[00:00] um [00:00] im having xserver issues [00:00] since installing the latest round of updates [00:00] anyone else having similar? [00:03] no? [00:03] deviant: what driver? [00:03] if you mean video, just software [00:04] havent installed nvidia-glx [00:04] from what i could see the updates were thunderbird 2.0.0.17 and libc [00:04] deviant: what kind of issues? [00:05] i just get a blue background with text saying the xserver couldn't start [00:05] and then the text login prompt appears [00:06] deviant: are you on another machine right now? [00:06] no booted using live cd [00:06] deviant: what version of ubuntu do you have installed? [00:06] its xubuntu 8.04.1 [00:07] im using a lenovo 3000 n200 laptop [00:07] been working absolutely fine until this [00:07] deviant: can you go to /media//etc/X11/xorg.conf and pastebin that file? [00:07] ill try yeah [00:08] here's the pastebin link: [00:08] !pastebin [00:08] 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) [00:08] deviant: note that is is /media//etc/... not just /etc/ [00:13] http://paste.ubuntu.com/51094/ [00:14] !bye | deviant [00:14] deviant: Au revoir! [00:14] Huh. I'll be. [00:15] deviant: have you tried booting into recovery mode and select: Fix broken xorg? [00:15] havent [00:15] how do i do that? [00:17] deviant: before grub loads, press esc. then choose recover mode for your kernel... [00:17] oh right, ill try it [00:17] thanks !:) [00:18] deviant: i gtg. ttyl. [00:31] Okay I still can't access folders on a windows computer [00:31] Any help? [00:31] !fusesmb doesn't work [00:31] Error: I am only a bot, please don't think I'm intelligent :) [00:32] I get connection timeouts [00:37] Every time I mount fusesmb and try to access teh directory I get an error stating the connection timed out [01:43] I forgot where the test releases are and would like to boot newest build. How do I find Intrepid Alpha 6??? [01:45] wait sry found it [01:45] :) === coldhak is now known as pete_i === pete_i is now known as Coldhak [02:16] im pretty sure it would be but i just wanna double check, its a bad idea to run a encrypted partition on a very low resource pc correct? [02:30] it probably wouldn't work out to well... [02:52] yea i did last night, runs like a dog [02:52] like a dog i say [02:53] i need him running like horse not like dog, i cant put a saddle on a dog [02:53] or could i.... [03:20] nnull >> IMHO: you can when it's running LUNIX core (more so with Debian, even!). Try to do it with Windows, and, you're right, it doesn't work. [03:38] o/ [04:48] <[biabia]> anyone do much printing of shell scripts or text files from the shell using lpr or cupsdoprint? i dont like the small thin default font but i cant figure out how to change it [06:16] collapses on the floor crying from the sound of mikey mouse having sex family guy [06:38] i just installed xubuntu on an old mac and having some display problems [06:48] how do i connect wirlessly using xubuntu, i just installed it [07:59] i need help, new to xubuntu, having display problems [08:08] alec_: any details? [08:26] i installed xubuntu feisty ppc, on an old mac g3, the install went fien, except the display is skewed, the left of the screen is blank. [08:26] someone told me to download displayconfig-gtk [08:26] i did this and it made the dislay much worse [08:27] but it seemed to be a suggestion in the right vein. [08:30] alec_: you don't download it, it's installed y default [08:30] alec_: but I don't know much about power pc versions of xubuntu [08:31] alec_: if it's feisty, you can try 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg' and set the right settings for your hardware there [08:32] TheSheep: I dont know anything, i believe that it wasnt installed, but i certainly couldnt be sure. i think i need to somehow set the display settings but im not sure how [08:32] alec_: it's possible it wasn't there in feisty yet [08:33] alec_: the command I gave you should alolow you to set the display settings [08:33] TheSheep: im new to linux so you will ahve to bare with me [08:34] TheSheep: do you have any suggestions for correcting the display being offset, and the top of the display running the bottom up the top. and i know that this hardly makes any sense [08:35] alec_: try openning the terminal and typing 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg' [08:35] alec_: then it will ask you for your password and let you configure your x server [08:36] TheSheep: ill try, when i installed displayconfig-gtk, if thats waht i did, i set the screen far less readable that it was. so its super hard to see, [08:36] i was planning on reistalling [08:38] its possible to boot straight to terminal is that correct? [08:39] alec_: you can also switch to terminal with alt+ctrl+f1, f2, f3, etc. [08:40] is there a key i can hold down during startup to open to terminal? [08:41] thank you for the help by the way [08:42] alec_: you can switch to terminal with already running system, with that alt+ctrl+f1. if you press esc while booting, you should also have a menu where you can select 'recovery mode' or somethng like that [08:42] but I'm not sure whther this powerks for ppc [08:43] !display [08:43] The X Window System is the part of your system that's responsible for graphical output. To restart your X, type « sudo /etc/init.d/?dm restart » in a console - To fix screen resolution or other X problems: http://help.ubuntu.com/community/FixVideoResolutionHowto [08:43] TheSheep: thanks, im giving it a try [08:44] thank you ubutto [08:45] !bot [08:45] Hi! I'm #xubuntu's favorite infobot, you can search my brain yourself at http://tinyurl.com/5zfb6t - Usage info: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBots [08:47] i thought so [08:48] im not so familiar with irc etiquite. what does the ! point mean before something? [08:49] it's a command for the bot [08:49] its a command for the bot [08:49] !bot [08:49] Hi! I'm #xubuntu's favorite infobot, you can search my brain yourself at http://tinyurl.com/5zfb6t - Usage info: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBots [08:49] !botsnack [08:49] Yum! Err, I mean, APT! [08:49] !opsnack [08:49] Chocolate! And Raisins! And ICE CREAM! ooo! and 60 minutes +m! [08:50] irc is a weird and wild place [08:50] welcome ;-) [08:50] i feel so small and insignificant [08:50] that will pass [08:51] should i listen to this bot? [08:51] because i am [08:51] that one, yes [08:51] and a bot is? [08:52] a program running on a server handling some tedious repeating tasks [08:52] !info supybot [08:52] supybot (source: supybot): robust and user friendly Python IRC bot. In component universe, is optional. Version 0.83.3-1 (hardy), package size 495 kB, installed size 2968 kB [08:52] like my asking how to fix my display problem in xubunty feisty ppc [08:53] it knows only data given to it... [08:54] do you know anything more than data given to you? because the bot was wrong [08:54] well, that would be me being wrong [08:55] bot was wrong? hmmm. [08:55] oh [08:56] hey man, im just glad someone is helping me at 4 in the morning f with my decade old computer [08:57] its one of those its the thought that counts sort of things [08:57] its not 4am ;-) [08:57] 2008-09-27 10:57:57 [08:58] where are you? it is for me [08:58] Finland, just woke up [08:59] oh! well, very nice, im in new york [08:59] and its early [09:00] didnt you guys invent this linux? [09:00] no [09:00] well, i told you i didnt know anything [09:00] Linus started it, thats all [09:01] so no suggestions for display problems> [09:01] and many people before him, like Stallman, Kerningham and Ritchie, etc. [09:01] ? [09:01] alec_: the dpkg-reconfigure thing didn't work? [09:01] that sudo dpkg-reconfigure should do it [09:02] well it did something that effected the problem i had, but it didnt fix it [09:02] you've uninstalled that gtkdisplayconf thing? [09:03] its hard to describe but the display was all there before but the bottom repeated at the bottom, and the left quarter was blank [09:03] now the screen is half the and smooched against the right side and theres more black [09:04] it seems to me it worked but in the wrong way [09:04] oh no i havent unistalled [09:05] i tried to reverse the command in terminal, but now i can hardly see the screen so who knows what i did [09:05] im like the high maintainance girlfriend arent i? [09:07] I wouldn't know :-> [09:08] lucky [09:08] you should leave finland and come to NY they love guys over here who have a healthy linux habit [09:09] and im not kidding [09:09] or your not a guy. [09:09] opps [09:09] ftw [09:09] exactly ;-) [09:09] hi sulle [09:09] hi =) [09:10] oh not a boy. well the same goes for you [09:10] been up all night trying to find out what grub error 22 was and how to fix it. and it was realy easy when i found out.:P. hate beeing a unix noob :( [09:11] sulle: we've all been there... [09:12] does anyone who just came know how to fix a xubuntu display problem [09:12] ? [09:12] is it a wide screen? [09:12] sulle: no [09:12] its not displaying properly [09:13] i just installed on an old mac [09:13] how does it look? [09:13] what is the problem? [09:13] hard to describe [09:14] hmm [09:14] i can see part of the display, but the left quarter is blacked out and the top repeats at the bottom. [09:14] i cant describe it [09:15] what mac is it? [09:15] the folks above told me to try configdisplay-gtk and it effected it but not the way i wanted [09:15] an old ibook [09:15] i think a g3 [09:16] old [09:18] Well i am a noob so i have no clue how to fix it. but do as i do and google it. Maybe we will find something. [09:19] thanks [09:19] i am very much a noob too [09:19] and i have [09:19] Have you posted the problem on ubuntu forums? [09:20] That might help you out alot. [09:20] ive spent like a week finding the distro and how to install it an so on [09:20] i have, but i am yet to reciecve a response. ill get there, it will jsut take some work [09:21] and it helps that i have the computer im on that runs ubuntu just fine [09:21] so its 11 in finland? lucky bastards [09:21] The shooting?, wasnt it 10 ? [09:22] woot? [09:22] not me? you mean someone else? [09:23] what? i am confused. [09:23] 11 what? the clock? [09:23] never mond [09:23] hahah [09:23] mind [09:24] oh sorry i am tierd as H*ll. [09:24] np [09:24] Well its 10:24 here "norway". [09:24] i'm still at bed [09:24] its 4:30 here [09:24] hmmm [09:25] alec_, yes it is 11.-- in finland :) [09:25] hell yeah [09:25] thank you [09:25] how come we are lucky bastards? [09:25] because its all nice and morning [09:25] dont you like morning? [09:25] hah [09:25] nope [09:25] no? [09:25] nope [09:25] i prefer night [09:25] fair enough [09:26] and evening [09:26] well we can trade [09:26] ye night ftw [09:26] the worst thing in the morning is that you have to get up from your bed [09:27] yup [09:27] and i'm hungry [09:27] well, the leaving the bed is the problem, but its also good, because you cant say that its for shit... yet [09:28] When i get out of bed i start freezing and i just go to bed again. thats how i get l8 for work sometimes :( [09:28] lol :D [09:28] cold in finland i assume [09:28] : P [09:29] you get used to it [09:29] and i prefer cold over warm [09:29] :P [09:29] i dont [09:29] is it cold there now ? [09:29] uooh [09:29] here? [09:29] no, just started cooling off [09:29] 70 or so [09:29] rained the last couplde [09:29] couple [09:29] here its fall and its not cold, its just raining. [09:29] it was a damn hot day on thusrday here [09:30] i guess the snow is here in 1 moth or so :P [09:30] well then its the same. were heading into it. a little rain, the temp dropped then or so in the last week [09:31] well see you guys later, i got to take a shower and get me some food. [09:31] see you and have a nice day [09:32] you 2 [09:32] and then there were none [09:33] bah [09:34] oh 2 [09:34] so whats your excuse [09:35] for what? ;) [09:35] i was being phecious. [09:35] is that spelled right? [09:35] uh... don't think so [09:36] neither do i [09:37] its not even phoenitically spelled right [09:37] and neither is that [09:37] lol :D [09:37] so your in finland [09:37] ? [09:37] yes [09:38] never been [09:38] though that doesnt say much [09:38] many people haven't [09:38] i think iwould like to [09:38] we have lots of space :P [09:38] saw that movie pathfinder when i was a kid, im into it [09:38] and depressed people [09:38] hahaa [09:39] we have that here [09:39] trust me [09:39] in usa? [09:39] yes [09:39] well i think in finland it's a bit different sort of depression [09:39] maybe [09:40] who knows [09:40] alls i know is we have pleanty [09:40] you know, in winter you have only very little daytime [09:40] plenty [09:41] oh i know all about it, and in places like alaka (usa) : ) doctors will prescribe uv lights for depression because they have 6 months of dark [09:41] alaska [09:41] i meant [09:41] yeah [09:41] but i think you don't live in alaska? ;) [09:41] no [09:42] new york [09:42] but im from california [09:42] true but i still dispute the class of depression [09:42] he [09:42] ? [09:42] = heh ;) [09:42] oh [09:42] he [09:42] so how is it like to live in NY? [09:43] :) [09:43] do you live far from the "center"? [09:43] i live in a neighborhood of brooklyn called williamsburg. just across the river from anhattan [09:43] manhattan [09:44] so, very close to the"center" [09:44] in a neighborhood full of grownup children [09:44] hmm [09:45] sort of like the island of lost toys only less endearing [09:45] aren't they usually called adults? :P [09:45] far less endearing [09:45] very clever. [09:46] i guess were called adults now? [09:46] hehe [09:46] so how did you end up there? [09:46] well [09:46] i dont know [09:46] x) [09:47] my best friend from highs school, noelle came here to go to some famous acting school [09:47] and so you followed? [09:47] and i was back home doing stuff and i decided one day that i was going to go [09:47] yayy [09:48] so what do you do? [09:48] study? work? [09:48] * TheSheep looks towards xubuntu-offtopic [09:48] and i called her up about three years after she moved and told her i was going to come visit her [09:48] TheSheep, too lazy, we'll stop this is someone needs support ;) [09:48] *if [09:48] knome: many peole read the backlog [09:49] "and she was like " yay" when and i said tomorrow [09:49] TheSheep, oh, this was #xubuntu [09:49] so i came on a oneway ticket and thats all [09:49] not -devel.. [09:49] ? [09:49] alec_, let's join #xubuntu-offtopic [09:49] ok [10:05] hello [10:05] hello looping_ [10:06] hi knome. [10:06] do you have trouble choosing a desktop? ;) [10:06] nope? :) [10:06] or you're just a killer gnome... haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. [10:06] sorry [10:06] choose xfce. [10:06] hah [10:06] that was a referral to my nick, i see [10:07] it's not a combination of kde and gnome [10:07] no problem, I didn't think it was [10:07] :) [10:07] just kidding. [10:07] x) [10:08] i used to be "emunkki", but then it was kind of clashing with "emonkey", a kubuntu guy [10:08] so i thought that i'd just change back to this, my "normal" nick [10:09] I need help because although XFCE is quite lightweight, my 256MB of RAM have a hard time dealing with all the apps I use. I often get stuck while the computer just... get busy doing stuff I don't know about. [10:09] knome, ok [10:10] If I remember well, looping_ is my second nickname ever. [10:10] have you looked at htop? [10:10] I used Beorn for a while, when I started using IRC but then a friend of mine nicknamed me looping, and I have been using it ever since. [10:11] x) [10:11] looping, as in The A Team Murdock character. :p [10:11] htop, I know top. is it some variant of it? [10:11] yes [10:11] so what does top say when xubuntu is freezed? [10:12] it usually tells me that damn epiphany-browser is eating all the RAM because it has been running for more than 1 hour. [10:13] and this browser has the best light/usability ratio I found [10:13] does it get back to normal if you kill epiphany? [10:13] definitely. [10:14] have you tried midori? [10:14] because of all the Flash junk there is everywhere [10:14] midori sounds nice [10:14] it's not finished [10:14] there is also epiphany-webkit [10:14] but not finished either [10:14] yes, I saw that [10:14] that's why I am stuck. [10:14] we just have to wait fro google chrome :) [10:15] because I am kind of an end-user. incapable of compiling sources [10:16] looping_, well compiling is usually easy as picking a candy from a children [10:16] knome ok :) [10:16] I am not english native, as you might have guesses. Did I use the word compiling correctly? [10:16] guessed* [10:17] yes [10:18] thanks [10:18] or actually, compile from sources [10:18] i'm not a native english speaker either [10:18] haha [10:18] :) [10:18] but the most important thing is that you're understood [10:19] knome, where are you from? [10:19] finland [10:19] i'll find something to eat -> [10:20] great, I am Swiss and I live in France [10:20] I am currently eating cereals [10:29] omfg, epiphany has been running for half an hour and is already using 80megs of RAM, god I hate gecko engine... [10:31] when I think about the beginning of mozilla. I was the only one using phoenix/firebird or kmeleon in college. they looked pretty neat. and now, look at these pile of junk-code. [10:33] when I try and ./configure midori, I get this "pkg-config cannot find webkit-1.0 >= 0.1" but I can't find this package in the repositories... [10:39] hm [10:55] i installed tightvncserver via synaptic, anyone tell me where id find the config file to edit?, couldnt find it in /et [10:55] -/etc* [10:55] hi all [10:56] can anyone halp me with a display issue in xubunu [10:59] looping_, you need -dev packages [11:00] knome, I have them, or maybe I only think I have. [11:00] that's possible [11:01] anyway, midori 0.0.17 is on the repos [11:01] and the last version is 0.21 [11:02] 0.0.21 [11:02] yes [11:02] I have the .deb debian package on my harddrive. [11:03] of 0.0.21 ? [11:03] I try and install it but Gdebi can't find the package "unique" [11:03] yes, 0.0.21 package [11:09] see u guys l8tr. [11:10] ok, libunique can't be found by the installer [11:10] ... [11:10] hmm [11:10] how do i search for files in xubuntu pls [11:10] i installed vnc server but i cant find it [11:11] I don't understand. it's the same problem either I try and install the debian package or compile from sources [11:11] nnull: the config is a hidden folder in /home/you [11:11]