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bathyphilaHello, could I get some help getting Wifi working on a new Xubuntu install? The system is a Lenovo Ideapad 130s-11IGM, and I wiped the drive and loaded Xubuntu 18.04. The wifi won't work because there aren't drivers included in the distro for the Realtek RTL8821CE. There are drivers available on the internet, but I've been unable to install any of05:06
bathyphilathem over the last couple hours. They all have dependencies, and when I try to install the dependencies they fail (whether from a lack of Linux experience on my part or futher missing dependencies). The biggest problem is that this particular system has NO ethernet port, so I can't plug it into my router and use an internet based package manager. A05:06
bathyphilany help would be appreciated!05:06
well_laid_lawnbathyphila:  https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/realtek-rtl8821ce-driver-4175645007/05:09
well_laid_lawnsuggests there is a driver on github05:09
well_laid_lawnand a youtube vid that should hopefully help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPfLVsyQU_A05:14
bathyphilaYes, I have tried to use that driver. The problem is that the driver requires DKMS to install. I downloaded dkms_2.3-3ubuntu9_all.deb, but when I attempted to install that it bombed out saynomg gcc, dpkg-dev, make, and build-essential were not installable.05:14
bathyphilaThe youtube video assumes that you have an ethernet port to connect to the internet, which this machine lacks.05:15
guivercbathyphila, you may have to use old-fashioned sneaker-net, ie. download on another box, write to thumb-drive & walk them across to that machine05:19
bathyphilaThat05:19
bathyphilaSorry, that's what I've been trying to do but I can't get the drivers and packages I download and transfer to install.05:20
bathyphilaAnd where I think I may be going wrong is it appears that some of the packages are already on the machine (like gcc), but DKMS refuses to install.05:21
well_laid_lawnthe actual error will help05:22
well_laid_lawn"refuses to install" is impossible to diagnose05:23
bathyphilaLet me try to rerun the difference packages and get them for you.05:23
bathyphilaHere's the device when I run lspci -v: Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network AdapterSubsystem: Lenovo RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network AdapterFlags: fast devsel, IRQ 255I/O ports at 1000 [disabled] [size=256]Memory at a1100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=64K]Capabil05:30
bathyphilaities: <access denied>05:30
bathyphilaThis is the result of me trying to install DKMS: andrew@ideapad-130S-11IGM:~/Desktop$ sudo apt install '/home/andrew/Desktop/dkms_2.3-3ubuntu9_all.deb'[sudo] password for andrew: Reading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency tree       Reading state information... DoneNote, selecting 'dkms' instead of '/home/andrew/Desktop/dkms_2.3-3ubuntu9_all.05:31
bathyphiladeb'Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you haverequested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstabledistribution that some required packages have not yet been createdor been moved out of Incoming.The following information may help to resolve the situation:The following packages have unmet dependencies: dkms : Depe05:31
bathyphilands: gcc but it is not installable        Depends: dpkg-dev but it is not installable        Depends: make but it is not installable or                 build-essential but it is not installable        Recommends: fakeroot but it is not installableE: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.05:31
well_laid_lawnso from that you need package for build-essential05:33
well_laid_lawnas well as dkms05:34
well_laid_lawnbathyphila:  https://itsfoss.com/install-deb-files-ubuntu/05:36
bathyphilaThanks, I'll try installing build-essential and report back!05:37
well_laid_lawnluck05:40
bathyphilaComes up with more dependencies that need to be installed.05:41
well_laid_lawnyep. it's called dependency hell and the reason package managers were built05:43
well_laid_lawnyou will just have to keep getting the packages via sneaker net05:43
bathyphilaYeah, just incredibly frustrating that it is assumed that you have an internet connection.05:43
well_laid_lawnonly to update and install05:45
well_laid_lawn:)05:45
bathyphilaGood god, there might be dozens of dependencies.05:45
gidnaHello09:15
xubuntu81whello. i have problem. Xubuntu 18.04.2. When i install nautilus, set it as default file manager, and delete Thunar,  i trying to open some file(.png for example), but it failed. Then, i install Thunar again, open NAUTILUS and i trying to open some file(.png for example) and its's successfull. What's happening?09:45
brainwashxubuntu81w: where do you open the file?09:48
xubuntu81win the nautilus file manager09:49
brainwashbug 177806909:52
ubottubug 1778069 in exo (Ubuntu) "[xfce] nautilus don't open files if set as default file manager" [Undecided,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/177806909:52
brainwashsee if applying the suggested changes from comment #8 helps09:54
PoolShark_Hi all.. i need some help with sound... how do I tell xubuntu 18.04 not to change everything when I plug in a new sound device? My setup is that I have 5 sound devices on the system, and I need to do two things: 1) give them all a unique name so I can identify which is which and 2) get the system to stop changing everything around when I plug one of them in. For example, I have applications listening to each sound device, and when I plu12:33
PoolShark_g a new one in, pulseaudio will change one of those applications to output to the new device, or change the device one or more of the applications is listening to. This is beyond annoying.12:33
PoolShark_I tried to do this via udev but xubuntu seems to be completely ignoring my ruleset12:34
PoolShark_I don't want pulseaudio overriding the connection between applications and sound devices12:35
PoolShark_I can tell my applications to look for specific alsa IDs but pulseaudio thinks it knows better hah12:35
PoolShark_pavucontrol is a little useless because it just has 5 identical instances of the same sound device, and doesn't distinguish which is which in any way whatsoever12:38
PoolShark_brb12:42
xubuntu25wHello, I need help on with a non booting grub12:50
xubuntu25wAfter creating a partition with a filesystem on sd3, I rebooted my computer and grub open the grub> prompt command12:52
xubuntu25wI can see the files only thought tab completion, ls doesn't display anything12:55
brainwashxubuntu25w: probably best to ask in #ubuntu12:56
xubuntu25wOk thanks12:56
ArmageddonI'm having a weird issue where the display settings windows keep popping up multiple times14:04
Armageddonis this a known issue ?14:04
brainwashArmageddon: something like that has been reported as bug, yes14:11
brainwashbug 126462914:13
ubottubug 1264629 in xfce4-settings (Ubuntu) "Display Settings window opens itself after resume from suspend." [Low,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/126462914:13
Armageddonbrainwash, thank you14:13
brainwashsee comment #814:13
Armageddonbrainwash, testing it out14:23
Armageddonbrainwash, works thanks :)14:33
brainwashgreat :)14:33
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devilspieHi15:44
devilspieCould anyone tell me how I can bind "Super" key to open XFCE whisker menu?15:46
Andriodevilspie, consider using ksuperkey15:47
devilspieCool! that worked.15:57
devilspie@GridCude, Thanks15:58
roadrunneratwast hi.  i keep on hitting some key combination while in emacs that magnifies the display bigger than the screen size.  I assume this is for accessibility.  What is this key combo?  How do I undo it?19:34
roadrunneratwastok. got it. "alt scroll"19:36
Spass[m]roadrunneratwast: hi, you can change Alt to a different key if you want in the settings - https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfwm4/4.12/wmtweaks#accessibility19:53
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