| flint | Good evening from frozen Vermont, is it traditional in Xubuntu to use native or ndis drivers for wireless pcmcia cards? | 00:22 |
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| mmirsm | /bye | 00:22 |
| keb | i have a fedora 6 system with 4GB free HD space. will it be possible to do a remote install of Xubuntu 8.04 onto that? | 02:14 |
| keb | the idea is to migrate over all the app data afterwards, and then wipe the fedora | 02:16 |
| alex_mayorga | how can I redetect my video card? | 05:21 |
| alex_mayorga | I'm stuck at a very low res | 05:21 |
| simi | hi, i am new to xubuntu, i used ubuntu and kubuntu and now i am tring xubuntu | 06:17 |
| simi | where i can increase the system font size? | 06:17 |
| simi | i managed to increase the system font but is posible that all aplication to use this fnts like in gnome or kde? | 06:19 |
| nanito | hi, can anyone help me troubleshoot my video? I'm stuck at 640*480 :( | 06:20 |
| nanito | I've just migrated from win95 | 06:22 |
| nanito | and used to have 1024*728 | 06:22 |
| nanito | !video | 06:22 |
| ubotu | Ubuntu 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/MultimediaApplications | 06:22 |
| nanito | !xorg | 06:22 |
| ubotu | The X Window System is the part of your system that's responsible for graphical output. To restart your X, type « sudo /etc/init.d/?dm restart » in a console - To fix screen resolution or other X problems: http://help.ubuntu.com/community/FixVideoResolutionHowto | 06:22 |
| simi | hi\ | 06:22 |
| simi | you need to reconfigure your xorg | 06:22 |
| nanito | simi: me? | 06:23 |
| simi | nanito: sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg | 06:23 |
| simi | you will be asked many questions | 06:23 |
| simi | if you do not know just accespt the default | 06:24 |
| simi | and press enter | 06:24 |
| simi | you will eventualy reach a point where you must select the resolutions you want to use | 06:24 |
| simi | select the ones you need | 06:24 |
| simi | i belive that you must press Space bar to select a resolution | 06:25 |
| simi | after reconfiguring try to log out | 06:25 |
| simi | then you can chose the resolution | 06:25 |
| forces | hi! | 06:26 |
| nanito | simi: thanks I'll try that | 06:26 |
| simi | that works always | 06:27 |
| simi | it happend for me the same problem after an update | 06:27 |
| simi | and i just typed in google ubuntu reconfigure xorg and i found the command because i do not remembered it corectly | 06:28 |
| simi | nanito: tell me if it works or not | 06:32 |
| nanito | simi: didn't work | 06:38 |
| simi | nanito: do you select the resolutions you wanted? restart X? | 06:39 |
| nanito | yes I googled your suggestion and push ctrl+alt+bksp | 06:40 |
| nanito | then I login again and it's back at 640 :( | 06:40 |
| nanito | my monitor is an old unbranded 12" | 06:41 |
| simi | and had no appeared other resolutions in the display manager? oor where you want to set it? | 06:41 |
| nanito | no, it only show 640 and 320 now the monitor is named Custom1 | 06:43 |
| simi | you can try to set this manualy http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-426193.html | 06:43 |
| nanito | this is my video card 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82740 (i740) AGP Graphics Accelerator (rev 21) | 06:44 |
| simi | but try again the recon figuration program | 06:44 |
| simi | there will ask you the video card, usualy it selects it corect but check to be sure | 06:45 |
| simi | for me always select corect the video card and the open source driver for me is ATI | 06:45 |
| simi | try to ask in #ubuntu or #kubuntu because is not specific tu xubuntu | 06:46 |
| simi | and maybe you can find other solutions | 06:46 |
| simi | nanito: and maybe they know more about your card, for me always vorked that solution | 06:49 |
| the_alamo | does anyone have a suggestion for a movie organizer or cataloguer? | 07:52 |
| Ov4l | folks, hello. i just wanted to asked you about thunar and hardy. is gvfs in xubuntu ? | 08:54 |
| s_arts | Hi | 09:21 |
| * s_arts loves xubuntu 8.04 :) | 09:22 | |
| maristo | hi | 09:51 |
| s_arts | hi | 09:53 |
| maristo | I have no problems, and i have no questions... | 09:57 |
| s_arts | ok | 09:57 |
| s_arts | neither have I | 09:57 |
| locales | hello | 11:21 |
| locales | does anyone know how you can change java's locales? | 11:21 |
| s_arts | you could ignore them | 11:27 |
| simu | my xubuntu opens text files with abiword by default, I'm suprised there is no simple gui-editor preinstalled. what editor can I install that fits xubuntu? | 11:52 |
| s_arts | mousepad | 11:52 |
| simu | ah thank you | 11:55 |
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| nanito | hi, anyone familiar with this error when updating a new install: dpkg: error al procesar /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.6.1-1ubuntu10_i386.deb (--unpack): | 14:02 |
| nanito | files list file for package `libots0' is missing final newline | 14:02 |
| nanito | I'm also still stuck at 640 by 480 | 14:14 |
| nanito | please help | 14:14 |
| keb | nanito did you check the /etc/Xorg.0.log to see which resolutions the driver said were compatible with yourmonitor? | 14:18 |
| keb | er | 14:18 |
| keb | /var/log/Xorg.0.log | 14:18 |
| nanito | I'm a total newbie, just disembarked from win95 | 14:20 |
| nanito | let me check that | 14:20 |
| nanito | thanks on the help | 14:21 |
| nanito | ked what I'm looking for, there seem to be a lot of info there | 14:23 |
| keb | look for errors | 14:24 |
| keb | or lines that mention supported resolutions | 14:24 |
| keb | or modes | 14:24 |
| nanito | this seem insteresting I740(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range) | 14:24 |
| keb | exactly | 14:24 |
| nanito | I used to have that resolution on win95 | 14:24 |
| keb | it is likely that the capabilities of your monitor are not available or being used by the Xorg driver | 14:25 |
| nanito | do I nees my monitor driver? | 14:26 |
| nanito | I've reinstalled xubuntu a couple of times to no avail | 14:26 |
| nanito | I've also used "sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phig xseerver-xorg" as per suggestions of people here, but it didn't help either | 14:27 |
| keb | you need to get the specs for your monitor to see what hsync and vsync it supports | 14:27 |
| keb | vrefresh | 14:27 |
| keb | assuming the automatic configuration didnt work for you | 14:27 |
| nanito | that would be hard, I was given this old clone machine to play with | 14:28 |
| nanito | but I don't have the specs for the monitor | 14:28 |
| nanito | the label on the monitor says "Fountain Technologies" and that's about it :( | 14:29 |
| keb | you need to know your hardware's specs to use that script also | 14:29 |
| keb | because it lets you pick out the available resolutions | 14:29 |
| keb | check the back for manufacturer and model | 14:29 |
| nanito | is there a command to figure that out? | 14:29 |
| nanito | model L503BGD maker Fountain Technologies | 14:30 |
| keb | well the automatic detection must have failed so probly not for your case | 14:30 |
| nanito | I've googled that but the company seems o be gone now | 14:31 |
| nanito | what's the command for auto detection of modes? | 14:31 |
| nanito | keb do you want to se my X.log? | 14:32 |
| nanito | by the way, thanks a loot on helping me out | 14:32 |
| keb | ok. use pastebin.ca or something like that | 14:32 |
| nanito | keb http://pastebin.ca/953921 | 14:35 |
| keb | yep its having trouble finding resolutions for your monitor | 14:37 |
| nanito | so am I, seems like they gave a bunch of junk :( | 14:38 |
| keb | how many colors did you get when using Win95? | 14:39 |
| nanito | 24K | 14:39 |
| keb | 24bit? | 14:39 |
| nanito | or more, I lowered it to 24 for "better" response | 14:39 |
| nanito | yes, when I do de reconfigure command it does pick up 24 automatically | 14:40 |
| keb | ok can you cd /etc/X11 and look at xorg.conf ? | 14:43 |
| nanito | I'm looking, what do you need? | 14:44 |
| nanito | do I paste it as well? | 14:45 |
| keb | find the Section "Monitor" where it says Identifier "Monitor genérico" | 14:45 |
| keb | nope | 14:45 |
| nanito | found it | 14:45 |
| keb | what HorizSync is listed there, if any | 14:45 |
| nanito | theres no such thing | 14:46 |
| keb | is there anything in that section? | 14:46 |
| nanito | Option "DPMS" is the only other line on that section | 14:47 |
| keb | ok we need to find some generic monitor specs that won't blow up your monitor | 14:47 |
| nanito | Oh I also know the monitor is 12 inch | 14:47 |
| brownknight | hello guys. first time here on xubuntu irc | 14:47 |
| nanito | brownknight hi, welcome | 14:49 |
| keb | my googling shows the L503BGD seems to be 15" | 14:50 |
| nanito | let me get my tape | 14:51 |
| nanito | Ok, I've measured it, the window is a bit shy of 15 | 14:52 |
| nanito | keb please pardon my english, I speak spanish :) | 14:53 |
| keb | ok | 14:53 |
| keb | no problemo | 14:53 |
| nanito | :D gracias | 14:53 |
| keb | ok we should be safe with the following settings | 14:55 |
| keb | HorizSync 30-50 | 14:55 |
| keb | wait | 14:55 |
| keb | make a backup copy of your xorg.conf file first ;) | 14:56 |
| nanito | OK | 14:56 |
| nanito | cp right | 14:56 |
| keb | yes | 14:56 |
| nanito | OK, done | 14:56 |
| keb | now edit the file and in the Section "Monitor" under the DPMS line add the above | 14:57 |
| nanito | HorizSync 30-50 | 14:57 |
| keb | and also: VertRefresh 50-90 | 14:57 |
| nanito | done Horis and Vert | 14:58 |
| keb | it is possible your monitor can do 1280x1024 but let's not take too many risks | 14:58 |
| nanito | if it goes to 800 I'll be happy :) | 14:59 |
| keb | note spelling HorizSync | 14:59 |
| nanito | from some googling it seems that 24 is also to high | 14:59 |
| nanito | OH yes, I copy/paste but then got it wrong | 14:59 |
| keb | ok next move down in the file to the Section "Screen" | 14:59 |
| nanito | I'm there | 15:00 |
| nanito | I've changed DefaultDepth 24 to DefaultDepth 16 :) | 15:01 |
| keb | does it have a DefaultDepth ? | 15:01 |
| keb | good | 15:01 |
| keb | ok in the SubSection "Display" what are the Modes listed? | 15:01 |
| nanito | Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "720x400" "640x480" "640x400" "640x350" | 15:02 |
| keb | try change them to only "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" | 15:02 |
| nanito | OK | 15:02 |
| nanito | done | 15:03 |
| keb | now save the file | 15:04 |
| keb | are you on the same computer now as you are changing? | 15:04 |
| nanito | I'm on the computer with the problem | 15:04 |
| nanito | it's my only one :( | 15:04 |
| keb | you will have to restart X. you can do it by pressing Ctrl-Backspace or by rebooting | 15:05 |
| nanito | does it make a difference? which is better? | 15:05 |
| keb | i only have one also :) | 15:05 |
| keb | if it does not work, you can login with text mode and put back the original file | 15:05 |
| nanito | OK | 15:05 |
| keb | probably both are same for this purpose | 15:06 |
| nanito | let me reboot, whish me luck and thanks yet again | 15:06 |
| keb | good luck | 15:06 |
| keb | i have to go so i might not be here | 15:07 |
| keb | when you get back | 15:07 |
| keb | wb | 15:08 |
| nanito | keb I owe you THANKS!! | 15:09 |
| keb | :))) | 15:09 |
| keb | you can change modes by pressing Ctrl-Alt-+ or Ctrl-Alt-- | 15:09 |
| keb | your computer reboots fast | 15:10 |
| nanito | I pressed the keys rather than reboot | 15:10 |
| nanito | :D | 15:10 |
| keb | nice | 15:11 |
| keb | ok i must vamos | 15:11 |
| keb | bye | 15:11 |
| nanito | muchas gracias ;) | 15:11 |
| nanito | is there a way to go Hardy from Gusty | 15:12 |
| flint | Good evening from frozen Vermont, is it traditional in Xubuntu to use native or ndis drivers for wireless pcmcia cards? | 15:21 |
| flint | Good afternoon from frozen Vermont, is it traditional in Xubuntu to use native or ndis drivers for wireless pcmcia cards? | 15:21 |
| flint | Yea, that's better... | 15:21 |
| nanito | any help for these errors: E: /var/cache/apt/archives/language-pack-gnome-en-base_1%3a7.10+20080205_all.deb: files list file for package `libots0' is missing final newline | 15:39 |
| nanito | E: /var/cache/apt/archives/language-pack-es_1%3a7.10+20080229_all.deb: files list file for package `libots0' is missing final newline | 15:39 |
| flint | thought I would hang on here and see what the xbuntu chats are like... | 16:07 |
| nanito | anyone aware of problems on libots0 package? | 16:14 |
| nanito | libots0_0.4.2+cvs.2004.02.20-1.1build1_i386.deb (--unpack): | 16:15 |
| nanito | files list file for package `libots0' is missing final newline | 16:15 |
| siggjen | chat? when did that happen? | 16:27 |
| nathan42100 | question, is it possible to download the xubuntu binaries and set up grub to boot them or do I have to do a whole separate install of it? | 19:10 |
| theunixgeek_ | I can't get my screen resolution over 800x600. I did the dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg thing and enabled restricted drivers, but it won't let me go to 1280x1024. How do I fix this? | 19:36 |
| vidd | anyone know where the .deb's are on the web site(s) so i can dl the app im having an issue with and not use apt-get? | 20:23 |
| siggjen | you will find the ftp or http url in /etc/apt/sources.list | 20:26 |
| vidd | there are no .deb files listed there | 20:27 |
| vidd | found it...packages.ubuntu.com | 20:28 |
| siggjen | the .deb files you have downloaded will usually be placed in /var/cache/apt/archives/ | 20:29 |
| vidd | and they are all scewed up | 20:30 |
| siggjen | sounds strange | 20:30 |
| vidd | it is strange that a sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade would mess up apt so bad that you cant install anything else | 20:31 |
| siggjen | can you paste the error messages to a web pastebin? | 20:32 |
| vidd | http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/60779/ | 20:33 |
| siggjen | have you done anything to perl? | 20:34 |
| vidd | not that I know of | 20:34 |
| vidd | all we did was sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade | 20:35 |
| siggjen | could you try apt-get install gcc-4.2-base | 20:37 |
| siggjen | ? | 20:37 |
| vidd | http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/60784/ | 20:40 |
| vidd | its just not configured...and wont let itsself get configured | 20:40 |
| siggjen | apt-get install zlib1g | 20:41 |
| vidd | http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/60785/ | 20:42 |
| siggjen | which version did you upgrade from? | 20:42 |
| vidd | 7.10 | 20:43 |
| vidd | to 7.10 | 20:43 |
| siggjen | very strange | 20:43 |
| vidd | i agree | 20:43 |
| vidd | i did a fresh net-install last night | 20:43 |
| siggjen | do you have a fast internet line? | 20:44 |
| siggjen | if so i's apt-get clean | 20:44 |
| vidd | my partner install light-httpd, did update and dist-upgrade...poof, messed up system | 20:44 |
| vidd | working.... | 20:45 |
| siggjen | then doublecheck that /var/cache/apt/archives/ are empty, then try to apt-get install gcc-4.2-base | 20:45 |
| vidd | methinks we got it | 20:48 |
| vidd | at least it didnt fail yet | 20:48 |
| siggjen | let's hope so (: | 20:49 |
| siggjen | you might have been unlucky and upgraded while the server was rsyncing the packages | 20:50 |
| vidd | sounds like my kind of luck | 20:50 |
| siggjen | as long as it is fixable it's not that bad (: | 20:51 |
| vidd | i KNOW its fixable (its linux, not windows) the question was HOW | 20:51 |
| vidd | without formatting the whole thing of course | 20:52 |
| vidd | =] | 20:52 |
| siggjen | mhm (: | 20:52 |
| siggjen | shows the strength of the apt system again | 20:54 |
| vidd | I think (based on the solution you provided that seems to be working) that the issue was caused by importing a drive with /var data that was on debian and not ubuntu.... | 20:54 |
| siggjen | there might be a source of problem there yes | 20:54 |
| siggjen | you can install debian and then upgrade it to ubuntu | 20:54 |
| vidd | I had to exclude that /var dive in order to get ubuntu to load | 20:55 |
| siggjen | i don't think it's a good idea | 20:55 |
| vidd | well...install...not load | 20:55 |
| vidd | uh-oh! i think in my tinkering that i deleted the ubuntu-keyring | 20:56 |
| siggjen | uhum | 20:56 |
| siggjen | that shouldn't be too hard to fix | 20:56 |
| siggjen | guess google has lots of hits there | 20:56 |
| vidd | how do you use dpkg to configure an installed program? | 20:58 |
| siggjen | dpkg-reconfigure | 20:59 |
| siggjen | so funny to read the local paper on the net after there has fallen some snow | 21:00 |
| siggjen | people in this city can't handle it | 21:01 |
| vidd | what city (or state/contry if you dont wish to say the city name) | 21:03 |
| siggjen | Bergen/Norway | 21:04 |
| vidd | and they cant handle snow? | 21:05 |
| vidd | dont it snow like half the year there? | 21:05 |
| siggjen | nah | 21:05 |
| siggjen | guess this is the 4th time this year it snows | 21:05 |
| * vidd is from the USA so he is stupid about "foreign" weather | 21:05 | |
| siggjen | rains all year around usually | 21:06 |
| siggjen | :%s/time/winter/ | 21:06 |
| vidd | ? | 21:07 |
| siggjen | change time to winter in last sentece | 21:08 |
| siggjen | *sentence | 21:08 |
| vidd | 4th time this winter? spring started 3 days ago! | 21:09 |
| vidd | =] | 21:09 |
| siggjen | tell that to the local weather | 21:10 |
| siggjen | i was having the first beer out this spring yesterday ... | 21:10 |
| siggjen | had to go inside because it started to snow | 21:11 |
| === zoredache_ is now known as zoredache | ||
| vidd | we call snow in the spring-time "onion snow" | 21:11 |
| * vidd has no clue why...... | 21:11 | |
| vidd | =] | 21:12 |
| siggjen | the problem is the easter holliday | 21:12 |
| siggjen | lots of drivers not used to driving in winter out on the roads | 21:12 |
| siggjen | well that problem was there every time the snow fell | 21:13 |
| siggjen | guess some people should just start to take the bus | 21:13 |
| vidd | easter is the first sunday after the first full moon after the first day of spring.... | 21:13 |
| siggjen | you think about equinox? or what it is named? | 21:14 |
| vidd | a concession the catholic church made to indoctrinate the pagans into christian society | 21:15 |
| vidd | yes...the spring equinox is the official first day of spring | 21:15 |
| siggjen | and here lots of people go to the mountains during the easter holliday to go skiing | 21:16 |
| siggjen | guess they shouldnt ski with their cars as well d: | 21:17 |
| vidd | hehe | 21:17 |
| vidd | well....we still had issues.... | 21:19 |
| siggjen | oooops? | 21:20 |
| vidd | so I had my partner disable /var on hdc1 and restore /var on hda3, and the issue vanished | 21:21 |
| s_arts | off-topic: If some xubuntu-devs are available. You might want to take a look at ristretto 0.0.18. (released this afternoon) It 'just works' a little better then 0.0.17. | 21:21 |
| s_arts | just a hint ;) | 21:21 |
| siggjen | is that a xfce4 package? | 21:22 |
| s_arts | yes | 21:23 |
| s_arts | its the image viewer. | 21:23 |
| siggjen | ok, i didn't know | 21:23 |
| siggjen | have no idea if the devs are watching this channel | 21:23 |
| s_arts | It's part of hardy beta. | 21:23 |
| siggjen | probably better to say it to a mailing list | 21:24 |
| s_arts | I don't care that much myself. I run svn anyways. | 21:24 |
| siggjen | (: | 21:24 |
| vidd | their channel is #xubuntu-devel | 21:24 |
| siggjen | vidd: did you try to copy all from /var to the hdc drive? | 21:25 |
| siggjen | maybe a good idea to backup the hdc drive first d: | 21:26 |
| vidd | i passed that on to my partner | 21:26 |
| siggjen | humm, sounds like a good idea to have such a partner (; | 21:27 |
| vidd | we in #viddandme | 21:29 |
| Breakage | hey, anyone know how to get the backspace key to work with gnu screen in xfterm4? :) | 22:00 |
| Rhodetrem | hi, quick question: what is the default terminal used in Xubuntu? | 23:22 |
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