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DuncanDodisplay options in settings00:00
DuncanDoI think00:00
azxi've gotten the bottom bar bigger, but the text and the gui of apps are still tiny00:00
azxok thanks checking it out now!00:00
DuncanDoazx, settings->display and Monitor->Scale Display00:02
DuncanDoazx, how many monitors do you have?00:03
DuncanDoI mean hooked up to your computer right now?00:03
azxi have two connected,00:03
DuncanDoah ok00:03
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azxone is my tv, the other is my monitor00:03
DuncanDoazx, I wrote a small program that allows anyone to run windows screensaver when idle on linux (but it only works with 1 monitor)00:04
DuncanDojust wondering00:04
azxAh, i usually just turn off my display when not in use00:09
azxis there a way to get icons like on windows, without bars and text next to them ?00:10
azxin the trey00:10
DuncanDoprobably00:10
DuncanDohold on00:10
azxit looks like i got an icons only task manager widget figured out00:12
azxhopefully it functions the same as windows :)00:13
DuncanDome 200:13
DuncanDo:)00:13
azxwhen i maximize and minimize applications they animate torward the upper left , how do i change these animations?00:15
azxi remember playing around with it a loong time ago00:15
azxlast time i had running kde00:15
DuncanDoI recently switched to kde (I didn't like the eyecandy of previous versions from years ago)00:16
azxyeah, i very much disliked the old kde00:17
DuncanDothey used to have dinosaurs or something..00:17
DuncanDoit was just odd00:17
DuncanDoazx, https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1225178/00:21
azxhow do i check which version of kubuntu i have installed?00:23
azxthanks, nice wallpaper will definitely try it out00:23
azxis it a whole theme or just the paper?00:23
DuncanDothe theme is helium, that's just the wallpaper00:23
azxi had this thing telling me i have to install proprietary drivers to get everything functioning correctly ,i have an nvidia gtx 1060 so that may have something to do with it00:24
azxon my last apt-get upgrade it was telling me noveu packages might be missing00:24
azxwhich i know has to do with nvidia00:24
azxdue to countless hours messing around in arch linux in the past00:25
DuncanDoazx, search for about system from the taskbar00:25
DuncanDo"About System"00:25
azxGreat thanks! looks like i'm runnung kubuntu 18.1000:26
IrcsomeBot1<Duong Ngo> Hi! I'm using Kubuntu 18.10, KDE 5.15 beta, before upgrading, my Chomre title bar has dark color of KDE, but then it become all white like this, pretty annoying to see and distinguish opening tab. Is there anyway to change that?00:58
IrcsomeBot1<Duong Ngo> (Photo, 1920x1038) https://irc-attachments.kde.org/L2cuU30z/file_13398.jpg00:58
OerHeksduong ngo, i think you have enabled 'system title bar and borders' in settings01:01
Roey{-I can see it in ALSAmixer but not in KDE audio volume or in PAVUControl.01:28
Roey{-*see the volume01:28
azxHey so when i change settings and pin icons and etc they don't persist02:08
azxis there something i need to enter to save settings02:08
azxmaybe as simple as not forcing shut down, and instead using the shut down button02:09
azxlet me try it right now, it'll be a hard habbit to break02:09
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lordievaderGood morning07:41
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BluesKajHi folks13:03
DuncanDoBluesKaj,13:06
DuncanDohey13:06
BluesKajHi DuncanDo13:07
DuncanDoyay13:08
BluesKajyay ?13:08
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Jussiwhat is the current live usb creator for kubuntu?14:36
BluesKajHi Jussi, usb-creator-kde14:37
BluesKajI just use dd14:37
JussiBluesKaj: Im not as 1337 as you :P :P :P14:39
* Jussi hugs BluesKaj14:39
BluesKaj:-)14:40
mparilloI use dd, but I am afraid enough that I will up-arrow a hundred times rather than type it again.14:41
BluesKajHi mparillo, yeah I'm the same14:42
KrionzI did some updates and installed some programs on my Kubuntu system and I did a reboot and now I got straight to emergency mode.18:37
BluesKajKrionz, try the recovery kernels in grub18:42
KrionzI can get them to load it gives me same error but when I press enter I can select 4 options18:49
BluesKajKrionz, can you get to vt/tty F2-F6 and login and run an update and upgrade ?18:50
BluesKajctl+alt+F2-F618:51
KrionzBoot into recovery then do that or?18:51
BluesKajyes, or the main kernel/default18:52
KrionzLet me see18:52
KrionzSo do I do it right when I press enter?18:54
BluesKajwhen18:55
KrionzAll im getting when I do that all I get is a  blinking underline and nothing happens18:55
BluesKajctl+alt +F2?18:56
KrionzYeah I saw Kubuntu and then as I did it just blinking underline18:57
KrionzI normally see the Kubuntu logo it sits there and then goes into emergency mode I get a root@pcname when I press enter if I let it go that far18:57
BluesKajif you see kubuntu then let it run18:58
KrionzOkay it then goes into emergency mode after loading for a bit18:58
BluesKajok then  run the update/upgrade at the oot@pcname prompt18:59
KrionzOkay ill try that and then just try a reboot?18:59
BluesKajwell, if there are any updates/upgrades19:00
BluesKajthen reboot19:00
azxHey guys, i have a dual boot windows and kubuntu install19:00
azxi'm trying to install grub, but it's telling me there isn't a bios partition to install it to19:01
azxchecking the partitions, the first 3 are windows based ,windows recovery, efi system bootloader, and microsoft reserved19:01
inspectorcluseauazx has been geting the run around in ##linux19:02
azxhow can i create the bios boot partition? can i delete these, or maybe move the windows bootloader partition to the beginning of disk and delete it19:02
KrionzWhen I do apt-get update it says failed to fetch "url" as if I have no network access19:02
BluesKajazx, install it to /dev/sda or where ever the linux / partition is19:02
azxi did, it tells me that there is no bios boot partition to install to19:02
azxohh19:02
azxthe / partition?19:02
azxalright let me try it out19:02
BluesKajthe boot into kubuntu and run sudo update-grub19:03
BluesKajthen19:03
BluesKajazx, the root linux parttion will be the /dev/sda or some such, depends what its named19:04
azxyeah19:04
azxhttps://pastebin.com/uJA57xYj19:04
azxmy boot drive is19:04
azxDisk /dev/nvme0n119:05
azxwhen i do grub-install to that boot disk19:05
BluesKajleave out the 119:05
azxwell if your referring to the partitioning, they append p1 p2 p3 for the partitions19:06
azxso if i want to install directly to the disk it would be Disk /dev/nvme0n119:06
azxand then nvme0n1p1 for partition 119:06
azxso i left the p1 out19:06
BluesKajyes19:06
azxand i get https://pastebin.com/fL6TcY5y19:06
azxso i need to create the bios partition marked as ufi in the beginning of disk19:07
KrionzBluesKaj, apt-get update doesn't work it acts like I dont have net access19:07
azxbut the problem is i have these three microsoft reserved partitions19:07
azxin the way19:07
BluesKajuefi or legacy bios?19:09
BluesKajKrionz, is this a laptop? if so use an ethernet connection if possible19:10
KrionzBluesKaj, Its a desktop with ethernet. The root@pcname has most commands missing and recovery is not working properly I tried to enable networking in recovery and it said networking.service No such file or directory.19:13
BluesKajazx, are you using uefi or legacy bios?19:13
BluesKajKrionz, sudo systemctl enable network-manager then sudo systemctl start network-manager19:15
KrionzOk19:15
KrionzBluesKaj, I did that and everything went black for a second I saw the kubuntu logo again and it sat there for a few and then it went to emergency mode again so I tried apt-get update and it still does not have network access.19:22
BluesKajKrionz, which kubuntu version?19:23
KrionzBluesKaj, it is 18.10 64-bit19:24
BluesKaj!nomodeset | Krionz19:27
ubottuKrionz: A common kernel (boot)parameter is nomodeset, which is needed for some graphic cards that otherwise boot into a black screen or show corrupted splash screen. See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132 on how to use this parameter19:27
BluesKajazx, recommed you ask in #ubuntu chat about installing grub if you're running uefi mode19:30
BluesKajazx, I'm not as well versed on uefi as I should be. There are some expertsat the # ubuntu chat  who can help you19:31
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deusexmachinahey, I can't get the iso on a usb19:32
deusexmachinait says it can't create symbolic links and then when I try to boot it, it won't find the filesystem and gives me a busybox shell, what should I do?19:32
BluesKajdeusexmachina, did you unmoubt the usb before copying the image to it?19:33
BluesKajerr unmount19:33
deusexmachinaWell, I copied the files over mounted, and I unmounted+dd'd it, no luck with either attempt19:39
deusexmachinaI know if I use unetbootin it will work, I've used that before as a workaround, but I feel like I shouldn't need to use it19:39
KrionzWell nothing seems to work oh well. It was still a pretty fresh install ill just make a new bootable drive with fresh image and start over. Thanks for the help anyways BluesKaj.19:42
BluesKajdeusexmachina, I have to ask even though you seem like a  knowledgeable user, did you format the usb to fat32 ?19:42
deusexmachinayes, fat32 correct19:43
deusexmachinait fails to create some symbolic links when copying19:43
BluesKajKrionz, have you considered using separate / and /home partitions. it saves lot of work19:44
BluesKajdeusexmachina,  why the symbolic links?19:45
deusexmachinaBluesKaj, not sure, i tried copying with cp as well as using pcmanfm and they both gave me the error that they couldn't make them19:46
OerHekscopying the contents of the iso? that is not how you should do it..19:46
BluesKajdeusexmachina, have you tried dd ?19:47
BluesKajor usb-creator-kde19:48
KrionzBluesKaj That is how my system is19:48
BluesKajthat won't work ...it has to be a bootable image19:49
BluesKajon the usb19:49
deusexmachinai tried dd19:49
deusexmachinait wouldn't boot19:50
BluesKajis your uefi/bios set to boot a usb19:51
deusexmachinayes, the usb boots grub, and even starts booting linux, but then it can't find the filesystem of the live media19:51
deusexmachinai'll try usb-creator-kde as suggested19:51
BluesKajit should boot into live session19:52
deusexmachinausing usb-creator, will report back19:55
deusexmachinausb-creator worked20:00
BluesKajgood20:00
deusexmachinaI used the gtk version since I'm on lubuntu right now, instead of the kde version. now live usb boots perfectly20:00
BluesKajcool20:00
deusexmachinathank you20:00
BluesKajglad it's working for you deusexmachina :-)20:01
KrionzBluesKaj, what could be a good way to backup my entire Linux system? I am going to redo Kubuntu and I want to create a clone of it daily or something. I do this on my Macs with carbon copy cloner but that is Mac only.20:09
deusexmachinayou could set up rsync on a cron timer20:10
deusexmachinaI forget how though, but rsync is good for regular backups20:10
KrionzWill it make the backup bootable? Or is it just for files?20:11
deusexmachinafiles20:11
deusexmachinarsync only copies files that have changed, so it's efficient20:12
BluesKaj!clonezilla20:13
BluesKajhmm20:13
BluesKaj!info clonezilla20:13
ubottuclonezilla (source: clonezilla): bare metal backup and recovery of disk drives. In component universe, is extra. Version 3.27.16-2 (bionic), package size 754 kB, installed size 2915 kB20:13
BluesKajmight be overkill20:14
KrionzIll look at it thanks!20:14
BluesKajdepends what you want to backup20:16
KrionzOn my Mac I do a full system backup image hourly and over time it erases old images.20:17
azxhad some issues with kubuntu, when i went to put in my password to login to my desktop it wouldn't focus on the password box20:42
azxeven when i clicked on it, i couldn't enter my pass20:42
azxi had to force shut down the pc20:42
azxi tried replugging my keyboard, everything20:42
azxit must be a bug20:42
azxi tried the virtual keyboard as well, nothing20:43
azxbecause the password box wouldn't focus20:43
azxi let the computer auto lock after some time after doing some terminal work20:44
azxand then couldn't get back in20:44
tomreynazx: make sure you have "kubuntu-desktop" installed, and have no pending updates.21:17

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