[00:05] <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?
[00:06] <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.
[01:00] <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
[01:14] <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
[01:15] <GridCube> well, downgrading the library that caused the issue has also uninstalled 3/4s of everything i had installed
[01:16] <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
[01:17] <Unit193> But yeah, installing that task should help get you back to rights.
[01:17] <GridCube> well here goes nothing
[01:37] <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
[01:38] <Unit193> Ouch.
[01:39] <GridCube> at least 3D acceleration works :D
[01:51] <GridCube> oh boy things seems to work
[01:52] <TDO|Aquina> :)
[01:53] <GridCube> i mean not counting with that half my applications need to be reinstalled
[01:54] <GridCube> like ubuntu-software-center seems to be gone from the repos
[01:56] <Unit193> 'gnome-software' is what's used now.
[01:56] <Unit193> I'd recommend synaptic though, it's much more functional.
[01:57] <GridCube> :P
[01:58] <GridCube> interesting that wasnt installed by xubuntu-core nor -deskopt :P
[01:58] <Unit193> -desktop would do it.
[02:00]  * GridCube shrughs
[02:00] <GridCube> it didn't
[02:00] <GridCube> i had to -desktop because i didn't had firefox anymore
[02:01] <Unit193> I mean, it certainly recommends gnome-software...You can check: apt-cache depends xubuntu-desktop  or, could do  apt install -s xubuntu-desktop^
[02:02]  * 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
[02:04] <GridCube> gparted has been opening for like 10 minutes and still greyed out
[04:10] <kalrach> hello
[04:11] <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
[04:12] <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
[04:13] <kalrach> oh ok thanks!
[10:56] <davich> hi
[10:57] <flocculant> hi
[12:19] <frad> how do I prompt my machine to upgrade to 18.04?
[12:20] <flocculant> frad: depends on what version you currently have installed
[12:20] <frad> flocculant, 17.10
[12:21] <flocculant> frad: ok - so in Software and Updates > Updates tab > Notify me of new version > For any new version
[12:22] <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
[12:23] <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
[12:24] <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....
[12:25] <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
[12:26] <frad> ill wait
[12:26] <flocculant> ok :)
[12:31] <Spass> I've just noticed, there is no option to make a ZIP archive from Thunar in 18.04?
[12:58] <nhilterbrand> Spass...  I just looked..  on my 18.04, I see a 'Create Archive' option when I right-click
[13:01] <nhilterbrand> Spass - and it works...  was able to make a zip file and a tarball
[13:02] <Spass> hmm
[13:03] <Spass> fresh 18.04 install or an upgrade?
[13:03] <Spass> nhilterbrand ^
[13:05] <ondondil> Spass, I also have create archive button, works just fine, 18.04 installed yesterday
[13:06] <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
[13:09] <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...
[13:35] <bg2032> hello
[13:36] <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
[13:37] <cfhowlett> OK ...
[13:37] <bg2032> I've tried Win7, OS X and several Linux distros
[13:37] <bg2032> apparently only Linux is "resolution agnostic"
[13:38] <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)
[13:39] <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
[13:40] <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
[13:41] <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
[13:42] <ondondil> in about:config you can change layout.css.devPixelsPerPx to something like 1.25 or 1.5 to scale the whole Firefox up
[13:43] <bg2032> cfhowlett, that's what I meant: nothing for bad sight
[13:44] <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?
[13:45] <bg2032> lapaga, thanks, I didn't know about nosquint!
[13:57] <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
[13:58] <bg2032> oh
[13:58] <bg2032> cool
[13:58] <bg2032> thanks, flocculant
[13:59] <flocculant> np - hope you get the help you're looking for
[14:16] <nhilterbrand> Spass, fresh install
[14:16] <nhilterbrand> Sorry...  got called away
[14:18] <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
[14:19] <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
[14:20] <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
[14:34] <zors> Hi, should I be able to upgrade to 18.04 from 17.10? Nothing is showing up in the Software Updater for me
[14:39] <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
[14:40] <zors> Alright, thanks :)
[14:40] <Spass> no problem
[14:50] <krytarik> It's more about stabilizing the release further rather than that though.
[14:51] <_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.
[15:09] <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.
[15:10] <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
[16:03] <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
[16:07] <tiyteeze> I'm using an USB wireless receiver : TP-LINK TL-WN722N
[17:09] <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?
[17:11] <flocculant> which ones?
[17:11] <flocculant> and yea gksudo isn't available in repos any longer ...
[17:13] <enyc> PacoM: silyl question does sudo just work?
[17:14] <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
[17:15] <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
[17:16] <flocculant> anyway - we do at least provide pkexec for thunar and mousepad
[17:17] <PacoM> I got into trouble running a graphical program as root in a terminal.  I read somewhere that was verboten
[17:18] <flocculant> things might have changed but frankly I'm unwilling to test it :p
[17:19] <PacoM> anyway I found the answer on the net.  Use "    admin://    "    command.  For example, instead of "  gksu thunar /file/  "  use this:  "  thunar admin:///file/
[17:20] <flocculant> PacoM: you can pkexec thunar
[17:20] <PacoM> does pkexec also work for other graphical programs?
[17:20] <flocculant> does for mousepad
[17:21] <flocculant> two we thought it might be useful to get root rights on - file manager and text editor
[17:22] <PacoM> ok, thanks and bye
[17:24] <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
[17:26] <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
[18:16] <ondondil> Is there any workaround for that duplicated network manager aplet issue in bionic?
[18:21] <Spass> ondondil, you can hide NetworkManager Applet in Notification Area's plugin settings, that way it would not bug you that much
[18:26] <ondondil> but a small arrow icon would pop up instead probably :-/
[18:29] <ondondil> hmm, I had the same issue with psensor and redshift and I think that delaying launch of these programs on startup helped
[18:30] <ondondil> I'd delay nm-applet start too to see if that helps but the "edit" button is greyed out
[18:34] <Spass> I hid all of the duplicating ones (I use redshift also), I can live with that arrow
[18:39] <ondondil> argh, that rubs me in the wrong way
[18:39] <ondondil> thanks for the advice anyway
[19:23] <GridCube> :( i don't understand what's going on
[19:24] <GridCube> my mouse's right click has stopped working
[19:25] <GridCube> oh, well seems like it's broken
[19:25] <GridCube> i tried a different mouse
[19:36] <Spass> ##hardware ;)
[19:41] <esr1> Just upgraded to Xubuntu 18.04 and want to run an i3 sesson.  How do I get to gdm3's session list?
[19:47] <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?
[19:58] <Spass> sorry just checked, the button changing sessions is not on the left, but on the right side of the top panel in lightdm
[21:33] <lirodon> okay so update-manager -dc is still not lighting up 18.04
[23:01] <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
[23:32] <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!
[23:33] <syb0rg> And no unnecessary changes, just good old rock-solid xubuntu. Nice work