[10:54] hello, anyone else getting high memory usage on idle using the latest LTS? [17:18] .2 [17:19] hi, I'm trying to seutp xfce4 desktop and I can't seem to startx successfully [17:19] it keeps saying "xinit: connection to X server lost" [17:21] I get 2 odd warnings: "NVIDIA(0): Unable to get display device for DPI calculation" and "NVIDIA(0): Option PrimaryGPU is not used" [17:27] why are you setting up xfce4 for your self? [17:27] xubuntu comes with xfce set up by itself [17:27] you don't have to do anything [17:28] yea, I was trying to setup proper nvidia-driver [17:28] i may have fudged up everything [17:36] mmm, i see, AO- you can reset your video drivers https://askubuntu.com/questions/159663/how-to-reset-the-xorg-xserver [17:47] oh, did I mention, I have no UI lol [17:47] yes, you can just do that from a terminal [17:56] I opened it [17:56] tried doing that [17:56] didn't work [17:56] also, I found the .xsession-errors file [17:57] it's a lot of GTK_WARNING and GTK_CRITICAL messages, the message being mostly * failed to launch/create [17:57] then there's an interesting line about ICE and IO [17:58] i believe that is tied to a missing .ICEauthority file.. [18:07] AO-: delete .Xauthority and .ICEauthority files and try to restart? [18:08] but that would only be if you already have an X session running that they would affect anything (as they are tied to your user session) [18:08] I do not [18:08] xsession doesn't start, or I don't know how to start it.. :sweat_smile: [18:09] startx? [18:09] nope, that ain't working [18:09] try reinstalling xubuntu-core? [18:09] recently tried that.. broke .Xauthority hard.. had to rebuild it [18:09] I don't think I have an xubuntu-core [18:09] sudo apt install xubuntu-core --reinstall [18:10] or xubuntu-desktop [18:10] any would do [18:10] -core should pull less stuff if you already have most of it [18:23] nope, doesn't work [18:28] AO-: you can just remove the xorg.conf file from /etc/X11 [18:28] or try to re run nvidia-setting to create a new xorg.conf file [18:28] so, after that, startx still fails [18:29] okay [18:29] how-to? [18:29] you shouldn't even try to run startx [18:31] AO-: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2352893 [21:47] hi [21:48] How can i make the previews bigger when cycling ? [21:48] when i use alt-tab ?