[01:58] <alarmo> Hello, everyone. Can anyone help me trying to dim my notebook's lcd brightness on 8.04 beta ? The thing is blinding me already...
[02:09] <shinynew> anyone here?
[02:12] <gaurdro> I am
[02:13] <tim__> no one is here?
[02:19] <zoredache> !anyone | shinynew
[02:19] <ubotu> shinynew: A large amount of the first questions asked in this channel start with "Does anyone/anybody..."  Why not ask your next question (the real one) and find out?
[02:20] <shinynew> ok if i change my .xsession and leave the gdm to the .xclient script will it run the .xsession?
[02:20] <shinynew> how should i go about just writeing a few things to start up and not xfce4 desktop
[02:22] <tim__> sry no one is here
[09:22] <LeFish-Xubuntu> hi anyone has some time to give me a quick hint?
[09:34] <Iskr> LeFish-Xubuntu, just ask if someone know the answer will answer you
[09:38] <LeFish-Xubuntu> i can adjust the volume using comands like amixer set Master 5+-
[09:38] <LeFish-Xubuntu> but amixer set Master mute or toggle doesnt do anything
[10:26] <whileimhere> Good Morning from the eastcoast USA
[10:26] <whileimhere> How are all the roomies here today?
[10:27] <whileimhere> I just switched over to XFCE in hoped of getting some improvements in my AMD Sempron with just a gig of ram.
[11:57] <yodah> i get this when i try to boot from xubuntu 7.10 live cd --> [ 0.000000] ACPI: BIOS age (1999) fails cutoff (2000), acpi=force is required to enable ACPI
[11:57] <yodah> its an old compaq PII
[11:57] <yodah> with 160MB of RAM
[11:59] <yodah> any help....?
[12:07] <Iskr> it remids me something
[12:07] <Iskr> i think i too experienced this once
[12:07] <Iskr> try to use the option provided
[12:07] <Iskr> (acpi=force)
[12:26] <yodah> Iskr : i am a n00b, how do i use that option?
[12:26] <TheSheep> !boot | yodah
[12:26] <ubotu> yodah: Boot options: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions - To add/remove startup services, you can use the package 'bum', or update-rc.d - To add your own startup scripts, use /etc/rc.local - See also !grub and !dualboot - Making a boot floppy: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GrubHowto/BootFloppy - Also see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SmartBootManagerHowto
[12:30] <skylive> Hi all, what's a good wifi manager for xubuntu? would be great if it can connect on startup.
[12:31] <cody-somerville> Xubuntu includes the network manager applet
[12:32] <skylive> correct, but my wireless USB Adapter is not listed there, even though through ndiswrapper's GUI, its installed.
[12:41] <skylive> hello? What's a good alternative?
[12:41] <Iskr> don't know
[14:38] <pteague> what's the diff between totem-gstreamer & totem-xine ?
[14:39] <pteague> i guess the better question is what's the diff between gstreamer & xine?
[14:39] <cody-somerville> They're different backends
[14:41] <kommer> Can anyone help me out with the screen resolution in xubuntu please?
[15:54] <Qjimbo> hey
[15:54] <Qjimbo> how do I force a text mode installed on xubuntu?
[15:54] <Qjimbo> *install
[15:55] <Qjimbo> the cd drive on my laptop is too slow to effectively run the live cd
[15:55] <Iskr> use the alternate install cd
[15:55] <Qjimbo> oh?
[15:56] <TheSheep> !alternate
[15:56] <ubotu> 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
[15:56] <Iskr> !minimal
[15:56] <ubotu> The Minimal CD image is very small in size, and it downloads most packages from the Internet during installation, allowing you to select only those you want (the installer is like the one on the !Alternate CD). See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD
[15:59] <Qjimbo> thanks downloading now =)
[15:59] <Qjimbo> yeah I grabbed the desktop one before, that was silly
[16:49] <breetai> Hey all. Does anybody know if wubi is on the Xubuntu 8.04 Beta
[16:50] <cody-somerville> I believe it is but someone reported they had difficulty with it on amd64
[16:50] <cody-somerville> I'd love to hear from you if you get it to work or not
[17:03] <breetai> cody-somerville: looks like it is time for me to download the ISO
[17:04] <cody-somerville> :)
[18:01] <Qjimbo> Is it possible to skip the "Scanning the mirror..." part of the text install?
[18:02] <Qjimbo> it's been stuck on 60% for ages because I haven't configured the network yet
[18:06] <zoredache> Qjimbo: it is possible if you go into expert mode I believe...
[18:47] <Qjimbo> hmm still stuck at 60%
[18:47] <Qjimbo> I don't know how  to get into expert mode =(
[18:48] <maxamillion> then you shouldn't be in expert mode
[18:49] <cody-somerville> lol
[18:51] <Qjimbo> well I've found Alt+F4 brings up another console which shows whats going on
[19:40] <_maw> in xubuntu my laptop audio keys were not automatically discovered (kubuntu did this for me) any suggestions?
[19:40] <cody-somerville> _maw, try installing aumix
[19:41] <_maw> text or gtk?
[19:41] <_maw> I don't really care either way
[19:42] <cody-somerville> Actually, disregard that
[19:42] <cody-somerville> One moment please
[19:44] <_maw> ah ok I see what this app does, I will keep it but it doesnt make the hardware buttons work :\
[20:39] <birgi> hey all, i just installed xubuntu and have a problem. after the grub menu i only see a black screen until the gdm asks for a password. how can i fix this?
[20:41] <HACKhalo2> :?
[20:42] <TheSheep> birgi: edot /etc/ussplash.conf and put smaller resolutioni n there
[20:42] <HACKhalo2> try using the password you set when you installed Xubuntu
[20:43] <birgi> thanks guys, it is annoying because normally linux shows everything that it does in the boot process, but now i can see nothing, let me try that resolution thing
[20:45] <birgi> TheSheep: now it is 1280x1024, what would you suggest? and this is only for the part before the gdm right?
[20:45] <TheSheep> birgi: yes, maybe 1024x768
[20:46] <birgi> ok thanks
[21:26] <Qjimbo> heh well I'm now onto the main install
[21:26] <Qjimbo> and this cd-r seems to be working the cd drive hard
[21:26] <Qjimbo> the laser movement sounds like there's a little mouse inside haxsawing
[21:33] <Lobster> hello
[21:33] <Qjimbo> hey hows it going?
[21:33] <zoredache> !hi
[21:33] <ubotu> Hi! Welcome to #xubuntu!
[21:33] <Qjimbo> rofl
[21:34] <Qjimbo> thats the laziest script ever
[21:34] <HACKhalo2> lol
[21:34] <HACKhalo2> i want one :P
[21:34] <Lobster> where are the theme-files for window-decoration stored?
[21:34]  * HACKhalo2 huggles ubotu
[21:34] <zoredache> !botsnack
[21:34] <ubotu> Yum! Err, I mean, APT!
[21:35] <HACKhalo2> can i have one zoredache?
[21:35] <zoredache> can you have what?
[21:35] <HACKhalo2> a ubotu?
[21:36] <zoredache> !ubotu
[21:36] <ubotu> I am ubotu, all-knowing infobot. You can browse my brain at http://ubotu.ubuntu-nl.org/factoids.cgi - Usage info: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBots
[22:31] <Qjimbo> ok so best way of getting my netgear wg511 wireless card to work in xubuntu?
[22:32] <zoredache> I would start by checking out the wifi docs...
[22:32] <zoredache> !wifi | Qjimbo
[22:32] <ubotu> Qjimbo: Wireless documentation can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs
[22:41] <Lobster> may I change the sounds of errors? it always beeps and thats anoying
[22:43] <Iskr> well it maybe is your internal speaker
[22:44] <zoredache> what is 'it' that is beeping?
[22:48] <zoredache> for example in bash you can set your 'bell-style' to 'visible'
[22:49] <Lobster> yes the internal speaker. it's for example when I hit backspace in an empty text field
[22:53] <Iskr> so you could mute it
[22:53] <Iskr> i did so
[22:55] <Lobster> yeah I hoped not to have to use the unplug-speaker-solution ;) I will try that bell-style otion
[23:12] <birgi> TheSheep: it did not work out...
[23:13] <TheSheep> birgi: is it a laptop?
[23:14] <birgi> yes it is, it has a problematic video card (ati hd 2600)
[23:14] <TheSheep> birgi: some laptops will try to display the usplash on their vga out or something like that
[23:15] <TheSheep> birgi: you can disable the graphical splash entirely and have text instead
[23:15] <birgi> yep, it perfectly works for me, how can i do that?
[23:16] <TheSheep> birgi: edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and remove 'quiet splash' options from boot options
[23:16] <birgi> ok, thanks a lot.
[23:42] <Lobster> hmmm I didn't got rid of that beep, but I got rid of that stupid capslock :)