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jubo2Ok. Thanks Dragnslcr and valorie for the info00:35
jubo2I'll do that now00:35
jubo2The md5sum matches00:37
jubo2.. so it is kind of weird the "check disk" utility that shows up in the GRUB menu of the USB stick says one file has an error... and doesn't bother to tell which one00:38
valorieseems like a bug to me00:38
valorieit should be checking not the usb but the disk where you are going to install00:39
valorieimo00:39
valorieand yes, obv. show what/where the trouble is00:39
jubo2AAAGGHHH! The trouble with used electronics. I just bought a otherwise nice laptop for 100€ for my friend whose laptop died.. but the Windows 10 activation is not permanent and will expire on 2019-01-0100:44
jubo2The seller was in the process of wiping her data from it via the very slow way so I just accepted it without being able to check the OS is in ok state and stuck it into my backpack while it was running the data erasing thingy00:45
geniiDoesn't sound like a Kubuntu support problem, jubo200:45
jubo2genii: yeah. sorry about that. Not my personal soapbox?00:45
geniihehe, mostly, yes00:45
jubo2looks like I can get an OEM CoA for 49€ and make an installer. The laptop did have 8GB RAM and I was prepared to pay the 100€ for it with only 4GB in it, so that almost evens out00:47
Dragnslcrvalorie- I think "check disk" is the old "Check Install Media" test, isn't it?01:32
DragnslcrFrom back when there was a not-so-small chance that burning the CD wouldn't be perfect01:33
kinghatif you do `ssh server` in krunner and it pops up with a pw field, then what? where am i connected? nothing popped up like terminal or something.01:41
geniiI vaguely remember warnings like "Burn CD at 1X to minimize the possibility of errors"01:42
valoriekinghat: I don't think I'd do that particular command in krunner without a terminal/konsole03:34
kinghatvalorie: what about "Open files, folders and devices" @ https://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/Krunner03:46
valoriewhat about it?03:47
valorieworks for almost everything03:47
valoriebut I've never ssh'd in anything but a konsole or terminal03:47
valorienot saying you *can't*03:48
valoriejust that I wouldn't03:48
kinghatwell im just asking because nothing came up03:48
kinghati figured it would just pop open a terminal.03:48
valorieI suppose there is a way to tell it to run a command in a term03:49
valoriebut .... dunno03:49
valorieI use yakuake with is available to me with one keyclick03:49
kinghatalso, i think krunner tgt words are borked for many of the extensions. i got spell check working by enabling and disabling it many times but no such luck for dictionary.03:49
valoriethe solution for problems like that is to file bug reports03:54
kinghatare you getting the same?03:55
kinghatyakuake looks interesting btw03:55
kinghatty for the tip03:55
valorienever tried it03:55
valoriesec03:55
kinghatdid you build/install it yourself? https://github.com/KDE/yakuake03:55
kinghator just get it from the repo?03:57
valoriefrom the repos04:06
valorieas always04:06
valorieI only build stuff for testing04:06
valorienot daily use04:07
kinghatwhoa yak is cool04:13
valorieyak?04:14
kinghatyakuake*04:14
valorieindeed!04:14
kinghatim not going to type that out everytime lol04:14
valorieyou can have multiple tabs too04:14
kinghatwould be cool if you could have a shortcut to expand it from its default height to 100% quickly and then back again.04:18
valoriemmm, don't think I would ever use that04:27
kinghatso you can take a peek above really quick. then back04:27
valoriepage up key work04:27
valories04:28
kinghatyou can move expand it down with alt+shift+down but it stays that way from what i can tell04:28
kinghatdoes yak autostart or do i have to set it to manually?04:29
kinghati didnt see it in the options anywhere04:29
valorieit always starts for me04:29
kinghatnice04:29
valoriedon't think I did anything special04:29
kinghatalso, did you remap your meta key to krunner?04:29
valorienope04:30
kinghator did you leave it set to action launcher?04:30
valoriealt+space is good04:30
kinghati think i may remap it to that04:30
valoriemeta key opens the kmenu04:30
kinghattrying to use the mouse less. my right shoulder is always killing me.04:31
kinghatya kmenu/application launcher*04:31
kinghat#6: https://zren.github.io/kde/yakuake/04:33
valoriehmmm, watch the date on that.....04:34
valoriehe bases something on kde304:35
valoriethat is a *long* time ago04:35
kinghatsure04:36
kinghatbut the idea is neat04:36
valorieagreed04:37
kinghatis it possible to have it go translucent when you click on a different window?04:38
kinghatlike if your on a website and you can move your mouse of it and click the web page, yak is still up but have it fade so you can see behind it?04:39
valorieyou might look at kwin rules for applications04:39
kinghatlike it could be set for just yak and not all apps?04:40
valorieright-click in the header of any plasma window to get those those special cases04:40
valoriemaybe any kde application too, dunno04:41
kinghatheh ya doesnt have a title bar.04:41
valorieyes, any kde application04:41
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valoriemore actions > special application settings04:42
kinghatno im saying yak doesnt have anything to right click on for those options04:43
kinghator maybe i dont know what youre talking about04:45
valorieANY kde application04:45
kinghatwait wait wait. my brain is mush. can we back up?04:46
valoriehmmm04:46
valorieit seems you do have to do that in the application you want to fiddle with04:46
kinghatare we still talking about when i click off of yak i want it to go translucent until i click back on it?04:46
valorieyes04:47
valoriedunno how to do that, however I know you can set translucency04:47
valoriebut as to whether you can have it in two states -- that I do not know04:47
valorieif you click away, it rolls up04:48
valoriebut when it rolls up it doesn't stop working04:48
kinghatya i have mine set to not roll up. but would be nice to have it got translucent when i click off it.04:48
valoriemaybe you can do that04:48
valoriedunno04:48
valorie#kde might know04:48
kinghathttps://usercontent.irccloud-cdn.com/file/lEgpfPXU/image.png04:49
valorieand there is #yakuake04:49
kinghatgot it working04:50
kinghatnice04:50
kinghathttps://usercontent.irccloud-cdn.com/file/pkfRs8sk/image.png04:52
kinghathttps://usercontent.irccloud-cdn.com/file/dnDvN0Jw/image.png04:52
valorieperfect!04:52
kinghattyvm for all the help and tips valorie! you are my night angel when the brain goes to mush!04:54
valorieheh04:54
valorieyou are welcome04:54
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jubo2Morning all10:23
jubo2What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a swap-file instead of a swap-disk10:24
lordievaderGood morning10:27
diogenes_jubo2, i don't see any advantage or disadvantage, i'd say that swap partition is somewaht more secure than the swap file10:27
lordievaderMain advantage, I think, is that a file is easier to move. That said, I don't like swap-files, this advantage fades away when using LVM.10:29
lordievaderAdditionally, swap-files are likely slower.10:29
jubo2ok, thanks for info lordievader and diogenes_10:29
jubo2I got a used laptop for Xmas gift... and it came with a Windows 10 that is gonna expire. My friend wants both Kubuntu and Win 10. Trying to figure out if I should install the Win 10 or the Kubuntu first10:30
jubo2both directions are feasible from what I'm reading/browsing10:31
lordievaderWindows 10 that is going to expire? Since when do those licenses expire?10:32
jubo2The current Windows has like gazillion partitions.. probably in order to make installing Linux very difficult. So I'm making a Win 10 installation media. For this I'm using the tool that MSFT provides. I also have the .iso-image I downloaded10:32
lordievaderAllways Windows first, Windows doesn't like Grub.10:32
lordievaderThis might be less true, now with UEFI.10:32
jubo2lordievader: It is activated using some corporate system with expiry time10:32
jubo2lordievader: from what I'm reading the Win 10 installer will nuke GRUB outta existence, but it can be fixed with a bootable Kubuntu stick10:33
lordievaderIt won't nuke it. It will override the bootsector part with its own bootloader (on BIOS systems, that is).10:34
jubo2you are right lordievader10:34
jubo2hmmm... win 10 installer wants to make 4 primary partitions and that is the max that the MBR can handle11:21
jubo2This https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/322695/more-than-4-partitions-with-ubuntu-windows-dual-boot suggests to either convert the main partition to en "extended partition" or to use GPT that supports 128 partitions. Which one should I do? Can I convert the main partition to an extended partition when I install Kubuntu after the Win 10 installation?11:23
jubo2Hold on.11:29
jubo2I think the disk is already using GPT since it had like 7 or 8 partitions11:29
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lordievaderjubo2: Does the laptop support uefi?11:52
BluesKajHowdy all12:29
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jubo2y013:49
jubo2got 8GB of RAM on this one laptop. How large to make the swapfile?13:50
jubo2I was thinking of 4GB, but then again most systems grind to a halt at around 2GB swap usage13:50
jubo2so maybe 3GB?13:50
BluesKajjubo2, how large is your / ?,  Make it a bit larger than /13:52
Tm_Tno13:52
jubo2I used the automatic resizing so / is the only partition for Kubuntu13:52
jubo2If one makes a small / and a big /home then the stuff that accumulates in /usr/local fills up the /13:53
Tm_Tjubo2: it all depends what you are doing with it, sometimes there's valid reason to have swap slightly bigger than your ram13:53
Tm_Tbut in general there shouldn't need for bigger swap than 4 GiB13:53
jubo2This will be just a laptop for my friend.. He mostly browses the web and streams media13:54
Tm_Tjubo2: hibernation in use? if yes, then swap needs to be at least the size of ram13:54
Tm_Tif not, then max 4 GiB I'd say13:55
Tm_Teven that might be excessive13:55
Tm_Tjubo2: you can also use this as reference https://itsfoss.com/swap-size/13:56
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jubo2Tm_T: Probably just sleep in RAM. He doesn't move much13:57
lordievaderWith 8Gb you might even consider not doing swap at all. But again, it depends on the usage.14:06
jubo2I would like to encourage my young friend to start to learn to code. Any suggestions what lang/IDE/whatevs to install?14:10
Tm_Tjubo2: https://grasshopper.codes14:12
lordievaderBlegh, JavaScript. I'd start with Python. It has a low entry level and can still be used when you are more 'advanced'.14:14
jubo2lordievader: yeah.. python is pretty cool14:15
jubo2I use it just to do calculations though14:15
Talltreehey guys, i have a problem configuring network printers... when the user specifies grayscale, it still prints in color. sure i can change the cups standard settings, but i would like to allow the user to specify the color mode...14:15
jubo2If appropriate software development is the task, my brain is just wired very badly for that14:15
DragnslcrI remember having that problem, too14:15
DragnslcrWhat program are you printing from?14:16
TalltreeDragnslcr: doesnt matter, every program has that error, firefox opera libreoffice writer, the pdf viewer14:16
DragnslcrIt might be this bug https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36875814:17
ubottuKDE bug 368758 in printing "Grayscale option ignored when generating print data for PDF document" [Normal,Unconfirmed]14:17
DragnslcrNot sure offhand if that only applies to PDF files and/or Okular14:17
DragnslcrPretty sure the workaround mentioned in that bug report (about "force rasterization") worked for me14:18
DragnslcrI have to head out. Hopefully that will work for you.14:19
Talltreethank you, i have to localize that setting into my language and find it to know for sure.14:20
jubo2Ok.. turns out the Kubuntu installer made a /swapfile of 2GB in size14:28
jubo2So I'm not going to mess with that14:28
jubo2most systems screech to a halt before they hit 2GB of swap usage anyways14:28
jubo2uh oh.. WIn 10 still thinks the C:\-partition is the size it was before resize. Not a Kubuntu problem.. I gonna search for a method to get the stupid Windows to realize the partition no longer is that size14:33
jubo2sorted14:42
jubo2Tm_T: I installed that Grasshopper on my phone. Gonna try to look at it at some point. Also installed Learn Python. If anyone has more suggestions for what things could help learn coding, keep 'em coming14:47
Talltreehttps://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=368758 confirmed for me, anyone know a method to make force rasterization the standard option?15:03
ubottuKDE bug 368758 in printing "Grayscale option ignored when generating print data for PDF document" [Normal,Unconfirmed]15:03
jubo2After mounting a ntfs partition with ntfs-config I'm seeing a negative disk usage with df. For some reason df sees the ntfs-partition to be the size it was before I resized it down to make way for Kubuntu15:09
jubo2this cannot be healthy15:09
Talltreesounds like a faulty drive15:10
jubo2Windows 10 sees the true size after I run some disk utility on it.. But looking from Kubuntu the NTFS-volume usage reads -139GB15:10
Talltreetry to repair the GPT table15:12
jubo2Talltree: how do I do that?15:14
Talltreehttp://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/repairing.html15:15
Talltreecould be the problem, i dunno tho, try it :D15:16
jubo2Uhh.. documentation from 201115:17
jubo2gparted sees the true size of the partition15:21
jubo2Everything seems to be in order in GPT, just df is seeing negative usage on the NTFS partition15:26
Talltreeno idea then.15:30
Captain_HaddockHi, I have gmail enabled in Firefox to send desktop notifications. This works well. However, how do I enable sound for these notifications? I do see the "Configure Event Notifications and Actions" dialog, but I don't see any entry for Firefox specifically.15:48
Captain_Haddock(I don't want sounds for all notification events.)15:48
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LinuxTorHi, I have Kubuntu 18.04 LTS. I want to upgrade to the latest version. I tried updating from Muon package manager but it fails. IS there any other way to update?23:53

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