[06:05] <nova> 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] <nova> is there a way to make this Qt5 Settings icon actually launch qt5ct?
[06:08] <Unit193> 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] <nova> oh thank you ill take a look
[06:09] <Unit193> You could modify one of those two, or just modify something else such that it gets set for your user.
[06:09] <nova> but even after i set it, and run it in a terminal with success, the icon in Xubuntu Settings still doesn'
[06:09] <nova> doesn't function correctly
[06:10] <nova> I know nothing about how those icons are placed there
[06:12] <Unit193> 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] <nova> If this is already set to gtk2 by default on a clean install, why did my qt programs look wrong?
[06:14] <nova> gtk2 wasn't an option with qt5ct until i installed qt5-style-plugins
[06:14] <Unit193> Because you didn't have that installed yet.
[06:15] <nova> does that mean if I had just installed qt5-style-plugins, the default QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=gtk2 variable would have activated it?
[06:16] <Unit193> Yep.
[06:17] <nova> shouldn't it be included in xubuntu by default?
[06:18] <Unit193> 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] <nova> I don't think I installed ALL of qt
[06:21] <nova> I don't know...I installed VLC and skypeforlinux and notepadqq, and all were qt based, and they looked pretty fugly
[06:22] <Unit193> So, install qt5-style-plugins and they'll be fixed.
[06:23] <nova> ok i got that, and qt5ct too, should i remove the latter as it is not necessary?
[06:23] <Unit193> That'd be up to you, I believe it has more options than just what Xubuntu sets.
[06:24] <nova> it does
[06:24] <nova> but having a broke link in the xubuntu settings is jsut a tiny tiny bit irritating
[06:25] <nova> i can ignore it...if i had too..lol
[06:25] <Unit193> Or could fix that.
[06:26] <nova> oh right so setting it in /etc/X11/ will fix that?
[06:26] <nova> i see you mentioned when i export a variable in a terminal it only applies to that terminal
[06:26] <nova> I've only been tinkering with linux for 20 years..can you tell? lol
[06:27] <nova> still feel like a noob
[06:28] <nova> Thank you for the help again sir
[06:28] <nova> Still loving my Numix...I need to learn to use diff though
[06:28] <nova> make some patches like you did
[06:29] <Unit193> I simply modified the source package. :3
[06:29] <Unit193> diff -u file1.ext file2.ext  basically.
[06:29] <nova> will that account for everything in the numic folder recursively or do i need to do that per file?
[06:30] <nova> Numix folder**
[06:30] <Unit193> You can do it on a folder, recursivly, with -r
[06:30] <nova> i guess i wouldnt want to do it for every file that would be crazy
[06:31] <nova> cool ill have to give that a try in case they send out an update
[06:31] <nova> i neglected to give it a unique name
[06:31] <nova> i should probably do that too
[06:33] <nova> 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] <nova> It had a 32GB eMMC that was so full that it couldn't download the 8GB of updates it wanted to install.
[06:34] <pmjdebru1jn> common issue :)
[06:34] <Unit193> Ouch..
[06:35] <nova> problem solved...its so fast now..and 20GB still free
[06:48] <nova> OK that worked great thanks again Unit193
[12:08] <m00n_urn> 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] <diogenes_> m00n_urn, it has to be: none swap sw 0 0
[12:11] <diogenes_> so it's ok
[12:11] <m00n_urn> but usually swap is mounted someplace right?
[12:12] <diogenes_> m00n_urn, if you wanna know more about swap then check this out: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/swap
[12:59] <Spass> Arch Wiki is awesome, but remember that Ubuntu also has a good documentation https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq
[12:59] <Spass> we're on #xubuntu after all
[18:18] <aerozoic> wazup peeps! Anybody know how to make the audio work for intel cherry trail chipsets?
[18:19] <aerozoic> on 18.04.
[19:00] <xubuntu27i> hello!