[03:48] <gabrielmartins> Hello .. Good night. I would like to know how to activate all the cores of my processor through the terminal. I have 2 cores.
[03:49] <well_laid_lawn> gabrielmartins:  that will be done by the kernel automatically
[03:57] <gabrielmartins> Much obliged. I would like to talk about other questions here.
[04:01] <gabrielmartins> how do i save this channel on irc when starting it
[04:04] <gabrielmartins> hexchat
[04:05] <gabrielmartins> i use Hexchat
[04:07] <well_laid_lawn> I don't use hexchat but I'm sure there's some info on the web
[04:07] <well_laid_lawn> https://hexchat.readthedocs.io/en/latest/faq.html
[04:07] <well_laid_lawn> gabrielmartins:  ↑
[13:39] <Monev> gabrielmartins: right click on the channel, there should be an autojoin option
[13:39] <Monev> mind you, its been a year since I last used hexchat
[14:14] <gabrielmartins> hi
[14:14] <gabrielmartins> good day.
[14:15] <diogenes_> hi
[14:15] <lighterowl> hi
[14:21] <gabrielmartins> Good Morning. i would like to install a fps to have fun with my xubumtu. however my computer is limited.
[14:22] <GridCube> Half life should do the trick
[14:22] <lighterowl> oh yeah
[14:23] <GridCube> Or counter strike, or any of those, i think they are free on steam
[14:24] <GridCube> Or maybe i got them on a sale for free... Don't know
[14:26] <diogenes_> afaik you can right from terminal do: sudo apt install openarena
[14:28] <lighterowl> oh yeah, that works.
[14:30] <lighterowl> huh, it seems like there are three openarena servers at work.
[14:30]  * lighterowl is amused.
[14:32] <gabrielmartins> grateful
[14:45] <jphilips> another free fps is team fortress
[14:46] <jphilips> only problem with a number of them is that they take some 10+ gbs of space
[14:47] <lighterowl> jphilips: 2001 called, it wants its huge hard drives back ;)
[15:43] <gabrielmartins> yet another last question with respectable linux users. I would like to know why I can't uninstall Meteo weather app. I've tried everything. the package is not found.
[15:45] <GridCube> i don't know what that is
[15:45] <GridCube> is it the weather widget in the panel?
[15:48] <Monev> gabrielmartins: might I interest you in a third person shooter
[15:56] <gabrielmartins> yes
[15:56] <gabrielmartins> is nice
[15:57] <gabrielmartins> fps is good
[15:58] <Monev> aw
[15:58] <Monev> gabrielmartins: try out teeworlds or ddnet
[15:58] <Monev> I used to play it a couple of years back
[15:59] <Monev> kinda dead now, but if you get the hang of it, the game is quite fast
[15:59] <Monev> like smash bros melee fast
[16:08] <gabrielmartins> I work with event sounding and I need an app for that. found in meteo and liked the appearance. but I can't seem to run it. I would like to uninstall it just to learn and not to leave applications that don't work.thanks
[16:09] <gabrielmartins> ok
[16:10] <GridCube> if you installed it from the repositories then it should be as simple as clicking uninstall from the software manager, if you installed it from somewhere else then you're on your own
[16:12] <diogenes_> gabrielmartins, look in synaptic package manager, it would list all installed packages including 3rd party ones.
[16:15] <xubuntu92w> I have the following network problem: from time to time the network connection goes away, and sometimes NetworkManager cannot detect my network. What I have done to try to solve it is the following:- Configure the network driver so that the connection is not cut.- Reinstall NetworkManager.- Start the system with an earlier version of the
[16:15] <xubuntu92w> kernel.Since it happens to me with any network to which I try to connect, I have looked at the NetworkManager information and I get an error that tells me that you cannot open / run / network / ifstate. I have verified that / run does not have the "network" subdirectory. Can that be what is causing me the problem or does it have nothing to do with
[16:15] <xubuntu92w> it? In case it has nothing to do, what could be the problem?
[16:17] <diogenes_> xubuntu92w, wifi?
[16:18] <xubuntu92w> Yes.
[16:20] <diogenes_> xubuntu92w, see if that also happens with cable also look in driver manager if it has any alternative wireless driver.
[16:24] <xubuntu92w> I don't have any problem on cable, I can connect quietly without the connection going away and without stopping detecting my network when I feel like it. Where can I see alternatives to my network driver? My computer is an HP Pavillion 15, if it helps.
[16:25] <diogenes_> in the menu type: driver manager
[16:28] <xubuntu92w> I just looked at it and it tells me that there is no alternative network driver.
[16:30] <diogenes_> xubuntu92w, might be an issue with the wireless card getting overheated.
[16:31] <xubuntu92w> And how can I solve it?
[16:32] <Matthew37> Is it worth waiting for 20.04 to release before I make my pretty much permanent/at least a few years install concidering 20.04 is meant to come soon
[16:33] <diogenes_> xubuntu92w, how old is the PC also after how much time the network disappears?
[16:34] <xubuntu92w> My computer is 7 years old, and this problem has been happening to me for 3 days.
[16:36] <diogenes_> did you upgrade/install anything before the issue occurred?
[16:39] <xubuntu92w> Yes, I did a package update and installed the new kernel version. As the kernel packages retained them, what I did was to uninstall them completely (purging the configuration files) and then install the new version.
[16:41] <diogenes_> xubuntu92w, what i'd suggest is to run a live iso off a usb drive and see if you encounter the same issue.
[16:45] <xubuntu92w> Okay. Between tonight and tomorrow I will check it (right now I am not at home and I don't have the Xubuntu installation DVD).
[16:46] <genii> Matthew37: If you need this machine to be stable, can install 18.04, then LTS->LTS direct upgrade to 20.04 will be available after the first point release of Focal ( 20.04.1 ) sometime around June/July. If that's not so crucial, you can install the current image of 20.04 and just keep it updated, the updated version will be identical to the release version after it's officially released
[16:49] <Matthew37> Would it be a good ideal to just wait for the first point release and then just install it or would it be good to install 18.04 now. I plan on installing it on a 128 gb usb drive
[16:54] <genii> Matthew37: For the most part, the current 20.04 image is stable, and the release version April 23 should be even moreso. The point releases usually are refinements of smaller fixes, but LTS to LTS upgrade is not offered before an LTS has been in wide distribution for a few months.
[16:56] <genii> Matthew37: So if this machine needs to be extremely reliable and stable, the best tactic is to install the current LTS, then upgrade to Focal when it is offered by the package manager
[16:57] <Matthew37> genii Isent there a risk of having certain things mess up when updateing from an LTS version to another LTS version
[16:58] <genii> Matthew37: If stock repositories are used, the risk is minimal. If you install a lot of software from outside sources like PPAs then the risk increases proportionally
[17:04] <Matthew37> genii How many outside software's until I would be better off just waiting for 20.04.1 and not even messing with 18.04
[17:07] <genii> That's not a question to which there is an answer
[17:11] <Matthew37> Is it worth it to install xubuntu onto a 3.0 usb or is the performance increase so small its worth it to just go with 2.0
[17:11] <genii> One outside package which provides it's own libraries that break dependencies of a stock package is enough. But there's no way to know which unless every individual PPA that's installed is compared to what the system expects or relies on normally. There is a package called ppa-purge however that can be used to return a system to stock by removing outside packages so that it can be safely upgraded to a new release
[17:15]  * genii wanders off for a bit to forage for food
[18:08] <Matthew37> Whats the best for long term use a external Hard drive, external SSD, Usb flash drive 3.0, or a Usb flash drive 2.0?
[18:22] <genii> An actual drive in an enclosure and not any kind of USB stick
[18:28] <Matthew37> genii so with linux what would be the better option an external ssd or external Hard drive
[18:31] <genii> An external SATA SSD with either an eSATA or USB3 enclosure
[18:45] <jediorder> can someone direct me to the best route to send feature suggestions for xubuntu?
[18:48] <genii> The traditional way is to file a bug report tiled "Feature Request" against the package which contains the thing you would like to have your suggestion appled to
[18:48] <genii> ..and they already left
[19:08] <brainwash> jediorder: what suggestion would that be?
[19:09] <brainwash> based on what you want it either should go to the Xubuntu team or the Xfce team
[19:09] <brainwash> or even somewhere else
[19:18] <jediorder> brainwash, it's to add something called night control or night display or something like that..it's featured in the ubuntu desktop version where it controls the screen color to be warmer at night time.
[19:18] <jediorder> brainwash, it'll probably have to be something that the xfce team'll handle but i wanted to ask here, too.
[19:19] <jediorder> i also have a question about something that's already in place.
[19:20] <brainwash> Xubuntu could add some tool to handle that, but not sure how it work nicely (it probably needs to be configured etc.)
[19:20] <brainwash> for Xfce, there may be a bug report for that request already
[19:21] <jediorder> brainwash, ok, cool. i've got the redshift snap installed at the moment to handle it and that's ok by me to use if that's the only to do it but if it can be added to the os as a standard feature, for future releases, that'd be great.
[19:22] <jediorder> only way to do it*
[19:23] <brainwash> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xubuntu-meta
[19:23] <brainwash> and there is the xubuntu mailing list also
[19:24] <jediorder> brainwash, ok. i'll join that as well and post the feature request there, too. thanks!
[19:25] <brainwash> https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14046
[19:25] <brainwash> but no progress there
[19:29] <jediorder> ubottu, yeah, that's what it's called. night light mode.
[22:51] <xubuntuhelpme> hey guys, i've got a question. Im creating a live usb and it is asking me to set how much persistant data i want. how much should i make it?
[22:52] <xubuntuhelpme> it is a 1.87 gb pendrive, xubuntu weighs about 1.5gb
[22:55] <xubuntu42w> i accidentally disconnected
[22:56] <xubuntu42w> did someone answer?
[22:56] <JackFrost> Not yet.
[22:56] <JackFrost> But that's up to you, I guess.


  We've gotta make a living.
[03:28] <dmcglone> Oh i'm not blaming them
[03:28] <canthus13> Fucking rate hikes after every annual contract negoation sucks. :(
[03:28] <canthus13> Don't be surprised if subscription TV collapses under it's own weight sometime in the next 15-20 years.
[03:28] <dmcglone> I can see that happening
[03:29] <dmcglone> they are raising prices so high, people will do away with it
[03:29] <canthus13> Cable providers can't keep eating the costs, and the rate hikes are just gonna keep getting worse.
[03:29] <canthus13> dmcglone: that's part of the reason comcast is so eager to buy up content providers like NBC.
[03:30] <Unit193> And you can find anything online...
[03:30] <dmcglone> instead of cable providers eating costs they can learn to cut costs like everybody else
[03:30] <canthus13> dmcglone: there aren't any costs left to cut.
[03:31] <canthus13> TV margins are razor thin. Our money comes from internet and tel, mostly.
[03:31] <canthus13> we're busting our butts to squeeze the extra dime out from efficiency now. :(
[03:32] <Cheri703> canthus13: they need people to work from home so they don't have office overhead...and hire me so I can work from a distance :)
[03:32] <canthus13> Cheri703: Heh. we're trying to convince them to do that... :)
[03:32] <dmcglone> here's one, when I gave at&t's uverse a try I didn't like it, so they had me send the equipment back at my cost, but told me to keep all the remotes
[03:32] <dmcglone> money wasted there
[03:33] <canthus13> AT&T blows.
[03:33] <dmcglone> probably millions
[03:33] <canthus13> dmcglone: We're seeing u-verse refugees all the time. I've talked to several who cancelled u-verse mid-install.
[03:34] <dmcglone> TWC sent 2 techs out on 2 separate days to hook up internet and phone
[03:34] <canthus13> but SBC has an assload of cash to burn.
[03:34] <canthus13> dmcglone: Our installers handle all 3 services.
[03:34] <dmcglone> that was a waste
[03:34] <dmcglone> I see all kinds of waste from various companies
[03:34] <canthus13> dmcglone: Depends.  TWC is thinking like "How can we do this the most efficient way overall?"
[03:36] <canthus13> if the unions they deal with say that different skillsets can't overlap, then they have to work around that.
[03:36] <dmcglone> last week I had my house insulated, they guys left their big half size semi truck running for 4 days for 8 hours
[03:36] <canthus13> Wow.
[03:37] <dmcglone> companies just keep on wasting
[03:37] <canthus13> That's nuts, unless the semi was also doubling as the power source for the insulation blower.
[03:37] <dmcglone> they didn't blow the insulation until the 4th day
[03:37] <canthus13> That's just stupid.
[03:37] <dmcglone> the first 3 days was prep work
[03:38] <dmcglone> now I know why it was so damn expensive to get it done
[03:39] <canthus13> teh idling prolly wasn't as expensive as it seems, but still.. 8 hours would be ~30 bucks or so.
[03:39] <dmcglone> 3, 6, 9 120.
[03:39] <canthus13> Yup.
[03:39] <dmcglone> imagine 5 trucks
[03:39] <canthus13> I know.. it adds up.
[03:40] <dmcglone> yup
[03:40] <dmcglone> all these big ass companies are just wasteful and they nickle and dime the consumer
[03:41] <dmcglone> I may be wrong, but I do think these cable companies can cut costs tremendously
[03:42] <dmcglone> but even if they did cut costs, they aren't going to let the consumer reap any benefits
[03:43] <dmcglone> they just continue to raise prices
[03:43] <Unit193> dmcglone: You got to think "How can I pocket more money?"
[03:43] <canthus13> Some companies may waste...
[03:43] <dmcglone> yup, and thats completely wrong Unit193
[03:43] <canthus13> we bust our asses to cut costs. we've gotta stay competitive.
[03:44] <canthus13> We're a regional company, and we've pretty much pushed verizon and AT&T out.
[03:44] <dmcglone> canthus13: I'm talking about these multi-billion dollar companies
[03:44] <canthus13> they just kinda hang on the fringes wondering why the fuck they can't get a decent foothold.
[03:45] <dmcglone> well I hope you win the war and not just the battle
[03:45] <dmcglone> because I hate AT&T and Verizon
[03:45] <canthus13> we've got 3/4 the TV market, 2/3 of the broadband market, and more than half the residential tel market.  and that's not including commercial. :)
[03:45] <dmcglone> good
[03:45] <canthus13> we're a little more expensive, but only because we're paying for home-grown support.
[03:45] <canthus13> no calling india. :)
[03:45] <dmcglone> I see
[03:46] <dmcglone> yeah
[03:46] <Unit193> Would you be able to cut internet costs?
[03:46] <canthus13> We generally do.
[03:46] <canthus13> just did recently.
[03:47] <canthus13> and we also boost speeds periodically at no charge.  recently moved the 3Mbit to 4, 8 to 10, 12 to 20, added 30 and 50. :)
[03:47] <canthus13> right now the 4Mbit is going for 14.95.
[03:47] <Cheri703> o.O
[03:48] <canthus13> that's 4 down, 1 up.
[03:48] <canthus13> federal broadband minimum.
[03:48] <dmcglone> cool
[03:48] <canthus13> Of course, it's 10 bucks more a month if internet is your only service, but basic cable is only ~15 bucks a month.
[03:48] <canthus13> (basic being the local channels and not much more.)
[03:48] <dmcglone> thats another thing, why does the gov. have a say in this?
[03:49] <canthus13> dmcglone: The government should have a little say, but not much.
[03:49] <canthus13> the federal minimum is a guideline, not a requirement.
[03:49] <dmcglone> Ok
[03:49] <canthus13> we also have a slower speed. (800k/200k)
[03:49] <canthus13> works great for grandma's email. :)
[03:49] <Cheri703> dmcglone: the government subsidized telephone service back in the day, they're considering doing it with internet to make sure that EVERYONE has internet access
[03:50]  * canthus13 remembers when he would have killed for an 800k connection... :)
[03:50] <dmcglone> Oh so I guess that was the idea of " the father of the internet" (Al fuckin gore)
[03:50] <dmcglone> lol
[03:51] <canthus13> Heh.
[03:52] <dmcglone> The only father he was to anything was "bullshit"
[03:53] <dmcglone> anyone believe in Armageddon?
[03:54] <Cheri703> that was a lame movie
[03:54] <Unit193> The movie?
[03:54] <dmcglone> Not the movie, how the world is going to end?
[03:55] <canthus13> With a whimper?
[03:55] <dmcglone> mark of the beast?
[03:55] <Cheri703> eh, either it's going to happen or it's not, I don't really have much say either way, so I'm not concerned
[03:55] <dmcglone> anybody read the bible?
[03:56] <canthus13> Read The Hollow Men
[03:56] <Unit193> dmcglone: Why do you ask?
[03:56] <Cheri703> I could die tomorrow, I could die 10 minutes from now, I could die 50 years from now....meh
[03:57] <dmcglone> well I think we've already been seeing the mark of the beast
[03:57] <dmcglone> chips implanted in hands
[03:58] <dmcglone> it's already started being put to use
[03:59] <dmcglone> anyway, my point is I believe our government is helping these things become reality
[03:59] <canthus13> bah. Everyone thinks they've seen the mark of the beast. At various times people have called the ashes on the forehead that the catholics do on Ash Wednesday the mark of the beast, the red dot on hindu forheads, the tattoos given to the jews in the concentration camps....
[03:59] <canthus13> people always find SOMETHING to freak out about.
[04:00] <steffen_> um, okay..
[04:00] <dmcglone> true canthus13
[04:01] <canthus13> dmcglone: Could be that Tux is the mark of the beast.  LOL
[04:02] <Unit193> Once I see tux on peoples foreheads I'm really going to start thinking stuff is a little off...
[04:02] <dmcglone> and the reason I brought that up is because we were talking about the gov. having a say in everything and like Cheri703 said, the Gov. wants EVERYONE to have computers and Internet. Hmmm I wonder why
[04:03] <Cheri703> they want everyone to have ACCESS to it
[04:03] <dmcglone> see what I'm getting at
[04:03] <Cheri703> poor areas shouldn't be left behind because they're poor
[04:03] <dmcglone> they do?? Or so we think
[04:03] <Cheri703> poor people shouldn't be left behind because they're poor
[04:03] <canthus13> Unit193: Just for that, I may get a temporary tat of Tux for my forehead for OLF.
[04:04] <Unit193> canthus13: Tell me if you do, I will want to see that! (if I be going)
[04:04] <canthus13> We should all do it. and refuse to talk about it.
[04:04] <dmcglone> LOL canthus13
[04:04] <canthus13> Just show up with Tux on our foreheads and pretend like we know nothing about it.
[04:04] <Unit193> That would be really funny...
[04:05] <Cheri703> or the circle of friends logo
[04:05] <dmcglone> well I don't trust our Gov. 100%
[04:05] <canthus13> Heh.
[04:05] <Cheri703> no one should trust anyone 100%
[04:05] <canthus13> Cheri703: People already think Ubuntu is a cult.
[04:05] <Cheri703> but there's a point where you can't just make crap up
[04:05] <dmcglone> the more electronic things are the better record they have of us
[04:06] <dmcglone> You see, I'm an alien from another planet
[04:06] <dmcglone> LMAO
[04:07] <dmcglone> I trust only obi-wan
[04:07] <dmcglone> and Yoda
[04:07] <dmcglone> Oh I trust canthus13 that the cable company he works for tries hard to cut costs too
[04:08] <dmcglone> wow that shut everyone up real quick
[04:09] <Unit193> When a loony starts talking, you just have nothing to say... ;)
[04:09] <canthus13> Heh.
[04:09] <dmcglone> lmao
[04:10] <dmcglone> someone's gotta get this room going. It's like walking into a funeral sometimes
[04:10] <dmcglone> lol
[04:10] <canthus13> That's because I hang in ##club-ubuntu. much more interesting most of the time. :)
[04:10] <Unit193> dmcglone: I just wait for you to show up and start a fight...
[04:10] <dmcglone> Oh I see, you done dumped this place
[04:10] <Unit193> club-ubuntu?
[04:10] <dmcglone> LOL Unit193 start a fight? with who?
[04:11] <canthus13> Unit193: Yeah.   (I'm an idiot boy, I don't harass you too much :) )
[04:23] <canthus13> Cheri703: Not so much in there... they don't let stuff get too out of hand.
[04:24] <canthus13> but yeah, there's quite a bit of crude and crass talk...
[04:24] <Cheri703> accessibility, beginners, beginners-team, speechcontrol, women, zareason
[04:24] <Cheri703> on occasion others
[04:24] <Unit193> Wow...
[04:24] <Cheri703> canthus13: if it has LESS rules than offtopic, then...no
[04:25] <canthus13> Cheri703: Heh.
[04:26] <Cheri703> we get people coming into ubuntu-women to troll and harass women....so...not worth my effort
[04:26] <Cheri703> my life is not lacking anything by not being there
[04:27] <canthus13> Cheri703: ubuntu-women is a natural target for trolls, sadly. :(
[04:27] <Cheri703> yeah
[04:27] <Cheri703> but they don't seem to realize they're going to be banned FAST
[04:27] <dmcglone> well all, I'm going to hop off here and watch a little tv
[04:28] <Cheri703> but canthus13, unfortunately, simply having a female sounding nickname is a natural target for many trolls
[04:28] <dmcglone> hopefully I did my job and livened up the room for a while
[04:28] <Unit193> bye dmcglone!
[04:28] <dmcglone> g'night all
[04:28] <dmcglone> later Unit193
[04:28] <Cheri703> dmcglone: hang on a sec
[04:28] <canthus13> 'nite.
[04:28] <Cheri703> I'm going to pm you
[04:28] <dmcglone> ok
[04:29] <dmcglone> go ahead Cheri703
[04:30] <Unit193> And my first thought was postmortem...
[04:31] <Cheri703> so I got up for a few minutes, and my one dog charlie (the biggest), was laying on the couch next to me, when I got back, somehow she'd scooted her butt halfway into my spot, but still laying in the same body position....not sure how that was physically possible...
[04:32] <canthus13> Cheri703: They're sneaky like that.
[04:32] <Cheri703> I guess! the other night coco (the mid sized one) was GLUED to my side
[04:33] <canthus13> Puck has been that way for the last few months....
[04:34] <Cheri703> coco is a velcro dog, but also SUPER HYPER ENERGETIC OMGOMGOMGPEOPLEPETTINGMEOMG!
[04:34] <canthus13> She has her butt stuck to my side right now, and is slowly trying to work her way between me and my laptop.
[04:34] <Cheri703> heh
[05:43] <Unit193> If a HD isn't bad, why would a computers BIOS not detect one HD and not another? (newish so it shouldn't be disk size)
[05:43] <Cheri703> master/slave jumper?
[05:43] <canthus13> Sector size.
[05:44] <canthus13> SATA or IDE?
[05:44] <Cheri703> probably ide
[05:44] <Unit193> IDE
[05:44] <canthus13> cable position, jumpers, flaky BIOS.
[05:45] <Unit193> The one that doesn't work has no jumper
[05:46] <Cheri703> that might be your issue...
[05:48] <Unit193> One is 40G the other 80G
[05:51] <Unit193> Would one computer be fine with no jumper and another not?
[05:52] <Cheri703> you'd need to look at the hdd's themselves, it'll show where the jumper needs to be for master/slave
[05:56] <Unit193> I know that, I'm asking if one computer won't work if there is no jumper while another computer defaults to ??
[05:56] <Unit193> Sticking the jumper in the correct place worked
[05:57] <Cheri703> ok, cool
[05:59] <Unit193> Do you know my other question? The HD in this computer wasn't detected in the other computer... (Trying to swap comps)
[06:00] <Cheri703> so I'm confused
[06:00] <Cheri703> you're trying to ADD a hdd? or just put it into a different tower?
[06:00] <Unit193> Diff tower
[06:03] <Cheri703> ok, sometimes yeah, if a jumper is missing that motherboard might not auto detect master/slave
[06:06] <Unit193> Thank, that was killing me.... you can't clone an active boot partition can you? (that just doesn't sound like you can or a good idea...)
[06:06] <Cheri703> probably not, can you do it from a liveusb
[06:06] <Cheri703> ?
[06:07] <Unit193> USB I don't think so, but clonezilla will work (10G > 80G)
[06:07] <canthus13> Boot from USB.
[06:07] <canthus13> not copy to usb.
[06:09] <Unit193> Yes I understand; this computer is very old and it doesn't support USB boot
[06:09] <Cheri703> live cd?
[06:10] <Cheri703> plug the hdd into another computer that can?
[06:11] <Unit193> The computer supports cd (I was just asking if you can clone an active computer, the answer was no)
[08:07] <Cheri703> ugh headache :(