| homebrewcider | hey there, got a new video card, did the <sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg> thing, on restart the graphic is in 800x600, seemed much better beore I did the <sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg> thing | 00:30 |
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| TheSheep | homebrewcider: when you do it, it lets you choose the resolutions that will be available, and also to configure your monitor screen | 00:32 |
| TheSheep | homebrewcider: make sure you picked them correctly | 00:32 |
| homebrewcider | I chose relevant resolutions, nothing too extravagant | 00:33 |
| homebrewcider | it seems to be reverting to a "failsafe" | 00:33 |
| TheSheep | what about the monitor? it asks at some point whether to write the synch ranges to the files, it's better to answer no at that point | 00:33 |
| TheSheep | ah | 00:34 |
| TheSheep | then the driver you have chosen doesn't work for some reason | 00:34 |
| TheSheep | what card is that? | 00:34 |
| homebrewcider | asus en 8800gt, it just identified it as nvidia | 00:34 |
| TheSheep | homebrewcider: there should be a 'restricted driver manager' in your menu, under system | 00:35 |
| homebrewcider | tried that | 00:36 |
| TheSheep | did it install the driver | 00:36 |
| TheSheep | ? | 00:36 |
| homebrewcider | says "Your hardware does not need any restricted drivers" | 00:36 |
| TheSheep | ok, then it's not nvidia :/ | 00:36 |
| TheSheep | homebrewcider: what does 'lspci | grep VGA' say? | 00:37 |
| homebrewcider | <02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0611 (rev a2)> | 00:38 |
| TheSheep | weird | 00:38 |
| TheSheep | well, try 'sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx', this is the proprietary driver that nvidia provides | 00:38 |
| homebrewcider | I wasn't having this problem BEFORE I did the <sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg> | 00:39 |
| homebrewcider | gtting that now | 00:39 |
| homebrewcider | that's finished | 00:41 |
| homebrewcider | log out and back in? | 00:41 |
| TheSheep | now run that reconfigure again, select the 'nvidia' driver, all defaults, and to not write the sync ranges | 00:41 |
| homebrewcider | ok | 00:41 |
| homebrewcider | did that | 00:43 |
| TheSheep | ok, alt+ctrl+backspace will restart X, the graphical environemnt | 00:44 |
| TheSheep | 9it will also log you out) | 00:44 |
| homebrewcider | ok | 00:44 |
| homebrewcider | no, same deal, it's actually 640x480 | 00:45 |
| TheSheep | homebrewcider: can you pastebin your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and /var/log/Xorg.0.log ? | 00:47 |
| homebrewcider | sure | 00:47 |
| homebrewcider | http://pastebin.ca/988921 | 00:48 |
| TheSheep | ok, it uses driver 'nv', try using the driver 'nvidia' | 00:49 |
| TheSheep | is should have appeared on the list after you installed nvidia-glx | 00:49 |
| homebrewcider | http://pastebin.ca/988927 | 00:50 |
| homebrewcider | ok | 00:51 |
| homebrewcider | logging out, brb | 00:51 |
| homebrewcider | hmmm | 00:53 |
| TheSheep | any luck? | 00:53 |
| homebrewcider | no | 00:53 |
| TheSheep | can you also pastebin the /var/log/Xorg.0.log.last ? | 00:53 |
| homebrewcider | I redid the reconfigure, selected nvidia, not nv | 00:53 |
| === danielm_ is now known as danielm | ||
| homebrewcider | http://pastebin.ca/988933 | 00:56 |
| TheSheep | this looks good | 00:56 |
| TheSheep | http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=675453&highlight=8800gt | 01:00 |
| homebrewcider | http://pastebin.ca/988942 | 01:01 |
| homebrewcider | hmm, set res in reconf to 1280x1024 only? | 01:02 |
| TheSheep | wait, they tell to install the 'sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-new' | 01:03 |
| TheSheep | that's the driver for the most recent cards | 01:03 |
| TheSheep | http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=665018 | 01:03 |
| homebrewcider | I'll do that first then? new? | 01:03 |
| TheSheep | it will uninstall nvidia-glx and install nvidia-glx-new | 01:04 |
| homebrewcider | ok | 01:04 |
| TheSheep | you might need a reboot after that, the old nvidia module may be still in memory | 01:05 |
| homebrewcider | ok | 01:06 |
| homebrewcider | cheers | 01:06 |
| Mannequin | hi | 01:27 |
| Mannequin | is there any easy way to generate a list of current installed (by me) software. I ask because I'm going to format in few days (and then install the about to come Ubuntu version) | 01:28 |
| zoredache | there is a way to show all installed software... do a (dpkg --get-selections) in a terminal | 01:29 |
| zoredache | there is probably a way (but I don't know how) to dump the apt database that records if a package was installed automatically or manually | 01:30 |
| TheSheep | it's in /var/lib/apt/extended_states | 01:30 |
| Mannequin | ok, thanks | 01:31 |
| Mannequin | is it worth to delete hidden files (usually config files) in my user's home directory before re-installing? (I mean, to avoid conflicts, if any) | 01:32 |
| TheSheep | Mannequin: shouldn't be any conflicts | 01:32 |
| Mannequin | TheSheep: thanks | 01:33 |
| Mannequin | TheSheep: you say there is a way to filter apps installed by me? | 01:34 |
| zoredache | Mannequin: look at that file... anything with auto-installed: 0 is a manuall install | 01:34 |
| TheSheep | zoredache: the ones with auto-installed:0 are not listed there, I'm afraid | 01:37 |
| TheSheep | so filtering it would be non-trivial | 01:38 |
| zoredache | actually it should be easier that way | 01:38 |
| zoredache | so something like --- cat /var/lib/apt/extended_states | grep 'Package: ' | sed 's/Package: //' > /tmp/theautostuff ; dpkg --get-selections | grep -v -f /tmp/theautostuff | 01:43 |
| freerise | it sats in synaptics man page "A manual with detailed instructions can be found in the help menu of Synaptic." how do i access this help menu? | 02:23 |
| freerise | it says* | 02:24 |
| xxxxxxx | I have an intel video card how do i check for the latest driver? | 02:27 |
| xxxxxxx | I am running opengl 1.4 and need 2.0 is there a way to find out if my card supports it? | 02:28 |
| freerise | back to reading man pages and such | 02:35 |
| freerise | later | 02:35 |
| lobazo | I have a problem with the oxford advanced learner's dictionary. The fonts are smaller. There is a carpet of the program with the fonts but i don't know how can i change it | 03:10 |
| lobazo | ok other question. my screen resolution it's ok but in the starting of xubuntu change to other resolution an after session manager the resolution is good | 03:24 |
| lobazo | what i have to do? | 03:24 |
| godlygeek | for the life of me, i can't figure out where the default system menu comes from, but i'm trying to figure out why Accessories/Terminal doesn't respect /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator - can anyone give me a pointer? | 05:42 |
| Johninky | hello all | 07:36 |
| Johninky | Can I ask a quick question please, might take a long answer | 07:39 |
| The-Kernel | Johninky aure | 07:42 |
| Johninky | what is aure??? | 07:43 |
| The-Kernel | its a typo for "sure" | 07:43 |
| Johninky | i was wanting to know how to write driver for my wireless card | 07:44 |
| The-Kernel | how to write a driver?! | 07:45 |
| Johninky | yes | 07:45 |
| The-Kernel | Well...I'd suggest you first see if there's on for your card already. | 07:45 |
| The-Kernel | if not, then I suggest you visit the ubuntu-devel or xubuntu-devel channels | 07:46 |
| Johninky | Yea there is one for windows it is a .inf file but I can not get it to load or I really might know how to do it right | 07:47 |
| The-Kernel | you tried ndiswrapper? | 07:47 |
| The-Kernel | !ndiswrapper | 07:47 |
| ubotu | Wireless documentation can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs | 07:47 |
| Johninky | I have tried ndisgtk and ndiswrapper | 07:48 |
| The-Kernel | Well, then it just might be that your card is not supported....what kind is it? | 07:48 |
| Johninky | dynex dx-wgdtc | 07:49 |
| Johninky | wireless g card | 07:49 |
| Johninky | I have spent a week to get the defalt to load | 07:50 |
| zoredache | why not just by a working card? | 07:51 |
| zoredache | buy* | 07:51 |
| Johninky | I thought I did, I bought another card it is a netgear wn311b | 07:52 |
| Johninky | it is a wireless n card | 07:52 |
| Johninky | it say on the box that it works with unix | 07:53 |
| Johninky | thank you for your help I have moved over to ubuntu-devel to see if I can get more help ther and thank you again | 07:56 |
| homebrewcider | ok, new video card, asus en8800gt, <sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg>, the result is 640x480 res, sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-new, <sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg>, restart, still the same. anybody got any ideas | 09:26 |
| homebrewcider | anybody? | 10:09 |
| gynterk | Hello, Xubuntu 7.10, any ideas why I can play some wma files and some not? | 10:12 |
| homebrewcider | drm issue maybe gynterk? | 10:12 |
| gynterk | hmm | 10:13 |
| gynterk | might be indeed | 10:13 |
| gynterk | but in Win those files worked correctly | 10:13 |
| gynterk | wint mediaplayer | 10:13 |
| gynterk | I also have "License Backup" from windows | 10:14 |
| gynterk | so is there a way to get those files working again? | 10:16 |
| gynterk | I'm really not up to re-rip all those CD-s :P | 10:16 |
| gynterk | ~3000 songs | 10:16 |
| homebrewcider | convert the lot to mp3 | 10:16 |
| gynterk | but converting to mp3 doesn't have drm issue ? | 10:17 |
| gynterk | or ogg | 10:17 |
| homebrewcider | worth a shot with one of the affected songs for starters | 10:17 |
| gynterk | hmm but converting to mp3 or ogg means also loss | 10:17 |
| gynterk | but does the DRM thing depend on audio-player? | 10:19 |
| homebrewcider | dunno | 10:19 |
| gynterk | Currently I'm using audacious, but in Debian with Amarok it was okay | 10:19 |
| === Mattz is now known as MatBoy | ||
| homebrewcider | new video card, asus en8800gt, <sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg>, the result is 640x480 res, sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-new, <sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg>, restart, still the same. anybody got any ideas | 10:24 |
| homebrewcider | does anybody have a EN8800GT installed in Xubuntu? | 11:08 |
| ablomen | homebrewcider, i have a gts, dunno if it makes much difference | 11:08 |
| homebrewcider | got nvidia drivers working? | 11:09 |
| ablomen | yep without a problem | 11:09 |
| homebrewcider | can I ask how? I'm having all sorts of problems | 11:09 |
| ablomen | i just installed the -new drivers, manually set the driver to nvidia and fine-tuned everything with nvidia-settings | 11:10 |
| homebrewcider | sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-new | 11:10 |
| homebrewcider | did that | 11:10 |
| homebrewcider | ight so far? | 11:10 |
| homebrewcider | right so far? | 11:10 |
| ablomen | yeah | 11:11 |
| homebrewcider | then what? did you do the dpkg command? | 11:11 |
| ablomen | then just open /etc/X11/xorg.conf in the text-editor of your preference (with sudo) and search for the word Driver | 11:12 |
| ablomen | that should end up looking like this: Driver "nvidia" | 11:12 |
| homebrewcider | mine does | 11:12 |
| ablomen | ok well then you can try setting a different resolution in nvidia-settings (with sudo again) | 11:13 |
| homebrewcider | nvidia settings? | 11:13 |
| ablomen | yeah just run `sudo nvidia-settings` in a terminal | 11:13 |
| homebrewcider | mmm, I'll be back | 11:14 |
| homebrewcider | thanx | 11:14 |
| ablomen | ok good luck | 11:14 |
| homebrewcider | You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file (just run `nvidia-xconfig` as root), and restart the X server. | 11:15 |
| homebrewcider | <Section "Device" | 11:15 |
| homebrewcider | Identifier "EN8800GT" | 11:15 |
| homebrewcider | Driver "nvidia" | 11:15 |
| homebrewcider | EndSection> | 11:15 |
| homebrewcider | that's from my xorg.conf | 11:16 |
| ablomen | hmm did you restart X ? | 11:16 |
| homebrewcider | hang on | 11:16 |
| ablomen | yay for restarting without me telling him he should modprobe the module too \o/ | 11:17 |
| homebrewcider | no still no joy | 11:20 |
| ablomen | did you see an nvidia logo when X started? | 11:20 |
| homebrewcider | no | 11:20 |
| ablomen | and did you restart your computer or only X? | 11:20 |
| homebrewcider | tried both | 11:21 |
| homebrewcider | it's saying I'm not using the NVIDIA X driver, capital letters, inmy xorg.conf file nvidia is in lower case, | 11:22 |
| ablomen | hmm what output do you get if you enter `lsmod | grep nvidia` in a terminal? | 11:22 |
| homebrewcider | <nvidia 6221648 0 | 11:23 |
| homebrewcider | agpgart 35016 1 nvidia | 11:23 |
| homebrewcider | i2c_core 26112 2 nvidia,i2c_nforce2> | 11:23 |
| ablomen | hmm | 11:24 |
| ablomen | well sorry i dont know then, not i problem i ever had | 11:24 |
| ablomen | you could try #ubuntu | 11:24 |
| homebrewcider | ok | 11:24 |
| homebrewcider | cheers | 11:24 |
| ablomen | good luck homebrewcider | 11:24 |
| heno | is anyone here able to perform xubuntu gutsy -> hardy upgrade tests? | 11:42 |
| heno | and ideally dapper -> hardy | 11:42 |
| heno | i386 and amd64 | 11:42 |
| heno | those are listed on http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com but look unlikely to get coverage | 11:43 |
| heno | we have done extensive upgrade tests generally though with lots of packages installed, including the xfce stuff | 11:44 |
| heno | so unless someone wants to do those tests specifically, I'm inclined to just hide the entries in the tracker | 11:45 |
| pulseezar | heya, cansomeone recommend a good bit torrent client to use with xubuntu, I can't find any one synaptic. | 11:47 |
| TheSheep | I believe transmission is installed by default in hardy | 11:53 |
| Iskr | transmission is also "in synaptic" in gutsy | 11:53 |
| gynterk | i have a problem, Xubuntu 7.10 | 12:00 |
| gynterk | If i connect my mp3player I can't see it | 12:00 |
| gynterk | tail -f /var/log/messages: Apr 18 14:00:06 pupsik kernel: [ 8320.074930] usb 3-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 10 | 12:00 |
| gynterk | and thats all | 12:00 |
| gynterk | Player is Apacer AudioSteno AS820 | 12:01 |
| gynterk | odd | 12:02 |
| gynterk | now it found | 12:02 |
| gynterk | hmm | 12:02 |
| gynterk | okay | 12:02 |
| gynterk | thanks anyway :P | 12:02 |
| NekoKun | Can I somehow list the installed packages and the space used by them? I've installed xUbuntu, but I want to slim it down | 13:34 |
| kennethr | does xubuntu benefit from ubuntu's LTS rating of a release? ie. will xubuntu 8.04 have the same support model as ubuntu 8.04? | 13:44 |
| kennethr | LTS? | 13:45 |
| TheSheep | kennethr: no | 13:47 |
| TheSheep | kennethr: well, it benefits indirectly, as it is based on ubuntu | 13:48 |
| TheSheep | kennethr: but there is no commercial support for xubuntu, so obviously there is also no lts | 13:48 |
| kennethr | TheSheep: ok, maybe I don't understand lts. | 13:48 |
| kennethr | TheSheep: will software updates for xubuntu 8.04 be released for a longer period of time than 7.10? what about ubuntu 8.04 lts vs. 7.10? | 13:50 |
| Helsu | Are there no FTP servers for Xubuntu? | 13:51 |
| Helsu | Because I don't find ANY FTP servers when I search for ftp server in add/remove. Just apps for administering servers and FTP clients. | 13:51 |
| TheSheep | kennethr: xubuntu will use all the pathes released for ubuntu, they share a common base | 13:52 |
| TheSheep | !ftp | 13:52 |
| ubotu | FTP clients: !Nautilus, !gFTP (for !GNOME) - !Konqueror, !Kasablanca, !KFTPGrabber (for !KDE) - See also !FTPd | 13:52 |
| TheSheep | !ftpd | 13:53 |
| ubotu | FTP servers: ftpd, proftpd, pure-ftpd, twoftpd, vsftpd, MuddleFTPd, wzdftpd - Graphical front-ends: PureAdmin, GProftpd (for GNOME), KcmPureftpd (for !KDE) - See also !FTP | 13:53 |
| Helsu | How can I easily set a particular APP to autoboot? | 13:54 |
| Helsu | Preferably without the use of a command line | 13:54 |
| Helsu | I can't find anyo of these (proftpd, pure-ftpd, twoftpd, vsftpd, MuddleFTPd, wzdftpd), and ftpd is only available as a server manager | 13:56 |
| TheSheep | Helsu: they are not in synaptic? | 13:57 |
| Helsu | They are not in add/remove applications, no | 13:57 |
| TheSheep | Helsu: add/remove applications contains just a few most poular desktop applications, use synaptic | 13:58 |
| Helsu | Do you know which of these "proftpd, pure-ftpd, twoftpd, vsftpd, MuddleFTPd and wzdftpd" have a GUI? | 14:01 |
| TheSheep | Helsu: none, they are servers | 14:05 |
| Helsu | right | 14:06 |
| TheSheep | there separate 'graphical frontends' for managing them | 14:06 |
| TheSheep | they are listed in that factoid | 14:06 |
| Helsu | but i can configure them from a GUI? | 14:07 |
| TheSheep | yes, with those frontends | 14:07 |
| Helsu | from windows too? | 14:09 |
| TheSheep | no | 14:09 |
| TheSheep | unless you use something like vnc | 14:10 |
| TheSheep | to run that gui app on the linux but display on windows | 14:10 |
| Helsu | ok | 14:10 |
| Helsu | do you know of an app that i can install from synaptic | 14:10 |
| Helsu | just set up a password | 14:10 |
| Helsu | then i can turn this machine off | 14:11 |
| Helsu | put it in another room, boot it there | 14:11 |
| Helsu | and have a remote desktop over lan using tightvnc? | 14:11 |
| TheSheep | !vnc | 14:11 |
| ubotu | VNC is a protocol for remote desktop. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNCOverSSH describes how to use it securely. It works best over fast connections, otherwise look at !FreeNX | 14:11 |
| TheSheep | this howto should be helpful | 14:11 |
| === pleia2_ is now known as pleia2 | ||
| Helsu | ok | 14:13 |
| Helsu | i set the server packages for install in synaptic | 14:14 |
| Helsu | by the way how is xubuntu with oki? | 14:15 |
| Helsu | good support? | 14:15 |
| TheSheep | oki? | 14:15 |
| TheSheep | ah, printers? | 14:16 |
| Helsu | yeah | 14:16 |
| TheSheep | no idea, I guess it dpends on the model, there is a hardware compatibility list on the ubuntu wiki, you can also check the forums | 14:16 |
| Helsu | ok | 14:16 |
| Helsu | now i'll try to shut this desktop down | 14:16 |
| Helsu | boot it | 14:16 |
| Helsu | and try to connect with tightvnc from my laptop | 14:17 |
| Helsu | without doing anything at the desktop | 14:17 |
| Helsu | thanks for your help for now. | 14:17 |
| homebrewcider | anybody got a en8800gt video card installed that could help me please? | 14:23 |
| Helsu | ok, i couldn't connect. i entered my hostname (hjemmeserver) | 14:24 |
| Helsu | just typing that in tightvnc worked yesterday with another app | 14:24 |
| Helsu | !vnc | 14:24 |
| ubotu | VNC is a protocol for remote desktop. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNCOverSSH describes how to use it securely. It works best over fast connections, otherwise look at !FreeNX | 14:24 |
| Helsu | is is suppose to be auto-booted, right? | 14:25 |
| Helsu | the vnc server | 14:25 |
| nyn84 | hi everyone, I have a question about xubuntu | 14:29 |
| TheSheep | Helsu: I think you need to enable it | 14:29 |
| TheSheep | !ask | nyn84 | 14:29 |
| ubotu | nyn84: 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. :-) | 14:29 |
| nyn84 | I have a usb mouse connected to my notebook and once in a while it just stops working, I wonder what kind of command I should use to check if theres something wrong with the drivers | 14:31 |
| Helsu | It works with this app I got from add/remove, it's called KDE desktop sharing | 14:31 |
| TheSheep | nyn84: dmesg | tail will show you last kernel messges | 14:31 |
| Helsu | it works brilliant | 14:31 |
| Helsu | the only problem is it doesn't auto-boot | 14:31 |
| TheSheep | nyn84: lsusb will giv you the list of connected usb devices | 14:32 |
| Helsu | Is there any way you can help me get it to automatically start? | 14:32 |
| nyn84 | lsusb tells me the mouse is recognized even when it doesn't work, and should I use that other command right now or just when it stopped working again? | 14:32 |
| TheSheep | Helsu: maybe try checking system->services | 14:33 |
| TheSheep | Helsu: and enabling it in there | 14:34 |
| Helsu | i it isn't there | 14:35 |
| TheSheep | :/ | 14:36 |
| TheSheep | Helsu: what are you doing to start it? | 14:36 |
| Helsu | I go to applications/network | 14:37 |
| Helsu | alternatively i can enable the other server thing i instaleld from the wiki | 14:38 |
| Helsu | i've only done the thing under SSH, but i don't care about the encryption | 14:38 |
| Helsu | How can I alternatively enable the server? Not the KDE thing | 14:38 |
| TheSheep | it's not listed in services either? | 14:39 |
| Helsu | no | 14:40 |
| nyn84 | anymore thoughts on the usb thing? | 14:41 |
| TheSheep | Helsu: I'm sorry, I never played with this, the wiki and forums may have some answers | 14:41 |
| TheSheep | nyn84: anything I can think of is to look for suspicious messages in dmesg | 14:42 |
| nyn84 | yeah, I guess I'll have to wait then ^^ | 14:42 |
| nyn84 | I've got another one though: I managed to create a key shortcut for the windows key, however I have two press it twice to execute the assigned action, how do I change that, so that pressin once will do the same thing? | 14:44 |
| TheSheep | I usually worked around that by editing the .config/xfce4/shortcuts/*.xml file directly | 14:47 |
| nyn84 | I cannot find that folder | 14:50 |
| TheSheep | all files starting with a period are hidden | 14:50 |
| TheSheep | enable displaying of hidden files in Thunar by pressing ctrl+h or selecting it from menu | 14:51 |
| nyn84 | did that but it still doesn't show | 14:52 |
| nyn84 | where is the .config directory located? in / ? | 14:56 |
| TheSheep | nyn84: in your home directory | 14:56 |
| nyn84 | yeah when you know where to look you find things XD | 14:57 |
| nyn84 | okay, I've got the file now and it says basically the same thing the GUI keyboard settings | 14:58 |
| nyn84 | <shortcut command="xfce4-terminal" keys="Super+Super_L"/> | 14:59 |
| TheSheep | nyn84: yes, but now you can edit the shortcut to read "Super" instead of "Super+Super_L" | 14:59 |
| nyn84 | <shortcut command="xfce4-terminal" keys="Super"/> | 15:00 |
| TheSheep | nyn84: the Super keys are weird because they can be used both as "shift" key and alone | 15:00 |
| TheSheep | yes | 15:00 |
| nyn84 | that did not help | 15:00 |
| nyn84 | now pressing the key does nothing | 15:01 |
| TheSheep | :/ | 15:01 |
| TheSheep | what if you put Super_L in there? | 15:02 |
| nyn84 | no | 15:03 |
| nyn84 | still have to press twice | 15:03 |
| nyn84 | or again ^^ | 15:03 |
| nyn84 | ha | 15:03 |
| nyn84 | wait | 15:03 |
| nyn84 | it did work ^^ | 15:03 |
| nyn84 | thank you very much | 15:04 |
| TheSheep | :) | 15:04 |
| nyn84 | btw I thing it has a nice subtext to it to have the windows key open a terminal XD | 15:06 |
| nyn84 | *think | 15:06 |
| Helsu | sheep | 15:07 |
| Helsu | do you know how i can make the thing you linked to me autoboot then? | 15:07 |
| Helsu | or be enabled? | 15:07 |
| TheSheep | Helsu: the vlc? | 15:07 |
| TheSheep | Helsu: sorry, vnc? | 15:08 |
| Helsu | yes | 15:09 |
| TheSheep | Helsu: I'm sorry, maybe someone else here, you could also ask in #ubuntu, it's a general thing I think | 15:09 |
| Helsu | ok | 15:09 |
| Helsu | but from my experience my question will drown in there | 15:10 |
| TheSheep | yeah, it's very busy | 15:10 |
| TheSheep | you could also post a question on forum | 15:10 |
| nyn84 | TheSheep: are you in the mood for another one? | 15:13 |
| TheSheep | nyn84: shoot | 15:13 |
| TheSheep | btw, I'm not the only user here, you know | 15:13 |
| nyn84 | yeah but you're the only one who's talking ^ | 15:13 |
| nyn85 | sorry, my connection broke | 15:25 |
| nyn85 | TheSheep: are you still there? | 15:26 |
| TheSheep | yes | 15:26 |
| nyn85 | did you say anything after I described the problem? | 15:27 |
| floating | err hi. how do i run a terminal from a terminal | 15:29 |
| nyn85 | xfce4-terminal | 15:30 |
| floating | thx | 15:30 |
| TheSheep | nyn85: last thing you said was "16:13 < nyn84> yeah but you're the only one who's talking ^ | 15:30 |
| nyn85 | oh so the connection was already gone then | 15:30 |
| nyn85 | I've been trying to install this black theme: http://www.xfce-look.org/content/show.php/My+OLD+themes?content=79038 ; but I did not do it right apparently, it does show up in the user interface settings, but blue not black and it does not show up in the window manager | 15:31 |
| nyn85 | the file contains a lot of archives and I'm not sure whihch to put where | 15:32 |
| nyn85 | I guess with the blue thing that I put the wrong file into it, since there's also a blue theme in th package | 15:33 |
| nyn85 | but why wouldn't it appear in the window manager as well? | 15:34 |
| TheSheep | nyn85: I guess you need to unpack the NovumOs-gtk2 archive to your .themes | 15:35 |
| TheSheep | nyn85: the window manager theme is for metacity, so it won't work with xfce | 15:35 |
| TheSheep | nyn85: but the gtk theme and wallpapers will | 15:36 |
| nyn85 | does that mean the windows will keep looking as they are now? | 15:36 |
| TheSheep | nyn85: the gdm theme can be installed by dragging-and-dropping the archive into the login window settings program | 15:36 |
| nyn85 | let's go step by step: I unpacked the Novum-file, it contains 4 more archives | 15:37 |
| nyn85 | do all of these need to be unpacked in the .themes folder? | 15:38 |
| TheSheep | no, just the -gtk2 one | 15:39 |
| TheSheep | yes, the window borders won't change | 15:39 |
| nyn85 | ok I unpacked that file into the .themes | 15:41 |
| nyn85 | where do the other ones go? | 15:41 |
| TheSheep | it should now appear in the user interface settings | 15:41 |
| nyn85 | yes it does | 15:42 |
| TheSheep | for the gdm theme, open the settings->login window settings, and dragn-and-drop the archive into the theme list | 15:42 |
| TheSheep | the third one, for metacity, is useless for xfce | 15:42 |
| nyn85 | thats too bad | 15:43 |
| nyn85 | what about the 4th? | 15:44 |
| TheSheep | I only see 3 | 15:44 |
| TheSheep | -gdm, -gtk2 and -rounded | 15:45 |
| nyn85 | wait a sec, I'll make a list | 15:45 |
| nyn85 | logo.png NovumOS-GDM.tar.gz NovumOS-Rounded.tar.gz Walls | 15:46 |
| nyn85 | NovumOS.cgwdtheme NovumOS-gtk2.tar.gz NovumOS-Splash.png | 15:46 |
| nyn85 | see the cgwdtheme ? | 15:46 |
| TheSheep | ah, no idea what that is :) | 15:47 |
| nyn85 | XD | 15:47 |
| TheSheep | splash won't work for xfce either | 15:47 |
| TheSheep | no, wait, you can set it as image | 15:47 |
| TheSheep | in one of the splash engines in splash settings | 15:47 |
| nyn85 | splash means splash screen in this case? | 15:48 |
| TheSheep | yes, xubuntu has it normally disabled | 15:48 |
| nyn85 | yeah I don't need that anyway | 15:49 |
| homebrewcider | can someone please help me get this en8800gt card working in linux please | 15:49 |
| TheSheep | homebrewcider: you could try with the binary drivers from nvidia site | 15:49 |
| TheSheep | !nvidia | 15:49 |
| ubotu | For Ati/NVidia/Matrox video cards, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto | 15:49 |
| nyn85 | its weird though; I got this theme from the xfce-look page, so why would there be a theme thats no use under xfce? | 15:50 |
| homebrewcider | doesn't seem to want to work | 15:50 |
| nyn85 | I mean the picture sure is pretty XD | 15:50 |
| homebrewcider | did the binary thing | 15:50 |
| TheSheep | nyn85: well, part of it works, I guess he uploaded it to both xfce-look and gnome-look | 15:50 |
| nyn85 | yeah but it does look quite stupid right now ^^ | 15:51 |
| nyn85 | but anyway, no I know where everything goes | 15:51 |
| nyn85 | one last thing though: if there were an archive that would change the theme for the windows as well, what would it be named? | 15:52 |
| nyn85 | (just to make sure the next theme I download contains everything I need) | 15:52 |
| TheSheep | nyn85: I guess -xfwm4 | 15:53 |
| TheSheep | nyn85: it would contain the 'themerc' file | 15:53 |
| TheSheep | and some pictures | 15:53 |
| nyn85 | well then many thanks again, you've been extremely helpful | 15:54 |
| homebrewcider | it's late here, I'll work on this tomorow................................... | 15:55 |
| floating | this step dont work on my xubuntu https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Japanese_Input_and_Fonts_in_Ubuntu_7.10_using_SCIM#head-0401ff0f4ac4c61dc1e3971fc2a1d333e35ed708 | 16:20 |
| floating | there is no such file as 74custom-scim_startup | 16:21 |
| soren | Does seahorse-agent not ask you guys for ssh passphrases either or is it just me? | 18:35 |
| TheSheep | soren: it might ask for one when it needs to get the password for your wifi, for example | 18:38 |
| grothesk | Hi | 20:14 |
| grothesk | Will an upgrade from Dapper to Hardy be possible? | 20:15 |
| grothesk | And do I use update-manager in order to do so? | 20:15 |
| The_kernel | grothesk: without format and reinstall, not likely. | 20:15 |
| The_kernel | I couldn't get to feisty from dapper | 20:15 |
| grothesk | Oh. | 20:15 |
| grothesk | Are the differences bigger in xubuntu than in ubuntu or kubuntu? | 20:16 |
| grothesk | Becaus these two support jumping from Dapper to Hardy | 20:16 |
| TheSheep | jumping from dapper to hardy will be made possible -- they are both lts versions | 20:20 |
| jarnos | Hello. Is there some dropped support of old hardware in Hardy? | 20:22 |
| grothesk | Hm.... Is TheSheep right or is The-Kernel right? :-) | 20:31 |
| initwit | instead of synaptic'ing myself into an early grave, wouldn't it be easier for me to just download a cp of gubuntu, kubuntu and any other ubuntu? | 20:31 |
| The_kernel | grothesk: TheSheep is right | 20:36 |
| initwit | it started so simply, i just wanted to compile mc, and one thing led to another and synaptic advised that i install/upgrade 129 megs of stuff. | 20:38 |
| TheSheep | initwit: why didn't you install mc from the repo? | 20:40 |
| initwit | i did, at first. but i like to turn off the mouse in gpm | 20:40 |
| initwit | so i needed to run ./configure | 20:41 |
| initwit | but i do want to install a bunch of gnome stuff, so maybe i can just dl gubuntu | 20:44 |
| initwit | TheSheep: this is my slackware fs. when i am 'freerise' i am running xubuntu | 20:45 |
| grothesk | Will an upgrade from dapper to hardy be done by the official updatetool? (If there is any in xubuntu) | 20:49 |
| TheSheep | grothesk: most likely | 20:52 |
| hhlp | hi., how i can see my networks machines in xubuntu ? | 21:46 |
| TheSheep | hhlp: what kind of network? | 21:59 |
| hhlp | TheSheep, i want to see al my machine in the network one machine with xubuntu and another with winxp i install samba and nfs but i cant find how to see the xp machine in ubuntu | 22:00 |
| TheSheep | hhlp: http://grumpymole.blogspot.com/2006/12/xubuntu-browsing-samba-shares-with.html | 22:02 |
| hhlp | thx TheSheep | 22:04 |
| progek | Hi room, I just installed xubuntu and am trying to connect to my router (wireless card). I can connect to non secured networks fine, but not mine (WPA). I'm using Wicd to try and connect, but it hangs on "obtaining ip address" | 22:25 |
| progek | My other computer can connect fine through wireless. I would appreciate any help. | 22:26 |
| TheSheep | !wifi | 22:28 |
| ubotu | Wireless documentation can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs | 22:28 |
| amine | printf("Hello world!"); | 22:43 |
| amine | :D | 22:43 |
| amine | r u alive people? | 22:44 |
| TheSheep | amine: no | 22:44 |
| amine | lol a zombie is talking to me :D | 22:44 |
| TheSheep | amine: you probably want to go to #c or something :) | 22:44 |
| amine | sorry it was a bad joke | 22:44 |
| amine | lol | 22:44 |
| amine | so i've got a small stupid question | 22:45 |
| amine | hope u can help | 22:45 |
| BunnyRevolution | i have a small stupid answer | 22:45 |
| amine | really? | 22:45 |
| TheSheep | amine: yes, I already answered | 22:45 |
| nicolas | hey im on ppc and im not able to change resolution | 22:45 |
| amine | i don't have system sounds in my xubuntu | 22:46 |
| nicolas | :( | 22:46 |
| TheSheep | amine: xubuntu doesn't do system sounds | 22:46 |
| BunnyRevolution | amine: hardy beta? | 22:46 |
| amine | but :s | 22:46 |
| amine | i've just some bips | 22:46 |
| amine | nn gutsy gibbon | 22:46 |
| PsynoKhi0 | heya | 22:52 |
| amine | so... | 23:03 |
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| dizee | hello just wondering if totem is going to be installed by default in xubuntu hardy | 23:53 |
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