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pumpkinhea1i can't get xubuntu GG to install on my old sony vaio... would an older version like DD be more likely to work?00:22
nantax<- laughing at myself, was wondering what gg and dd was, then it hit me that its the version name :)00:31
pumpkinhea1yep. know the answer? :)00:33
thruxtonpumpkinhea1: generally a new version would have more drivers etc, but its worth a shot. Where in the install does it bomb?00:34
nantaxpumpkinhea1, i don't know the answer because im still relatively new to linux00:36
nantaxi would be around  1 month already... so far so good00:37
pumpkinhea1 @thruxton well the desktop starts to load, but the taskbar never appears. i was able to get the install dialogue box but sat empty for several mins00:38
pumpkinhea1i'm afraid there just aren't enough system resources, or something. is DD more resource-light?00:38
thruxtonpumpkinhea1: it may be, yes, not sure. You could launch the taskbar or panel from a terminal though and save the session so it will start next time00:39
pumpkinhea1thruxton: what is the launch command pls?00:40
thruxtonpumpkinhea1: open a terminal and type:  xfce4-panel00:41
thruxtonor even:  xfce4-panel &00:41
thruxtonsave the session and exit, then log back in00:41
pumpkinhea1thruxton: ok ty will try. tyvm00:41
thruxtonno problem00:41
nantaxthruxton, do you use xubuntu?00:42
nantaxi mean right now?00:42
thruxtonnantax: yes00:42
nantaxgg?00:42
thruxton7.1000:43
nantaxokay have you tried remapping your win key to show the xfce pop up menu?00:43
nantaxi have been trying to do this since day one00:43
nantaxbut i dont know how00:43
nantaxif you can help me on this, then i would appreciate it very much00:44
thruxtonnantax: not yet, ive done it in debian, but to map it for use in emacs. What have you tried?00:44
thruxtonnantax: btw, I'm in a fishing camp in northern ont, so if i seem a bit laggy thats why.. :-)00:45
nantaxsettings -> keyboard settings -> shortcuts -> add theme (can't edit the default)00:45
nantaxmade one theme then add shortcut00:45
nantaxcommand is xfce4-popup-menu00:46
thruxtonnantax: i think you need to look into xmodmap00:46
nantaxthen when it asks to press a key, i press the winkey and it registers as super+super_L00:46
thruxtonoh, hmm00:46
nantaxand when i exit the dialog and press the winkey, nothing happens00:46
thruxtonlet me try..00:46
nantaxbut when i press ctrl+escape (default hotkey) the menu shows up00:47
nantaxthanks, much appreciated00:47
thruxtonnantax: same result as you00:48
nantaxokay thanks, that makes it better00:49
thruxtonnantax: in xev, does it register as key 115, Super_L?00:49
nantaxsince its not only me00:49
nantaxstate 0x40, keycode 115 (keysym 0xffeb, Super_L), same_screen YES,00:50
nantaxi thinks so00:50
thruxtonnantax: ok do this..00:52
thruxtonxmodmap -e "keycode 115 = F13"00:52
thruxton(in a terminal)00:52
thruxtonthen re-edit your short cut00:52
thruxtonand press the left win key, it should now show f1300:53
nantaxokay give me a minute00:53
thruxtonthen try the key, your menu should work, so all you need to do is place: keycode 115 = F13  in your ~/.xmodmaprc00:54
nantaxokay that worked00:55
nantaxso is this f13 thing a kludge?00:55
thruxtonno, not a kludge at all00:55
nantaxwhat is F13?00:55
thruxtonits the key that xmodmap uses internally, dont worry about that :)00:56
nantaxokay thank you01:00
nantaxand may i ask why the default super+super_l does not work and remapping it to f13 does?01:00
nantaxis this a bug?01:00
nantaxand in xev pressing the win key returns super+L01:01
nantaxbut when pressing it in the keyboard setting makes it super+Super_l01:01
nantaxjust curious :)01:01
thruxtonnantax: I'm not sure to be honest, xmodmap is a part of X afik, as is xev, but oh well01:06
nantaxlol01:06
nantaxi just followed what you suggested and already saved the file named .xmodmaprc01:06
nantaxhopefully it will work until the next reboot01:06
nantaxand how do you map multiple keys01:07
nantaxi want to change win+r to run like alt+f201:07
nantaxand also win+e for thunar, ala windows explorer01:07
nantaxand win+d to show the desktop01:07
nantaxand win+m to minimize all, heheh, i not an avarage window user and i like to use shortcuts, bad habit die hard01:08
nantaxand also happy fishing, may you catch a big one01:09
thruxtonthats a little more tricky, i *think* its possible to use the win key as a modifier, but i have never tried that01:10
nantaxyeah, i will wait, im sure that it can be done, part of the learning cycle i guess01:11
nantaxsooner or later the solution will come, specially when your not looking for it01:11
thruxtonlots of fun stuff to learn with linux :)01:11
nantaxthat is so true, im still in the middle of making a decision on what window manager to use01:12
nantaxfluxbox, icewm, enligtenment ahhh so many to choose from, it's mind boggling01:12
thyrax does anyone know if CONFIG_MD_RAID5_RESHAPE=y in 7.10????? or how to find out? I don't know how to compile ubuntu myself but will earn if I have to01:14
thruxtonhmm according to man xmodmap you can define extra modifiers01:14
thruxtonthyrax: grep CONFIG_MD_RAID5_RESHAPE /boot/config*01:15
thyraxI havn't even installed it yet :)01:16
thruxtonthyrax: for me, on 7.10 it =y01:16
thyraxdownloading now I wanted to the most up to date .iso01:16
thyraxoh cool thanks did you just download it from the ubuntu website?01:16
thyraxis it an alternate?01:16
thyraxis it for x86 systems?01:16
thruxtonits from xubuntu, 64bit desktop version01:17
thyraxoh ok01:17
thyraxI have athlon xp so I'll be going with the x86 version i hope it is the same01:17
thyraxwhat about mdadm is it already included?01:17
thruxtonnantax: try them all, xfce4 is the best of the bunch for my needs, its activlly developed and not to resource heavy01:18
thyraxis xubuntu the lightest ubuntu version?01:19
thruxtonthyrax: apt-cache shows me mdadm - tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID)01:19
nantaxi would agree to that thruxton, fluxbox is too skinny for my taste, enlightenment is kinda confusing01:19
thruxtonso its in the archive yes, not sure if its installed by default01:19
thyraxI want it to run as a server but i still want a gui. does having extra applications slow down the boot process?01:19
nantaxxfce is just right, functional, useable, and I just recently switched to xubuntu and the interface is not to far away with winxp01:20
thruxtonnantax: have you seen elive? its pretty slick, but still somewhat beta AFAIK01:20
* thruxton nods01:20
thyraxi tried setting up samba on xubuntu it was a nightmare01:21
nantaxi think i will hang on to xfce and maybe use enlightenment for eyecandy effects on an old pc01:21
nantaxi would like to learn samba to01:21
nantaxso this machine can connect to the office windows 2003 domain01:21
thyraxxfce didn't have it integrated in anyway was hell to share a folder over the network01:21
nantaxlol01:21
nantaxso i guess i will have problems there01:21
nantaxwere you able to make it work?01:21
thyraxno I wasn't I just ended up uninstalling xubuntu01:22
nantaxwhen you said xfce didn't have it integrated to share folder over network, what does it mean?01:22
nantaxis this the fault of thunar ? or you can install an alternate file manager that supports network share work?01:22
thyraxin gnome if you right click a folder I believe it allows you select if you want to make the folder a samba share01:23
nantaxim still using xubuntu stand alone01:23
thyraxxfce didn't have that01:23
thyraxnot sure nantax01:23
thyraxi scratched my head on that xubuntu install01:23
thyraxI wondered why samba was such a chore on ubuntu01:24
nantaxlol01:24
nantaxwell that is out of my league at the moment01:24
thyraxi managed to get it set up on gnome but went to xubuntu hoping for a lighter install01:24
nantaxokay i have a question, what is this small icon next to the upper right hand icon01:25
thyraxI only managed to get it set up on gnome after copying and pasting commands in the terminal01:25
nantaxthe one that looks like a diamond01:26
nantaxwhat does it do?01:26
thyraxa simple intuitive gui would have been sweet01:26
thyraxwhat makes xubuntu better than ubuntu(gnome)01:51
thyraxThey say its lighter but how much?01:51
somerville32thyrax, It runs noticeably faster01:54
thyraxsomerville32 do you know how to set it up so that you don't have to put in a password at boot and to do anything in the control panel?01:55
thyraxany documentation for setting up samba on xubuntu specifically01:56
thyraxeverything seems geared towards ubuntu with gnome01:56
thyraxgedit commands to edit config files etc01:56
somerville32thyrax, Did you install Xubuntu on top of Ubuntu?01:56
thyraxi did the first time01:57
thyraxon the minimal install01:57
thyraxso gedit wasn't included and other such apps01:57
thyraxI mean the mini iso01:57
somerville32thyrax, file bugs01:57
thyraxfile bugs?01:58
somerville32!bugs01:58
ubotuIf you find a bug in Ubuntu or any of its derivatives, please file a bug report at: http://bugs.ubuntu.com/  -  Bugs in/wishes for the bots can be filed at http://launchpad.net/products/ubuntu-bots01:58
thyraxI don't think it was a bug somerville3201:58
somerville32thyrax, If something is trying to use gedit by default in Xubuntu, it is a bug.02:00
somerville32(ie. from the default install)02:00
thyraxoh no I mean the tutorials02:00
somerville32Ah02:01
somerville32mousepad is our editor02:01
thyraxI was asking if there was documentation to set up samba on xubuntu02:01
thyraxyes but you know how the tutorials all have directions geared towards gnome02:01
thyraxi can't find any geared towards xubuntu02:01
thyraxI installed ubuntu off the mini Iso because i wanted xubuntu even lighter02:03
thyraxall I need is mdadm for raid and for software raid and samba02:04
thyraxis there a site that has documentation on this geared towards xubuntu?02:04
somerville32Just use the ubuntu docs02:05
somerville32It is the same base system02:05
thyraxI found one forum that said not to bother trying to set up samba on thunar but to uninstall it and install konqueror(sp?)02:05
somerville32Bad idea :]02:06
thyraxyeah i tried it02:06
thyraxbut thunar is a part of xubuntu it seemed and stuff stopped working02:06
thyraxi thought i just did it wrong02:06
thyraxi ended up uninstalling ubuntu02:06
thyraxxubuntu02:07
* somerville32 nods.02:07
thyraxso now I'm about to download 7.10 and not sure if I should go with gnome02:08
thyraxor xubuntu02:08
thyraxxubuntu cos it's lighter and faster and ideal for a system that i need to be stable and a file server or gnome which is easier to configure samba in02:10
annihilushey everyone, im having trouble installing build esential, here is the strange error im getting, can anyone help03:08
annihilushttp://pastebin.com/d6b71ad7b03:08
annihilusI have been googling for about an hour now with no working solutions03:09
crimsunannihilus: lsb_release -r && apt-cache policy g++03:12
annihiluswhoa, whats that do?03:13
annihiluscrimsun, just curious03:14
crimsun`man lsb_release apt-cache`03:14
annihiluscrimsun, do you want me to pastebin the results or is there something specific to look at03:16
crimsunthe former.03:16
crimsun& the latter, for that matter.03:16
annihilushttp://pastebin.com/d2b7e110503:18
crimsunannihilus: I presume the cd-rom for gutsy is loaded in the optical drive?03:19
annihiluswas when running that yes03:19
crimsunand `apt-cache policy build-essential` ?03:20
crimsun(need output pastbinned)03:20
crimsunpastebinned, even03:20
annihilushttp://pastebin.com/d23aa34203:22
annihilusthats with hte Xubunutu cd out of hte drive03:22
annihilussudo apt-get install build-essential03:24
annihiluslol, sry al03:24
crimsunit's likely an apt-source issue with libc603:25
crimsuni.e., are you using the proper libc6 package?03:25
annihilususing whatever is standard on the xubuntu igutsy install03:26
crimsunsudo apt-get check03:27
crimsunpastebin your /etc/apt/sources.list03:27
annihilussudo apt-get check finished normally03:27
crimsun(you'd need the cdrom mounted if you're going to contnue using the cd:// line)03:29
crimsuncontinue, even03:29
annihilushttp://pastebin.com/d1d9aebd503:31
crimsunif you're connected to the 'net constantly, why not just comment out that first line, then apt-get update && apt-get -f install ?03:33
crimsun(and then you should be able to apt-get install build-03:33
crimsunessential03:33
crimsun)03:33
annihiluscool, lemme give that a try03:34
annihilussudo apt-get update03:35
annihilusor is that not necessary03:35
crimsunsee my above comment ;)03:35
annihilusim sorry, been a long day03:36
annihilusstill getting the same errors unfortunately03:37
crimsunwalk the dependency chain manually.03:38
crimsunsome package you have is not from the Ubuntu archive03:39
annihilusokay, ill post it all as I follow it into a single pastebin03:39
gregis there a better frontend for fceu?03:42
greggfceu is terrible03:42
thyraxanyone know how to set it so I don't need a password to sign in or run commands03:44
annihiluscrimsun, okay, so it turns into a merry go round, http://pastebin.com/d254e9dc703:45
gregthyrax, sudo gdmsetup03:46
crimsunannihilus: ah, duh.03:46
crimsun     glibc | 2.6.1-1ubuntu9 |         gutsy | source03:47
crimsun     glibc | 2.6.1-1ubuntu10 | gutsy-proposed | source03:47
crimsun     glibc | 2.6.1-1ubuntu10 | gutsy-updates | source03:47
crimsunannihilus: you're missing two critical pools, gutsy-updates and gutsy-security03:47
annihilusokay03:47
annihilusso how can i fix this03:47
crimsunadd them03:47
annihilusim sorry, I am very new to linux, what are these added to03:48
crimsuncopy your enabled archive.ubuntu.com line twice, and change gutsy to gutsy-security and gutsy-updates, respectively03:48
crimsun/etc/apt/sources.list03:48
crimsunyou'll then have three enabled archive.ubuntu.com lines: one for gutsy, another for gutsy-security, and another for gutsy-updates03:49
annihiluscrimsun, worked like a charm, thanks much, this is what I am coming to love about the Ubuntu community03:52
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nantaxgood afternoon to all, (dont know about the time in your place but its 2:48 in the afternoon here) :P06:48
echosystmguys, the wireless dock app thing keeps asking me for some password every time i log in06:51
echosystm....so that it can access my stored WPA pass06:52
echosystmhow do i make it stop?06:52
zoredache you would need to get the gnome keychain integreated with pam06:57
echosystmwhat does that mean zoredache?07:10
zoredacheI haven't tested it... but it means doing something like what is described here...07:12
zoredachehttp://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/07/12/automatically-unlocking-the-default-gnome-keyring-pam-keyring/07:12
echosystmthanks mate!07:16
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TuxCrafterhello everybody12:48
TuxCraftercould somebody help me checking a issue i have12:48
TuxCraftermy inkscape does not work correctly under xubuntu12:49
TuxCraftersudo aptitude install inkscape12:49
TuxCraftercan somebody check if it works on there box12:49
TuxCrafterthe problem is when i type text in inkscape all the laters stick on one place12:49
TuxCrafterhttp://filebin.ca/kguupb/inkscape-screenshot-0.1.1.jpg12:51
TuxCrafterthis my problem ^12:51
TuxCrafterthe black bunch of lines in the corner of the text area should be a line of nice readable text12:52
TuxCraftersomebody?13:07
somerville32TuxCrafter, Does this only happen in Xubuntu?13:08
TuxCraftersomerville32: thats what i am tryig to figure out13:08
TuxCrafterit works on fedora and a fresh install of ubuntu13:08
somerville32TuxCrafter, search at bugs.launchpad.net/Ubuntu13:08
TuxCraftersomerville32: maybe you can install inkscape an type some text and see if it works?13:09
somerville32TuxCrafter, I suppose.13:09
emilamiapparently Adobe Flash Player 9 Update 3 (ver 9,0,115,0) was released today.  do yall happen to know when that update will be added to the repositories.  it doesn't seem like they've added an update for AGES, and i'm getting tired of all the memory leaks.13:59
somerville32emilami, Most likely it'll be uploaded to the development release14:00
somerville32emilami, Hopefully it'll be backported14:00
somerville32emilami, You can bug jdong about getting it backported :)14:00
emilamiXD14:01
emilamii may just install it straight from adobe as a holdover because i'm tired of rebooting 2+ times a day.  i really hope that update will be more stable14:02
emilamithey actually released the linux, mac, and win versions all at the same time for once14:02
somerville32:)14:03
somerville32!backports14:03
ubotuIf new updated Ubuntu packages are built for an application, then they go into Ubuntu Backports. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports - See also !packaging14:03
emilamiso, basically i just have to go in and edit my /etc/apt/sources.list ?14:08
somerville32Try: applications > system > software sources14:09
emilamilooks like backports are already checked14:10
emilamii went ahead and added proposed, though.  that makes me a bit nervous, but hopefully it won't make things too unstable14:12
emilamii had bad luck with the unstable stuff breaking my system back when i used gentoo14:12
somerville32I wouldn't use -proposed honestly14:14
somerville32-proposed makes it to -updates eventually14:14
emilamii looked at what was available and it doesn't make it worth it, anyhow.  it was all printer related stuff, timezones, and apt14:14
TuxCraftersomerville32: have you tried inkscape?14:15
TuxCrafteri could not find a related bug on lanchpath btw14:15
somerville32TuxCrafter, Not yet. I'll do it after lunch. :)14:15
TuxCraftersomerville32: ok14:17
emilamiis it good to have "unsupported updates" checked?  i don't, but i know there is a lot of unsupported stuff out there...14:18
somerville32emilami, Unsupported updates? That might refer to Universe (where I think flash is).14:19
emilamii'm going to add that in, then14:20
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etnthi, how do I define kbd shortcuts like raise/lower window ?14:45
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TuxCraftersomebody that wanted to test if inkscape horizontal text is working with xubuntu?15:30
TuxCrafterhttp://filebin.ca/kguupb/inkscape-screenshot-0.1.1.jpg15:34
cheeseboyhi16:02
cheeseboyi want to compile fceu but none of the files are setup right16:03
cheeseboygreg@temp-desktop:~/fceu-0.98.15-src$ ./configure16:04
cheeseboybash: ./configure: Permission denied16:04
cheeseboyhelp?16:06
PeckaHsudo?16:10
cheeseboynope no help16:10
somerville32cheeseboy, Hello16:18
somerville32!info fceu16:18
ubotufceu: FCE Ultra - a nintendo (8-bit) emulator. In component universe, is optional. Version 0.98.12-3 (gutsy), package size 363 kB, installed size 976 kB16:18
cheeseboysomerville32, dont want that version16:19
somerville32Funny, I'm updating the gfceu package (0.6)16:19
somerville32cheeseboy, There is a new upstream version?16:19
cheeseboysomerville32, http://fceultra.sourceforge.net/download.php16:22
cheeseboytheres one with video recording16:22
somerville32cheeseboy, Just file a bug and request it to be packaged16:22
somerville32cheeseboy, If you really want to compile it yourself, type: sudo chmod +x ./configure16:22
cheeseboygreg@temp-desktop:~/fceu-0.98.15-src$ sudo chmod +x ./configure16:23
cheeseboygreg@temp-desktop:~/fceu-0.98.15-src$ sudo ./configure16:23
cheeseboyconfigure: error: cannot run /bin/bash ./config.sub16:23
TuxCraftersomerville32: i was wondering if you maybe found a change to install inkscape and test writing a line of horizontal text?16:23
somerville32cheeseboy, chmod +x ./config.sub ?16:24
somerville32TuxCrafter, Could you file a bug and just subscribe me? I'll get to it ASAP16:24
TuxCraftersomerville32: i don't know if it is a bug?16:25
somerville32TuxCrafter, won't hurt :]16:25
BigXI'm having 2 problems with Xubuntu 7.10.  #1... no sound.  I'm using an Audigy 1 which is being properly identified... just no sounds from anything. #2 flash player says its installed but when I go to youtube in Firefox it tells me to download the latest version of flashplayer.  Do I have to download a newer version for youtube videos to work?16:27
cheeseboysomerville32, how do i fix?16:27
somerville32cheeseboy, file a bug upstream16:30
cheeseboynah16:30
somerville32!sound | BigX16:32
ubotuBigX: If you're having problems with sound, first ensure ALSA is selected, by double clicking on the volume control, then File -> Change Device (ALSA Mixer). If that fails, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sound - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting - http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php?page=DmixPlugin - For playing audio files, see !Players and !MP316:32
somerville32!flash | BigX16:32
ubotuBigX: To install Flash see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/Flash - Flash 9 is now available in dapper-backports and edgy-backports - See also !Restricted and !Gnash16:32
TuxCraftersomerville32: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/inkscape/+bug/17394316:42
ubotuLaunchpad bug 173943 in inkscape "gutsy - inkscape - horizontal aligned font characters are not rendered correctly, they are put on each other instead of next to each other" [Undecided,New]16:42
TuxCraftersomerville32: i have to leave this channel now i will be back in a few hours16:43
TuxCrafterthanks in advance16:44
cheeseboywhat do i install for zlib?17:16
somerville32!info zlib17:16
ubotuPackage zlib does not exist in gutsy17:16
somerville32!find zlib17:16
ubotuFound: libcompress-raw-zlib-perl, libcompress-zlib-perl, libio-compress-zlib-perl, libio-zlib-perl, libruby1.8 (and 9 others)17:16
cheeseboy!info sdl17:17
ubotuPackage sdl does not exist in gutsy17:17
cheeseboy!find sdl17:18
ubotuFound: libsdl-image1.2, libsdl-image1.2-dev, libsdl-mixer1.2, libsdl-mixer1.2-dev, libsdl-ttf2.0-0 (and 53 others)17:18
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TuxCraftersomerville32: hello, i am back at the channel :-p18:09
TuxCrafterhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/inkscape/+bug/17394318:15
ubotuLaunchpad bug 173943 in inkscape "gutsy - inkscape - horizontal aligned font characters are not rendered correctly, they are put on each other instead of next to each other" [Undecided,New]18:15
BigXI've gone through all the help and faq's I can... nothing.  Anyone want to help me with my sound problem?  I have no sound with Xubuntu 7.10.  The sound card is detected correctly (Audigy 1) although I think it may be using the wrong driver (emu10k1 instead of amu10k2).18:15
TuxCrafterBigX: have you tried the alsa channel18:17
TuxCrafterthey will give you a support script18:17
TuxCrafteryou can run it18:17
TuxCrafterit will provide a lot of information so that people can help you better18:18
TuxCrafteryou can try18:18
TuxCraftersudo rmmod -f emu10k1 && sudo modprobe amu10k218:19
TuxCrafterbud probably you have to remove all sound modules first18:19
TuxCrafterlsmod |grep ^snd |awk {'print $1'}|xargs sudo rmmod18:19
TuxCrafterBigX: http://alsa.opensrc.org/18:20
BigXhmm18:31
BigXI figured it was something really stupid...18:31
BigXanalog/digital switch just needed to be turned off...18:32
BigXduh18:32
TuxCrafterBigX: ok nice you got it working18:32
BigXyeah...18:32
BigXthanks for your help18:32
TuxCrafterBigX: if the xfce tools bug you, you can use the commandline alsa tools18:32
TuxCrafterlike18:32
TuxCrafteralsamixer18:32
TuxCrafterBigX: man -k alsa18:33
BigXnow to get that flashplayer sorted...18:37
abadtoothHey guys I have recently installed Xubuntu 7.10 on my laptop and am trying to use my netgear wg511t card but I need help..20:17
vinzeabadtooth, what kind of card is it? Wireless, graphics?20:17
abadtoothyes wireless..20:18
abadtootha laptop pcmcia20:19
vinzeabadtooth, and doesn't it work or don't you know how to configure it?20:19
abadtoothWhen I plug it in I go to the manual config and type in all the required info.. but no workie20:19
vinzeAnd why the manual config?20:20
abadtooththats what it's called20:20
abadtoothI click the icon in the top right corner20:20
vinzeYeah, but aren't you supposed to be able to configure it from there?20:21
RandyboYWhats the best cd burning program? (Mostly my backed up mp3's going on a more disposable disk rather that the original)20:21
vinzeRandyboY, not sure, but Xubuntu 7.10 includes Brasero20:21
abadtoothit shows a wireless connection thing and has preferences20:22
vinzeabadtooth, but it doesn't list wireless networks in your neighbourhood? (The icon in the top right-hand side)20:23
abadtoothWhen I left click the icon it just drops down the option to "Manual Configuration...."20:25
abadtoothBy the way are wireless network isn't broadcasted20:26
vinzeYeah but still, aren't there any other broadcasted networks around?20:26
abadtoothno.. I'm in the middle of nowhere :P20:28
vinzeOh, that explains :P20:28
vinzeAnd when you select Manual Configuration, it does detect your card?20:28
abadtoothPut it this way, I put the card in the wireless connection thing comes up, pull it out it goes away..20:29
abadtoothOther than that I have no clue20:29
vinzeThe wireless connection thing?20:30
vinze(Btw, you are using 7.10 right?)20:30
abadtooththis is the first time I've tried to use a wireless card with Linux...20:30
abadtoothYes20:30
abadtoothI've been using windows xp on the laptop before, but I hate windows..20:30
abadtoothhave been using Ubuntu Gutsy for about a year on my desktop..20:31
* vinze knows how it feels :P20:31
abadtoothI never see this option http://www.23hq.com/23666/2589725_ad3e570b0242ea8618cf2f6dbd6becc3_standard.jpg20:31
abadtoothfor the 64/128 bit20:32
abadtoothI think that might be the issue?20:32
vinzeabadtooth, ah, you do get that screen?20:32
abadtoothNope20:32
vinzeabadtooth, do you get the screen which you can also call from Applications->System->Network?20:33
vinzeabadtooth, btw, I just now notice I made that screenshot you linked to :)20:33
abadtooththat's the the same menu that I get when I click the icon in the top right corner..20:34
vinzeOK, then at least I know which screen we're talking about20:34
vinzeDoes it say "WIreless connection" at the top?20:34
abadtoothNo, "Network Settings"20:35
vinzeabadtooth, ah, but I mean under the "Connections tab"20:36
abadtoothoh.. yes it does then... below that is "Wired Connection" and Modem Connection"20:37
vinzeYes20:37
vinzeSo that means that at least your card is recognized20:37
abadtoothThat's good :)20:37
vinzeabadtooth, do you use any kind of encryption?20:37
abadtoothwep hex20:38
vinzeabadtooth, and you are sure you have selected that and entered the right key in the properties?20:39
abadtoothyes, but there are options that are on this screen shot http://www.23hq.com/23666/2589725_ad3e570b0242ea8618cf2f6dbd6becc3_standard.jpg that aren't anywhere to be found :(20:39
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vinzeabadtooth, that's because that's another program to configure your network :)20:40
abadtoothhmm20:40
vinzeabadtooth, from the icon in the top right-hand side, but apparently that one doesn't see your network20:40
abadtoothI'm guessing because it's a non broadcast network right?20:40
vinze(It didn't work for me too, I've also used manual configuration)20:40
vinzeabadtooth, yeah, but you're supposed to be able to enter the name manually too20:41
vinzeJust a sec, I'm checking how it'd look with me20:41
abadtoothOh and in the manual config it shows essid when ours is just ssid20:41
vintikabadtooth, vinze here again20:45
vintikabadtooth, sorry, I forgot that turning off my network connection would also disconnect me >.<20:46
vintik:P20:46
nikolamhi all20:46
vintikHey nikolam20:46
nikolam:)20:46
evil_techhola20:46
vintikabadtooth, anyway, this is what I get when I click the icon with roaming mode enabled: http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/9022/othernetworkxo9.png20:46
nikolamI want to make my screen saver behave correctly20:46
nikolamIt have some nasty login now20:46
nikolamDoes not lock, always plays random saver instead of black screen20:47
nikolamand it does not turn off monitor20:47
nikolamnot locking and not turning off monitor is major hassle now20:48
abadtoothvintik:  sorry bout going afk..20:48
abadtoothvintik:  was tending to my 2yo nephew..20:48
vintiknikolam, you use 7.10? And have you configured Applications->Settings->Screensaver Settings?20:48
vintikabadtooth, np :)20:48
nikolamyes, 7.10 amd6420:48
nikolamyes20:48
nikolamI think that some packages are misconfigured or something20:48
nikolamagain, it does not turn off monitor, does not lock on 10 mins like before and it plays some stupis screen savers every time20:50
vintiknikolam, you could try searching LP if a bug's been reported20:50
nikolamI dunno reely, i unstalled bunch of things after install20:51
nikolamI would need to reinstall xubuntu to report bug.20:51
vintiknikolam, but if it's already reported they might also have found a workaround20:51
nikolamit wasnt that way after install you know, something went wrong after my action20:52
rici7.10 install problem on an AMD64 laptop with Broadcom; should i have used the alternate CD or perhaps a 32-bit one?20:52
nikolamalternate, i always use alternate20:53
riciit reports a microcode error or something when it tries to initialize the wireless card, which i don't need, and then the screen blanks and it hangs20:53
nikolamhow much ram do you have?20:53
riciok, so alternate 64 should be ok?20:53
rici1gb20:53
nikolammaybe.20:53
riciit takes 2.5 hours to download an image :)20:53
nikolamit takes 20 years to write an OS :)20:54
riciso i'd like to get one which is more likely to work20:54
riciyes, well.20:54
nikolamhow much ram do you have rici20:54
ricii wasn't actually planning on doing that. i'd just like to get this lappie set up with something i can work on and get my files transferred before tomorrow20:54
ricinikolam: i have 1 gb20:55
nikolam64 bit is a bit faster just slightly20:55
ricithat doesn't really bother me. i suppose i can change later.20:55
ricii just need it to boot right now.20:55
nikolamif you have 1 gb you could also use 32 bit, no problem20:55
abadtoothvintik:  what should the authentication setting tab be set on..  "open system" or "Shared key" ?20:55
nikolamI would personally use 64-bit alternate20:55
riciok, i'll start downloading that one.20:56
vintikabadtooth, I had no idea too, I believe it worked with open system for me before... You could just try both, in any case20:56
ricinikolam: thanks20:56
riciis there way to get the initial load to skip the wireless card check?20:57
ricijust in case it's something really simple like that.20:57
abadtoothIt seems to be connected, only my browser is only giving "Server not found"20:58
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* vinze again :)21:03
abadtoothHey, I see the network like as shown in your screenshot, but it doesn't seem to connect to it, I put in all the info, but it doesn't work :(21:05
vinzeabadtooth, you could try to connect to the network with encryption turned off, to see whether that's the problem21:05
abadtoothI don't have access the the router :(  my brother has that..21:06
abadtoothto the*21:06
vinzeAh, too bad21:06
vinzeAnd he's not the type of brother to give you a wrong key on purpose? :P21:06
abadtoothI have the info to connect to the network, just not the routers admin password21:06
abadtoothno21:07
abadtoothI had it set up on windows, but I just installed Linux..21:07
vinzeThat's very odd, and did it give you an error message?21:07
abadtoothno, firefox just says server not found21:08
evil_techdid you manually assign an address or did DHCP on the router assign it?21:08
vinzeDarn it... I'm out of options, perhaps someone else can help. Sorry :(21:08
abadtoothit's auto21:08
evil_techcause if its DHCP you could try sudo dhclient ath021:09
evil_techof eth0 or whatever the wireless device shows up as21:09
thyraxhello guys. can I format a drive using the ubuntu live cd?21:09
evil_techthyrax:yes21:09
abadtoothyes21:09
abadtoothoh thats another thing.. opening the terminal on xubuntu causes x to restart!21:10
evil_techthats a known bug21:10
evil_techhavent checked to see if there is a fix yet21:10
evil_techyou could ALT + F2 and run xterm21:10
abadtoothOMG!!!!! it just popped up a keyring notice, saying I needed to assign a password to protect something rather... put it in and walla, Internet!!!!21:11
vinzeabadtooth, woohoo!21:11
evil_tech*claps21:11
vinzeWhere did that come from?21:11
abadtoothOh and the roaming thing was the reason it wasn't showing the options like in your screenshot21:11
vinzeAh, of course >.<21:12
abadtoothNow I like my laptop again :D21:12
thyraxhow do I go about formatting a 500gb drive from ntfs to ext3 (i think it is) using the live cd? any tutorials?21:12
abadtoothOnly liked it for a little while before.. but that was while it had windows..21:12
vinzethyrax, there's the Gnome Partition Editor on there I suppose21:13
evil_techor you could run fdisk from the terminal21:13
abadtooththyrax:  just run the install while the live cd is botted21:13
evil_techthat too21:13
abadtooththyrax:  I just deleted the other partitions and created the new ones...21:13
abadtoothBooted*21:13
thyraxok guys but it's not for the main install. I want to prepare it for software raid21:14
abadtoothOh..21:14
thyraxso gnome partition right guys? does it have a gui?21:14
abadtooththyrax:  maybe install the gnome partition manager while the live CD is booted, then configure the partitions as desired?21:14
abadtooththyrax:  yes it does21:15
abadtooththyrax:  very easy to use21:15
thyraxok but it's not included on the live cd21:15
thyrax?21:15
vinzethyrax, it is21:15
abadtooththyrax:  not sure21:15
thyraxsudo apt-get install gparted?21:15
vinzethyrax, in Applications->System->Gnome Partition Editor21:15
thyraxok ill check in a second21:15
cheeseboyhttp://rafb.net/p/M6EeJf34.html how i fix?21:19
vinzecheeseboy, I think you'd do best to ask that in a channel or mailinglist from the project you're trying to compile21:20
vinze(Though I recommend always using the repositories)21:20
cheeseboygreg@temp-desktop:~/Nestopia137src$ sudo apt-cache search nestopia21:21
cheeseboygreg@temp-desktop:~/Nestopia137src$21:21
cheeseboy:p21:21
vinze>.<21:21
vinzeAnyway, gotta go21:23
vinzeBye21:23
thyraxok guys got the live cd to work ran sudo fdisk -l in the terminal and it found all 3 of my 500g drives so that means drivers for all 3 of my 2 port sata controllers all different manufactures are supported:)21:38
thyraxanyway could not find gnome partitioner under apps21:39
evil_techinstall it21:39
evil_techsudo apt-get install gparted21:39
thyraxok :)21:40
evil_techor you could run fdisk /dev/hda or hdb etc etc21:40
thyraxok It says i have the newest version so I'm guessing im looking in the wrong place on the livd cd21:41
thyraxis there a command like launch gparted that might work?21:41
evil_techalt + f2 then type gparted21:42
evil_techhmm21:43
thyraxok I'm guessing alt + f2 launches the terminal which was already open so I ran sudo gparted i think its loading. thanks :)21:43
evil_techno alt + f2 opens a run dialog21:43
evil_techsudo gparted works too though21:44
TuxCrafterbye bye everybody21:44
thyraxoh ok21:44
thyraxnothing came up when i hit alt f221:45
thyraxbut sudo gparted seems to be working21:45
thyraxsays scanning drives21:45
thyraxquick question: do you know if linux ever runs out of drive letters?21:45
thyraxis there like a 26 /dev max?21:45
evil_techit doesnt assign drive letters21:45
thyraxit always says sda. sdb etc21:46
bieb_I am trying to install openfire (java based jabber server) when I run the command to start, the error is "no suitable Java virtual machine" Please define INSTALL4J_JAVA_HOME to point to a suitable JVM, also try to delete the JVM cache file /home/user .install4j21:46
evil_techhmm thats a good question21:46
bieb_if I type java -version, it tells me java version 1.5.021:46
evil_techbieb_: my guess is it doesn't like Java 5. you could try installing 4 and see if that makes it work. other than that i dont know21:47
bieb_openfire states your java must be 1.5 or later21:48
bieb_Therefore, you must have JDK or JRE 1.5.0 (Java 5) or later installed on your system. You can check your java version by typing "java -version" at the command line21:49
evil_techdunno? maybe someone else can help.21:49
bieb_I tried to do an rm on the .install4j "cache" file... didnt seem to work21:49
bieb_if I am in the user dir and do ls -ll21:50
bieb_I dont see that file21:50
thyraxthanks guys gparted seems to be working perfectly. even from the live cd21:50
evil_tech:)21:50
thyrax^_^21:50
thyraxthe big challenge comes later after I do the install and set up mdadm spftware raid and samba XD21:51
thyraxsoftware*21:51
bieb_seems that .install4j gets created when openfire is started21:51
abadtooththyrax:  I hope it all goes well for you ;)22:03
thyraxthanks you guys are a huge help22:03
abadtooth:)22:04
abadtoothMan I love my fresh install of Xubuntu on my laptop :)22:05
abadtoothIt's so much faster than xp :P22:06
cheeseboyhow do i submit something to ubuntu?22:30
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evil_techping23:50
XwarlokX82t3h pingzorz!23:53
evil_techn00b question23:58
evil_techif i wanted to copy the contents of a hard drive to a thumb drive using dd would the command look like so?: dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/dev/sda1/backup.iso23:59

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