[01:19] <pathword> hello i really am impressed with this persistent live USB version of Lubuntu 17.10.1 it's wonderfully quick
[01:20] <pathword> i'm just having some browser issues
[01:21] <pathword> both opera and vivaldi seemed to be installing through firefox but i can't find any sign of them
[01:22] <pathword> i just want to be able to keep using the VPN that I paid for, so wanted a fairly run of the mill but privacy focussed browser.
[02:20] <pathword> hello. do you think creating a new Ubuntu 16.04 server would work for Lubuntu 17.10.1? The end goal is to set up an OpenVPN server.
[02:21] <ripdisk> Hello everybody, I'm in some serious need of help. I have drawn a complete blank and cannot remember how to do anything i'm trying to do whatsoever
[02:22] <ripdisk> I'm running lubuntu, upgraded to the newest one
[02:22] <ripdisk> and what i want to do is set up my own email server.... like ripdisk@mydomain.com
[02:23] <ripdisk> so i can use an email client to check my email and stuff just like any other email server
[02:23] <ripdisk> i found a few tutorial, followed them to the tee and am having problems
[02:23] <pathword> Have you come in here for help before ripdisk?
[02:23] <ripdisk> yeah
[02:24] <pathword> I only ask because I asked a question just before you did, I haven't seen anyone else talk in here yet.
[02:24] <ripdisk> ah.
[02:24] <ripdisk> ok.
[03:34] <Ashley_> Ok, I have a touchpad on this HP that is maddening. I want to disable it permanently. The following works but the touchpad is re-enabled after reboot: xinput set-prop 13 "Device Enabled" 0
[03:35] <Ashley_> Can someone walk me through how to add that to a script that runs on startup? Sort of a newb here
[11:53] <za1b1tsu> Hello, Im using multiple terminals, so alt-tabbing is not very elegant since the icon is the same and the name it's the user anyway I add some information to the icon or have a dynamic icon..or something :)
[16:28] <melodie> hi
[16:29] <melodie> is there a blueman expert here? I'm trying to get it to work using blueman, but not much luck so far
[16:29] <melodie> perhaps my phone is not compatible, or perhaps I am missing something
[17:45] <antis> Hey guys, how you doing? Does somebody know how to get the volume keys working with pulseaudio (for me "Fn + F5 to F7" -> mute, lower volume, higher volume)?
[17:51] <melodie> are you sure pa is involved?
[17:52] <melodie> antis what pc? laptop? or regular keyboard for a tower?
[17:52] <antis> oh forgot -> lubuntu 16.04 with intel sound card (chipset: Realtek ALC269VC) - learned with 18.04 this problem might "just vanish" and also the firefox + alsa dilemma… :)
[17:52] <melodie> ie: I have a thinkpad here, a x220, I installed the packages for thinpads
[17:53] <melodie> if a regular keyboard you can find the keys with a tool...
[17:53] <melodie> xev in console
[17:54] <melodie> it opens a window...
[17:54] <melodie> then you place the mouse cursor in the window
[17:54] <melodie> then in the console it gives you the keycode you have to use to put in a file
[17:54] <antis> it's a tuxedo laptop -> https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Linux-Hardware/Linux-Notebooks/173-inch/TUXEDO-Book-BM1707-173-non-glare-Full-HD-IPS-up-to-Intel-Core-i7-quad-core-energy-saving-CPU-up-to-three-HDD/SSD-up-to-32GB-RAM-up-to-10h-battery-backlit-keyboard-DVD-or-Blu-Ray-4G/LTE-opt.tuxedo
[17:55] <melodie> antis the file being .Xmodmap
[17:56] <melodie> that you may need to create
[17:57] <melodie> antis it looks beautiful!
[17:57] <melodie> what desktop environment do you have? Perhaps there is a gui tool...
[17:59] <antis> melodie: thanks! works like a charm (with those minor twirks)… setup a customized lubuntu/lxqt environment with cairo-dock. lovely <3 :)
[18:02] <melodie> antis do you have the i7 version or the i5 one? Your page does not seem quite clear about that
[18:02] <melodie> about the keyboard, you may either use the manual method I just told you, or try to find a gui tool in the preferences in lxqt : not sure what they can provide
[18:05] <antis> the i7 one - doesn't matter much though concerning this topic. however after adding some grub settings to make the fn-keys work i get a bunch of "acpi" errors on boot - but keys are fully functional. whish lubuntu could become an official supported distro one day…
[18:05] <melodie> antis I was not precise enough : when the mouse cursor is in the xev window, then you press the key you want to configure : from there, the console will display the corresponding keycode (among lots of garbage... you need to be tricky)
[18:06] <melodie> antis I never heard of grub settings to key fn keys to work. grub is only a boot loader
[18:06] <melodie> keyboard is managed by the x server
[18:08] <antis> yeah i am aware of that - however somehow it tells the acpi kernel module, which hardware is in use -> this in turn makes the fn-keys work. they won't work without it.
[18:09] <melodie> and what about the acpi errors on boot? Is it a warning, which might be harmless, or does it cause any trouble?
[18:09] <melodie> (you might expect everything to work on a computer having for name "tuxedo"!)
[18:09] <antis> melodie: no trouble with acpi, but it just "doesn't look right"
[18:09] <melodie> I mean : everything to work "out of the box"! that is
[18:10] <melodie> antis sure, I don't like error messages either, though as long as they don't cause annoyance I just ignore them
[18:10] <melodie> well, else than that I seek for help with bluetooth
[18:11] <melodie> I read docs, installed packages, configured, tested, it works very little and not fully
[18:11] <melodie> and I'm a newbee regarding bluetooth, so if I could make it work or find why it does not work that would be nice. I need help with that
[18:12] <antis> system itself works out of the box. however i use a "customized" system, as lubuntu unfortunately is not officially supported by tuxedo -> hope this will be in a not too far future.
[18:12] <melodie> ok
[18:16] <melodie> bbl
[18:16] <antis> btw. via your hint i found a more "integrative" solutoion with lxqt; thus, one doesn't have to fiddle around with xev anymore (they bring a full featured "global keys management" aka lxqt-globalkeys). that keeps everything in one single place.
[18:16] <melodie> nice! thanks for the info
[18:17] <melodie> did you try it? Does it work?
[18:17] <antis> need to find the command :)
[18:18] <melodie> doesn't it come with a menu entry?
[18:20] <melodie> I just installed it, that's not a gui
[18:20] <melodie> rather a daemon and some config files + a strange gui in which you need to add configs manually
[18:20] <melodie> xev seems more simple ^^
[18:21] <antis> naah. what's more simple than just pressing the key? ^^
[18:22] <antis> btw. it works :)
[18:22] <antis> https://askubuntu.com/questions/97936/terminal-command-to-set-audio-volume
[18:22] <melodie> good:
[18:22] <melodie> this is not about using the keyboard keys though
[18:24] <antis> (second answer i think is the better one with pulseaudio). i don't remember exactly, but maybe this is preconfigured when installing the first time - started with lxqt "in the early days" you know :)
[18:24] <melodie> here is mine, made for my Logitech illuminated keyboard: http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/VDmHn94bMj/
[18:24] <melodie> I don't use lxqt
[18:25] <melodie> if you want to try xev, you can successfully configure many special keys, as long as the X server finds them
[18:26] <melodie> going to cook dinner now
[18:26] <melodie> bbl
[18:44] <antis> melodie: and here is mine; works for me! :) -> https://imgur.com/vIRKiz9
[18:45] <antis> melodie: for your bluetooth problem i don't have much experience with that. however it all comes down to the "bluez" kernel modules
[18:46] <melodie> yes, I know, thanks. :)
[18:46] <melodie> see you!
[20:23] <melodie> hi
[20:23] <melodie> is there a blueman expert here? I'm trying to get it to work using blueman, but not much luck so far
[20:23] <melodie> perhaps my phone is not compatible, or perhaps I am missing something
[20:24] <melodie> I read docs, installed packages, configured, tested, it works very little and not fully
[20:24] <melodie> and I'm a newbee regarding bluetooth, so if I could make it work or find why it does not work that would be nice. I need help with that
[20:24] <melodie> someone?
[22:15] <flyback> how to make xrdp connect to the existing desktop and existing desktop only like vino
[22:59] <antis> flyback: you mean you want to connect to an active session?
[23:05] <antis> melodie: prbly start here: hcitool dev # this should print out at least one mac address for the bluetooth adapter