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marchn800:04
viddmisterblonde2517, any luck?00:08
misterblonde2517its been going for a while now00:31
misterblonde2517its relaoding the log daemon?00:31
misterblonde2517so i think its done00:36
vidddid it bring up the prompt?00:38
jbthas anyone here, successfully using an acer 4520 for xubuntu?00:38
misterblonde2517yep00:39
viddnow type sudo reboot00:40
misterblonde2517splash... and.....00:41
misterblonde2517black00:41
misterblonde2517ughugh00:41
misterblonde2517what could it be00:42
viddim at a loss00:43
viddit is obvious that the window manager is the issue00:43
viddtry rebooting00:45
viddand hit <esc> to bring up the grub menu00:46
viddwe want to bring up the recovery console00:46
viddwhen you do, type sudo apt-get remove x-11 common00:47
misterblonde2517im in root, so i still type sudo?00:47
viddoh...no00:48
misterblonde2517coulnt find package x-1100:48
viddx11-common00:49
viddim loosing it!00:49
viddthen do apt-get autoremove00:53
misterblonde2517kk done00:55
The-Kernelmisterblonde2517 what video card do you have?00:57
misterblonde2517geforce 5500 128mb00:57
misterblonde2517in the pci slot00:57
viddreboot and log in as usual00:59
viddit should bring up cli00:59
vidd(without formating and re-installing00:59
misterblonde2517k im back01:02
misterblonde2517at the cli01:02
viddtype lspci01:02
mikubuntui forgot how to do this ... downloaded flock, it went to archive manager as default, and i thought then all i had to do was 'extract' b ut that din't seem to work ... any ideas?01:03
misterblonde2517kk i did01:03
viddmisterblonde2517, post the line that looks like 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)01:03
misterblonde2517vga compatible controller: nVidia coporation NV34 {geforce fx 5500} (rev 11)01:06
misterblonde2517and then theres antoehr one that says intel corp 82810e dc-133 (cgc) chipset graphics controller (rev 3)01:07
viddhaha01:07
viddi think i see the issue01:07
viddi think the "black screen" is the desktop being directed to the OTHER adapter!01:08
viddlets test this.....01:08
misterblonde2517*facepalm*01:09
viddsudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop01:09
The-Kernelmisterblonde2517, go into your BIOS, and set PCI as the default video adapter, or disable the onboard adapter01:11
misterblonde2517ugh01:18
misterblonde2517errors were encountered while processing: dhcdbd network-manageer metwork-manager-gnome01:18
viddmisterblonde2517, sudo apt-get remove [failed programs01:21
viddthen sudo apt-get install [failed program]01:22
viddone at a time01:22
The-Kernelum01:22
The-Kernelvidd01:22
viddyeah?01:22
The-Kernelhas anyone told you aboutthe two commands, sudo apt-get -s install and sudo apt-get -f install?01:23
viddno01:23
The-Kernelpretty awesoem commands01:23
The-Kernel-f fixing problems01:23
* vidd bows to The-Kernel 's experience01:23
The-Kerneland I have no clue what -s does01:23
The-Kernelbut it also fixed some problems for me01:23
crimsun-s only simulates01:24
misterblonde2517the primary video adapter is pci01:25
misterblonde2517should i make it onboard adn try it again01:25
misterblonde2517with it int he onboard01:25
misterblonde2517yesssssssssssssssssss01:28
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viddi hate dual display adapters01:28
misterblonde2517so everything seems to work (im using the integrated graphis, im gonna switch) but i didnt fix the errors it gave me, should i worry about htat?01:30
viddyes01:31
viddThe-Kernel, can you help misterblonde2517 with those apps that failed to install?01:32
viddi have a party im late for01:32
misterblonde2517vidd thanks for all your help01:32
viddgl misterblonde251701:32
neur1recieved an update notice, but it says some of my dependencies are not mergeable so none of my update apps can open, only to the error box. what are my options01:39
larson9999how do you enable login via xdcmp in xubuntu?01:52
viddmisterblonde2517, your stuff working now?03:07
misterblonde2517heyy03:09
misterblonde2517kinda03:09
misterblonde2517it works in the on board03:09
misterblonde2517but i installed the drivers for my card03:09
misterblonde2517and rebooted03:09
misterblonde2517and now it hangs after teh splash, but it ways "*running local boot scripts*03:09
misterblonde2517(/ect/rc.local03:09
misterblonde2517any ideas?03:09
misterblonde2517i can type stuff, but it doesnt give me the name user@ anymore, its just the text i type03:11
viddwhat ya need to do is tell the bios to use one display adapter or the other.....03:16
viddis it possible to plug a monitor into each adapter at this time?03:17
misterblonde2517yea03:18
misterblonde2517theres text on teh screen tho03:18
viddlets see if you have different output on different monitors03:18
misterblonde2517im back at the cli03:18
misterblonde2517kk03:18
misterblonde2517i have bios set to default to pci03:19
misterblonde2517pci has me at cli, mobo is giving me a black moniter03:20
misterblonde2517is there a cli command to send me to the desktop03:20
viddthere is.....put you dont have a command prompt03:20
misterblonde2517i do now03:21
misterblonde2517i sft alt f1d03:21
misterblonde2517er ctrl03:21
misterblonde2517but i jstu logged in03:21
viddsudo /etc/gdm restart03:21
misterblonde2517it says that the command is not found03:22
vidddid you spell it right?03:23
misterblonde2517"sudo /etc/gdm restart"03:23
viddok03:23
viddso it failed to install03:24
misterblonde2517it was justt working a second ago, after i restarted is when it tripped up03:24
viddi missed a part.....03:25
viddsudo /etc/init.d/gdm03:25
viddsudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart03:25
misterblonde2517kk now the moniter is flashing03:26
viddwhich one?03:26
misterblonde2517pci03:26
misterblonde2517mobo is still black03:26
misterblonde2517should i restart the computer?03:26
viddno....go back to tty103:27
misterblonde2517how do i do that03:27
vidd(<ctrl><alt><f1>)03:27
misterblonde2517kk03:27
misterblonde2517im there03:27
viddsudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop03:28
misterblonde2517k03:28
viddsudo dpkg --reconfgure xserver-xorg03:28
viddyes...2 dashes there03:29
misterblonde2517k03:29
viddthe -- means a word switch follows, a single - means a letter switch is following03:30
misterblonde2517wait so i shouldnt have typed "sudo dpkg --reconfgure xserver-xorg" on one line03:30
viddthe command i gave you will allow you to set up your x server03:31
viddyou should03:31
misterblonde2517kk i did03:31
viddi was explaining the difference between -- and -03:31
viddyou will see it alot in howto's03:32
misterblonde2517oh ok i gotcha03:32
misterblonde2517so how do i go about setting up my server03:32
viddthat command will bring up a wizard of sorts03:32
viddjust pick the correct settings03:33
viddif you have a question about an option, just ask03:33
viddi think the issue is that you installed the x server before you uploaded the display driver03:34
misterblonde2517im sorry im so lost, waht should i get rid of to remedy that?03:34
viddand you changed the driver without telling the x server about it and its chocking03:34
misterblonde2517cause the command brough up 6 FAQ type things03:35
misterblonde2517but im not really changing anything03:35
viddall we are going to change is the display adaptor03:35
misterblonde2517where is that?03:36
misterblonde2517aptitude?03:36
viddbut rather then you bringing up the config file and going blind trying to read the file to find the one line that needs to be canged.....03:36
viddwe are going to use the wizard and accept the default options until we get to the adaptor settings03:37
misterblonde2517alrighty03:39
misterblonde2517hopefully i can finish this tomrrow i have to go i was supposed to be somewhere 40 mins ago03:39
misterblonde2517unless this is quick03:39
viddnot really03:40
misterblonde2517(then again i thought the whole install would be quick when i started 10 hours ago ahah)03:40
misterblonde2517alrighty, do you think youll be around tomrrow or late tonitght?03:40
viddmight be faster to remove x11-common, then apt-get autoremove03:41
viddthen install the new drivers03:41
viddand then apt-get install xubuntu-desktop03:41
misterblonde2517kk ill try that when i get home03:42
misterblonde2517thanks so much for your time03:42
misterblonde2517hopefully ill catch you on later03:42
viddcuzz you installed xubuntu-desktop THEN the new drivers03:42
viddyou want to install the drivers first03:42
misterblonde2517kk, ill go back to onbard and try to do that03:42
misterblonde2517thanks again03:42
kioskHappy New Year!03:43
crimsunsame to you.03:43
kioskWhat is your favorite streaming video plugin for firefox?03:44
crimsunI use whatever totem-* provide.03:45
kiosktotem-*   what's that03:45
kioskcommand?03:45
crimsunno, it means either totem-gstreamer or totem-xine03:45
crimsun(I use the latter)03:46
kioskcool thank you03:48
kioskNow to see if I can et it working before the ball drops03:48
crimsunyou may wish to try either vlc's or mplayer's, however03:48
kiosk:)03:48
kioskI saw vlc in apt-cache search03:48
kioskcrimsun: totem-xine works.  Thank you.  Happy New year!03:59
crimsunkiosk: np, you, too!04:03
aswerahi all, anyone know why the live cd is hanging when running /etc/rc.local04:13
aswera??04:13
kiosk\leave04:19
kiosksorry04:19
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nikolamhi to all09:58
nikolamhappy new year09:58
soldatsto you as well10:34
slow-motionhi13:26
vistakillerhappy new year15:00
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snuck___hello16:35
snuck___anyone have xubuntu running on an x61t?16:35
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misterblonde2517hi, would anyone be able to tell me how to install nvidia drivers from the command line interface18:07
jjmivoh, did you try googling it?18:08
jjmivjust a thought...18:08
misterblonde2517i have been18:08
misterblonde2517but they all need me to downlaod the driver first18:09
jjmivhttp://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=5736818:09
misterblonde2517and i dont have the desktop installed18:09
jjmivoh...use teh WGET commdand18:09
jjmivcommand*18:09
misterblonde2517so i need a cli command to get it off the interent18:09
misterblonde2517how do i do that?18:09
jjmivto download18:09
misterblonde2517(sorry im totally new to this)18:09
jjmivhttp://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=62011618:09
jjmivi had a similar issue setting up my webserver with Debian18:10
misterblonde2517so i should say "sudo wget <nvidia drivers url>18:11
jjmivyes18:11
jjmivjust make sure wget is installed first18:11
jjmivsudo apt-cache search wget to find the right package and then 'sudo apt-get install <package>18:12
jjmivit will tell you if it is installed, you can also see if there is a man page or something "man wget" or "wget --help"18:12
misterblonde2517k so its installed, how do i know which linux drivers i want for my card (fx 5500 pci 128mb)18:14
jjmivjust do a search for that..lets see18:16
jjmivhttp://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/18:16
jjmivjust bear with me18:16
jjmivdang, there is a lot out there18:18
jjmivhttp://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_169.07.html18:18
misterblonde2517its not so much about finding the perfect one, its jsut my boot hangs after teh spalsh screen and goes black, and someone told me it was because i installed teh desktop before i installed my drivers, so to install the drivers then the desktop18:19
jjmivthat's not a bad plan, then when you set up X it will detect the right card, just make sure you don't go crazy on the resolution at first18:19
misterblonde2517im sorry im being so stupid, is it just wget <url> because that seems to get me a name of service not known error18:22
* XwarlokX82 <audacious> is stopped18:25
soldatswget [url] is fine you just need the exact target address18:36
misterblonde2517so im positive its spelled correctly but it tells me name or service unkowns18:37
soldatswhat are you trying to get18:37
misterblonde2517nvidia drivers18:38
misterblonde2517http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/169.07/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.07-pkg1.run18:38
soldatsdo you need to wget it or just trying it out18:39
misterblonde2517i need to, i dont have a desktop18:39
soldatsahh well i just downloaded it with """"wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/169.07/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.07-pkg1.run"""" without quotes18:40
soldatsyou may also type w3m in a terminal and do text based web i think you can download from there18:41
misterblonde2517hmm its stilll not working18:42
misterblonde2517i found "sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx nvidia-kernel-common"18:44
misterblonde2517online, should that work18:44
soldatsnvidia-glx-new i think is the right one18:45
soldatsbut yea those should work18:45
misterblonde2517hmm, so i cant seem to connect to the internet at all18:46
misterblonde2517whcih is odd because it was working fine yesterday18:46
misterblonde2517it cant resolve any of the urls.. any ideas?18:46
soldatsare you on it now18:46
misterblonde2517on my laptop18:47
misterblonde2517the computer im working on is right next to me in teh same router and its failing all teh itnerent attempts18:47
soldatsahh, well i assume you have a router so id suggest restarting the router18:47
misterblonde2517is there a cli command to check internet connection18:50
soldatsyou can ping an address18:51
misterblonde2517oo yea i just did, its not connected18:51
misterblonde2517hmm18:51
misterblonde2517could my ethernet be disabled?18:52
soldatsdoubt it if it worked yesterday18:53
illidanhi19:35
illidan!compiz19:38
ubotuCompiz (compositing window manager) and XGL (X server architecture layered on top of OpenGL) - Howto at http://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompositeManager - help in #compiz-fusion19:38
illidanis there a possibility to install compiz-fusion on xubuntu?19:39
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illidanplzzzzzz help meeee19:42
soldatsi think there is i heard of someone doing but i dont have the slightest clue how20:00
killuxHey, I just tried to install Xubuntu 7.10 on my PS3 which has 2.10 firmware but I am getting some errors. Everything goes fine until when its installing the kernel. The kernel it's trying to install is called "linux-cell". The error message is this: "An error was returned while trying to install the kernel into the target system." Does anyone know why this happens and how I can fix this?20:25
illidanhi all I need to know how to make xubuntu bar2 seem like macosx21:19
illidanpls21:19
burt8675309is gutsy able to run on 256mb system on an intel celeron?22:14
burt8675309old computer..22:14
X|OutBurt, it should run on it.22:15
X|OutMy system only has 256mb ram.22:15
soldatsi has gusty with 25622:19
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defendguinwhat are the minimum hardware specs for xubuntu?22:45
burt8675309soldats, how do you like it?22:46
burt8675309soldats, i'm trying to ditch vector linux...22:46
burt8675309soldats, its very rough around the edges...22:46
soldatsruns really good for me22:47
burt8675309soldats, how about usb printers...22:47
soldatsi dont use them but i know they work22:47
burt8675309soldats, will my hp deskjet d4260 run well?22:47
burt8675309it ran on vector..22:47
soldatsim sure it most likely will, i think the only brand that isnt supported is lexmark22:48
burt8675309cool.22:48
burt8675309is it bascially ubuntu with xfce....same preinstalled packages...right?22:48
soldatswhat does "rough around the edges" mean22:48
burt8675309soldats, well its just not as polished as xubuntu..22:49
soldatsoh ok22:49
soldatswell xubuntu is alot smaller than ubuntu22:49
burt8675309soldats, and its based on slackware so its very difficult to add packages..22:49
soldatsxubuntu-desktop xfce thunar file manager22:49
soldatsmore minimal and run better22:50
burt8675309the screenies look great.22:50
soldatson slower machines22:50
burt8675309gutsy and improvement than dapper?22:50
soldatsyes i thought so as well22:50
soldatsgusty runs better than dapper for me22:50
burt8675309cool.22:51
burt8675309can't wait.22:51
soldatsgusty is the newest edition22:51
burt8675309what about open office..22:51
burt8675309prepacked?22:51
soldatsi think its on the livecd but i dont use it22:51
soldatsi chose not to install it22:52
burt8675309sorry about all the questions...i'm looking at a checklist of things that don't work on vector..22:52
soldatsahh22:52
soldatswell open office word gnumeric spreadsheet and abiword were all installed by default22:55
burt8675309cool.22:55
burt8675309i'm liking the sound of this.......22:55
soldatserr i meant open office word processor i didnt install the full package22:55
burt8675309k22:56
burt8675309but, it has add/remove right....simple package manager....right?22:56
soldatsyes along with synaptic package manager as well22:58
burt8675309great.22:59
burt8675309i <3 linux22:59
soldats;) me too i hope you enjoy xubuntu22:59
burt8675309soldats, isn't soldat a game?23:05
burt8675309soldats, german or something.23:05
burt8675309idk23:05
burt8675309right?23:05
soldatsyes23:05
burt8675309mean soldier?23:05
soldatsbut it also came from an anime23:06
soldatsyes it means soldier in german and french23:06
burt8675309cool.23:06
soldatsthe screenshots of the game look rad but i havent had time to get it yet23:06
burt8675309its pretty fun.23:07
burt8675309nothing like a 2d mmo fps..23:07
soldatslol yea im gonna play soon23:07
burt8675309my friend made a mod for the game..23:08
burt8675309you should grab it..23:08
burt8675309he is pretty good at making mods.23:08
soldatsnice il have to get it soon then23:08
Camish_Looking for a program that can tell how my hard drive is feeling. Like a s.m.a.r.t keeping program. Any recommendations?23:53
crimsunCamish_: install smartmontools23:56

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