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xubuntu35whello05:47
xubuntu35wanyone there? i need some help05:48
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xubuntu31ihi10:59
xubuntu31ii hv boot menu problem10:59
xubuntu31iafter installing dual boot windows 10 and xubuntu 18...11:00
diogenes_xubuntu31i, what is the problem exactly?11:00
xubuntu31iboot menu never show up11:00
xubuntu31iit will start xubuntu11:00
diogenes_xubuntu31i, so it starts xubuntu and doesn't show windows?11:01
xubuntu31iyup11:01
xubuntu31ino boot menu  option11:01
diogenes_xubuntu31i, open terminal and run: sudo update-grub211:01
diogenes_see if it listed windows there11:02
xubuntu31ior grup i think11:02
xubuntu31ino11:02
diogenes_ok run: lsblk | nc termbin.com 999911:03
xubuntu31ii mean i tried sudo update-grub not sudo update-grub211:03
diogenes_share the link11:03
xubuntu31iok thank you11:03
thorr66Good morning11:35
vp11I'm still having random freeze issues with my Xubuntu LTS13:15
vp11using kernel 4.18.0-16... I think I will try updating the kernel to a newest version and pray to Stallman13:16
vp11what's the kernel version on current Xubuntu 18.10? Or where should I go to download the latest kernel that has been tested for Ubuntu/Xubuntu?13:17
ilias_grhi all. does anyone maybe know how can i change panel's battery icon?13:35
diogenes_by changing the icon in the icon theme13:42
ilias_grdiogenes_: sure. but although I use another icon theme the icon remains the same. I cannot find which icon theme 'reads' to change it. Any idea?13:51
brainwashvp11: you can use this site https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/13:52
brainwashvp11: for kernel related questions I suggest joining #ubuntu-kernel13:52
brainwashilias_gr: you could search for "battery-" in /usr/share/themes/13:55
diogenes_ilias_gr, what battery plugin you use?13:57
ilias_grbrainwash: i did it already. Too many results. I found that although I change icon themes the battery icon remains the same.13:57
ilias_grdiogenes_: I am using the icon provided by the application13:57
ilias_grdiogenes_: there is an option for system tray13:58
diogenes_ilias_gr, there are 2 of them, battery monitor and power manager plugin13:58
ilias_grdiogenes_: I opened the application 'Power Manager' and under appearance there is an option to show the icon in system tray. I enabled it.14:00
diogenes_ilias_gr, then disable that one from power manager and add the power manager plugin14:00
diogenes_maybe that's the reason14:01
ilias_grdiogenes_: I prefered because the icon of power manager plugin is dynamic and i cannot edit it at all14:01
diogenes_what do you mean dynamic? it's basically the same, plugin is even better because you can adjust brightness with your mouse wheel.14:02
Spassilias_gr, some icon themes have those dynamic icons, like elementary-xfce, so it depends on what theme are you using14:02
ilias_grdiogenes_: I mean tha if i use dark theme is white and vice versa14:02
SpassPapirus and Numix also should have those14:03
ilias_grSpass: I use Faenza, but this icon does not change at all14:03
diogenes_ilias_gr, try a new user, seems like a config issue.14:05
ilias_grdiogenes_: I am coming from a new fresh installation14:05
SpassFaenza is pretty old, you may try to add another icon theme to the "Inherits=" in its index.theme14:05
ilias_grSpass: I tried system's elementary icon theme and the icon does not be changed14:06
diogenes_ilias_gr, maybe a gtk-update-icon-cache /usr/share/icons/hicolor is needed?14:07
SpassI think Xubuntu uses that second panel plugin, that you don't use, with dynamic icons, and elementary should have those14:08
Spassby default14:08
ilias_grSpass: If i could find what set of icons is linked to this icon maybe I could change them using faenza set14:08
Spasslike I said, you could try adding that default battery plugin again and add Inherits to Faenza, so Faenza should pull those missing icons from elementary-xfce-dark14:09
ilias_grSpass: Inherits is is an icon set?14:12
Spasswhat Faenza version are you using exactly? Dark? Darker? normal?14:13
ilias_grNormal14:13
ilias_grwith default graybird theme14:13
Spasswell, normal "Faenza" has dark panel icons, so it's a bad choice to use that with Greybird (dark panel), maybe change to "Faenza-Dark" in the Appearance settings first14:16
Spassod -Darker14:17
Spass*or -Darker14:17
brainwashilias_gr: those are the files used by the classic tray icon https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/all/xfce4-power-manager-data/filelist14:18
ilias_grSpass: Yes you have right. But I live with this for year now. If i could make the battery icon also like other it would be fine.14:19
Spassso you want that battery icon to be black/dark or white/light? it's confusing why you're using icon theme for light panels on a dark one14:20
ilias_grbrainwash: that is a good step. I already changed scalable icons but failed to change the icon. Maybe to I have to change 32X32 or  48X48?14:21
ilias_grSpass: Give a moment to show you a screeshot of how my panel is right now.14:22
Spassthat would be helpful, thanks14:22
Warden2048Hey this probably isn't xubuntu specific, but I do use xubuntu on all of my systems14:23
Warden2048I tried to force enable hardware acceleration in firefox, but it doesn't seem to be working, anyone know if this is a common bug? Using intel hd 300014:23
brainwashWarden2048: how can you tell that it does not work?14:25
brainwashilias_gr: maybe you have to do that14:25
ilias_grhttps://pasteboard.co/I5QE0qa.png14:26
Warden2048@brainwash I check CPU usage when trying to watch 720p and 1080p video on YouTube14:26
brainwashilias_gr: I don't think that the scalable versions are being used14:26
Warden2048And it ends up using 40-80% CPU14:26
brainwashright14:26
ilias_grbrainwash: ok. 32X32 or 48X48 ?14:26
brainwashWarden2048: hardware acceleration is not hardware accelerated video decoding14:26
brainwashWarden2048: and firefox for linux lacks that14:27
Warden2048Usually that is included with hardware acceleration, I have observed this on Firefox on my Nvidia based system14:27
brainwashit's not14:27
Warden2048Or maybe the CPU is so good that I don't notice lol14:27
brainwashprobably14:27
Warden2048Does Chromium have hardware acceleration for video?14:27
brainwashit does have experimental support I think14:27
brainwashbut you would have to use a special build14:28
brainwashbest to google that14:28
Spassok ilias_gr, you can also try this if you feeling adventurous - left Alt+F2 and paste that command there "pkexec mousepad /usr/share/icons/Faenza/index.theme"14:28
Spassit should open Mousepad text editor with root access to the config file14:28
Spass3rd line is "Inherits=gnome,hicolor"14:29
Spassyou can change it to "Inherits=elementary-xfce,gnome,hicolor" and save14:29
vp11thanks brainwash14:30
Spassthen change icon theme to another one and back to Faenza (maybe logging out will be required to see the changes)14:30
vp11gonna check that out, although I really don't have questions related to linux kernel, I just want my xubuntu to stop freezing and I don't know what else it might be so I will try updating the kernel now14:30
ilias_grSpass: I will do it accessing the file through Thunar (as root) and I backup a copy first14:30
brainwashvp11: but you may have questions regarding how to debug the (kernel) issue14:34
ilias_grSpass: It didn't work14:35
Spasswell, like I said, restart may be required to see the changes, you could also try to update the icon cache using "sudo gtk-update-icon-cache -f /usr/share/icons/Faenza"14:36
Spassand if that would not help I don't have any more ideas other that adding additional icons to the Faenza theme by hand14:37
ilias_grSpass: Yes. I am trying to.14:43
diogenes_ilias_gr, maybe a part of the problem is panel size too? maybe you need to make it larger?14:45
ilias_grfor the moment i will try to change to faenza dark or darker. maybe i will receive a better result14:46
ilias_grMuch better now I think https://pasteboard.co/I5QTGZt.png. I only have to find the exact color of the panel I prefer better. Something gray not black.15:05
Spassgreat15:11
ilias_grthanks. which application is alternative to unetbootin for bionic?15:15
Spassyou can use "usb-creator-gtk" (in the repos) or Etcher15:17
Spass"gnome-disk-utility" has that option also15:19
ilias_grSpass: I have already installed disk-utility so it's fine15:20
ilias_grthank you.15:23
pikapikaalso diogenes_16:04
pikapikaThe next release I am going to straight away go with the xubuntu and reinstall and reconfigure16:04
pikapikaHaving to install various extra and possibly even dangerously conflicting packages and then cleaning them up is scary16:04
diogenes_pikapika, good luck :) don't forget about backup16:05
pikapikaOf course16:05
pikapikadiogenes_, I've finally been able to make some concrete changes to the themes16:59
pikapikaThis time I am starting in a more methodical manner16:59
diogenes_pikapika, told you it's gonna take days lol16:59
pikapikaDitching the old dysfunctional theme and starting using the working and standard Greybird theme as base16:59
pikapikaCopied it from /usr/share/themes to ~/.themes, renamed it and was able to reduce menu item padding succesfully17:00
pikapikaSo that is a concrete step17:00
pikapikaNow to change the colors etc to turn it into the old theme except of course17:00
pikapikaThis will work well on both gtk2 and 317:00
pikapikaAnd yes17:01
pikapikaI will publish it once its finished17:01
pikapikaAnd the WM theme is Numix which too I modified the xpm files to have 16px instead of 26px titlebars17:01
pikapikaSo when its done, I'll combine replace the metacity directory of my experimental theme with the modified Numix17:02
pikapikaThus it will be a unified theme ready for use by anyone17:02
pikapikaI'm gonna solve this theming bullshit once and for all no matter what now17:03
diogenes_pikapika, you can give it a new name and publish it on github17:03
diogenes_so people might get involved and cotribue17:03
pikapikaOf course17:04
pikapikaMy problem always has been this17:05
priuonHi there. How can I configure my system to boot without hiding the boot process and not running xfce on startup, just starting to text (tty1)17:06
priuonI am on bionic.17:06
diogenes_priuon, yes, remove quiet from grub linux line17:07
pikapikaStandard themes work quite well and are error free but not quite to my liking; I can find some non-standard themes over the internet but they always have errors and incosistencies so I was never wholly satisfied with whatever theme I had. This attempt of mine should solve that problem for good. It will also have two characteristics that are quite sought after, namely, dark coloration and being compact in terms of screen size wasted; so17:07
pikapikaI think its publication is going to be immediately beneficial to a lot of people17:07
priuondiogenes_: I'll check and reboot17:09
diogenes_pikapika, yes of course, you did a great job so sharing is caring :)17:09
* pikapika hugs diogenes_ 17:10
pikapika:)17:10
* diogenes_ hugs back pikapika 17:11
pikapika:)17:11
pikapikaAlso17:11
pikapikaIs the lockscreen not always being able to show the login prompt back a known issue in 18.04?17:12
pikapikalight locker17:12
pikapikaSometimes it does take keyboard input in the password screen but of course with the monitor off17:12
diogenes_i personally use lockmore-gl instead of light-locker17:12
pikapikaand if the password is correct it unlocks and shows whatever was there as normal17:12
pikapikaBut sometimes17:12
pikapikaNothing, no keyboard press or mouse movement seems to able to wake it from this state17:13
pikapikaexcept for ctr+fn and ctrl+f7ing17:13
pikapikaAfter which it shows a message roughly indicating that its in the process of showing the unlock screen please wait a few seconds17:13
pikapikaThen it shows the normal login screen17:13
pikapikaFor now I am replacing it with the jwz xlock17:13
pikapikaBut if no bug report exists already for this I am going to file one17:14
pikapikaWhose idea was it to replace the perfectly functional jwz locker with this error filled one?17:16
diogenes_haha you asking that in a way like you are holding a shotgun in your hands XD17:16
priuonremoving the quiet statement from /etc/default/grub and running update-grub didn't change the way it booted :(17:16
diogenes_priuon, what exactly is the expected behavior?17:17
pikapikaOh lol I am not17:17
pikapikaI was just thinking17:17
pikapikaI mean as I said17:17
pikapikathe bug of the lockscreen freezing17:18
priuondiogenes_: I want to see the boot process and I want the system to boot to tty/text so no dm is loaded17:18
* pikapika hugs everyone who contributed to Xubuntu17:18
priuondiogenes_: you know the process where it shows the modules loading with the green Oks appearing in each line17:19
diogenes_priuon, try this: sudo systemctl disable plymouth and add Single to grub linux line17:20
diogenes_and it should boot into the single user mode17:20
diogenes_then update-initramfs -u17:20
diogenes_and update-grub17:20
priuonokay I think I found out how to do it without changing something with plymouth17:23
priuonWhat is the command to run xfce4 after booting then? Does start lightdm still work?17:23
diogenes_startxfce417:24
diogenes_it's a script17:24
priuonOkay. I'll try17:24
olographHi guys, how do I setup raid 10 from xubuntu temp environment?18:10
qwebirc51958hi everyone18:38

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