[00:02] <Jj> Greetings fellow *ubuntu users, it's safe uninstalling "mugshot"?
[00:03] <JackFrost> Yeah, it's just for setting avatars and whatnot.
[00:03] <Jj> Thank you!
[01:55] <Alvaro-Chile> Hola alguien en español?
[02:02] <Alvaro-Chile> Hola alguien en español?
[14:23] <kubast2> what could cause a "Scratchy" sound on an audio jack?
[14:23] <kubast2> it happens at times when I open a new tab in firefox
[14:23] <kubast2> I haven't had it happen on kubuntu, so I thought it is some pulseaudio unrelated issue
[14:24] <bodiccea> Only when you do this ?
[14:24] <kubast2> yes it happens at random when I open a new tab and go to some site
[14:24] <kubast2> it doesn't happen every time I use firefox
[14:25] <bodiccea> And only for firefox ?
[14:25] <kubast2> I don't use other browsers and no it doesn't happen with mpv or vlc
[14:25] <kubast2> nor with some unrelated irc action
[14:28] <bodiccea> Strange. Do you have a plugin which tries to make a sound when opening a new tab ?
[14:29] <kubast2> nope I just have the openh264 plugin that's about it
[14:29] <kubast2> and I doubt ublock origin extension does something like this
[14:30] <diogenes_> bodiccea, are you the queen of celts?
[14:31] <bodiccea> Hum. strange. Firefox does not access audio normally when opening a new tab. You may try restarting in safe mode, just for a quick test
[14:31] <bodiccea> diogenes_: Queen of the Iceni ;-)
[14:32] <diogenes_> i knew that :)
[14:33] <diogenes_> what if you try a different browser to see if you get the same behaviour
[14:33] <kubast2> Yeah I will see
[14:37] <bodiccea> To restart FF in safe mode (temporarily) go to the right menu (the 3 horizontal lines icon), then "help", then "restart with addons disabled"
[14:42] <kubast2> it doesn't happen right now, I checked dmesg for recent messages but there was nothing in there, maybe it happens during long idle periods
[15:00] <bodiccea> Try to restart with no addons when it happens again (and also try another browser, opening the same tabs), and come back then ;-)
[16:17] <arec> hi, after upgrading to 18.10 pulseaudio hasn't an output-device anymore. I tried to purge and reinstall pulseaudio but with no success.
[16:47] <arec> i purged now alsa-base as well, after an alsa force-reload if have my audio-device back until i reboot, but after a reboot I have to force-reload alsa again.
[16:48] <Kumool> ah pulseaudio
[16:48] <Kumool> bane of everyone's existence
[16:48] <arec> to sad that there aren't any proper alternatives
[17:09] <Kumool> arec: to be honest IDK why pulseaudio even exist, but anyway i'll try to help, so what does { systemctl status | grep pulseaudio } output?
[17:10] <arec> https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/gnDt9VMdGv/
[17:11] <Kumool> ossv4 does everything that pulseaudio does
[17:11] <arec> well, it's working (for now) after i force-reloaded alsa
[17:11] <arec> should I reboot?
[17:12] <Kumool> mine is just 5905 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog
[17:12] <Kumool> no no, you can probably just kill everything
[17:12] <arec> probably you dont have an inidicator in your panel?
[17:13] <Kumool> I do
[17:14] <arec> if i kill pulseaudio, it will autospawn again and have a device and plays sound
[17:15] <Kumool> try {pulseaudio --kill;pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog}
[17:16] <Kumool> also pulseaudio --dump-conf | pastebinit
[17:17] <Kumool> it doesn't need to --daemonize=no if its properly configured
[17:18] <arec> first command doesn't change anything (except the pid of course)
[17:18] <arec> https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/3vsDZVdncb/
[17:21] <arec> the internet said i should remove timidity-daemon, but i haven't have it installed
[17:21] <Kumool> arec: can you ask in #ubuntu
[17:23] <arec> I found just this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1801538
[17:23] <arec> ill try and ask otherwise in #ubuntu. hopefully they will not forward me to here :D
[17:24] <arec> thanks for your help!
[17:24] <Kumool> nah, never
[17:24] <Kumool> hey I tried :)
[17:26] <Kumool> lol, just /join #ubuntu
[17:26] <Kumool> arec:
[17:26] <arec> disableing timidity-service seems to work, but I think this shouldn't be the perfect solution
[17:26] <Kumool> i thought you didn't have it installed
[17:27] <arec> timidity-package is installed. otherwhere it where suggested to remove timidity-daemon, which i haven't installed
[17:27] <Kumool> ah
[17:27] <Kumool> do you need timidity?
[17:28] <arec> tbh i'm not sure
[17:29] <Kumool> try removing it, unless you're playing midi files or connecting a midi instrument I don't think it's necessary
[17:29] <Kumool> if you are then you might need a solution
[17:29] <Kumool> i still think you should /join #ubuntu
[17:30] <arec> I'm not sure if any game need it
[17:30] <Kumool> don't have to leave the channel btw
[17:30] <arec> I haven't left the channel, I reboot ;)
[17:30] <Kumool> ah
[17:31] <arec> i cannot join #ubuntu
[17:32] <arec> they are forwarding me to #ubuntu-unregged, even after i have registered my nick
[17:32] <Kumool> ah
[17:32] <Kumool> nevermind then
[17:35] <Kumool> pacmd list-source-outputs | pastebinit
[17:36] <arec> 0 source output(s) available.
[17:36] <arec> but now i have sound output
[17:37] <Kumool> pacmd info then
[17:38] <arec> https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/SFJJ3nwW8Q/
[17:39] <arec> ah, now i can join ubuntu, i had to mail-verify my account
[17:44] <arec> I'll ask them how I have to configure timidity properly.
[17:44] <Kumool> don't ask that, ask your first question and paste that last pastebin
[17:45] <Kumool> i don't timidity is the problem
[17:46] <Kumool> however i don't have it installed, if you want just remove it
[17:49] <arec> timidity can work with nice soundfonts which makes midis sounds much better
[17:50] <Kumool> did you try to remove timidity to see if it actually is the problem?
[17:50] <arec> The problem disappeared after disabling the timidity service
[17:51] <Kumool> ah
[17:51] <arec> as i wrote above ;)
[17:53] <Kumool> https://askubuntu.com/questions/822303/timidity-and-pulse-audio-playback
[17:54] <arec> i think this references to the timidity application, not to the midi playback service, or im wrong?
[18:06] <Kumool> no clue, anyway i'm giving up, also you can select soundfonts in audacious amidi plugin, I'm sure other players as well
[18:06] <arec> yes, but this will not work in openttd
[18:06] <arec> thank for your help, at least i have sound now after stating my system
[18:07] <arec> about this timidity-think i'll try to figure out more. at least we have narrowed the problem to that
[18:07] <arec> but probably you are right and the working sound after diableing timidity is just a side-effect of a deeper problem
[18:09] <Kumool> I do not have 18.10 so I can't check to see if its reproducible, you're better off notifying in #ubuntu that the timidity service in 18.10 disables output devices
[18:10] <Kumool> if you make it sound urgent, someone might actually help :P
[18:10] <arec> yes, I'm trying, but for now nobody responsed to my questions
[18:22] <Kumool> arec: and that's how you ask a question :)
[18:22] <Kumool> arec: try out Ioria's suggestion
[18:23] <Kumool> arec: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/timidity#Daemon
[18:24] <Kumool> let me know how it goes, off to eat!
[18:24] <arec> i'm trying, but it seems not enables midimusic again... im try to figure out where there problem is
[18:35] <xubuntu96w> I had a unexpected shutdown. My battery was running out and the computer shut down. Is all ok or will there be some files corrupted ?
[18:35] <Kumool> bahahaha
[18:35] <Kumool> everything is fine
[18:36] <Kumool> xubuntu96w: depends on your filesystem
[18:37] <Kumool> xubuntu96w: if you were using a text editor, vim tends to keep a backup of everything you write as well
[18:37] <Kumool> in case of that
[18:37] <Kumool> xubuntu96w: you should however configure xfce-power-manager to go to sleep when the battery goes into critical status and so on
[18:38] <xubuntu96w> I dont work with anything.. I change battery, it needed to be uncharged before first use and i forget to turn it off manually.
[18:39] <xubuntu96w> In windows files can be corrupted.. that is why i ask... But linux is another thing i guess.
[18:39] <Kumool> they can be corrupted as well
[18:39] <Kumool> but whenever you boot fsck auto launches
[18:40] <Kumool> and does a file integrity check and fixes if it finds errors
[18:41] <xubuntu96w> Are there any log i can chec for that ?
[18:41] <xubuntu96w> *check
[18:41] <Kumool> arec: did you end up uninstalling a soundfont when you uninstalled timidity?
[18:42] <xubuntu96w> All works fine anyway.
[18:42] <Kumool> xubuntu96w: you can check /var/log/syslog to see boot system messages
[18:42] <Kumool> xubuntu96w: if you are in a laptop install laptop mode tools
[18:44] <arec> Kumool: yes i unistalled but reinstalled also
[18:46] <arec> the missing midi sound seems to be an openttd-related problem
[18:48] <Kumool> openttd has a channel in fnode i think
[18:48] <Kumool> never used it, i think you need to have the data files so
[18:51] <arec> yes, i found the channel and have the data files
[18:52] <xubuntu96w> Kumool: When all works as normal and no error messages then all is ok ? What will you do use it and dont care anymore ?
[18:59] <xubuntu96w> I guess all is ok.. thank you..
[19:00] <Kumool> ??
[19:00] <Kumool> yes, don't care about it and move on
[19:01] <Kumool> however, you should always have a backup in places, the hdd might fry or mobo or w\e
[19:07] <Kumool> put a bunch of printf statements on your program
[19:07] <Kumool> woops
[23:17] <puff> Hi.  I'm trying to figure out how to set the login screen background.  I tried the lightdm greeter app, but when I logged out and logged back in, it still showed the old login screen.  I tried editing lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf and yeah, it already has the path to the image I selected.
[23:17] <puff> Could it be a problem with the image being in a personal user account?  Do I have to stick it in /usr/share somewhere, or something?