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maristohello00:01
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ubotuUbuntu 7.04 installs multimedia codecs automatically. For older versions of Ubuntu, or if you can't use the automatic installer, see https://help.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/common-tasks-chap.html - For multimedia applications, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MultimediaApplications00:01
PensadorGood evening01:50
j1mchi Pensador01:50
PensadorI'm using Xfce with Compiz + Emerald enabled. Some minutes ago my Xfce Terminal started showing with no window borders. Does anybody here have a similar experience?01:51
Pensadoror an idea that might help me?01:51
somerville32Pensador, it means that emerald crashed01:51
somerville32press alt+f201:51
somerville32and then type: compiz --replace01:52
somerville32and like okay01:52
Pensadorsomerville32: all the other apps display their emerald borders01:52
somerville32restart your terminal then :P01:52
PensadorI did that...01:52
PensadorI even restarted the whole machine01:52
somerville32Weird.01:53
somerville32File a bug, SVP :]01:53
Pensadorok...01:53
Pensadorok, so I basically deleted the folder about Xfce-Terminal in my home folder01:57
Pensadorand now it's working fine01:58
PensadorThanks anyway01:59
atarinoxcan somebody tell me are some of the xubuntu themes faster than others?02:10
atarinoxand if so, which ones are on the lighter side02:10
somerville32Isn't there one called "basic"?02:12
somerville32:]02:12
slang23can anyone in here help me?02:22
cakhello guys02:25
somerville32hi02:25
caksomerville boston ? :)02:25
defendguini have been looking for a way to get windows to no redraw while being moved and resized how can i do that?02:27
defendguinnot redraw*02:27
cakanybody knows where to turn off update notifier?02:27
defendguini didn't see it as an option in the window manager tweaks preferences app02:27
soldatscak, it may be in the startup apps02:29
cakyep it is but it won't let me to remove it and unchecking it doesn't help02:29
cakit won't let me remove nm-applet either02:30
defendguini removed nm-applet a little while ago and it worked02:31
cakdidn't work for me i had to uninstall it02:31
j1mchi cak ... yeah, you can just uninstall if you want.02:32
caki mean i didn't like nm all together :)02:32
j1mcapt-get remove network-manager-gnome --purge02:32
cakj1mc i'm looking to remove update-notifier02:33
cakand i'd rather find a way to remove it from startup02:33
cakcan i do it from term?02:33
cakwhat file do i have to edit?02:33
caki'm new to ubuntu02:34
caki've had mandriva for 6 years02:34
cakanybody have better ideas then removing it?02:36
soldatsremoving it should be fine just do a cli update once a week02:37
cakok02:38
cakthnx02:39
j1mcyes, just once a week or so do "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade"02:39
j1mcyou do not necessarily need the update manager02:39
caki don't even want to update every week :)02:40
cakmy policy if it's not broken don't fix it ;)02:40
j1mccak: well, it is good to get bugfixes, don't you think?02:40
caki don't c bugs too often02:41
j1mcentering that command won't upgrade you to a newer release - it will just give you package updates - bugfixes and the like02:41
cak:) and i don't have anything to be secured either02:41
caki know02:41
j1mcok... :)  it's your choice.02:41
soldatscak, youll be fine then i havent updated in like 7 months02:42
caki update once in a while02:42
caksometimes updated srew u up more then oldies :)02:42
cakupdates :)02:42
soldatsits never messed anything up for me but im just lazy02:43
defendguini'm running xubuntu on a 150 mhz processor and its useable :-D02:43
caksoldats i had problem once with new release of rpm on FC02:43
j1mcdefendguin: yeay!02:44
cakso i rather don't fix anything untill it brakes or until i need something new :)02:44
soldatsahh, well i hope you dont have problem hence forth02:44
cak150 !!! where did u find it ? :)02:45
caksoldats r u russian ??02:45
soldatsno02:46
soldatsi like the word is all02:46
caksoldats is russian for solgers02:47
cak:)02:47
soldatsalso french and german02:47
cakoh02:48
caki thought in german it's with z :) or at least it sounds like it :)02:48
cakzoldaten und oficiren :)02:48
cakso why everybody love xubuntu?02:49
soldatsall mean realtively the same, but i first learnt it as the french word02:49
caki'm just testing it02:49
caksoldats ok02:49
soldatsits fast with older machines because xfce is smaller and faster IMO02:49
cakbut xfce available in other distroes too isn't it?02:50
caki definitely love xfce02:50
cakbut have  to tell wasn't impressed with gui configuration of ubuntu or xubuntu02:51
soldatsyes it is but the xubuntu part of ubuntu is stock with a smaller (xfce) wm rather than the gnome02:51
cakthat i  know02:52
cakdid u tried any other distroes?02:52
cakdid u try02:53
caksorry for my english :)02:53
soldatsi like gentoo but updating and compiling takes too long for me but it was really nice. i have a slow box too02:54
soldatsim about to install arch or gentoo again on another hdd in a bit02:54
caki didn't try too many but out of ubuntu FC, Suse, Mepis and Mandriva i love mandriva the most02:54
caki heard about arch but never tryed it02:55
cakit's slax based isn't it?02:55
soldatsyea its most like it but better IMO02:56
caki guess i have to try it02:56
cakbut so far Mandriva was the fastest and easiest to configure02:57
cakthe only thing i don't like about mandriva they try to restrict proprietiry drivers etc02:58
caki mean u have to get it from PLF02:58
soldatsahh02:59
soldatshavent tried it yet, seems a hassle to do it that way03:00
cakbut drakconf is incredible03:00
cakanyway i maybe in wrong place to prise mandriva :)))03:01
cakwhat i was trying to say would be nice to have configuration tools on ubuntu03:01
caksimilar configuration tools03:02
soldatsahh, i think an opinion is credible though03:02
cakurpmi in mandriva workes about same way as apt and plf repos can be set so u don't miss anything03:04
soldatsthats cool03:04
soldatsmight give it a go sometime03:05
caktry it i'd love to hear your opinion03:05
soldatsit may take a while, i need money to get some blank cds03:06
cakthey finally added xfce to it :)03:06
soldatsahh rad, ill deffinitely look for you when i try it03:06
cakcomon whole installation can be thru network03:06
caku can do it from floppy03:06
soldatsi threw away my floppy drive03:07
caklol03:07
cakme too :)03:07
cakdon't u have one cdrw ?:)03:07
soldatsi never used it, i tried installing debian via floppy but it wouldnt recognize my ethernet card so i got pissed03:07
soldatsno03:08
soldatsmy roommate does but he does a lot of band recording so he ran out of cds03:08
caki did it quite few times from cd though03:08
caki mean u just make bootable cd from floppy img03:08
soldatsbut i need the cdr's though forst03:09
soldatsfirst03:09
soldatsi have about 10 hdds so i could have a bunch of distros on each for their own testing, but gotta get cds03:10
cakok03:11
cakok gotta go now03:11
cakc u later03:11
soldatsbye03:12
AKWINhello03:35
Caithnessanybody here?06:11
Caithnessi just installed windows xp on a separate partition from xubuntu, and i need to somehow re-install GRUB06:11
Caithnessis there any way to do that without re-installing all of xubuntu?06:12
AKWINi was wondiering what xubuntu was for...06:27
Caithnesshmm, there's some sort of bootloader on there now, but it doesn't point to the existing install06:27
Caithnessi think it points to the live cd06:27
Caithnessand it's not GRUB06:27
Caithnesslooks like the one that came up when i had the gateway drivers cd in when i started the computer06:27
AKWINIt could have installed it's own bootloader06:28
CaithnessAKWIN: xubuntu is intended to be less resource-intensive, for older computers06:28
AKWINso what's the most resource-intensive?06:28
AKWINubuntu?06:28
CaithnessKubuntu06:29
Caithnessubunto is in the middle06:29
AKWINso the one that will run on my old AST computer is xubuntu?06:29
AKWINit has a 1.89GB HDD and 16MB Memory06:29
AKWINHow much free space does it require06:31
Caithnessxubuntu requires at least 2gb for the root partition plus a 256mb swap partition06:32
Caithnessso it sounds like that AST won't work06:32
AKWIN:<06:32
AKWINare there any smaller linuxes?06:33
AKWINwhy is it called a tarball? it sounds dirty06:34
Caithnessi think because it sticks files together06:36
Caithnessthere are definitely smaller versions of linux06:36
AKWINwhat's the very smallest?06:37
Caithnessunfortunately, ubuntu is the easiest to learn06:37
Caithnessi don't know06:37
Caithnessthere's one called Damn Small Linux06:37
AKWINDSL is small, but is there smaller?06:37
AKWINyea06:37
Caithnessbut those are not meant as desktop OSes06:37
Caithnessthey're for servers and such06:37
AKWINserver?06:37
AKWINyea06:37
AKWINthat's what I need06:38
Caithnessi remember in 2002 i tried to use coyote linux to turn an old computer into a firewall/router06:39
AKWINthe computer it'self?06:39
Caithnessbut i didn't know enough at that time to be successful06:39
Caithnessyes06:39
AKWINi know most of the command line functions06:39
Caithnessyou might be able to fit debian onto that machine06:41
AKWINwhere do I get debian?06:42
Caithnessdebian.org?06:50
Caithnessokay, i found a forum post for how to solve my problem06:50
Caithnessgood night06:50
ere4sithunar keeps closing staight after opening and there's nothing in the logs - how can I get it to open at first selection?07:15
Lartza_why my programs arent showing on up panel anymore?07:32
Lartza_like pidgin07:32
ere4siLartza_ : tried right clicking the panel and reinstalling them to it - an update can sometimes fowl things up :)07:49
Lartza8ere4si: i mean when some programs are running their icons show up on panel like pidgin and limewire, but they don't anymore07:53
Lartza8when you close pidgin from cross it still stays on up panel07:53
ere4siLartza8, did you recently update or upgrade?07:54
Lartza8update to 7.10? or what?07:54
ere4siI don't know - have found that updates and upgrades screw with settings so that is my first question - did you update or upgrade?07:57
Lartza8i got updates to some games, but that shouldnt change anything07:59
boguhhi, when i install xubuntu, can i stell install gnome to get an ubuntu?10:48
gabkdllyboguh: sure can. In a Terminal execute "sudo aptitude install ubuntu-desktop"10:55
boguhah nice, so ill give it a try10:56
gabkdllyI recommend aptitude to do this, because aptitude keeps track of which what packages get pulled in as dependencies, meaning that if you want to later uninstall gnome completely, all you have to do is "sudo aptitude remove ubuntu-desktop"10:56
TheSheepgabkdlly: you can do the same with apt-get/synaptics11:57
TheSheepgabkdlly: with 'autoremove'11:57
TheSheepgabkdlly: of course, aptitude can't uninstall things installed with apt-get and apt-get can't do it with things installed with aptitude11:58
TheSheepgabkdlly: so it's bad to mix them11:58
gabkdllyoh ok, thanks12:00
homebrewcideranybody help me delete stuff from my usb flash drive using xubuntu? doesn't seem to want to delete12:07
homebrewciderplease12:07
homebrewciderof course12:07
TheSheephomebrewcider: what's the error message?12:08
homebrewciderchecking again12:09
homebrewciderit creates a trash folder and the deleted file goes into there12:11
homebrewciderstill taking up space12:11
TheSheephold shift while clicking on delete12:11
homebrewciderbrilliant12:12
homebrewciderthanks12:12
homebrewciderlegend12:12
homebrewciderso simple12:12
homebrewciderthanks sheep12:14
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zappZappahoi folks15:57
zappZappis it okay to ask questions regarding a sound issue i can't solve 'cause i'm quite new to linux and xubuntu?15:57
TheSheepyes15:59
zappZappcool, i've xubuntu 7.04 installed on a rather old laptop (650mhz, 128ram) works fine i just can't get the soundcard to work. it just does an ugly noise. i dont know how i can find out which sound card i'm using and which drivers have been loaded for it, guess that would be the point to start at.16:02
TheSheeplspci will tell you what soundcard you have16:04
zappZappcheers, is says:  Avance Logic Inc. ALS300+ PCI Audio Device16:05
TheSheephmm, next step would be to search the forums.ubuntu.com and bugs.ubuntu.com for this particular soundcard and see if anybody had a similar problem16:06
zappZappokay doing so right now16:07
zappZappseems that the ALS300+ driver has been reverse engineered from the ALS300 chip driver. it's been recommendet to install alsa-driver 1.014, tried apt-get install alsa, but it tells me that i already got the newest version. my version is 1.01316:18
TheSheepzappZapp: hardy has 1.0.1516:20
TheSheepzappZapp: but it's still 3 months to release16:20
zappZappso u recommend to install the 1.015 version or try the 1.014?16:24
TheSheepzappZapp: where would you get the 1.0.14?16:29
[-_-]zzZZhello16:29
zappZappalsa project page?16:29
TheSheepzappZapp: then you would have to compile it yourself16:31
TheSheepzappZapp: and install in a way that would make it hard to upgrade later16:32
zappZappmhm, okay so i 'm stuck with 1.013 for now?16:33
TheSheepzappZapp: unless you feel like compiling or installing it from hardy16:33
TheSheepzappZapp: I think the latter would be easier16:33
zappZapphardy?16:34
TheSheep!hardy16:36
ubotuHardy Heron is the code name for the next release of Ubuntu (8.04-LTS), due April 2008 - For more info, see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyHeron - Discussion and support in #ubuntu+1, NOT #ubuntu16:36
TheSheepzappZapp: but I'm really not sure what to recommend16:36
TheSheepzappZapp: you could just add the hardy repos, and install the alsa and packages required by it, then remove the hardy repos from the list -- you would end up with system that's mostly feisty, but has some parts from hardy, which doesn't sound too good16:37
TheSheepzappZapp: you could try to upgrade your whole system to Hardy, which sounds a little better, but hardy is still not finished completely, so there might be some things that don't work16:38
TheSheepzappZapp: or you could actually try and build the newer alsa driver yourself and install it over your current alsa, but that's not so simple and also leaves you with some parts of the system not coming from the official repositories16:40
TheSheepzappZapp: honestly, I shouldn't recommend any of these solutions16:40
zappZapptheSheep: will take that as a last resort, going to search google and forums ...16:40
zappZapptheSheep: hmm, tried lspci -v | grep -A 5 Audio and got this:16:55
zappZapp00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Avance Logic Inc. ALS300+ PCI Audio Device16:55
zappZapp        Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Unknown device 032016:55
zappZapp        Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 25516:55
zappZapp        I/O ports at 1080 [disabled] [size=128]16:55
zappZapp        Capabilities: <access denied>16:55
zappZapptheSheep: i'm concerned about Capabilities <acces denied> and I/P ports at 1080 [ disabled ]16:56
TheSheepzappZapp: try it with sudo16:57
zappZapptheSheep: still says I/O ports at 1080 disabled16:58
TheSheepno idea what that means17:00
zappZapptheSheep: i forgott the command for volume controll via console is coming from, i think i muted the sound in this way cause it was making anoying noises.  [ think that's where the [disabled is coming from]17:02
TheSheepzappZapp: you can run alsamixer17:03
TheSheepzappZapp: and unmute it17:03
zappZapptheSheep: alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device. that's weird now17:04
zappZapptheSheep: i'll try to use the alsa 1.0.15 from hardy and see what happens ...17:06
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nanonyme*applaud*17:47
zappZap1theSheep: sorry, i cant find the link to the hardy repos, found cd images but that's not what i was looking for, or was it?17:48
TheSheepzappZap1: no, you need to edit /etc/apt/sources.lst as root, copy the line for the maion feisty repository, and replace the wrod 'feisty' with 'hardy' in it17:52
zappZap1theSheep: ah cheers17:52
zappZap1theSheep: do i need to reload something in order to make this work? still getting the message that alsa would be the newest version18:03
[-_-]zzZZhas anyone used irssa18:04
[-_-]zzZZcomments18:04
thruxton[-_-]zzZZ: do you mean irssi?18:05
[-_-]zzZZyeah18:05
[-_-]zzZZlol18:05
TheSheepzappZap1: yes, you need to do 'sudo apt-get update18:05
Kinghello...18:05
[-_-]zzZZhello18:05
Kingi am new to linux and would like for someone to tell me why I cant connect to the internet on xubuntu.....18:06
[-_-]zzZZhow are you using irc18:06
[-_-]zzZZ?18:06
KingI am using right now Windows XP18:07
[-_-]zzZZoh18:07
[-_-]zzZZwhat xubuntu you using18:07
King7.1018:07
thruxtonKing: ethernet, wireless? router? what is your setup?18:07
[-_-]zzZZwell it should auto detect in 718:07
marchcu18:08
Kingummm...........Not sure what u mean we have a modem, its connected to a router, which is connected to three PCs...........18:11
thruxtonKing: ok, first you need to know if xubuntu has detected and loaded the correct driver for your hardware18:11
Kinghow am I suppose to do that?18:11
thruxtonone way, type in a terminal: sudo lshw -short | grep network18:12
thruxtonthat will tell you what the hardware is called, then you can find out what driver is needed18:12
Kingok...18:13
[-_-]zzZZking i dont think its that complicated18:14
soulroothello =) =) =) !!!18:18
soulroot1st day xubuntu!! changing from xp!18:18
thruxtoncongratulations18:19
[-_-]zzZZcongrats18:19
soulrootThanks!18:19
[-_-]zzZZits my second day18:19
soulrootno knowhow yet for much of anything, took me an hr to get onto this irc18:19
soulrootcongrats!18:19
[-_-]zzZZwhat are you using?18:20
soulrootxubuntu 7.10 in progress, still hung up on no internet so i am on xp right now18:20
soulrootu?18:20
[-_-]zzZZpardon my lack of detail...what are you using for irc?18:21
soulroot=)pidgin through freenode18:21
soulrooter.. vice versa18:21
[-_-]zzZZpidgin is that a terminal irc client18:21
chirvaI'm using Gutsy and have a Radeon 9200SE with the open-source ati driver but compositing in xfwm is really slow18:22
chirvacompiz was pretty fast on Gnome and in glxgears i get about 1000 fps18:22
soulrootgui it's gaim's newest incarnation18:22
Kinghello again....18:22
[-_-]zzZZreally can you xdcc with pidgin18:22
[-_-]zzZZking18:22
[-_-]zzZZking:got into system > networking>choose one of the connections that best represent your configuration listed(at least thats what i had to do) and click the propeties button>activate the connection and switch configruation to dhcp > click the ok button....presto, internet connection18:22
soulrooti'm not sure what xdcc is18:23
[-_-]zzZZfile transfering18:23
soulrootah18:23
soulrooti believe so, i could with aim18:23
soulrootgaim18:23
soulrootit supports multiple accounts18:23
soulrootyahoo icq, etc18:24
[-_-]zzZZreally ... with /msg commands18:24
[-_-]zzZZ?18:24
Kingok18:24
soulrootu can def send/receive files18:24
soulrootnot sure about command lining it18:24
[-_-]zzZZlol18:24
soulrootit's very picture friendly18:24
soulrootall i do is point and click ;)18:25
[-_-]zzZZlol18:25
soulrootwhat're you using?18:25
[-_-]zzZZim using gaim but it does not support xdcc18:25
[-_-]zzZZso im giong to use irssi instead18:25
[-_-]zzZZterminal based irc client18:25
soulrooti heard of it18:25
soulrootin my search18:25
soulrootxchat is the pushed one18:26
soulrooti chose a familiar format, gaim to pidgin is just an update i think might be easier18:26
soulrootsame prog18:26
soulrootnice purple bird and everything18:26
[-_-]zzZZstick to whatever suits your needs18:26
[-_-]zzZZhahahahahaha18:26
soulroothah18:27
soulrootu're a Xubuntu runner?18:27
[-_-]zzZZyep18:27
soulrootyeah, wasn't clear earlier18:27
[-_-]zzZZ6.00618:27
[-_-]zzZZer.. remove a zero18:27
[-_-]zzZZ;/18:27
soulrooti tried the yahoo chat last night until like 5:30 am, not much help in the xu dep18:27
soulroothah18:27
soulroot"linux"18:28
[-_-]zzZZgoogle is your best bet18:28
soulrootgoogle has a chat?18:28
[-_-]zzZZno... the search enginen ..., <.<18:29
soulrootsome creepo has my sn as their gmail in like russia18:29
soulrootoh hah18:29
soulroothah18:29
soulrootyeah def18:29
* [-_-]zzZZ offers starbucks18:29
[-_-]zzZZ;)18:29
soulrootRao's in my cup18:29
[-_-]zzZZrao?18:30
* [-_-]zzZZ confused18:30
soulrootfo sho, it's a great coffee shop in my area18:30
soulroot0100218:30
soulrootalso valley Roasters near the music shop i work at18:30
soulroot"work" ;)18:30
[-_-]zzZZwith that zip code are you in one of the founding states of america?18:31
soulroot$60/month coffee habit in the heartland Massachusetts18:31
soulrootand yes18:31
soulroot=)18:32
soulrootu?18:32
[-_-]zzZZarizona18:32
[-_-]zzZZvalley of the furnance18:32
soulrootright on!18:32
soulrootwow18:32
soulrooti'm going to san diego feb 5-1918:32
soulrootone of my friends lived out there for a while18:32
[-_-]zzZZbut your winter jackets are worthless in ma18:32
[-_-]zzZZoh really18:33
[-_-]zzZZthats cool18:33
soulrootit's ok today actually, usually i have a coat and 2 hoodies18:33
soulroothat18:33
soulroot2 pants18:33
[-_-]zzZZyour ready to find the sasquash18:33
soulrootgloves, goggles, space heater with lawnmower engine pull start backpack18:33
soulroot;)18:33
[-_-]zzZZpull start backpack though....<.<18:34
soulrootsasquatch...do they live @ joshua tree?18:34
soulroothaha18:34
[-_-]zzZZplease keep comical references general please......18:36
[-_-]zzZZwhoa that was uncalled for...pardon me18:36
soulrootforgotten18:36
soulrooti go off on tangents18:36
soulrootactually back to xubuntu18:37
soulrooti can't get online!18:37
[-_-]zzZZgot into system > networking>choose one of the connections that best represent your configuration listed(at least thats what i had to do) and click the propeties button>activate the connection and switch configruation to dhcp > click the ok button....presto, internet connection18:37
[-_-]zzZZtry that18:37
soulroottried it18:37
[-_-]zzZZoh18:37
[-_-]zzZZhmmm18:37
soulrootactually when i configure manually i lose my blue bars18:37
soulrootin the netman18:37
soulrootgoes back to computer icon18:38
soulrootwhen i leave it in roam18:38
soulroottho18:38
soulrootnetworks show up18:38
[-_-]zzZZleave what in a room18:38
soulrootno, leave the config for wireless on "roam"18:38
soulrootthen i at least get to see the networks and get blue reception bars18:39
Kinghmmmmm18:39
[-_-]zzZZi haven't experimented with wireless18:40
soulroothowever my passphrase pops up once a minute but never goes online once filled corretly18:40
soulrootah18:40
[-_-]zzZZwhat is it king18:40
[-_-]zzZZdidnt work18:40
[-_-]zzZZ?18:40
Kingstill doesnt work18:40
Kinganything else that I can try?18:41
King 18:41
[-_-]zzZZyou cant use dhcp18:43
[-_-]zzZZyou have a router18:43
[-_-]zzZZi forgot18:43
[-_-]zzZZyou have to use the ip address for the router18:43
[-_-]zzZZi believe18:43
[-_-]zzZZbecause you are connected to the router that is connected to the internet18:43
zappZap1theSheep: update worked fine, but sudo apt-get install alsa still telling me that it's the up to date version18:44
Kinghow to find out its ip address?18:44
[-_-]zzZZi think you have to configure the gateway address and the ip of the router18:44
[-_-]zzZZgateway address=router ip18:44
[-_-]zzZZand then i believe you get an ip address that the web sees18:45
[-_-]zzZZyeah that makes sense18:45
Kingok...18:45
[-_-]zzZZanyone here with other insights18:45
[-_-]zzZZ?18:45
zappZap1zzZZ: what u want to do?18:45
[-_-]zzZZi wanted to configure internet connections through a router18:46
[-_-]zzZZyou would have to use static ip in the configuration and set the gateway address as the ip of the router right18:47
zappZap1zzZZ: for a prog or ur computer?18:47
[-_-]zzZZcomputer18:47
thruxtonthe router usually assigns ips via dhcp18:47
zappZap1zzZZ: if ur router gives ip address autmaticly ( think it's called dhcp ) use sudo dhclient18:47
[-_-]zzZZi know but the computer has to connect to the router and the router connects to the internet18:48
thruxtonwe still dont know if king's network card even has the right driver18:48
[-_-]zzZZi dont think its a driver issue18:48
zappZap1zzZZ: try ping 127.0.0.118:49
[-_-]zzZZno ... i dont need help18:49
thruxtoni appreciate that he's new to linux, but `dosent work' isn't really that much to go on18:49
[-_-]zzZZking does18:49
[-_-]zzZZwhen he comes back18:49
zappZap1zzZZ: okay sorry18:49
[-_-]zzZZhe's trying to set the gateway address18:49
[-_-]zzZZno need to apologize friend18:50
[-_-]zzZZ;)18:50
zappZap1zzZZ: hehe18:50
TheSheepzappZap1: it probably can't install the newer version because it depends on too many new packages18:50
[-_-]zzZZwhat is a nice fast mp3 player18:50
[-_-]zzZZyeah i had to use 6.06 because 7.10 is defacto unstable18:51
[-_-]zzZZi mean my terminal wouldn't work18:51
zappZap1TheSheep: i don't get any error messages in this way just a message telling me alsa is up-to-date, which it is not.  trying to build from source next ..18:52
soulrootsorry, does anyone think they could shed light on a wireless problem?18:52
[-_-]zzZZand i google searched and its a real problem with no answers18:52
zappZap1zzZZ: dunno got no sound ;). did king say if he's got access to the router?18:52
[-_-]zzZZyeah its part of his home network i believe18:53
[-_-]zzZZhas other computers to play on18:53
[-_-]zzZZhold o i want to restart real quit18:53
[-_-]zzZZbrb18:54
soulrootwireless issue?18:54
zappZap1soulroot: not sure, i'm quite new to linux but had to build my drivers from source ...18:54
soulrootabsolute beginner, has functioning driver/modem18:54
soulroot3934 or something18:55
soulrootso many restarts18:56
soulrooti can browse networks18:56
soulrootfind mine, enter passphrase and it gives me blue bars18:56
soulrootbut no internet or ip's issued18:56
soulrootrunning off dvd, did disk check and it's aok18:57
soulrootdunno if it makes a difference but it's wireless dsl18:57
zappZap1soulroot: don't know what u mean with blue bars. but if u connect to the internet via a router which issues ip to clients (dhcp) try sudo dhclient on a terminal18:58
theboxhello18:58
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soulrootthanks zapp, it lists eth0 and eth1 (eth1 is the wireless)18:58
soulrootblue bars appear in the network manager on the top right much like on a cellphone for reception18:59
zappZap1soulroot: did dhclient issued u an ip adress?19:00
soulrooti don't think so, but that was 5:30am and i just remember trying to get internet up by terminal alone and no results. i'll give it a try19:01
soulrootbrb19:01
[-_-]zzZZbrb19:01
[-_-]zzZZawesome19:02
[-_-]zzZZokay19:02
[-_-]zzZZso this is irssa19:02
[-_-]zzZZer...irssi19:02
[-_-]zzZZwell folks please help king out19:02
zappZap1zzZZ: king still around?19:02
[-_-]zzZZand soulroot too19:02
[-_-]zzZZnow he will be back19:02
[-_-]zzZZhes is trying to configure the gateway address19:03
zappZap1zzZZ: well if he's got other puter he could use ifconfig on linux or ipconfig on win19:03
[-_-]zzZZyeah19:03
[-_-]zzZZlet him know that ... well im off19:03
[-_-]zzZZgood day folks19:03
zappZap1bye19:03
[-_-]zzZZ;)19:03
zappZap1theSheep: was about to remove the old alsa drivers via synaptic but got the message that the packages ubunut-minimal has to be removed aswell, i didn't like that msg too much ...19:09
TheSheepzappZap1: it's just an empty meta-package that depends on some other packages19:09
TheSheepzappZap1: for easy installation of groups of packages19:09
zappZap1theSheep: hmm, so it's not a bad thing to remove?19:10
TheSheepzappZap1: no, as long as you don't do an 'autoremove' aterwards19:10
TheSheepzappZap1: that command will try to remove all packages that were 'pulled in' as a dependency and are no longer needed19:11
zappZap1theSheep: okay, that's good to know, removing the old alsa-base now and then trying to build from src19:13
KingAreshello19:13
zappZap1king: hoi king, heard about ur prob. do u got acess to another computer in the same network which has internet acess?19:14
KingAresummm......yeah19:14
KingAres...19:15
zappZap1king: if it's win, go to start->exec and enter cmd (  for win2k, xp ), command for win9819:15
zappZap1king: and then enter ipconfig19:15
KingAreswhat to do after that?19:16
zappZap1king: it will print out a list with the ip adress of the network cards plus their gateways ( if they have one ), use the gateway adress given on your computer19:18
KingAresthe default gateway................19:18
zappZap1king: jup19:19
KingAresand do what with it exactly?19:19
zappZap1king: that should be the gateway adress u have been looking for19:19
KingAresok...19:20
KingAresdidnt work......19:32
KingAresam I doing something wrong?19:33
zappZap1king: can u ping other puter in ur network?19:33
zappZap1king: or can u ping ur router?19:33
KingAresummm.........I dont know how to do that....19:33
zappZap1king: no worries, open a terminal, and enter ping ip adress19:34
KingAresping ip address19:34
KingArestype it just like that?19:35
zappZap1king: ping <your gateways ip here>19:35
KingAresoh19:35
KingAresok19:35
soulroothey again, i tried sudo dhclient and it tried a few tries but returned nothing and then said "sleeping" or some such thing wasn't sure if that was a result of the sudo command or what19:35
soulrootalso my "roaming" option for wireless was gone...o.019:36
KingAresI'll be back19:36
zappZap1soulroot: was result of dhclient. have u connect to the network?19:37
soulrootany ideas zapp maybe?19:37
soulrootno, it returned nothing19:37
soulroota few tries on diferent rates19:37
soulrootthen gave up19:37
zappZap1soulroot: hmm, okay open a terminal and enter iwconfig19:37
soulrootnow i am back on xp19:38
zappZap1ah okay19:38
zappZap1wireless works fine there?19:38
soulrooti know tht i am using eth1, my wireless19:38
soulrootyes19:38
soulrootand the driver is supported19:38
zappZap1soulroot: u know the configuration of ur wireless router: encrpytion mode, etc?19:39
soulrootyes, wep 12819:39
zappZap1soulroot: should not use that, to easy to crack19:39
soulrootmove on to hx?19:40
soulroothex?19:40
soulrooti just like being able to remember my password19:40
zappZap1soulroot: wpa would be the right thing, but don't worry for now. i had to install coustom driver to get wpa support for my card...19:41
soulrootmine will do that in xp, not sure about linux19:41
soulrootshould i try static u think?19:42
zappZap1soulroot: if u got ur essid, that's name of your wireless network and the password. open a terminal, if back on linux, and do:19:42
zappZap1iwconfig eth1 essid <your wireless network name here>19:42
zappZap1then: iwconfig eth1 key <your password in hex here>19:43
zappZap1then sudo dhclient19:43
soulrootshould i type the words "essid" and "key" or is that where i insert?19:44
zappZap1oh u have to use sudo in front of all the other commands. like19:44
zappZap1sudo iwconfig eth1 essid <your wireless network name here>19:44
soulrootyes19:44
zappZap1type essid and key and after that network name and pw19:44
soulrootk19:44
KingAreswat is it suppose to do?19:45
zappZap1theSheep: no success with compiling alsa from sources getting an access denied msg during ./configure, even if i use sudo19:46
zappZap1king: did the ping work?19:47
KingAreswhats it suppose to show?19:47
KingAres..............19:48
zappZap1king: PING 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.19:48
zappZap164 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=2.50 ms19:48
zappZap1...19:48
zappZap1something like thius19:48
KingAresyeath.........that happened......and it kept going an going19:49
zappZap1king: that's good, now u know that u have got a connection to your router, only thing left is to tell your puter to use the gw ip to connect to the internet19:50
KingAresok...19:50
KingAresexplain how to do this plz...19:51
zappZap1king: try sudo dhclient first, if that does not work i'll have to find the other cmd19:51
zappZap1king: open a terminal and enter sudo dhclient19:51
zappZap1king: dhclient will try to set this up for u automaticly19:52
KingAresok....19:52
KingAresI'll be back Later..........19:52
zappZap1how can i find out which kernel i'm using?19:58
crimsunzappZap1: uname -r20:06
zappZap1cheers crimsun20:06
zappZap1some here who knows about issues with ALC300+ sound chips?20:11
zappZap1sorry, read ALS300+20:13
ltlumpI need installation help :/20:47
ltlumpI'm at "where are you" in the installation thingie and it doesnt have an ok/next button20:47
ltlump>.>20:49
ltlumpalso this chat client sucks20:51
TheSheepltlump: maybe try an irc client instead20:52
TheSheepltlump: chats are pretty different from irc20:52
ltlumpI know but I need to install the OS before the IRC program20:52
TheSheepltlump: what's "where are you"?20:53
ltlumpsecond question in the installation prompt20:53
TheSheepltlump: well, select your country from the list20:53
ltlumpI did20:53
ltlumpand now I'm sitting here with the right time zone and everything20:54
ltlumpbut no way of moving foreward20:54
TheSheepltlump: pressing enter doesn't work either?20:55
ltlumpnope, it opens up the list of cities20:55
ltlumpsame for space bar20:55
TheSheepltlump: the window just ends without any buttons under it?20:56
ltlumpyep20:56
TheSheepltlump: what version is it?20:56
ltlumpnewest20:57
ltlump7.1020:57
TheSheepltlump: have you tried to close the window and run the installer again?20:58
ltlumpyep20:58
TheSheepltlump: have you checked the cd for defects?20:59
ltlumpyep20:59
TheSheepltlump: how much ram do you have on that box?21:00
ltlump1 gig21:00
ltlumphas anyone here installed version 7.10?21:01
ltlumphmm, dead channel21:02
zappZap1ltlump: check #ubuntu, busy21:03
ltlumpok21:04
somerville32ltlump, I have21:05
scothealerhello?21:09
scothealeranone here?21:09
TheSheep!ask21:10
ubotuPlease don't ask to ask a question, ask the question -- All On One Line, so others can read it and follow it easily --. and if anyone knows the answer they will most likely answer. :-)21:10
scothealerok just came in to socialize a bit...21:10
scothealerdo have questions about sound cards...21:11
scothealerok, my question is how do I adjust the voume on my linux OS?21:11
scothealerwow...not a real talky crew here...thanks...21:13
scothealer#ubuntu21:14
zappZap1alsamixer21:16
ltlumpanyone know how to reduce the size of a current partition21:17
Ares123Hello...21:21
pmjI'm trying to use Thunar in Gnome, and I was wondering if Thunar can be made to manage the desktop in place of Nautilus? I guess it's not really an Xfce/Xubuntu question, but I figured people here would be more familiar with Thunar and its capabilities.23:27
TheSheeppmj: xfce uses xfdesktop to manage the desktop23:28
TheSheeppmj: a separate app23:28
pmjTheSheep: OK, thank you23:29
KingAresHello....23:36
KingArescan someone tell me how to get xubuntu to connect to the internet?????23:38
KingAres???????????23:38
KingAres 23:39
KingAresanyone23:40

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