[06:05] I installed "qt5ct" so I could change my default qt theme to gtk2. I was able to run it in a terminal, only after exporting avariable called QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME="qt5ct". I set my theme successfully and everything works like it should, but there is a new icon in my Xubuntu Settings area called "Qt5 Settings", and when i click on it it says "The QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME variable is not set correctly". [06:07] is there a way to make this Qt5 Settings icon actually launch qt5ct? [06:08] https://sources.debian.org/src/qt5ct/0.35-1/debian/99qt5ct/ that sets the var unless the var already exists, which /etc/X11/Xsession.d/56xubuntu-session does. [06:08] oh thank you ill take a look [06:09] You could modify one of those two, or just modify something else such that it gets set for your user. [06:09] but even after i set it, and run it in a terminal with success, the icon in Xubuntu Settings still doesn' [06:09] doesn't function correctly [06:10] I know nothing about how those icons are placed there [06:12] I'm presuming that you set it in a terminal using 'export...', but then switch to the menu to launch the application? If so, yes of course that won't work, you're just updating the var in the terminal. [06:12] If this is already set to gtk2 by default on a clean install, why did my qt programs look wrong? [06:14] gtk2 wasn't an option with qt5ct until i installed qt5-style-plugins [06:14] Because you didn't have that installed yet. [06:15] does that mean if I had just installed qt5-style-plugins, the default QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=gtk2 variable would have activated it? [06:16] Yep. [06:17] shouldn't it be included in xubuntu by default? [06:18] Not in the slightest. Xubuntu doesn't ship anything Qt based, and if that were installed it would pull in the whole Qt5 stack. [06:19] I don't think I installed ALL of qt [06:21] I don't know...I installed VLC and skypeforlinux and notepadqq, and all were qt based, and they looked pretty fugly [06:22] So, install qt5-style-plugins and they'll be fixed. [06:23] ok i got that, and qt5ct too, should i remove the latter as it is not necessary? [06:23] That'd be up to you, I believe it has more options than just what Xubuntu sets. [06:24] it does [06:24] but having a broke link in the xubuntu settings is jsut a tiny tiny bit irritating [06:25] i can ignore it...if i had too..lol [06:25] Or could fix that. [06:26] oh right so setting it in /etc/X11/ will fix that? [06:26] i see you mentioned when i export a variable in a terminal it only applies to that terminal [06:26] I've only been tinkering with linux for 20 years..can you tell? lol [06:27] still feel like a noob [06:28] Thank you for the help again sir [06:28] Still loving my Numix...I need to learn to use diff though [06:28] make some patches like you did [06:29] I simply modified the source package. :3 [06:29] diff -u file1.ext file2.ext basically. [06:29] will that account for everything in the numic folder recursively or do i need to do that per file? [06:30] Numix folder** [06:30] You can do it on a folder, recursivly, with -r [06:30] i guess i wouldnt want to do it for every file that would be crazy [06:31] cool ill have to give that a try in case they send out an update [06:31] i neglected to give it a unique name [06:31] i should probably do that too [06:33] Oh and on a totally unrelated note I wanted to tell all the xubuntu team that I reformatted my aunts windows 10 notebook and put Xubuntu on it! [06:34] It had a 32GB eMMC that was so full that it couldn't download the 8GB of updates it wanted to install. [06:34] common issue :) [06:34] Ouch.. [06:35] problem solved...its so fast now..and 20GB still free [06:48] OK that worked great thanks again Unit193 [12:08] Hello! my /etc/fstab file says "/swapfile none swap sw 0 0". Does this mean my swap partition isn't mounted anywhere and thus doesn't work? [12:11] m00n_urn, it has to be: none swap sw 0 0 [12:11] so it's ok [12:11] but usually swap is mounted someplace right? [12:12] m00n_urn, if you wanna know more about swap then check this out: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/swap [12:59] Arch Wiki is awesome, but remember that Ubuntu also has a good documentation https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq [12:59] we're on #xubuntu after all [18:18] wazup peeps! Anybody know how to make the audio work for intel cherry trail chipsets? [18:19] on 18.04. [19:00] hello! === Justanick1 is now known as Justanick === sorinello1 is now known as sorinello