[17:24] <DavidM> I found a bug in Xubuntu 18.04.02. After suspend my screen remains blank. I have to press Alt-F2 to go to tty and type systemctl restart lightdm. How to fix that?
[17:54] <bleb> i want to run a graphical music player on my xubuntu laptop, but have the music library stored on my nas. anyone have suggestions for how to accomplish this?
[18:12] <brainwash> DavidM: intel gpu?
[18:12] <DavidM> Yes.
[18:12] <brainwash> bleb: probably best to ask in #ubuntu
[18:13] <brainwash> DavidM: let me see if I can find a bug report for that
[18:13] <DavidM> I found that it's a bug in XFCE. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/light-locker/+bug/1759950
[18:15] <brainwash> does not look like there is a fix or workaround
[18:15] <brainwash> you could use xscreensaver or the new xfce4-screensaver (only available via PPA) instead
[18:17] <brainwash> https://launchpad.net/~xubuntu-dev/+archive/ubuntu/experimental
[18:39] <pikapika> DavidM, yes
[18:40] <pikapika> No idea about suspend
[18:40] <pikapika> But I had a similar problem with the default lockscreen
[18:40] <pikapika> The workaround I found was to ctrl+fn and ctr+f7 back out of it
[18:44] <pikapika> Why was it changed from xflock anyways?
[18:57] <brainwash> pikapika: what was?
[18:57] <brainwash> xflock is just a small shell script
[18:57] <pikapika> The lockscreen
[18:58] <pikapika> in that case, instead of xflock, whatever jwz's screensaver/lockscreen was
[18:58] <brainwash> it checks which screen locker are available, and then just launches one
[18:58] <pikapika> lightlocker does not turn the screen back on oftentimes
[18:59] <brainwash> https://xubuntu.org/news/screen-locking-in-xubuntu-14-04/
[18:59] <pikapika> in which case I have to ctrl+fn
[18:59] <brainwash> it's not light-locker directly
[18:59] <brainwash> but the way light-locker works
[18:59] <brainwash> "When you lock your session, LightDM sends a lock signal, light-locker locks the session on VT7 and you get forwarded to VT8, where you’re presented with the login greeter, which serves as the unlock dialog."
[19:00] <brainwash> so, the issue is with VT switching and buggy graphics drivers
[19:00] <brainwash> and that is why xfce4-screensaver is being developed
[19:00] <pikapika> anyways
[19:00] <pikapika> I am using jwz's app for now
[19:03] <DavidM> 4.18 has bad drivers for my CPU my PC works better when I update to 4.19.
[19:08] <xubuntu81w> Hi Everyone. I'm looking for some help. After some failed attempts to mount my android to the filesystem (not visible in thunar), I am hoping someone here can help me out
[19:08] <xubuntu81w> I followed a few tutorials without success
[19:09] <xubuntu81w> is there a gui tool that makes the process relatively simple?
[19:10] <DavidM> Hi. Try to install other file manager. For example Caja or Nemo.
[19:14] <xubuntu78w> wow worked with nemo immediately
[19:14] <xubuntu78w> Why is thunar problematic when mounting android devices?
[19:15] <DavidM> I don't know, for me XFCE is useless. It's just garbage.
[19:15] <xubuntu78w> Thunar is built for gnome?
[19:16] <xubuntu78w> *I mean Nemo
[19:18] <DavidM> No, Nemo is for Cinnamon. It's default DE for Linux Mint and uses some Gnome parts. It's something like modified Gnome shell and Nemo is fork of Nautilus. And Thunar is default for XFCE. It even hasn't search you have to use Catfish file search.
[19:19] <xubuntu78w> I like the simplicity and look of xfce more than any other DE, but in my experience a lot of the applications built for xfce are pretty stripped down
[19:19] <xubuntu78w> Yeah the lack of search in thunar makes it pretry unuseable for me
[19:20] <DavidM> Yes, I like it's simplicity too. I hate KDE because of a lot of stupid effects and Gnome because of lack of functionality. But for me XFCE is too simple.
[19:20] <xubuntu78w> anyone know of a good/simple photo viewer. I haven't had a good experience with geeqie
[19:20] <xubuntu78w> it keeps crashing on me
[19:21] <xubuntu78w> I am not a fan of the kde widgets and whatnot, and gnome is just unnatractive in my opinion
[19:21] <pikapika> why? anything can be themed to look like anything afaik
[19:22] <pikapika> I use xubuntu because the base is closest to what I like
[19:22] <pikapika> and
[19:22] <pikapika> i honestly don't need anything more than what xfce provides
[19:25] <xubuntu78w> I run old hardware. I need something lightweight. But the core things that I need for my purposes are a solid gui filesystem nacigator and image viewer
[19:25] <DavidM> I prefer MATE but on Ubuntu it's buggy. I always had crashes. I checked their GitHub from time to time and they have a lot of issues and have no time to fix them. One person told he will fix some of them in 1.22. And I checked their site for installation instructions they didn't update that page.
[19:25] <xubuntu78w> looks like nemo is the best option, but I can't find a solid photo viewer that isn't buggy
[19:25] <pikapika> xubuntu78w, there are lots
[19:26] <xubuntu78w> Do you have any suggestions?
[19:26] <xubuntu78w> Would appreciate
[19:26] <xubuntu78w> also gmusicbrowser is the greatest music manager I have found and it is built for xfce
[19:27] <pikapika> the one that came with xubuntu
[19:27] <pikapika> ristretto
[19:27] <pikapika> it works alright for me
[19:30] <xubuntu78w> for whatever reason ristretto takes a really long time to load images and sometimes won't load them at all
[19:30] <pikapika> oh
[19:30] <xubuntu78w> but I tend to have large folders containing hundreds of images files
[19:30] <pikapika> hmm
[19:30] <xubuntu78w> so it lags a lot
[19:30] <pikapika> I'll have to see
[19:30] <pikapika> I guess
[19:30] <pikapika> it tries to load it all at once ?
[19:30] <pikapika> so
[19:30] <pikapika> for ex for very large gifs it hangs
[19:31] <pikapika> Would it be possible to just use your browser for viewing images?
[19:31] <xubuntu78w> yeah, it previews the other files in the same directory which causes it to slow significantly to the point of not being useable
[19:31] <xubuntu78w> firefox works but it's not functional enough for me
[19:31] <xubuntu78w> in other words i would like to be able to quickly scroll through pictures
[19:32] <xubuntu78w> and my browser opens each file as an individual tab
[19:32] <pikapika> yeah
[19:33] <brainwash> you could disable the thumbnail bar
[19:33] <pikapika> scrolling won't be possible with browser
[19:33] <brainwash> to speed up things
[19:34] <xubuntu78w> yeah
[19:34] <xubuntu78w> basically I just need those core applications on a minimal 'core' install and I'm good
[19:34] <xubuntu78w> plus libreoffice
[19:34] <xubuntu78w> and some other small misc tools
[19:35] <xubuntu78w> i'm running an old thinkpad so the hardware isn't that great
[19:35] <xubuntu78w> will the dependencies with nemo slow my system at all?
[19:37] <brainwash> no
[19:39] <xubuntu78w> could my hdd be a big part of the problem
[19:39] <xubuntu78w> being as old as it is
[19:39] <xubuntu78w> for filesystem navigation
[21:26] <lacesz> Hello All! I have a Lenovo g50-45 80e3 laptop. AMD A8-6410 cpu with radeon r4 / 5 gpu, and dedicated radeon r5 gpu, 16GB ram, and ssd. I often feel xubuntu slow. And there is a screen break. What can I do to stop this?
[22:39] <brainwash> lacesz: you should provide more details
[22:40] <brainwash> when does it happen exactly? what happens exactly?
[22:40] <brainwash> does it happen with a different user account?
[22:40] <brainwash> which xubuntu release?
[22:40] <brainwash> etc.
[22:42] <lacesz> when scrolls in the browser. xubuntu all version 14.04-18.10. it is in each drawer.
[22:44] <brainwash> you are currently using 19.04?
[22:44] <brainwash> that's the development release
[22:45] <brainwash> well, did you test with a different web browser?
[22:45] <brainwash> mozilla firefox is the default one
[22:45] <lacesz> yes. 19.04. mozilla firefox
[22:46] <lacesz> but 14.04-18.10 problem too
[22:46] <lacesz> e
[22:49] <brainwash> you could try this https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI#Driver_options
[22:49] <brainwash> there is a sample configuration file