| lc2 | sue_: there is no system xml file | 00:02 |
|---|---|---|
| sue_ | lc2: what is that line referring to then? | 00:03 |
| lc2 | sue_: it's not referring to an actual file, it's just a directive to include the standard system menu | 00:03 |
| sue_ | I tried modifying menu items in the .cache directory, but as the name suggests, the next time I installed a package, my changes were lost | 00:04 |
| sue_ | lc2: where is the standard system menu located? | 00:04 |
| lc2 | sue_: it's not located anywhere afaik, it's generated on the fly | 00:04 |
| whileimhere | Hey out there. Sully question but I was wondering will I see much of an improvement on my 1 gig of ram system if I use XFCE over GNOME? | 00:04 |
| lc2 | you might want to poke around /usr/share/applications | 00:05 |
| lc2 | if you want to edit a menu item | 00:05 |
| lc2 | whileimhere: what processor? | 00:05 |
| whileimhere | AMD | 00:05 |
| whileimhere | Uh | 00:05 |
| sue_ | whileimhere: define improvement.. I find that xfce is much better than Gnome in more ways than just speed | 00:05 |
| whileimhere | Like | 00:05 |
| whileimhere | ? | 00:06 |
| lc2 | whileimhere: GNOME doesn't eat anywhere near a gig of ram, so you'll have enough memory for either, consequently you won't notice the difference | 00:06 |
| lc2 | whileimhere: xfce is significantly faster, but that might be the difference between a couple of milliseconds and a few milliseconds, and not something you'll notice, depending on your processor | 00:06 |
| lc2 | but hey, try it, if you don't like xfce you can have your money back | 00:07 |
| sue_ | whileimhere: has more interface options, for one | 00:07 |
| whileimhere | LOL I just was wondering if it will be worth my 45 minute download. I used it before and thought it was okay. | 00:07 |
| lc2 | whileimhere: 45 minute download? are you already running linux? | 00:07 |
| sue_ | only things I've run into so far are that the menu editor dosen't really do anything and the calendar program is rather crashy.. and wish it was integrated with the clock | 00:08 |
| lc2 | sue_: yeah that and the add-a-launcher thing is fail on a biblical scale | 00:09 |
| sue_ | lc2: oh yes.. it'd be nice to add items from the menu | 00:09 |
| lc2 | sue_: yeah, that. | 00:09 |
| whileimhere | GNOME desktop | 00:09 |
| sue_ | and it was funny that it doesn't use the icon browser that the menu editor does | 00:09 |
| lc2 | whileimhere: sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop | 00:10 |
| lc2 | whileimhere: shouldn't take 45 minutes | 00:10 |
| sue_ | I heard that they are replacing the xfce menu in the next release | 00:10 |
| lc2 | sue_: oh cool | 00:10 |
| sue_ | from what I understood, it should be using the "standard" menus.. so maybe the gnome menu editor will then work too | 00:11 |
| lc2 | sue_: winrar | 00:11 |
| sue_ | huh? | 00:11 |
| lc2 | sue_: winnar | 00:11 |
| lc2 | i'm happy with that, the only reason i only have like 8 launchers on my panel is because it takes roughly five years to add one | 00:12 |
| sue_ | when I was working with the menu in the .cache directory, it was actually fine.. just too bad that my changes were lost, hehe | 00:13 |
| lc2 | sue_: edit their entries in /usr/share/applications | 00:13 |
| lc2 | that should do it i think | 00:14 |
| lc2 | (disclaimer: i've not tried it) | 00:14 |
| j1mc | sue_: this is the best way i've found to edit the current xfce menu. http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=40730 | 00:14 |
| j1mc | look for the post by epimer | 00:15 |
| lc2 | lolwut | 00:15 |
| j1mc | not user friendly but it works | 00:16 |
| retour | Have problems with FDD under Xubuntu - After reboot I have option Mount active - after single use it turns for permanently grey | 00:21 |
| lc2 | mm. | 00:21 |
| dope | i have a p3 551mhz machine, can i run xubuntu on it | 00:23 |
| j1mc | dope: hi there | 00:24 |
| j1mc | dope: how much ram does you computer have? | 00:24 |
| dope | i think 512 | 00:24 |
| j1mc | dope: you should be fine. | 00:24 |
| dope | hmm | 00:25 |
| dope | can i watch videos? | 00:25 |
| lc2 | retour: i haven't a clue | 00:25 |
| lc2 | dope: i run it in 384mb and yes, i watch po^H^Hvideos | 00:25 |
| dope | i've been having trouble installing | 00:25 |
| j1mc | dope: yes - dvd playback might be problematic because of your graphics card, but you could watch youtube and stuff like that | 00:25 |
| dope | it hangs a lot | 00:25 |
| dope | but i think that's a hardware issue | 00:26 |
| lc2 | dope: try the alternative installer | 00:26 |
| lc2 | the text-based one | 00:26 |
| dope | i did | 00:26 |
| lc2 | oh ;( | 00:26 |
| lc2 | yeah | 00:26 |
| dope | it hung at 6% when it was installing the main stuff | 00:26 |
| retour | dope - without any problems! | 00:27 |
| dope | ? | 00:27 |
| lc2 | dope: does it do that for both the alternative install and the normal installer? | 00:27 |
| retour | do memory test | 00:27 |
| retour | Best - Verify your CD and THAN full memtest | 00:28 |
| retour | Soooo nobody is using floppies nowdays? hehe | 00:28 |
| lc2 | retour: negative | 00:28 |
| lc2 | i'm all into those newfangled "cd" and "usb" things | 00:28 |
| retour | well I need it to install Linux on system with broken CD-ROM and too old BIOS to support USB boot | 00:29 |
| lc2 | hm. ;( | 00:29 |
| sue_ | lc2, jlmc, thanks a lot! | 00:30 |
| lc2 | wait, what | 00:30 |
| lc2 | sue_: you're very welcome, stick around | 00:30 |
| lc2 | retour: you're going to install an entire system from floppies? | 00:30 |
| lc2 | this is heroic | 00:30 |
| retour | Generally easy - IF I can use Xubuntu on my any other 2 machines to make a floppy boot image for me BUT they both have issues | 00:30 |
| lc2 | retour: you could try using it from the command line | 00:31 |
| lc2 | (as i gather, you'd have to do that anyway) | 00:31 |
| lc2 | (to make a bootable disk) | 00:31 |
| retour | Nope - skeleton Linux runs from single FDD to detect USB pendrive and install itself from ISO image on it | 00:31 |
| lc2 | retour: right, so you have a floppy disk image right | 00:32 |
| retour | Yep and my console try returns even better results doing /dev/fd0 mount or umount it says bash:"access denied" ha! | 00:32 |
| lc2 | yeah well, mounting it won't help you if you're trying to write a floppy disk image anyway | 00:33 |
| lc2 | uh, i don't have a working floppy drive, it's still /dev/fd0 right? | 00:33 |
| retour | heh? can I do it into non mounted drive? | 00:33 |
| retour | yes /dev/fd0 | 00:33 |
| lc2 | retour: yes, you can't do it any other way | 00:33 |
| lc2 | okay | 00:33 |
| lc2 | sudo dd if=yourfile.img of=/dev/fd0 | 00:34 |
| lc2 | tada | 00:34 |
| retour | dd equals -> copy? Like using thunar and copy my file from HDD location into FDD? | 00:35 |
| lc2 | no, dd = copy a file byte-for-byte onto its destination | 00:36 |
| retour | hmm I'm not getting it. Is dd + *.img file same as using burning app + ISO file to create CD with actual content and tons of files and folders? | 00:37 |
| lc2 | retour: that's not an altogether bad analogy | 00:38 |
| lc2 | think of your image as an ISO file, and yeah, you're just burning floppies | 00:38 |
| lc2 | retour: /dev/fd0 is a device file, if you write to that, it will write *to the floppy disk itself*, filesystems be damned | 00:38 |
| lc2 | your disk image is a byte-by-byte copy of exactly what a filesystem on a boot floppy should look like | 00:39 |
| lc2 | i'm not sure if i'm making any sense, so feel free to inflict violence upon me | 00:40 |
| lc2 | oh btw, don't do that if you've got the floppy mounted | 00:44 |
| retour | lc2: thank you for help. Aside of my FDD issues under Xubuntu I've used dd flopboot.img of=/dev/fd0 . Problem is that after that I've found same 1.4MB single *.img file on the floppy - Nothing looking like something making it bootable FDD | 00:44 |
| lc2 | retour: it should be if=flopboot.img | 00:44 |
| retour | So I only insert the floppy and go with a dd spell? | 00:44 |
| lc2 | retour: but yeah | 00:44 |
| retour | Whaw - strange concept to me - thank for enlightement! | 00:45 |
| lc2 | retour: most welcome, let us know how you get on | 00:45 |
| lc2 | thank you for flying AIR XUBUNTU | 00:45 |
| retour | ball: are you same ball from "hamradio"? | 00:48 |
| ball | hello retour | 00:48 |
| ball | yes, I am. | 00:48 |
| ball | brb, fetching charger for this laptop | 00:48 |
| ball | hello cody-somerville | 00:53 |
| ball | back later, I'm being dragged away | 00:53 |
| cody-somerville | : | 00:53 |
| cody-somerville | :) | 00:53 |
| lc2 | bai | 00:53 |
| lc2 | also hi cody-somerville | 00:53 |
| cody-somerville | Hiya :) | 00:53 |
| retour | brb | 00:59 |
| lc2 | wb ball | 01:02 |
| ball | thanks | 01:03 |
| ball | Hello AndyInkBlot | 01:04 |
| lc2 | weee. | 01:07 |
| ball | wb retour | 01:08 |
| lc2 | hey retour | 01:08 |
| ball | &73 ;-) | 01:08 |
| retour | hey ball! | 01:08 |
| retour | lc2: Big thank you for blowing off spiderwebs from my brain. NOT mounting it solved ALL my problems! | 01:09 |
| lc2 | retour: woot. ;D | 01:09 |
| lc2 | retour: so it worked? | 01:09 |
| retour | It created proper WORKING floppy image! insted of attacking me with errors and simply copying image file into my floppy | 01:10 |
| ball | floppy image of what? | 01:10 |
| retour | I only wonder what was on my floppy originally as every time system was trying to read it it was ending in almost freeze (bad sector?) | 01:10 |
| lc2 | retour: for great justice | 01:11 |
| retour | I have to use floppy image of skeleton Linux to connect to my pendrive where ISO image is of the distro I'm installing (DSL) Damn Small Linux | 01:11 |
| ball | Ah yes, I've heard of that one. | 01:13 |
| lc2 | good luck with that | 01:13 |
| retour | lc2: good luck? should I expect any issues with it? I thought floppy part was the biggest one | 01:16 |
| lc2 | retour: oh, no, just sayin' | 01:16 |
| lc2 | it's like, lol floppy disk | 01:16 |
| lc2 | i can't remember the last time i used one | 01:17 |
| retour | lc2: because of strange issues using old floppy (bad sector or demagnetized surface) how to format my old floppies under linux? | 01:19 |
| retour | formad /dev/fd0? | 01:19 |
| retour | format? | 01:19 |
| lc2 | fdformat /dev/fd0 | 01:19 |
| ball | refour: you don't format them, you make a filesystem on them. | 01:21 |
| retour | OH fdformat - exclusive spell for floppies! Thats good I was afraid of having to declare sectors, filesystem etc | 01:21 |
| lc2 | nope | 01:22 |
| retour | well I have to tell you on one of them I executed fdisk with partition delete and make new DOS partition hehehe | 01:22 |
| lc2 | retour: man mkdosfs | 01:22 |
| lc2 | if you're that way inclined | 01:22 |
| lc2 | (i've never used it) | 01:23 |
| retour | nah I just wondered into wrong valley forgeting to ask you :D | 01:23 |
| retour | now I have your spell in my paper database! | 01:23 |
| lc2 | ;D | 01:24 |
| retour | OK have a shot of Jagermeister and pile of old dusty floppies and magic splell - Time for some serious happening! | 01:28 |
| lc2 | haha cool | 01:29 |
| lc2 | btw, with fdformat, that will low-level format the disk but i don't think it'll create a filesystem thereon (as DOS format does), so yeah, see mkdosfs | 01:30 |
| lc2 | (maybe) | 01:30 |
| retour | OK premature ejaculation. Here is my new error: Could not determine current format type: No such device | 01:31 |
| lc2 | waiiit what | 01:32 |
| retour | well wanted to say that I've got happy to early | 01:32 |
| lc2 | retour: yeah that wasn't what i'm "what" about, i'm thinking about the "no such device" thing | 01:33 |
| soulroot | hello, not sure if anyone can help? I believe I unmounted my main partition in xubuntu and now my computer has a load error after power on. I am running an older xubuntu cd in hopes of repair, but do not know how to remount the partition? | 01:33 |
| retour | Ahh should I mount it NOW? | 01:35 |
| lc2 | soulroot: sudo mkdir /what; sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /what | 01:35 |
| lc2 | soulroot: i'm guessing it's sdb1, it probably is, but ls /dev/sd* to be sure | 01:35 |
| lc2 | retour: to format it? no | 01:35 |
| lc2 | ...i never got to point out that mounting it won't help him fix it | 01:36 |
| lc2 | oh well | 01:36 |
| lc2 | retour: fdformat /dev/fd0u1440 | 01:39 |
| lc2 | (apparently) | 01:39 |
| lc2 | or it might be /dev/fd0H1440 | 01:40 |
| lc2 | i'm googling, no working floppy drive to test it for you | 01:40 |
| superm1 | has anyone tested the last few dailies for xubuntu jaunty? is it booting up to the desktop properly? | 01:42 |
| superm1 | i ask because the mythbuntu dailies from today are booting to black screen, with nothing that we recently changed likely causing it | 01:42 |
| retour | lc2: will try all your spells - hope none is a joke kinda "format HDD and reboot" | 01:43 |
| lc2 | superm1: nosir | 01:43 |
| superm1 | is there a dev channel i should ask in? | 01:43 |
| superm1 | or just #xubuntu is the only one? | 01:43 |
| lc2 | superm1: #xubuntu-dev | 01:44 |
| lc2 | is the dev channel | 01:44 |
| superm1 | lc2, i looked in there, but it's empty | 01:44 |
| superm1 | oh xubuntu-devel probably | 01:44 |
| retour | lc2: I'm an idiot again! Works under root! Thank you for help! | 01:45 |
| lc2 | superm1: oh sorry, my bad ;( | 01:45 |
| lc2 | retour: hah :D | 01:45 |
| superm1 | thanks lc2, i'll stick in there then :) | 01:45 |
| retour | lc2: Yep, thank you and nice to have somebody long enough into linux to work with floppies | 01:47 |
| lc2 | retour: i first installed debian from floppies in 1998 | 01:47 |
| lc2 | it was a triumph | 01:47 |
| retour | WOW! I remember installing W95 from 31 floppies or so. It was frikking labor and after 1-st boot a serious dissapointment | 01:48 |
| lc2 | haha oh my | 01:48 |
| arimakun | saludos | 01:51 |
| arimakun | alguien habla español?? | 01:52 |
| * lc2 pokes spanish speakers | 01:53 | |
| arimakun | porque es incompatible xubuntu con wine ?? | 01:53 |
| zesss | anyone know of a http mail client i can use for xubunt | 02:09 |
| zesss | trying to check hotmail but not through web browser | 02:10 |
| lc2 | hey again zesss | 02:11 |
| lc2 | gotmail may be of interest to you, if you're trying to fetch mail from a hotmail account | 02:12 |
| lc2 | or getlive | 02:12 |
| lc2 | apparently getlive is better | 02:12 |
| lc2 | (personally, i don't know why everyone doesn't use gmail) | 02:13 |
| zesss | hey | 02:23 |
| zesss | ill try it | 02:23 |
| zesss | where do i get get live | 02:23 |
| zesss | lc2 you there | 02:27 |
| lc2 | zesss: yessir | 02:27 |
| zesss | where do i get get live | 02:27 |
| lc2 | zesss: http://sourceforge.net/projects/getlive | 02:27 |
| lc2 | (don't ask me how to install it, i haven't a clue, and don't have a hotmail account with which to test it) | 02:27 |
| lc2 | (also, it seems to break pretty regularly from all i can tell) | 02:27 |
| lc2 | can't you just like, use hotmail? | 02:30 |
| zesss | lol | 02:36 |
| zesss | i guess soo | 02:36 |
| lc2 | well, i've done my good deeds for the day | 02:49 |
| lc2 | so i'm going to go kill some strangers then go to bed | 02:49 |
| lc2 | failing that, go to bed | 02:50 |
| lc2 | bye! | 02:50 |
| User_ | can anyone see this? | 03:56 |
| keb | no :P | 03:57 |
| === User_ is now known as darren8808 | ||
| keb | still can't see you :P | 03:58 |
| darren8808 | trying again | 03:58 |
| darren8808 | can anyone see me? | 03:58 |
| keb | darren8808 i see your text in irc | 03:59 |
| darren8808 | am I not see by everyone in the long list on the left... using chatzilla | 04:00 |
| keb | well you can't be responsible for their software settings. if someone answers you eventually, you can be seen | 04:00 |
| ball | New Mexico? | 04:02 |
| darren8808 | newbe to this.. just have install questions for xbuntu | 04:02 |
| darren8808 | yes. NM | 04:02 |
| darren8808 | I mean xubuntu | 04:03 |
| keb | xubuntu works great for me | 04:03 |
| darren8808 | working on a laptop install... boot from CD and it freezes on the logo screen where you have a bar running back and forth | 04:04 |
| darren8808 | P3, 256 ram, compac armada, 30gb hd | 04:05 |
| keb | did you verify the cd? | 04:05 |
| darren8808 | was there supposed to be a menu b4 this where I had a chance to do that? | 04:06 |
| keb | yes on boot | 04:06 |
| keb | also did you do a memtest? | 04:06 |
| keb | hmm | 04:06 |
| darren8808 | ok... I'll start up again and watch... brb | 04:06 |
| keb | you should see the grub boot loader text | 04:06 |
| darren8808 | ok... I'm there... chose check CD for defects | 04:07 |
| keb | probly best to check memory first, because nothing else is valid if memory is bad | 04:07 |
| darren8808 | ok... will re-boot and do again | 04:08 |
| darren8808 | it's testing now | 04:10 |
| keb | great | 04:10 |
| darren8808 | is this test physical mem only? | 04:10 |
| keb | yes. what other kind of memory do you have? | 04:11 |
| darren8808 | I'm wondering why it's taking so long | 04:11 |
| keb | it runs 8 tests, each exercising different aspects of the hardware and access to memory | 04:11 |
| ball | pretend memory | 04:11 |
| darren8808 | well... u know windows put virtual memory on the HD... thought it might be trying to verify that write space | 04:11 |
| darren8808 | I'll try to be patient | 04:12 |
| keb | oh. the install process will create a swap space, which is "virtual memory" | 04:12 |
| keb | test should go fairly quick with 256MB. how fast is processor? | 04:13 |
| darren8808 | 845.9mhz | 04:13 |
| keb | or more to the point, what is the uncached speed of RAM access | 04:13 |
| keb | it should tell you just below the L1 and L2 speed | 04:14 |
| darren8808 | I successfully installed ubuntu on a newer machine and pretty much know what to expect as far as updates, menus | 04:14 |
| keb | cool | 04:14 |
| darren8808 | hold on... | 04:15 |
| darren8808 | L1-8292 mb/s | 04:15 |
| darren8808 | L2- 3759 mb/s | 04:16 |
| darren8808 | at pass 25% now | 04:16 |
| darren8808 | while I'm waiting.. is there a way for me to use a proxy to sign in here to b a little more anonymous? | 04:17 |
| darren8808 | I'm using chatzilla | 04:17 |
| darren8808 | aparently, my IP is visible | 04:18 |
| keb | the most anonymous would be with Tor, https://torproject.org/ for details | 04:18 |
| darren8808 | thanks.. will research later | 04:18 |
| darren8808 | 33% | 04:19 |
| ball | memtest86 tells you cache speed? Cool! | 04:20 |
| darren8808 | 124k reserved memory is for BIOS, right? | 04:21 |
| keb | hmm i think each machine is different, some might be 96K | 04:22 |
| luis_ | good nite to u all guys i like to ask your help i am trying to launch zsnes but it just wont, i already tried to start it from terminal and also created a launcher on my desktop but nothing works y have xubuntu 8.10 can somebody help me pls???? | 04:23 |
| darren8808 | 53% now | 04:25 |
| ball | 124K is an odd amount. | 04:25 |
| darren8808 | the prog shows this number in a summary column and the bottom right next to "256M" which is my total physical memory | 04:29 |
| darren8808 | 68% now | 04:30 |
| darren8808 | 81% | 04:35 |
| darren8808 | 0 errors... I'm making progress | 04:35 |
| keb | yep | 04:35 |
| keb | luis_ what happens when you start zsnes from a terminal | 04:36 |
| darren8808 | BTW... the install CD I made was from the std install ISO vs the alternate | 04:36 |
| luis_ | nothing | 04:36 |
| luis_ | keb it onlu appears numbers and numers | 04:37 |
| keb | luis_ type "dmesg" at the terminal after running zsnes and see if there is a segfault listed | 04:37 |
| keb | at the end | 04:37 |
| keb | darren8808 it could be that you need minimum 384M to install xubuntu 8.10, i forget. did you check the requirements on the website? | 04:38 |
| ball | Ubuntu Server work on 256M | 04:39 |
| ball | I wouldn't try Ubuntu with Gnome in that. | 04:39 |
| keb | server doesnt install the GUI | 04:39 |
| darren8808 | I thought it said 128m... I'll look | 04:40 |
| darren8808 | yes, std install req 128m to run live CD, 192 for full install | 04:41 |
| keb | nice | 04:42 |
| darren8808 | it says for best performance u need 256m | 04:42 |
| darren8808 | for some reason I'm at 111% now | 04:43 |
| keb | lol did it finish test 8? | 04:43 |
| darren8808 | yes.. now re-tesing but has a message... | 04:44 |
| keb | ok you're good to reboot and test the cd | 04:44 |
| darren8808 | pass complete, no erors | 04:44 |
| darren8808 | yes... doing that | 04:44 |
| darren8808 | running CD verify now | 04:45 |
| === wormsxulla_ is now known as wormsxulla | ||
| ball | Mem: 254540k total, 196160k used, 58380k free, 29884k buffers | 04:46 |
| darren8808 | test complete. no errors | 04:52 |
| darren8808 | back to language select page... | 04:53 |
| darren8808 | try again? | 04:53 |
| keb | excellent, so now you get to play with boot parameters | 04:53 |
| darren8808 | don't know what to do from here | 04:53 |
| darren8808 | do I choose english? | 04:53 |
| keb | is there a VGA mode install? did it work in Live mode? | 04:54 |
| keb | what ever your preferred language is | 04:54 |
| darren8808 | did not work in live mode... tried that already | 04:54 |
| darren8808 | will choose english | 04:54 |
| luis_ | ok keb here what i did, type zsnes on termnal and it only appears bunch of numers or codes, then i did remove zsnes from terminal with "sudo apt-get remove zsnes" and resinstall it with "sudo apt-get install zsnes" but still doesnt run | 04:54 |
| keb | darren8808 did you try live mode with VGA graphics | 04:54 |
| darren8808 | oh no... it continued without me.... damn | 04:55 |
| darren8808 | if it freezes again... I'll re-boot and try to get back to the option menu again | 04:55 |
| luis_ | keb i typed zsnes execute and appears some things and at the end ERRO OPENING FILE | 04:57 |
| keb | luis_ it is probably looking for the name of a game module to play as the first parameter. | 04:57 |
| luis_ | thaats the problm if i cannot open zsnes i wont be able to play the roms | 04:58 |
| luis_ | it worked with ubuntu and mint | 04:58 |
| luis_ | but i have had big issues with those distros and so far xubuntu is workiing fine but this | 04:59 |
| keb | luis_ scroll back in the terminal after you run zsnes. i just tried itmyself and it gave me an error message about /dev/input/event6 | 04:59 |
| darren8808 | I made it back to the options menu... I'm thinking u want me to use one of the F key options at the bottom? | 04:59 |
| luis_ | ok this dont say anithing like that but it does says this: | 05:00 |
| darren8808 | F4 modes? | 05:00 |
| keb | darren8808 sure try one to see what other boot optiosn are available | 05:00 |
| darren8808 | F6 other options? | 05:00 |
| keb | darren8808 you can press each in turn and read the options before any choice is final | 05:01 |
| luis_ | UNable to poll /dev/input/event5 make sure you have read permissions to it and it keeps going with other 5 more lines just changing down o 0 | 05:01 |
| keb | luis_ yes that is what i see also | 05:01 |
| luis_ | so what does that mean?? | 05:01 |
| luis_ | ate the nd it only says aborted | 05:02 |
| darren8808 | keb - my F4 options are... normal, safe graphics, use driver update CD, OEM install | 05:04 |
| darren8808 | so u prob want safe graphics | 05:04 |
| keb | sure | 05:05 |
| darren8808 | I chose that and the menu just disappeared... but when I did F4 again, safe graphics is highlighted... so, try install again? | 05:06 |
| * ball wonders what to install next | 05:08 | |
| keb | ball : i dont suggest zsnes ;) | 05:08 |
| keb | if luis_ comes back, can someone point him to page https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zsnes/+bug/250425 | 05:09 |
| darren8808 | keb - same symptom... status bar runs back and forth for awhile then freezes | 05:10 |
| darren8808 | CD stops spinning | 05:10 |
| darren8808 | I'm re-booting again | 05:10 |
| ball | Is that a Nintendo SNES emulator? | 05:11 |
| darren8808 | ball - u talking to me? | 05:12 |
| ball | keb. | 05:12 |
| darren8808 | ok | 05:12 |
| keb | darren8808 ok then next might be booting with --noapic or similar things | 05:13 |
| darren8808 | F6 menu has.. acpi=off (default), noapic, nolapic, edd=on, free software only | 05:16 |
| keb | yes try the noapic option | 05:16 |
| darren8808 | so choose "noapic"? | 05:16 |
| ball | Which of these is the American model? http://gc.kombo.com/images/content/specials/snes.jpg | 05:16 |
| keb | ball no idea i dont have a snes | 05:17 |
| ball | keb: me neither, but I remember seeing a grey import just before they were released in Britain | 05:17 |
| ball | I /think/ it was the one with the purple bits. | 05:18 |
| * ball shrugs | 05:18 | |
| darren8808 | this menu is different from the other... it pus an "x" beside the option so I can choose more than one | 05:18 |
| ball | I want an N64 just for WipeOut | 05:18 |
| keb | darren8808 try them systematically. fraid i can't help you more than that | 05:18 |
| darren8808 | ok... trial and error.. | 05:19 |
| keb | darren8808 are there any usb devices attached? maybe unplug them first | 05:19 |
| darren8808 | I only have one port and nothing plugged in | 05:20 |
| keb | darren8808 how long did you wait after the logo freezes, maybe it is doing something that is slow on that old hardware | 05:20 |
| darren8808 | you could be right... I was giong by the fact that I had no HD activity and CD spun down.... I will wait longer this time | 05:21 |
| keb | 15 minutes is probably sufficient | 05:22 |
| keb | ball the only game i play on any computer is Battle for Wesnoth, totally not a twitch action thing ;) | 05:24 |
| ball | pong's about my limit. I get eaten by spiders in Tomb Raider. | 05:25 |
| ball | I want a PS3, but that's just for Linux purposes. | 05:26 |
| keb | darren8808 i used to be able to press Alt-F2 or Ctrl-Alt-F2 when logo is showing to get more detailed display of bootup | 05:26 |
| keb | it would switch to a scrolling text console | 05:27 |
| darren8808 | ok | 05:27 |
| keb | sorry mateys, to bed i must go | 05:28 |
| ball | keb: sleep well | 05:28 |
| darren8808 | ok... I think I've given it enough time... trying again | 05:32 |
| darren8808 | this time, I'm removing the wireless card | 05:33 |
| darren8808 | reading help stuff about lockups, etc... | 05:36 |
| darren8808 | alt-F2 and CTRL-ALT-F2 has no effect | 05:39 |
| darren8808 | doing install again with noapic and nolapic checked... | 05:40 |
| darren8808 | now... finally... got past the freeze up point | 05:41 |
| darren8808 | now have a black screen with "X" cursor | 05:41 |
| darren8808 | now I'm to the "Install" window | 05:42 |
| darren8808 | choosing keyboard layout... making progress... finally | 05:44 |
| darren8808 | I'll let u know if I get stuck again... thanks for ur help | 05:46 |
| darren8808 | oops... didn't realize keb was gone... oh well | 05:47 |
| kj4hzw_ | hello all | 08:38 |
| kj4hzw_ | anyone here today? | 08:39 |
| investigate_911 | i'm here | 08:39 |
| kj4hzw_ | nice | 08:39 |
| kj4hzw_ | how are you? | 08:39 |
| investigate_911 | good :) | 08:39 |
| kj4hzw_ | are you in law enforcement? | 08:39 |
| investigate_911 | um... no. | 08:39 |
| kj4hzw_ | ok. | 08:40 |
| kj4hzw_ | then do you like Porsches? | 08:40 |
| kj4hzw_ | wait, sorry. i get it now. | 08:40 |
| kj4hzw_ | have you been an xubuntu user long? | 08:40 |
| investigate_911 | i kind of flick between *buntus... but i hope to stick with Xubuntu 8.10 for a while, because it's really really good. | 08:42 |
| kj4hzw_ | i just booted the live disk on my laptop, looks great, doing an install now | 08:42 |
| kj4hzw_ | i was running arch linux, probably my fave, but not on a laptop, apparently | 08:42 |
| kj4hzw_ | i've tried almost all the ubuntus also. this box i'm on is hardy heron | 08:43 |
| kj4hzw_ | i keep coming back to them | 08:43 |
| kj4hzw_ | what is your profession? i'm a technician | 08:43 |
| investigate_911 | i'm a hospitality student. | 08:43 |
| kj4hzw_ | that good | 08:44 |
| kj4hzw_ | student is good. i'd like to be one again if i could | 08:44 |
| kj4hzw_ | where are you? I am in North Carolina, USA | 08:45 |
| investigate_911 | i'm in Christchurch, New Zealand. | 08:45 |
| kj4hzw_ | wow, thats great. other side of the world | 08:46 |
| investigate_911 | not quite | 08:46 |
| kj4hzw_ | are you an original kiwi? | 08:46 |
| investigate_911 | ya | 08:47 |
| investigate_911 | well i mean i was born here. | 08:47 |
| kj4hzw_ | cool. i knew a veterinarian and his wife from there, back in the 70's. he was a cool guy. | 08:47 |
| kj4hzw_ | do you know if xubuntu 8.10 has an installer that runs from within windows? | 08:48 |
| investigate_911 | don't know... are there other distros that have such feature? | 08:50 |
| TheSheep | !wubi | 08:51 |
| ubottu | Wubi is an Ubuntu installer for Windows users that allows you to install and uninstall Ubuntu like a Windows application, in a simple and safe way. http://wubi-installer.org/support.php for troubleshooting. Please file bugs at http://launchpad.net/wubi/+filebug. | 08:51 |
| investigate_911 | g2g | 08:53 |
| kj4hzw_ | hello all | 09:11 |
| kj4hzw_ | and good morning | 09:11 |
| kj4hzw_ | am I connected? please confirm | 09:12 |
| knome | kj4hzw_, yes you are. | 09:12 |
| kj4hzw_ | thank you | 09:12 |
| kj4hzw_ | how are you this morning? | 09:12 |
| knome | uhh. fine. :) | 09:13 |
| kj4hzw_ | thats good | 09:13 |
| gabkdlly | wubi even comes with the xubuntu install CD (the desktop live cd) | 09:15 |
| kj4hzw_ | ok. i'm doing an install from the boot menu, instead, but thatnks | 09:16 |
| vince38 | Hi to all , Xubuntu 8.04 here, is there somone using a k7 kernel ? id like to have the output of uname -r please | 09:19 |
| batcoder-7 | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements | 09:23 |
| batcoder-7 | those seeem like some realllllllly low requirements | 09:24 |
| kj4hzw_ | not for 1998 they werent : ) | 09:24 |
| TheSheep | remember that linux can run on a ARM processors with 4MB ram :) | 09:25 |
| TheSheep | heck, there is a linux port for Nintendo DS | 09:25 |
| batcoder-7 | this is specifically ubuntu | 09:25 |
| batcoder-7 | and xubuntu | 09:26 |
| kj4hzw_ | what can the DS run? a web browser or anything? | 09:26 |
| batcoder-7 | those just seem way to low | 09:27 |
| batcoder-7 | not sure if its xfce just got heavier | 09:27 |
| batcoder-7 | or | 09:27 |
| batcoder-7 | xubuntu has like 200 daemons just running in the background | 09:27 |
| TheSheep | kj4hzw_: there is a separate web browser rom for it | 09:27 |
| TheSheep | batcoder-7: note the minimal requirements are really the minimum to get it running -- not really usable | 09:28 |
| TheSheep | kj4hzw_: http://www.dslinux.org/ | 09:28 |
| batcoder-7 | not sure if i should try removing alto of services | 09:28 |
| batcoder-7 | get a ubuntu base and just build from there | 09:28 |
| kj4hzw_ | thanks mr thesheep | 09:28 |
| batcoder-7 | i dont want tons and tons of daemons running in the background here | 09:29 |
| kj4hzw_ | installing 8.10 now as a dual boot on this laptop | 09:33 |
| kj4hzw_ | thinkpads dig linux | 09:33 |
| jarnos | Private folder is no more mounted; when I run "mount.ecryptfs_private" I get "keyctl_search: Required key not available" | 10:55 |
| kj4hzw_ | hello all | 11:02 |
| === ubott2 is now known as ubottu | ||
| darren8808 | anyone here for help on a new install? | 14:26 |
| darren8808 | keb - u there? was chatting w/u last night | 14:27 |
| darren8808 | is anyone there? | 14:33 |
| darren8808 | I guess not! | 14:36 |
| slow-motion | hi | 15:47 |
| gabkdlly | slow-motion: hi | 16:06 |
| slow-motion | hi gabkdlly | 16:07 |
| student022 | Hi! I have installed Ubuntu8.04 on server B and run the gnome desktop on B, accessing it with nxclient from A. When I open a gnome-terminal from within the desktop on B, I get an error "There was an error creating the child process for this terminal". How to avoid this? | 16:42 |
| student022 | I found reports on /etc/fstab or udev errors that prevent the /dev/pts directory from having the right settings. But /dev/pts/0 exits, so its probably something else. | 16:42 |
| student022 | When logging in to B from A using ssh -X, I can open gnome-terminal without problems. It only happens under Gnome (or KDE with konsole, respectively.) | 16:42 |
| lc2 | hm | 16:43 |
| student022 | lc2: is hm an expression that you have a look at my problem? let me know, if you need more details. | 16:44 |
| lc2 | student022: hm is an expression that i'm thinking about it | 16:44 |
| student022 | nice :-) | 16:44 |
| lc2 | https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/178164 | 16:46 |
| lc2 | heh. | 16:46 |
| lc2 | "This does not appear to be a bug report and we are closing it." | 16:46 |
| lc2 | because like, something randomly not working when it should, not a bug, no sir | 16:47 |
| lc2 | student022: do you have the same problem with anything other than gnome-terminal? | 16:47 |
| lc2 | (e.g. install rxvt) | 16:47 |
| student022 | first, I saw that bug report, but I don't see how it helps. | 16:48 |
| student022 | i haven't noticed the problem with anything else, but the installation is very fresh and I haven' t tried much. | 16:48 |
| student022 | i'll test rxvt... | 16:48 |
| student022 | How do i start it, if i don't have a terminal? will it be listed in the accessories? | 16:49 |
| lc2 | student022: yeah | 16:49 |
| lc2 | uh maybe it won't.. | 16:49 |
| lc2 | (i just looked, heh heh) | 16:49 |
| lc2 | try creating a launcher for it or something | 16:50 |
| student022 | yes, I did that launcher thing for xterm. it showed no reaction at all. | 16:50 |
| lc2 | gahh | 16:51 |
| student022 | the launcher for rxvt flashes a window, but too quick to see anything inside. seems to be empty window. | 16:51 |
| student022 | do you no any error files that I could examine? | 16:52 |
| lc2 | yeah you might want to try dmesg | 16:52 |
| lc2 | (if it's a more serious error) | 16:53 |
| student022 | dmesg shows no output. maybe because server B is a virtual server?? | 16:53 |
| lc2 | wait what? | 16:54 |
| student022 | what what? | 16:54 |
| lc2 | "maybe because server B is a virtual server" <- ? | 16:55 |
| student022 | did you get A and B in my initial question? | 16:55 |
| ball | Is it normal to have to log in at the console for sound to work? | 16:57 |
| student022 | lc2: is the setup unclear? | 16:57 |
| lc2 | student022: no, i think i tget it now | 16:58 |
| lc2 | ball: yes | 16:58 |
| lc2 | i get it* | 16:58 |
| student022 | lc2: (btw, it's not xubuntu, but among several ubuntu channels you gave the only reply) | 16:58 |
| ball | lc2: is there a way to fix that? | 16:58 |
| lc2 | student022: yeah it doesn't make any difference, the problem isn't related to your desktop environment | 16:59 |
| lc2 | ball: tell me the steps you go through in order to make sound work | 16:59 |
| lc2 | student022: http://osdir.com/ml/arch.general/2004-11/msg00057.html <- have you stumbled across that yet? | 17:00 |
| ball | lc2: well, this morning I logged in via ssh and launched a VNC server "vncserver -geometry 1024x768 -depth 16". This gives me an ordinary desktop, but sound wasn't working. I walked over to the console and logged in there and suddenly sound worked. | 17:00 |
| ball | I should be able to do anything via VNC that I can do from the console (within the constraints imposed by the firmware, obviously) | 17:01 |
| student022 | ball: read the vnc documentation about sound. vnc forwards X11, while sound needs extra settings. | 17:01 |
| student022 | lc2: yes, have been on that osdir link. but it says you have to create /dev/pts while that exists and works for me. | 17:04 |
| lc2 | student022: oh. | 17:04 |
| * lc2 thinks | 17:04 | |
| ball | student022: I'm not expecting VNC to carry sound as well as video. I am expecting sane mixer settings (or at least a working mixer). | 17:04 |
| ball | ...at boot time, not when I log in at the console. | 17:04 |
| student022 | lc2: still thinking? | 17:10 |
| lc2 | student022: always | 17:12 |
| lc2 | ball: have you been able to repeat that behaviour? | 17:12 |
| lc2 | student022: try running a command like | 17:13 |
| lc2 | gnome-terminal -x cat | 17:13 |
| student022 | within the gnome desktop or from "ssh -X"? | 17:14 |
| lc2 | student022: within the gnome desktop | 17:15 |
| student022 | I put "/usr/bin/gnome-terminal -x cat" into the launcher command. same behaviour (there was an error...) as starting from the applications menu. | 17:16 |
| student022 | what is the purpose of -x cat? | 17:16 |
| lc2 | to see if it's a problem launching your shell, rather than just any application at all, so test it with /bin/cat, which should give you an empty window until you hit ctrl+d | 17:17 |
| lc2 | so *thinks* | 17:17 |
| lc2 | oh here's something to try | 17:19 |
| lc2 | change your command to: | 17:19 |
| lc2 | gksudo gnome-terminal | 17:19 |
| ball | lc2: I only noticed it this morning, but I'll do a cold boot and see whether it's consistent. | 17:20 |
| lc2 | ball: kay | 17:20 |
| student022 | well. I set the launcher command to "/usr/bin/gksudo /usr/bin/gnome-terminal". the result is: | 17:22 |
| ball | I wonder if I should try it on the Ubuntu Server box too | 17:22 |
| ball | ...just to see whether it's an Xfce thing | 17:22 |
| student022 | Failed to run /usr/bin/gnome-terminal as user root. | 17:22 |
| ball | ...though come to think of it, I have Xfce on there too. | 17:23 |
| lc2 | student022: ugh | 17:23 |
| student022 | The underlying authorization mechanism (sudo) does not allow you to run this program. | 17:23 |
| lc2 | student022: oh. | 17:23 |
| student022 | Contact the system administrator. | 17:23 |
| lc2 | uh | 17:23 |
| student022 | I think it means nothing else than that /usr/bin/gnome-terminal failed. | 17:24 |
| lc2 | student022: it could mean that, or it could mean what it says | 17:24 |
| lc2 | student022: go to a console (ctrl+alt+F1) and do something like | 17:25 |
| student022 | but it doesn't help, if I contact myself. | 17:25 |
| lc2 | sudo rxvt -display :0 | 17:25 |
| lc2 | (you can ctrl+alt+F7 (or F something else) to come back | 17:26 |
| lc2 | sorry, alt+F7 | 17:26 |
| student022 | can' t use these alt-Fx keycodes, because it is only a window within A. alt-Fx switches screens on A, not on B. | 17:28 |
| lc2 | heh. | 17:28 |
| lc2 | well damn | 17:28 |
| lc2 | student022: i'm sorry, but i'm officially stumped | 17:29 |
| student022 | thanks for your help. I give it up for now. | 17:29 |
| lc2 | :\ | 17:29 |
| lc2 | i hope one of the other ubuntu channels has some idea | 17:30 |
| === Tomato`HW is now known as Tomaat | ||
| Tomaat | Hi | 18:19 |
| Tomaat | What's the name of C++ Compiler package? | 18:19 |
| TheSheep | Tomaat: gcc | 18:20 |
| TheSheep | Tomaat: but best install whole build-essential | 18:20 |
| Tomaat | gcc is reeds de nieuwste versie. | 18:20 |
| Tomaat | already newest version | 18:20 |
| Tomaat | :s | 18:20 |
| Tomaat | ./configure says it's not installed | 18:20 |
| Tomaat | checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... no | 18:21 |
| Tomaat | checking whether g++ accepts -g... no | 18:21 |
| Tomaat | checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp | 18:21 |
| Tomaat | configure: error: C++ preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check | 18:21 |
| TheSheep | please dont paste here | 18:21 |
| Tomaat | oh | 18:21 |
| Tomaat | sorry | 18:21 |
| TheSheep | !pastebin | 18:21 |
| ubottu | 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) | 18:21 |
| TheSheep | Tomaat: instal whole build-essential | 18:21 |
| Tomaat | ok | 18:21 |
| Tomaat | Downloading.. | 18:22 |
| Tomaat | Ah | 18:23 |
| Tomaat | It works | 18:23 |
| Tomaat | Thanks | 18:23 |
| === Wasp is now known as Guest42257 | ||
| source | saluton | 18:57 |
| lc2 | ahoy. | 19:03 |
| robile | does anyone know howto setup teamspeak ? | 19:40 |
| robile | oss does not work | 19:40 |
| vinnl | !teamspeak | 19:40 |
| ubottu | Teamspeak is the proprietry VoIP software see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TeamSpeak For a open source alternative consider using Mumble http://mumble.sourceforge.net/ | 19:40 |
| robile | thanks | 19:42 |
| mIRC632a | Hallo there!! | 21:25 |
| mIRC632a | Wow lots of people here | 21:25 |
| boghog | hello | 21:25 |
| mIRC632a | Is there anyone who could help a complete newbie like me to set my color depth to 16bit? | 21:26 |
| mIRC632a | can you boghog? | 21:27 |
| boghog | hrmm I'm afraid i dont know | 21:27 |
| boghog | a bit of a newbie myself | 21:27 |
| dvdm | mIRC632a: which version are you running? what displaycard you have? | 21:28 |
| mIRC632a | i am running version 8.10 | 21:29 |
| mIRC632a | And I have... good question it's a really old integrated one | 21:29 |
| mIRC632a | thx anyway boghog ;) | 21:29 |
| lc2 | mIRC632a: yeah i can | 21:30 |
| lc2 | if you've got enough memory on your card | 21:30 |
| lc2 | wait, what version of xubuntu | 21:30 |
| mIRC632a | 8.10 | 21:30 |
| lc2 | oh, shit ;\ | 21:30 |
| mIRC632a | why? | 21:30 |
| lc2 | guys, 8.10 has done away with the xorg.conf right? | 21:30 |
| mIRC632a | is that a bad thing? | 21:31 |
| mIRC632a | :d | 21:31 |
| lc2 | mIRC632a: it'd stop me from doing it the way i know best | 21:31 |
| dvdm | lc2: nope... I still have xorg.conf being created by nvidia utlity | 21:31 |
| lc2 | mIRC632a: what colour depth are you in now? | 21:31 |
| mIRC632a | i suppose 24bit, | 21:31 |
| mIRC632a | but i don't know | 21:31 |
| lc2 | kay well | 21:31 |
| lc2 | try this at a terminal: | 21:32 |
| mIRC632a | I read that setting it to 16 would speed up my pc | 21:32 |
| lc2 | uh *think* | 21:32 |
| mIRC632a | just like that? | 21:32 |
| lc2 | xdpyinfo | grep -A2 dimensions | 21:32 |
| lc2 | and show me what it says | 21:33 |
| mIRC632a | ok 1 sec | 21:33 |
| mIRC632a | how do I type | ? | 21:33 |
| mIRC632a | It's on another pc.. | 21:34 |
| lc2 | copy-and-paste it into your terminal | 21:34 |
| mIRC632a | it's on another pc.. | 21:35 |
| lc2 | copy-and-paste it into whatever you're using to connect to that pc, then | 21:35 |
| lc2 | i don't know where the | character is on your keyboard | 21:35 |
| mIRC632a | I'm not connected to it... | 21:35 |
| lc2 | mIRC632a: oh. | 21:35 |
| lc2 | heh | 21:36 |
| mIRC632a | isn't there some tool to check that? | 21:36 |
| mIRC632a | All terminal? | 21:36 |
| lc2 | xdpyinfo > whatever.txt | 21:36 |
| lc2 | grep -A2 dimensions whatever.txt | 21:36 |
| mIRC632a | wait | 21:36 |
| mIRC632a | I have written just xdpyinfo | 21:37 |
| mIRC632a | and it displays 24 bit | 21:37 |
| lc2 | okay | 21:37 |
| mIRC632a | nope, im lieing.. | 21:37 |
| mIRC632a | Waig | 21:38 |
| mIRC632a | wait | 21:38 |
| mIRC632a | it says 24,1,4,8,15,16,32 | 21:38 |
| mIRC632a | as per depth | 21:39 |
| mIRC632a | depths | 21:39 |
| lc2 | okay, so yeah, there is a way to change that, but i can't tell you how to do it unless you're in front of the computer in question | 21:39 |
| lc2 | because i'll need to see your current xorg.conf | 21:40 |
| mIRC632a | i am | 21:40 |
| mIRC632a | but its not connected to the net | 21:40 |
| lc2 | mIRC632a: it needs to be connected to the net, ideally | 21:40 |
| mIRC632a | mh.. | 21:40 |
| mIRC632a | Well. | 21:40 |
| lc2 | mIRC632a: if you're feeling brave, though | 21:40 |
| lc2 | sudo mousepad /etc/X11/xorg.conf | 21:40 |
| lc2 | you should have something like: Section "Screen" | 21:41 |
| lc2 | immediately under that, you put | 21:41 |
| lc2 | DefaultDepth 16 | 21:41 |
| lc2 | and that might well do it (disclaimer: i've not tried it) | 21:41 |
| mIRC632a | something is happening. | 21:41 |
| mIRC632a | ... | 21:41 |
| mIRC632a | I'm waiting | 21:42 |
| lc2 | something? | 21:42 |
| mIRC632a | the file seems blank.. | 21:42 |
| william56 | hey, i just mounted three isos in a row to the same folder without unmounting, and now when i try to unmount it's saying that the device is busy.. anyone have any suggestions as to fixing it without restarting my pc? | 21:43 |
| mIRC632a | It has asked for my password and then gives me an empthy text file | 21:43 |
| mIRC632a | Is it normally blank? | 21:44 |
| lc2 | mIRC632a: remember that the last part of the command is case-sensitive | 21:44 |
| lc2 | william56: make sure you're not cd'd to that directory (i.e. it's not the current working directory in any of your terminals) | 21:45 |
| mIRC632a | oh now it works | 21:45 |
| william56 | i checked before i said anything, lc2.. actually, i ran umount on it once without any problem, then the second time was when i got the error. i had to kill an installer running under wine that was using the mounted folder, i think that's what's keeping it from unmounting | 21:46 |
| lc2 | william56: that shouldn't, if a process dies then it's dead, it shouldn't have any open file handles therein or anything | 21:46 |
| william56 | hmm.. too bad there isn't an app to see what has open file handles to what | 21:47 |
| mIRC632a | What should I do after saving and quitting? | 21:48 |
| === mIRC632a is now known as Pierocska | ||
| lc2 | Pierocska: hit ctrl+alt+backspace to restart x | 21:50 |
| lc2 | william56: there is, lsof | 21:50 |
| william56 | yea, i just noticed it in the umount error message.. i'm looking through the man pages right now | 21:50 |
| william56 | oh, there it was, there WAS a terminal open in that folder | 21:52 |
| lc2 | william56: ta-da | 21:53 |
| william56 | thanks for the help | 21:53 |
| lc2 | no problem | 21:54 |
| Pierocska | Do you guys think that an amd k6II @400 mhz and 384mb ram is enough to run xubuntu? | 21:54 |
| * william56 isn't 100%, but bets that it is more than enough | 21:55 | |
| lc2 | Pierocska: yeah | 21:55 |
| lc2 | Pierocska: enough memory, for sure, i run it in 384mb | 21:56 |
| lc2 | Pierocska: firefox might be painful with 400mhz | 21:56 |
| Pierocska | cause it's extremely slow at the moment.. | 21:56 |
| Pierocska | Any suggestions? | 21:56 |
| Pierocska | Anyway after the color depth change my monitor flickers as it would like to explode.. | 21:58 |
| lc2 | mm | 21:58 |
| Pierocska | Is that a good sign :D? | 21:58 |
| lc2 | in that case you might need to do more tweaks to your xorg.conf | 21:58 |
| lc2 | if it flickers all the time, remove that line that i suggested | 21:59 |
| Pierocska | I didn't get any faster though... | 21:59 |
| lc2 | Pierocska: i wouldn't expect it to get any faster | 22:00 |
| Pierocska | By now the speed of my xubuntu is comparable to when I had windows xp installed... | 22:00 |
| lc2 | Pierocska: you might want to try an even lighter window manager | 22:00 |
| lc2 | windowmaker comes to mind | 22:00 |
| Pierocska | mh | 22:00 |
| Pierocska | cool | 22:00 |
| Pierocska | but isn't this distro supposed to work on old pcs? | 22:01 |
| zoredache_ | somewhat, but there is a certain point where old is too old | 22:01 |
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| Pierocska | Really? And what's that point? | 22:02 |
| zoredache | it varies depending on what specifically you want to run, and how much you can tolerate slow applications | 22:02 |
| Pierocska | Mh | 22:03 |
| Pierocska | How do I know how to set the xorg for my hardware? | 22:03 |
| Pierocska | Does anybody have an old pc here and managed to make it work acceptably? | 22:04 |
| lc2 | Pierocska: depends on how you define "old" | 22:05 |
| lc2 | i'm using it on a 1.3ghz athlon, and it works fine for me | 22:05 |
| zoredache | getting a recent browser working is probably one of the most difficult bits | 22:05 |
| Pierocska | I don't need firefox | 22:05 |
| Pierocska | I just wont to open a window without waiting 10 seconds..l | 22:06 |
| Pierocska | or more.. | 22:06 |
| al_capone | hi | 22:08 |
| Pierocska | Acually maybe it bacame a little faster.. | 22:10 |
| al_capone | i have a weird phenomenon occuring under xubuntu my louder and quiter keys (dell vostro 1310) work perfect but under ubuntu they only change the jack output level? is there any difference in keymapping or where could this be from? | 22:10 |
| lc2 | wow thanks for giving us like, a whole minute to answer your question | 22:12 |
| lc2 | Pierocska: odd as it may sound, using a different theme often speeds things up | 22:12 |
| lc2 | depending on the theme engine | 22:12 |
| lc2 | ya might wanna try that | 22:12 |
| Pierocska | cool | 22:15 |
| Pierocska | Right away | 22:15 |
| Pierocska | How? | 22:16 |
| Pierocska | Oh ok I found it | 22:16 |
| lc2 | yeah | 22:16 |
| Pierocska | It is faster | 22:18 |
| Pierocska | Cool | 22:18 |
| Pierocska | That's a step forward | 22:18 |
| Pierocska | Another really important thing.. | 22:18 |
| Pierocska | How do I share my internet connection? | 22:18 |
| Pierocska | From my windows xp laptop? | 22:19 |
| Pierocska | I have tried to connect a cable | 22:19 |
| Pierocska | But nothing | 22:19 |
| Pierocska | I have set ip and subnet mask | 22:19 |
| lc2 | wait, you want to share it through your laptop? | 22:21 |
| Pierocska | yes | 22:21 |
| Pierocska | I managed with the eeepc but with this dell latitude I couldn't | 22:21 |
| lc2 | i don't know, you might want to set a default route | 22:22 |
| Pierocska | How? | 22:22 |
| Pierocska | In fact it says that the cable is unplugged.. | 22:22 |
| Pierocska | But it is plugged.. | 22:22 |
| Pierocska | Is there a way to install my video card drivers or something? | 22:24 |
| Pierocska | Or my monitor's? | 22:24 |
| lc2 | your drivers are already installed | 22:25 |
| lc2 | monitors do not typically need drivers | 22:25 |
| lc2 | as for why it's saying it's unplugged when it isn't, idk | 22:25 |
| Pierocska | I'm pretty sure that I didn't set properly the windows part of the network | 22:27 |
| Pierocska | Cause with the eeepc the connection was automatic.. | 22:28 |
| lc2 | quite possibly | 22:28 |
| lc2 | bbiab, gotta do some work | 22:28 |
| Pierocska | ok thanks for the help | 22:29 |
| Pierocska | Ciao | 22:29 |
| Pierocska | Can you guys help me to set up a network between a windows pc and a xubuntu one? | 22:29 |
| Pierocska | Hey guys any suggestions to make my xubuntu run a little smoother on a really old machine? | 22:38 |
| charlie-tca | What is your cpu and ram | 22:40 |
| Pierocska | amd k6II 400 with 384mb of ram | 22:41 |
| charlie-tca | same thing I use to test on. Run a big swap file? (up to 1 GB) | 22:42 |
| charlie-tca | Also, Epiphany-browser is easier on it than firefox | 22:42 |
| charlie-tca | Xchat instead of pidgin | 22:43 |
| Pierocska | actually i have a problem with the swap file | 22:43 |
| Pierocska | It gives me an error when i start xubuntu | 22:43 |
| Pierocska | and I need to press control alt and del to start | 22:43 |
| charlie-tca | What is the error? | 22:44 |
| Pierocska | Sorry no error but It doesn't start till I press control alt and canc | 22:44 |
| Pierocska | I can wait also for minutes | 22:44 |
| Pierocska | So you are also running such an old system? | 22:45 |
| Pierocska | Is It acceptably fast? | 22:45 |
| charlie-tca | I don't use it full time. It is acceptably slow:) | 22:46 |
| Pierocska | Oh..... ok | 22:46 |
| charlie-tca | Are you using 8.04 or 8.10? | 22:46 |
| Pierocska | But acceptably is a good thing.. | 22:46 |
| Pierocska | 8.10 | 22:46 |
| Pierocska | why? | 22:46 |
| charlie-tca | 8.04 was slower, I think. | 22:46 |
| Pierocska | mh.. | 22:46 |
| Pierocska | my cpu is always working at 100% is that norml? | 22:47 |
| charlie-tca | Also, when I got a 64MB Nvidia video card, it picked up speed. | 22:47 |
| Pierocska | MH.. | 22:47 |
| charlie-tca | (Upgraded from 8MB) | 22:48 |
| Pierocska | Where are you from | 22:48 |
| Pierocska | ? | 22:48 |
| charlie-tca | Idaho, USA | 22:48 |
| Pierocska | And is it always working at 100% cpu? | 22:48 |
| charlie-tca | cpu at 100% might be normal, depending on what you are doing. I find it takes about 30 minutes to get things to settle down after boot. | 22:49 |
| Pierocska | oh ok | 22:49 |
| Pierocska | well I just have the system monitor opened.. | 22:49 |
| charlie-tca | I learned to start it, then leave it alone for half an hour before I do anything. | 22:49 |
| Pierocska | mh.... | 22:50 |
| Pierocska | ok | 22:50 |
| Pierocska | How do I manage the swap file? | 22:50 |
| charlie-tca | I am not sure, it should be doing it itself. | 22:51 |
| Pierocska | And How do I make it bigger | 22:51 |
| Pierocska | ? | 22:51 |
| charlie-tca | If you have space on the drive, you should be able to simply use gparted to make it bigger | 22:51 |
| Pierocska | cause in the system monitor it says 0 bytes | 22:51 |
| charlie-tca | It only gets used if the system runs out of memory to run the applications. | 22:53 |
| Pierocska | I'm trysing to run more than an application per time.. | 22:53 |
| Pierocska | now the cpu went down to 80.. really strange.. | 22:55 |
| charlie-tca | Take a look at this: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq | 22:55 |
| charlie-tca | It looks pretty good for explaining swap files | 22:55 |
| Pierocska | i still have plenty of ram.. | 22:57 |
| Pierocska | So that's not my biggest problem | 22:57 |
| Pierocska | The reason of the system being slow must be the cpu.. | 22:58 |
| charlie-tca | Between that and the video card, it will bottle-neck things | 22:58 |
| Pierocska | Too bad....... | 22:59 |
| Grant-A | Hello, I am trying to set up a network in Xubuntu to connect to my Kubuntu laptop wirelessly, and I would like the network to only be visible to these two computers and to no one else, is NFS the best way to go with this? | 22:59 |
| Pierocska | How do I know how big is my swap partition? | 23:08 |
| TheSheep | twice the ram is the usual rule of thumb | 23:11 |
| TheSheep | if you want to just check the already created partition, then try 'free' in the terminal | 23:13 |
| Pierocska | thx | 23:29 |
| Pierocska | swap says 0.... | 23:31 |
| Pierocska | thx bye!! | 23:43 |
| william56 | anyone have a suggestion as to which download manager i should use? | 23:48 |
| * TheSheep is happy with firefox's built in | 23:49 | |
| william56 | i just tried to resume a download and it restarted it | 23:49 |
| william56 | firefox's built in downloader, that is | 23:50 |
| TheSheep | it depends on where you download from | 23:50 |
| william56 | now it's canceled, and i've got a .part file that has around 75% of the file.. | 23:51 |
| TheSheep | some hosts won't allow resuming | 23:51 |
| Odd-rationale | william56: try the downthemall firefox extendion... | 23:51 |
| william56 | alright | 23:51 |
| Odd-rationale | william56: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/201 | 23:51 |
| william56 | i thought that was for flashget or something | 23:52 |
| Odd-rationale | nah.. it is one of my favorite ff extension.. :P | 23:53 |
| william56 | will i be able to resume that download that already got canceled in the default downloader, you think? | 23:53 |
| * TheSheep only has two: "web developer toolbar" and "view source with" | 23:53 | |
| TheSheep | william56: it depends on the server you are downloading it from | 23:54 |
| william56 | i think i was using filefront | 23:54 |
| Odd-rationale | william56: with DownThemAll? no, i don't think it can do that... | 23:54 |
| TheSheep | if thye have enabled partial downloads on their web server, then you can continue | 23:54 |
| william56 | i was thinking about getting a new download ticket, or whatever they call it, and going from there with the old download | 23:55 |
| * william56 hates satellite | 23:55 | |
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