[11:25] <xubuntu56w> Hello All, first time IRC & Xubuntu user here, anyone know if it's possible to get wireless working on a HP 245 G6? Xubuntu is so far the only distro that runs ok that I've found, and everything except wireless.
[11:28] <gnrp> xubuntu56w: First rule of irc, stay a while. ;)
[11:29] <gnrp> second, what wifi card do you have?
[11:33] <xubuntu56w> No idea, nothing shows up in iwconfig
[11:36] <diogenes_> xubuntu56w, lspci -nnk | grep Net -A3
[11:38] <xubuntu56w> 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:d723]	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:8319]
[11:39] <diogenes_> is that all?
[11:39] <xubuntu56w> with that above command yes that is all
[11:41] <diogenes_> now run: inxi -N
[11:43] <xubuntu56w> Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169           Card-2: Realtek Device d723
[11:44] <xubuntu56w> I've tried the github rtlwifi_new install, it seemed to make & make install ok but still failed, I got it working on this machine with MX Linux but MX & this hardware don't play nice
[11:44] <diogenes_> xubuntu56w, try this: https://subinsb.com/install-realtek-d723-wifi-driver-linux/
[11:46] <xubuntu56w> Method 2 of that link is what I tried and it failed, thanks for that link btw
[11:47] <xubuntu56w> will try it again now
[11:52] <xubuntu56w> what does the semicolan at the end of each command do?  I did the commands from the readme file that came with the download, no semicolans in those
[11:55] <diogenes_> xubuntu56w, if you run then one at a time, you don't need semicolons, even if you run them alltogether it's better not to use semicolons because semicolon means it will execute the command then move to another one but without checking if the command was successful.
[11:56] <xubuntu56w> ahh ok, thanks for that info
[11:56] <diogenes_> yw
[12:01] <xubuntu56w> Success, the Wifi option is now available when clicking on the network icon 8)
[12:02] <diogenes_> cool.
[12:02] <xubuntu56w> Wonder what I messed up when I tried earlier, could have been anything I guess
[12:03] <xubuntu56w> Command line illiterate I would describe myself
[12:03] <diogenes_> we all were at the beginning.
[12:04] <xubuntu56w> Thank you for the help, it's greatly appreciated, my 75 year old Mum thanks you too, this machine is for her.
[12:04] <diogenes_> you're welcome, enjoy linux :)
[12:12] <xubuntu56w> Indeed we do, I've never used Xubuntu until yesterday & am finding I quite like it, got it on my Dell E4300 plus this one for Mum.
[12:16] <diogenes_> yeah even thought people generally consider all ubuntu flavors (xubuntu, kubuntu, lubuntu etc.) to be the same, only a different desktop environment, but i can tell you for sure it's not the case with xubuntu, i had this new laptop and i wanted to install linux on, i've started with ubuntu, didn't work, lubuntu, kubuntu afaik i tried linux lite too, nothing worked, ubuntu didn't even boot so, xubuntu was the only one too boot, install and work
[12:16] <diogenes_> properly.
[12:16] <diogenes_> so there's obviously more than just ubuntu+xfce.
[12:31] <xubuntu56w> Yes I agree it's certainly not just Ubuntu + Xfce, on this machine I tried MX, Linux Lite, Debian Stretch & Salix before I tried Xubuntu yesterday, MX sort of worked, LL wouldn't boot at all, Stretch wouldn't boot at all, Salix sort of worked with some weird screen artifact issue I couldn't be bothered trying to fix, Xubuntu live booted and ran per
[12:31] <xubuntu56w> fectly, never tried any others once I discovered that. I like XFCE also & nowdays use nothing but.
[12:43] <xubuntu56w> Well that's it for me this evening, I have a 10 hour shift starting in only a few hours so need some shut-eye. Thanks again for the help and wherever in the world you are have a good one (y)
[12:44] <diogenes_> yw take care.
[16:19] <Lost-l00p> Hey everyone I really need help. I'm in a remote location right now and I've been using internet on my Ubuntu laptop using my phone as a WiFi hotspot. But yesterday some weird shit started happening. Many websites like reddit, hacker news, ubuntu.com and counting started stopping at "TLS handshake with [website]...", nothing happens and it just han
[16:19] <Lost-l00p> gs. To make matters worse I can't use a USB cable to tether b/c it doesn't give me connection (that's how it's been ever since I brought back this laptop).
[16:19] <Lost-l00p> What steps should I take exactly to fix this?
[16:20] <Lost-l00p> Btw I use Firefox. Latest xubuntu. And everything's updated afaik.
[16:22] <Lost-l00p> Only Google Facebook Instagram YouTube and every other big name social media works. Wikipedia and other such ubiquitous websites do too. Could it be from my ISP's end? I can use everything just fine on my phone but not on my hotspot connected laptop. Weird and annoying af too
[16:29] <tomreyn> hmm, hard to tell. those sites you listed as non-working are hosted at different hosts, some of which are the same as sites you listed as working.
[23:18] <xubuntu23w> hi, any difference between installing xubuntu with via the ubuntu mini iso and then installing the xubuntu desktop vs regular image download via xubuntu website? are packages different?
[23:19] <xubuntu23w> *with the
[23:23] <xubuntu23w> just installed xubuntu desktop via mini iso and the status notifier plugin is not displaying active wifi networks, says "device not ready." however I do have wifi access