| platyhelminth | hi, How to increase the size of texts in ubuntu ? | 00:52 |
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| platyhelminth | Xubuntu | 00:52 |
| tech404 | after installing gutsy from a usb flash drive I get a grub error 15 when I try to boot from the hd but if I boot from the usb it boots fine | 03:13 |
| tech404 | however I cant figure out how to fix it | 03:13 |
| tech404 | when i enter grub and try 'find /boot/grub/stage1' i get the error 15 again | 03:14 |
| tech404 | because boot is the first partition on sda i tried 'root (hd0,0)' but then I get error 21 | 03:15 |
| tech404 | Error 21: Selected disk does not exist | 03:16 |
| tech404 | tried 0,0 0,1 1,0 1,1 all gave error 21 | 03:16 |
| HACKhalo2 | j1mc? | 03:24 |
| j1mc | hi HACKhalo2 | 03:25 |
| HACKhalo2 | heya | 03:25 |
| j1mc | :) | 03:25 |
| HACKhalo2 | im a noob :P | 03:26 |
| HACKhalo2 | i can't figure out how to submit a bug | 03:26 |
| j1mc | ok... i should probably be able to help. what problem are you having? | 03:26 |
| j1mc | https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu | 03:27 |
| HACKhalo2 | My wireless card's Firmware isn't in Xubuntu 8.4a3 | 03:27 |
| j1mc | hmm... what wifi card do you have? | 03:27 |
| HACKhalo2 | Dell TrueMoble 1300 | 03:27 |
| HACKhalo2 | in 7.10, I had to download Firmware in order for it to work | 03:29 |
| j1mc | right... that may still be necessary under 8.04. ?? i'm not a total pro myself. | 03:29 |
| HACKhalo2 | well, the lights don't come on anymore | 03:29 |
| j1mc | have you seen this page? https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportMachinesLaptopsDell | 03:30 |
| j1mc | did you do an upgrade, or a clean install? | 03:30 |
| HACKhalo2 | my labtop isn't even on there lol | 03:31 |
| j1mc | they mention the wirelss card, though. | 03:32 |
| j1mc | did you do a clean install of 8.04, or an upgrade? | 03:32 |
| HACKhalo2 | right | 03:32 |
| HACKhalo2 | upgrade | 03:32 |
| j1mc | it is probably because the wireless modules are now interfacing with a different kernel. | 03:33 |
| HACKhalo2 | everything else works flawlessly | 03:33 |
| j1mc | that would be my guess... | 03:33 |
| j1mc | have you tried reinstalling ndiswrapper? | 03:33 |
| HACKhalo2 | :? | 03:33 |
| j1mc | http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/ | 03:34 |
| echobinary | is it possible to mount NFS shares w/o resorting to the root account? | 03:43 |
| j1mc | hi echobinary ... sorry, i don't know that one. maybe somebody else here does. | 03:45 |
| HACKhalo2 | doesn't it automount? | 03:50 |
| echobinary | what? | 03:50 |
| echobinary | sure you can mount nfs automagically | 03:51 |
| HACKhalo2 | doesn't it automatically mount when you start up? | 03:51 |
| echobinary | doesnt that involve the root user? | 03:51 |
| HACKhalo2 | it does... | 03:51 |
| HACKhalo2 | scrach that | 03:51 |
| echobinary | the goal is to map NFS network shares as a non-root user | 03:52 |
| HACKhalo2 | ah | 03:52 |
| echobinary | the idea being that if the computer gets compromised and they get root, they cannot do any damage to the remote filesystem | 03:52 |
| HACKhalo2 | so basically, have the NFS controller under another user whereas root has no controll over it? | 03:53 |
| echobinary | on the server i can set up the share such that -mapuser root=nobody | 03:54 |
| echobinary | and nobody would have no permissions | 03:54 |
| HACKhalo2 | so you can't set it as -mapuser user=admin? | 03:55 |
| echobinary | err -maproot=nobody | 03:55 |
| echobinary | lol | 03:55 |
| echobinary | i misspoke | 03:55 |
| HACKhalo2 | ah | 03:55 |
| echobinary | the flag is maproot, not mapuser | 03:55 |
| echobinary | it is not flexable with which user | 03:56 |
| echobinary | i can set maproot=admin user jus tot get it mounted.. but then my remote filesystem is vunerable | 03:56 |
| echobinary | howevewr | 03:57 |
| echobinary | now that i think about it | 03:57 |
| echobinary | if someone can get root | 03:57 |
| echobinary | they can just su to the admin username | 03:57 |
| echobinary | lol | 03:57 |
| echobinary | im overthinking things | 03:57 |
| * echobinary is still learning lots | 03:58 | |
| * HACKhalo2 is still learning too | 03:59 | |
| === zoredache_ is now known as zoredache | ||
| caris_mere | I am having trouble ejecting my removable usb sticks. Is this possible with Xubuntu? | 07:44 |
| ere4si | I just sudo umount them myself | 07:45 |
| caris_mere | Does that protect the data from erasing when being unplugged from the computer? | 07:48 |
| ere4si | yep - sure doesw :) | 07:49 |
| ere4si | *does | 07:49 |
| caris_mere | thanks | 07:49 |
| ere4si | k luck to you | 07:49 |
| faileas | i'm having a rather odd glitch. selecting a terminal from the applications menu kicks me out to the log on screen... am i having a wierd glitch, or is there a reason why its doing that? | 08:06 |
| wyattc | How should xubuntu be pronounced? | 09:27 |
| grumpymole | wyattc: zoobuntu | 09:28 |
| wyattc | Damn. | 09:29 |
| wyattc | I have an ongoing (and wrong) urge to call it ksoobuntu or exoobuntu | 09:30 |
| wyattc | Thank you though. | 09:32 |
| begasus_ | hello peeps | 09:36 |
| begasus_ | does anyone know if xubuntu comes default with befs support? | 09:36 |
| ere4si | what's "befs"? | 09:37 |
| begasus_ | BeOS file system | 09:37 |
| ere4si | !befs | 09:37 |
| ubotwo | How should I know? | 09:37 |
| begasus_ | trying to mount a befs partition but I'm getting a unknown file type when trying to | 09:38 |
| ere4si | hehe maybe not - gimme a min to check | 09:38 |
| begasus_ | thnx | 09:39 |
| ere4si | http://www.freelists.org/archives/openbeos/12-2006/msg00167.html - should give you a clue | 09:41 |
| begasus_ | ah k thnx ;) | 09:44 |
| begasus_ | checking | 09:44 |
| begasus_ | ow bugger .. wrong device ;) | 09:48 |
| begasus_ | working | 09:48 |
| begasus_ | used /dev/sda3 instead of 4 ^^ | 09:48 |
| ere4si | so it's ok? | 09:50 |
| begasus_ | yeah it's working fine | 09:51 |
| begasus_ | sudo mount /dev/sda4 /mnt -t befs | 09:51 |
| begasus_ | now on to adding that in fstab | 09:52 |
| === ablomen_ is now known as ablomen | ||
| Begasus | re | 10:43 |
| tachyon | why is there no volume control be default? | 12:34 |
| tachyon | *by | 12:34 |
| maxamillion | tachyon: yes, there is a panel plugin | 12:35 |
| maxamillion | tachyon: i can't remember if it is added to the panel by default or not, if not then just right click on the panel and add the plugin | 12:35 |
| tachyon | it wont add to either of my 2 panels | 12:39 |
| tachyon | sighs | 12:40 |
| TheSheep | it's currently broken in hardy | 12:41 |
| tachyon | what is | 12:41 |
| ghetto[kernel] | hi, how i upgrade xubuntu feitsy to gutsy gibons= | 12:41 |
| TheSheep | the panel plugin | 12:41 |
| TheSheep | !upgrade | ghetto[kernel] | 12:41 |
| ubotwo | ghetto[kernel]: For upgrading, see the instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes | 12:41 |
| tachyon | i'm not in hardy | 12:41 |
| maxamillion | TheSheep: its broken in hardy? | 12:44 |
| * maxamillion needs to keep up with whats going on :/ | 12:44 | |
| TheSheep | maxamillion: segfaults | 12:44 |
| maxamillion | ouch | 12:45 |
| tachyon | well whats that gnome app i can run to change the volume? | 12:46 |
| TheSheep | gnome-volume-manager | 12:46 |
| tachyon | aha, thanks | 12:47 |
| ghetto[kernel] | TheSheep, i opened the upgrade manager and im on it right now, but i have xubuntu, will the upgrade change it to ubuntu? i dont want that | 12:48 |
| TheSheep | no | 12:49 |
| tachyon | that doesnt appear to launch either folks | 12:49 |
| ghetto[kernel] | gota go now XD, (upgrading) proccess ^ | 12:50 |
| tachyon | xcfe is losing fans | 12:50 |
| TheSheep | tachyon: that last one is not an xfce app, maybe something's wrong with your soundcard? | 12:51 |
| TheSheep | tachyon: does alsamixer work? | 12:51 |
| tachyon | just trying it | 12:52 |
| tachyon | it works! you legend | 12:54 |
| TheSheep | hmm... then it's not a soundcard issue. wonder hwat it might be then | 12:54 |
| tachyon | its ok now... i just messed around with the panel properties and readded and its there now | 13:00 |
| === ablomen_ is now known as ablomen | ||
| tachyon | so now the crisis is over, is there a way to get windows to resize to *almost* full screen, without covering the panel, like a mac os x dock? | 13:02 |
| TheSheep | tachyon: it's the default when the panel's position is 'fixed' | 13:03 |
| TheSheep | tachyon: you can also set margins in "workspaces and margins" | 13:03 |
| tachyon | nice | 13:04 |
| jepes | how can i increase the number of workspace from 2 to 4? i cant seem to find it. | 13:57 |
| TheSheep | jepes: settings->margins and workspaces | 14:02 |
| === tuna-fish is now known as tuna | ||
| dezrik | Anyone around today? | 17:02 |
| TheSheep | !ask | 17:02 |
| ubotwo | Please don't ask to ask a question, ask the question (all on ONE line, so others can read and follow it easily). If anyone knows the answer they will most likely answer. :-) | 17:02 |
| dezrik | NM-applet shows up in my taskbar 3 times its quite annoying. Is there anyway to make linux boot faster? I also have no boot screen its just a black screen for 2-3 minutes until it finally loads to wm | 17:03 |
| TheSheep | dezrik: to get rid of nmapplet, delete the files in ~/.cache/sessions | 17:05 |
| TheSheep | dezrik: it should be ok on next login | 17:05 |
| TheSheep | dezrik: you can make it boot faster by disabling startup of some services you don't need | 17:06 |
| dezrik | basicly i just use this box for browsing and watching movies from time to time. | 17:06 |
| TheSheep | dezrik: and last, edit the file /etc/usplash.conf as root and put a proper resolution for your screen there | 17:07 |
| dezrik | Wow your amazing | 17:09 |
| dezrik | How do i disable startup services | 17:09 |
| TheSheep | either use the simple yet not very powerful system->services dialog, or install the 'bum' package and use that (it will show as system->boot up manager) | 17:10 |
| TheSheep | be careful do not disable dbus or hal, you need them | 17:10 |
| dezrik | alright installing 'bum' | 17:11 |
| TheSheep | dezrik: disabling some of the autostarting applications may help reduce the time to login too | 17:13 |
| dezrik | this laptop is only 1.10Ghz 256MB of ram, i dont expect it to boot that much faster lol | 17:14 |
| TheSheep | it's a fine machine | 17:14 |
| dezrik | This is the first run linux for long term | 17:15 |
| dezrik | im forcing myself to use it for a month | 17:15 |
| TheSheep | cold turkey, eh? | 17:16 |
| dezrik | Yup | 17:16 |
| dezrik | Didnt back up anything. | 17:16 |
| dezrik | so far im doing alright last time i installed linux it failed to boot after a week of using it :/ | 17:16 |
| dezrik | Seems to be alright now 1+week already | 17:16 |
| TheSheep | as long as you don't mess with root :) | 17:19 |
| amoose136 | could someone tell me how to start a command line install | 17:20 |
| amoose136 | ? | 17:20 |
| dezrik | Alright rebooting ill tell you if its faster | 17:21 |
| dezrik | Boot screen didnt load, but it did boot a little faster. and my nm-applet problem is gone | 17:25 |
| TheSheep | dezrik: great | 17:25 |
| TheSheep | amoose136: you need the alternate cd for that | 17:25 |
| dezrik | keyring nm applet related thing is annoying | 17:25 |
| amoose136 | great I'll start a download | 17:26 |
| TheSheep | amoose136: you can also use the minicd and install from network | 17:26 |
| TheSheep | !install | 17:26 |
| ubotwo | Ubuntu can be installed in lots of ways. Please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation for documentation. Problems during install? See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommonProblemsInstall and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DapperReleaseNotes/UbiquityKnownIssues - Don't want to use a CD? Try http://tinyurl.com/3exghs - See also !automate | 17:26 |
| amoose136 | the computer I am installing from has no OS and the network is not going to work constantly | 17:27 |
| amoose136 | it must be cd install | 17:28 |
| Slipping420 | can someone help me with a graphic driver issue | 17:37 |
| Slipping420 | hello | 17:40 |
| TheSheep | !ask | 17:45 |
| ubotwo | Please don't ask to ask a question, ask the question (all on ONE line, so others can read and follow it easily). If anyone knows the answer they will most likely answer. :-) | 17:45 |
| dezrik | Is there anyway to make keyring not popup i have to put in the password a few times before it accepts | 18:07 |
| Dougal | Total newb here: How do i get a list of the programs i've already got installed | 18:33 |
| Dougal | I *know* there are programs on here that I don't have in the applications list | 18:34 |
| nikolam | accesories>appfinder | 18:36 |
| nikolam | ls /usr/bin | 18:36 |
| Dougal | thanks | 18:36 |
| nikolam | np | 18:36 |
| Dougal | i should start reading through the documentation again, | 18:38 |
| nikolam | feel free to ask | 18:40 |
| Dougal | i do :) | 18:43 |
| TheSheep | dpkg -l will list all the packages that are installed | 18:43 |
| Dougal | heh, somewhat spammy though :) | 18:44 |
| dezrik | Hello im having problems with nm-applet | 19:20 |
| uninvited | dezrik whats your problem with nm-applet ? | 19:21 |
| dezrik | i have to enter keyring something password | 19:21 |
| dezrik | alot | 19:21 |
| ^u^ | !keyring | 19:22 |
| ubotwo | How should I know? | 19:22 |
| uninvited | !keyring | 19:31 |
| ubotwo | How should I know? | 19:31 |
| maxamillion | dezrik: its a safety feature, it keeps wireless encryption keys locked internally and encrypted so they can only be accessed with your password | 19:40 |
| zoredache | has anyone figurd out how to get the keyring integrated with pam and gdm? | 19:40 |
| zoredache | I know you can get that working with gnome, for some reason I can't get it working in firefox | 19:41 |
| pc-illiterate | good afternoon | 20:01 |
| pc-illiterate | i really could use a hand if someone has the time | 20:02 |
| Odd-rationale | Sure. I'll try. What's up? | 20:02 |
| pc-illiterate | im getting ready to install on a fresh reformatted hard drive | 20:02 |
| pc-illiterate | is there anything special i need to do first ? | 20:03 |
| * uninvited listens... | 20:03 | |
| zoredache | nod | 20:03 |
| zoredache | no* | 20:03 |
| Odd-rationale | pc-illiterate: OK. Are you planning to use the entie drive? Or dual-boot or something? | 20:03 |
| uninvited | lvm ? | 20:03 |
| pc-illiterate | its a slave drive but im using that 2nd drive for xubuntu only | 20:04 |
| Odd-rationale | pc-illiterate: OK. There is nothing special you need to do. Just select that drive in the partition step of the installation | 20:04 |
| pc-illiterate | cool. | 20:05 |
| Odd-rationale | pc-illiterate: Have fun! | 20:05 |
| pc-illiterate | so install will ask which drive to install too then ? | 20:05 |
| Odd-rationale | pc-illiterate: Yes. you need to know the sizes of the hard drives you have. | 20:06 |
| pc-illiterate | thats easy lol | 20:06 |
| pc-illiterate | i have a 60 master and 20 slave | 20:06 |
| Odd-rationale | pc-illiterate: Let us know whether you run into any problems! | 20:07 |
| pc-illiterate | last question i think. do i need to install from reboot or can i install while im in windows ? | 20:07 |
| pc-illiterate | and you better believe i'll be back if i have a problem lol | 20:08 |
| Odd-rationale | pc-illiterate: You need to shutdown windows and boot from the cd. | 20:08 |
| Odd-rationale | pc-illiterate: You burned the iso to cd, right? | 20:08 |
| pc-illiterate | ok....hopefully i'll be back with good news :D | 20:08 |
| pc-illiterate | yep | 20:08 |
| pc-illiterate | the desktop/install cd | 20:09 |
| Odd-rationale | Put that cd in the drive before you turn your comp off. | 20:09 |
| Odd-rationale | And While your at it. Make sure that you burn ed the *contents* of the iso not the iso itself. | 20:09 |
| Odd-rationale | (a common problem, i did it myself) | 20:10 |
| pc-illiterate | actually i mounted it on daemon tools and copied it with nero | 20:10 |
| Odd-rationale | pc-illiterate: So when your cd is in the drive, do you see one file, the iso, or several files and folder? | 20:10 |
| pc-illiterate | all the dif files n folders | 20:11 |
| Odd-rationale | pc-illiterate: Good. See if it boots... | 20:11 |
| pc-illiterate | it has before. i couldnt live cd because i dont have enough ram | 20:12 |
| pc-illiterate | ok im out if thats it... | 20:12 |
| === Dr`Maison is now known as fraiddo | ||
| Odd-rationale | pc-illiterate: See you! | 20:13 |
| pc-illiterate | later man lol | 20:13 |
| guest8 | Hi, I just installed xubuntu. Is there a graphical utility with which I can access samba shares or drag-n-drop files via ssh? In ubutu, nautilus can do that, but thunar doesn't seem to be able to do that. | 20:17 |
| Odd-rationale | guest8: Not in thunar... | 20:18 |
| guest8 | Any other program that is automatically installed? | 20:18 |
| Odd-rationale | guest8: TGhis might help though: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=304131 | 20:18 |
| guest8 | What is TGhis? | 20:19 |
| Odd-rationale | *this | 20:19 |
| slow-motion | hi | 20:19 |
| zPliskiN | Hi, I have made new users on xubuntu, but for some reasons i lost complete access to system apps. how do you regive privileges with the sudo commands ? | 20:20 |
| guest8 | Isn'T that forum article about creating shares? I only want to access them | 20:20 |
| zPliskiN | all my users lost their access to those apps like wireless manager, synaptic, updates, etc. i want to have complete access again | 20:21 |
| Odd-rationale | guest8: The forum post was about mounting samba share with thunar. It is a little different that simply accessing them though | 20:21 |
| Odd-rationale | zPliskiN: Maybe you just need to add those users to their respective groups. | 20:21 |
| guest8 | Well, ok, then thats not the ideal thing for me... I don't need to install the samba server on my xubuntu box. | 20:22 |
| zPliskiN | 1 group is in Root, and he has lost access as well | 20:22 |
| zPliskiN | isnt there a command like sudo create user - full access or whatever | 20:22 |
| Odd-rationale | guest8: It is the best we got with thunar :( | 20:22 |
| zPliskiN | just a way to create a supreme user of some sort. | 20:22 |
| guest8 | Maybe an external application (not part of Thunar) hat supports drag'n'drop with files and folders? | 20:24 |
| Odd-rationale | guest8: I don't know... If you find one, let me know. I would be interested... | 20:24 |
| guest8 | I know gFTP, but it doesn't support drag'n'drop | 20:25 |
| zoredache | guest8: you sould use something like afuse and fusesmb and sshfs | 20:26 |
| zoredache | basically you setup a direcotry, and whenever you browse into that directory it will automount through smb, ssh or whatever the resurce you need | 20:27 |
| guest8 | wasn't exactly that described in the post? | 20:27 |
| zoredache | the drawback is that for it to be easy, you have to store your passwords in a file on your drive | 20:27 |
| guest8 | Well, saving passwords in nautilus also saves them somewhere, so that wouldn'T matter ... | 20:28 |
| guest8 | But I don't feel comfortable with installing the whole samba server to access shares, zoredache | 20:28 |
| guest8 | !samba | 20:28 |
| ubotwo | Samba is the way to cooperate with Windows environments. Links with more info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MountWindowsSharesPermanently and http://help.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/serverguide/C/windows-networking.html - Samba can be administered via the web with SWAT. | 20:28 |
| guest8 | !smb | 20:29 |
| zoredache | guest8: you don't need the samba server to have smb fuse support | 20:29 |
| guest8 | zoredache: Doesn't it say so in the post? | 20:29 |
| zoredache | I don't know... I didn't read it | 20:29 |
| guest8 | ITs this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=304131 | 20:30 |
| Odd-rationale | guest8: There is xsmbrowser in the repos... I haven't tried though. But you can take a look? | 20:30 |
| guest8 | aptitude show xsmbrowser says that it suggest nautilus, so it won'T work (drag'n'drop) with thunar? | 20:31 |
| zoredache | guest8: yes that article basically suggests the same solution.... | 20:32 |
| guest8 | What "same solution"? It doesn't say xsmbrowser anywhere | 20:33 |
| ghetto[kernel] | hi i have this problem, xfce dont want to show me higher resolutions than 800x600, although i have in xorg.conf 1024x768 as the only res available. ive been like this for at least two weeks, i have Xubuntu, many will say its a xorg problem but no, believe me, its xfce, how can i fix it or where can i edit the options xfce is showing me to change the res | 20:33 |
| guest8 | Odd-rationale: Thanks, I'll try out xsmbrowser. | 20:34 |
| zoredache | guest8: the same solution as the one I had suggested 4 lines before.... afuse+fusesmb | 20:34 |
| guest8 | zoredach: Ah, ok. So you do need the samba server | 20:34 |
| guest8 | Bye | 20:34 |
| guest8 | But I can use xsmbrowser now, I'll try it out. | 20:34 |
| zoredache | guest8: NO you do NOT need the server | 20:34 |
| Odd-rationale | guest8: Np. Like I said, I haven't tried it myself. Let me know if it works.. | 20:34 |
| zoredache | fusesmb does not depend on the samba server | 20:35 |
| guest8 | zoredach: Doesn#t it say so in step 1: This will install thesamba server | 20:35 |
| zoredache | the article is lieing to you | 20:35 |
| zoredache | you don't need it | 20:35 |
| guest8 | So excluding step 1 still works? | 20:36 |
| zoredache | it should, yes | 20:36 |
| guest8 | I don't see where to set the specific server and share to mount. | 20:37 |
| guest8 | Well, probably you can find better articles about fusesmb via google that don't lie. | 20:38 |
| guest8 | And that tell you how to set the share and server | 20:38 |
| guest8 | I'll think about which approach I favor (mounting or client program), thanks. | 20:39 |
| guest8 | Bye | 20:40 |
| * zoredache grumbles to myself... one of these days I am going to have to document my procedure, cause all the current one suck | 20:40 | |
| dezrik | lol | 20:41 |
| Odd-rationale | zoredache: Start a wiki article... | 20:41 |
| zoredache | I know, I should, I have just been lazy... but the same question is asked so many times, I would probably make things easier of I just wrong down my directions | 20:42 |
| dezrik | does xubuntu have a CALC program? | 20:45 |
| dezrik | nevermind | 20:45 |
| zPliskiN | how you setup full access to a user ? | 20:49 |
| Odd-rationale | Try adding that user to the admin group. | 20:50 |
| zPliskiN | i can't for some reasons, all my users have no access | 20:50 |
| zPliskiN | even those that were super users | 20:50 |
| Odd-rationale | zPliskiN: How did that happen? | 20:50 |
| zPliskiN | i don't know. it was fine yesterday, today not. | 20:50 |
| zoredache | if you really broke things, you should be able to reboot into rescue mode and adduser to admin | 20:50 |
| zPliskiN | how do i boot secure mode ? | 20:51 |
| zPliskiN | pop cd in and go with menu ? | 20:51 |
| ghetto[kernel] | have any of u had a problem where the resolutions configured in xorg.conf are not the ones xfce is showing and then u got stucked in an 800x600 or 640x480 maybe | 20:51 |
| Odd-rationale | zPliskiN: Reboot. and when you have the screen that says loading grub, press escape. then select reovery mode | 20:51 |
| zoredache | rebot, press the escape key in the two seconds grub prompts you... then you'll see a menu | 20:51 |
| zPliskiN | aight. will try | 20:52 |
| zoredache | the cammand once you get there is 'addser {username} admin' or in your case perhaps 'adduser zpliskin admin' | 20:52 |
| Odd-rationale | zPliskiN: When you are there try "gpasswd -a <user> admin" | 20:52 |
| Odd-rationale | zPliskiN: Then do "reboot" | 20:53 |
| Odd-rationale | zoredache: We're just echoing each other... :) | 20:53 |
| zPliskiN | i try to modify the sudoers, but everytime it says "user not in sudoers. error will be reported" or whatever | 20:53 |
| Odd-rationale | zPliskiN: Is that how you lost root access? | 20:55 |
| zPliskiN | i use xubuntu | 20:55 |
| zPliskiN | is there a way to create a new user with the sudo that has access. so i can delete all other users and just remake them or something ? | 20:57 |
| zoredache | if no users currently have access then you are going to need to restart and give users access in the rescue mode | 20:58 |
| Odd-rationale | zPliskiN: Try our suggestion first. Reboot into reveroy mode, and at the prompt to "gpasswd -a <user> admin" then reboot | 20:58 |
| zoredache | if you where updating your sudoers file and it doesn't have the required 'admin' entry then you may need to fix that while you are in recovery mode | 20:58 |
| zPliskiN | just starting in recovery mode | 20:59 |
| entity | anyone tried cnet's wireless cards for xubuntu? It should work but it would be nice to hear someones experience | 20:59 |
| zPliskiN | whats the difference between gpassword and "adduser ? | 21:00 |
| Odd-rationale | zPliskiN: It is "gpasswd" | 21:00 |
| zPliskiN | yeah | 21:01 |
| Odd-rationale | the difference is whether you want to modify an account or create a new one. | 21:01 |
| zPliskiN | whats the difference between those 2 commands | 21:01 |
| zPliskiN | ah | 21:01 |
| zPliskiN | will adduser <user> admin work ? | 21:01 |
| zoredache | adduser is a perl script that calls the lower level tools.. it does more error checking I think | 21:01 |
| zPliskiN | so gpasswd is better ? | 21:01 |
| zoredache | for what you are doing it won't make a difference | 21:01 |
| Odd-rationale | zPliskiN: Do you want to create a new user? | 21:02 |
| zoredache | both tools will make the exact same change | 21:02 |
| zPliskiN | yes | 21:02 |
| zPliskiN | i'll make new account, edit the current ones, and restart so everything works | 21:02 |
| Odd-rationale | zPliskiN: Then go ahead. | 21:02 |
| zPliskiN | gpasswd ? | 21:02 |
| Odd-rationale | zPliskiN: You can "man adduser" and "man gpasswd" to read about them. | 21:03 |
| pc-illiterate | problems.... | 21:03 |
| zPliskiN | "adding user <user> to group admin" | 21:03 |
| zPliskiN | means it worked ? | 21:03 |
| zoredache | yes | 21:03 |
| Odd-rationale | pc-illiterate: What's up? | 21:04 |
| zPliskiN | now i reboot ? | 21:04 |
| Odd-rationale | zPliskiN: Yes | 21:04 |
| zPliskiN | alright. but seriously, it did it alone. like sometimes the terminal doesnt detect commands. i close it, reopen, and it works | 21:04 |
| pc-illiterate | after i hit enter to start or install it went thru the progress bar then i got a black screen | 21:04 |
| Odd-rationale | pc-illiterate: How much ram you got? | 21:04 |
| pc-illiterate | 256 | 21:05 |
| Odd-rationale | pc-illiterate: hmm. Try the alternative install cd. | 21:05 |
| pc-illiterate | the straight install cd ? | 21:05 |
| Odd-rationale | pc-illiterate: Yes. text mode install | 21:05 |
| zPliskiN | quick question as well : i use a laptop p4 2.4 ghz, 1gb ram, ati 9000 mobility. is it better to run kubuntu or xubuntu ? | 21:05 |
| pc-illiterate | text mode install..... what ? | 21:06 |
| dezrik | xubuntu would be faster | 21:06 |
| zoredache | zPliskiN: on that system both should run, it will be better to run which enviroment fits your needs | 21:06 |
| Odd-rationale | !alternative | 21:06 |
| ubotwo | The Alternate CD is a classical text-mode install CD. It supports a wider range of hardware than the !LiveCD, and can also be used as an upgrade CD. Look for the alternate checkbox on the Ubuntu download page - See also !minimal | 21:06 |
| zPliskiN | i have no idea what kubuntu does more than xubuntu. i just put xubuntu cause thats what i use for my PS3 | 21:06 |
| pc-illiterate | i hate to sound stupid but, what do i do install with the install cd | 21:07 |
| TheSheep | zPliskiN: just use the one you are more comfortable with | 21:07 |
| zoredache | zPliskiN: kubuntu is more windows-like... it has more tools and functionality in areas | 21:07 |
| Odd-rationale | pc-illiterate: What do you mean? Could you elaborate a bit? | 21:08 |
| zPliskiN | is there an easy way to go from xubuntu to kubuntu ? | 21:08 |
| zoredache | zPliskiN: sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop should install everything you need | 21:09 |
| pc-illiterate | you said text mode install. i doubt i would know what to do after i start-up | 21:09 |
| zPliskiN | and replace the files ? i don't have a big harddrive, so i don't want both there taking gbs for nothing | 21:09 |
| Odd-rationale | pc-illiterate: It is quite intuitive. Just select the options you want. I can help you through it if needed... | 21:09 |
| zoredache | no, that would have both installed... If you are low on disk space, then you can remove the extra packages | 21:10 |
| pc-illiterate | if it all comes up on-screen i can figure it out. i just know nothing of text input | 21:10 |
| zoredache | if you just want to experiement you might want to download the kubuntu livecd and try that first. | 21:11 |
| zPliskiN | what you mean ? | 21:11 |
| zPliskiN | can i just burn the kubuntu cd, pop it in my pc with xubuntu and follow an installation ? | 21:12 |
| zoredache | zPliskiN: I am saying, that if you use a livecd, you can experiement with kubuntu before installing it | 21:12 |
| zPliskiN | ah ok | 21:12 |
| Odd-rationale | pc-illiterate: It has a "console gui" if you can install xp, it should be no problem for yo | 21:12 |
| zoredache | if you want kubuntu only, you can do the apt-get install kubuntu-desktop, but removing the extra stuff is a bit tricky | 21:12 |
| Odd-rationale | pc-illiterate: You barely have enough ram to do a livecd | 21:12 |
| pc-illiterate | good. all i have left is music cd-r's....it will burn to that no prob right ? | 21:12 |
| pc-illiterate | i dont have enough. it tells me i need 360+ | 21:13 |
| zPliskiN | it took me like 6 h to install wireless drivers | 21:13 |
| zPliskiN | i don't want to do that again | 21:13 |
| Odd-rationale | pc-illiterate: The text mode intall cd only needs 64 mb of ram | 21:13 |
| pc-illiterate | ok. my music cd-r's will work fine though ? | 21:14 |
| Odd-rationale | i belive so. never tried | 21:14 |
| pc-illiterate | ok im gunna give this another go. hopefully i'll be back with better results | 21:15 |
| pc-illiterate | thanks again | 21:15 |
| Odd-rationale | pc-illiterate: np | 21:15 |
| pc-illiterate | crap. 1 more. 7.10 or 6.06 ? does it matter ? | 21:19 |
| Odd-rationale | pc-illiterate: 7.10 | 21:20 |
| pc-illiterate | ok. i feel so stupid | 21:21 |
| dezrik | its ok every 1st timer feel stupid | 21:23 |
| dezrik | its like learning everything you know about computers in a different way | 21:23 |
| pc-illiterate | well im a point n clicker | 21:23 |
| dezrik | ive been on windows since i was 11 | 21:26 |
| dezrik | just made the switch to Linux cold turkey | 21:26 |
| pc-illiterate | i started on 98se in 99 and then bought this pc. i havent done a lot but play games and fight trojans and viruses | 21:27 |
| dezrik | me2 | 21:27 |
| dezrik | i started in WIn95 and worked my way up | 21:27 |
| dezrik | skipped WInME tho | 21:27 |
| pc-illiterate | ive heard hackers dont bother with linux as much cause its not as widely used. seems like a good enough reason to go to linux | 21:28 |
| dezrik | I think its about the same | 21:29 |
| dezrik | people who hack linux boxes are usually very intelligent and don't make mistakes to get caughjt | 21:29 |
| dezrik | any kid can hack windows just by readint tutorials | 21:29 |
| TheSheep | dezrik: same with linux | 21:30 |
| TheSheep | dezrik: even easier | 21:30 |
| TheSheep | linux was made to be easy to play with | 21:30 |
| pc-illiterate | so xp is still the best OS to run games on ? | 21:30 |
| TheSheep | pc-illiterate: no, playstation is better | 21:30 |
| pc-illiterate | ha | 21:31 |
| pc-illiterate | ha | 21:31 |
| TheSheep | honest | 21:31 |
| pc-illiterate | i'd rather buy a new pc than a ps3 | 21:31 |
| TheSheep | I'm not telling you to buy anything | 21:32 |
| pc-illiterate | i only play CS and UT on this pc. its too old for anything else | 21:32 |
| TheSheep | I think UT has a linux version | 21:32 |
| TheSheep | the engine for it, I mean | 21:32 |
| TheSheep | not sure | 21:32 |
| pc-illiterate | i just figured id use wine | 21:32 |
| dezrik | i play UT99 | 21:35 |
| dezrik | lol | 21:35 |
| pc-illiterate | i play tactical ops:assault on terror more than ut99 | 21:35 |
| entity | how do i take screenshots in xubuntu? | 22:12 |
| TheSheep | entity: 1) there is a panel plugin, 2) you can use gimp's file->aquire->screenshot, 3) you can install scrot and bind it your your printscreen key in keyboard setting | 22:12 |
| entity | TheSheep: whats that panel plugin? | 22:13 |
| TheSheep | an icon for your panel | 22:13 |
| TheSheep | right click on the panel, select add item and select the camera from the list | 22:14 |
| entity | TheSheep: thx alot | 22:17 |
| Baldone | hello I need help installing ubuntu | 22:37 |
| zoredache | what problem are you having? | 22:37 |
| Baldone | my laptop take to long to run the live disk so I download the 6 ver and take forever | 22:38 |
| Baldone | is there any installer it don't do the live cd | 22:38 |
| zoredache | yes... use the alternate installers | 22:39 |
| zoredache | !alternate | 22:39 |
| ubotwo | The Alternate CD is a classical text-mode install CD. It supports a wider range of hardware than the !LiveCD, and can also be used as an upgrade CD. Look for the alternate checkbox on the Ubuntu download page - See also !minimal | 22:39 |
| Baldone | i checked the box and it still does not work | 22:40 |
| Baldone | what is the text mold look like because it still looks like the live cd | 22:40 |
| Baldone | when it start installing | 22:41 |
| TheSheep | Baldone: http://php.8ez.com/drsmall/blog/wp-content/screenshot-14.png | 22:42 |
| zoredache | what was the name of the iso you got? the altnernate cd would have a filename like xubuntu-7.10-alternate-i386.iso | 22:42 |
| Baldone | let me look on my other computer | 22:42 |
| Baldone | ubuntu 6.06.1 desktop 386' | 22:45 |
| Baldone | and did the ubuntu 7.10 alternate | 22:46 |
| sectech | Is xubuntu functional enough (ie: power management, wireless) to be ran on a laptop? | 23:46 |
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