| === brainwash_ is now known as brainwash | ||
| Unlimiter | Is it possible to create a new type of file that does different behavior and has different properties? | 12:36 |
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| diogenes_ | ? | 12:37 |
| Unlimiter | like, creating a special type of file | 12:37 |
| Unlimiter | that gets treated uniquely by the sys | 12:38 |
| diogenes_ | example? | 12:38 |
| Unlimiter | like the /dev/zero or /dev/null | 12:39 |
| Unlimiter | files | 12:39 |
| Unlimiter | like directories | 12:39 |
| Unlimiter | executables | 12:39 |
| Unlimiter | each one is treated differently | 12:39 |
| Unlimiter | by the system | 12:39 |
| diogenes_ | hmm no clue | 12:39 |
| xubert | I tried to *install* xubuntu to a USB drive so I could have "live persistent" installation, but I would only use it on my work computer, which I am not allowed to install anything on. | 16:15 |
| xubert | I used LVM, a configuration similar to http://www.techoism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/lsblk-1.png | 16:16 |
| xubert | I set the installation to put /boot on the usb drive and the usb drive to be bootable? (I cant remember the options exact wording) and the installation seemed to go ok | 16:17 |
| xubert | problem is, it wont boot. Is there some way I can use fdisk or something to make this usb drive boot? | 16:17 |
| brainwash | xubert: it won't boot or is not detected at all during boot? | 16:32 |
| xubert | brainwash: well, when I go to the computer boot menu it sees the drive, but I select the drive and it does nothing. | 17:43 |
| brainwash | xubert: no hints? | 17:44 |
| brainwash | just a black screen? | 17:44 |
| xubert | brainwash: whereas if i use a regular "vanilla" kubuntu it sees the drive and boots just fine | 17:44 |
| xubert | brainwash: but yeah, when I try to other one I made it just blinks and goes back to the bios boot menu | 17:45 |
| xubert | no, no hanging or black screen per se it like i am trying to boot from something unbootable and it bounces me back to the bios boot menu | 17:45 |
| xubert | I'm on a win machine now but downloaded this free partition wizard jsut so i could look at my "setup" | 17:46 |
| brainwash | not really sure where to go from there | 17:46 |
| brainwash | without any useful hint | 17:47 |
| xubert | it seems that the usb drive id is not boot and the partitions are gpt (as opposed to primary... though i am not wholly sure what that means) | 17:47 |
| xubert | nope, no hints no errors etc | 17:47 |
| brainwash | I suggest asking in #ubuntu | 17:47 |
| xubert | i got more from using the partition program to look at it than i did from feedback/hints/errors trying to boot | 17:48 |
| xubert | ah ok, will head over there and see if they have any thoughts. perhaps if i take a screen shot of what hte parition program is showing me that will give a bit more helpful info to someone who knows what they are talking about... cause I certainly dont :) | 17:49 |
| rabbit-in-the-ti | Hello! I need help with a display issue. For no reason the windows do not have the upper right hand corners controls (maximize / minimize). Does not show desktop 'in back of' windows either. | 19:04 |
| diogenes_ | rabbit-in-the-ti, but does it have the decorations? around windows? | 19:06 |
| rabbit-in-the-ti | Hello diogenes. (We have met before). No decorations either before or now. Or I do not know what is a decoration. | 19:07 |
| rabbit-in-the-ti | It does properly show the toolbars at top. | 19:08 |
| diogenes_ | gotta screenshot? | 19:08 |
| rabbit-in-the-ti | Working on it. | 19:09 |
| rabbit-in-the-ti | Sorry Diogenes. Either I have forgotten how to use Ubuntu Pastebin or there is otherwise something wrong. I copy my screenshot to the clipboard (or save to desktop) but nothing seems to happen when I click paste. | 19:17 |
| diogenes_ | rabbit-in-the-ti, upload it to imgur.com | 19:18 |
| rabbit-in-the-ti | OK. | 19:19 |
| rabbit-in-the-ti | https://imgur.com/a/4QispL6 | 19:20 |
| rabbit-in-the-ti | Try that. | 19:21 |
| diogenes_ | ok | 19:24 |
| diogenes_ | you got no decorations at all | 19:24 |
| rabbit-in-the-ti | I guess not. | 19:24 |
| diogenes_ | what distro and window manager you're using | 19:24 |
| rabbit-in-the-ti | distro 14.04 (I think it was you who helped me get from 16 point something down here due to the paltry resources of my old laptop. Where do I find the windows manager name/number? | 19:25 |
| rabbit-in-the-ti | 14.04 is Xubuntu | 19:26 |
| diogenes_ | rabbit-in-the-ti, run in terminal: xfwm4 --replace | 19:26 |
| rabbit-in-the-ti | Sorry, xfwm4 --replace goes nowhere...however, I do have the window manager open from the whisker menu... I think it is xfce » xfwm4 » 4.10 | 19:30 |
| diogenes_ | rabbit-in-the-ti, what happened when you typed in terminal: xfwm4 --replace and hit enter? | 19:31 |
| rabbit-in-the-ti | By goes nowhere I mean, it made the display flash very briefly, and then nothing after in the terminal. | 19:31 |
| diogenes_ | but did the decorations appear? | 19:31 |
| rabbit-in-the-ti | YESS!! Thank you! | 19:32 |
| diogenes_ | :) that's not the end of the story | 19:33 |
| diogenes_ | i'll give you some more commands | 19:33 |
| rabbit-in-the-ti | Now the desktop appears properly behind the windows also. Your commands are my wish! | 19:33 |
| rabbit-in-the-ti | (Ready) | 19:33 |
| diogenes_ | run: cat ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml | nc termbin.com 9999 | 19:34 |
| diogenes_ | you gonna get a link in terminal | 19:34 |
| diogenes_ | share that link here | 19:34 |
| rabbit-in-the-ti | Can I copy this command? (I am a notoriously bad typer. Control + c? | 19:35 |
| diogenes_ | ctrl+_alt+c | 19:36 |
| diogenes_ | i mean | 19:36 |
| diogenes_ | ctrl+alt+v to paste | 19:36 |
| diogenes_ | but copy with ctrl+v | 19:36 |
| diogenes_ | dammin | 19:36 |
| diogenes_ | ctrl+c | 19:36 |
| diogenes_ | to paste to terminal you hit: ctrl+shift+v | 19:37 |
| diogenes_ | to copy from terminal: ctrl+shift+c | 19:38 |
| rabbit-in-the-ti | https://termbin.com/v0o1 | 19:38 |
| diogenes_ | now run: cp /etc/xdg/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml | 19:39 |
| diogenes_ | tell me when done | 19:40 |
| rabbit-in-the-ti | I get nothing. Did I not put the proper space before the command? | 19:41 |
| diogenes_ | you got nothing it means the command went ok | 19:42 |
| diogenes_ | with no errors | 19:42 |
| diogenes_ | so that's normal | 19:42 |
| diogenes_ | now run: cat ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml | nc termbin.com 9999 | 19:42 |
| diogenes_ | and share the link again | 19:42 |
| rabbit-in-the-ti | https://termbin.com/8z85 | 19:42 |
| diogenes_ | all seems ok, now go ahead and reboot and it should be ok | 19:43 |
| rabbit-in-the-ti | Thank you one billion, once again. You are a demi-god! (There is a terrible movie which they used to show on kids TV shows called the Boy and the Pirate. There is a scene where the time traveling boy takes a book of matches from his pocket and lights one for Black Beard the pirate. Black Beard proclaims "witch craft". Truly, poorly understood technology can seem magic to the uninitiated. | 19:45 |
| rabbit-in-the-ti | Yours and thanks once more. | 19:45 |
| rabbit-in-the-ti | P. | 19:46 |
| rabbit-in-the-ti | Rebooting now. | 19:46 |
| xubuntu36i | Just installing xubuntu. Does it come with CH340 Drivers for clone arduino? | 22:15 |
| pjotter | Hi people. I'm having a problem with mousepad which I can't seem to get fixed. When I open a textfile on a mounted NAS and edit it in mousepad, the first time I save it everything is fine. Then when I proceed editing and try to save it again I get a message that the document has been modified externally and I need to affrim I want to save it. This is weird because I am the only one editing te file. | 22:51 |
| pjotter | I tried other editors and they seem to work just fine. It's just an issue with mousepad only. | 22:51 |
| pjotter | When I edit the permissions for the file and set the permission for others to read/write, the problem is solved. | 22:52 |
| pjotter | Does anyone know what might be going on with mousepad here? | 22:53 |
| === chmurifree is now known as chmuri | ||
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