=== ivo is now known as Guest15864 [05:59] Hey! [06:00] Ho! [06:01] So, after I enter my password onto the lockscreen, I get greeted with a lock logo with "you'll be redirected to the unlock dialogue automatically in a few second" but nothing really happens. How do I go back to my desktop? [06:01] version? [06:01] 18.04 [06:02] try this: https://www.linuxslaves.com/2016/05/3-ways-fix-ubuntu-gets-stuck-login-loop.html [06:04] Yeah, but that requires me to reboot, and I have a ton of applications opened on my desktop. Ctrl+alt+f7 doesn't work. [06:17] that seems a bit irrelevant as you can't presently login. Am I missing something? [06:24] So I can't spawn a shell [06:24] Cfhowlett: yes, I'm not able to login [06:25] then your open apps don't matter much. try one of the solutions I sent you. [06:37] Okay Thanks [06:37] And also my xubuntu machine keeps freezing every now and then [06:38] I don't know why [06:38] insufficient data for the most wildest guess [09:48] I've tried to search on DuckDuckGo but don't find the answer. Maybe someone here remember. There is a way to get vertical scrolling smother in all programs. If I remember correctly it was something in the GTK2 or GTK3 config. Anyone here that can help? [10:07] sm0rux: synclient? enable two finger scrolling will be like this: $ synclient VertTwoFingerScroll=1 | $ synclient -l for all the options [10:10] mubarak: That might work, but it's really not what I'm looking for. It was a oneliner in ~/config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini (if I recall correctly). [10:15] mubarak: Found it. It was "gtk-primary-button-warps-slider = false" but I forgot to add a line "[Settings]" before the actual line. [10:15] Now it work! [10:15] *works [16:08] I'm kind of new to xubuntu and I'll be able to run StarCraft 2 on it. [16:08] Any advice? [17:10] hey all! i have a quick question. Xubuntu have the new minimal install? [17:11] No. [17:11] :( thx :(( [17:11] (There is Xubuntu Core though.) [17:13] sadly not the same [17:13] Yes, ours is better. :P [17:14] The "new minimal" install still contains the full desktop so the ISO is no smaller, and just uninstalls a few things after install. So yes, they aren't the same. :> [17:15] but why xubuntu did not provide minimal install? [17:16] Given what I stated, why should it? [17:17] fist to have fully working uefi suport? [18:06] This is going to sound crazy...but I want to edit a file as root using a GUI editor. I'm just not a huge fan of vi, nano, etc. Sure some people will say login as root or just sudu mousepad, but we all know thats crazy. Some others will say use gksu/gksudo or pkexec....but it seems that is also crazy. I even tried to confgigure pkexec to work and it stopped me with one final warning about how it was a bad idea before [18:06] giving me an arguement to override and allow it. I guess my question is if there is a safe and correct way to use a gui text editor to modify files requiring root privledges [18:58] sudoedit, perhaps? [18:58] That's the closest thing I can think of. [19:09] nova_: you shouldn't need to muck about - pkexec mousepad is provided default [19:11] flocculant: Oh! SO it is. I should have been more specific I guess and not given such a generic answer assuming that mousepad would work the same as what I wanted to use. I'm actually interested in using Notepadqq [19:13] then you'll have to muck about ;) [19:15] flocculant: I made an action file for it and run with with pkexec notepadqq, but I got a warning about the perils of using root with it but it said use -allowroot or something to override it [19:16] I'm worried about mucking about too much...I felt like i was too far into the muck [19:56] mmm - well never seen that warning here [19:57] Yes, because it's specific to that app. [20:19] The people who make notepadqq seem to like snap, and I understand that snap wont be able to use root anyway. I had to use the PPA install method to get as far as I did and they say they want to eventually just use snap...so I guess running as root isn't going to ever be a priority for them [20:20] I'll just stick to nano or mousepad I guess..thanks for the input [20:54] Hey! My xubuntu machine keeps freezing every now and then (today alone: 4 times). I have to restart it everytime to get it to work again. I've lost all my xubuntu settings the last time I restarted due to it freezing. Xubuntu 18.04. [20:55] I had to* [20:57] for reference, what programs were running during these freezes. what kind of pc is it. [20:57] for reference, what programs were running during these freezes. what kind of pc is it. [20:58] What do you guys think is causing it? [20:59] Javabean, it's a Thinkpad E450. Many. A torrent client, XMPP client, FF, a few text files, a terminal. [21:01] i am not someone who can help, but i do know that they needed a bit more information before they could start to figure out what might be wrong. patience is a virtue, someone in this room might be able to help, but it may take a while before they see the question [21:02] Javabean, understood. Thanks. :) [21:03] sorry i can't help more, that sounds like an annoying issue [21:05] No worries. :) The thing is I wanted to move to lighter distro before moving to Xubuntu from Ubuntu trusty. But, this happens so often it's just plain annoying. [21:11] Do I have to provide any system logs to rectify this issue? [21:19] google doesn't return anything, atleast not specific to my issue. :\ [21:20] sure it couldn't hurt the diagnosis to go ahead and paste the logs to https://paste.ubuntu.com and then posting the link here [21:20] but where would I collect them from? [21:21] good question... i don't even know which ones might be relevant [21:21] hah, okay [21:28] i just thunk, do you have temperature monitoring setup on that laptop?? as a far left field idea, maybe it overheated and thermal shutdown messily