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ManUndergroundHey I'm trying to install Ubuntu 7.10 server on a T40, but I get the following error on start up PANIC: CPU too old for this kernel.  Anyone know how to get around this?02:20
_slvmchn_hmm maybe try the prior version's install CD, see if it gives you the same... if not install that, then try upgrading after it's installed02:22
_slvmchn_but if the CPU is too old for the kernel in actuality, then i don't know what to tell, you, might not happen02:22
ManUndergroundthanks, I'll look around and probably end up trying that02:23
Kuniis compiz installed in xubuntu gutsy by default, as in ubuntu?02:52
_slvmchn_i don't think so but it might be, even if it's not it takes about 5 seconds to get with synaptic02:59
_slvmchn_maybe another few minutes to set it all up right02:59
soldatslocate compiz03:02
LairSpiritI've successfully installed Xbuntu onto my pIII 650 128MB 10GB Toshiba Satellite 2800 laptop. But I'm not convinced yet that it's 'zippy' :( It loads a little slower than the two previous OS (WinME and Mandrake 10) The CPU is running at 100% when nothing is running, is that normal?03:10
LairSpirit*Xubuntu :P03:10
soldatshave you checked the system monitor to see what is eating so much processor/memory. also check in autostarted apps and see if theres something that shouldnt be running in there03:12
LairSpiritIn system monitor, the only thing running that claims CPU % is gnome-system-monitor :P03:14
soldatswierd03:14
LairSpiritWhere do I check for autostarted apps? I remember seeing it but can't recall now03:14
soldatsapplications > system > auto apps03:15
LairSpiritit's not in there O_o03:16
soldatsstrange but seeing as that you only have 128 memory id think it would run a "little" slow but not a constant 100% CPU usage03:17
soldatsid suggest on a small system you should maybe go for the minimal install03:17
LairSpiritId have liked to03:18
soldatsdont quote me though. its the choice id make at this point for a new install :(03:18
LairSpiritI dont want it to do much. I just want linux on it. Chat, browser, email. Oh, play dvds. Thats it.03:19
soldatswith a minimal install thats possible. also id look into maybe a much smaller window manager like enlightenment03:20
soldatsbefore you reinstall (if you do) try out enlightenment03:21
soldatsor fluxbox as they run fast on slow machines like your and mine03:21
LairSpiritI thought Xfce was supposed to be small03:21
soldatsit is. smaller than gnome for sure. but there are window managers that are a quarter the size03:22
cookiemonster077can someone tell me how to configure fuse to run on boot03:23
LairSpiritIll check out enlightenment. Any idea why autostarted apps isnt appearing for me now?03:23
soldatscookiemonster077, can you put it in autostarted apps03:24
LairSpiritah Applications > Settings03:24
macogwim running the xubuntu live cd for gutsy on my friend's dell inspiron 8600 and the mouse wont move04:41
macogwthe "mouse" and "synaptics" drivers are both listed in /etc/X11/xorg.conf04:42
Breakagehi just had to reinstall xubuntu, was wondering how to enable numlock on startup without numlockx, or any extra programs. I had it set on start on previous install.05:48
soldatsgoogle it05:51
soldatsnot to be mean05:51
WyrmulHow can I determine which version of xubuntu I have installed?05:51
soldatstry "enable numlock on startup in ubuntu"05:51
Breakageok :))05:52
Wyrmulis there a terminal command I can run?05:52
soldatsi believe so i cant remember05:52
soldatsWyrmul, you could try asking in #ubuntu05:58
Breakagehmm, still searching google now but all things point to "numlockx" and i'm positive i've never used it with ubuntu or xubuntu. strange.05:58
soldatsWyrmul, you can open gnome-system-monitor and in the first tab it will show the version06:00
soldatsBreakage, one sec06:00
Breakagesoldats ok :)06:01
soldatshmm well the only solution im finding is using numlockx06:03
soldatshttp://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper#How_to_turn_on_Num_Lock_on_GNOME_startup06:03
soldatsold guide but still works in most cases06:03
soldatswait...06:04
Breakagehehe yeah, thats all I found the stuff with numlockx. i've never used numlockx and enabled it for xubuntu and ubuntu fiesty and gutsy but just cant remember how. think it might be in gconf, checking through gconf-editor now.06:05
Breakagedon't really want to enable extra programs on startup06:05
soldatsyuh extra apps suck06:07
Breakagefound it under "/desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/remember_numlock_state" but it's gnome might still work not sure. i had it set last time with xubuntu so must be away :D06:07
soldatsi believe that may be it. i did it in ubuntu gnome way back06:08
soldatsisnt gconf-editor an extra package though06:09
Breakageyep, need it to change some stuff like.. notification pop-up and things06:09
Breakageposition*06:09
soldatsahh. i never had problems with anything so i guess i never needed it06:10
Breakage:) I used to use ubuntu-tweak for gnome but doesn't work for xubuntu. which is a shame.06:10
soldatslol. i use fluxbox normally and tweak by hand06:11
Wyrmulhave you tried upgrading from feisty to gutsy?06:11
Breakage:) im gunna be trying out flux later.06:12
soldatsWyrmul, who06:12
Wyrmuleither, anyone?06:12
soldatsyes i have06:12
Wyrmulhow did it go?06:12
BreakageWyrmul, I have yes but kinda borked my settings. So did fresh install.06:12
soldatsperfectly smooth06:12
Wyrmulthat inspires confidence.  :)06:13
soldatslivecd is best IMO but mine went smoothly06:13
soldatsupdatedb06:13
soldatsthe the updats then upgrade06:13
Breakagehehe sorry, only happened once though and when i tried dist upgrade to hardy alpha 2 that went ok06:14
Wyrmulhmmm.  I may wait till I get a live cd to update from as opposed to through update manager06:14
soldatsoh i used cli06:14
Wyrmulcli?06:15
soldatscommand line interface06:16
soldatsterminal06:16
Wyrmulgotcha.  how would I run the update from the cli?  wait there is probably a doc somewhere on that06:16
soldatssudo apt-get update06:17
Wyrmulwell looks like I am not doing that.  I am trying to get Virtual Box running and it seems to have some USB issues with gutsy06:19
soldatshmm. not sure. i know nothing about virtual box.06:20
Wyrmulit is in tehir docs.  Something with Gutsy broke their USB.  so I may as well go with feisty which should work fine.  And I already have.  thanks alot.06:22
soldatscool06:23
soldatsBreakage, also i think its possible to enable numlock on startup via /etc/X11/gdm somewhere in there they may be an option06:31
Breakagesoldats: thanks i'll do a bit more googling on that, need some coffee 1st lol.06:31
soldatshttp://wiki.xfce.org/faq06:31
soldatslook here06:31
graelbhi there, quick question... if i want to bind a command to a launcher or a shortcut (through compiz-fusion), but it needs to be ran as root (IE shutdown,) how do i do that without needing to type in my password?06:33
Breakagethanks :)06:33
an0nym[eee]o/09:38
swombatHello... how do i disable the automatic power management stuff in xubuntu 7.10 ? I don't want the screen to switch off after a period of inactivity. I've alreaady disabled the screensaver, but there's clearly something else also going on10:18
swombat[10:18] < swombat> Hello... how do i disable the automatic power management stuff in xubuntu 7.10 ? I don't want the screen to switch off after a period of inactivity. I've alreaady disabled the screensaver, but there's clearly something else also going on11:18
an0nym[eee]o/11:46
an0nym[eee]hi people, i have a problem, how to blobk the auto mounting of a usb disk11:46
LetsGo67When I insert an audio CD in Xubuntu, it launches totem, not sound-juicer.  Any way to change that, please?13:15
LetsGo67When I insert an audio CD in Xubuntu, it launches totem, not sound-juicer.  Any way to change that, please?13:17
LetsGo67When I insert an audio CD in Xubuntu, it launches totem, not sound-juicer.  Any way to change that, please?13:19
TheSheepLetsGo67: thunar->edit->preferences->advanced->configure volume manager13:21
LetsGo67Merci.13:21
LetsGo67Thanks man!13:23
LetsGo67It now all plays in sound juicer!13:24
LetsGo67See you late.r13:25
swombatHello... how do i disable the automatic power management stuff in xubuntu 7.10 ? I don't want the screen to switch off after a period of inactivity. I've alreaady disabled the screensaver, but there's clearly something else also going on.. I also tried "xset -dpms", that doesn't do it either.13:28
TheSheepswombat: have you tried searching the forums?13:40
Ven]nis there something in xubuntu that causes pinging of hostnames to be slow?13:44
Ven]ni mean.. just the action.. respons is fast13:44
Ven]nbut pinging a hostname 4 times takes 20 seconds13:44
TheSheepVen]n: ipv6 dns lookup maybe13:44
Ven]nand pinging the ip of same hostname is quick.. like 3 secs13:45
Ven]nthis is my hosts file: http://rafb.net/p/cjJlZv25.html13:45
nanonymeVen]n, try a command: host hostname13:46
Ven]nyes..13:46
Ven]nfinds the ip and some more stuff13:46
Ven]nheh13:46
nanonymedoes it give an ipv6 address?13:46
Ven]nhost vg.no gives no ipv6, no13:47
nanonymeright13:47
nanonymethen it shouldn't be an ipv6-related problem13:47
Ven]nother ideas?13:48
TheSheepnanonyme: I know that some previous versions of ubuntu would try the dns lookup over ipv6 and *then* ipv4, after timeout13:48
Ven]nim using eeexubuntu13:48
nanonymeTheSheep, that's a bit inprecise13:48
nanonymeTheSheep, it resolves *both* at first. then it tries ipv6 address, timeouts, fallbacks to ipv4 address13:49
nanonymeit only tries ipv6 address if it exists13:49
TheSheepnanonyme: that's why there are so many 'disabling ipv6 support' guides on the forums13:49
nanonymeif the hostname has no ipv6 address, there is no problem13:49
TheSheepnanonyme: but it has, from avahi autoconfiguration13:50
nanonymeTheSheep, no, it doesn't. that's for the client. i'm talking of the destination computer13:50
TheSheepnanonyme: an ad-hoc address13:50
nanonymeif the destination computer has no AAAA record in DNS, there is no problem13:50
nanonymeif it does, there is13:51
nanonymeor can be anyway13:51
swombat[13:40] >>> TheSheep<<< swombat: have you tried searching the forums? << I have now... I ended up installing gnome-power-manager as suggested here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=34431113:52
swombathowever, the screen has just now gone blank again13:53
swombateven though the power preferences are set to never switch off13:53
nanonymeTheSheep, though this is mostly irrelevant unless you want to understand the problem instead of just solving it13:53
Ven]nhehe13:55
Ven]ni just tried other dns (opendns).. no change13:55
Ven]nping -n speeds it up13:59
yhanhi, i have installed the package xubuntu-desktop on top of my gnome dapper14:54
yhanthe menus are messy, how can I fix that ?14:54
skarfacemessy?14:58
yhanlike a big mess14:59
skarfaceno idea what that means14:59
yhanlot of junk14:59
skarfaceremove it?14:59
skarfaceyou can use gnome's menu editor or just remove the programs you don't want15:00
yhando I need to logoff - login to activate it ?15:00
skarfaceno15:01
yhangnome-menus package ?15:04
skarfacealacarte15:04
yhanty15:05
yhany15:05
yhandoesn't work15:08
yhanfor instance, the internet menu is network15:08
returnCodehallo fellow15:57
returnCodeanyone can suggest me a voip phone for xUbuntu15:58
TeXnicerHi. After plug an 500MB-USB drive I get FAT: Filesystem panic (dev sda1)16:40
TeXnicer[32566.744640]     fat_get_cluster: invalid cluster chain (i_pos 0).    What does this mean?16:40
TeXnicerDo I use the wrong fs?16:41
chimpohey, what is the name of xfce;17:01
chimpodoh17:01
chimpowhat is the name of xfce's version of metacity?17:01
TeXnicerxfce?17:02
chimpoi basically need to do the equivalent of typing metacity in terminal17:03
siggjenxfwm4 ?17:06
chimpobasicsally i logged in, could see the desktop but nothing else17:08
siggjendid you try my suggestion?17:08
chimpoyeah, nothing :(17:09
siggjenmaybe google know a thing or 30000 about the issue?17:09
chimpoWhat do i google for though, any suggestions?17:10
siggjeni got 125000 hits for «xfce4 window manager»17:11
chimpoxfce4-panel did it woo17:14
siggjen(:17:14
lechewhy is the keyring manager asking me everytime to type password, altough i clicked that checkbox for remembering17:18
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godfromdfohi19:06
godfromdfoWould a Airstation wireless network work on ubuntu?19:06
godfromdfoor is there a windows like function where more things work on it>19:07
godfromdfoIs there a way to make ubuntu work like windows?19:07
godfromdfoI mean have the compatibality?19:08
godfromdfocompatibility*19:08
predaeusgodfromdfo, the wine project allows to run some windows applications. samba gives network interoperability. there is tools to access ntfs partitions.19:08
predaeusif you mean hardware19:09
godfromdfook ty19:09
godfromdfoI will search those19:09
predaeus!hardware | godfromdfo19:09
ubotugodfromdfo: For lists of supported hardware on Ubuntu see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport - To help debugging and improving hardware detection, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingHardwareDetection19:09
godfromdfocool19:10
godfromdfoty for helpoing19:10
overriddengood evening here20:04
overriddenfor some unknown reason, my xfwm4 session has 768 little panels open, anyone know some command that might help my close them all accept nr1 ?20:05
overriddenlol, is there someone out there reading this ???20:09
siggjenyou could kill all of them with this «killall xfce4-panel»20:16
siggjendunno how many reappear if you run xfce4-panel20:16
overriddenno, they all come back when I restart20:16
siggjenyou could try to rm ~/.cache/sessions/*20:18
overriddeneuhm, wont that kill my custom session ??20:18
siggjenpossible20:19
siggjenpoke around .cache/xfce4/ and try to find sth about the panel?20:19
overriddenk, sec20:20
overriddencant find anything about them there20:22
overriddenit's also really killing my cpu20:23
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siggjenyou could try to get rid of a few of them the usual way?20:24
overriddenlol, then I have to select them one by one in that "customize panel", ant the f*ck is it keeps on selecting "panel 1" each time20:25
siggjenkilck on panel1 and select number 708 ?20:27
siggjen*click20:27
overriddenyes, but after closing any one of them, it keeps on goin back to panel 120:28
siggjensounds nasty20:29
overriddenthere has to be some way to at least list them in a terminal, no ?20:29
siggjenps ux | grep xfce4-panel20:30
overriddenno20:30
overriddennot even "sudo lsof -p pid(xfce4-panel?"20:32
siggjensorry, i'm out of ideas20:35
overriddenlol, seems like I hit a unique problem :)20:36
siggjeni'm no expert anyway20:36
overriddencan you recommend some channel here where some super-experts dwell ?20:37
siggjenunfortunately no20:38
siggjenmaybe there is a xubuntu-dev or sth20:39
siggjenoverridden: look into .config/xfce4/20:51
overriddenk, sec20:51
overriddenok, thx siggjen, found them in a config, gonne try, bb20:58
siggjengood luck20:58
overriddenhehe20:58
overriddenthx siggjen, it worked, they're gone21:07
siggjenoverridden: that's nice (:21:26
overriddenidd, I REALLY didnt feel like killing 768 times a pannel using that dialog ;)21:27
siggjenlazyness ...21:28
siggjen(:21:28
overriddenthat's me :D21:30
siggjeni believe it's any sane admin21:30
marchn822:38
nullifiGreetings.23:32
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