| tonibuntu | how do i tell what version of ubuntu i'm using? | 00:06 |
|---|---|---|
| ball | uname -a ? | 00:14 |
| tonibuntu | my friend just bought a new lexmark all in one and i'm having trouble finding the driver for it, has anyone had any luck using x5410 lexmark with hardy? | 00:17 |
| tonibuntu | looking on the doc pages there is one that suggests using the z600 driver generically, but it doesn't appear in the list | 00:20 |
| tonibuntu | ball, were you talking to me? | 00:26 |
| ball | tonibuntu: yes | 00:27 |
| ball | That may just give you the kernel version, let me try it. | 00:28 |
| ball | Yes, that's odd. | 00:28 |
| ball | It only tells me that I have a 2.6.27-9-server linux kerne | 00:28 |
| ball | l | 00:28 |
| tonibuntu | ball, no i think i'm using hardy, cause software source list showing hardy references ... my BIG issue is getting this printer lexmark x5410 to work | 00:29 |
| ball | I've not had good luck with printers and Ubuntu, but then I've only tried a few | 00:31 |
| tonibuntu | ball, there's a tutorial for dapper to install through the terminal a lexmark z605 driver, will that also work in hardy? | 00:31 |
| ball | I don't know | 00:33 |
| ball | (sorry) | 00:33 |
| tonibuntu | or anybody, ball says printers not his forte .... i'm at my friends now and really want to get his printer up | 00:33 |
| tonibuntu | no, thanks anyways | 00:33 |
| tonibuntu | appreciate anybody that tries to help :) | 00:34 |
| ball | tonibuntu: I know quite a bit about printers, but very little about Linux | 00:38 |
| ball | Are those Lexmark printers inkjets? | 00:38 |
| === sizzam is now known as sizzam_ | ||
| === sizzam_ is now known as sizzam | ||
| tonibuntu | ball, sorry, yes is inkjet | 00:40 |
| martyd | i have successfully moved everything in my /home to the new /home on a different partition, it's just in /home/home_backup. is there a way to take everything in /home/home_backup and paste it up a directory? i have terminal only... | 00:41 |
| ball | martyd: if you're in /home/home_backup, you could probably do "mv * .." | 00:42 |
| ball | that's my guess anyway | 00:42 |
| ball | (be root btw) | 00:42 |
| martyd | of course. * represents all in the current folder? | 00:43 |
| martyd | and .. means parent directory? | 00:43 |
| tonibuntu | dr_willis, can you give me any guidance on config this lexmark all in one x5410 printer for my friend? | 00:43 |
| * ball nods | 00:44 | |
| ball | I have to take some garbage out. Back shortly. | 00:44 |
| martyd | ball, thank you | 00:44 |
| ball | martyd: no problem | 00:52 |
| tonibuntu | sorry got bumped ... if anyone can please help me i'm at my friends trying to get his lexmark all in one x5410 configged ... its not detected in the printer setup ... running hardy, but i found a tutorial for dapper to install a kind of generic lexmark driver ... any ideas on whether this would also work in hardy? or are they that different? | 01:02 |
| martyd | have you searched ubuntu forums? or looked for a comprehensive printer problems thread? | 01:04 |
| tonibuntu | yes, i've looked bunch of places and nothing is really speaking to me i don't think | 01:06 |
| tonibuntu | is there a way to use the driver disk made for windows to extract the driver for the printer? | 01:10 |
| tonibuntu | it seems like mums the word tonite, huh | 01:16 |
| tonibuntu | could somebody just answer if i will hurt anything by trying the install suggested for use on dapper on a hardy machine? | 01:17 |
| tonibuntu | here's the instruction: http://pastebin.com/m29144318 | 01:19 |
| tonibuntu | gotta be one expert in the channel that could answer this please , will the process described at http://pastebin.com/m29144318 work on a hardy system? | 01:26 |
| === danopia_ is now known as danopia | ||
| xubuser | Hello People. | 05:40 |
| mixed-_- | !ldap | 07:00 |
| ubottu | LDAP is the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. For more information and installation instructions, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenLDAPServer | 07:00 |
| steph33560 | Hello | 09:34 |
| steph33560 | Does xdtv will run under xubuntu ? | 09:37 |
| === Igorot_ is now known as Igorot | ||
| steph33560 | Hi :) | 10:32 |
| knome | hello. | 10:33 |
| steph33560 | does xubuntu will leave more resources for video purposes ? | 10:34 |
| steph33560 | (I've got a celeron 430, 1.8Ghz) | 10:34 |
| steph33560 | any feedbacks would be great, I need to move my father's computer from XP to Ubuntu... ! | 10:35 |
| knome | more free resources comparing to...? | 10:36 |
| steph33560 | to a classic Ubuntu disto :) | 10:36 |
| steph33560 | s/disto/distro/ | 10:36 |
| knome | well... compared to ubuntu: yes, a bit | 10:37 |
| knome | depends on what programs you're using | 10:37 |
| knome | xubuntu and ubuntu differ only of programs, not kernel or the core OS | 10:37 |
| steph33560 | He intends to use something like OpenOffice, thunderbird, and XTV/XawDecode | 10:38 |
| steph33560 | s/XTV/xdtv/ | 10:38 |
| steph33560 | maybe It would be more interesting to search for a lighter disto... | 10:39 |
| knome | there definitely is lighter distros, but the easiness of usability might lose badly to xubuntu | 10:39 |
| steph33560 | Yes, I see ... in fact, i try to choose using xubuntu or gentoo | 10:41 |
| knome | is it your/his first linux experience? | 10:42 |
| steph33560 | I'm using Debian, now Ubuntu, for many years, but it will be his very first linux experience | 10:43 |
| knome | ok | 10:43 |
| knome | i'd suggest try xubuntu then | 10:44 |
| steph33560 | ok | 10:44 |
| knome | how much ram is in the pc btw? | 10:45 |
| steph33560 | 1GB | 10:46 |
| knome | ok, sounds enough :P | 10:46 |
| steph33560 | In fact, I think the processor may be a little bit short for TV | 10:47 |
| knome | well... i have no experiences of that | 10:47 |
| knome | can't really say | 10:47 |
| steph33560 | me too ;) | 10:47 |
| steph33560 | i think I should start trying xubuntu and see how it reacts | 10:47 |
| knome | yeah | 10:48 |
| knome | installing it is really easy ;) | 10:48 |
| steph33560 | mounting the docs on sdb, xubuntu on sda, and if xubuntu does not fit my needs, try to move to gentoo will ge possible on a fresh new sdc | 10:48 |
| steph33560 | thanks for sharing your ideas :) | 10:49 |
| knome | yeah np | 10:49 |
| steph33560 | q | 10:49 |
| sin | How do I get Flashplayer to work in xubuntu ? | 11:04 |
| steph33560 | knome, ok, well, I tryied, I throw it :( | 11:10 |
| steph33560 | the installer freeze on the first screen | 11:11 |
| sin | Can anyone tell me how to get flashplayer or gnash to work properly in Xubuntu 8.04 ? | 11:24 |
| sin | Can anyone tell me how to get flash player working in Xubuntu ? | 12:25 |
| TheSheep | sin: install flashplayer-nonfree package | 12:33 |
| TheSheep | !flash | 12:33 |
| ubottu | To install Flash see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/Flash (a recent version for !Dapper is available in !backports) - See also !Restricted and !Gnash | 12:33 |
| sin | I did sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree and I can see the flashplayer-plugin in Mozilla, but it won't play videos, it's just white. | 12:35 |
| TheSheep | sin: try also installing codecs | 12:38 |
| TheSheep | !codecs | 12:38 |
| ubottu | For multimedia issues, this page has useful information: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats - See also http://help.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/common-tasks-chap.html - But please use free formats if you can: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeFormats | 12:38 |
| sin | Should I remove Gnash before installing Flashplugin-nonfree ? | 12:43 |
| TheSheep | no idea | 12:44 |
| sin | Yes, it worked. It was Gnash that was the problem all along. | 12:46 |
| sin | All hail proprietary software ! | 12:47 |
| TheSheep | argh | 12:47 |
| TheSheep | sin: say, are you French? | 12:47 |
| sin | TheSheep: No sir, I am not. | 12:47 |
| sin | TheSheep: Why ? | 12:48 |
| TheSheep | because you put that funny spaces before punctuation, just like the French do | 12:48 |
| TheSheep | s/that/those | 12:48 |
| sin | TheSheep: I just think it looks better, but you might have a point with the French - I'm from Belgium. | 12:50 |
| TheSheep | aah :) | 12:50 |
| rob | hey, i wanted to install exaile and used "sudo apt-get build-dep exaile" to get the deps. but now i dont like the player - how can i uninstall those deps WITHOUT uninstalling the deps that are dependant from other programs? | 13:33 |
| Myrtti | rob: you've done lots of unnecessary work | 14:02 |
| rob | why | 14:03 |
| Myrtti | why did you do build-dep to get dependencies when apt would have dealt the dependencies none the less | 14:03 |
| rob | and i wouldnt consider 5 seconds as "lots" | 14:03 |
| rob | :) | 14:03 |
| bad-wire | when doing configure >> configure: WARNING: `missing' script is too old or missing | 14:03 |
| bad-wire | any ideas? | 14:03 |
| Myrtti | bad-wire: well do you have "missing" script in the directory? | 14:04 |
| rob | Myrtti, synaptics diddnt have the newest version of the program thats why i had to install the sourcecode manually and thats why i had to install the deps manually ;) | 14:04 |
| Myrtti | rob: and for future reference, you might want to use aptitude instead of apt-get. | 14:04 |
| bad-wire | yes I can see the script there, and I downloaded the latest tarball from the software website | 14:04 |
| rob | Myrtti, why? wheres the difference for me? its almost the same | 14:05 |
| Myrtti | aptitude takes care of the dependencies better | 14:05 |
| rob | hm yes, ive already read that | 14:06 |
| * vidd has read that too....but dont see how | 14:07 | |
| Myrtti | bad-wire: if the script came with the tarball, you need to contact the software developers | 14:07 |
| rob | but i diddnt know if "sudo aptitude build-dep exaile" works as well, thats why i did it with aptget | 14:07 |
| bad-wire | ok Myrtti :/ maybe I'll just try an older version, the one in the repositories is not configured to stream mp3 | 14:08 |
| rob | seems like it doesnt work - do you know the according command to "apt-get build-dep"? | 14:10 |
| Myrtti | rob: but you can still try to uninstall exaile with aptitude | 14:10 |
| rob | yes, thats what i wanted to do | 14:11 |
| rob | but is there an according command to build deps with aptitude ? | 14:11 |
| bad-wire | Myrtti if I replace that missing script with the laatest one from the latest subversion is it likely to work for me or is that not a good idea? | 14:15 |
| Myrtti | bad-wire: I have no idea what's in the latest subversion, so I couldn't tell | 14:15 |
| bad-wire | ok guess I'll go the whole hog and just get the latest bleeeding edge version and see if I can make that work | 14:19 |
| bad-wire | on another note: what would be the best software to clone a hard drive with linux on it, I know that ghost ain't really an option for it | 14:27 |
| TheSheep | dd | 14:29 |
| TheSheep | or tar | 14:29 |
| === alain is now known as Guest46237 | ||
| Guest46237 | Hi | 14:31 |
| vidd | hello Guest46237 | 14:31 |
| Guest46237 | I just made a fresh install of Xubuntu 8.10 but can't hardly read anything | 14:32 |
| Guest46237 | Can someone help me increase all the fonts? | 14:32 |
| Guest46237 | Included this chat window ;) | 14:32 |
| Guest46237 | Thanks anyhow | 14:36 |
| Guest46237 | Cheers | 14:36 |
| TheSheep | !dpi | 14:36 |
| ubottu | Sorry, I don't know anything about dpi | 14:36 |
| TheSheep | Guest46237: go to settings->setting manager->user interface settings | 14:36 |
| TheSheep | come back here, I didn't finish with you yet! >:( | 14:36 |
| bad-wire | too late | 14:41 |
| bad-wire | and now I need autoconf and automake :/ | 14:41 |
| bad-wire | maybe I'll get an automobile instead and go run over some people | 14:42 |
| bad-wire | too hungover to try and work it all out | 14:57 |
| === evalles_ is now known as effie_jayx | ||
| vidd | how do i add a user task to the server startup? | 16:14 |
| vidd | for example, i have an irc rbot in my /home directory, | 16:15 |
| vidd | if my server reboots for whatever reaseon, i want the launch script to be run as the user | 16:16 |
| TheSheep | vidd: add it with 'su' to /etc/rc.local | 16:23 |
| vidd | TheSheep, so su [user] /path/to/script? | 16:28 |
| TheSheep | vidd: yes, remember that the environment variables are not set though, unless you use -l | 16:34 |
| vidd | so i might have to do su [user] /path/to/ruby /path/to/script? | 16:35 |
| TheSheep | yeah | 16:36 |
| vidd | great....let me get my hunting gear out....=] | 16:36 |
| TheSheep | vidd: note that it will start before logging in and before X | 16:37 |
| vidd | yes...this is what i want..... | 16:37 |
| vidd | just like apache and proftpd | 16:37 |
| slow-motion | hi | 16:37 |
| vidd | hello slow-motion | 16:37 |
| slow-motion | hi vidd | 16:38 |
| slow-motion | is it possible to import torrents from azureus in transmission? | 16:39 |
| vidd | slow-motion, yes...very easily.... | 16:40 |
| slow-motion | cool | 16:40 |
| slow-motion | how? | 16:40 |
| TheSheep | just tell it to download to the same place | 16:40 |
| slow-motion | ok | 16:40 |
| slow-motion | thx | 16:40 |
| vidd | or, move the file to where transmission downloads to =] | 16:41 |
| TheSheep | you can repair any roken files that way too :) | 16:42 |
| slow-motion | i really liked azureus once. but now it is full of useless stuff and i thought why should't i use the client xubuntu has | 16:42 |
| vidd | TheSheep, now all i have to do is reboot the server to test it | 16:42 |
| TheSheep | vidd: you can just run /etc/rc.local as root | 16:42 |
| TheSheep | vidd: to see if it works properly | 16:42 |
| vidd | slow-motion, i use torrentflux...since i have apache and php already installed | 16:43 |
| vidd | TheSheep, thatnks for the tip =] | 16:43 |
| slow-motion | hm. could be nice, but i dont want to install apache and php just to download torrents | 16:44 |
| vidd | like i said....i already had it | 16:44 |
| vidd | oh...and you need mysql with torrentflux too | 16:45 |
| TheSheep | rtorret+screen ftw :) | 16:45 |
| slow-motion | oh please stop it. i dont want to change the client a third time | 16:46 |
| vidd | hehe | 16:46 |
| slow-motion | :) | 16:47 |
| slow-motion | ;) | 16:47 |
| vidd | TheSheep, /usr/bin/ruby: /usr/bin/ruby: cannot execute binary file | 16:47 |
| BladieBla | hi | 17:09 |
| BladieBla | i have a pc with a pentium 2 with 350 mhz, i installed xubuntu inside windows xp with sp3. I hate to say it but xubuntu starts very very very slow wheb i look at windows xp what can i do? | 17:10 |
| BladieBla | its xp lite.. | 17:11 |
| vidd | BladieBla, please be slightly more specific....is it slower to load? or slower to work? | 17:16 |
| BladieBla | slower to load | 17:18 |
| BladieBla | work i dont know yet | 17:18 |
| vidd | BladieBla, so once its up and running, is it faster, slower, or about the same? | 17:19 |
| BladieBla | dont know sorry | 17:19 |
| BladieBla | but the load time is to slow | 17:19 |
| BladieBla | can i fix that? | 17:19 |
| vidd | BladieBla, the thing you have to understand about xp lite is that it does not load any services during boot.... | 17:20 |
| BladieBla | i use everything | 17:20 |
| BladieBla | internet | 17:20 |
| BladieBla | it works | 17:20 |
| vidd | so your internet connection wont load until you need to use the internet | 17:20 |
| BladieBla | it does everything wors normaly | 17:20 |
| vidd | the boot time is faster, but the app launch time is slower | 17:20 |
| vidd | whereas in xubuntu, it will load the tools right away | 17:21 |
| BladieBla | i start internet explorer pretty fast for a p2 | 17:21 |
| vidd | BladieBla, how much ram you got in the machine? | 17:21 |
| BladieBla | does ubuntu loads everything up in the memory? | 17:21 |
| BladieBla | i mean xubutu | 17:21 |
| * vidd has no idea what ubuntu does.... | 17:22 | |
| vidd | =] | 17:22 |
| BladieBla | =P | 17:22 |
| vidd | it starts the services | 17:22 |
| BladieBla | i ment xubuntu ofcourse silly me | 17:22 |
| BladieBla | that i still dont understand | 17:22 |
| BladieBla | windows xp starts fast and function normally when i press on the internet button it opens normally | 17:23 |
| BladieBla | why does xubuntu take so long | 17:23 |
| BladieBla | why load everything up in the beginning.. | 17:23 |
| vidd | BladieBla, HOW MUCH RAM DO YOU HAVE? | 17:23 |
| BladieBla | can i change that? | 17:23 |
| BladieBla | hmm about 300+- | 17:23 |
| vidd | 300+ what? | 17:24 |
| BladieBla | mb | 17:24 |
| BladieBla | its a old pc =P | 17:24 |
| BladieBla | but xp works on it lol | 17:24 |
| vidd | can you be a little more specific as to your exact amount of ram? | 17:24 |
| BladieBla | only i must install a antivirus that i think will kill it | 17:24 |
| BladieBla | 326 ram mb memory | 17:25 |
| BladieBla | pentium 2, 350 mhz | 17:25 |
| vidd | BladieBla, sure...a hollowed out windows xp can run on just about anything....but all those protection tools that you need to prevent it from becoming a zombie will kill it | 17:25 |
| BladieBla | jep | 17:26 |
| BladieBla | but | 17:26 |
| BladieBla | why can xubuntu load fast | 17:26 |
| BladieBla | cant | 17:26 |
| BladieBla | takes 10 minutes or so | 17:26 |
| vidd | because xubuntu is designed for light-weight with emphasis on function.... | 17:27 |
| BladieBla | whats emphasis | 17:27 |
| BladieBla | i am dutch.. | 17:27 |
| vidd | you want "designeed for function with emphasis on light weight" | 17:27 |
| vidd | specialized? | 17:28 |
| BladieBla | i dont know what it means | 17:28 |
| vidd | basicly, xubuntu puts function above light weight | 17:28 |
| vidd | function is more important | 17:29 |
| vidd | you want a distro where light weight is more important then ease-of-use | 17:29 |
| vidd | something like fluxbuntu | 17:30 |
| vidd | !fluxbuntu | 17:30 |
| ubottu | fluxbuntu is a LPAE-standard compliant, Ubuntu-based derivative that maintains the goal of running on a wide range of mobile devices and computers (low-end & high-end). It is lightweight, swift and efficient. | Support Channel: #fluxbuntu on freenode | Homepage: http://fluxbuntu.org/ | 17:30 |
| BladieBla | like eee pc | 17:30 |
| BladieBla | i just need a web browser skype and msn | 17:30 |
| vidd | BladieBla, then you want to build your own desktop.... | 17:31 |
| BladieBla | well my iq isnt high for that kinds of things | 17:31 |
| vidd | get yourself a cli-only install, disable the "install-recommends" | 17:31 |
| BladieBla | =O | 17:31 |
| BladieBla | hmm | 17:31 |
| BladieBla | i must eat i will return =] | 17:32 |
| vidd | then add slim, openbox, xorg, hal, epiphany-browser | 17:32 |
| BladieBla | but isnt there a easy to install eee pc like linux | 17:32 |
| vidd | BladieBla, the eeepc would eat your system for breakfast and still be starved | 17:33 |
| vidd | the eeepc install would still tax your system | 17:33 |
| vidd | BladieBla, your software requirements (skype) will kill your system | 17:34 |
| vidd | the ram is ok...but the mHtz ...ouch | 17:35 |
| vidd | actually....the ram is "scraping the bottom" | 17:35 |
| evilbug | how would i add a launcher for openoffice launcher? | 17:43 |
| evilbug | how would i add a launcher for openoffice ** | 17:43 |
| privet | evilbug: just let it execute /usr/bin/openoffice | 17:46 |
| vidd | evilbug, whats wrong with the menu item? =] | 17:46 |
| evilbug | i'm doing it for someone else. | 17:47 |
| djohngo_ | I'm looking for a panel item that will allow a user to start and stop a dial-up net connection. | 17:51 |
| djohngo_ | Ideally it would work with penggy. | 17:51 |
| djohngo_ | Does anyone know of such a beast? | 17:51 |
| privet | djohngo: networkmanager does the "dialup" for my 3G card. | 17:53 |
| privet | djohngo: what type of dialup are you talking about? | 17:53 |
| djohngo_ | privet: I'm setting up a system for someone who still uses AOL as their ISP. | 17:54 |
| vidd | djohngo, *shudder* | 17:54 |
| djohngo_ | privet: I've configured penggy to dial and make the connection, but I need an easy way for them to get online. | 17:54 |
| djohngo_ | privet, As you might imagine, they're a bit too intimidated to open up a terminal. | 17:55 |
| vidd | djohngo, have you looked http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=364157? | 17:55 |
| vidd | http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=364157 | 17:55 |
| vidd | djohngo_, have you looked http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=364157 ? | 17:56 |
| djohngo_ | vidd, sorry. Still trying to learn my way around w3m. | 17:57 |
| vidd | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DialupModemHowto also is promising | 17:57 |
| vidd | GnomePPP is a good graphic tool for dial-up | 17:57 |
| djohngo_ | vidd, I'm not trying to use a graphical browser on a dial-up connection. | 17:58 |
| knome | can't you just make a script and a launcher which will launch a terminal for it? | 17:58 |
| knome | and launch the script itself | 17:58 |
| knome | s'pose that'd be the easiest way | 17:58 |
| djohngo_ | knome, I'm thinking that's the way to go. | 17:59 |
| djohngo_ | knome, I just didn't want to reinvent the wheel. | 17:59 |
| knome | that is not reinventing anything ;) | 17:59 |
| knome | and non-tech-savvy people don't think that a bit hacky :P | 18:00 |
| knome | they'll just think it's the way to go | 18:00 |
| djohngo_ | I'd better get to it. | 18:01 |
| djohngo_ | Thanks a bunch, everyone. | 18:01 |
| vidd | djohngo_, you just said "i dont want terminal..." then "i dont want graphical...." pick one =] | 18:01 |
| knome | vidd, he wanted automatic for the end-user. | 18:01 |
| vidd | knome, aol wont work "automatically" | 18:02 |
| vidd | not even in windows | 18:02 |
| knome | why not? | 18:02 |
| vidd | um...they are more evil then M$? | 18:02 |
| knome | even if you had to enter password to the terminal, the script will be launched with one click | 18:02 |
| knome | or anything | 18:03 |
| vidd | TheSheep, still no luck getting a ruby script to launch in rc.local | 19:21 |
| TheSheep | vidd: why not? | 19:23 |
| vidd | TheSheep, /usr/bin/ruby: cannot execute binary file | 19:25 |
| cody-somerville | vidd, what does `which ruby` return? | 19:29 |
| vidd | /usr/bin/ruby | 19:29 |
| vidd | now....i seperated the su [username] and the ruby command, and i get no error | 19:30 |
| TheSheep | vidd: sorry, use sudo -u | 19:31 |
| vidd | is there a way to have rc.local run ruby as userx without su userx? | 19:31 |
| vidd | ah | 19:31 |
| vidd | sweet....thanks TheSheep | 19:33 |
| vidd | i want to take data files from a crashed windows hard drive and burn them to a dvd.... | 20:55 |
| vidd | brasero complains the file hierarchy is too deep..... | 20:55 |
| vidd | how can i get around that? | 20:56 |
| vinnl | Perhaps another burning application? | 20:57 |
| vidd | any suggestions? | 20:58 |
| * vidd would hate to have to install hardy on a system just to burn one dvd | 20:58 | |
| vinnl | Well, I haven't tried any, but there's Gnomebaker, Graveman... And k3b is supposed to be good but that's Qt | 20:59 |
| vidd | something had to change between the hardy and the intrepid versions....because i burned this image before upgrading to ii | 21:00 |
| tina | anyone got any advice on cpu info | 21:22 |
| pleia2 | tina: could you be more specific? | 21:23 |
| tina | i have a p4 2gig cpu and running xubuntu hardy,the smallest program makes my cpu jump to 100 percent.i have 1.5 gigs ram and a 512 vid card | 21:23 |
| knome | tina, "the smallest program" = ? | 21:23 |
| pleia2 | does it just spike, or does it remain high? | 21:23 |
| tina | now i know this is a p4 but it should be allot faster than this right? | 21:24 |
| tina | emillia pinball | 21:24 |
| tina | its a tux pinball verry simple | 21:24 |
| tina | even just firefox | 21:24 |
| tina | when it opens any program it jumps to 100% if its a vid or game it stays there | 21:25 |
| R1cochet | run it in terminal | 21:25 |
| R1cochet | maybe? | 21:26 |
| tina | in terminal?you mean dont click the program link use sudo in terminal to start the program | 21:26 |
| TheSheep | don't use sudo without reason | 21:29 |
| TheSheep | you can run it without sudo too | 21:30 |
| tina | ok | 21:30 |
| tina | emilia pinball | 21:30 |
| TheSheep | what does the system monitor say? | 21:30 |
| tina | is a super small program,is there a reason my p4 doesnt perform the way it should.is it xubuntu that is having the prob or is it my system | 21:31 |
| knome | tina, if all the other apps work well, it sounds like it's the app. | 21:31 |
| tina | no its any app | 21:32 |
| tina | even just starting webbrowser its supper slow take 3 secs just to get the window open | 21:32 |
| vinnl | My Firefox takes longer | 21:33 |
| vinnl | Though then again, I have lots of extensions and tabs open by default | 21:33 |
| vidd | heh..."JUST firefox"! | 21:33 |
| vidd | tina, firefox is a beast | 21:34 |
| knome | tina, so are you saying that the slow performance is consistent or only appearing with the pinball game? | 21:34 |
| tina | no its deff consistant | 21:35 |
| vidd | tina, they i would say its your system.... | 21:35 |
| tina | any app i use is slow to open and i can only run one program at a time | 21:35 |
| vidd | are you on it now? | 21:35 |
| knome | i agree with viff | 21:35 |
| tina | yah | 21:35 |
| vinnl | tina, have you run any other operating system on that computer before? Which was it? Did that perform better? | 21:36 |
| tina | just using this konversation app is taking half my cpu steady | 21:36 |
| vidd | heh...no wonder you are having issues!..... | 21:36 |
| vidd | KDE is bloat-and-a-half | 21:36 |
| tina | i built this system and installed kubuntu originaly and then i switched to xubuntu and its been in my daughters room since,i just got back on it and its super slow | 21:37 |
| pleia2 | even so, the specs on that system should be able to handle quite a bit | 21:37 |
| vidd | tina, i would recommend backing up data files and doing a clean install | 21:38 |
| vidd | something on your ssytem isnt acting right | 21:38 |
| vidd | if it were a windows machine, id say it was infested by malware | 21:38 |
| tina | ok and does it matter what buntu i use?will using a diff buntu make a diff.i was under the understanding that xfce is the lightest one | 21:39 |
| vidd | its quite possible there is a rootkit running | 21:39 |
| tina | what is a rootkit and how would i findout | 21:39 |
| tina | my prcesses all say sleeping and yet im at 100% on cpu | 21:40 |
| tina | just moving my mouse makes it spike lol | 21:40 |
| tina | ok im gonna do a fresh install and see what comes up | 21:41 |
| vidd | a rootkit is "spyware, on steriods, for linux" | 21:43 |
| knome | vidd, and tina is gone, connection closed by remote | 21:53 |
| vidd | knome, i got eaten by the lag-monster | 21:53 |
| apadox | hi .. i have googled but can't find how to set 1280x800 in xubuntu | 23:49 |
| knome | apadox, from the Application menu: Settings > Settings Manager > Display | 23:51 |
| apadox | knome, there is no option for that res | 23:51 |
| apadox | only 1024x 800 | 23:51 |
| apadox | 1024x768 | 23:51 |
| knome | i suppose your monitor should support the bigger resolution? | 23:51 |
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