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Shaba1hello anyone at the keys here00:28
Shaba1I lost the botton and top panels when I powered off how do I get them back00:28
KEALwhy won't my damn computer start00:28
KEALo.O00:29
KEAL?00:29
zoredacheShaba1: try running 'xfce4-panel'  press alt-f2 to get a run dialog box00:29
zoredacheKEAL: because it is broke...  Perhaps you would like to elaborate?00:29
KEALkeeps saying either kernel panic or doesnt do anything after finishing trace00:30
zoredacheand?  Is this a new install, are you booting from the livecd?  Did you update the kernel, did you add a driver?00:30
KEALbtw the bios has dead flash00:30
KEALi installed the os from a new iso 3 days ago00:31
KEALever since today it won't start xubuntu00:31
zoredacheif it was working 3 days ago, what has changed?  Did you add/remove anything?00:31
KEALit's just a crappy computer00:31
KEALhow do i get it to progress beyond trae00:32
KEALhow do i get it to progress beyond trace00:32
KEALthere is a nonfunctional prompt00:32
KEALjust a blinking curso00:32
KEALjust a blinking cursor00:32
KEALthat doesn't respond00:32
zoredacheyou probably have read what it is telling you, and search for that error message on google or something00:32
KEALthere is no error00:32
KEALtook me 15 minutes just to get it to stop saying kernel panic00:33
KEAL:(00:33
zoredachetry booting off the cd again.  Try running something like the memory diagnostic...00:34
KEALbrb moving that computer into here -.-00:34
KEALok got computer in here00:52
KEALonce it is working i can use the mirc i have installed on xubuntu00:52
KEALok i have no f'ing clue what the f my computer is doing00:56
KEALuse the 'up' and 'down' keys to select which entry is highlighted.00:57
KEALpress enter to boot the selected OS, 'e' to edit the00:57
KEALcommands before booting, or 'c' for a command-line00:57
KEAL-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------00:57
KEALthat is what is on the screen along wih an extended ascii gui00:58
KEALthe list is empty00:58
KEALit's highlighting a blank line with and arrow pointing right on the right end00:58
KEALwhat the heck do i do now?00:59
KEALit has never done this before00:59
zoredachehave you tried booting off the cd yet?00:59
KEALhow do i know which cd? my friend never labeled them00:59
KEALand i am out of blank cd's01:00
Shaba1I thin that did is zoredache I am rebooting right now to be suer01:00
Shaba1sure01:00
KEALshould i just pop in a cd and see what happens until i find the right one?01:00
KEALthe hdd is formatted with xubuntu etc01:00
KEALit shouldn't pop this up01:01
zoredacheKEAL: trying cds shouldn't hurt anything01:01
KEALit should go to xubuntu after it boots01:01
KEALit's not even listening to my keyboard now -.-01:02
hadsSounds broken01:02
KEALkernel panic01:02
KEAL[   15.488622] Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle Task!01:03
KEALthen it froze01:03
Shaba1thank zoredache01:04
Shaba1I will be back01:04
KEAL[   15.488622] Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task!01:04
zoredacheKEAL:  and that is when you tried booting from a cd?01:04
KEALthat rather01:04
KEALi have no idea what the hell it is trying to do01:04
KEALthe bios doesn't even have functional flash01:04
zoredacheKEAL: if you don't know what is doing, then turn it off, and put the cd in and try to boot from it...01:05
zoredacheif your flash is really, truly fried though you may have to accept that there is nothing you can do01:05
KEALStarting up...01:05
KEALLoading, please wait...01:05
KEAL/init: .: 24: Can't open /conf/arch.conf01:06
KEAL[   16.173465] Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!01:06
KEALthen it froze again01:07
arog01:07
KEALbtw the pins on the pentium 4 are really short01:07
KEALSOCKET 476 i think or 47801:07
KEALi think it is an act of God that the machine runs at all01:08
KEALok it booted off cdrom01:10
KEALi attempted to test cd for defects and it did kernel panic again -.-01:10
KEALkeeps saying kernel panic -.-01:12
hadsYour hardware is broken01:12
zoredacheI would guess that is is about 95% likely you have a hardware failure of some sort.  Possibly having to do with your trashed flash, or maybe something to do with the ide controller01:12
KEALeither that or rebooting on it's own01:12
KEAL:(01:12
KEALf this01:13
* KEAL goes to the garage to start anew on a new machine i have laying around01:13
KEALok God is seriously f'ing with my head today01:15
KEALi was just in the garage and the wrong case was on the other computer01:16
KEALi go out again and the right one is on it01:16
zoredache!language | KEAL01:16
ubottuKEAL: Please watch your language and topic to help keep this channel family friendly.01:16
xaer0hallo01:19
zoredachexaer0: hello01:21
xaer0ive been using *buntu for about 3 years.. after playing around with openSUSE, Ubuntu, Fedora, GoblinX, Puppy Linux, and Slackware... Xubuntu beat all of em for me :L)01:24
zoredachegreat :)01:24
xaer0ive been thinking of getting more involved into the Xubuntu Community.. since my first dealings with a P2 350Mhz, a P3 800Mhz.. xubuntu work great01:25
xaer0hell even on this 1.8Ghz Semperon 3000+, 1GB 800Mhz RAM.. Xubuntu rules01:26
xaer0(overclocked my processor from 1.6 to 1.86Ghz)01:26
xaer0i want to make some artwork for icons and wallpaper... but most my experance is a Paint Shop Pro 901:28
xaer0this new project lead for Xubuntu... oh man reading his Strategy Document. Smart Man !!01:29
TheSheephe does good work :)01:30
xaer0i see his launchpad is very active o_O more than me... i just help out in Fluxbuntu with Questions01:30
xaer0i dont have enof time to learn programming.. i love video/audio editing and making images01:31
TheSheepxaer0: have you tried medibuntu?01:32
xaer0i liked Ubuntu Studio more01:32
xaer0i just used WINE for my Fruitty Loops Studio01:33
xaer0and XVidcap for screen capture01:33
xaer0my girlfriend and i are trying to get some Video Game reviews up01:34
TheSheepcool01:37
TheSheepbtw, you know gamelibrewiki.org?01:37
xaer0nope01:40
xaer0i an old school gamer... any thing from n64 and before01:41
xaer0i mostly run Emulators in WINE.. i still have WinXP install for MAME32++ and other emulators that arent ported to Linux like Magic PC Engine01:41
TheSheepxaer0: emulators in wine? there are native ones for most platforms...01:43
xaer0not the most supported or well made01:43
TheSheepxaer0: which platforms do you miss?01:43
xaer0N64, MAME, and TG-16... all have to have a GUI01:43
xaer0i dont like gaming with Command Line :(01:44
TheSheepno idea what tg-16 is, there are several graphical mame frontends and there is mupen64 for n64, no idea how good it is though01:44
xaer0the Turbo-Grafx 16 .. the first ever 16 bit system ever created. released in 1989 in the US and 1986 in Japan01:45
xaer0oh check this http://www.lockergnome.com/it/2008/07/07/ubuntu-at-best-buy/01:45
xaer0best buy now carried Ubuntu :)01:46
xaer0*carries01:46
xaer0well off to watch Hells Kitchen.. laters.. maybe ill get around to making images and logos for Xubuntu soon :L)01:48
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KEALtest01:59
KEALnearly electrocuted myself just now01:59
KEALspilled a soda on a mess of cables01:59
madchazhey all. having a prob with an old laptop. Installed xubuntu on it and now it stays stuck at loading manual drivers when I boot02:35
madchazspecs: P2 266Mhz. 192Mgs of ram. Builtin graphic (intel, I think)02:35
madchazused to run gentoo on it, but got tired of updates taking 4 days to compile ;-)02:36
madchazanyone as an idea?02:37
mgroman!ask02:38
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. :-)02:38
mgromanall: ^02:38
madchazwell, I am trying to get my laptop to boot past 'loading manual drivers'. How do I do that? (how is that?)02:39
madchaznice chanel. shitload of people, not one helpfull one02:46
lc2nice nick dos4gw03:19
dos4gwthanks!03:22
lc2:D03:22
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* lc2 drops pin03:32
Yud_Zrochow do u make an sd card bootable04:50
ChazHello, I was wondering If there is anything wrong with this setup? I was given a Windows Box via remote desktop to make a CoD server for our clan. I really prefer the Linux environment so I installed a Virtual Installation of Xubuntu and plan on running the CoD server from there. Is there anything wrong with this?04:53
lc2no04:56
lc2not that i see04:56
lc2though that depends on how well your virtualisation software plays with remote desktop04:57
lc2your = the04:57
Chazif they ask me why I did this, am I right in saying that linux is a more reliable server, especially when this windows server has to be running in gui?04:59
Chazand more efficient*04:59
Chazlc2: am i right?04:59
lc2well04:59
Chazuh oh :P04:59
lc2it's only going to be as reliable as the windows box and the virtualisation software05:00
Chazhuh05:00
Chazwhoopss.....g2g05:00
Chazthx for your input lc205:00
lc2kay05:00
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pijuhello05:55
pijui got problem here05:55
pijumy browsing become slow05:55
pijuhttp://pastebin.ca/106633405:55
pijuthis is my firewall script05:55
KEALpiju ?07:10
piju?07:20
zoredachedebugging iptables rules is kinda off-topic here.  I would suggest checking #iptables, or maybe #ubuntu-server...07:23
zoredacheas a general reccomendation, why not do a tcpdump, or fire up etheral and see if you can see what is going on07:23
zoredacheif enabling the firewall makes something slow it usually means you are blocking something.  In tcpdump you'll often see something trying to retransmit the same packet several times07:25
zoredacheanother option would be to simple start clean and just add in one rule at a time, and test after each change07:26
zoredachebtw, is that firewall something you wrote yourself from scratch, or did you use something to generate it?07:27
hadsDo yourself a favour and use something to generate it if you aren't already.07:28
Cuhar2_hello08:32
Cuhar2_anyone is having problems with localization? I have xubuntu with the packages for spanish, but firefox is in english...08:32
Cuhar2_also the menus when exiting are not translated...08:33
microwaveranyone have any experience setting up a xubuntu startupsound?09:04
TheSheep_microwaver: in the login window settings09:22
microwaverTheSheep_, Hello sheepy, where can I find it in the GUI09:30
microwaver(native gnome user here :| :p)09:30
SlidinZ? :p09:31
TheSheep_microwaver: in setting submenu09:31
TheSheep_it's the same gui as in gnome09:31
TheSheep_or you can start it from terminal with sudo gdmsetup09:31
microwaverthe terminal thing works, I can't seem to find it in the xcfe desktop gui (don't have the gnome one anymore)09:35
TheSheep_microwaver: settings->login window09:36
microwaverTheSheep_, Thank you10:17
microwaverTheSheep_, can't seem to find a sound option in gdmsetup10:36
microwavernvm10:36
microwaverTheSheep_, Do you know what those 'buttons' on the left hand side of applications are ? with th O in it?11:23
TheSheep_microwaver: "stick", they make the window visible on all workspaces11:25
microwaverTheSheep_, handy, love xubuntu so far, just one downside :P11:25
TheSheep_microwaver: you can customize which buttojns are visible and where in the window manager settings11:25
microwaverTheSheep_, no multiple dorpping / dragging on desktop11:26
TheSheep_microwaver: yeah, I don't keep anything on the desktop, it's cleaner11:27
microwaverTheSheep_, Mostly I download from FF straight to Desktop11:28
microwaverand somethimes when I unrar/zip things it gets clutterd11:28
* cody-somerville nods.11:31
TheSheep_microwaver: you can open the Desktop directory in your home dir11:32
microwaverany news on 'fixes' on that ? or reasons why it won't work in xfce and it does in gnome11:33
microwaverI know sheep. but my lazyness makes me do more work than I wouldn't be doing when i'm not lazy :11:33
TheSheep_microwaver: it will be fixed in next version of thunar11:40
prontohello :)11:43
microwaverthunar is the nautilus of xcfe right ? :p11:43
prontohttp://pronto185.com/linux/screens/windowshots/07_09_08_06:33:30window.png odd, error :o11:43
JannoTTIs there a way to add keyboard shortcut to System monitor?11:45
microwaverJannoTT,11:47
microwaverApplications > Settings > Settings Manager > Shortcuts11:47
JannoTTDont have that "shortcuts" button on settings manager. :/11:49
microwaverno11:50
microwaverApplications > Settings > Settings Manager > Keyboard > Shortcuts11:50
microwaversorry :)11:50
daurnhey11:51
JannoTTnow i got it. Thanks11:51
daurnDisk Managment in my panel menu isn't runnign as root11:51
daurnhow do I fix it?11:51
JannoTTNice! Ctrl and numlock del button now makes system monitor pop-up.11:54
microwaverdaurn, not sure what you're plannign to do11:55
daurnmicrowaver: when I goto Applications -> System -> Disk Management, it says I do not have permissions, and to run as root11:56
daurnI would think I need to edit the command to add gksu infront of the command being called?11:56
daurnbut I don't know how to edit the menu11:56
daurnwhen I goto edit menu, you can only change the master menu, which actually includes the main section from another file11:56
microwaverdaurn, you added Disk Management yourself ? did ya?11:59
daurnno?11:59
microwaverbecause when I go to Applications -> System > <there is no disk managemnt12:03
daurnhmmm12:06
daurnoh well12:06
daurnwhat do I use for managing partitions?12:06
microwaveryou want to resize them and stuff?12:08
daurnyeah12:09
microwaveri've always used gParted12:09
Shaba2anyone at the keys here14:05
kripzWhat is the equivalent of Media Player Classic + FFDSHOW for Xubuntu??14:06
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TheSheep_kikr_: totem + ffmpeg14:20
Shaba2does anyone know how I can control the apci properties of my laptop14:25
Shaba2like how long it takes before it goes into standby mode,monitor off mode e.t.c14:25
TheSheep_Shaba2: you can install gnome-power-manager...14:26
Shaba2TheSheep_: apt-get install gnome-power-manager?14:32
Shaba2I assume14:32
Shaba2?14:32
TheSheep_yeah, with sudo14:33
Shaba2thanks14:33
Shaba2ok second question14:33
TheSheep_shoot14:34
Shaba2Someone told me how to get vino to start up automagically at boot on this laptop I am typing on now14:34
Shaba2I just set up ubuntu on my moms laptop becasue I coudl not get her windows xp recovery disk to install without the laptop shutting down14:36
Shaba2BUT Now I do not remember the instuctions he gave me.14:36
Shaba2I have the script that he made in a dpaste14:37
Shaba2but do not know where I put it or how I start it up :(14:37
Shaba2any ideas14:38
TheSheep_can you show the script?14:38
Shaba2hold on14:38
Shaba2http://paste.ubuntu.com/23652/14:39
TheSheep_Shaba2: I can tell you how to start it n login, but not on boot14:40
Shaba2this is very important. Since its on my moms laptop. And trust me she will be calling me all hours of day or night asking questions. So I would rather just remote into her laptop and solve them14:41
Shaba2Well for her its the same thing since I have autologin set up14:41
Shaba2TheSheep_: ??14:45
TheSheep_Shaba2: just put it in ~/.config/autostart14:46
TheSheep_in a .desktop file14:46
Shaba2Ok hold on14:47
TheSheep_alternatively you could also just add it with settings->autostarted applications14:47
Shaba2I am on the xubuntu side of my laptop14:47
Shaba2I have vino set up that way on this machine.14:47
Shaba2but like I said I forgot how I did it.14:47
Shaba2let me check ~/.config/autostart14:48
Shaba2TheSheep_:  No ts not in there14:50
Shaba2ah .desktop sounds familiar14:50
Shaba2where would I normally find those?14:50
TheSheep_Shaba2: all over the place, these are launcher files14:55
TheSheep_Shaba2: type 'locate .desktop' to get a list14:55
Shaba2Sorry to be so dense.But working and 11pm-7:30 am shift does not make ones mind the sharpest in the morning.14:57
TheSheep_Shaba2: I also don't know a solution14:57
TheSheep_Shaba2: I'm trying to guess...14:57
TheSheep_Shaba2: if you remember the name of the file you used, you can 'locate' it too14:57
Shaba2thanks TheSheep_ i will just leave a memo for cyphase.15:00
Shaba2He was the one that told me how to do it.15:00
Shaba2found it TheSheep_15:03
Shaba2you gave me enough hints to find where it was15:03
Shaba2Ok third question TheSheep_15:06
Shaba2if you are still here.15:06
Shaba2I have a wifi print sever that she(mom) brought15:06
Shaba2I have got it working in windows15:06
Shaba2how would I get it to print from xubuntu15:06
Shaba2and yes I know that is a very generic question15:06
TheSheep_Shaba2: there is some documentation on it on the desktop guide15:18
TheSheep_Shaba2: I'm not really familiar with printers either15:18
Shaba2desktop guide?15:18
TheSheep_https://help.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/desktopguide/C/index.html15:19
TheSheep_it's a little incoplete/outdated, but some info is in there15:19
TheSheep_!print15:20
ubottuPrinting in Ubuntu is done with cups. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Printers - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsPrinters - http://linuxprinting.org - Printer sharing: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NetworkPrintingFromWindows15:20
Shaba2TheSheep_:  I found this http://forums.linksys.com/linksys/board/message?board.id=Wireless_Print_Servers&thread.id=1021&view=by_date_ascending&page=115:38
CTZenhello! I'm lookin for help16:19
Myrttiokies16:20
MyrttiI'm looking for eternal happiness but I guess I'll have to wait for that16:20
CTZenyeah maybe next release16:21
MyrttiI hope you don't have to wait that long16:21
MyrttiCTZen: let me get my crystal ball16:34
CTZenyep.. ok16:35
CTZenI got a second harddrive16:35
CTZenfat32 format mounted at /media/diskf3216:36
CTZenon xubuntu desktop there is a icon "filsystem"16:37
CTZenfor the 1st harddrive16:37
CTZenhow to add another icon for the second hardrive ??16:37
CTZenok hit that ball --> Myrtti16:38
Myrttiwell now. I think I've seen someplace a way to tweak that16:40
Myrttihm, was wrong16:42
Myrttianyway...16:42
Myrttido a simple symbolic link to it?16:42
Myrttiln -s /media/diskf32 $HOME/Desktop/diskf3216:43
CTZenok16:45
CTZenis it the same as "Create launcher" ?16:45
Myrttinot exactly16:45
Myrttisymbolic link creates a link that you can use straight up16:46
Myrttiie. save stuff to Desktop/diskf32/folder/foo/bar16:46
Myrttiit Just Works16:46
Myrttifor every and all of the apps16:47
CTZenok... I did...16:48
CTZenhey7 cannot change the icon16:48
CTZenmmm... it does not shows on thunar either16:49
CTZenon the left panel16:49
CTZenI can see my home folder, trash, desktop, filesystem. floppy16:49
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menovamikeHi!19:13
menovamikeI have a problem with autostarting apps in xubuntu:  I put them in the autostart list, and nothing happens.  I was just trying to get the autostarted apps function to run a script by giving it "sh /path/script.sh" as the command.  Any ideas?19:15
th0rmenovamike, first, make sure the script is executable, second try it without the sh. If I remember right I am running one or two that are called without the sh19:24
menovamikeGreat, I'll try it.19:25
Shaba2does anyone know how to connect to a networked print server.21:58
Shaba2I can connect to the admin page thru firefox using the url21:58

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