[09:25] <xu-help99w> Does anyone know the xubuntu "live" username / password?
[09:26] <Unit193> xubuntu
[09:28] <xu-help99w> I tried xubuntu as the username and no password but that didn't work.  I also tried xubuntu as both username and password and that didn't work either...
[09:30] <xu-help99w> Any other ideas?  I could install it on a USB thumbdrive but the Live login won't work w/o a username/password...
[09:33] <Unit193> I mean it should just boot to the desktop, there shouldn't be any need for the login info.  It most certainly should be 'xubuntu' with no password, but could try 'ubuntu' as well.
[09:34] <xu-help99w> That's what I figured too but no luck...  It doesn't login automatically like one would think.  Thanks for the help but I think this is an issue with this distro.  Too bad there aren't any forums that the devs look at for bugs etc.
[09:37] <Unit193> How did you create the install medium?
[09:40] <xu-help99w> I'm running the ISO from Ventoy.
[09:40] <xu-help99w> https://www.ventoy.net
[09:44] <Unit193> Hah, well there you go then. :P
[09:44] <xu-help99w> xubuntu-22.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso
[09:44] <Unit193> Perhaps try it with unetbootin or linux live usb creator instead. :)
[09:45] <xu-help99w> It boots up fine and then displays a logon screen and wants a username and password.
[09:46] <Unit193> Which is most certainly not normal...  If nothing else, you should be able to select the username rather than typing it in.  If you switch to a TTY, what's it say the hostname is?
[09:46] <xu-help99w> I've got around 20 ISOs on a 64Gb flashdrive running Ventoy and Mint, Linux Live etc. all run Ok directly from Ventoy.  Strange that Xubuntu asks for a username / password and no way to login w/o the info.
[09:47] <xu-help99w> I can't do anything with it, no terminal or anything since I can't login.
[09:48] <Unit193> TTY, meaning Ctrl+Alt+F1 (Ctrl+Alt+F7 to get back.)
[09:50] <Unit193> casper, the thing that boots the system, sets the username and hostname to the distro shipped.  The useful aspect here would be checking the hostname to find out what the username is, and if something modified that too.
[09:51] <xu-help99w> I'll give that a try in a minute. Thanks for the idea.  I'm making a bootable thumbdrive from the ISO to try that too.
[09:51] <Unit193> You got the Xubuntu ISO itself from https://xubuntu.org/releases I presume.
[09:57] <xu-help99w> Ok, good info.  I'll give it a try once this USB made.
[09:57] <xu-help99w> Yep, I downloaded the ISO from xubuntu.org awhile ago.
[10:03] <xu-help99w> I'm booting back into Ventoy with the ISOs again now.
[10:04] <xu-help99w> It seems to boot up fine and gets to the "Try or Install Xubuntu" screen.  Then I choose the "Try" option to run it in "Live" mode and that's when it goes to the login screen w/o anyway to get past it.
[10:07] <xu-help99w> Ctrl+Alt+F1 and the screen goes totally black with a blinking cursor in the upper left corner.
[10:08] <xu-help99w> Ctrl+Alt+F7 takes me back to the xubuntu login screen.
[10:09] <xu-help99w> The blinking cursor screen won't accept any input.  Ctrl+C does nothing, it doesn't accept any input at all.
[10:21] <xu-help99w> I can get into the Desktop via the dedicated USB.  It doesn't prompt for login, just goes directly to the desktop.  It seems that something with running it from Ventoy is causing the problem.  Strange that Linux Mint 21 and Linux Live etc. run from Ventoy w/o issue.
[10:22] <Unit193> Specifically strange about Mint as it should use casper, ubiquity, and lightdm too.
[10:28] <xu-help99w> Yes, it seems if it would work for one it should work them all...
[10:29] <xu-help99w> They are all ubuntu 22.04 based.
[11:02] <xu-help99w> I'm out!  thanks for the assist!
[13:26] <xu-irc18w> hi! I have asked in the past about a video streaming problem. Sometimes when I play a video, the video stops and the video just keeps loading. After closing ALL browsers I notice that all streaming video is stuck (as in loading forever) even if I use a different streaming service (like vimeo or youtube). At the same time every non-video streaming
[13:26] <xu-irc18w> site works fine (speed). It now happened again. Last time the suggestion was to run ping. The results don't reveal a network problem
[13:26] <xu-irc18w> Youtube says "if playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device"
[13:26] <xu-irc18w> Playing local videos (with VLC) works fine.
[13:26] <xu-irc18w> I am on xubuntu 22.04 but had the same problem with all xubuntus back to 18.04
[13:27] <xu-irc18w> it doesn't look device specific as I had this issue with a 2014 Macbookair and a lenovo thinkpad
[13:27] <gnrp> xu-irc18w: Sounds like your network provider
[13:27] <gnrp> some block video streaming to have more bandwidth for everybody (I have seen this in public places like airports or in trains)
[13:27] <xu-irc18w> I can download video with yt downloader
[13:28] <Unit193> Sounds like firefox getting stuck. :P
[13:28] <xu-irc18w> as I said in the description, ALL browsers
[13:28] <gnrp> *afaik* downloading the video is different to streaming it
[13:29] <xu-irc18w> youtube downloader mimicks a browser page and downloads chunks etc, it does stream video and stores it locally
[13:29] <xu-irc18w> I refer to this https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp youtube downloader for example
[13:29] <xu-irc18w> also whenever
[13:29] <gnrp> doesn't youtube use some webrtc or so?
[13:29] <Unit193> Not that it helps, but mpv can use yt-dlp as a backend to play videos.  And yeah, just every so often firefox gets stuck for me and I have to restart it or audio, depending.
[13:30] <gnrp> for downloading
[13:31] <xu-irc18w> gnrp: I think so, I thought a browser was doing the same
[13:31] <xu-irc18w> also whenever I reboot the machine the issue is fixed. My IP is the same, the ISP doesn't know I rebooted the machine, so it doesn't look like the ISP is the problem
[13:32] <xu-irc18w> I have tried to run `killall xfwm4`  or `xfwm4 --replace --compositor=on` but doesn't help
[13:34] <xu-irc18w> I am struggling to find how to debug the issue
[13:34] <Unit193> Just for the sake of it, try killing pulseaudio instead?
[13:37] <xu-irc18w> Unit193: stupid question but what commands should I use for that? `pulseaudio -k` ?
[13:42] <xu-irc18w> ha! `pulseaudio --kill` and then `pulseaudio --start` just made things work again!!!
[13:42] <xu-irc18w> streaming can now be resumed
[13:43] <xu-irc18w> many many thanks! I've had this issue for months!
[13:44] <xu-irc18w> next time it happens I'll try the pulseaudio restart without the xfwm4 commands (that I have ran just 20 mins ago) to see if they work on their own
[17:47] <xu-help15w> i use hp chromebook need discover software packge like plasma discover
[17:50] <xu-help15w> disabled bed ridden vet need discover to install packages for me type with one finger