/srv/irclogs.ubuntu.com/2008/05/28/#xubuntu.txt

squirkeysorry guys.  I am not getting it to work00:03
thinkmassiveno need to apologize to us :-P00:06
squirkeyhere is what I have done: cd to the theme folder, sudo tar -zxvf /home/ward/Desktop/81130-Ubuntu Professional v2.tar.gz00:08
squirkeyAnd it won't extract00:08
thinkmassiveyou have to escape the spaces00:09
squirkeyeven though the are in the file name?00:10
thinkmassivebecause they are in the filename00:10
thinkmassiveprepend every space with \00:10
thinkmassivesudo tar -zxvf /home/ward/Desktop/81130-Ubuntu\ Professional\ v2.tar.gz00:10
squirkeythanks.00:10
squirkeythat worked like a charm00:11
squirkeyI have another question, I thought that this new theme would just show up in the list.  What else do I need to do make it show up?00:14
zoredache!themes00:14
ubottuFind your themes at: http://www.gnome-look.org - http://art.gnome.org - http://www.kde-look.org - http://kubuntu-art.org - http://themes.freshmeat.net/browse/58/ - http://www.guistyles.com - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/ - Also see !changethemes and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuEyeCandy00:14
zoredache!xfcetheme00:14
ubottuFactoid xfcetheme not found00:14
squirkeySorry, I seemed to get a little happy with the mouse00:17
=== Thomas is now known as The-kernel
derfermani installed xubuntu 8.04 on a thinkpad t23, however, i can't get past boot02:08
derfermani get to the status bar, and it stops about 15% part of the way02:08
randomblinkAnyone here have a moment to help a COMPLETE Linux newb who just installed Ubuntu 8 Server?03:02
randomblinkI just wanna get a GUI up03:02
randomblinkno love?03:11
Odd-rationalerandomblink: you have a server and want to install a GUI?03:14
randomblinkwell03:29
randomblinkI have 8 server installed03:29
randomblinkI just wanna get my wireless card installed03:30
randomblinkI am SO new to Linux that a gui makes the most sense for installing the wireless card03:30
=== [-Belial-] is now known as DarK-IcE
mrynithow to i find what version of xubuntu i am using?10:06
mrynitAct: 110:06
mrynit3:#ubuntu10:08
mrynit:S10:08
ValsumHello!10:17
Riot777hello10:45
Hannzhello11:14
HannzI can't change my screen resolution11:19
Hannzit's hard to browse the forums or find help elsewhere with this resolution..11:19
TheSheepHannz: try running 'sudo displayconfig-gtk' in a terminal11:22
HannzTheSheep: uhmm.. that's another problem.. I can't seem to start terminal..11:23
HannzTheSheep: everytime i start a terminal, it logs me off to login screen11:23
TheSheepHannz: press alt+f2 and type 'xterm'11:24
HannzTheSheep: can I start terminal using alt+f2? what's the name of the xubuntu terminal? (it was gnome-terminal at ubuntu)11:24
Hannzsorry11:24
Hannzstill typing the question then..11:25
Hannzokay11:25
HannzI'm at the terminal11:25
Hannzthe screen and graphics preferences are there11:26
Hannztrying to change my settings..11:26
HannzTheSheep: okay.. at the graphics card tab, it shows that my card is a s3 trio 3d, the driver is s3virge - s3 virge and trio3d cards11:31
HannzTheSheep: at the the display tab, my detected display was generic plug n play, which don't have any resolution setting higher than 640x48011:32
HannzTheSheep: sorry.. got disconnected..11:36
HannzTheSheep: actually, my display are at least 1024x768.. tried the generic monitor 1024x768 model, but the test failed (i can't see the 15secs confirmation window)11:36
HannzTheSheep: or rather, I saw the window at top left corner of my monitor, half outside the view area11:37
HannzTheSheep: i can click the keep settings or cancel button, though, just not sure whether i should click on the keep settings button..11:38
TheSheepHannz: I'm sorry, I don't really know11:39
HannzTheSheep: okay.. thank you.. i'll try to click the keep settings button and see what happens..11:40
HannzTheSheep: by the way, while i was working on the displayconfig-gtk, my terminal shows this messages11:41
HannzFATAL: Error inserting battery (/lib/modules/2.6.24-17-generic/kernel/drivers/acpi/battery.ko): no such device11:43
Hannzdo i have to worry about that?11:44
TheSheepHannz: is that a laptop?11:44
HannzTheSheep: nope.. it's an old desktop: P2-233MHz, 160MB RAM, 20GB HDD..11:46
TheSheepHannz: then I guess it's normal that it doesn't have a battery11:56
HannzTheSheep: i'm currently reading some posts at ubuntuforums.com about this..11:58
HannzTheSheep: says that it's harmless though.. might as well ignore it..11:58
Hannzgoing to restart12:07
HannzTheSheep: thanks again :)12:07
IngerAlHaosuluiCan any one help me i have a pc runing windows xp on witch i have installed sun xvm virtualbox, and on the virtual machine i installed xubuntu 8.04,12:25
IngerAlHaosuluii want to sheare files betuin windows and the guest os xubuntu.12:25
SpeckalI have hardy 8.10. I just did the updates from ubuntu repos and it borked my gnome.  right after I login with gdm, my entire screen goes white. I have a mouse cursor, but nothing else.  help please :)14:23
aandersehard 8.04; and do you run xubuntu or ubuntu?14:26
Speckalubuntu.  I realize i'm telling a bit of a fib being in here.  #ubuntu is much to hectic to get anything done there and I'm up against a deadline :/14:26
aandersefair enough14:27
Speckaland yes, 8.0414:27
aandersei'd also recommend #ubuntuforums btw, more traffic than here14:27
aanderseok so maybe press ctrl+alt+f1 or f214:27
aandersethat will drop you down to a terminal14:27
aandersethen login14:27
Speckalyep. I'm there14:27
aanderseand type startx14:27
aandersesee what that does14:27
SpeckalX is already running14:28
Speckalps ax  I have X, gnome, compiz, even gkrellm14:28
aanderseso startx gives the same result as logging in14:28
Speckalno,  "server is already active for display 0"14:28
aanderseoh14:28
aandersewell type ps -e | grep *x*14:29
Speckalanything specific we need from here?  lots of output14:30
aanderseok try ps -e | grep x14:30
aandersei want you to kill your xserver14:30
aandersei forget what it's called though :p14:30
aanderseand i'm not on a gnu/linux box atm14:30
Speckalcan do14:30
aanderselike sudo killall X14:31
aanderseor sudo killall xorg14:31
aandersesomething like that14:31
Speckalback to gdm (which works just fine, btw)14:33
aandersesudo killall gdm14:33
aanderseheh14:33
Speckalwhile I'm here, can I change anything (without login in thru gdm) to disable compiz? My guess is that compiz is the demon here14:34
aandersei don't think so, but honestly don't know... i'm not sure how ubuntu configures compiz14:34
aanderseyou could try clicking the "session" button14:34
aanderseand see if it gives a "gnome-metacity" option14:35
aandersebut anywho, drop down to a terminal and sudo killall gdm14:35
aandersei want to see what happens when you run X from a terminal14:35
Speckalgetting close now... a couple of updates:14:36
Speckalstartx w/o gdm exhibits the same behavior (white screen).   restarting gdm... using "gdm failsafe" option makes gnome work just fine (no white screen)14:37
SpeckalI'm looking for a gui way to disable compiz atm14:37
Speckalaanderse:  yep. that did it14:42
Speckalseems that compiz (or "Visual Effects", as ubuntu calls it) was the culprit14:43
aanderseah14:43
Speckaltyvm for help, aanderse :)  made my morning a whole lot less hectic14:43
aandersegood good14:43
michaelrammSpeckal: I had that after the Kernel update from the weekend (2.6.24-17). I had to press ESC and go back to the -16 kernel14:51
squirkeyI am looking for the wbar.  Anyone know where I can get it and good install instructions?16:17
squirkeymorning thinkmassive16:26
thinkmassivegood morning16:26
squirkeyI want to thank you for your help yesterday with installing tar balls.  I have another question if you are game?16:27
thinkmassiveI'm at work but I'll help when I can16:28
thinkmassivedon't ask to ask, just ask16:29
thinkmassivethere are 60 other people here16:29
squirkeyI am looking for wbar.  I have found a site that has it but no install directions.  I have looked but can't find easy to understand directions.  Do you have exoperience with this?16:30
thinkmassivehaven't heard of it but it looks like there's chatter about it on freshmeat and googlecode16:32
thinkmassiveI'd start there16:32
michaelrammsquirkey: why not AWN or Kiba-Dock?16:34
squirkeyThanks thinkmassive16:35
squirkeymichaelramm, I see that awn is in the repos.  I can't see to get it running though.16:36
michaelrammsquirkey: explain? I am confused by your last stmt.16:37
squirkeyI used the synaptic package mgr to download and install it.  found it in accessories, clicked it and ran it.  Nothing happened16:37
TheSheepsquirkey: awn requires gnome16:47
TheSheepsquirkey: at least the version that is in the repositories16:48
squirkeyTheSheep, what can I do to get it to run in xubuntu?16:49
TheSheepsquirkey: there is a desktop-agnostic development branch16:49
TheSheepsquirkey: but not sure how advanced the development is16:49
squirkeywhat?16:49
TheSheeplast time I checked it required patching and compiling xfwm416:50
Speckalmichaelramm:  you said you had the white screen problem.  did you try disabling "Visual Effects" (compiz)?16:50
bog4rtwoohoo16:51
michaelrammno, i saw that earlier. I reverted back to the -16 kernel and was working again16:51
bog4rtgo go gadget stealing k apps and using them in XFCE cause I'm lazy16:51
lenni_-_hi, is the official powerpc version of xubuntu hardy out yet?18:04
lenni_-_i can't seem to find it in the release pages18:04
zoredacheI don't believe there is an 'official' version18:05
lenni_-_there is a "daily build" from april18:05
lenni_-_but it isn't labelled hardy heron18:05
tazaDoes default Xubuntu have any fully compatible ODS viewer without installing extra software?18:12
tazaInstalling OO.o isn't an option.18:12
tazaSuggest installing OO.o and you get permanently painted as either a troll or a retard.18:12
taza(waits for the "why not install OO.o?" in 5...)18:13
tazaNote: I can spare like 10mb, 20 at most for extra software. Got Amarok already.18:13
zoredacheI doubt it is possible to have any 'fully compatible' application18:13
tazaAs in, fully viewing ODS documents.18:13
zoredachefully compatible means feature-identical18:14
tazaIt's supposed to be an OSS standard or something, instead I can view my documents with formatting with nothing.18:14
zoredacheat least in my opinion18:14
tazaI did say "ODS viewer"18:14
tazaNot "ODS editor"18:14
aanderseabiword with plugins is decent... not fully compatible, though18:15
tazaI need formatting. All of it.18:15
aandersek18:15
tazaI'm migrating this *confidential* data to html18:15
taza(so that strips out web-based interfaces)18:15
aandersehttp://opendocumentfellowship.com/odfviewer ?18:16
zoredacheI don't believe anything exists that is 100% or even 90% compatable that isn't OO18:16
tazaGnumeric has everything but formatting18:17
tazaAnd seeing a major part of the data is color-coded...18:17
tazaAs in entry value in the front, entry type color-coded.18:17
aanderse:\18:18
tazaFortunately, apparently I have been wiser than I expected.18:19
tazaAn excel '97 file with the exact same data.18:19
tazaIt's still like 10 megabytes of data, all text, to be migrated by hand though18:20
taza*siiigh*18:20
tazaAnd it's IP data so no recruiting random help.18:23
taza(Not IP as in Internet Protocol - IP as in Intellectual Property)18:23
zoredacheyou mean imaginary property don't you?18:24
aanderse:)18:24
tazaI do mean intellectual property.18:26
tazaUnreleased works, too.18:26
tazamost of it my intellectual property to boot.18:26
tazaWhere I don't agree with the current abuses I do agree with the core concept.18:27
taza(I don't, btw, care if some college kid copies this without paying me *once* it's released)18:27
taza(But I'd be highly upset of leaks before it is and someone copying it for money after.)18:30
thinkmassivetaza: is installing only openoffice.org-calc out of the question?18:34
thinkmassiveit's only 15.6MB18:34
thinkmassivebefore dependencies18:35
tazathinkmassive: Before dependencies18:36
aanderseborrow a laptop from a friend, throw a livecd on it, and get a 1gb usb stick18:37
thinkmassivewell you didn't list all of your installed packages18:37
aanderseif it's IP then there's money behind it18:37
aandersei'm sure you can buy a 1gb usb stick, or rent a laptop ?18:37
tazaaanderse: You know between nothing and nothing.18:38
aandersebut you raise a good point.... there should be a ods program that can run on xfce...18:38
thinkmassivetaza: maybe you should clarify what it is you're trying to do before knocking down suggestions like that18:38
aanderseyeah in no way was i insulting you there, i was trying to offer up a suggestion18:38
tazathinkmassive: "Buy more hardware because you must be rich for doing work on IP"?18:38
aanderseyou're here for help, right?18:39
thinkmassivea 1gb flash?18:39
thinkmassivewtf how poor are you18:39
aandersea 1gb usb stick is pretty cheap18:39
thinkmassiveapparently you think you have enough of something to act like a prick18:39
tazaActually I have several flash sticks with enough space.18:39
thinkmassiveso explain what your problem is18:39
tazaI'd have to buy or rent a laptop18:39
TheSheeptguys, this channel is family friendly18:39
tazaFor that.18:39
TheSheepyou can take your name calling somewhere else18:39
TheSheeptaza: the answer to your question is: no18:40
tazaTheSheep: Thanks, gotta just wait 'till I have access to the main server.18:41
thinkmassivewhat are you trying to do? present some data?18:41
thinkmassiveyou haven't even stated a problem yet18:41
tazaI did ages ago18:41
thinkmassiveyou said you want a ods viewer that isn't OOo18:42
tazaYes, for migrating data that is color coded away from OOo to HTML18:42
thinkmassivethat's not a problem18:42
thinkmassivewhy can't you use OOo?18:42
thinkmassivespace?18:42
aandersetaza: sorry if you thought i was trying to be a prick, just thought maybe you could bororow a laptop from a buddy... my apologies18:42
thinkmassiveyou just said you have usb keys18:42
tazaThank heavens for ignore18:42
thinkmassiveI'm just trying to establish what the real problem is18:42
TheSheeptaza: ods is just zipped xml, you might be able to write a conversion utility18:43
tazaSuggest installing OO.o and you get permanently painted as18:43
taza                   either a troll or a retard.18:43
tazaTheSheep: I can extract the requisite data from several files18:43
TheSheeptaza: put down your paint18:43
tazaTheSheep: Eh?18:43
thinkmassivehaha ok, one less person I'll help in the future and not a bad thing in my eyes18:43
TheSheepand turn aaround slowly, so that I can see your hands18:44
taza...18:44
tazaI was just copy-pasting what I said earlier18:44
thinkmassivehttp://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html18:44
zoredachetaza: it was just as offensive when you said it earlier as it is now18:44
TheSheepdid everyone got their answers already? can we finish this?18:44
tazazoredache: I don't think it's offensive at all18:45
tazazoredache: I told a question would instantly get you painted as something because it wouldn't be in the least helpful.18:45
TheSheeptaza: do you need to ask about something more?18:46
zoredachetaza: you effort would have been better spent explaining why openoffice wouldn't work for you18:46
tazaSome help on shell script text variable expansion would be useful18:46
tazazoredache: That leads to a looong string of stupid questions I've heard before.18:46
TheSheep!ask18:46
ubottuPlease 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. :-)18:46
tazazoredache: "My current hardware has a real problem with non-tmpfs space usage" "Get 500gb SATA harddrive, they're cheap nowadays" "well stop using stupid hardware" "Who thought of that?" "Loan a computer"18:48
aandersedid everyone think it was silly to suggest borrowing a laptop from a friend and throwing a livecd on it?18:48
tazaWell I did, because you should never expect someone to have a friend with some resources18:48
tazaI mean, if you did that you might take it to the extreme and expect everyone has a friend who knows the answer and they're just being mean asking difficult things on IRC.18:49
TheSheeptaza: it seems like you came here expecting to be attacked18:49
tazaTheSheep: This is an Ubuntu channel.18:49
TheSheeptaza: no, it's #xubuntu18:49
tazaAn Ubuntu channel means all channels for all ubuntu derivatives.18:49
tazaI can pretty safely expect people asking questions a million times after I've explained they aren't relevant to the problem.18:50
TheSheeptaza: anyways, you need to aks your question to get an answer, random complaining won't do :)18:50
tazaHow do I expand variables in shell for the purposes of cp?18:50
TheSheepwell, you just write $variablename18:50
tazaBasically, I need to expand a variable in a while loop to get the current phrase for a part of a filename18:50
aandersetaza: did you try an oo.o channels as well yet? someone there may have heard of a similar problem?18:51
thinkmassivetaza: http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/18:51
tazaI need to expand at least five such variables in a single name18:51
tazaaanderse: Please. I dread Ubuntu channels, I don't go near OO.o or wikipedia channels.18:51
tazaThere is something about the culture of the followers of such projects that is incompatible with my psyche.18:52
aandersetaza: oh, sorry... never been on an oo.o channel18:52
tazaTheSheep: I already tried the $variable approach, and it failed. I need $variable$variable2$variable3.extension18:53
zoredachecan you give us an example of a command you are trying to use?18:55
TheSheeptaza: works for me: for i in foo bar baz; do for j in 1 2 4; do echo $i$j; done; done18:55
tazacp blank.jpg $variable1$variable2divider$variable3.extension18:55
tazaThat was supposed to be blank.example but bah18:56
zoredacheyou might try ${variable1}${variable2}divider${vairable3}18:57
TheSheeptaza: for i in foo bar baz; do for j in 1 2 4; do echo "$i"divider"$j"; done; done18:57
TheSheep:)18:58
TheSheepor what zoredache says18:58
tazaNote: It leaves the divider and either variable 2 or 3 out18:58
taza$[variable2] $[variable3] worked18:58
tazaNow, how do I include a zero before a less than 10 number there?18:58
tazaBecause name1divider1.example works badly when it's supposed to go to eleven.18:59
TheSheepwell, juz write them this way18:59
tazaThey're the integer controlling the whileloop19:00
TheSheepfor i in 01, 02, 03...19:00
tazaMe space, ist broke19:00
TheSheep01 02 03, sorry19:00
TheSheepthey are just strings19:00
zoredacheyou might have to do it as two steps   one step to use printf to get the padded name19:01
zoredacheblah=`printf '%04d\n' '23'`19:01
tazaWould defining $variable4 and $variable5 as "0" if the value is under 10 and "" if it's over 9 work?19:01
tazaAlso "Gah I haven't done any bash scripting in a year and I completely forgot it"19:02
zoredacheso  printf '%02d' '3'   would return '03''`19:02
tazaWould definining a variable as "" work when including it in a string?19:07
tazaAs in, trying to fetch that variable returning nothing, resulting in no change?19:07
tazaApparently it works. w00t19:18
tazaAlso, horrible hack19:24
tazaHow glad I was to rm that script after it had served it's purpose19:24
v0lksmanhey all!  I have an issue here that is driving me nutts.  I have a latop with an Intel 945GM, in gnome I get 1400X1050 no issues.  Switch to xfce and I'm forced into 1280X1024.  I'm using the i810 driver however I'm not convinced it's installed correctly based on lshw saying display is "Unclaimed"19:24
v0lksmanwhen I tell xfce to go 1400x1050 I get one of those old school oversized desktops where I need to mouse over the edges to see the rest of the desktop...19:25
tazaWell, I've gotten everything I wanted19:27
tazaSo I shall bid you farewell19:27
TheSheepv0lksman: try playing with displayconfig-gtk19:28
v0lksmanTheSheep: yeah that's what I was playing with that provides the larger desktop but requires that I scroll to get the edges19:29
v0lksmanscroll=mouse to edge19:29
v0lksmangonna reboot to try something...thanks anyways...19:31
arootherms does your motherboard support dual channel ram20:32
aroowrong channel20:32
cody-somervillearoo, :)20:33
FrederikVdsIi have installed xubuntu on an old laptop, but it only uses a small part of my screen (about half the size, in the center of the screen). It also does this when booting windows, but once windows is loaded it uses my full screen. Any ideas on how can I make this work in xubuntu?20:54
zoredachemost likely your video adapter wasn't detected and your computer has choose to use a resolution smaller then the optimum res for the display20:55
FrederikVdsI'm quite new to linux, what does that mean? Do I need drivers or something?20:56
zoredachemaybe...  If your laptop video card is supported you may be able to forse things to work by running 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg' in a terminal/shell20:57
FrederikVdsok20:57
thinkmassiveactually it changed in the latest *buntu release20:59
thinkmassiveyou have to use xrandr now20:59
FrederikVdsok20:59
thinkmassivedo you know what version you got?20:59
thinkmassive7.10 or 8.04?21:00
FrederikVds8.0421:00
thinkmassivewhat kind of laptop is it?21:00
FrederikVdsA Toshiba Satellite Pro 460021:00
FrederikVdswhat does xrandr do?21:06
jake_hello21:06
thinkmassivexrandr changes the screen resolution used by X21:06
maxamillionyeah, not so much21:07
maxamillionman xrandr21:07
FrederikVdsShould i use --fb? It refuses to use that21:08
jake_my computer keeps randomly rebooting and i'm not having much luck diagnosing it.  the logs aren't telling me anything useful, except that the computer is rebooting.  any advice?21:08
thinkmassivejake_: maybe it's a heat issue?21:08
thinkmassiveFrederikVds: you might be able to specify a different video mode through grub21:09
jake_i thought it was that, but i have a case with several fans and recently replaced my stock intel cpu fan with a far more effective one.21:09
jake_didn't seem to help.21:09
FrederikVdsok i'll check21:09
thinkmassivejake_: too many fans drawing too much power when things heat up?21:09
jake_perhaps.  what components do i need to be especially concerned about getting too hot?  the cpu should be fine.21:10
thinkmassivecpu, northbridge, video, hdd...21:11
KOJVAnyone with experience on installing i8kfans in Xubuntu? I get all kinds of errors.21:11
KOJVPlease help me. It's very tireful to keep the CPU cool with mouth to heatsink method...21:11
jake_atm i'm using integrated video and the hard drive has a fan right next to it.21:11
jake_what is the northbridge?21:11
thinkmassiveit connects your cpu to ram and video, usually has a heatsink on it near the cpu21:12
thinkmassivethere should be a pic of the mobo in your manual21:12
thinkmassivethat's really a long shot though21:12
thinkmassiveI'd help more but I've got too much work, bbl21:13
jake_alright, i'll consider that.  thanks.21:13
FrederikVdswhen i do dpkg-reconfigure, i assume i have to restart X? how can i do that without rebooting?21:19
KOJVHelp me with http://people.debian.org/~dz/i8k/ please!21:19
KOJVI hate it when they assume one to know how to compile and install. :(21:19
aanderseFrederikVds: press ctrl+alt+backspace21:21
aandersethis will end your session though21:21
FrederikVdsok21:21
aanderseso make sure you save any documents you are working on21:21
aanderseKOJV: one sec, let me see21:22
aanderseKOJV: that util is *really* old21:23
aanderseKOJV: what computer do you have? a dell notebook?21:25
KOJVaanderse, yes an Inspiron 8200. Got a better software to control the fans?21:25
aanderseno, researching this tool though21:26
KOJVaanderse, please let me know if you can make it install / run.21:26
KOJVaanderse, which very much oughta be possible, I just don't know how. makefile install just gives me a huge bunch of errors.21:27
aandersesure, what happens when you type "make" ?21:27
aanderseoh, ps21:28
aandersedid you know there's a package already in ubuntu??21:28
KOJVaanderse, to control the fans? No, which one?21:29
aandersetype sudo apt-get install i8kutils21:29
aandersethat very utility you're trying to compile!21:29
KOJVaanderse: that package cannot be found, it says.21:29
aandersedo you have the universe repositories enabled?21:30
KOJVNo, how?21:30
aandersehttp://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/i8kutils21:30
KOJVI've got the main and universe resps active,21:31
aanderseyou're using xubuntu, i assume, right?21:31
KOJVYes.21:31
aandersexubuntu 8.04 ?21:31
KOJVyep21:31
aanderseok type sudo apt-get install i8kutils21:31
KOJVPackage not found...21:32
aanderseok21:32
aandersetype21:32
aandersecat /etc/apt/sources.list | grep universe21:32
KOJVaanderse: I don't understand the output.21:33
aandersei was hoping you would send me the output :)21:34
ephemerosaanderse: i can't find that package in the same distro version21:34
ephemeroshave enabled all the repos21:34
aandersehttp://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/i8kutils21:34
aandersewell it's there...21:34
aandersei don't have my computer with me right now, at work...21:34
aandersei'll ssh into our linux server and see...21:35
aanderseoh21:35
aandersewait21:35
aanderseit's gutsy, not hardy21:35
aanderseuh21:35
KOJVhttp://pastebin.ubuntu.com/15404/21:35
ephemeros:)21:35
aandersehttp://pastebin.ubuntu.com/15404/21:35
ephemerosand also only on i386, probably this would be the issue21:36
aanderseoh...21:36
aanderseKOJV: type uname -a and give me the output please21:36
aanderseare you running a 64bit xubuntu?21:36
KOJVaanderse: no 32.21:37
aanderseok well i'll run you through installing it manually, just paste what i'm saying here21:37
slow-motionhi21:37
aanderseopen a terminal and ...21:37
aandersewget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/i/i8kutils/i8kutils_1.27_i386.deb21:37
KOJVLinux ellenor-laptop 2.6.24-16-generic #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:23:42 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux21:37
KOJVUhm... now I'm not sure.21:38
aandersethat will download the package for you21:38
aandersethen you can type sudo dpkg -i i8kutils_1.27_i386.deb to install it21:38
KOJVPackage installer says Dependency is not satisfiable: tk8.4|wish21:39
aanderseok, not a problem21:39
aandersesudo apt-get install tk8.421:40
ephemeroswhat about double-clicking the package?21:40
KOJVephemeros: that's what I did.21:40
ephemeros:|21:41
aandersedoes xubuntu have gdebi installed by default?21:41
ephemerosyes it has21:41
KOJVfreely translated from Swedish... the package tk8.4 has got not installation candidate.21:41
aanderseoh... my bad21:41
aandersei'm about to head out from work soon... anyone here think they can run KOJV through installing tk8.4 from the repos, and installing i8kutils from a .deb?21:42
KOJVSo... now what?21:42
ephemerosi would suggest to look for the tk8.4 packade in synaptic package manager21:42
ephemerosthat error sounds familiar, like the package exists though it won't install, maybe a bug?21:42
ephemerosKOJV ^21:43
KOJVephemeros:  thanks but there's no such package in my resp.21:46
ephemerosKOJV: do you have synaptic running?21:46
aanderse... what's up with your repos?21:46
KOJVDunno.21:47
ephemerosmay i suggerst to open up Menu->System->Synaptic Package Manager, then21:48
ephemerosin its menu click Settings->Repositories21:48
ephemerosand look there if the first two options are enabled21:49
ephemerosthoug you said main and universe are enabled :|21:49
KOJVephemeros:  yes they are.21:49
ephemeroswhat about the mirror, what if it's not up-to-date, or refresh the packages list21:50
ephemeros...with the reload button :|21:50
aanderseyeah, hit the big "reload" button maybe21:50
ephemeros:)21:50
aanderseheh21:50
aanderseanywho, good luck, but sorry gotta go21:50
aandersettyl21:50
ephemerossee you a.21:50
FrederikVdsThanks for the help, i'm going bye21:51
ephemerosKOJV: any luck?21:52
cody-somervilleGood Evening Xubuntu Users! :)21:53
ephemerosbye \m/21:53
ephemerosoh, sorry cody-somerville, good evening to you21:56
cody-somervillehehe21:56
cody-somerville:)21:56
S0210Hi! How to change the language of Xfce? I can't find language packages in Synaptic.21:56
ephemerosi confused the english expressions :)21:56
ephemerosS0210: if you search "language" by name, don't you have ant result?21:58
ephemeroslike language-pack-... or language-support-...21:59
S0210ephemeros: I have a result but I can't find e.g. xfce4-session in Hungarian in Synaptic (although it does exist as I remember from 7.10)21:59
S0210ephemeros: yes, there is something http://i18n.xfce.org/stats/index.php?mode=4&lang=xfce_4_2/hu22:00
ephemerosi never used packages, though...22:00
S0210ephemeros: but not in Synaptic. and I have no clue what to do now22:00
ephemeroswhat if you select language-support-hu ?22:01
ephemerosit looks like a meta-package22:01
ephemeroslet me look a bit22:01
S0210ephemeros: done. but it does not change quite a few xfce related labels (inc. some obvious ones like "power off")22:02
ephemeros:|22:02
ephemerosanyway, when installing the good packages, let's say you would find it,22:03
ephemeroswhat should happen, how did you enable it?22:03
S0210ephemeros: right after starting the live CD I chose Hungarian and I installed it this way. :-)22:04
S0210ephemeros: later on there is a menu / system / language support that I used to checked22:05
ephemerosoh, i think it enables it womeho, anyway i think the session should be restartet for the efefcts to take place, souldn't it?22:05
ephemeros:|22:06
S0210ephemeros: it has been restarted about hundred times since April 2008 :-)22:06
ephemeroswhit this package installed?22:07
S0210ephemeros: yes22:07
ephemerosthen i don't know, i though i could figure out :D22:07
ephemerosS0210: let me restart my session22:08
ephemerosbrb22:09
ephemerosS0210: it works here22:14
S0210ephemeros: works what?22:14
ephemeroschanging the language22:14
ephemeroswhat i did is:22:14
S0210ephemeros: what language?22:14
S0210ephemeros: have you changed to hu?22:14
ephemerosi put romanian packages22:14
ephemerosi installed: language-pack-ro and language-support-ro22:15
ephemerosthen, at the login window i choosed Language->Romanian,22:15
cody-somervilleApplications > System > Language Support22:15
S0210ephemeros: awesome... then my Romanian language problem is solved :-)22:16
slow-motionn822:16
ephemerosS0210: you mean hungarian?22:16
S0210ephemeros: now back to the Hungarian problem22:16
ephemeroscody-somerville: it looks like the language support tool wants to install the gnome ro pack22:16
ephemerosS0210: what do you mean?22:17
ephemerosdid you change the language at the login window?22:17
S0210ephemeros: I did installed language-pack-hu and language-support-hu and a few more language-*-hu22:17
ephemeros^22:17
cody-somervilleephemeros, thats okay :)22:18
S0210ephemeros: as I see the menu in hu I suppose I did22:18
ephemerosand also, S0210, an issue could be if you have enabled the option to save/restore all your sessions, i think the session retakes it's old settings, never tried, thoug22:19
S0210ephemeros: stop22:19
ephemerosok :)22:19
S0210ephemeros: let me explain my problem again22:19
ephemerosyes...22:20
S0210ephemeros: http://ubuntu.hu/files/imagecache/thumb/files/bugreports/xxx_setup.png22:20
S0210ephemeros: probably it tells you more than I could put in words22:21
ephemerosthat's what you see now, or what you want to see?22:21
S0210ephemeros: most of the things are in hu but a few things remained en (e.g. "removable drives and media")22:22
ephemerosoh...22:22
S0210ephemeros: first I thought it is a missing translation22:22
S0210ephemeros: but it is not as I can not find it on launchpad at all22:22
ephemerosyou, with my translation those are missing, too22:22
S0210ephemeros: then I also found this http://i18n.xfce.org/stats/index.php?mode=4&lang=xfce_4_4/hu22:22
S0210ephemeros: it shows that the translation exists but not in lanuchpad22:23
S0210ephemeros: I do not care if it is set up in launchpad or not but I want to have them22:23
ephemeros:|22:23
S0210ephemeros: now comes my trick question: what should I do?22:23
ephemeroswell i don't know what to say22:24
S0210:-)22:24
ephemerosaren't the translations dwl-dable and installable from the xfce website?22:24
ephemeros...separately22:25
S0210ephemeros: I suppose they are... (see the link above). how can I check it? what should I do?22:25
ephemerosi really don't know, anyone?22:26
ephemerosS0210: remember xubuntu xfce installation is custom,22:27
ephemerosi don't know how the default xfce translated installation looks like,22:28
ephemerosbut it is possible that those buttons and items weren't translated, i'm not a maintainer and just suppose so22:28
suRsuhello everyone!22:30
ephemerosat a second thought "Autostarted Apps" is default in XFCE,22:30
ephemeroswhen i press the button, the window that appears *is* translated :))22:30
S0210ephemeros: that's not the case seeing the Xfce4 Translations Statistics that I referred to earlier (see url)22:30
ephemerosok22:31
suRsuokej people anyone in here that can help me ? i really need to ask some questions and get some good advices and guide im newbie =)22:32
Myrttihello suRsu22:32
suRsuhayy22:33
suRsufirst of all im on my windows op right now i dont know how to istnall irc on liux22:33
Myrttiyou've got pidgin there22:34
Myrttipidgin can do irc22:35
ephemerossuRsu: every application existing on the repository can be installed from the desktop menu->System->Synaptic Package Manager22:35
ephemerosyeah, that is an option (pidgin)22:35
MyrttiI personally don't like pidgin at all22:36
Myrttiactually I finally managed to outsource all my im protocols to bitlbee22:36
ephemerosme neither, what IRC client do you use, Myrtti ?22:36
Myrttihad to compile bitlbee myself to get past some idiocies22:36
Myrttiephemeros: of course the best :-)22:36
Myrttiephemeros: irssi22:36
ephemeroslol, this is the first time i hear about it22:37
TheSheepit's the best22:37
suRsuquestion i have a laptop and i wonder witch ubuntu works best for it or even linux i looked around like opensuse and stuff like that but i have no clue.. i cant seems to get compiz on my laptop :S22:37
zoredachebitlbee/irssi is great.  but you might need to compile yourself or backport to get everything work22:38
TheSheepsuRsu: compiz is not required22:38
ephemerossuRsu: what laptop model do you have22:38
suRsuSystem Model: HP Compaq nc6400 (EH522AV)22:38
suRsu               BIOS: KBC Version 56.3322:38
suRsu          Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU         T7200  @ 2.00GHz (2 CPUs)22:38
suRsu             Memory: 1016MB RAM22:38
Myrttizoredache: yeah, I had to compile it myself after doing some hacking with a friend to get past jabber port restrictions22:38
ephemerosMyrtti, TheSheep, zoredache: i think it sucks if it starts in command line, don't scare the guy away :)22:39
suRsumy card is  Card name: Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family22:39
suRsu     Manufacturer: Intel Corporation22:39
suRsu        Chip type: Intel(R) GMA 95022:39
Myrttiephemeros: that's why I said pidgin22:39
Myrtti:-)22:39
ephemeroswell, i'm closer to suRsu in though, let me recommend him XChat22:40
suRsuwell im on my windows op right now22:40
ephemerossuRsu: X/Ubuntu runs out-of the box on my laptop, except the wireless22:40
ephemerosthough i have Acer22:40
ephemerossuRsu: try http://www.xchat.org/download/22:41
MyrttisuRsu: I've worked with ncx400's a lot22:41
ephemerosit runs on windows, too, you may try it there and if you like it install when on ubuntu22:41
Myrttithey work very, very nicely with Ubuntu22:41
Myrttiany flavor, really22:41
ephemerosMyrtti: cool22:41
suRsuhmm only says  windows 2000 xp or vista or fedora 7 :p22:42
suRsudoes fedora stuff work on xubuntu?22:42
ephemeros:|22:42
suRsucouse its rpm file can i download that stuff for my xubuntu?22:43
ephemerosfedora is a linux distribution like ubuntu, it runs on its own22:43
suRsuah22:43
ephemerosnope22:43
MyrttisuRsu: are you trying to install an irc client to your windows or to your (x)ubuntu?22:43
suRsuwell xubuntu22:43
suRsuso ican logg over and talk22:43
Myrttiwell for xubuntu you can use the package management22:44
suRsui have the 8.04 verison22:44
Myrttiapplications -> system -> add/remove22:44
suRsualright i be back soon22:45
suRsuthanks22:45
MyrttisuRsu: what client are you using now?22:45
Myrttixchat, mirc?22:45
suRsumirc22:45
Myrttithen you'll probably like xchat22:45
suRsudo i have to download it?22:45
Myrttisearch for that in that add/remove application search box22:45
Myrttiyes22:45
suRsualright22:46
Myrttior use the cd22:46
ephemerossuRsu: i told you, you should probably try it in windoze, to check for the settings, config, etc22:46
Myrttino, actually, I think xchat isn't on the cd22:46
suRsui dont have the cd i download the file from the homepage and extracted it on my widnows then i isntalled it :p22:46
Myrttiso yes, you need to download it22:46
ephemerosyeah, i think it's in the universe repo22:46
suRsualright brb22:47
ephemerosk22:47
ephemerosMyrtti: do you know an easy way to connect to windoze samba shares on xubuntu?22:47
MyrttiI don't know about the easy, but the best is still to mount them22:48
ephemeroswhat if the guy will want that too, probably we should recommend him the Gnome or KDE variations?22:48
ephemeroshmm...ok22:48
ephemerosi hope he'll manage it :)22:48
Myrttithe thing with all the graphical things is that they usually work for some apps, and then for some they don't22:48
Myrttiusing mount makes them visible for all the apps, always22:49
MyrttiI think he was a she, btw ;-)22:49
ephemerosi used almost only graphical tools, i don't know about those22:49
ephemerosoh, didn't notice :)22:50
Myrtti"/home/myrtti/.irssi/scripts/autorun/autorealname.pl"22:50
Myrtti[00:29] *** suRsu (Suey) [n=oo_kamii@84-217-147-26.tn.glocalnet.net] has joined #xubuntu22:51
Myrttimight be wrong, though22:51
ephemerosoh :)22:51
suRshay22:51
Myrttihello suRs22:51
ephemerosMyrtti:  ... :)22:52
ephemeroshey22:52
suRsim back xD on my betuiful linux now =)22:52
suRsomg this rox! thanks guys ur the best22:52
Myrttiephemeros: then again so am I ;-)22:52
MyrttisuRs: no prob, that's what we're here for22:52
ephemerosMyrtti: i though about that, feminine intuiition, probably22:52
suRswell you know how it its with newbie but i gotta admit it everyone is a newbie some time :p22:53
MyrttisuRs: exactly22:53
Myrttioh, back in the days when I used to login as root to gnome session...22:53
Myrtti:-P22:53
suRswell  question .. when i look for themes what kinda should i look for? what is kde 1 , 2?22:53
MyrttisuRs: if you've got xubuntu, then you can look for the ones for xfce, and sometimes for gtk/gnome22:54
suRsah alright are thay hard to install?22:54
Myrttiif you've got kubuntu, then kde themes are the ones to look for22:55
ephemerosyeah, KDE, Gnome and XFCE are different desktops with different settings and themes22:55
suRsso were can i find does one ? :)22:55
ephemerosUbuntu has Gnome, Kubuntu comes from KDE and Xubuntu from XFCE22:55
suRswell i got Xubuntu22:56
ephemerosok, any flavor you have the others can be installed, though extra space will be required,22:56
ephemerosand if you're on the live-cd all will install in the memory, i don't think you'll have enough space there22:57
suRsi didnt knew witch one to pick isntall hehe22:57
suRsi got 20 gig more i think on my hard drive22:58
ephemeros:) better see some demos on youtube, or something, it's a matter of taste22:58
suRsi alredy have my taste :D22:58
DaveKongDoes anyone use KGS? I can't get it to work even though I got java etc22:58
ephemerosthe "x" one?22:58
KOJVephemeros: I changed to the international resp instead of the Swedish one and now it's downlioading the utils okay. Thanks a bunch!22:59
suRskojv your swedish?23:00
ephemerosKOJV: cool23:00
KOJVsuRs: , yes.23:00
suRsjag med :)23:00
suRsits me too on swedish hehe23:00
KOJVk :)23:00
suRsephemeros23:01
ephemerosyup23:01
suRswhen i run ./compiz-check23:02
suRsi get this kinda think Gathering information about your system...23:02
suRs Distribution:          Ubuntu 8.0423:02
suRs Desktop environment:   Xfce23:02
suRs Graphics chip:         Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)23:02
suRs Driver in use:         intel23:02
suRs Rendering method:      AIGLX23:02
suRsChecking if it's possible to run Compiz on your system...23:02
suRs Checking for texture_from_pixmap...               [FAIL]23:02
suRs Checking for non power of two support...          [FAIL]23:02
suRs Checking for composite extension...               [ OK ]23:02
suRs Checking for FBConfig...                          [FAIL]23:02
suRswhen it says fail i cant use it?23:02
Myrtti!paste | suRs23:02
ubottusuRs: pastebin is a service to post multiple-lined texts so you don't flood the channel. The Ubuntu pastebin is at http://paste.ubuntu.com (make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic)23:02
suRssorry.23:03
Myrttinp23:03
ephemerossuRs: i'm not so good at installing compiz, maybe Myrtti could help you better23:03
suRsmyrtti maybe you can help me?23:03
MyrttiI actually installed xubuntu because I couldn't get compiz to work (though later I found out it was because I had server kernel)23:04
suRsso23:04
suRswhat did you do?23:04
MyrttiI can't remember seeing that kind of script though23:04
Myrttihow are you trying to install compiz?23:05
suRswell23:05
suRsi tryed once but i couln't it to work23:05
suRsand  i had to resintall my xubuntu becose my other one acted wierd23:06
Myrttidid you download something from somewhere?23:06
suRsyeah i did23:06
Myrttiif so, how and from where?23:06
suRsdo some downloads23:06
suRsit was sudo get i- and alot of compiz stuff23:06
suRson the terminal23:06
Myrttiok23:06
suRsIntel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)23:07
suRsits my grafick card it does support 3d23:07
suRsand the driver in use is intel it says23:07
MyrttiI might be wrong, but I think there might be another driver that you could use23:08
suRsRendering method:      AIGLX <-- i have no idea what this is23:08
suRshow do i install grafik card drives? :S23:08
ephemerosall the drivers i know are for NVidia and ATI23:09
suRsyeah23:09
Myrtti*yawn*23:10
Myrttisorry, a tad late here in Finland23:10
ephemerosi bought my laptop especially with one of these for the drivers :)23:10
suRshehe23:10
suRsbut my laptop its pretty expensive23:10
ephemerossuRs: did you check the ubuntu wiki for the drivers installation?23:11
suRsnop23:11
ephemeroshttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/23:11
ephemerosexcuse me, i think this is it: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/23:12
MyrttiI think you're doing great here, I'm on the other hand getting really tired23:13
Myrtti/me goes to put some new linens to her bed and tucks in23:13
Myrttiniteynite23:13
ephemerosnight Myrtti23:13
suRsgod night23:14
ephemerossuRs: i'll go to sleep too, but try some few more things23:14
ephemeroscheck the desktop menu -> System->Hardware drivers and check what do you see there23:14
suRsnothing23:15
suRsits emptey23:15
suRsempty23:15
ephemeroswow, well bad news, when i search for "drivers" on the Ubuntu help site the results are:23:16
ephemeroshttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=drivers&titlesearch=Titles23:17
suRsso23:17
ephemerosi really don't know what's the business with those Intel drivers23:17
suRsokej23:17
ephemeroswhy don't you install compiz directly from the package manager?23:17
ephemeros...and see what happens23:17
suRscan i do that?23:18
ephemerosyes23:18
ephemerosopen Synaptic Packade Manager from System23:18
suRscool i can try23:18
ephemerosthen search by name "compiz"23:18
suRsi did that23:18
suRsnow its finish i think23:19
ephemerosthough in my knowledge compiz is not very well supported on XFCE23:19
suRshow do i know if it works?23:19
ephemerosok, so let me think23:19
suRswhat kinad linix should i use then opensuse?23:19
suRsdebian?23:19
ephemerosubuntu has gnome and kde, too23:20
ephemerosi'd recommend you ubuntu, the default one on gnome,23:20
suRsi dont like ubuntu so much23:20
ephemerosif you really want compiz working out of the box23:20
ephemeroswell i don't know about the others23:21
suRsk23:21
suRsi like xubuntu its nice :p23:21
suRshehe23:21
ephemerosthe same issues apply on the other distros, compiz works better on gnome and kde23:21
suRswhats so diffrent?23:21
ephemerosyou mean you don't like gnome23:21
suRswhat do you use?23:21
ephemerosi use xubuntu,23:22
suRsso why do you use it?23:22
ephemerosi worked some time on gnome, but some things i didn't like, it is slower23:22
ephemerosbecause i like it is fast, and logical in settings,23:22
suRsokej23:23
suRsbut you got compiz?23:23
* cody-somerville likes Xubuntu too :)23:23
ephemerosgnome has some settings in the GUI, some other in the configuration manager, and others probably in config files :|23:23
ephemeroscody-somerville: \m/23:23
ephemerosmy gf has it23:23
ephemerosshe's on gnome23:23
suRswell my bf dosnt like linux23:23
ephemeros:))23:24
suRsonly my brother used it so i got intressted when he fixed his desktop like he whanted was relly cool23:24
ephemeroswhat distro does he use?23:24
suRsi whant to fix my desktop like that allso so i whanted a nice theme :p23:24
suRsi have no idea what he use :p23:24
suRshe just said linux23:24
ephemeros:|23:24
suRshehe23:24
suRshow do i install theme?23:25
ephemerosgo to settings->settings manager23:25
suRsyeah23:25
suRsokej23:25
ephemerosthere is23:25
ephemeroswell i put on the translation and forgot their names in english :D23:26
suRswell23:26
suRsi ment like23:26
ephemerosbut you will figure out, you can change the icons, window borders and gui style23:26
suRsa nicer one that i can download23:26
ephemerosoh23:26
suRslike its awsomme!23:26
ephemeroshttp://xfce-look.org/23:27
suRsxfce is the one i should use for xubuntu?23:27
ephemeroswell you should use what you like most23:28
suRswhats the diffrent  with xfce gtk1.x 2.x23:28
ephemerossuRs: do you want a screenshot with mine?23:28
ephemerosgtk+223:28
ephemerosthe 1.x version is obsolete23:29
suRswell23:29
suRssure how do i see your ss23:30
ephemeros1 min23:30
ephemerosis the screenshot coming?23:32
suRshum23:32
suRsnop23:32
suRswell i didnt find anyone that looked cool enought23:33
suRsi whant like final fantasy or somting nice23:33
suRs:D23:33
ephemeros:)23:33
ephemeroswell suRs i hope you'll make your mind to a desktop/distro, i have to go to sleep23:34
ephemerosse you23:34
ephemerosbye guys \m/23:34
suRsnigt23:35
suRsme223:35
suRswork tomorrow23:35

Generated by irclog2html.py 2.7 by Marius Gedminas - find it at mg.pov.lt!