[00:40] <edujtnias> Hello. I'm very new at this, so bear with me, please. I installed Kubuntu onto my laptop (hp beats special edition 15-p030nr). Everything was fine, it looked like it installed cleanly and I was able to do whatever. It said I needed to restart to finish everything up, so I did. When I was filling out various things (username, name of computer, etc.)
[00:40] <edujtnias>  I finished and it took me to a black screen. Now I cant get out. I tried restarting, and I get the startup screen, but then it goes back to a black screen every time and I won't get anything else until I hit the power button again, and then it just gives me the same screen saying Kubuntu as on startup. I don't know how to go around it at all, or i
[00:40] <edujtnias> f I even can.
[00:42] <d-fish> Can you switch to different ttys? Usually Control-Alt-F1 through F8
[00:48] <edujtnias> That got me to "(computer name) login:" so that's something.
[02:23] <fenjamin> I want to run a script to use battery power when plugged in then recharge on AC power at 10%. I've set the udev rules however I can't find the battery's location for echo.
[02:25] <fenjamin> everything else Google has taught is an alert or notification
[02:32] <koffeinfriedhof> fenjamin: have a look at qdbus --system org.freedesktop.UPower
[02:32] <koffeinfriedhof> Example: qdbus --system org.freedesktop.UPower /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0  org.freedesktop.UPower.Device.Percentage
[02:35] <fenjamin> koffeinfriedhof ok thanks!
[02:36] <koffeinfriedhof> fenjamin: yw. You need dbus-monitor to use it in scripts. e.g.: https://stackoverflow.com/a/5345462
[02:39] <fenjamin> problem solved.
[07:05] <lordievader> Good morning
[11:06] <BluesKaj> Howdy folks
[13:29] <alexandru__> hi everyone, is there any way to remove sudo and go the usual Debian way of accessing the superuser in Kubuntu (17.10)?
[13:29] <alexandru__> (without breaking anything, if possible)
[13:32] <hateball> alexandru__: Nothing supported, on
[13:32] <hateball> no*
[13:32] <hateball> !root
[13:37] <alexandru__> I know there isn't any, but I'm interested in having a regular user password, and a root password, without breaking much of Kubuntu.
[13:39] <hateball> Well you got the answer. There is no supported way, which is what this channel is for :)
[13:39] <hateball> If you decide to do it on your own... then you are on your own
[13:40] <alexandru__> Okay
[13:40] <alexandru__> thanks for the support :)
[13:47] <hateball> ForceRecon: your question about checking errors only, read the priority section in "man journalctl"
[13:48] <hateball> it could be for instance journalctl -p 0..3
[13:48] <ForceRecon> reading now.. thanks mate
[14:15] <NoFreeNameAviabl> ... I had to reformat partitions, because I couldn't install grub manualy, error after error, and after it told me it has suceeded it haven't booted.
[14:18] <BluesKaj> NoFreeNameAviabl, do you have any other linux OSs on your pc?
[14:29] <BluesKaj> g
[14:32] <NoFreeNameAviabl> I've tried fedora, it couldn't load grub too
[14:32] <NoFreeNameAviabl> I've tried arch, but it culdn't fetch packages from internet even on different DNS servers.
[14:32] <NoFreeNameAviabl> So I'm on kubuntu now.
[14:32] <NoFreeNameAviabl> I need some nice terminal emulators
[14:33] <BluesKaj> ok , do you have BIOS or UEFI ?
[14:35] <BluesKaj> ok so you have kubuntu running ok then ?
[14:37] <NoFreeNameAviabl> Yes, I went for the partition shrink and automatic installation provided, but manually I did this: Installed Kubuntu Custom, mounted it as /mnt, mounted bootpart(flaged: boot, bios) as /mnt/boot, then I did grub-install, and then I didn't get boot.
[18:31] <InvalidPassword> Why is application still in there, when I have it on another desktop?
[20:18] <tiwake> alright, new desktop computer build and its randomly restarting (running KDE)... it randomly restarts under windows too
[20:18] <tiwake> I'm not really sure how to approach this
[20:19] <tiwake> erm, when I say running KDE I mean kubuntu... heh... from a net-install
[20:40] <dax> tiwake: random restarts under multiple OSes sounds like a hardware issue, you might want to try ##hardware also
[20:40] <tiwake> dax: I'm suspecting its the processor because the early AMD processors had... well.. a lot of issues
[20:40] <tiwake> the early ryzen processors that is
[20:41] <tiwake> before I put my computer together I noted the manufacture date, and its an older one
[20:42] <dax> could try installing amd64-microcode, but Windows would be doing microcode updates automatically so...
[20:43] <tiwake> its almost identical to the server I built a month ago, different motherboard, but same motherboard company
[20:43] <dax> might also wanna make sure you're not having heat problems
[20:43] <tiwake> same ECC RAM, same processor, power supply, battery backup...
[20:44] <tiwake> I guess I'm not sure what to look for for hardware issues in the logs
[20:45] <tiwake> or if I should enable something
[20:45] <dax> i don't know how AMD does it, but Intel will straight up power off the computer without warning if it overheats
[20:45] <dax> without there necessarily being anything in any logs
[20:46] <tiwake> I did do stress testing, when I first assembled it, computer ran full steam for a whole day
[20:46] <tiwake> temps were stable and stuff
[20:47] <tiwake> then it started random restarting
[20:47] <tiwake> in windows anyway
[20:47] <tiwake> linux it does not restart, just flakes out without an actual kernel panic?
[20:54] <tiwake> when issues start happening with kubuntu, I <ctrl><atl><F1> and it dumps a lot of EXT4-fs errors
[20:54] <tiwake> can't log in or anything
[20:55] <dax> EXT4-fs would be hard drive usually. but that shouldn't autoreboot the system.
[20:55] <dax> could be memory, i guess?
[20:55] <tiwake> no, it did not ever reboot
[20:56] <tiwake> try swapping out RAM? or would it be my SSD?
[20:56] <dax> if it's not rebooting, my guess would be your storage device first, RAM if not
[20:57] <tiwake> hmm
[20:57] <dax> but again, ##hardware might know better, and would also know how to test it
[20:57] <tiwake> its an M.2 SSD by crucial, it should be "good"
[20:57] <tiwake> alright alright
[21:46] <jaafar> All right people, I've got something weird to report
[21:46] <jaafar> I keep losing one of my mouse buttons
[21:47] <jaafar> as in, every few minutes it stops recognizing the click event
[21:47] <jaafar> *X* sees the event, but windows do not
[21:49] <jaafar> switching virtual consoles with ctrl-alt-F1, ctrl-alt-F7 restores functionality
[21:49] <jaafar> this started about a week ago
[21:49] <jaafar> Any ideas?
[22:10] <jaafar> You know how when you hover over something you get a visual indicator that it's possible to click on it? e.g., it turns light blue or something
[22:10] <jaafar> Not even doing that
[22:10] <jaafar> so it's going into a mode where it's unreceptive to selection activity, or something
[22:30] <jaafar> cd
[22:43] <shevchuk> Hello. I have a problem with Meta (Win) key not opening app launcher. I'm using fullscreen app dashboard, Alt+F1 is working, but not Meta. I'm on 17.10 with kubuntu-backports, so Plasma 5.11.3. It stopped working in September I think (I was o 17.04 without kubuntu backports back then). On my other computers with clean 17.10 + kubuntu backports install it does work, so it's something with my setup, but I'm not sure know where should
[22:43] <shevchuk> I start to figure what's causing the problem. Any ideas?