[00:12] <genii> Mostly for people looking through IRC logs: ASUS laptop model X555D idiosyncrasy which locks up the mouse buttons on XFCE based desktops after periods of inactivity can be solved with kernel boot options combination of:  acpi_osi=1 acpi_osi='Windows 2010' tsc=unstable clocksource=hpet
[00:29] <tomreyn> you might want to specify the bios version, too, then
[00:29] <tomreyn> journalctl -b | grep DMI:
[00:40] <genii> Ah, ok, 1 minute
[00:41] <genii> I'm on a different machine beside and no sshd there, so transcribing manually
[00:43] <genii> DMI: ASUSTek COMPUTER INC. X555DA/X555DA, BIOS X555DA.519 02/01/2016
[00:44] <tomreyn> Version 605 2019/06/03  https://www.asus.com/Laptops/X555DA/HelpDesk_BIOS/
[00:45] <tomreyn> Version 519 2016/03/17 is what you have
[00:47] <tomreyn> this bios should be capable of self-upgrading, so you should be able to place the update file on fat32 formatted first partition (MBR partition table) on a usb stick, plugin the usb stick, reboot, enter bios, run the upgrade.
[00:48] <genii> tomreyn: https://i.imgur.com/fIB5vGX.jpg   ... the screen is filthy, sorry
[00:49] <genii> The bios does have an "EZ Flash" option
[00:49] <tomreyn> right, that's what i described above
[00:50] <genii> I wonder what the diferences in the two differently-dated 519 versions are
[01:00] <tomreyn> genii: none. the date you see on your DMI: line is when it was produced, the date on the download page is when it was released (or when QA tests had completed rather).
[01:01] <genii> tomreyn: Interesting, thanks!
[01:01] <tomreyn> you're welcome.
[02:10] <hansh_> glad to hear the 20.04 release has a new notifications panel plugin - the 18.04 one was crashing, if not daily, not far off
[03:24] <jdwwatts> man this thing is sweet
[07:02] <Belph> I've noticed that my spellchecking is not working in many applications, do I have to set it in applications manually?
[09:04] <xu-help61w> Hi, when I upgraded to 20.04 LTS on my Lenovo Ideapad 120S, I lost all sound. Please help me get it back.
[09:10] <diogenes_> xu-help61w, in terminal run: mv ~/.config/pulse ~/.config/pulse.bak && pulseaudio -k
[09:25] <Perfec7> bom dia!
[09:54] <xu-help61w> Hi diogenese, that line returns:  mv: cannot stat '¬/config/pulse' : No such file or directory
[09:58] <xu-help61w> Correction, diogenes, not diogenes..
[09:59] <diogenes_> xu-help61w, not /config but /.config with a dot.
[10:02] <xu-help61w> Sorry I did put in the dot and it returned with the dot too.
[10:03] <diogenes_> xu-help61w, run: ls ~/.config | nc termbin.com 9999
[10:03] <diogenes_> share the link here.
[10:17] <xu-help61w> I don't have the tall vertical symbol between the g and the n. Cant I just click a button somewhere, say one that says switch on sound?
[11:14] <xu-help61w> diogenes, ls ~/.config | nc termbin.com 9999  returns no such directory
[11:15] <diogenes_> xu-help61w, that's impossible, open Thunar file manager.
[11:16] <xu-help61w> Opened.
[11:17] <diogenes_> xu-help61w, now hit: ctrl+h to see the hidden folders, do you see the .config folder there?
[11:17] <xu-help61w> Yes.
[11:18] <diogenes_> enter the .config folder and find there pulse folder, right click on pulse folder > rename change it's name to pulse.bak, accept the changes.
[11:19] <xu-help61w> Done.
[11:19] <diogenes_> now open a terminal and run: pulseaudio -k
[11:21] <xu-help61w> Done.
[11:23] <saleem> hello
[11:24] <saleem> on xubuntu 20.04 i get very weird brown theme/colors on google chrome and opera
[11:24] <saleem> https://imgur.com/a/KaMZxWa
[11:24] <saleem> how can i fix this issue
[11:24] <diogenes_> xu-help61w, now see in that .config folder, it shoult have created a new pulse folder so you should have pulse and pulse.bak.
[11:24] <saleem> i have tried changing themes and icons settings but does not seem to work
[11:25] <xu-help61w> Wow!!! Sound is back!  Thanks sooo much Diogenes!
[11:25] <diogenes_> saleem, was it an ugrade or fresh install?
[11:26] <saleem> fresh install
[11:26] <saleem> it seems something related to theme setting but i am unable to fix it to default looks
[11:27] <diogenes_> saleem, hmm i've never had that, i use Firefox.
[11:27] <saleem> firefox is normal
[11:28] <saleem> i mean colors on firefox are normal for me
[11:41] <xubu27fb> What to do, when the amd-garbled-screen fix doesn't work on my machine 😕
[11:44] <xubu27fb> Sorry. It Works. Had troed
[11:45] <xubu27fb> Had tried to run as sudo. That was and mistake
[12:49] <MarekDomanski> I have just upgraded from Xubuntu 19.10 to 20.04. To effect the upgrade I had to create a new user. Otherwise the desktop remained the same. Unfortunately I now have two directories in Home: nemo (the original with data) and NEMO1. After doing a chmod 777 nemo I can now access my files. However when I try to download files from yahoo mail to nemo,
[12:49] <MarekDomanski> I am told "can't read - permission denied. Hw do I get out of this mess?
[12:53] <diogenes_> MarekDomanski, on what username you currently are?
[12:54] <MarekDomanski> Hi diogenes. I am now on NEMO1
[12:56] <diogenes_> MarekDomanski, then you need to download the files to NEMO1 not to nemo.
[13:00] <MarekDomanski> OK, but all my files are on nemo. I suppose that means I have to move all my files to NEMO1. OK I can do that. Can I safely remove the user nemo after that? So difficult to upgrade in Xubutu.
[13:01] <diogenes_> MarekDomanski, no need for all that madness, you can just rename the .cache and .config folders in nemo and you gonna have everything fresh and new and default.
[13:03] <MarekDomanski> Great! What's the terminal command exactly for rename?
[13:04] <diogenes_> MarekDomanski, mv /home/nemo/.cache /home/nemo/.cache.old && mv /home/nemo/.config /home/nemo/.config.old
[13:09] <MarekDomanski> This is basically making my nemo cache an config files invisible ie. removing them. I think I woud have to move my files first. Or. am I wrong?
[13:11] <diogenes_> no, it won't touch any of your data, it just renames those 2 folders so when you log back in as nemo, the system will create the new default configs.
[13:14] <MarekDomanski> Ah, so I abandon the new username and go back to nemo, and I will  get the new desktop? So I didn't really have to create a new user. Somebody told me I had to.
[13:21] <diogenes_> MarekDomanski, it was i who told you to create a new user but it was for testing purpose and yes, after you run that command, you can go back to that old user and have a happy life :)
[13:23] <MarekDomanski> You really are Diogenes the philosopher. Thanks very much.
[13:23] <diogenes_> hehe you're welcome.
[13:39] <MarekDomanski91> Diogenes, are you there?
[13:40] <diogenes_> yes
[13:40] <MarekDomanski91> Sorry, I somehow lost the page Can you please repeat the mv cache and config command.
[13:40] <diogenes_> mv /home/nemo/.cache /home/nemo/.cache.old && mv /home/nemo/.config /home/nemo/.config.old
[13:41] <MarekDomanski91> Thanks very much.
[13:41] <diogenes_> no problem
[17:31] <xu-help62tw> Hi guys, I´ve question. My Xubuntu is very slow. and I don't undertand the reason. Pls, help me (I'm running Xubuntu 18.04).
[17:32] <diogenes_> xu-help62tw, more details.
[17:33] <xu-help62tw> Ok. Intel Celeron N4000, Intel graphics UHD 600, 4GB of RAM.
[17:33] <diogenes_> even more...
[17:33] <xu-help62tw> One moment heheh, my level of english is low.
[17:35] <xu-help62tw> Ok, I have three partitions:
[17:36] <diogenes_> xu-help62tw, Villavicencio?
[17:37] <xu-help62tw> Nou, Ibagué.
[17:37] <xu-help62tw> Is a Colombia's city.
[17:38] <diogenes_> if you have troubles with language, you can do this:
[17:38] <diogenes_> !es
[17:38] <xu-help62tw> Oh, thanks UwU
[17:38] <diogenes_> no problems
[21:21] <n-iCe> hello guys
[21:56] <OneBigBlueDot> Hello everyone, I have a question concering the RAM in my computer. I put 4 GB of RAM in my computer. However, only 2.88 GB show up in htop. Is this due to the swp? Can someone help me?
[22:03] <Belph> What's the recommended way to change your dns server? I used to edit `/etc/resolve` but I read you shouldn't do that.
[22:15] <OneBigBlueDot> OK, BIOS shows full 4096 MB of RAM. HTOP only 2.88 GB ... any ideas?
[22:36] <well_laid_lawn> OneBigBlueDot: in a termminal run   free -m    and see what the total is there
[22:59] <OneBigBlueDot> well_laid_lawn free -m shows a total of 2950 MB
[23:03] <OneBigBlueDot> I find it curious that 2950 MB show up because the 4 GB I installed on this machine are 2 x 2 GB RAM. So 2950 MB is actually more than a single 2 GB DIM ... what's going on here?!
[23:05] <gnrp> OneBigBlueDot: Using  a32 bit system?