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jribTell: hi03:25
BHSPitMonkeyheh, I forgot about this place.03:25
Tellhi :s03:25
jribTell: remind me what you want to do please03:25
Tellso eh... installing nvidia drivers. I'd really appreciate some help :s03:25
jribTell: what version of ubuntu?03:25
TellI right click the run file, theres no mark for installation button03:25
Tell7.0403:25
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BHSPitMonkeyTell, does it appear in System>Administration>Restricted Drivers...03:26
jribTell: hmm, did you try system > administration > restricted drivers manager?03:26
jriboh, too fast03:26
BHSPitMonkeyjrib, I win!03:26
Tellyeah,it shows it there03:26
Ax4wow this is a cool room03:26
Ax4good idea :) just read the wiki about what you guys do here03:26
jribTell: you should be able to just use that program.  You don't need to download anything off the web to install stuff in ubuntu03:27
Tellit says it may be using driver software that cannot be supported03:27
BHSPitMonkeywell yeah03:27
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jribTell: yes, because the nvidia driver is closed source03:27
TheIronChefah yes.... fellow n00bs03:27
BHSPitMonkeyTell, that's because it's nVidia's driver, not an open-source one.03:27
Tellso its safe to enable it?03:28
Telland man,its nice to be in a chatroom where I can see my own text after 20 seconds :)03:28
jribTell: you are basically trusting nvidia03:28
Tellis there any instant way to check if it didnt install right?03:28
jriboh you will find out :)03:29
Telllol03:29
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Tellso eh, whats the story with beryl? Ive heard great things :D03:29
TheIronChefmy vid card only has 32 mb ... htats not close enough to run beryl right lol i had tried but it jsut made my screen white03:29
Tellmine's 256meg03:30
jribTell: it's nice eye candy03:30
Tellprettyness is important in this world :P03:30
Tellrotatable desktop also sounds pretty damn good03:30
jribTell: did the nvidia drivers enable without a problem?03:30
Tellis it hard to install?03:30
TheIronChefhey jrib (or anyone else) you want a joost invite?03:30
Telltheyre downloading, my friend is getting a torrent at 8.1meg/s, so Im getting about 20kbps 03:30
jribTheIronChef: isn't it windows only?03:31
TheIronChefthey are realeasing it int he near future fo rlinux03:31
BHSPitMonkeywhat's joost03:31
TheIronChefive run it before installing feisty and it is sweet03:31
TheIronChefcbs just signed on as well03:31
Tellso whats a good AIM/MSN alt for ubuntu?03:32
TheIronChefbut it is kinda useless now... apparently doesnt run on WINE03:32
Telland is beryl hard to install?03:32
TheIronChefyea i really dont like gaim... the buddy lsit is HUGE03:32
jribTell: if you already enabled nvidia drivers and restarted X, it should be one click to get 3d desktop03:32
TheIronChefyea theres a red diamond03:32
jribTheIronChef: tell gaim not to show icons on the buddy list03:33
TheIronChefu may need ot install beryl-manager03:33
Telldownload done, restarting03:33
Telldoes beryl come with the flame window? :P03:33
BHSPitMonkeyTell, gaim, and you already have it03:34
Telllike, minimise/max = window goes down/up in flames03:34
Tellgaim? o_O03:34
BHSPitMonkeyTell, Applications>Internet>Gaim03:34
TheIronChefyou its already on your comp lol03:34
BHSPitMonkeyTell, beryl comes with its flame effect.03:34
TellRestarted, got a restricted driver warning, and an icon in the systray03:35
jribTell: did the warning say something was wrong?03:36
TellNo, nothing in specific I dont think03:36
jribTell: you can try enabling 3d effects in  system > preferences if you want03:36
TheIronChefhm i have my clock syncronized withthe one at penn state... but its not updating03:37
Tellwheres the option to enable 3d effects?03:38
jribTell: system > preferences > desktop effects03:38
jribI thought it said "3d" for some reason03:38
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Telllol, turned it on, love the bendy windows03:39
Tellhow do I get the 3d rotating desktop and flame effects?03:40
jribwell that gives you compiz03:41
jribI'm not sure of an easy way to configure it03:42
jribTell: can you press ctrl-alt and left click and drag to move the cube?03:42
TheIronChefdo you use rythmbox to play music?03:43
jribsometimes03:43
Tellyeah, that worked :D03:44
TheIronChefi liked how windows media player would turn into a mini player03:44
TheIronChefrythmbox needs that abilitly03:44
Tellso er, pretty flame effects? ;P03:44
jribTell: I found gnome-compiz-manager in the universe repo.  It looks like a gui way to manage your settings.  Otherwise you have to use gconf-editor03:44
jribno idea if compiz does flames03:44
Tellshould I just install and set up beryl?03:45
jribTell: if you want to03:45
Tellis it good?03:45
jribcompiz and beryl have decided to merge back03:45
Tell..sorry,fuck,I work tech support for windows pc's, and I know all these questions sound bloody AWFUL03:45
jrib!language03:46
ubotuPlease watch your language and keep this channel family friendly.03:46
jribTell: you should be able to just install "beryl" if you have enabled the Universe Repository03:46
jribTell: I would disable desktop effects first though, that gave me some trouble03:46
TheIronChefum i jsut clicked the "desktop effects" in system>preferences ... it says i need ot install a driver to accelerate my ndivia card03:46
TheIronChefbut last time i sintall the driver my screen went balck and i reinstalled ubuntu03:47
TheIronChefshould i enable driver? or forget about it03:47
TheIronChefnvidia*03:47
Tellwhats the universe repo, and how do I enable it?03:47
jrib!universe > Tell    (Tell, see the private message from ubotu)03:47
jribTheIronChef: well, you can try :)  Worst case scenario, you get stuck with no X and have to do 'sudo dpkg-reconfiure xserver-xorg' to get back to the "nv" driver03:49
jribTheIronChef: did you say you had a 32mb card?03:49
TheIronChefyea ... old comp :(03:49
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Tellso should I get  corbiz or beryl for eyecandy?03:51
jribcompiz03:52
Tellsorry, compiz :)03:52
Telland thatll take over from the effects manager?03:52
jribberyl has more plugins, but it isn't as stable (or so it's claimed since both of them are buggy as hell)03:52
TheIronChefis compiz less strenuous03:54
Telland er, where can I get compiz again?03:55
Tellenabled universe..files...thing o_o03:55
TheIronChefapt-get install xserver-xgl compiz?03:56
Tell...newbie03:56
TheIronCheflol03:57
Telltype that in terminal?03:57
TheIronChefim so lost03:57
TheIronChefyea03:57
jribTell: compiz is what you have now with the Desktop effects03:57
Tell..I am lost03:57
Tellso how do I get the flame effects and a six-sided desktop cube :P03:58
jribTell: disable desktop effects, install the beryl package04:02
Tellalright, doing so now04:04
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Tellso er..are there any good rts games ported for linux?04:05
BHSPitMonkeywell04:05
Telland do networks like it when linux plays with windows?04:05
BHSPitMonkeyTremulous blends FPS with RTS04:05
BHSPitMonkeyin a freakin' awesome game04:06
Tell...isnt that a quake mod?04:06
Tellor hl even04:06
BHSPitMonkeyquake 3 spinoff, yeah04:06
BHSPitMonkeyit's based on the q3 engine04:06
BHSPitMonkeyit's standalone at this point.04:06
Tellhows about age of empires, command and conquer,and so on04:06
BHSPitMonkeyand you can apt-get it04:06
Tellare all those games gone now?04:06
BHSPitMonkeyuh04:06
BHSPitMonkeyI wouldn't know04:06
Telland is there no such thing as a standalone installer on ubuntu?04:07
Telllike,is everything done through terminal/addremove?04:08
jribrepositories are preferred04:08
Tellhow confusing o_o04:09
Tellso er, where can I get some decent themes? beryl again?04:09
jribthemes for beryl, I have no clue, try their website's wiki or ask in #ubuntu-effects04:09
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Telllol,I think ubuntu just froze04:19
BHSPitMonkeyk04:20
benlakeTell: if you download a package from X software vendor, it will install when double clicked, in an installer type fashion04:20
BHSPitMonkeystandalone installers are .deb packages04:20
BHSPitMonkeythere are also other kinds that you just run, and they take care of themselves, but they're not controlled by your normal package managers.04:21
benlakeTell: Due to the nature of most free software, a central point of finding and installing packages is quite convenient and straitforward.04:21
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=== Topic for #ubuntu-classroom: The classroom schedule is located at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Classroom | Transcripts and logs are at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ClassroomTranscripts | *If you ask a question, hang out for an answer :) *
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michaelp1i've just installed xubuntu, the sound is not working, the keyboard shift key is not working, is it driver problem/ how do i fix it/04:01
jribmichaelp1: try #ubuntu or #xubuntu04:03
jribnot many people idle here04:03
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michaelpojrib: thanks...04:04
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PhantomseQUESTION:I'm trying to instal a driver for internet conection.07:20
PhantomseThe modem is named Z01007:20
Phantomsedrivers and instalmanual:07:20
Phantomsehttp://www.zappmobile.ro/data/store/drivers/EVDO_modem/linux/linux-evdo.tar.gz07:20
Phantomsehttp://www.zappmobile.ro/data/store/drivers/EVDO_modem/linux/linux-evdo.txt07:20
jribPhantomse: use #ubuntu for help, this channel is usually dead07:20
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arufuredosanhi everybody10:46
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arufuredosancan anybody help me out to set my nick with nickserv?10:56
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arthur_kalmhi everyone10:58
arufuredosanhey arthur can you help me set my nick with nick server10:59
Jordan_UI don't think that everyone is going to say hi back :)10:59
arufuredosanI keep getting an error10:59
arthur_kalmI installed Fiesty an hour or so ago and I am unable to use the latest nVidia drivers. I attempted to install nvidia-glx-new and for some reason X fails to load saying:Failed to load module "wfb" (module does not exist, 0)10:59
arthur_kalmI attempted to install the drivers from the nVidia site, and now the complaint is that my kernel and X module versions do not match... it never complained when I used nvidia-glx-new (same version)...11:00
Jordan_Uarthur_kalm, run sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -phigh and choose "nv" when asked about what driver to use11:00
arthur_kalmarusfuredosan: hmm I did that a really long time ago and I don't remember how11:00
arufuredosangrrr11:00
arufuredosanI just want to follow the rules11:01
arthur_kalmJordan_U: yes it load's with the nv module, but I need the nvidia module for dual monitors and Beryl/Compiz support11:01
Jordan_Uarufuredosan, You just trying to register your nick11:01
Jordan_U?11:01
arufuredosanyep11:01
Jordan_Uarthur_kalm, Have you tried the restricted driver manager?11:01
arthur_kalmJordan_U: the restricted driver manager installs nvidia-glx, which doesn't work with my card. The nVidia 8800 GTS requires the latest drivers11:02
Jordan_U!register11:02
ubotuInformation about registering your Freenode nick is at http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#contents-userregistration11:02
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arufuredosanthanks11:03
mtm8I'm trying to make a custom Ubuntu based LiveCD. I'm following through this: http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ and when I get to the preseeding section, specifically the partitioning section, it becomes a bit unclear as to what my options are.11:03
mtm8I don't want to use partman-auto simply because sfdisk /dev/sda < /etc/partitions.list does the same thing. Can I call d-i preseed/early_command string sfdisk /dev/sda < /etc/partitions.list instead of partman-auto ?11:03
mtm8I'd really appreciate someone guiding me through this process step by step if possible :)11:03
arufuredosannow it seems I have registered11:03
arufuredosannot11:03
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Jordan_Umtm8, Are you sure you posted the right link?11:05
mtm8Jordan_U: Yes, why?11:05
mtm8Jordan_U: It says Debian, but the Ubuntu Installation Guide is effectively the same thing. If it makes it easier for others I'll post the Ubuntu link as well.11:06
Jordan_Umtm8, Because you are talking about creating a custom Ubuntu LiveCD then Linking to Debian install instructions11:06
Jordan_Umtm8, but what does that have to do with making a custom LiveCD?11:06
mtm8Jordan_U: If you scroll further down you'll see that there is something about preseeding.11:07
Jordan_Umtm8, To create a custom Ubuntu LiveCD just loopmount the iso, chroot into it and have fun11:07
mtm8Jordan_U: I can't find the Ubuntu installation guide online. I know it comes on the ISO and that on the ISO it's under doc/install/en/etc. etc. etc.11:07
mtm8mtm8: I can't chroot into it for some reason. Also, d-i is supposedly the official way to do everything related to LiveCD making.11:08
mtm8Jordan_U: I couldn't chroot into the loopmount'd ISO.11:08
arthur_kalmJordan_U: is there a list of all the channels available?11:08
mtm8arthur_kalm: /list or you can use searchirc.com11:09
Jordan_Umtm8, I forgot, you also need to mount the squashfs file system, that is what you chroot into11:09
cmccullohyou can also look here for a list of ubuntu channels: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat11:11
arthur_kalmmtm8 thank you11:11
Jordan_Umtm8, http://www.atworkonline.it/~bibe/ubuntu/custom-livecd.htm11:11
mtm8mtm8: Can you go a bit more indepth? I've searched all over the internet and they all specify to copy casper/filesystem.squashfs somewhere but I haven't found that in Feisty's alternate install CD.11:11
mtm8I'll take a look at the website though.11:11
mtm8$ sudo mount -t squashfs -o loop,ro $WORK/ubuntu-livecd/casper/filesystem.squashfs $WORK/old -> I can't find that.11:12
Jordan_Umtm8, Ahh, that is because the alternate install CD is not a LiveCD, it doesn't have one11:12
mtm8Jordan_U: Is there a way to do that with the alternate install CD?11:13
Jordan_Umtm8, Yes, but it is a completely different process11:13
mtm8mtm8: I'm all ears.11:13
mtm8Jordan_U: By the way, thank you so much for help thus far. I've asked around on IRC after hours of Google'ing and I keep getting nasty remarks like this from the folks in #debian:11:14
mtm8< Throat> mtm8: god can probably help you - he is omnipotent by definition, so that inculdes the power to help you11:14
Jordan_Umtm8, I have never tried to customize the alternate install CD but I know it's possible, I'm googleing around now11:16
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WesleyP11:17
Jordan_Umtm8, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallCDCustomization11:17
mtm8Yeah, that's why I brought up the d-i configuration thing.11:17
Jordan_Umtm8, What are you trying to customize about it?11:18
mtm8I need help customizing it further because the guide doesn't do an adequate job, in my opinion, of explaining all that I need to accomplish.11:18
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Wesleyhappy 420!11:18
mtm8mtm8: I'll be wiping Windows machines (hurray!) to install a custom image built by a Linux Users Group on campus. Then I have to dump Windows back on the remaining free space (darn :().11:19
mtm8Grr. I meant Jordan_U.11:19
mtm8Jordan_U: I tried out reconstructor because it seems to do exactly what I want but it only works up until Edgy.11:20
mtm8Jordan_U: I started hacking the Python source to get it to work with Feisty but I decided it was too much work especially since it didn't seem to figure out how to get filesystem.squashfs type stuff working (on the alternate CD, but that's because it doesn't have such a file).11:20
mtm8Jordan_U: I also tried UCK, but that demands that you use a graphical environment.11:21
Jordan_Umtm8, I know there is an "OEM" install mode but I don't know anything more than that about it11:21
Wesleymmm11:23
Wesleyman that somes good ganja11:23
mtm8Jordan_U: I want to be able to pop in a few LiveCDs over a computer lab and deploy Linux all over. It would establish a partition table automatically with sfdisk, then make filesystems automatically with presets as well, then mount and extract a custom tarball of modified configuration files and such. It would then install certain packages we need to get it to work and finally it would eject the CD, reboot and just work.11:24
mtm8Jordan_U: OEM install still requires configuration. I don't even want that.11:24
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Jordan_Umtm8, I am still looking around but it seems you know more about this than I do :)11:36
rickfdezlooking for help - burned the ISO for Ubuntu 7.04 for PPC and tried to boot from cd on my G5 Mac. But it always want to install rather than run from CD. likely don't know what i'm doing. advise please?11:36
rickfdezquestion - how to boot from cd to desktop with PPC version of Ubuntu11:39
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brumenquit11:49
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mtm8Jordan_U: I changed my mind because I'd like to learn how to get it to work properly with the alternate CD.11:55
mtm8Jordan_U: So starting from scratch. I downloaded the kubuntu-7.04-alternate.iso and stored it in ~/iso11:56
mtm8Jordan_U: mkdir ~/kubuntu-alternate-stock11:56
mtm8Jordan_U: sudo mount -o loop ~/iso/kubuntu-7.04-alternate-i386.iso ~/kubuntu-alternate-stock/11:57
mtm8Jordan_U: mkdir ~/mylivecd11:57
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mtm8Jordan_U: cp -r kubuntu-alternate-stock/* ~/mylivecd11:59
mtm8Jordan_U: vim ~/mylivecd.seed is where I'm going to start making all modifications before I move that to ~/mylivecd/preseed12:00

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