesKaj, the fact that the cursor disappeared it's probably a sign that it switched to the tty, however I only had a black screen14:29
BluesKajTaggnostr, read up on dd so you understand the usage and it's consequences if you muck it up14:29
TaggnostrI could also try with the ubuntu image writer first14:30
BluesKajyou can but it must be new and new means buggy14:31
BluesKajit didn't seem to help jonas_14:31
TaggnostrI think it worked for me a few times in the past14:32
* BluesKaj shrugs , well it's your choice14:34
jonas_i always used the ubuntu image writer for ubuntu based distros and i never had any problems. the only problem i had was when i used unetbootin (not sure tho if that was caused by unetbootin)14:43
Taggnostrjonas_, is the ubuntu image writer the same as the startup disk creator?14:44
BluesKajstartup disk creator works well too14:45
Taggnostrthat's what I'm trying now, even though it seems to have some problem14:46
Taggnostrwhen I open it a popup with "installing" and a progress bar appears immediately, but the bar doesn't move14:46
Taggnostrif I try to close it it asks me if I want to terminate the installation (iirc), and if I say yes it closes the program14:47
BluesKajtr it takes patitence , it's a bit slow , but it does do the job..seems like it stalls , but it's not really14:47
BluesKajTaggnostr,^14:47
Taggnostrif I say no I can access the program and click on "create image" or something similar, and then the main windows disappear and the popup with the progress bar appears again, but this time it says "writing disk image" and it progresses14:48
TaggnostrBluesKaj, but the popup appears when I open the program, even before I click on anything14:49
jonas_i'm actually not quite sure which program i used bc my system is in german..but i think the program i called ubuntu image writer is that startup disk creator you meant14:49
Taggnostrhttps://i.ytimg.com/vi/DaP6nin7sFw/maxresdefault.jpg it looks something like this14:50
Taggnostrtried again with the usb created with the startup disk creator and got the same result15:27
Taggnostrone thing I noticed now is that after doing ctrl+alt+f1, the background image didn't disappear (the pointer did), and also there were some artifacts on the background image, so I suspect some graphic issue rather than a problem with the usb image15:29
Taggnostrbut I'm afraid that for today I have no more time to investigate, if you have some suggestions I'll read them when I come back15:30
Taggnostrin the meanwhile thanks BluesKaj and jonas_ :)15:30
BluesKajTaggnostr, did you try the install option  ?15:30
Taggnostrnot yet15:31
BluesKajyou might have more luck with that15:31
Taggnostrok, next time I'll try that, otherwise I think I'll have to try with another distro15:32
BluesKajyou already have ubuntu , just install kubuntu-desktop15:35
TaggnostrBluesKaj, this is on another machine with winxp15:38
Taggnostrhere I have kubuntu (32bit, and I still have to install 64bit -- I'm trying to fix too many things at once)15:39
Taggnostrgtg, thanks again15:42
webohis there much difference betwixt gtk+ and gtk#?22:34
valorieweboh: KDE devels use the Qt toolkit, not gtk22:44
valorieperhaps ask in GNOME or #ubuntu chans?22:44

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