| TDO|Aquina | First your script must be executable. Second I strongly advise to execute such scripts with elevated privileges, since that is a security hazard. Is there a link to the script on SourceForge or GitHub? | 00:05 |
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| TDO|Aquina | In case you really wanna do it create a starter which runs sudo block-advert.sh in a terminal e.g. with exo-open. pkexec is unknow to me/doesn't ring any bells. | 00:06 |
| GridCube | grrrr | 01:00 |
| GridCube | Unit193, :/ | 01:00 |
| GridCube | i don't get why i don't have 3D acceleration | 01:00 |
| GridCube | i though it was that xorg wasnt updating | 01:00 |
| GridCube | but obviously is not that | 01:00 |
| Unit193 | GridCube: Getting your system back to rights is the easy bit, I don't know what card you have, nor what issues might come from that. :3 | 01:14 |
| GridCube | well, downgrading the library that caused the issue has also uninstalled 3/4s of everything i had installed | 01:15 |
| GridCube | luckily now installing xubuntu-core works properly | 01:16 |
| Unit193 | Err, that's...Not great, kind of why I recommended all in one go. :3 | 01:16 |
| Unit193 | But yeah, installing that task should help get you back to rights. | 01:17 |
| GridCube | well here goes nothing | 01:17 |
| GridCube | sheesh | 01:37 |
| GridCube | 20 minutes to boot | 01:37 |
| GridCube | apparently one of my drives is dying | 01:37 |
| GridCube | i had to comment it on fstab | 01:37 |
| Unit193 | Ouch. | 01:38 |
| GridCube | at least 3D acceleration works :D | 01:39 |
| GridCube | oh boy things seems to work | 01:51 |
| TDO|Aquina | :) | 01:52 |
| GridCube | i mean not counting with that half my applications need to be reinstalled | 01:53 |
| GridCube | like ubuntu-software-center seems to be gone from the repos | 01:54 |
| Unit193 | 'gnome-software' is what's used now. | 01:56 |
| Unit193 | I'd recommend synaptic though, it's much more functional. | 01:56 |
| GridCube | :P | 01:57 |
| GridCube | interesting that wasnt installed by xubuntu-core nor -deskopt :P | 01:58 |
| Unit193 | -desktop would do it. | 01:58 |
| * GridCube shrughs | 02:00 | |
| GridCube | it didn't | 02:00 |
| GridCube | i had to -desktop because i didn't had firefox anymore | 02:00 |
| Unit193 | I mean, it certainly recommends gnome-software...You can check: apt-cache depends xubuntu-desktop or, could do apt install -s xubuntu-desktop^ | 02:01 |
| * GridCube shrughs again | 02:02 | |
| Unit193 | Yes, unimportant, just elaborating. :) | 02:02 |
| Unit193 | Great that you got it all workin'! | 02:02 |
| GridCube | i guess | 02:02 |
| GridCube | now to figure out how to fix the drive that's making everything slow | 02:02 |
| GridCube | gparted has been opening for like 10 minutes and still greyed out | 02:04 |
| kalrach | hello | 04:10 |
| kalrach | I'm trying to figure out if I can upgrade my xubuntu install from 17.10 to 18.04 without having to download and burn an iso | 04:11 |
| Andrio | You can download it and extract it onto a flash drive. | 04:12 |
| Unit193 | kalrach: Will be able to soon, upgrades haven't been turned on quite yet. | 04:12 |
| Andrio | if your computer already has Ubuntu, `sudo do-release-upgrade` or something like that might work. | 04:12 |
| Andrio | ah | 04:12 |
| kalrach | oh ok thanks! | 04:13 |
| davich | hi | 10:56 |
| flocculant | hi | 10:57 |
| frad | how do I prompt my machine to upgrade to 18.04? | 12:19 |
| flocculant | frad: depends on what version you currently have installed | 12:20 |
| frad | flocculant, 17.10 | 12:20 |
| flocculant | frad: ok - so in Software and Updates > Updates tab > Notify me of new version > For any new version | 12:21 |
| flocculant | for lts to lts it doesn't prompt until the first point release, not sure of normal version - I would assume it won't wait | 12:22 |
| flocculant | you should I would have thought get prompted if that's set | 12:23 |
| frad | flocculant, it is already set to 'notify me of new version', but I didnt get any prompt | 12:23 |
| frad | flocculant, can it be the server is overloaded now that everyone wants to upgrade? | 12:24 |
| flocculant | Upgrades from 17.10 will not be enabled until a few days after 18.04's release. | 12:24 |
| flocculant | from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes | 12:24 |
| frad | aaa.... | 12:24 |
| flocculant | it'll get to you - not sure of this but possibly it's not "Everyone at once" also | 12:25 |
| frad | right, thanks a lot | 12:25 |
| flocculant | you might be able to force it | 12:25 |
| frad | ill wait | 12:26 |
| flocculant | ok :) | 12:26 |
| Spass | I've just noticed, there is no option to make a ZIP archive from Thunar in 18.04? | 12:31 |
| nhilterbrand | Spass... I just looked.. on my 18.04, I see a 'Create Archive' option when I right-click | 12:58 |
| nhilterbrand | Spass - and it works... was able to make a zip file and a tarball | 13:01 |
| Spass | hmm | 13:02 |
| Spass | fresh 18.04 install or an upgrade? | 13:03 |
| Spass | nhilterbrand ^ | 13:03 |
| ondondil | Spass, I also have create archive button, works just fine, 18.04 installed yesterday | 13:05 |
| ondondil | I guess in 16.04 there was separate entry to create zip archive but I don't mind not having one if there is still an option to create an archive | 13:06 |
| Spass | yeah you're both right, thanks, I just checked in VirtualBox, there is an option to create an archive, so there's something wrong with my setup | 13:09 |
| Spass | must investigate... | 13:09 |
| bg2032 | hello | 13:35 |
| bg2032 | I am trying to set up a computer for a person very bad eyesight (not blind but quite myopic and their eyes tire easily) | 13:36 |
| bg2032 | *with | 13:36 |
| cfhowlett | OK ... | 13:37 |
| bg2032 | I've tried Win7, OS X and several Linux distros | 13:37 |
| bg2032 | apparently only Linux is "resolution agnostic" | 13:37 |
| bg2032 | is there a DE you would recommend, that doesn't break with big fonts? | 13:38 |
| bg2032 | (asking here because I'm a Xubuntu user myself) | 13:38 |
| cfhowlett | as that is what we are both familiar with, let's focus on XFCE | 13:39 |
| bg2032 | XFCE is pretty good at it for medium-large sizes, ie. it starts breaking around 16pt on 1920x1080 | 13:39 |
| bg2032 | (windows don't fit on screen, text doesn't fit in dialog boxes, etc.) | 13:40 |
| bg2032 | yes, alright | 13:40 |
| bg2032 | strangely enough, there seem to be very few web pages relating to low eyesight | 13:40 |
| bg2032 | it's either normal or use brltty | 13:41 |
| bg2032 | any tips? | 13:41 |
| lapaga | for browsing the web there are extensions like nosquint | 13:41 |
| ondondil | in firefox there is an option to scale the hole UI, including chrome elements | 13:41 |
| cfhowlett | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Accessibility | 13:41 |
| * bg2032 looks at nosquint | 13:41 | |
| ondondil | in about:config you can change layout.css.devPixelsPerPx to something like 1.25 or 1.5 to scale the whole Firefox up | 13:42 |
| bg2032 | cfhowlett, that's what I meant: nothing for bad sight | 13:43 |
| bg2032 | ondondil, it works... relatively well. Best of all the other browsers, but it's still incomplete: you always get a few interface elements that are in a fixed (and thus small) size | 13:44 |
| bg2032 | I did use it, though | 13:44 |
| bg2032 | do you guys maybe where I could ask? | 13:44 |
| bg2032 | lapaga, thanks, I didn't know about nosquint! | 13:45 |
| flocculant | bg2032: you could try #ubuntu-accessibility - might not be very active - might need to wait or leave some "I'll check logs later" comment | 13:57 |
| bg2032 | oh | 13:58 |
| bg2032 | cool | 13:58 |
| bg2032 | thanks, flocculant | 13:58 |
| flocculant | np - hope you get the help you're looking for | 13:59 |
| nhilterbrand | Spass, fresh install | 14:16 |
| nhilterbrand | Sorry... got called away | 14:16 |
| Spass | np, yeah there's a problem on my side, but I'm done testing 18.04 for today, I'm back on my stable 17.10 install now ;) | 14:18 |
| Spass | (separate drive) | 14:18 |
| nhilterbrand | Spass, I did notice in some notes I read that 18.04 is now using a different archive manager... it is called Engrampa or something like that | 14:18 |
| Spass | yes, it's an application from MATE desktop | 14:19 |
| nhilterbrand | Spass, I see it on the menu under 'Accessories', too | 14:19 |
| nhilterbrand | Yes, I did see that it was from Mate | 14:19 |
| Spass | but I use development PPAs on that 18.04 install of mine (it's purely for testing purposes), so probably these are the reason there's something wrong with that | 14:20 |
| zors | Hi, should I be able to upgrade to 18.04 from 17.10? Nothing is showing up in the Software Updater for me | 14:34 |
| Spass | hello zors, you should get a notification about the update pretty soon, it's rolling out, but not everyone can upgrade at the same time | 14:39 |
| Spass | so it may take a few more days | 14:39 |
| zors | Alright, thanks :) | 14:40 |
| Spass | no problem | 14:40 |
| krytarik | It's more about stabilizing the release further rather than that though. | 14:50 |
| _0bitcount | Hi. I've noticed a significant delay in the boot times, compared to 16.04. Systemd shows long times for plymouth and lightdm to settle. Any ideas? | 14:51 |
| krytarik | For the users who upgrade from a regular release and even more so for ones who do from an LTS one. | 14:51 |
| krytarik | bg2032: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HiDPI - I think this applies to your case as well, and I'd try with Gnome first. | 15:09 |
| bg2032 | btw I did a fresh install of 18.04 (for myself) this morning... everything works like a charm (except of course the usual long-standing XFCE annoyances, but those were already there on 16.04) | 15:10 |
| bg2032 | krytarik, thanks, I'll check it out | 15:10 |
| tiyteeze | Hey guys, am I the only one getting issues with network with 18.04 ? Like I regularly loose internet without loosing my wifi signal. I can't even ping on my own house network | 16:03 |
| tiyteeze | I'm using an USB wireless receiver : TP-LINK TL-WN722N | 16:07 |
| PacoM | Hello everyone! Just installed 18.04 and can't find gksu/gksudo. Is there an alternative for opening graphical progs as root in Xubuntu 18.04? | 17:09 |
| flocculant | which ones? | 17:11 |
| flocculant | and yea gksudo isn't available in repos any longer ... | 17:11 |
| enyc | PacoM: silyl question does sudo just work? | 17:13 |
| flocculant | I'm not sure about just using sudo | 17:14 |
| enyc | because? why? | 17:14 |
| flocculant | I've done sudo -i or sudo -H | 17:14 |
| flocculant | because things have gone wrong for me in the past and I've had to muck about with ICE and stuff | 17:15 |
| flocculant | -H, --set-home | 17:15 |
| flocculant | check out man sudo I guess | 17:15 |
| flocculant | anyway - we do at least provide pkexec for thunar and mousepad | 17:16 |
| PacoM | I got into trouble running a graphical program as root in a terminal. I read somewhere that was verboten | 17:17 |
| flocculant | things might have changed but frankly I'm unwilling to test it :p | 17:18 |
| PacoM | anyway I found the answer on the net. Use " admin:// " command. For example, instead of " gksu thunar /file/ " use this: " thunar admin:///file/ | 17:19 |
| flocculant | PacoM: you can pkexec thunar | 17:20 |
| PacoM | does pkexec also work for other graphical programs? | 17:20 |
| flocculant | does for mousepad | 17:20 |
| flocculant | two we thought it might be useful to get root rights on - file manager and text editor | 17:21 |
| PacoM | ok, thanks and bye | 17:22 |
| tiyteeze | Hey guys, am I the only one getting issues with network with 18.04 ? Like I regularly loose internet without loosing my wifi signal. I can't even ping on my own house network | 17:24 |
| tiyteeze | I'm using an USB wireless receiver : TP-LINK TL-WN722N | 17:24 |
| flocculant | tiyteeze: if people in here are unable to help (I know I can't) you could try #ubuntu - more eyes in there looking | 17:26 |
| tiyteeze | flocculant, thanks | 17:26 |
| flocculant | tiyteeze: np - sorry I can't help | 17:26 |
| ondondil | Is there any workaround for that duplicated network manager aplet issue in bionic? | 18:16 |
| Spass | ondondil, you can hide NetworkManager Applet in Notification Area's plugin settings, that way it would not bug you that much | 18:21 |
| ondondil | but a small arrow icon would pop up instead probably :-/ | 18:26 |
| ondondil | hmm, I had the same issue with psensor and redshift and I think that delaying launch of these programs on startup helped | 18:29 |
| ondondil | I'd delay nm-applet start too to see if that helps but the "edit" button is greyed out | 18:30 |
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| Spass | I hid all of the duplicating ones (I use redshift also), I can live with that arrow | 18:34 |
| ondondil | argh, that rubs me in the wrong way | 18:39 |
| ondondil | thanks for the advice anyway | 18:39 |
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| GridCube | :( i don't understand what's going on | 19:23 |
| GridCube | my mouse's right click has stopped working | 19:24 |
| GridCube | oh, well seems like it's broken | 19:25 |
| GridCube | i tried a different mouse | 19:25 |
| Spass | ##hardware ;) | 19:36 |
| esr1 | Just upgraded to Xubuntu 18.04 and want to run an i3 sesson. How do I get to gdm3's session list? | 19:41 |
| Spass | esr1, Xubuntu uses ligthdm by default, and you can choose sessions under top-left button on the login screen iirc, or did you install gdm on your system? | 19:47 |
| Spass | sorry just checked, the button changing sessions is not on the left, but on the right side of the top panel in lightdm | 19:58 |
| lirodon | okay so update-manager -dc is still not lighting up 18.04 | 21:33 |
| FurretUber | I upgraded a Artful install to Bionic and the bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1767501 happened. After I corrected it and I used apt autoremove to remove a older kernel, the boot screen became this: https://i.imgur.com/d73AFIO.png | 23:01 |
| ubottu | Launchpad bug 1767501 in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) "do-release-upgrade leaves the system in a unbootable state" [Undecided,New] | 23:01 |
| syb0rg | so 18.04 is pretty nice so far | 23:32 |
| syb0rg | I always had to mess with some config files in early xubuntu releases to make my monitor power settings work, but no more! | 23:32 |
| syb0rg | And no unnecessary changes, just good old rock-solid xubuntu. Nice work | 23:33 |
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