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| jrib | hi | 12:17 |
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| BMT | hi | 12:17 |
| jrib | are you using GNOME? | 12:17 |
| BMT | yes | 12:17 |
| BMT | i used gconf-editor in a terminal.... | 12:18 |
| BMT | i went to apps/nautilus/desktop | 12:18 |
| BMT | was this correct ? | 12:18 |
| jrib | yes | 12:19 |
| jrib | and then "home_icon_visible" should be checked | 12:19 |
| BMT | i checked the values that i wanted | 12:19 |
| BMT | and home_icon_visible is chedked | 12:19 |
| BMT | checked | 12:19 |
| BMT | now what ? | 12:19 |
| jrib | do you have any icons on your desktop? | 12:20 |
| BMT | no | 12:20 |
| jrib | ok, is the gconf key /apps/nautilus/show_desktop checked? | 12:20 |
| jrib | oops | 12:21 |
| jrib | ok, is the gconf key /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop checked? | 12:21 |
| BMT | yes | 12:21 |
| jrib | hmm | 12:22 |
| jrib | do you have any items in your Desktop directory? | 12:23 |
| BMT | where is the desktop directory | 12:23 |
| jrib | ~/Desktop | 12:23 |
| BMT | yes i do | 12:24 |
| BMT | have a lot of stuff | 12:24 |
| jrib | but nothing shows up on your actual desktop, correct? | 12:24 |
| jrib | on your wallpaper | 12:25 |
| BMT | just the home directory icon doesn't show | 12:25 |
| jrib | ah | 12:25 |
| jrib | are you sure it is not behind another icon? | 12:25 |
| jrib | that sometimes happens | 12:25 |
| BMT | i just verified that | 12:26 |
| BMT | it is not hidden behind another icon | 12:26 |
| BMT | the crazy part is that it has always been there...i just noticied today not being there | 12:26 |
| jrib | ok, close gconf-editor | 12:27 |
| BMT | ok | 12:28 |
| BMT | closed | 12:28 |
| jrib | what does this now return: gconftool-2 -g /apps/nautilus/desktop/home_icon_visible | 12:28 |
| BMT | false | 12:29 |
| jrib | ok, do this: gconftool-2 -t bool -s /apps/nautilus/desktop/home_icon_visible true | 12:30 |
| BMT | there it goes | 12:31 |
| BMT | my icon came back | 12:31 |
| BMT | what did you do here with | 12:32 |
| jrib | k, great | 12:32 |
| BMT | that last statement | 12:32 |
| jrib | it's the same as putting a checkmark next to /apps/nautilus/desktop/home_icon_visible | 12:32 |
| jrib | don't know why gconf-editor didn't work | 12:32 |
| BMT | wow that is amazing to have that much control of the OS like that | 12:32 |
| BMT | i really need that because i am always looking at my home folder stuff...so having the icon really does help | 12:33 |
| BMT | now maybe you can help with my CD burning | 12:33 |
| jrib | I like my desktop to just be a nice picture with no icons, but to each his own | 12:33 |
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| BMT | really | 12:34 |
| BMT | ? | 12:34 |
| BMT | hmm... | 12:34 |
| BMT | so how would you get to your program and othere utilities | 12:34 |
| jrib | desktop is too hard to access imo, it's always covered with windows | 12:34 |
| BMT | this is true | 12:34 |
| BMT | you would have to minimize the windows to get to the icons | 12:35 |
| jrib | well to get to my home, I would go to Places -> Home in the menu or just use "home" in deskbar | 12:35 |
| BMT | deskbar ? | 12:35 |
| jrib | right click on your panel -> add to panel deskbar | 12:35 |
| jrib | you could also just put a launcher for home as button next to your menu | 12:36 |
| BMT | this is great ! | 12:36 |
| jrib | yeah, deskbar is very nice | 12:37 |
| jrib | and if you use it with Beagle or Tracker it's even nicer | 12:37 |
| BMT | man ! Beagle ? Tracker ? what is that ....lol | 12:37 |
| jrib | they index all your files | 12:38 |
| jrib | kind of like google desktop | 12:38 |
| jrib | !info beagle | 12:38 |
| ubotu | beagle: indexing and search tool for your personal data. In component main, is optional. Version 0.2.16.3-0ubuntu4 (feisty), package size 883 kB, installed size 3892 kB | 12:38 |
| jrib | !info tracker | 12:39 |
| ubotu | tracker: metadata database, indexer and search tool. In component universe, is optional. Version 0.5.4-4 (feisty), package size 231 kB, installed size 1004 kB | 12:39 |
| BMT | i need to find that...sounds interesting | 12:39 |
| BMT | what is a software channel | 12:39 |
| jrib | hmm, what do you mean? | 12:39 |
| BMT | whenever i am trying to install something like a .deb file ...sometimes it tells me i have to go to a software channel | 12:39 |
| jrib | most stuff should be in the repositories, you shouldn't need to install too many .deb's, but I don't know what error that is. Can you paste the exact error verbatim? | 12:40 |
| BMT | don't have it now...but can do that later....what are the repositories ? | 12:40 |
| jrib | uh oh, they are the best part of ubuntu! | 12:41 |
| BMT | i have heard the term before | 12:41 |
| jrib | BMT: when you install things from add/remove or synaptic (or some other APT frontend), it fetches the packages from the online repositories | 12:41 |
| BMT | i have used all .deb files to install any extra programs that didn't come witht he ubuntu initial install | 12:41 |
| jrib | do you know about using synaptic and add/remove? | 12:42 |
| BMT | i am looking at add/remove as we speak | 12:42 |
| BMT | what is synaptic | 12:42 |
| jrib | system -> administration -> synaptic | 12:42 |
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| jrib | it's a little less new-user-friendly (read: more powerful) than add/remove | 12:43 |
| BMT | this is true | 12:43 |
| BMT | lol | 12:43 |
| BMT | but do add/remove and synaptic go hand and hand | 12:43 |
| BMT | what i can install using synaptic i can install using add/remove ? | 12:44 |
| jrib | yep, they use the same packages, they just present them to you in a different manner | 12:44 |
| jrib | if you want to keep a healthy ubuntu system, always try to get your software from the repositories. | 12:44 |
| BMT | ok | 12:44 |
| BMT | have ever found a mix online that you liked and wanted to burn to CD ? | 12:45 |
| jrib | nope, I don't really burn any music to CDs | 12:45 |
| BMT | oh ok.... | 12:45 |
| BMT | i am having a time find a app that will cut up a mix into separate tracks when burning | 12:46 |
| BMT | nero 4 did not for me using Windows | 12:46 |
| BMT | but i am trying to completely move away from Windows | 12:46 |
| jrib | see if anyone in #ubuntu has a suggestion | 12:46 |
| BMT | i have tried that ...and all i got was to use audacity to cut up the mix myself and then burn | 12:47 |
| BMT | that will take too long i feel | 12:48 |
| BMT | i tried to us add/remove to install kb3..it told me that i could not install it because it conflicted with something already install....add/remove suggested i use synaptic to solve this program | 12:49 |
| BMT | how would i go about doing that | 12:50 |
| jrib | close add/remove and then open up system -> administration -> synaptic | 12:50 |
| BMT | i did that | 12:50 |
| jrib | now what happens when you try to install k3b? | 12:50 |
| BMT | but i don't see how synaptic will resolve my issue | 12:50 |
| BMT | how do i get to k3b on synaptic | 12:51 |
| BMT | i am looking at "multimedia' now and don't see k3b | 12:51 |
| BMT | is there a search on synaptic ? | 12:51 |
| jrib | there's a search field somewhere | 12:51 |
| BMT | i found it... | 12:51 |
| BMT | synaptic says that it installing k3b conflicts withe libflac++5 with i just installed this morning for audacity | 12:52 |
| BMT | i am going to do it anyway to see what happens | 12:53 |
| BMT | maybe it will install k3b and audacity will still work | 12:53 |
| BMT | i need to find the MAD mp3 decoding library as well as the k3b MAD mp3 decoder plugin | 12:56 |
| BMT | can i find these things in add/remove ? | 12:57 |
| jrib | probably | 12:57 |
| BMT | not in add/remove going to try synaptic | 12:57 |
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| jrib | too much traffic sometimes | 10:41 |
| Atrocity2001 | jrib: Thanks. | 10:41 |
| jrib | alright, plug in the usb key now while you are logged in as the problem user | 10:41 |
| Atrocity2001 | It's actually a FireWire drive. | 10:41 |
| jrib | k | 10:41 |
| Atrocity2001 | Let me unmount, then swap over... | 10:42 |
| jrib | k | 10:42 |
| Atrocity2001 | Even unmounting is weird...it shows twice and I can only unmount one of them...OK, switching user now... | 10:43 |
| Atrocity2001 | OK...unplugged, powered off the drive, plugged it back in and powered it on...now "jeff" can see it and, it appears, write to it. I hope it persists! I'd swear I tried this before...THANK YOU! | 10:46 |
| Atrocity2001 | In fact, I'm going to log "jeff" off and log back on to see what happens. | 10:46 |
| jrib | k | 10:47 |
| Atrocity2001 | Seems to still work, thanks so much! Now on to getting Azureus to work under 7.04 and figuring out why Rhythmbox keeps locking up. :) | 10:48 |
| jrib | heh, I didn't do anything, but glad it's working :) | 10:49 |
| Atrocity2001 | Still, I appreciate the time...thinking back, I'm sure I killed the power to the drive before but never physically disconnected the FireWire cable...not sure why I should have to, but whatever it takes. Thanks again! | 10:50 |
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