=== ubott2 is now known as ubottu [01:07] someone know how to restore the original graphic card driver auto-detected during the installation in Xubuntu 8.10 ? [01:08] Hermenegil: sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg === Flare183_ is now known as Flare186 === Flare186 is now known as Flare18 === Flare18 is now known as FlareFlare [01:14] hi TheSheep, how do i configure driver in : sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg ? it's asking question about keyboard layout, nothing on video driver [01:26] Hermenegil: I suppose it has been removed then [01:26] Hermenegil: just undo the changes you did to xorg.conf [01:30] I didn't change anything in xorg.conf, how can I undo ? [01:41] what did you do exactly? [01:52] please talk here :) [01:52] do you remember which packages you installed? [03:18] Does anyone know if it's possible to use SSH to just open a tunnel without giving a remote command prompt? [03:20] MaxHavoc: yes [03:20] MaxHavoc: you can run any command or forward ports [03:22] I'm trying to tunnel rdesktop through SSH [03:28] Would you...happen to know how to do that? [07:19] <|ntegra|1> I really like the ubuntu manuals, they shed light on "how-to" which is loverly [07:19] Ubuntu Manuals? [07:23] <|ntegra|1> ya-ha, hang on gotta go [07:26] <|ntegra|1> oh, yeah, I just like it how ubuntu has made 'heaps' of howtos where there was a gap before (albeit a googlable gap, but none-the-less) [09:49] hi. got a little problem with grip. it tells "invalid encoder executable". anyone can help? [09:49] which encoder is best for mp3 and why the executable is invalid? [10:32] hi [10:33] anyonw knows how to get desktop icons on xubuntu? (using mythbuntu if that maters..) [10:35] zeltak, place .desktop files in the desktop folder [10:35] k gotcha thx :) [10:36] mm how do i create it in xfce (since you cant drag from the menu right?) [10:37] zeltak, most if not all .desktop files should be located in /usr/share/applications [10:38] k thx alot ablomen [10:38] you should be able to just copy them to ~/Desktop [10:38] np :) [14:53] Hey non supercilious Linux folk! [14:53] My hard drive is getting broken these days so I bought a new and bigger one today. [14:53] http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Dd#Clone_a_harddisk [14:54] Is it easy to make the filesystem bigger afterwards? === hfsdo_ is now known as hfsdo [15:01] Woo_: i recommend the gparted livecd to resize your FS [15:04] Do you think I will encounter many problems doing this? I am NOT a person fammiliar with Linux. [15:04] I also have a license of Acronis. [15:05] no, gparted is really easy to use. i don't know if Acronis can handle ext3 [15:05] hey.. anyone who knows why Thunar keeps freezing whenever I choose "View hidden files" in for example /proc? [15:05] Just for the cloning part [15:12] cirv9: Is that the only folder it freezes in? [15:13] for example, can you view hidden files in your /home directory? [15:13] charlie-tca: nope, it's the same in /home [15:13] I can view them, but it really takes ages to "load" the view [15:14] its a fresh xubuntu 8.10 btw [15:14] http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2502 [15:16] Stroganoff: that's the problem, thanks. ill try disabling "tree view" then [15:17] it seems to have been ugly-fixed recently [15:23] * jarnos think swap gets more and more filled, if you hibernate instead of shutdown. [16:04] anybody gotten video thumbnails to work in Thunar? [16:04] I have installed both the thunar-thumbnailers and the ffmpegthumbnail package [16:04] but still no thumbnails [16:06] Newbie question: XU8.10 just installed, updated (~170packages), packages samba-common, smbclient, fusesmb installed. How can I browse existing windows network (at least one system, ping is ok)? [16:16] charles: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FuseSmb#Using%20smbfuse [16:16] charles, I believe the fusesmb package...Stroganoff beat me [16:19] Stroganoff, Pres-Gas: thanks, I'll check it. [17:18] Hi [17:18] Hello [17:19] I have bonobo-activation-server using 1 Gig of RAM [17:19] :) [17:19] Hardy 64bit [17:21] that's what I call lightweight [17:22] !bugs [17:22] If you find a bug in Ubuntu or any of its derivatives, please file a bug report at: http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu - Bugs in/wishes for the bots can be filed at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu-bots [17:22] :) TheSheep [17:25] hm TheSheep it was my mistake.. hmm. Sorting by memory usage is right in System monitor. It was My mistake. It was 1016 KiB. [17:25] Sorry [17:26] But I still wonder where all that Ram goes, since 1036MB is used and no applications use that much Ram [17:34] nikolam: try xrestop [17:38] Hi is anybody here? [17:38] !anybody | jf812 [17:38] jf812: A large amount of the first questions asked in this channel start with "Does anyone/anybody..." Why not ask your next question (the real one) and find out? [17:39] No im not really going to ask a question. I was just seeing if it connected properly [17:39] Okay, you are connected. Welcome to #xubuntu [17:41] What kind of computer are people running Xubuntu on? I'm just running it on my home PC [17:41] All kinds, from the old to the new, including mac [17:42] I prefer it to Ubuntu because its simpler [17:43] I started using it because it ran on my old pc [17:44] Now I use it because I like the way it works better. [17:44] hrm... my panels dissapeared when i moved a launcher, what's the xfce-way to restart them? [17:44] (didn't get a crash report) [17:44] i used to use xubuntu/xfce... now i'm on gnome... [17:44] chosig: alt+f2 and type 'xfce4-panel' [17:45] or https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XubuntuPanels [17:46] TheSheep, thanks [17:47] oh... segfault [17:56] does anyone know if there is a way to take a screen shot when an application is fullscreened? [17:58] i have the screen shot panel app but i would like to take some screen shots of applications when the panel is ouut of view [17:59] i read, in the description of the panel app that one could bind it to a key but i can't see how to do it [18:02] tich: just use gimp and timed snapshot [18:03] TheSheep, ah yes i read about that but i wanted to be more spontaneous [18:03] try installing scrot and binding it to your key [18:04] okay, i will look into that [18:04] it is in the repos i presume [18:04] thanks for the advice [18:27] hrm... if i tell terminal to open an url (firefox), is it possibleto make firefox stay in the workspace it is and not teleport to the one i "opened the url" from? [18:27] yes [18:27] chosig: http://wiki.sheep.art.pl/Firefox and XFCE4 [18:28] chosig: http://wiki.sheep.art.pl/Firefox%20and%20XFCE4 [18:30] TheSheep, thanks a bunch :) [18:32] TheSheep, Arithemtic Algebraic Geometry... wow, sounds intense :) [18:40] chosig: eh? [18:41] looked at your portfolio :) [18:42] ah [18:55] TheSheep: hey, that's a cool option! wish i new about that before! :P from what i've been told, this "new feature" is part of the freedesktop.org EWMH specifications. I admit i don't like very much. Thanks for the work araound! [19:04] hello [19:05] i am using 'evince' document reader, but some pdf documents look a bit 'scruffy', i.e. the fonts are not embedded. any ideas how to cure this problem? [19:06] does that mean that 'evince' does not support non-embedded fonts? [19:08] can someone tell me why "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" ask me question about my keyboard but nothing on video/graphic ? [19:10] Video is now set automatically through Hal, I think. [19:15] can i change the video setting manually ? [19:16] You can manually edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, yes [19:18] there is almost nothing in my xorg.conf [19:19] That is because most items are automatic now. [19:19] anyone can recommend a pdf viewer which would support non-embedded fonts? [19:25] atgarsis: xpdf? [19:26] does it also support djvu format? [19:26] i don't know [19:26] there's also acroread from adobe (it's in the medibuntu repos) [19:28] thanks! [20:02] i have this prompt on boot : " Your screen, graphics card, and input device setting could not be detected correctly. You will need to reconfigure these yourself. " i'm now in the (Low-graphic mode), can i restore the video driver without reinstalling, (I'm on Xubuntu 8.10) [20:04] Hermenegil: yes, it can be done. You shouldn't need to reinstall. Take a look here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution [20:05] You can also boot using recovery option in Grub, and try Xfix option [20:07] thanks, i let you know if it work [20:07] no problem. === burner_ is now known as burner === wormsxulla_ is now known as wormsxulla [21:35] anybody here use Quanta +? [21:37] Hi all! Another one newbie question: how can I change the system locale? I have a lot of usb---flashdrives with windows-created (cp1251) filenames and need to use them... [22:04] hi!!! [22:04] anybody here???? [22:05] !anyone [22:05] A large amount of the first questions asked in this channel start with "Does anyone/anybody..." Why not ask your next question (the real one) and find out? === zoredache_ is now known as zoredache [22:06] how do i get my two bars back? they diseapeared! [22:06] top and bottom bars [22:06] on xubuntu [22:06] aka 'panels'. press alt-f2, and then type xfce4-panel [22:06] thanx very much [22:07] why did they diseapear??? [22:07] suddenly [22:08] If you didn't do anything to kill the processes, then another possibility might be that there was some kind of bug and the process died. [22:08] oh ok [22:08] thx anyway :) [22:10] it works cool thx [22:19] !panels [22:19] Sorry, I don't know anything about panels [22:19] !panel [22:19] Sorry, I don't know anything about panel [22:20] !xfce-panels [22:20] Did your panels disappear? Press alt+f2 and run: xfce4-panels | Want to theme your panels? See http://xubuntu.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/howto-set-a-background-image-for-your-panel/ [22:20] hmm... [22:21] charlie-tca: did you add that? [22:21] I wrote a wiki help page yesterday. [22:21] No, it was already [22:21] yeah, i know, you should me... [22:21] showed* [22:21] met me see here... [22:22] Took a lot of reading to find the factoid [22:23] !xfce-panels is Did you panels disappear? Press alt+f2 and run: xfce4-panels | See also: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XubuntuPanels | Want to theme your panels? See http://xubuntu.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/howto-set-a-background-image-for-your-panel/ [22:23] Nice [22:23] !xfce-panels [22:23] Did your panels disappear? Press alt+f2 and run: xfce4-panels | Want to theme your panels? See http://xubuntu.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/howto-set-a-background-image-for-your-panel/ [22:24] heh. i think it needs to get approved... [22:24] I got a msg from ubottu saying that it is waiting aproval from #ubuntu-ops [22:24] So it will get there... [22:25] you can always head over there to make sure it gets done... :P [22:26] Not on the list. [22:33] charlie-tca: what do you mean? [22:33] I lost my mind, forget it [22:34] !xfce-panels [22:34] Did your panels disappear? Press alt+f2 and run: xfce4-panels | Want to theme your panels? See http://xubuntu.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/howto-set-a-background-image-for-your-panel/ === Meegee is now known as Weegee [22:43] !xfce-panels [22:43] Did your panels disappear? Press alt+f2 and run: xfce4-panels | Want to theme your panels? See http://xubuntu.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/howto-set-a-background-image-for-your-panel/ [22:44] !xfce-panels [22:44] Did your panels disappear? Press alt+f2 and run: xfce4-panels | Want to theme your panels? See http://xubuntu.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/howto-set-a-background-image-for-your-panel/ [22:44] !panels [22:44] Did you panels disappear? Press alt+f2 and run: xfce4-panels | See also: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XubuntuPanels | Want to theme your panels? See http://xubuntu.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/howto-set-a-background-image-for-your-panel/ [22:44] there we go, charlie-tca [22:44] Looking good! :-) [22:44] use !panels [22:45] !panels | charlie-tca [22:45] charlie-tca: Did you panels disappear? Press alt+f2 and run: xfce4-panels | See also: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XubuntuPanels | Want to theme your panels? See http://xubuntu.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/howto-set-a-background-image-for-your-panel/ [22:45] :P [22:46] Hey! that's great... :-)