| xubuntu71w | Hi guys, is this where I ask my nooby questions? | 00:52 |
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| krytarik | Yes! just give it a try! | 00:54 |
| xubuntu71w | I'm running 16.04 through Crouton on a chromebook, and I'm having this weird issue with PlayOnLinux | 00:56 |
| xubuntu71w | when I try to manually create a shortcut, it just shows a blank window after scanning | 00:56 |
| krytarik | Scanning? | 00:57 |
| xubuntu71w | it looks like this guy had a similar issue on a different window - http://i.imgur.com/8cbUSev.png | 00:57 |
| xubuntu71w | see how it's empty? | 00:57 |
| krytarik | Maybe better try in #playonlinux | 00:59 |
| xubuntu71w | alright, thanks :) | 00:59 |
| krytarik | Sure. | 01:00 |
| VerdantVulture | I'm having a really weird issue. I just installed Xubuntu on my machine with two monitors, and if I set them as two separate monitors, my mouse is sort of reversed. By that, I mean that if I click on the top left of my right monitor, it'll actually click the top left of my left monitor instead. I'm running 16.04 | 02:41 |
| sorinello | Hello. Is Xubuntu stopping apps improperly when restarting/shutting down ? Because each time I restart the system, Firefox wants to restore tabs, thus indicating an improper application closing. | 11:35 |
| dave__ | hi | 13:58 |
| dave__ | new to irc - have a question if anybody is out there | 13:59 |
| dave__ | acer aspire n270 atom running xubuntu install. works but upgrade causes 3/4 screen on 945 intel video to all gobbly gook | 14:02 |
| dave__ | tried halting kernel upgrade but no deal. not a Linux guru here so dont know xubuntu that well | 14:03 |
| dave__ | cant believe an update would do this. xubuntu is less taxing on the system then win7 so was all excited until this | 14:07 |
| pjotter | Hi people! :) | 14:17 |
| dave__ | good morning | 14:17 |
| pjotter | Just a quick question. I installed Xubuntu on a small laptop that is connected to the internet by ethernet. When I unplug the ethernet cable and then try to shutdown, it just keeps shutting down forever. Does anyone know what is causing this and how to 'fix' it? | 14:18 |
| dave__ | dont know if you can see my post 10 minutes earlier but i have a question | 14:18 |
| pjotter | Hi dave__ | 14:19 |
| dave__ | u new to linux or know a little bit | 14:19 |
| pjotter | No I can't see that post. Maybe you want to post it again? | 14:19 |
| pjotter | Maybe I can help. | 14:19 |
| dave__ | acer aspire n270 atom running xubuntu install. works but upgrade causes 3/4 screen on 945 intel video to all gobbly gook | 14:19 |
| dave__ | use it for college | 14:19 |
| dave__ | im in canada | 14:20 |
| pjotter | upgrade to a newer version? | 14:20 |
| dave__ | i think its just getting the next security updates - like 85 mb | 14:20 |
| dave__ | not huge then booom video goes gobbly gook 3/4 screen | 14:20 |
| pjotter | That shouldn;t be a problem. What version of Xubuntu are you running? | 14:21 |
| dave__ | may be some kind of kernel update too | 14:21 |
| dave__ | 1604 | 14:21 |
| dave__ | got it from site | 14:21 |
| pjotter | recently? | 14:21 |
| dave__ | loaded easy enough | 14:21 |
| dave__ | ya like yesterday | 14:21 |
| pjotter | Ok | 14:21 |
| pjotter | Well, that;s strange. | 14:22 |
| pjotter | Are you sure its; not a hardware problem with the screen or something? | 14:22 |
| dave__ | i think i seen some talk about it but yes its weird | 14:22 |
| dave__ | win7 works great on it | 14:22 |
| dave__ | no issues | 14:22 |
| dave__ | so im like wth | 14:22 |
| pjotter | Have you looked if there is a video driver availabe? | 14:22 |
| dave__ | but win7 is taxing on the little netbook | 14:22 |
| dave__ | dont know linux that well | 14:23 |
| dave__ | so what it gives is what i get | 14:23 |
| pjotter | Well, after install you a can also choose to install some proprietary drivers if you wish so | 14:23 |
| dave__ | in the software updates module | 14:24 |
| dave__ | ya seen a number of screens and options | 14:24 |
| dave__ | for now i told linux no more updates | 14:24 |
| dave__ | turned it all off - sources everything | 14:25 |
| pjotter | There should be some option in the men that is called "extra hardware drivers" or something like that | 14:25 |
| dave__ | additional drivers tab | 14:25 |
| dave__ | none available | 14:25 |
| pjotter | ok | 14:26 |
| dave__ | ghosted out | 14:26 |
| pjotter | And the screen resolution is also ok? | 14:26 |
| dave__ | now it works great | 14:26 |
| dave__ | yes the screen resolution is high | 14:26 |
| dave__ | like 10xx x 7xxx | 14:27 |
| dave__ | 1024x600 | 14:27 |
| pjotter | This happens only once in while? | 14:28 |
| dave__ | i see you are having your own issues | 14:28 |
| dave__ | maybe not a show stopper but still | 14:28 |
| pjotter | Well, minor issues. | 14:28 |
| pjotter | Screen works fine though | 14:28 |
| dave__ | workaround | 14:28 |
| dave__ | ha ha | 14:29 |
| pjotter | Probably some setting somewhere. | 14:29 |
| dave__ | ya wish i could help but i dabble in linux | 14:29 |
| dave__ | dont have time to spend hours on it | 14:29 |
| pjotter | I mostly work on a desktop computer. Xubuntu works great there. | 14:29 |
| dave__ | ya it seems to work on my dual core (test) desktop just fine | 14:30 |
| pjotter | But laptops should work fine too. I just recently installed a new Xubuntu on a freinds new laptop computer. | 14:30 |
| dave__ | yes i think there is better luck if the pc/laptop is not ancient | 14:30 |
| pjotter | Yes, it was a brand new Lenovo | 14:31 |
| dave__ | like 5-6 years is not pushing it but this netbook is old | 14:31 |
| dave__ | nice | 14:31 |
| pjotter | Still, it should work on old hardware. | 14:31 |
| dave__ | the funny thing is my toshiba laptop which is 4 years old crashes on ubuntu and ive shutdown the usual bios stuff etc | 14:31 |
| dave__ | i just gave up | 14:32 |
| dave__ | on this desktop quad core - it works like a champ | 14:32 |
| pjotter | Could be just bad luck. | 14:32 |
| dave__ | its just the way linux distros work... roll te dice | 14:33 |
| pjotter | But I'm sure there are people here that know a lot more about these things than I do. | 14:33 |
| dave__ | say what you want about windows, updates dont destroy the useability | 14:33 |
| pjotter | Well, over the years I've seen (X)Ubuntu get more stable. I now use it as my main OS. | 14:34 |
| dave__ | oh man i seen the things people are doing and im like ..wwhhat kernel updates ,raw> | 14:34 |
| dave__ | thats good news cause if it sits well on your system, its way better then windows its just getting it there thats the issue with linux | 14:34 |
| pjotter | Just recently assisted someone on a windows 10 computer. A complete disaster. Updates took like 10 hours or something! And still, there were problems. | 14:35 |
| dave__ | wow. ya i hear bad things about 10 | 14:35 |
| dave__ | windows 7 was awwwright | 14:35 |
| dave__ | 8 is bad | 14:36 |
| pjotter | I liked 9 though | 14:36 |
| pjotter | :D | 14:36 |
| dave__ | lol | 14:36 |
| pjotter | The 'secret' version | 14:36 |
| dave__ | mi6 ya funny | 14:36 |
| flocculant | pjotter: re your long shutdown without ethernet - when it's shutting down do you get the spinner - if you do try escape there and see where it's hanging - you should get text after esc | 14:37 |
| pjotter | I need to go to the shop unfortunately | 14:37 |
| pjotter | flocculant: Thanks for the reply. Yes, I was thinking about doing that. I searched the internet and couldn;t find anything on this particular problem. I have to find out what it's doing when shutting down. pressing esc will propably give me more info! | 14:38 |
| flocculant | yup | 14:38 |
| flocculant | could possible be network.service hanging | 14:39 |
| pjotter | I'll try that and get back to you. | 14:39 |
| dave__ | ttyl pjotter | 14:39 |
| pjotter | My wife insist I go to the shop and get some food :S | 14:39 |
| flocculant | if it takes 90s to shutdown - more likely a service, iirc 90s is default wait time | 14:39 |
| flocculant | pjotter: :D | 14:39 |
| flocculant | pjotter: obviously you could also try losing quiet splash for a boot and shutdown | 14:49 |
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| glitchd | hello all | 20:15 |
| glitchd | is there anyway to stop xscreenaver from posting messages? i use a script to activate the screensaver on another machine, this script funs in a loop to keep the screensaver active if mouse movement disables it. since its running in a loop, it posts messages that its being toggled while already active. this is a bit annoying. is there anyway to stop it from posting messages? | 20:18 |
| well_laid_lawn | glitchd: where is it posting the messages ? | 20:28 |
| glitchd | on the screen itself | 20:36 |
| glitchd | saying something along the line of the screensaver is already activated | 20:36 |
| glitchd | since the script is running in a loop | 20:36 |
| russkiy_ebanko | russkie onlain?? | 20:43 |
| well_laid_lawn | !ru | 20:46 |
| ubottu | Пожалуйста наберите /join #ubuntu-ru для получения помощи на русском языке. | Pozhalujsta naberite /join #ubuntu-ru dlya polucheniya pomoshi na russkom yazyke. | 20:46 |
| well_laid_lawn | glitchd: see if this helps https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/xscreensaver-messages-on-screen-when-screensaver-is-active-661553/ | 20:48 |
| glitchd | well_laid_lawn, thank you, ill have a look now at it | 20:49 |
| CoderEurope | What prionter that is $50 would definately work with linux ? | 20:50 |
| glitchd | well_laid_lawn, welp i checked the link and it said to set overlaystderr to flase to stop the messages, i did that, but it still posts messages. | 20:53 |
| well_laid_lawn | glitchd: checked the last post ? | 20:55 |
| CoderEurope | no one cares :@ | 20:57 |
| glitchd | well_laid_lawn, overlayStderr: True. Provides the background that the yellow text message(s) are displayed on. You could try setting that to False too. --i did that | 20:57 |
| glitchd | well_laid_lawn, makes no difference | 20:58 |
| well_laid_lawn | glitchd: that's the best info i can find on the net about that | 21:01 |
| glitchd | well_laid_lawn, the effort is much appreciated, thank you. | 21:02 |
| well_laid_lawn | cheers | 21:02 |
| glitchd | adios bud | 21:03 |
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