[10:36] <chomwitt> hi from greece. gnome-software wont ask me for a password. it just refuses to install a package
[11:39] <M_aD> chomwitt: i never use it because it's buggy and installed synaptic instead
[11:43] <M_aD> i also install from the terminal if i know the package name
[13:06] <chomwitt> hi
[13:08] <chomwitt> yes , i could install by lower level tools, but i was wondering why that tools fail
[13:37] <chomwitt> strangely   update-manager also wont work. It crashed suddenly just when it should display a dialog asking for my password. strange, what action i did could mess with two applications?
[13:46] <M_aD> chomwitt: which version of xubuntu are you running?
[13:46] <chomwitt> 18.02
[13:46] <M_aD> 18.04.2
[13:46] <chomwitt> Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 Distro: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
[13:47] <chomwitt> yep , u'r rigth
[13:47] <M_aD> :)
[13:47] <M_aD> i would either search for bugs related to that version or file a bug report if there are none
[13:52] <chomwitt> ok. i'll do that
[15:31] <Thr0r> Where can I find "Activities menu" in XUbuntu? Anyone knows? There's supposed to be at Hotkey for it but the ones suggested does not work
[15:32] <Unit193> What is an 'Activities menu'?
[15:32] <Unit193> M_aD: If you don't know the name of the package you wish to install, apt-cache search can assist.
[15:33] <Thr0r> It's refrerred to in much of the documentation I read
[15:34] <Thr0r> I want to enable remote desktop sharing and I am supposed to go to Activities menu and search for "Sharing" - cant fint it
[15:36] <Unit193> And which documentation would that be?  Surely not in https://docs.xubuntu.org
[15:38] <Unit193> There's several tools you can use to do that, VNC (x11vnc?) is one such tool you can set up.
[15:40] <Thr0r> Well - right now I was just reading a post on https://websiteforstudents.com/access-ubuntu-18-04-lts-beta-desktop-via-vnc-from-windows-machines/
[15:40] <Thr0r> I have installed VNC
[15:40] <Unit193> Ubuntu uses GNOME, so 'activities' is a GNOME-ism.
[15:42] <Thr0r> Oh - ok . But is there a guide somewhere explaining how to enable sharing and connect via VNC using Xubuntu
[15:43] <Thr0r> Surely this Sharing setting is essetial.. cant find it
[15:43] <M_aD> Unit193: thanks, forgot about that. :)
[16:03] <Thr0r> Unit193: Still there? was that your final reply?
[17:14] <xubuntu52w> hey! is there anyone that can help me with shared folders?
[18:13] <Unit193> xubuntu52w: What seems to be the issue?
[18:22] <Unit193> Thr0r: Yes that was pretty much my final statement.  Depending on if you want VNC or RDP changes which tool you should likely use, and how to implement it.
[18:29] <Thr0r> Unit193: Ok - I will look into it. I want to use VNC. But It seems I have to permit sharing of the desktop I am going to take over first. Hope I find how to do that. Now I'm looking into Ubuntu studio to create a lib of all my old music CD's and playlists and all but when copying from CD I only get Track 1, Track 2,.. Not the song title....
[18:31] <alexandre9099> hi, i'm trying to boot an ancient laptop with xubuntu, but i'm getting a kernel panic with "unable to mount root fs on unknown block", how can i try to fix it?
[18:41] <diogenes_> alexandre9099, 90% it's HDD fault, 10% your usb pendrive fault.
[18:43] <alexandre9099> first i removed the hdd (does the live image need some disk to boot?), and the pendrive is "new"
[18:44] <diogenes_> how did you write the iso onto pendrive?
[18:44] <alexandre9099> using dd
[18:45] <diogenes_> try formatting it and use etcher.
[18:47] <alexandre9099> i'll give it a try
[19:17] <alexandre9099> diogenes_, nope, same error (i'm discussing on #ubuntu)
[19:19] <diogenes_> alexandre9099, can you test if that pendrive can boot successfully on a different machine?
[19:19] <alexandre9099> i don't have any other BIOS only/32 bit devices :/
[22:31] <muchacho> hi
[22:32] <muchacho> how can i make the previews bigger when cycling ?
[22:33] <muchacho> with alt-tab
[22:34] <muchacho> ?