[10:17] <kaddi> hi, i just installed 17.10.. for some reason firefox thinks it's a great idea to open all text files in okular? I've already set kate as the app to open .txt files with, but that had no effect. How can I fix this
[13:45] <BluesKaj> Howdy folks
[13:57] <kaddi> howdy :)
[13:59] <kaddi> maybe you can help me? :D I recently installed 17.10 and am using firefox.. Now when I download a text file and click on it in the download list of firefox, it is opened in okular.. I'd much prefer it to open in Kate.. However I don't know where to configure that.. I did set the default action for .txt files to be "open in kate" in firefox, however the files are still downloaded and when I click them, they're openen in okular
[14:04] <BluesKaj> kaddi, best to look in your /home/user/Downloads file rather than FF..browsers default setting is to place downloeded files there
[14:05] <kaddi> yes, from the Downloads folder, the files are correctly opened with kate.. But I'd like to avoid having to open dolphin, navigate to Downloads and laucnh the file from there, if possible
[14:06] <kaddi> i was kinda hoping there'd be a way to tell firefox to respect default apps from kde or something like that
[14:16] <BluesKaj> kaddi, normally I just look in the browser downloads section and use the "open containing folder" option. It tshould use the correct app to open from there
[14:16] <kaddi> meh, ok
[14:17] <BluesKaj> TBH I haven't ued FF for a while
[14:17] <kaddi> what do you use?
[14:17] <kaddi> I might be open to alternatives if FF isn't compatible with kde :p
[14:17] <BluesKaj> chrome
[14:18] <kaddi> hmm, ok.. I'll check it out and that works well?
[14:19] <BluesKaj> overall it does work well, yes
[14:19] <kaddi> I'll try my look over in #firefox and if that doesn't fix it, I'll look into switching. it's seriously hindering my workflow unfortunately (only have a touchpad, right-clicks are a horror to be avoided ;))
[14:20] <BluesKaj> kaddi, get a mouse , touchpads work for some users...I always hated it
[14:21] <kaddi> i hate it too.. which is why I mostly try to minimise mouse action.. lots of command line instead
[14:22] <kaddi> (also if I could get firefox to not append blank-parentesis-number-parenthesis to a filename if it already exists, that wold make command line less of a pain to use too :p)
[14:58] <hannibalstal> hello there
[17:11] <xorpad> how can i permentantly set the desktop resolution of kubuntu xenial running wayland(chroot on chromebook)
[17:11] <xorpad> ?
[17:11] <xorpad> I've been messing with xrandr but either i'm a total idiot or it's not working
[17:12] <xorpad> also since wayland... maybe xrandr is only x11... I dunno
[17:13] <xorpad> I'm a total noob to linux userspace stuff
[17:13] <xorpad> I'm usually in lxde with minimal or default settings on stable release but I want to get this kde plasma xenial chroot working, using crouton for the chroot and hardware abstraction
[17:14] <xorpad> When I created the chroot I was at 1366x768, and it took that resolution and no other, and only offers 1366x768, but previous installtion was done with chromebook in 1536x864 which is native resoliution, and the kde xenial system took that resoultion, I just don't want to delete my whole install just to get better resoultion
[18:16] <DrGrov> Hello
[18:16] <DrGrov> Is it safe to use to use a Kubuntu backports PPA in 16.04 to get the latest KDE for 16.04?
[18:18] <kaddi> I've had bad experience with the backport (but the same issues also appeared when I tried to upgrade)
[18:18] <DrGrov> It is this backport I am referring to, ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports
[18:19] <DrGrov> kaddi: I see. Are you running 16.04?
[18:19] <kaddi> not anymore.. I did a clean install of 17.10 last week
[18:19] <kaddi> the attempted upgrade messed it up so bad, nothing worked anymore *whistle*
[18:19] <DrGrov> kaddi: Ok, and you were not affected with the kernel bug?
[18:20] <kaddi> no, I have a samsung.. but I did check extensively beforehand and checked here, where some people said it /shouldn't/ affect me
[18:20] <kaddi> afaik it's mostly affecting lenovos
[18:21] <DrGrov> Ok, it affected my stationary computer though
[18:21] <DrGrov> Couldn't get a bootloader installed properly
[18:21] <DrGrov> But, running 16.04 for the time being until that is sorted out
[18:21] <DrGrov> Kind of prefer having a LTS instead of bleeding edge
[18:21] <kaddi> bootloader was a bit weird, but bootloader is installed on the drive, normally
[18:21] <kaddi> not the bios
[18:22] <DrGrov> Happy to hear it worked out
[18:22] <kaddi> I ran boot-repair after installing 17.10 and it's been working fine for me now
[18:22] <DrGrov> I couldn't get anywhere past the bootloader failure in the installation process
[18:22] <kaddi> but yeah, I also installed linux on the samsung when they stilled had the uefi death bug
[18:23] <DrGrov> But I am happy with 16.04, really as long as it works I am happy these days
[18:23] <kaddi> so I like taking risks ;)
[18:23] <kaddi> 16.04 served me well for the last two years
[18:23] <kaddi> I've hardly had any complaints.. it just runs and runs and runs
[18:23] <DrGrov> I can say that after 30 years with computers I am way past taking any big risks anymore. Getting lazy
[18:23] <kaddi> new kde is pretty neat though.. I'm happy to have upgrade..
[18:24] <DrGrov> That is why I was planning to use the backports to get it in 16.04
[18:24] <kaddi> if you 16.10 is a clean isntall, I'd just try the backport.. worst case scenario you'll need to revert (as long as you have internet that boils down to removing the repository and upgrading iirc)
[18:25] <DrGrov> Yeah, I do have stable internet so that is no worries
[18:25] <kaddi> yeah i had some issues getting the wifi going when the gui wouldn't come up.. :p But I managed in the end :)
[18:27] <DrGrov> That is great to hear :)
[18:28] <kaddi> TBH though I thought they'd have fixed the bug by now.. When I looked it up a week ago it already said fix released: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1734147
[18:30] <DrGrov> I installed 17.10 about 3 or 4 days ago
[18:30] <DrGrov> But I will just wait and see what happens
[18:30] <DrGrov> Can live perfectly fine with 16.04, does not really matter for me as long as it just works
[18:30] <kaddi> yeah, the iso links are also still 'disabled'
[18:35] <DrGrov> Ok, good to know.
[18:35] <DrGrov> Well, I am off. Have a great evening
[18:35] <kaddi> you too:)