=== brainwash_ is now known as brainwash === godric_arji is now known as GodricArji [07:52] hello, you all know how when youre logging in how the login screen has youre wallpaper in the background? i was wondering if there was a way i could set the picture in the background on the login screen to a different picture than my actual desktop to spy things up a bit [07:52] is that doable? [07:54] also if you respond please mention me so i can see, im rather easy to distract when a chats not very actuve [08:02] hello [15:21] Good evening everybody, I am new to Xubuntu and just installed 18.04 LTS yesterday night. So far it has been a very lovely experience and I'm happy with it. However I seem to have run into an issue with getting the Cairo-Dock to run on startup. Now the program itself has an option to run it on startup, that seems to do nothing for me. [15:21] I've found that you can also add programs manually to your startup, however it is asking me for a command which I lack. I tried putting just cairo-dock (as putting that into terminal does open it) but that doesn't seem to be working either! [15:27] swizzy, copy this command to terminal and hit enter [15:27] https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/nx46yfvxjT/ [15:28] tel me when done [15:31] I was away from my laptop for a moment. I did it now @diogenes_ [15:32] swizzy, ok now run this one: cat ~/.config/autostart/cairo.desktop | nc termbin.com 9999 [15:32] you gonna get a link in the terminal, share it here [15:33] https://termbin.com/c2v6 [15:34] ok now run: chmod +x ~/.config/autostart/cairo.desktop [15:34] I did but got no response at all from the terminal? [15:34] yes that's fine [15:35] when you get no output it means that the command went fine with no errors [15:35] Well that's good news then :sweat_smile: [15:35] ok now run: thunar ~/.config/autostart/ [15:36] it will open the file manager in that folder [15:36] and btw is cairo running at the moment? [15:36] Yes it is [15:36] The File Manager opened and there's two files there. blueman and cairo [15:36] kill it and double click on cairo from that folder and see if it's starting [15:37] Yes it does [15:37] ok then now a re-log or reboot and it should work [15:37] Will do! Be right back [15:40] Great that seems to have worked. [15:40] good :) [15:41] Thank you for your help [15:42] you're welcome [15:43] Though there is another issue I am having with Cairo Dock where it doesn't seem to like the Hexchat applet very much. I add it like I do with any other applet (create desktop shortcut and then pull that to the dock) but when I quit the dock and start it again the hexchat applet is gone. [15:44] For the time its open it works just fine though [15:44] And I do not have that issue with any other shortcut so far. [15:46] swizzy, it's been ages ago since i last time used cairo but as far as i remember, you can right click on the dock and click on add a new itel )or shurtcut or something) [15:50] What I did now is add a custom-launcher to it that just runs "hexchat". That doesn't disappear. [15:51] And seems to work, just lacks the proper icon for now >.< [15:51] right click on thta launcher and there should be edit and there you can add any icon you want [15:51] that* [15:52] Do you know where the programs are usually installed to? Because its asking me for a path. [15:54] you can just download any picture.png from internet, place it in a folder you want to and just provide that path: e.g /home/username/Documents/my_icons/picture.png [15:55] But shouldn't there be a fitting picture for desktop icons in the hexchat folder? [15:56] swizzy, you can give it this path: /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/hexchat.png [15:56] there is the folder that keeps all the icons for programs [15:56] /usr/share/icons [15:59] Had to get something out of the oven real quick, will try that now [15:59] XD [17:24] Earlier I had a problem with Xubuntu 18.04 LTS. My Laptop turned the screen off due to inactivity - but when I came back to it, it didn't turn it back on and got stuck in energy saving mode. [17:24] I turned off the feature for now. [19:19] hi [19:19] Please help me. [19:22] Hello. [19:23] Hello [19:25] hello xubuntu99w, you have to be more patient and first of all - describe your issue to us [19:25] Alright, i'm going to write. [19:39] Yesterday, I downloaded Xubuntu, it's the first i use Linux, so i had no previous knowledge about this system, when i downloaded it and installed, the setup process required a partition to install the root or boot files, (i came from windows10) so i had C: where my Windows is installed and D: where i keep some of my files, and i found that there was a small partition of 8go, i created it long time ago and forgot about it, so i [19:39] was fine til today when it asked me clear some memory, then i realised that the 8go were full, so i opened a software called Gparted and tried to increase the Partition, but i couldn't because there were no free space available, so i was messing up with the other partition of C: and D: but the option to change were unavailable, so i rebooted my computer and went to my windows 10 and reduced the capacity of D: by 10 go, then i w [19:40] increase the size of the 8 go partition, but i couldn't so i started to mess a bit with the settings then i noticed that i had deleted the data that was stored on D:, I panicked, and saw lot of tutorials online to get the lost data back, but i couldn't find a find to recover them, i tried to restart the computer and go back to windows, and this were things got real messed up, i couldn't boot the windows i had errors like "error [19:41] partition type to 0x83, invalid signature.... i rebooted to linux and downloaded a software called Boot-repair, but it did not work, now when i boot my pc, i don't have the choice to choose between Win10 or linux , it goes directly to linux,,, When i use Gparted , i notice that i have the C: and windows written next to it and the data is not lost, but it can't boot to it. [19:46] That's it, please help, i have important files on my computer [20:34] can you access your Windows partitions from Xubuntu? from the file manager [20:36] Yes, i can see on my desktop a shortcut to windows, and when i enter, i find all the files [20:37] users, programe files, folders ect... everything is there [20:38] so it's probably a good idea to copy those important files on some external hard disk or USB drive [20:39] I don't have acess to any of these devices. [20:40] so my problems now are 2, the first one is that i lost access to my windows 10, and the second is that i accidentely deleted my D: partition, i want to get it back [20:41] well it's there, but it's empty. [20:45] sorry, but I don't have any experience with the data recovery software, so you should wait for someone else to help you with that, and maybe try looking on the internet in the meantime [20:50] and what about the windows 10 boot [20:51] can u help me there please? [20:53] try #ubuntu [20:54] more people there that could help you quicker or give you some hints at least [20:55] it's not a Xubuntu specific issue and it seems like there's no one here at the moment, that can help you with your problem [21:06] Thanks, i just posted my issue. [21:06] do you know other places where i can find good help? [21:11] askubuntu.com for example, but if you want some quick advice try on #ubuntu [21:17] i tried ubuntu, but people are helping each other, but ignoring mine [21:23] well, your issue is not super easy to resolve unfortunately, you can also try creating a new post with a description of your problem here - https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/ [21:36] Do you know how to expend a partition size? my linux partition is only 8go. [21:37] i'm currently using TestDisk, i'm able to recover my D: data but i can only copy the data to my linux Partition which is small and full. [21:37] i need to increase it and copy, this way i will recover my data and solve the second problem. [23:36] hi