/srv/irclogs.ubuntu.com/2008/01/08/#xubuntu.txt

LinuxicaIn #xfce don't want help me because I told them I'm using xubuntu, them sent me here...00:01
Linuxicais there any Xubuntu guru here?00:04
Linuxicaleche, do you speak Spanish?00:06
lecheun poco ;-)00:06
Linuxicahas encontrado alguna vez ayuda en este canal?00:06
lechebut not enough, just started...00:06
lechewait, this will take a while00:06
Linuxicadon't worry ;)00:06
lecheque significa encotrado?00:07
Linuxicafound help in this channel00:07
LinuxicaI've never found any00:07
lechehmm, yes, one time i found help00:07
Linuxica:)00:07
lechewhats your problem?00:08
lechei usually dont read alot here...00:08
LinuxicaI made an update to gutsy, it was an error00:08
Linuxicaudev HAL thunar, don't work properly00:09
lechehmm, did you remove all "system relevant packages?00:09
lecheuh, thats bad...00:09
LinuxicaI made it wit update manager00:09
lecheit worked for me... i did it twice and no problems00:10
LinuxicaIt was not the first time I did something like that00:10
Linuxicathe time before every thing was ok00:10
Linuxicabut this time no icons at the desktop when I plug a removable device00:11
lechethis could be just a preference00:11
lechebut im new to xfce....00:11
Linuxicamy thunar is not compiled with HAK support00:11
Linuxicathat's the message00:11
lecheHAK?00:12
LinuxicaHAL00:12
lechei think theres an extra package for thunar00:12
lecheif you want the file management00:12
lecheehm00:12
LinuxicaYes I have it00:12
lechenot file management, drive management00:12
Linuxicathe problem now is that i can't remove thunar to recompile without remove xface00:13
lechethunar-volman or thunar-volman-plugin00:13
Linuxicano from synaptic00:13
Linuxicayes i have thar00:14
Linuxicathat00:14
lechewhy cant you remove it?00:14
Linuxicabecause synaptic tells me it has to remove xfce too00:14
LinuxicaI can try from a terminal but i wanted to ask for som advice here00:15
soldatsi dont think it will actually remove xfce if you remove thunar, if you still want t ouse thunar just reinstall it00:15
LinuxicaI made it already00:16
Linuxicabut it still has not support for HAL00:16
lechei think its possible00:16
lechewell, a reinstall is done in 30 min if all fails...00:17
leche;-)00:17
Linuxicaa xubuntu reinstall?00:17
Linuxicaor an xfce?00:18
soldatsxubuntu00:18
Linuxicahmm... from the CD?00:18
Linuxicafix the system?00:18
Linuxicathat way?00:18
lecheits not the ubuntu way i know00:19
Linuxicasorry I don't understand.00:20
Linuxicaa new installation?00:21
Linuxicaformat the HD, etc?00:21
LinuxicaThank for the help :)00:22
LinuxicaI¡ll try with apt-get first, if that fails, I'll re-install the xubuntu.00:23
Linuxicabye00:23
Linuxica:)00:23
lechebye00:23
zoredacheI have a tricky question...  You know when the kernel is booting you provide it a root device (ie root=/dev/sda1).  Can you give point the kernel to boot to use a subfolder, via chroot, on that device?00:26
mikubuntuon google earth i keep getting a message to update my graphic  card driver.  on this page in the ubuntu docs, it says to look into the restricted drivers, but the only thing listed in my restricted drivers folder is hal ... http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=482611   anybody know how i might update ati rage mobility driver?00:49
soldats!ati00:57
ubotuTo install the Ati/NVidia drivers for your video card, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto00:57
soldatserr00:57
soldats!ati > mikubuntu00:57
mikubuntuty00:58
soldatsnp00:58
Name141How would I setup a dual boot with windows xp01:15
soldats!dualboot01:15
ubotuDual boot instructions: x86/AMD64: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBootHowTo - MACs: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MacBookPro https://wiki.ubuntu.com/YabootConfigurationForMacintoshPowerPCsDualBoot01:15
jkonamihey guys - is it normal for the installer/live cd (7.10) to boot into a shell prompt when you choose to install?01:16
Name141soldats: I see that Xubuntu will try to repartition my HD itself, rather than I need to partition it myself ?01:18
Name141like in the 'old days' ?01:18
Name141Installing windows first, then the linux, etc..01:18
soldatsyes01:19
soldatsypou need to partition it yourself i think01:20
Name141ok, I have the dell resource parition also I don't need deleted01:20
soldatswell if you read through those pages it should tell you how to do it, i believe you need to install winblows and when you do the linux partition it will partition it for you, or you can partition it yourself with gparted or another tool01:23
jkonamiI'm downloading the alternatve install cd, though I'm still not sure why I'm dropped off at a prompt for the regular install cd - if anyone has a comment about that, it might be helpful :)01:27
soldatsif it goes to a prompt type install01:28
jkonamiIt's just the first install option on the list.01:33
graelbHi there02:13
graelbDoes anyone know of a program that does the same thing that winscp does for linux?02:14
haxalityhi02:16
haxalityI'm running eeeXubuntu on my Asus eee, and seeing as how there is practically no place for support of it specifically, I came here to ask my question02:16
haxalitybasically, I want to bind a script to be run as root to 2 of the hotkeys on the keyboard02:17
haxalityI have no idea how to do so02:17
haxalitymainly because of the root-ness02:17
haxalityanyone know what to do?02:17
Catoptromancy= (02:39
Catoptromancyhow long does it take to install update-manager-core02:39
Catoptromancyseems like it freezes there everytime02:39
Catoptromancyexcellent02:45
Catoptromancyfastest ubuntu ever02:45
Catoptromancyxubuntu alt installer in, console02:45
Catoptromancyapt-get twm02:45
Catoptromancyill call it tubuntu!02:46
Catoptromancyno gtk or kde02:46
Catoptromancyheh02:46
soldatswhat win manager is twm02:47
CatoptromancyI call it tiny window manager02:47
Catoptromancybasic to the extreme02:47
Catoptromancybut it runs all apps02:47
soldatsis it real02:47
Catoptromancyyes02:48
Catoptromancyi run it on freebsd02:48
soldatscool is there a home page02:49
Catoptromancyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom's_Window_Manager02:49
soldatsahh also have you heard of dwm02:49
Catoptromancyhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Twm.png02:49
Catoptromancyyou can make it look alot nicer than that02:50
Catoptromancycan find already made custom  .twmrc   cfgs02:50
Catoptromancywith screenshots    =)02:50
Catoptromancythis ?02:51
Catoptromancyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_Window_Manager02:51
soldatsno02:51
soldatsone sec02:51
haxalitywhy not just use ratpoison and avoid the mouse, while you're at it :P02:51
Catoptromancydillo + abiword + prboom + irssi02:51
Catoptromancyon 400 mhz02:51
Catoptromancyruns fast02:52
Catoptromancywith twm02:52
soldatshttp://www.suckless.org/wiki/dwm02:53
soldatstwm looks really cool though02:53
soldatsi love simple looking stuff02:54
soldatsgnome and xfce are too "pretty"02:54
XinFei whats the thing u type in terminal to shut down all firefox programs.. it its already running but i closed it like 5min ago02:54
soldatsbut i do still love E1602:54
Catoptromancycool02:54
Catoptromancytwm is standard Xorg02:55
XinFeiany ideas..02:55
Catoptromancyeven if you dont install it, you probably have it02:55
soldatsXinFei, "pgrep firefox" and then "kill PID" where PID is the second number listed02:55
CatoptromancyXinFei,   killall firefox-bin02:55
soldatsyuh or that ^^02:55
XinFeithank you02:55
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XinFeiit says no process killed02:56
XinFeiwhen i type killall firefox-bin02:56
Catoptromancyps -a|grep fire02:56
XinFeiwait02:56
XinFeinvm it works02:56
XinFei>_>02:56
Catoptromancyheh02:56
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soldatsCatoptromancy, really i did not know it was standard, where would i look to see if its there02:56
XinFeithx for helping out the newb02:56
Catoptromancy/etc/X11/02:56
soldatsnp02:56
soldatsCatoptromancy, lol brain fart, figures i should look thar02:57
Catoptromancystanard = MOST distros  have it laying around somewhere02:57
haxalityhey02:57
haxalityanother question02:57
haxalityhow do I control what starts up with xubuntu on a basic level02:57
haxalitysynaptic keeps running on boot02:57
soldatsCatoptromancy, did you see the dwm page02:57
Catoptromancyya looks cool02:57
haxalityautostarted programs doesn't have anything02:57
soldatsCatoptromancy, i really like tinkering with window managers so it seems to fit my needs02:58
Catoptromancyya theres a really good page02:58
Catoptromancyyou can adjust everything02:58
Catoptromancymenu option = edit one line in a cfg02:58
Catoptromancyits actually commented on how to do it in the cfg02:58
Catoptromancy$locate twm02:59
Catoptromancydont know if ubuntu installs it02:59
CatoptromancyIt came with Fedora, FreeBSD and Slackware02:59
soldatsahh02:59
haxalityanyone?02:59
soldatsi wonder if arch has it02:59
Catoptromancyhaxality, inits02:59
Catoptromancyprobabl602:59
soldatsrclocal03:00
haxalityahh03:00
soldatsoh wait oops03:00
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haxalitywhere can I find the config files for these things?03:00
haxality/etc/init.d?03:00
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Catoptromancy<haxality> synaptic keeps running on boot03:01
Catoptromancyare you really sure you want to turn that off?03:02
haxalitywell, not on boot03:02
haxalitybut on xfce login03:02
haxalityand yes, I'm sure I don't want synaptic popping up and eating half the screen every time I login :P03:02
Catoptromancyheh k03:02
Catoptromancyheh wow, this will be challenging03:04
CatoptromancyI dont even have xorg.conf03:04
haxalityhahaha03:05
haxalitywow03:05
haxalitybad time to ask I guess :x03:05
soldatsCatoptromancy, is it possible to not have xorg.conf03:06
Catoptromancysure03:06
Catoptromancyi install command line only03:06
Catoptromancyand manually pieces of xorg03:06
haxalityanything is possible in linux03:06
Catoptromancyand twm03:06
haxalityone of my friends was running arch w/ ratpoison with the entire WM coded in perl scripts03:06
haxalityno xorg anywhere03:07
soldatsoh yea well i didnt realize you only had twm03:07
nanbudhto install NetGear WG311 wifi adapter card on xubuntu box do i have to install the software BEFORE putting the card on the motherboard? The papers accompanying the card say 'run the cd before putting the card in'.Though the CD is for windows only03:07
soldatsCatoptromancy, well i install cli as well but i always get xfce or gnome to easily navigate around till im used to the distro then boot cli and use screen03:08
Catoptromancyim just messing around03:08
Catoptromancygot ubuntu in vbox03:09
Catoptromancyim learning xorg03:09
soldatsxorg seems wierd to me03:09
Catoptromancyheh03:09
soldatsi dont know why though03:10
Catoptromancywhat part of it?>03:10
Catoptromancyi think i need to write my own xinitrc03:11
soldatsmaybe since ive only  manually editted it like 3 times but the way its set up is differentt from standard programming languages for some reason i feel more comfortable editing those03:11
Catoptromancyits not even programming03:11
soldatsyea i know03:11
Catoptromancyjust a fairly basic cfg03:11
soldatsbut i mean i prefer editing scripts and source03:12
Catoptromancyneed to remember the order perfectly03:13
soldatsyuh03:13
Catoptromancylike X > Startx > Xsession03:13
Catoptromancywhat each file reads from and adds to03:13
Catoptromancyheh I ran startx without an xorg.conf03:13
Catoptromancyand it just spammed console with "creating authorites03:13
* Catoptromancy deleted like 50 of them03:14
Catoptromancyand had to reboot to stop it03:14
soldatscould the startx command be somewhere in the cfg to start twm03:14
Catoptromancyya03:14
Catoptromancyi need to fully edit it03:14
Catoptromancyits a totally stripped setup03:14
Catoptromancyi even had to #ln -sv startx to X03:15
Catoptromancyheh03:15
soldatslol03:15
soldatsi probly havent been using linux for nearly as long as you but im still getting more into advance stuff per weekly basis03:16
soldatsand03:16
soldatsi dont know why when i do locate twm it says my /var database is more than 8 days old and wont even locate anything03:17
Catoptromancysudo updatedb?03:17
Catoptromancyi dont think ubuntu even installs it03:17
soldatsah ha03:17
soldatswell i was just checking for good measure03:18
Catoptromancyits a very fast download heh03:18
soldatsi like the look of it and i might try it out03:18
Catoptromancylike 400 kb03:18
Catoptromancyfor a wm03:18
soldatswow03:18
Catoptromancyhttp://xwinman.org/vtwm.php03:22
Catoptromancyheh screenshots03:23
Catoptromancyand the cfgs used03:23
Catoptromancyhttp://xwinman.org/screenshots/twm-system.gif03:23
Catoptromancythats default03:23
Catoptromancyhttp://xwinman.org/screenshots/twm-thomas.jpg03:23
soldatswow the 1st link reminded me of windows 3.1 (the only one i ever liked) just a litte prettier03:26
Catoptromancybut once you open a program, the program looks norma;03:28
Catoptromancyi had abiword open in freebsd03:28
Catoptromancyfullscreen03:28
Catoptromancyit looked 95% like it did in xfce03:28
soldatsnice just like dwm03:29
soldatsseems the only reason im usong xfce nowadays is because if someone has a problem it easy for me to duplicate it and find a fix for it. its almost the only joy i get in life to help people03:30
Catoptromancyheh03:30
soldatss/usong/using03:30
Catoptromancygnome is nice, but its not exactly like Xfce03:31
CatoptromancyXfce is like perfect03:31
soldatsyuh, i thought it was funny that in gnome you caould add shortcuts in the menu to open folders in nautilus but in xfce you cant unless you do a little research cause the menu seems more restricted in editing.03:32
* soldats drinks too much and cant type03:33
Catoptromancyya Xfce menu is the only thing awkward03:34
soldatsyea if you add an entry in the menu editor and for command you do exo-open --working-directory %f  /folder/of/your/choice you can open anyfolder you want just like in gnome03:38
soldatsi thought it was cool eventhough i never use it03:38
Catoptromancyhaha03:40
Catoptromancygot it03:40
Catoptromancycept cfg was blank, so i got no menus or nothing03:40
* Catoptromancy its all wallpaper and mousepointers03:41
Catoptromancy600 mbs   for my ubuntu install03:43
Catoptromancyi could slim it way down though03:43
Catoptromancy100%04:14
Catoptromancy= )04:14
soldatslol yea a very minimal install of ubuntu would be nice04:20
Catoptromancyim working menus04:20
Catoptromancyand it loads X so fast,04:21
soldatsi boot to cli then do startx and xfce seems to load prety fast for being bigger than e16 or fluxbox04:22
Catoptromancythis load instantly04:24
Catoptromancy1 sec04:24
Catoptromancyin a virutal machine04:24
Catoptromancygot xterm+bash  on main menu04:24
_slvmchn_fluxbuntu is a 300 mb install cd04:24
_slvmchn_very slimmed down04:25
Catoptromancywith X?04:25
Catoptromancyerrnm04:25
Catoptromancynm04:25
Catoptromancyheh04:25
Catoptromancyya i installed a bunch of stuff i didnt need04:25
Catoptromancywasnt quite sure04:25
cellofellowhello, gang!04:25
Catoptromancyrello04:26
cellofellowcan I rip a CD faster with cdda2wav than cdparanioa without much loss in quality?04:26
soldatsquality depends on what format you use04:28
cellofellowI don't mean the encoded quality, I intend to use LAME MP3, but I mean the WAV quality. Doesn't paranoia have error-correcting stuff?04:28
soldatshmm never used it, i has no cd burner. i figure it really doesnt mapper the speed as long as you tell it to burn at the lowest speed and the quality will be good. even if its cli based if the speed is low it will still be good04:32
soldatss/mapper/madder04:32
cellofellowIt's not a burner, it's a ripper.04:34
cellofellowTakes forever normally. Currently using abcde which can use both programs.04:35
cellofellowThere is a speed setting for abcde though.04:35
soldatswell the slowest speed always makes a better burn or rip04:36
soldatsmaybe 1604:36
cellofellowok04:36
cellofellowit was just annoying that it took the same amount of time to rip a CD on my new laptop as on my old creaky desktop.04:37
soldatshow big is it04:43
BrokenPipeWhy would the password popup for Administrative Tasks hang for a very long time after entering my password?  It happens on my desktop, but not on my media PC.04:58
soldatsnot sure but it may be a lag if you have a few open processes using lots of memory while tring to do something as root05:02
soldatson a slow system05:02
BrokenPipeIt's a quadcore 2.4Ghz system with 2GB of memory, and nothing really running05:03
BrokenPipeit's not slow05:03
soldatshmm wierd what command was it (out of curiosity)05:04
BrokenPipethe update manager05:04
BrokenPipeThe dialogue box you get when there are updated packages.05:04
Catoptromancyhttp://img244.imageshack.us/img244/1053/snapshot30ds4.png05:04
BrokenPipeBut, it happens no matter how I get to the graphical sudo box.05:05
BrokenPipeIt could just be a root-only settings app.05:05
soldatswow ive heard the quadcores werent as fast since nothing is really made for them the dual core is faster but its wierd. is it in the gui for update manager05:05
soldatsCatoptromancy, ha thats awesome05:05
Catoptromancyits tubuntu!05:06
BrokenPipeAnyone know how to set ALSA's default sound device?05:06
soldatsBrokenPipe, that happened to me when i had ubuntu but i did a reboot and it worked fine from then on. i dont want to say a reboot is necessary but "it worked for me".05:06
Catoptromancyalsactl05:06
Catoptromancyman alsactl05:07
BrokenPipedo I have to do that every time I boot up?05:07
Catoptromancyno05:07
Catoptromancystore saves the current driver state for the selected soundcard to  the05:07
Catoptromancy       configuration file.05:07
soldatswell after the reboot i did it always worked fine with no problems, also i wonder if your internet connectivity may have something to do with it?05:08
BrokenPipesoldats... it's happened since I installed, after many updates, and many reboots05:08
BrokenPipeCatoptromancy, that doesn't set the default05:09
Catoptromancyits saves current settings05:09
soldatsi think it was because my router went out and after the root passwrod it hung since after the password it wanted the internet to download05:09
Catoptromancyits make your settings right now default05:09
BrokenPipe...05:09
Catoptromancyalsamixer them right05:09
Catoptromancythem alsactl store05:09
Catoptromancyand makes them default05:09
BrokenPipeno05:10
BrokenPipeit doesn't05:10
BrokenPipeI need to change the default *device*05:10
Catoptromancyoh heh05:10
BrokenPipenot the configuration of the devices05:10
soldatsare you wireless05:10
BrokenPipeno05:11
soldatswell the only thing i can think of in my frame of mind is a bad connection to the intertubes05:12
soldatsit may hang if it cant read the connecton status05:12
BrokenPipeman, ubuntuforums.org search sucks05:14
BrokenPipethis sound thing is really bugging me05:14
BrokenPipeI can't seem to put the volume control module on my panel either05:14
soldatswith alsa you should go to the gui for sound devices and select alsa05:15
BrokenPipexfce4-mixer just seems plain broken05:21
soldatshmm i wonder why05:21
soldatsi use it, what distro are you using05:22
Pat985hey guys I am having some xubuntu trouble...05:25
BrokenPipewhy would I come to #xubuntu if I wasn't running it?05:25
soldatscause xubuntu runs xfce by default05:26
Pat985I just installed xubunti to my notebook, everything installed fine. After the restart I got the grub screen, then my screen went black for about ten minutes but the harddrive light was still blinking05:28
Pat985after about ten minutes my screen turned back on but all I have now is a blank screen and an X mouse cursor05:29
soldatsdid you have a promt05:29
Pat985no05:29
soldatshmm it may be a graphics card problem05:29
Pat985I had kubuntu installed once and had a boot splash problem05:30
Pat985where the boot splash wouldnt appear05:30
Pat985could it be related?05:30
Pat985I had xubuntu 6.04 installed before upgrading to 7.10 and it worked fine05:31
Pat985it was after upgrading to 7.10 through the update manager when this happened05:31
soldatswell if you have a promt type "startx" and see if it works, if its an upgrade problem id suggest getting the livecd and doing a fresh install and if that doesnt work either look to the forums of file a bug report05:33
Pat985ok05:34
Pat985ok weird...05:43
Pat985it works now!!!05:44
Pat985hrmm ok maybe not...05:45
Pat985sorry :)05:45
soldatswow what did you do05:45
Pat985well I got a boot splash for a second that time after a restart05:45
Pat985now its back to black05:46
Pat985dont think its a video problem05:46
Pat985maybe a faulty install then...05:46
soldatsits a possibility05:46
Pat985I will take your advice and download the newest live cd05:46
soldatsmake sure you install everything you need for running the gui05:46
soldatsyuh the 7.10 is best for now05:47
Pat985well I installed 7.10 through the update manager05:47
Pat985but I was also doing some other things05:47
Pat985cpu and net intensive stuff05:47
soldatsif possible make sure you have xubuntu-desktop clicked for install and xorg-x11 checked for install if you do it again05:47
Pat985maybe a packet got lost and corrupted everything05:48
soldatsyea maybe05:48
Pat985if all else fails I will just install the xubuntu GUI through ubuntu and run it that way05:48
soldatsusually if it gets lost it gets it again but its a possibility, maybe just try to get the newest livecd05:48
Pat985I will05:49
soldatsthe xubuntu livecd is the fastest in my opinion05:49
soldatstook me about 30 minutes05:49
soldatsfull install05:49
Pat985yeah05:49
Pat985Im such a linux noob05:51
soldatswell usually youll get a cli terminal if your X for some reason doent start but i really dont know why you dont05:51
Pat985its some kind of boot error or something05:52
Pat985I got the grub screen05:52
soldatsbut have you tried the recovery mode and looked in the /var/logs for X and seen what happened05:52
Pat985then the xubuntu screen for a few seconds05:52
Pat985then my monitor turned completely off05:52
Pat985after about 10 minutes it cuts back on but still like its in sleep mode05:52
Pat985and I get a cursor icon that I can move around05:53
Pat985and my HD light is blinking05:53
soldatscan you type anything05:53
Pat985nope05:53
soldatswierd05:53
soldatsi always hear that as a graphics card problem05:53
Pat985well the mouse cursor is on the screen05:53
Pat985and I have never had any graphical problem with any other ubuntu distro05:54
Pat985Kubuntu or Ubuntu05:54
soldatswell id suggest the newest livecd and install from there and see if its better05:54
Pat985or the previous version of xubuntu05:54
Pat985yeah I will05:54
Pat985atleast the wireless worked :)05:55
soldatswell sometimes if the wrong card driver is installed it wont work and you have to be in the gui to get the restricted drivers for it05:55
soldatsyea seems everyone is having problems with wireless thesedays05:56
Pat985my notebook has an integrated ATI card05:56
evil_technope05:56
evil_techhaving problems with IDE controller05:56
evil_tech:)05:56
Pat985I have 3 computers, a Mac, a Toshiba Notebook, and some cheap local made Windows PC. THe only one I have ever had wireless work with is the notebook05:58
penosgggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggunit06:02
penos?06:02
Pat985uhh what?06:02
Pat985oh well I am heading to bed06:04
Pat985thanks for the help soldats06:04
soldatsnp06:04
Pat985I will download a new livecd tommorrow and see how that goes06:05
Pat985nite06:05
soldatsill be on tomorrow if you need help06:05
Pat985ok06:05
Pat985take care06:05
soldatsnite06:05
soldats:P you too06:05
evil_techanyone know if an IT8212 IDE controller is supported as a boot device?06:06
neetoI have a mouse with forward and back buttons that don't work natively on xubuntu. What do I need to make them work?06:52
soldatswell youll probly have to edit the xorg.cong file but i dont really know a lot about the mouse. id suggest either google "mouse buttons in xorg" or try #ubuntu if you get no answer in here sionce its usually slow here06:55
soldatsi guess you could man xorg and try to figure it out06:55
soldatserr not sure if "xev" in termial may help with mouse click commands06:57
neetoalright thanks07:03
neetoI'll check it out07:04
neetoI heard there is another app that I can use, maybe called ncursor or something07:04
neetoIt might be obsolete though07:04
soldatswell the xorg.conf can be used for mapping the mouse buttons that arent used but i dont recall the page its on, im a little too tipsy to remember. if you have no luck ill look into it tomorrow and try to let you know. i did some mapping for mouse emulation but i dont recall the page for it. maybe try asking in #ubuntu since more people populate there :|07:07
neetoalrigt07:10
neetothanks for your help07:10
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hysteria-spiI am a newbe to ubuntu. Running 7.10. Any tricks that make it cool09:44
PeckaHcompiz-fusion09:46
xubnikHello guys! - I don't have a printer, but I wanna print a pdf-file. How could I do this? Which packets do I have to install?11:23
predaeusxubnik, cups-pdf I think11:27
manchickenI still can't figure out how to get applications to stay on their assigned desktop if they're called from another desktop.11:30
manchickenThis is irritating.11:30
mosnohow can i add an item to the panel FROM the menu, eg. Terminal?11:40
mosnojoeyjones: yea i know, i know. well, it was the first half-decent distro to support this hardware, so...11:44
mosnocrap11:45
TheSheepmosno: create a launcher and drag an item from /usr/share/applications to the list in the launcher12:25
TheSheepmosno: and please don't swear12:26
mosnoTheSheep: thanks, got help over in #xfce12:26
mosnoTheSheep: ok12:26
viddhow do you change the universal font size?13:18
viddi did a clean install and everything is so tiny13:19
viddI even set resolution to 800x600 and its STILL too small to read13:19
totalwormfacevidd: you should change your DPI in /etc/X11/xorg.conf13:43
totalwormfacelet me search for something :}13:43
viddty13:43
viddi will be afk but ill be back soon13:43
totalwormfacevidd: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=623036&highlight=displaysize+xorg+small+font13:45
totalwormface:]13:45
totalwormfaceor search for 'displaysize + xorg.conf and font'13:45
viddty totalwormface13:59
totalwormfacenp :]13:59
viddi seem to be better ty14:16
Turnohowdy xubuntu15:41
Turnoi should be installing tonight ;)15:41
Turnocan i get a slimmer installation by using the alternate cd?15:42
TurnoI basically don't want to install any x programs at all15:42
TheSheepyes, you can install a commandline system only15:42
Turnowell, i do want x windows15:46
Turnobut i'm torn as to whether or not i should even install a window manager15:46
TheSheepyou can install it later15:47
Turno*grin*15:47
Turnothat sounds about like what i'm looking for15:47
Turnoi'm re-setting up my home server15:47
TheSheepout of curiosity, any particular reason for not wanting gui15:47
Turnoits being designed to only run one program on its display15:48
Turnonot really designed... set up15:48
Turnoelisa media center15:48
TurnoI don't want to use vnc for administration15:48
Turnoi want to be forced to use ssh and web interfaces15:49
TheSheepbut it's not like you don't have access to the commandline anymore...15:49
Turnoso i don't really need a window manager or other x programs15:49
TheSheepah, so it's about forcing yourself15:49
TheSheepI see15:49
TurnoI may do a vanilla xubuntu install15:49
Turnoi don't think there will be much of a performance difference running xfce underneath my media center15:50
MartzP3 650 w/ 128MB RAM good enough specs for xubuntu? My friend has installed it, took 5 hours and he says performance is very poor. Any ideas?15:50
TheSheeplow ram15:53
TheSheepyou can disable unused services, maybe use lower resoultion/color depth t save some ram15:54
TheSheepalso, don't start gnome services (it can be displaed in settings->sessions)15:54
TheSheepdisabled15:54
stmartinhi15:57
stmartinI have one big problem15:57
stmartinhttp://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=66177015:57
stmartinplease help!15:57
MartzTheSheep: thanks15:58
TheSheepstmartin: did you set up your dns server?16:06
stmartinI just choose DHCP16:07
stmartinhow to do it?16:08
Turnohey, if something is packaged for ubuntu gutsy, can i usually install it onto xubuntu?16:08
totalwormfaceTurno: always16:08
TheSheepstmartin: check system->network16:10
TheSheepstmartin: second tab16:10
stmartinwhat should be there?16:12
Turnogood good16:14
TheSheepsparrw: an ip address of your dns server16:15
TheSheepsparrw: sorry16:15
Turnoyo thesheep17:05
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Turnonevermind, actually17:15
stmartinHi! Why I have double ubuntu's when I boot ?18:18
totalwormfacestmartin: what do you mean? more options in grub?18:27
totalwormfaceand if so, is there only a ubuntu duplicate saying save mode or something, or just another kernel?18:28
totalwormfaceyou can remove old kernels and more stuff with 'sudo apt-get autoremove'18:29
El3cTr0nhi19:36
El3cTr0nplease help me! what is the default text editor for xubuntu?19:36
Venin-is there a channel specifically for eeexubuntu?19:40
TheSheepEl3cTr0n: mousepad19:42
El3cTr0nthjx19:42
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evil_techanyone have xubuntu booting off a IT8212 ide raid controller20:45
evil_tech?20:45
rokraHello21:17
rokrais the 3D is working fine on xubuntu 7.10? I have some problem to active it. However on Ubuntu it s working properly21:18
evil_techrokra: it can be made to work but its not as easy as in ubuntu21:37
evil_techanyone have xubuntu running on an IT8212 ide raid controller (either as raid or not)21:37
evil_tech?21:37
evil_techanyone have xubuntu running on an IT8212 ide raid controller  (either as raid or not)22:28
* Pete-the-Geek is away: I'm busy or not here22:43
evil_techanyone have xubuntu running on an IT8212 ide raid controller  (either as raid or not)22:57
rikkimaruI'm trying to install xubuntu, and when I use the "Guided" Partition method, during installation I get the error "The ext3 file system creation in partition #1 of SCSI(0,0,0) (sda) failed.  How do i fix thi?23:25
evil_techtry setting up the partitions manually?23:26
rikkimaruevil_tech, hmm... i left 10 gigs unused and it seems to be working now..23:30
rikkimaruevil_tech, now i get "The attempt to mount a file system with type swap in SCSI1 (0,0,0), partition #2 (sda) at none failed."23:31
evil_techsounds like a bad disc23:32
rikkimaruevil_tech, seemed to be working fine with the OS I was using before this23:32
evil_techhmm23:34
rikkimarui'll try rebooting :D23:34
marchgoodnight :)23:37
rikkimaruevil_tech, heh, that seems to have worked23:39
evil_techanyone have xubuntu running on an IT8212 ide raid controller  (either as raid or not)23:40
rotmanHi.. I'm running xubuntu on a pretty old and slow laptop, and I was wondering how I can stop the update-notifier from being started every time I log on23:43
TheSheepevil_tech: you could try asking on #ubuntu (they are same under the hood) or on forums23:44
TheSheeprotman: settings->autostarted applications23:45
rotmanhmm.. that actually sounds too logical to have overlooked... thanks a lot! :D23:46

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