[05:33] <nikolam> Am I wrong or I can't put the path in file system to load files anymore (like in File>Open dialogue) ??
[05:33] <nikolam> I am on 18.04 Xubuntu
[05:34] <well_laid_lawn> in thunar ?
[05:34] <nikolam> Why would anyone remove such a useful thing, like full file path when loading files? Is it Xfce thing, Thunar thing or Xubuntu thing?
[05:34] <nikolam> Like in Firefox or any other app, when I invoke to open file, default system requester opens, and it lacks full path to paste in to find a file
[05:40] <diogenes_> nikolam, i didn't get what you lack.
[05:42] <nikolam> I lack ability to paste PATH to file I want to open. Like I have opened /home/username/Documents/ in a windows and there is 'file' in it.  And when I do File>Open in any application, file selection appears, and I can not just paste "/home/username/Documents/" in it to seleft file, but I need to browse to file every time in that File>Open dialogue.
[05:42] <nikolam> That option is now fully missing in Xubuntu, and is present in any other OS since forever.
[05:43] <nikolam> It is a bug waste of time and i am wondering if lacking of full path line in File Open dialogue on Xubuntu is about Xubuntu, about Xfce or about something else
[05:44] <nikolam> If path to the file is more complicated then I waste much time instead of just Copy/paste path to it's dir, when opening it.
[05:44] <nikolam> diogenes_, Did you get it now?
[09:08] <a_dinosaur_> hey guys
[09:08] <a_dinosaur_> I'm trying to figure out how to modify my touchpad settings, and setup a key to toggle it
[09:09] <a_dinosaur_> looks like there's a lot of different ways des handle touchpad input though, and I'm not sure what xubuntu 18.04 is using, or how to check
[09:10] <a_dinosaur_> if I can get the touchpad to behave like it did when I tried gnome shell/mate that would be sweet
[09:20] <well_laid_lawn> a_dinosaur_:  try looking at   man synclient
[09:21] <a_dinosaur_> so it's safe to say xubuntu is using synaptic?
[09:21] <well_laid_lawn> all touchpad settings are fron synaptics
[09:21] <well_laid_lawn> it's the interface
[09:21] <a_dinosaur_> gotcha
[09:21] <well_laid_lawn> cheers
[09:22] <a_dinosaur_> apparently some des are phasing syn out, or not using it at all, so I wasn't sure
[09:22] <well_laid_lawn> I don't know what a des is ...
[09:23] <a_dinosaur_> my bad, I meant DEs as in Desktop Environments
[09:24] <well_laid_lawn> I haven't come across an alternative to synaptics
[09:25] <a_dinosaur_> apparently libinput is used by gnome and some derivs nowadays
[09:25] <a_dinosaur_> that's just a guess from the bits of info I've seen around
[09:25] <a_dinosaur_> truth be told it's been ages since I ran linux with a gui
[09:26] <a_dinosaur_> aight so I'm trying synclient TouchpadOff=1
[09:26] <a_dinosaur_> which doesn't seem to have any effect
[09:26] <a_dinosaur_> when I run synclient -l it's correctly set to 1
[09:26] <xubuntu41i> hey guys
[09:28] <well_laid_lawn> a_dinosaur_:  try checking the X log to see if the synaptics driver is what's being used
[09:28] <knome> xubuntu41i, hello
[09:30] <a_dinosaur_> yeah just trying to figure that out now
[09:31] <a_dinosaur_> fwiw most of the mouse settings in xfce4-settings don't actually change anything
[09:31] <a_dinosaur_> so maybe it's using the wrong driver?
[09:34] <a_dinosaur_> Looking thru the xorg logs, libinput is being used for pretty much everything except the touchpad
[09:35] <a_dinosaur_> the touchpad is using synaptics
[09:35] <a_dinosaur_> and it even says it's explicitly ignoring a libinput rule on the touchpad, because it's using a different driver
[09:36] <a_dinosaur_> wonder why synaptic is ignoring settings then
[09:38] <a_dinosaur_> actually, it's applying some libinput rules before synaptics is loaded
[09:47] <a_dinosaur_> I'm gonna try some things that will require me to reboot
[09:57] <a_dinosaur> I've tried removing synaptic, just to see what would happen
[09:57] <a_dinosaur> and yeah it's using libinput for the touchpad now
[09:58] <a_dinosaur> xfce4-mouse-settings seems to be the same old story
[09:58] <a_dinosaur> swapping mouse buttons, reversing scroll direction all works. Adjusting accel and sensitiviy does nothing
[10:06] <a_dinosaur> aight, so from what I'm gathering libinput is the so-called "way to the future"
[10:06] <a_dinosaur> but the switch has broken a lot of configurators that expected just... plain xinput I guess?
[11:22] <xubuntu18i> hello gus
[11:22] <xubuntu18i> *guys
[11:30] <knome> xubuntu18i, hello
[13:24] <christalleras> Hey, I have dual monitor set up with a normal monitor and a Wacom Cintiq drawing display, and I have problems figuring how to turn off that the pen is controlling the cursor on two monitors. What do I do to make it so it only controls the cursor on the cintiq. Thanks in advance. :)
[15:51] <christalleras> Please notify me if there comes an answer
[15:52] <diogenes_> ?
[16:12] <christalleras> to the question I asked before that Diogenes
[16:14] <diogenes_> ppl come and go so once in a while u have to repeat it
[16:22] <christalleras> Yeah
[18:01] <Guy__> Anyone know how to get video thumbnails working?
[18:02] <diogenes_> Guy__, what exactly? you got no thumnails?
[18:03] <steve3245> Guy__, do you have the xubuntu-restricted-extras package installed already? (if you know)
[18:03] <Guy__> A bunch of file types, mainly mkv, don’t have proper thumbnails. They’re green for whatever reason. I used to use a fix that involved changing the.
[18:03] <Guy__> The .thumbnailer files, but I can’t get that to work as of 18.04
[18:04] <Guy__> I’ll download that package now and report back
[18:07] <diogenes_> i've found an mkv and thumbnail is ok
[18:08] <steve3245> I'm on 16.04LTS.... system is up-to-date. Went to install something from the "software" application (gnome-software) and it just won't load at all....anyone have similar experiences?
[18:09] <diogenes_> steve3245, yes it's not that great better try synaptic
[18:09] <diogenes_> works as swiss knife
[18:10] <steve3245> Yes I usually never use it unless i want to look up some big graphical application with lots of dependencies
[18:10] <steve3245> it just won't open at all now.... i tried strace on it but i can't tell what it's trying to do
[18:17] <Guy__> Well, it just boots to a black screen now. I’ve even tried reinstalling it twice and still nothing. Very strange as I never had problems with an AMD gpu on 17.10
[18:22] <Guy__> Just booted after several minutes, took so long due to snapd.service, any ideas?
[18:24] <diogenes_> Guy__, do you use snap?
[18:24] <Guy__> It’s a fresh install, so no.
[18:24] <diogenes_> sudo purge snap*
[18:25] <Guy__> Thanks, I’ll,give it a go
[18:25] <diogenes_> that the first thing i always do
[18:25] <diogenes_> after fresh installation