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tuga3dhi all.00:04
evil_techhi00:05
tuga3di've instaled some packages with checkinstall, but they are all instaled in the /usr/local how do i tell linux to search in that path for libraries, binaries, docs, etc.?00:05
evil_techhmm00:06
evil_techwell linux has the equivalent of a path in windows00:06
evil_techcan't remember how to set it though00:06
zoredacheare you sure /usr/local/bin isn't in your path already?00:07
tuga3di've edited the .bashrc file but i don't see any path there :(00:07
evil_techyeah that is a good point it should already be in there00:07
zoredachetry using the command echo $PATH... on my system it is '/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games'00:08
tuga3d/home/tuga3d/soft/3delight-7.0.0/Linux-i686/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games00:08
tuga3di see that the binaries are there, but i also need the shared libraries :(00:09
zoredachesee, you have /usr/local/bin00:09
zoredachewhy do you need libraries in your path?  that is pretty unusual.00:09
zoredacheare you sure you don't need to fix the library path?00:09
tuga3dgoing to see.00:10
tuga3di've compile and instaled the latest makehuman and when i try to run it gives me this error00:10
tuga3dmakehuman: error while loading shared libraries: libmhgui.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory00:10
tuga3dyep, that librarie is in /usr/local/lib00:11
zoredachehrm... you may need to tweak the make file, or perhaps do something in /etc/ld.so.conf, or /etc/ld.so.conf.d00:12
zoredacheI am not sure though...00:12
tuga3dthanks zoredache i'm going to have a look in the ld.so.conf00:13
tuga3di'm going to google it first :) still learning00:13
tuga3d:( file only says to look for all the .conf files in /etc00:14
tuga3dis there a quick way to tell linux to use /usr/local as in /usr ?00:15
tuga3di've read in the ubuntu foruns that is a policy from Debian00:18
tuga3djust have to add it to ld.so.conf00:18
tuga3dthanks zoredache :)00:18
tuga3ddone, thanks guys. working now00:32
soldatsits always nice to see people solve their problems00:34
tuga3d:)00:34
tuga3dbye, gotta go00:39
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neur1hello what's the line to edit my grub menu.list?02:26
patrickneville_hey i jsut installed xubuntu 7.10, and when i try to click on a window, it becomes de-selected02:27
patrickneville_any ideas?02:27
crimsunneur1: sudo $EDITOR /boot/grub/menu.lst02:27
neur1o.k. i get command not found02:28
crimsunwell, I presume $EDITOR has been set/exported correctly02:29
neur1dunno what's the stock xubuntu come with02:30
soldatsnano02:30
soldatsvim02:30
soldatspico? maybe02:30
neur1so sudo nano/  /boot/grub/menu.list?02:31
|slvmchn|mousepad02:31
|slvmchn|i think02:31
soldatsyes ^^02:31
|slvmchn|anyone ever use emacs?02:32
neur1yes i have mousepad02:32
soldatsno no02:32
soldatssudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst02:32
neur1o.k.02:32
soldatsemacs has pong built into it02:32
soldatsi hate emacs though02:33
neur1what if its blank02:33
soldatsthen your blind02:34
soldatssorry but i dont know it shouldnt b eblank02:34
soldatsif you spelled it wrong maybe??????????02:34
soldatsit woul dbe blanks02:34
neur1lol it opens to an editor but it doesn't list anything02:34
soldatsdid you spell correctly02:35
neur1gonna try again02:36
patrickneville_anyone know why/how to resolve windows being de-selected when y try to select them?02:36
|slvmchn|hmm patrickneville_02:39
soldatspatrickneville_, it might have something to do with the focus settings so go to settings and then go to window manager tweaks and play around see if it helps02:39
|slvmchn|check your window manager settings02:39
patrickneville_thanks02:39
|slvmchn|there's options for it02:39
|slvmchn|like active window is where the mouse is02:39
patrickneville_ahh okay i see it, ill try02:39
|slvmchn|or if you need to click02:39
|slvmchn|that's a wierd problem though02:39
patrickneville_ive been using ubuntu but love xfce so i want it to work02:39
patrickneville_yeah its really odd02:39
neur1yes it open to a blank page02:42
soldatshmm thats strange02:42
soldatsneur1, can you use thunar to browse for it02:44
neur1yes02:45
neur1try to open with mousepad, permission denied02:46
soldatsneur1, or type su and become root, then do nano /boot/grub/menu.lst02:47
neur1su nano . . .02:47
soldatsno i mean type "su" by itself02:48
soldatsthen type root password02:48
soldatsthen do nano /boot/grub/menu.lst02:48
patrickneville_its whenever i try to use xcompmgr or the xfce composite manager that it begins to mess up02:49
neur1authentication failure02:49
soldatsneur1, do you know the roots passwor02:49
soldatsd02:49
soldats?02:49
neur1yes02:49
neur1same as my login password right02:51
soldatsif you do "su" you either need the roots password or the password on which your logged in02:51
soldatsi dont remember02:51
neur1didn't have me do a separate when i installed just asked for one to keep things safe02:52
soldatsgksudo mousepad02:53
soldatsthen search for the file02:53
soldatsi think the reason why it may be blank is because its owned by root02:53
patrickneville_any idea why a compositor would make my windows loose focus?02:54
soldatswell im sure it had something to do with the focus settings in the compositor02:55
soldatsbut i have no clue why i never use that stuff02:55
neur1still blank but with a pink highlight warning02:55
soldatsneur1, gee well i have no clue as to why its blank. id suggest maybe asking in #ubuntu why its blank, theres more people over there02:56
neur1weird huh02:56
neur1why can't the server kernel connect wirelessly?02:58
soldatshttp://pastebin.com/d6239cfd5 this is what mine says02:59
soldatsmost likely because its a server type kernal and wireless is slightly unstable03:00
soldatsnot suitable for a server03:00
neur1mine is the same but also lists a server kernel03:01
neur1thanks03:02
soldatsnp03:03
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R3B3LX wine is downloaded and i am trying to run tukanas hit generator using wine... when i download it it says error writing to the temporary location... how do i get it to work?03:55
R3B3LXif this is the wrong place please tell me the right room03:56
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Voyage__ i dont care about the system........ i care about data. drives mounted......eg. a friend of mine, a virus can do any things what a user logged in can do.......for that  i want to increase security of my folders. i want any users to only be able to view its contents. a password should be asked every time if modifing or deleting...  how can do it?04:42
soldatsyou there05:12
soldatsVoyage__,05:12
Voyage__ya05:13
soldatsi do not know a way to make it so you need a password for each file but you can make folders have permissions and only the users who have permissions can access them05:16
soldatsbut also Voyage__ if you want to have a lot of private data consider using true crypt05:27
soldatsgoogle it05:27
Voyage_how can i do that?05:36
Voyage_soldats ?05:39
soldatsgoogle true-crypt for linux and it should tell you how to encrypt files so noone can see them or access them. if you change permissions do "man chmod" in a terminal05:39
Voyage_k05:40
Voyage_chmod is better05:41
soldatsbut if your really serious about hiding your stuff true-crypt is the best thing youll ever need05:41
neur1does anyone have dock apps they can recomend?05:57
soldatsfor what compiz xfce gnome05:57
neur1xfce06:00
neur1did you see geubuntu?06:00
neur1the dock it has on the bottom, a shelf?06:01
soldatswells you can google linux dock apps or you can try gkrellm, you can do sudo apt-get install gkrellm"06:01
neur1do you use that?06:01
soldatsgkrellm is pretty cool, there are many skins or themes you can use06:01
soldatsi used to use it06:01
neur1i have conky06:02
soldatsi used it on fluxbox about a year ago06:02
soldatsi havent used that06:02
neur1so we have a screen shot app?06:04
soldatsyou mean do i have a screenshot06:07
neur1a screenshot app in xubuntu06:07
soldatsohoh yea06:09
soldatsshould be in the applications menu06:09
soldatsapps > accessories06:09
neur1yikes, can't find it06:14
soldatsok well right click on the top task bar and go to add new item and scroll down until you see screenshot06:14
neur1k06:14
neur1found it, thanks06:15
corruptionoflulzi just installed xubuntu, i have to say, i'm impressed with it.06:21
soldatsgood06:21
soldatsi was too06:21
corruptionoflulzi've been running ubuntu on my lappy for a while.. got annoyed with how slow a fresh install of XP was on gf's olddd lappy06:22
corruptionoflulzso installed xubuntu, and am pleased with the results06:22
soldatsyea i ran ubunty on my pice of a desktop and it got so damn slow but now im doing decent with this06:23
belphegorhi, can someone help me? i am trying to get my x server to see a font i've installed to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/myfonts.. they all show up in OO and other programs, but xfontsel doesn't pick it up and i need it to for my xscreensaver lock theme. anyone know what's up? thanks!06:25
neur1this (xfce) is better than gnome, to me06:25
belphegorxfce is much better than gnome06:25
belphegor:D06:25
corruptionoflulzneur1: it's all about finding what fits your needs best06:25
neur1i like the right click menu option06:26
corruptionoflulzi do too, except for some reason it's not bringing up the menus when i right click right now... on the install i just did06:27
belphegorthe xscreensaver lock is looking for "-*-neuropol-*-r-*-*-*-80-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1" and i have neuropol installed, it just doesn't recognize it..06:27
belphegorany ideas?06:27
soldatscorruptionoflulz, you may have to open the mouse setting and set it yourself sometimes it wont do it automagically06:28
corruptionoflulzah, thanks06:29
soldatsbelphegor, there is a setting to say let xfce manage fonts if you turn it off it may work from what i hear06:29
belphegorHmmm... any idea where?06:29
belphegori patched xscreensaver with a non-ugly lock screen, and everything is perfect except for the font... on the site it explains "The default theme uses the Neuropol font. This is a free font available on all font sites, use Google to search for it. Download and add it to the X server font directory. If the font is unavailable, the theme will revert back to the default XScreenSaver fonts."06:30
belphegorwhich seemed pretty simple, but...06:31
corruptionoflulzthe fun part is, i installed xubuntu in japanese (gf is japanese) so now i'm limited to reading some of it, and guessing the rest06:31
soldatsbelphegor, i have no clue where it is i saw it one but im not sure where to fix the font problem06:34
soldatscorruptionoflulz, apps > settings > desktop and on the second tab click the add menu to right clikc06:35
belphegorhm i'll keep looking... i might have to set up an x font server06:36
corruptionoflulzah, thanks, got it.06:36
belphegori used to like gnome... then i started to like fluxbox a lot... then i found xfce, a perfect balance of what i liked about both of them06:37
soldatsyea i usually choose enlightenment but im felling lazy these day06:38
belphegori tried to mess with it, but there's just too much to change about it... xfce is great for me, especially with compositing06:39
belphegori run it with compiz, and the way the xfce panels are i can have a perfectly open desktop06:39
soldatsi wish i had a window manager that booted to cli only but had miltiple graphic windowed support so i could still use firefox to watch vids, in reallity firefox is the only thing i really need for gui and i only use it to watch videos06:39
belphegorway more open than fluxbox06:39
belphegorhaha, yeah... i'm pretty sure i could survive with Cubuntu just fine, :D06:40
belphegorbut, nothin is more fun then full-blown compiz fusion+xfce06:41
soldatsbah i agree it looks awesome and its fun to show off but i prefer CLI06:41
soldatsnoone ever wants to use my comp if i boot to cli only06:41
belphegorgot a crazy x server setup... a 1920x1200 display with a 1024x768 CRT sitting on its shoulder (only way it would fit in here), so the server comes out to 2699x1968. hehe06:42
soldatscrazy06:43
soldatssounds rad though06:43
belphegora lot of deadzones, but it's awesome to see the mouse go from one monitor to the next nearly seamlessly06:43
belphegoror, two nearly-monitor-sized deadzones06:43
belphegorhaha06:44
neur1does compiz need certain plugins and or apps to adjust it06:44
soldatsyes06:44
belphegoryeah. but it comes with it if you use synaptic06:44
belphegorpretty sure the plugins are dependencies06:45
belphegorwithout the plugins, you couldn't move your windows or do much of anything with it running06:45
neur1my card had a hard time with ubuntu default tho06:45
belphegorhm, what kinda card do you have?06:46
corruptionoflulzi think canonical made a mistake by having compiz on by default.06:46
belphegorno they didn't! not for me  :D   runs perfectly out of the box06:46
neur1intell 945?06:46
corruptionoflulzbelphegor: just because it works for you doesn't mean it's working for the tons of people who have problems with it.06:46
belphegoryeah i realize that, it was a lighthearted comment..06:47
neur1i like what did work tho . . .06:47
belphegorthat's what xubuntu and the lighterweight alternatives are there for06:47
corruptionoflulzwell it's just that they knew compiz was still unstable, yet enabled it by default06:47
belphegoryeah enabling by default was kinda crappy, i agree06:48
neur1lol06:48
belphegorin fact, i couldn't use it as my usb linux w/persistence because if i booted onto another computer, it would break instantly06:48
belphegorbecause of compiz06:48
belphegorany compositor would do that06:49
belphegoreven the xfce one06:49
belphegorbut leaving it off kept it stable as a rock06:49
neur1just sqeeking by with the xfce one06:49
belphegorany idea what your video ram is, neur1?06:50
belphegorer, what kinda processor and ram, while you're at it? just curious06:51
neur1umm nope06:53
belphegorhehe, ok06:53
neur1dual core06:53
neur12gb ram06:53
belphegorwell, there are some settings and processors you can disable or change to make it run better06:53
belphegorah you should run compiz like a champ06:53
belphegoris it a laptop?06:54
neur1i think its just the card, lappy06:54
belphegorsettings and plugins***06:54
belphegorlong day06:54
belphegoris it an HP?06:54
neur1yes06:54
belphegora DV6000?06:54
neur1yup06:55
belphegorman you can run that just fine!06:55
belphegorhehe06:55
belphegora friend of mine has the same dang thing and complained about his awful intel vid card, but his compiz runs perfectly... what didn't work for ya?06:55
neur1it works but comes and goes too somtimes06:56
neur1not stable06:56
belphegorwhat do you mean by comes and goes?06:56
belphegorhm06:56
belphegorxubuntu, right?06:56
belphegoryou might need to enable glx or whatever... my nvidia driver takes care of a lot of stuff for me, i need to ask my friend what he did to get compiz to work right with his card06:57
neur1yes xubuntu is fine, i meant the default in ubuntu (plus extras)06:57
belphegorsince you guys have the same exact setup06:57
belphegorwell, gnome is a bit more resource-intensive... but he was able to run it fine with KDE, which is even more of a resource hog06:58
belphegorit's probably your glx and 3d acceleration setup.. if it's poor performance06:59
belphegorby "not stable" what do you mean, specifically? it crashes completely? goes slow?06:59
neur1stalls (freezes) or is glitchy07:00
neur1i'm pretty happy with xubuntu07:01
belphegorhave you tried it with xfce? it works great in xfce as well, most likely it'll run better07:01
neur1no that's what i was wondering07:01
belphegoryeah it works great in xfce07:02
neur1what plugins and apps are needed besides compiz07:02
TwinkletoesI've just installed xrdp but when I connect from a Microsoft RDP client, there is quite a delay for mouse movement, like the xrdp-vnc connection is struggling.  I tried to select xrdp-rdp instead, but it just says "error connecting, some problem".  Any ideas?07:02
neur1the list is scary to decipher07:02
belphegorjust type this in a terminal "sudo apt-get install compiz compizconfig-settings-manager emerald"07:03
belphegorand your pw, and it'll get all the dependencies you need07:03
neur1that would be enough?07:03
belphegoryep, it will need more dependencies so i'll grab plugins and whatnot07:04
belphegorit'll*07:04
belphegortry it and see... then you will need to add compiz to your Autostarted Applications07:05
neur1o.k. it's workig (downloading07:05
neur1)07:05
belphegorbut it'll take some time to DL and install07:05
belphegor:D07:05
belphegorlet me know when it's done07:06
neur1i can always do a fresh install if i go haywire lol07:06
belphegoryeah i did that too when i first started... you'll learn a lot07:07
neur1Setting up compiz (1:0.6.0+git20071008-0ubuntu1.1) ...Processing triggers for libc6 ...ldconfig deferred processing now taking place07:08
belphegoryeah it'll finish, you'll know when it's done07:08
neur1thats it . . . now i gotta conf and find it07:09
belphegorfinished?07:09
neur1yup07:09
belphegorgo to Settings > Autostarted Applications07:09
belphegorthen Add07:09
belphegoryou can put Compiz-Fusion or whatever for Name and Description07:10
|slvmchn|for the dual core onboard intel machine, that's pretty much hwat my laptop is, how did compiz run?07:10
belphegorbut for Command you need "compiz --replace&"07:10
belphegorthen, ok07:10
|slvmchn|and additionally when you launch another 3d app is that gonna run slower07:10
belphegorcompiz runs amazingly well on low resources sometimes... depends on how your plugins are set07:10
belphegorand your vid card07:11
belphegor... and your ram.. and everything else07:11
belphegorgot that neur1?07:11
|slvmchn|cool, i'll have to give it a shot07:12
neur1whats the name i enter?07:12
|slvmchn|can you run compiz over any window manager?07:12
|slvmchn|or just gnome/xfce/kde07:12
belphegormainly just those AFAIK07:12
|slvmchn|will it work on fluxbox, blackbox, any of those07:12
|slvmchn|yeah i figured as much07:13
belphegorcompiz IS the window manager07:13
|slvmchn|oh really?07:13
belphegorneur1, you can put whatever you want07:13
|slvmchn|i thought it ran on top of window managers07:13
belphegorfor name and description07:13
belphegornope, it takes over them... Gnome isn't a window manager, but Metacity is gnomes WM07:13
belphegorand Fluxbox IS a WM, unlike Gnome, so that's why compiz won't work with it07:14
neur1so log out? then see . . .07:14
belphegorwait hold on neur107:14
neur1k07:14
belphegorgo turn off your compositor for safe measure07:14
belphegorbecause you won't use that one anymore07:14
neur1oh yea . . .07:15
belphegorSettings > Window Manager Tweaks07:15
neur1got it07:15
belphegoryeah log out and log in... if it runs slow you might have to tweak it to get it to run smooth07:15
neur1be back07:16
belphegoralright07:16
corruptionoflulzgstreamer vs. xine, why use one over the other?07:18
belphegorpreference?07:19
belphegorhehe07:19
neur1i'm back, i have no window decorations07:28
belphegorhehe, okay, open up Settings > Advanced Desktop Effects Settings07:29
belphegorgo to where it says Window Decorations07:29
neur1then07:30
belphegorsee where it says Command?07:30
neur1o.k.07:30
belphegoradd "emerald --replace"07:30
belphegorno quotes07:30
belphegoryou can log out then back in, or open a terminal and type "sudo killall compiz" then "compiz --replace&" on the next line to restart compiz07:31
belphegormake sure that the Window Decoration plugin is on, of course07:33
neur1hmm can't find the command box07:33
belphegorclick on Window Decoration07:34
belphegorit'll take you to a plugin options menu07:34
belphegor4th from the bottom07:34
belphegorfind it?07:35
neur1yes window decoration07:35
belphegoryeah click on the picture or whatever07:36
neur1k07:36
belphegorand it will open up options to it07:36
neur1k07:36
belphegorand type "emerald --replace&" without the quotations07:37
belphegorwhere Command is07:37
neur1ok07:37
neur1emerald --replace07:37
belphegoryeah or with an & symbol at the end if you want07:38
belphegoryou can close the entire window now07:38
belphegoropen up a terminal... and type "sudo killall compiz"07:38
belphegorenter your pw, then type "compiz --replace&"07:39
belphegorwith the & symbol for sure this time07:39
corruptionoflulzso in gnome, i just hit go -> network to get to my shares, but in xfce i can't seem to find anything like that07:39
belphegorSystem > Shared Folders07:40
belphegordunno if that'll help07:40
corruptionoflulzi suppose it doesn't help that i'm using it in japanese, lol07:40
belphegorhehe i was thinking that earlier07:41
corruptionoflulzi can read a fair amount, but not enough07:41
belphegorhow's it goin neur1?07:41
neur1can't input into term it's salled07:42
neur1stalled07:42
belphegorok, just log out then back in07:42
belphegoreasiest way to do it07:43
belphegorhaha07:43
neur1k07:43
corruptionoflulzhrmm, still can't figure out how to access shares07:46
corruptionoflulztrying to type them in manually doesn't allow me to do it either...07:47
belphegorcorruptionoflulz, try this in terminal "sudo shares-admin"07:48
corruptionoflulzah, thanks07:50
belphegornp07:50
corruptionoflulz4eeeeeeeee```````ZA07:51
corruptionoflulzthanks cat.07:51
neur1yikes  . . . doesn't work08:00
bigaldo hsf's usually have a thermal pad between them08:01
belphegorah i didn't see neur1 had come back.. wonder if it worked08:07
neur1hello09:26
thyrax_afkhello09:28
neur1do you know any good dock apps?09:31
corruptionoflulzalltray09:35
corruptionoflulzi assume it'd work in xfce, haven't tried though09:36
neur1so anyone got any good apps they can't do without?10:56
ProteusAnyone awake?11:58
TwinkletoesYeah11:59
ProteusI wanted to try out ubuntu, so I installed ubuntu-desktop and logged in. Didn't like it (to heavyweight for my system), but now that I'm back in xubuntu it's still using nautilus for everything. Which is slow as all fuck and takes up a ton of memory11:59
ProteusI had been using dolphin and thunar until now12:00
ProteusI need to figure out how to change the default file manager12:00
Proteussince waiting a minute and a half just to open a 'save as' window is really getting on my nerves12:01
CatoptromancyProteus, try removing nautilus?12:18
Proteuswill do12:27
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neur1anyone try geubuntu desktop?12:49
neur1hey thegeeker12:50
thegeekergood morning12:55
marchgood morning :)12:55
neur1morning, you guys ever try the geubuntu desktop?12:56
neur1enlightenment12:57
thegeekerI tried enlightenment. I felt frustratamented by it.12:57
thegeekerBut I am old and inflexible12:58
neur1can't get the panel to change color12:58
thegeekerneur1: I just tried this one and it worked: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=2861713#post286171313:04
thegeekerneur1: You will have to kill and restart xfce4-panel for it to take effect13:05
thegeekerneur1: Or logout and back in to xfce13:05
neur1k13:05
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thegeekerneur1: any luck?13:13
gerromerry christmas!13:13
* gerro finally got his eggnog :)13:13
neur1so I put it in my home folder?13:16
gerrohmm anyone know this video card is? "SiS Mirage 1" think its made by intel heard someone refering to it as UMA. I was checking it out because think it has a coax connector so I can plug it into my tv or something13:16
gerroneur1: no you drink the eggnog :P13:17
thegeekerneur1: yes13:19
neur1k be back13:19
thegeekerneur1: you don't have to leave to do it13:19
neur1don't have to logout13:20
thegeekerneur1: no, just kill the xfce4-panel process and then run xfce4-panel &13:20
thegeekerneur1: open a terminal and i'll walk you through it13:21
neur1k i gotta rename the file13:21
thegeekerneur1: did you uncomment the section for changing the panel color?13:22
gerrohe doing a .gtkrc-2.0 file?13:22
thegeekeryes13:22
thegeekergerro: according to this post: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=2861713#post286171313:23
gerrohttp://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/48200/ that's one I have13:23
neur1what do i have to uncomment13:23
thegeekergerro: he is changing the panel color13:24
gerroyep its same post I read too13:24
gerrosounds fun how you do that?13:24
thegeekerneur1: you need to remove the # from before some lines below the section "xfce panel colors"13:25
gerrokk brb13:27
gerroneur1: if its jibbery its a command and if # is there it isn't doing its thing13:27
thegeekerneur1: i will make a pastebin for you to copy and paste13:27
neur1o.k.13:28
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thegeekerneur1: Make your .gtkrc-2.0 file contain this: http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/48201/13:29
gerrolooks kind of funky.. menu color is same and mixer icon is same color as panel13:29
thegeekergerro: yeah, i don't think it looks good either13:30
gerroperhaps a darker color..13:30
thegeekerneur1: notice which parts I removed the # from, those are the important lines13:31
neur1can i just use that one?13:32
thegeekerneur1: yes, but it is a bright blue color13:32
gerrothink it has two panel colors13:32
thegeekerneur1: you can change the color code on the bg[NORMAL] =  line to whatever you want13:33
gerroI'm using the blue one with this added to config file http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/48203/13:33
thegeekergerro: in my pastebin i removed one of the colors13:33
gerroneur1: if you go to change the text of terminal it lists the hex codes for different colors so its easy to pick what you like best13:33
thegeekerI think the colors are just standard RRGGBB13:33
neur1so like C7C7C713:34
gerroohh that's good to know13:34
thegeekerneur1: "#C7C7C7" would work13:34
gerroisn't that the default panel color??13:34
thegeekerheh, i don't know13:35
gerroman such overkill just to change a few pixel shades lol13:35
neur1it's white right now13:35
gerrodude that's grey..13:35
thegeekerhe may be using a different theme13:36
neur1um what i have stock is white13:36
gerrothought he meant C7C7C713:36
neur1oh13:36
neur1o.k. it's in13:37
thegeekerneur1: now at the bash prompt you need to find the xfce4-panel process13:38
thegeekerps aux | grep xfce4-panel13:38
thegeekerthe number after your login name is the process id13:39
thegeekerit is 17575 on my computer, but it could be anything on yours13:39
thegeekerso to kill that process, you do13:40
thegeekerkill 1757513:40
thegeekerneur1: Got that yet?13:42
neur1can my number be 27092 11676?13:43
thegeekerneur1: i think you're looking too far13:43
thegeekerneur1: it should be the number right after your name, the second column13:43
neur1there to lines13:44
neur1two13:44
thegeekerneur1: the first line13:44
neur1k13:44
thegeekerneur1: so it is probably 2709213:44
neur1o.k. it's gone13:44
thegeekerneur1: your panels are gone?13:44
neur1yup13:45
thegeekerexcellent13:45
thegeekernow you need to restart the panel process with this:13:45
thegeekerxfce4-panel &13:45
thegeekerthey should come back up, but with the new color13:45
neur1k13:45
neur1cool13:47
neur1thank you13:48
thegeekeryou're welcome13:48
thegeekerso to change that color, just change the color code in .gtkrc-2.0 then kill and restart the panel13:48
neur1so now i just tweek the colors13:48
neur1o.k.13:49
thegeekerthe panel process number will change each time, so you have to get the new number with the ps aux command13:49
neur1o.k.13:50
gerromy panel looks so sexy now ^^13:52
thegeekerwhat color did you use?13:53
gerro0078B413:54
thegeekernice13:55
gerrooh and xfce4-panel --s by default can't quite read the rest think it has specific options when started normally13:55
gerroneur1: killall xfce4-panel works too13:56
neur1o.k.13:56
gerrobut sort of kills all them I mean if you want to just test one out13:57
gerroI know some people like to go dual monitor and have different desktop themes so good to know13:57
neur1thanks again thegeeker13:59
thegeekernp, i learned something too13:59
gerroapparently if your on pidgin and have no panel then exiting means you go offline14:00
thegeekergerro: hehe14:00
gerroanyone know of a way to switch users yet have the current one stay logged in?14:00
gerroI guess I would like have to start gdm on a separate tty and sort of cache the other user processes to disk14:03
* gerro has waaay too many icons and bookmarks14:05
gerroneur1: welcome back14:27
neur1lol logged out got bumped14:28
neur1how do you guys post/stuff in html14:29
neur1is it a site14:30
thegeekerCheck out the pastebin link in this channel's topic14:30
thegeekerhttp://paste.ubuntu-nl.org14:30
neur1o.k. so you input stuff then paste the url to share14:32
thegeekerright14:33
thegeekeryou can actually collaborate with it too, change what was posted14:34
Shirowtakuhello! can someone help me?14:34
neur1nice, that's what they mean in ubuntu, instead of pasteing in here14:34
thegeekerShirowtaku, maybe if you ask a more specific question14:34
thegeekerneur1, right14:35
Shirowtakuijust installed xubuntu. now i wanted to drop an application button to the panel. it doesnt work like in gnome. is it possible?14:35
thegeekerShirowtaku, I think you have to create the launch button. I don't know of a way to drag and drop one14:36
neur1what app?14:36
Shirowtakuthunderbird for example14:36
Shirowtakuin ubuntu you can choose "add to panel" in xubuntu i can't14:36
thegeekerShirowtaku, I was also surprised by that, but once you learn to make a launcher it's not too bad14:37
neur1right click, add new item , launcher14:37
neur1me too14:39
Shirowtakubut than i just add an launcher for network apps, for example. not for just one specific application14:39
thegeekerAdd the first item in the list, called "Launcher"14:39
thegeekerThat creates an empty button where you fill in the name, command, and icon14:40
neur1it's configurable for any app14:40
Shirowtakuwhere can i find the command for the apps?14:40
neur1just input thunderbird for thunderbird14:41
neur1like using the prompt14:41
thegeekerThe best place I found was in Applications->Settings->Main Menu, then right-click->properties on the program you are trying to make14:41
Shirowtakuhm, just typing thunderbird doenst work14:44
Shirowtakuit cant be found14:44
thegeekerdo you have it installed?14:44
Shirowtakuyes14:44
neur1spell it correct?14:45
Shirowtakuone moment14:45
thegeekerthunderbird needs to be on the Command: line, not the icon line14:45
thegeekerI made that mistake a couple of times14:46
neur1me too14:46
thegeekerseems like an unintuitive order of entry there14:47
Shirowtakui'm just uploading an screenshot14:49
TwinkletoesDoes anyone here use xrdp?  The X11rdp binary isn't compiled and I need it (instead of x11vnc)14:50
thegeekerTwinkletoes, sorry, i always use NX14:50
Twinkletoesthegeeker: I would love to use NX but AFAIK it requires an NX client, where I just want to reply on Mircrosoft Remote Desktop14:51
Twinkletoesthegeeker: s/reply/rely/14:51
Shirowtakuhttp://img146.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot1oe8.png14:51
Shirowtakuthat's how i tried it14:51
thegeekerTwinkletoes, there is a no-cost NX client available at http://nomachine.com/14:52
Twinkletoesthegeeker: The thin-clients I will be using don't have an NX client, they default to useing ICA/RDP14:52
thegeekerShirowtaku, the command is case-sensitive, do not capitalize thunderbird14:52
Shirowtakui'm from germany by the way. guess you see it on the screenshot14:52
Shirowtakuwhat do you mean with capitalize?14:53
neur1thunderbird14:53
thegeekerYou have "Thunderbird", it should be "thunderbird"14:53
Shirowtakui'll try it14:53
thegeekerTwinkletoes, ah, thin clients14:53
thegeekerTwinkletoes, wish i could help you14:54
Shirowtakuok, it works. thanks!14:54
Twinkletoesthegeeker: You helped me the other day :)14:54
Shirowtakuand that works with any application?14:54
neur1should14:54
Shirowtakuwhy do you guys use xubuntu instead of ubuntu?14:54
Twinkletoesthegeeker: xrdp would work, except that because it uses a vnc connection, the mouse lags14:54
thegeekerShirowtaku, you can make a launcher for any application that way if you can find the right command14:54
Shirowtakuok14:55
neur1xubuntu yes14:55
thegeekerTwinkletoes, yeah, that's why i stay away from vnc and rdp if i can14:55
thegeekerShirowtaku, on my system, xubuntu uses about 100-150MB less RAM than Ubuntu running the same apps14:55
neur1gnome is a eater14:56
Shirowtakuit just runs faster? is it more costumiseable?14:56
thegeekerShirowtaku, I use it because it uses less RAM and runs a bit faster than Gnome. It is almost as customizable, but those customizations are not as simple as in Gnome14:57
neur1made mine look like fluxbox14:58
thegeekerneur1, fluxbox is actually pretty easy to install in ubuntu14:58
neur1yea but i like xfce a little more14:59
Shirowtakuthere's even a distri called fluxubuntu. the easiest way, i guess14:59
thegeekerShirowtaku, i think it is still stuck in Dapper14:59
Shirowtakuyes, it is, afaik15:00
neur1tried the new fluxbox too light, gotta put too much stuff in15:01
neur1fkuxbuntu15:02
neur1opps15:02
thegeekerI agree. I think Xubuntu strikes the right balance between resource-usage and usability for me15:02
Shirowtakudoes anyone else use apple hardware?15:02
Shirowtaku?15:05
* thegeeker hears crickets chirping15:06
neur1mac? nope just hp15:06
neur1intel15:06
Shirowtakuwhich audio player do you use? amarok is good, but doenst really fit in xubuntu, does it?15:07
thegeekerShirowtaku, amarok works fine for me15:07
neur1thegeeker you try puppy?15:08
thegeekerneur1, i have tried puppy. it was impressive but not what I need from my system15:08
neur1i use it in am old ibm15:09
neur1an15:09
pappanzneur1: may i know the hardware specs of that ibm pc?15:10
neur1it's the stock 600e15:10
thegeekerI ran Puppy from a USB flash drive on an old Gateway laptop: 64MB RAM and P-133 CPU, no hard disk15:11
neur196mhz 288 ram pII15:12
thegeeker96?15:12
neur1i know, that's what is listed in xproc15:13
thegeekerI think P2 was 233MHz - 667MHz15:13
neur1see that's what i thought too15:14
thegeekerhttp://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:600E15:14
neur1that's the one15:16
thegeekerThrow 128MB in that and it would be a decent Xubuntu machine for web browsing and such15:16
neur1gotta change the resolution from 24 to 16 or something15:17
neur1or bit rate?15:18
neur1puppy comes with xfce too15:19
neur1firefox 1115:20
neur1but you run as root15:20
neur1http://dragon-puppy.uvadi.cz/viewpage.php?page_id=215:22
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neur1thanks again see you later15:29
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Voyage_ the icon of firestarter turns red when an unauthorised access try is made and if it is visible in the tray always. i can observe that.      and any way. why does it disappears. how can i make sure it doest ?16:58
vinzeVoyage_, you mean it suddenly disappears after you started it or just that it doesn't appear when you login?16:59
Voyage_mean it suddenly disappears after you started it17:00
vinzeThat sounds like a bug to me17:00
Voyage_5 or 10 mins after . usually17:00
Voyage_and it does appears at login.  (i read the faqs on the site) (but at login. it requires password from me everytime)17:00
vinzeVoyage_, there are a few similar bugreports:17:04
vinze the icon of firestarter turns red when an unauthorised access try is made and if it is visible in the tray always. i can observe that.      and any way. why does it disappears. how can i make sure it doest ?17:04
vinzeWoops, sorry17:04
vinzehttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firestarter/+bug/15805317:04
ubotuLaunchpad bug 158053 in firestarter "Firestarter GUI crashing repeatedly" [Undecided,Confirmed]17:04
vinzehttps://bugs.launchpad.net/firestarter/+bug/12044517:04
ubotuLaunchpad bug 120445 in firestarter "Firestarter firewall continuously crashes no matter which desktop or screen it's on." [Medium,Triaged]17:04
vinzehttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firestarter/+bug/17424917:04
ubotuLaunchpad bug 174249 in firestarter "firestarter closing unexpectantly" [Undecided,New]17:04
Voyage_is there a way to make sure that a specific app is running all the time. and making it run when its not running. ?17:11
Voyage_is there a way to make sure that a specific app is running all the time. and making it run when its not running in the sys tray?17:12
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Midgetnatorhello guys.. I have xubuntu but it seems my hd has some bad sectors... is it ok to start the puppy linux live cd and try to e2fsck -c /dev/hda1 .... will it mark all the bad sectors i have on the harddrive and it wont damage my files?20:56
Midgetnator??????20:58
Midgetnatorjoinh #linuxhelp20:59
PumpernickelMidgetnator: It's as you say.21:01
Midgetnatorthank you very much pumpernickel21:04
elfodomesticohello, im installing 7.10 and i configure network ok but installer wont do it!21:34
elfodomesticocant reach that machine!21:34
elfodomesticoso it stucks in analyzing the repo (or something, i installed it in spanish)21:35
elfodomesticoany known issues with 7.10 inst and networking?21:35
thegeekeryou get a valid ip address?21:36
elfodomesticoit is behind a router21:37
elfodomesticoand without dhcp21:37
thegeekeryou can visit google and such?21:37
elfodomesticono, the machine is unreachable21:37
thegeekerso you are using a manual network config?21:37
elfodomesticoyes21:37
elfodomesticowell, i will install without net...21:37
elfodomesticothen i configure21:37
thegeekerYou should be able to set it up in Applications->System->Network21:39
elfodomesticoi can do it manually thxs, bye21:39
thegeekerThat seemed productive21:40
neur1hello, does xubuntu need Nautilus file manager for the GNOME desktop?22:03
somerville32neur1, pardon?22:04
somerville32neur1, Xubuntu doesn't include the Gnome desktop22:04
evil_techxubuntu uses Thunar for file management22:04
BigOnionHi, is 256 M of RAM enough for Xubuntu and OpenOffice?22:05
neur1o.k. , i installed a geubuntu desktop and i got alot of extra stuff installed. so i'm taking stuff out22:05
somerville32BigOnion, for sure22:05
evil_techBigOnion: yes22:06
BigOnionok thanks somerville32/evil_tech22:06
BigOnionits just that i heard that OpenOffice loves eating mmory22:06
BigOnionmemory22:07
sparr_wxubuntu on a p2-266 with 64MB of RAM, feasible?22:25
evil_techyes and no22:28
evil_tech128mb ram would be better22:28
evil_techbut fluxbuntu or DSL would probably be a better choice22:29
sparr_wfluxbuntu, didnt know about that, thanks22:29
sparr_wive got a whopping 6GB of hard drive to work with  :)22:29
evil_techthats enough22:30
evil_techive installed xubuntu on that but i had 128 mb ram22:30
sparr_wfluxbuntu doesnt ship with firefox...  easy enough to fix that i guess22:32
sparr_wbut im well versed in *ubuntu, maybe i should try DSL just for the experience22:32
_stranger_guys, can U advise me an application, like an equaliser, to use in xfce?22:47
somerville32_stranger_, Just open up applications > system > add/remove and search :)22:47
soldatsbah23:47
* soldats im bored23:52
TheSheepsoldats: triage some bugs23:53
somerville32:)23:54
soldatslol23:55
soldatsi run a low level system so i havent really had any bugs, i had a very clean install and nothing has really gone wrong with it so far23:56
TheSheepsoldats: go to bugs.ubuntu.com, look for some bugs and see if you also have them. Look for bugs reported in previous versions of ubuntu and see if they are still in there.23:57
TheSheepsoldats: look for duplicate bugs and mark them as such23:58
soldatsahh ill check, im pretty much bored right now since i have band practice in a bit and i usually try to sit on #ubuntu and try to help people when they need it23:58
TheSheepsoldats: you can also try and translate some software at rosetta23:58
TheSheepthe power of boredom is immense23:59
soldatsyes23:59

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