[00:00] <DuncanDo> display options in settings
[00:00] <DuncanDo> I think
[00:00] <azx> i've gotten the bottom bar bigger, but the text and the gui of apps are still tiny
[00:00] <azx> ok thanks checking it out now!
[00:02] <DuncanDo> azx, settings->display and Monitor->Scale Display
[00:03] <DuncanDo> azx, how many monitors do you have?
[00:03] <DuncanDo> I mean hooked up to your computer right now?
[00:03] <azx> i have two connected,
[00:03] <DuncanDo> ah ok
[00:03] <azx> one is my tv, the other is my monitor
[00:04] <DuncanDo> azx, 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] <DuncanDo> just wondering
[00:09] <azx> Ah, i usually just turn off my display when not in use
[00:10] <azx> is there a way to get icons like on windows, without bars and text next to them ?
[00:10] <azx> in the trey
[00:10] <DuncanDo> probably
[00:10] <DuncanDo> hold on
[00:12] <azx> it looks like i got an icons only task manager widget figured out
[00:13] <azx> hopefully it functions the same as windows :)
[00:13] <DuncanDo> me 2
[00:13] <DuncanDo> :)
[00:15] <azx> when i maximize and minimize applications they animate torward the upper left , how do i change these animations?
[00:15] <azx> i remember playing around with it a loong time ago
[00:15] <azx> last time i had running kde
[00:16] <DuncanDo> I recently switched to kde (I didn't like the eyecandy of previous versions from years ago)
[00:17] <azx> yeah, i very much disliked the old kde
[00:17] <DuncanDo> they used to have dinosaurs or something..
[00:17] <DuncanDo> it was just odd
[00:21] <DuncanDo> azx, https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1225178/
[00:23] <azx> how do i check which version of kubuntu i have installed?
[00:23] <azx> thanks, nice wallpaper will definitely try it out
[00:23] <azx> is it a whole theme or just the paper?
[00:23] <DuncanDo> the theme is helium, that's just the wallpaper
[00:24] <azx> i 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 it
[00:24] <azx> on my last apt-get upgrade it was telling me noveu packages might be missing
[00:24] <azx> which i know has to do with nvidia
[00:25] <azx> due to countless hours messing around in arch linux in the past
[00:25] <DuncanDo> azx, search for about system from the taskbar
[00:25] <DuncanDo> "About System"
[00:26] <azx> Great thanks! looks like i'm runnung kubuntu 18.10
[00:58] <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.jpg
[01:01] <OerHeks> duong ngo, i think you have enabled 'system title bar and borders' in settings
[01:28] <Roey{-> I can see it in ALSAmixer but not in KDE audio volume or in PAVUControl.
[01:28] <Roey{-> *see the volume
[02:08] <azx> Hey so when i change settings and pin icons and etc they don't persist
[02:08] <azx> is there something i need to enter to save settings
[02:09] <azx> maybe as simple as not forcing shut down, and instead using the shut down button
[02:09] <azx> let me try it right now, it'll be a hard habbit to break
[07:41] <lordievader> Good morning
[13:03] <BluesKaj> Hi folks
[13:06] <DuncanDo> BluesKaj,
[13:06] <DuncanDo> hey
[13:07] <BluesKaj> Hi DuncanDo
[13:08] <DuncanDo> yay
[13:08] <BluesKaj> yay ?
[14:36] <Jussi> what is the current live usb creator for kubuntu?
[14:37] <BluesKaj> Hi Jussi, usb-creator-kde
[14:37] <BluesKaj> I just use dd
[14:39] <Jussi> BluesKaj: Im not as 1337 as you :P :P :P
[14:39]  * Jussi hugs BluesKaj
[14:40] <BluesKaj> :-)
[14:41] <mparillo> I use dd, but I am afraid enough that I will up-arrow a hundred times rather than type it again.
[14:42] <BluesKaj> Hi mparillo, yeah I'm the same
[18:37] <Krionz> I did some updates and installed some programs on my Kubuntu system and I did a reboot and now I got straight to emergency mode.
[18:42] <BluesKaj> Krionz, try the recovery kernels in grub
[18:49] <Krionz> I can get them to load it gives me same error but when I press enter I can select 4 options
[18:50] <BluesKaj> Krionz, can you get to vt/tty F2-F6 and login and run an update and upgrade ?
[18:51] <BluesKaj> ctl+alt+F2-F6
[18:51] <Krionz> Boot into recovery then do that or?
[18:52] <BluesKaj> yes, or the main kernel/default
[18:52] <Krionz> Let me see
[18:54] <Krionz> So do I do it right when I press enter?
[18:55] <BluesKaj> when
[18:55] <Krionz> All im getting when I do that all I get is a  blinking underline and nothing happens
[18:56] <BluesKaj> ctl+alt +F2?
[18:57] <Krionz> Yeah I saw Kubuntu and then as I did it just blinking underline
[18:57] <Krionz> I 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 far
[18:58] <BluesKaj> if you see kubuntu then let it run
[18:58] <Krionz> Okay it then goes into emergency mode after loading for a bit
[18:59] <BluesKaj> ok then  run the update/upgrade at the oot@pcname prompt
[18:59] <Krionz> Okay ill try that and then just try a reboot?
[19:00] <BluesKaj> well, if there are any updates/upgrades
[19:00] <BluesKaj> then reboot
[19:00] <azx> Hey guys, i have a dual boot windows and kubuntu install
[19:01] <azx> i'm trying to install grub, but it's telling me there isn't a bios partition to install it to
[19:01] <azx> checking the partitions, the first 3 are windows based ,windows recovery, efi system bootloader, and microsoft reserved
[19:02] <inspectorcluseau> azx has been geting the run around in ##linux
[19:02] <azx> how 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 it
[19:02] <Krionz> When I do apt-get update it says failed to fetch "url" as if I have no network access
[19:02] <BluesKaj> azx, install it to /dev/sda or where ever the linux / partition is
[19:02] <azx> i did, it tells me that there is no bios boot partition to install to
[19:02] <azx> ohh
[19:02] <azx> the / partition?
[19:02] <azx> alright let me try it out
[19:03] <BluesKaj> the boot into kubuntu and run sudo update-grub
[19:03] <BluesKaj> then
[19:04] <BluesKaj> azx, the root linux parttion will be the /dev/sda or some such, depends what its named
[19:04] <azx> yeah
[19:04] <azx> https://pastebin.com/uJA57xYj
[19:04] <azx> my boot drive is
[19:05] <azx> Disk /dev/nvme0n1
[19:05] <azx> when i do grub-install to that boot disk
[19:05] <BluesKaj> leave out the 1
[19:06] <azx> well if your referring to the partitioning, they append p1 p2 p3 for the partitions
[19:06] <azx> so if i want to install directly to the disk it would be Disk /dev/nvme0n1
[19:06] <azx> and then nvme0n1p1 for partition 1
[19:06] <azx> so i left the p1 out
[19:06] <BluesKaj> yes
[19:06] <azx> and i get https://pastebin.com/fL6TcY5y
[19:07] <azx> so i need to create the bios partition marked as ufi in the beginning of disk
[19:07] <Krionz> BluesKaj, apt-get update doesn't work it acts like I dont have net access
[19:07] <azx> but the problem is i have these three microsoft reserved partitions
[19:07] <azx> in the way
[19:09] <BluesKaj> uefi or legacy bios?
[19:10] <BluesKaj> Krionz, is this a laptop? if so use an ethernet connection if possible
[19:13] <Krionz> BluesKaj, 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] <BluesKaj> azx, are you using uefi or legacy bios?
[19:15] <BluesKaj> Krionz, sudo systemctl enable network-manager then sudo systemctl start network-manager
[19:15] <Krionz> Ok
[19:22] <Krionz> BluesKaj, 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.
[19:23] <BluesKaj> Krionz, which kubuntu version?
[19:24] <Krionz> BluesKaj, it is 18.10 64-bit
[19:27] <BluesKaj> !nomodeset | Krionz
[19:30] <BluesKaj> azx, recommed you ask in #ubuntu chat about installing grub if you're running uefi mode
[19:31] <BluesKaj> azx, I'm not as well versed on uefi as I should be. There are some expertsat the # ubuntu chat  who can help you
[19:32] <deusexmachina> hey, I can't get the iso on a usb
[19:32] <deusexmachina> it 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?
[19:33] <BluesKaj> deusexmachina, did you unmoubt the usb before copying the image to it?
[19:33] <BluesKaj> err unmount
[19:39] <deusexmachina> Well, I copied the files over mounted, and I unmounted+dd'd it, no luck with either attempt
[19:39] <deusexmachina> I 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 it
[19:42] <Krionz> Well 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] <BluesKaj> deusexmachina, I have to ask even though you seem like a  knowledgeable user, did you format the usb to fat32 ?
[19:43] <deusexmachina> yes, fat32 correct
[19:43] <deusexmachina> it fails to create some symbolic links when copying
[19:44] <BluesKaj> Krionz, have you considered using separate / and /home partitions. it saves lot of work
[19:45] <BluesKaj> deusexmachina,  why the symbolic links?
[19:46] <deusexmachina> BluesKaj, not sure, i tried copying with cp as well as using pcmanfm and they both gave me the error that they couldn't make them
[19:46] <OerHeks> copying the contents of the iso? that is not how you should do it..
[19:47] <BluesKaj> deusexmachina, have you tried dd ?
[19:48] <BluesKaj> or usb-creator-kde
[19:48] <Krionz> BluesKaj That is how my system is
[19:49] <BluesKaj> that won't work ...it has to be a bootable image
[19:49] <BluesKaj> on the usb
[19:49] <deusexmachina> i tried dd
[19:50] <deusexmachina> it wouldn't boot
[19:51] <BluesKaj> is your uefi/bios set to boot a usb
[19:51] <deusexmachina> yes, the usb boots grub, and even starts booting linux, but then it can't find the filesystem of the live media
[19:51] <deusexmachina> i'll try usb-creator-kde as suggested
[19:52] <BluesKaj> it should boot into live session
[19:55] <deusexmachina> using usb-creator, will report back
[20:00] <deusexmachina> usb-creator worked
[20:00] <BluesKaj> good
[20:00] <deusexmachina> I used the gtk version since I'm on lubuntu right now, instead of the kde version. now live usb boots perfectly
[20:00] <BluesKaj> cool
[20:00] <deusexmachina> thank you
[20:01] <BluesKaj> glad it's working for you deusexmachina :-)
[20:09] <Krionz> BluesKaj, 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.
[20:10] <deusexmachina> you could set up rsync on a cron timer
[20:10] <deusexmachina> I forget how though, but rsync is good for regular backups
[20:11] <Krionz> Will it make the backup bootable? Or is it just for files?
[20:11] <deusexmachina> files
[20:12] <deusexmachina> rsync only copies files that have changed, so it's efficient
[20:13] <BluesKaj> !clonezilla
[20:13] <BluesKaj> hmm
[20:13] <BluesKaj> !info clonezilla
[20:14] <BluesKaj> might be overkill
[20:14] <Krionz> Ill look at it thanks!
[20:16] <BluesKaj> depends what you want to backup
[20:17] <Krionz> On my Mac I do a full system backup image hourly and over time it erases old images.
[20:42] <azx> had some issues with kubuntu, when i went to put in my password to login to my desktop it wouldn't focus on the password box
[20:42] <azx> even when i clicked on it, i couldn't enter my pass
[20:42] <azx> i had to force shut down the pc
[20:42] <azx> i tried replugging my keyboard, everything
[20:42] <azx> it must be a bug
[20:43] <azx> i tried the virtual keyboard as well, nothing
[20:43] <azx> because the password box wouldn't focus
[20:44] <azx> i let the computer auto lock after some time after doing some terminal work
[20:44] <azx> and then couldn't get back in
[21:17] <tomreyn> azx: make sure you have "kubuntu-desktop" installed, and have no pending updates.