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charlie-tcaLet me see if I have an 8.10 I can look in00:00
dimsumthx, charlie00:00
charlie-tcaIn Gnome it is in system sounds00:00
charlie-tcano problem, I keep several versions on hard drives00:01
zoredacheis it just the terminal you are wanting to de-beep?  put "set bell-style visible" in your ~/.bashrc00:01
dimsumno it's in every textbox00:03
G-Bluntedhmm00:04
dimsumwait a minute, i haven't heard any sounds besides this beep00:04
zoredacheah, well, you still may want that change in your bashrc so that you get a visual alert00:04
G-Bluntedwhat kinds of things are good to do to your Xubuntu install to make it 1337?? :p00:04
charlie-tcaWhat is a 1337?00:05
G-Blunteddude...00:05
G-Blunted...you don't know what 31337 is?00:05
zoredachecharlie-tca: are you serioous?  it is noob speak for elite00:05
charlie-tcaI don't know these things00:05
G-Bluntedwell...00:06
G-Blunted31337 = really cool00:06
charlie-tcaI never most of the shortcut speak00:06
G-Bluntedor like...really good i guess?00:06
G-Blunted31337 == ELEET == Elite :)00:07
charlie-tcas/never most/never learned most/00:07
G-Blunted3E...wow those are totally backwards...i never realized that00:07
zoredacheah, well then I was wondering if you where asking for a definition or philosophical discussion00:07
G-Bluntedhaha00:07
charlie-tcayeah, definition00:08
charlie-tcaoh-oh, cody-somerville just went away...00:08
G-Bluntedget out...00:08
charlie-tcahe's our develment leader, and upgrading to Jaunty today00:09
G-Bluntedwhat is Jaunty?00:09
charlie-tcas/develment/development00:09
zoredachethe name of the upcoming version00:09
charlie-tcaJaunty is the next version of Xubuntu to be released00:09
G-BluntedooOOOoo00:10
* charlie-tca must be tired, getting slow and can't spell00:10
G-Bluntedwho's 'our' ?00:10
charlie-tcaXubuntu00:10
G-Bluntedoh00:10
dimsumi just realized. i don't have any sound..00:10
charlie-tcaOh, good. That should be normal with 8.1000:11
G-Bluntedso...what do you mean he's upgrading to Jaunty today?00:11
zoredachehe is upgrading one of his workstations, to the alpha versions00:11
charlie-tcaHe's going to run the development version to help him get it ready00:11
dimsumcharlie, how do you check the name of your soundcard ?00:11
G-Bluntedahh00:11
dimsumi can't remember mine00:11
charlie-tcalspci00:11
charlie-tcaThe card drivers are probably loaded, you need to turn it on in00:12
G-Bluntedthe L's in XChat look really weird00:12
G-Bluntedlllll00:12
charlie-tcaalsa-mixer?00:12
dimsumokay i don't see any soundcard at all..00:13
dimsumbut i'm sure it's there haha00:13
lcafieroHi there. Is anyone on the channel that has taken part in the CD Distribution discussion on the mailing list?00:13
charlie-tcaG-Blunted: You are using monospaced font00:13
charlie-tcalcafiero: I have been following it00:13
G-Bluntedis that bad?00:13
charlie-tcaG-Blunted: no, it just has letters designed to be easy to tell what they are00:13
lcafierocharlie-tca: Okay.00:14
charlie-tcalI1; note the differences00:14
dimsumcharlie, alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory00:14
lcafierocharlie-tca: Do you think it's okay to continue on the mailing list, since it seems to be a developer list?00:14
dimsumwha???00:14
charlie-tcaYes, I think that is the best place for it00:14
G-Bluntedhmm00:14
G-Bluntedwell that sound like a good thing...00:14
lcafierookay, thanks.00:15
G-Bluntedi hate getting  I l and 1 mixed up00:15
charlie-tcalcafiero: If it were in off-topics or users support, the devels won't know what is happening there00:15
charlie-tcaG-Blunted: Many fonts make them look the same00:15
G-Bluntedbut you're right...this one doesn't :)00:15
charlie-tcaMonospaced makes it different00:15
G-Bluntedthat is good...i like it :)00:15
G-Bluntedno more trickery00:16
charlie-tcaIt's easy to use when you are looking at the screen a lot00:16
G-Blunted|l1i  <--oh what character did i really put there?00:16
G-Bluntedi hate that00:16
charlie-tcaLooks like the pipe, small ell, number 1, little i.00:16
G-Bluntedyup!00:16
G-Bluntedyou must be using a monospaced font00:17
charlie-tcaI use the DejaVu Monospace00:17
G-Bluntedwhat is that?00:17
G-Blunted!dejavu00:17
ubottuSorry, I don't know anything about dejavu00:17
charlie-tcaI use the DejaVu fonts for almost everything. It is one of the font styles00:17
charlie-tcaAlmost the same as the defaults00:18
G-Bluntedhmm..how can i try those?00:18
lcafierocharlie-tca: got it.00:18
charlie-tca:-)00:18
charlie-tcaG-Blunted: click on Settings, Preferences, Text box. Browse the fonts choices00:19
G-Bluntedokay00:19
charlie-tcadimsum: You don't have an audio or multimedia card in lspci?00:19
cellhi there00:19
dimsumnope00:19
dimsumwhat to do? what to do?00:20
charlie-tcahi, cell00:20
dimsumis there anyway to check what soundcard is really plugged in?00:20
dimsumso then maybe i can download and install the drivers00:20
charlie-tcaTry here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sound00:21
charlie-tcaUnder Old Sound Cards00:21
dimsumlast time i remember this is soundblaster awe 6400:21
dimsumyes, this is old skool stuff haha00:21
charlie-tcaYeah, the awe64 doesn't detect00:22
dimsumaww crap. so what now ?00:22
charlie-tcaStill running an ISA card00:22
cellwhen i set up xubuntu in "virtual box" it runs good. but after reset xubunu run not frum virtual disk in "virtual box" can any body help me  on this subject00:22
charlie-tcadimsum: the wiki page...00:22
dimsumwhat ISA btw? it's not PCI ?00:22
charlie-tcaMine is ISA, which came out first, then PCI, then PCIE00:23
charlie-tcaWell, AGP, then PCIE00:23
charlie-tcacell: Are you running virtualbox in linux?00:23
dimsumif you look at it, is there any difference between PCI and ISA ?00:23
cellcharlie-tca, no virtual box isrunning on windows xp00:24
dimsumi know AGP had a slightly bigger port.00:24
charlie-tcadimsum: yes, ISA connector edge has contacts about 1/8" wide, PCI has contacts about 1/32" wide. They are very noticeable00:24
dimsumcharlie: good god, you remember the dimensions?00:25
charlie-tcaPCI contacts are about the thickness of the tip of the ball-point pen00:25
charlie-tcaNo, I'm guessing.00:25
charlie-tcaIt's just so visible when you see them00:26
charlie-tcacell: are you getting any error messages?00:26
cellit is so suprisig.. i have gat no error.00:27
charlie-tcadimsum: when you set all the cards side-by-side, you can tell each one by the contacts00:27
cellbut same i can run wn98 on virtual box00:27
cellsame way00:28
dimsumyes, i remember.00:28
charlie-tcacell: so win98 works, but xubuntu can't find the hard drive?00:28
dimsumcharlie: is there anyway to be sure that my soundcard is really awe64 ?00:29
dimsumcharlie: like a hardware detection or something ?00:29
cellthen can we not run xubuntu in virtually?00:29
charlie-tcaIt would say it right on the card. But it probably is.00:29
charlie-tcacell: yes, I do it all the time. but if it tells you it can't find the hard drive, perhaps something happened to the virtual dirve00:30
charlie-tcas/dirve/drive00:30
charlie-tcacell: did you create two separate drives, one for windows 98 and one for xubuntu?00:31
dimsumcharlie: heyy what do you know "sudo modprobe snd-sbawe" seems to have done it..00:32
charlie-tcaIsn't that help wiki nice?00:32
cellcharlie-tca, yes, each one has different virtual disk on host disk00:32
charlie-tcacell: I'm out of ideas. You could try the VirtualBox forums00:33
dimsumcharlie: yes, it's really nice00:33
cellthanks charlie-tca00:34
charlie-tcaWish I could have helped you.00:34
rockoscrew utorrent USE DELUGE00:34
Moodtransmission00:34
charlie-tcacell: you could also try #vbox00:35
dimsumcharlie: how do i test u i have a working sound ?00:40
cellcharlie-tca, hmm thank again i ll look there now00:40
dimsumcharlie: how do i test that i have a working sound ?00:40
rockotransmission is ok00:41
rockoI like deluge better00:41
rockoto get the latest version you have to go to its site00:41
rockothough00:41
charlie-tcadimsum: I go to /usr/share/sounds/purple and click on each one00:43
dimsumcharlie: crap, still no sound00:47
charlie-tcayou still gotta turn in on.00:47
charlie-tcado you have the volume control on the panel?00:47
dimsumyes but it's empty00:49
dimsumjust a rectangular gray box00:50
dimsumhow do i turn it on ?00:50
charlie-tcaThen alsa-mixer doesn't know about the card yet00:50
dimsumahh the beep is back..00:51
dimsumhow do i tell it then ?00:51
charlie-tcaTry Applications -> Multimedia -> Alsamixergui , maybe00:51
dimsumalsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory00:52
dimsum-_-..00:52
charlie-tcadid you restart after adding it?00:52
dimsumahh00:52
dimsumshould i?00:52
charlie-tcaYes, makes the modprobe take effect00:52
dimsumsee you after the jump then charlie.00:53
charlie-tcaokay00:53
dimsumcharlie-tca00:57
dimsumcharlie-tca: it's not working..-_-00:57
charlie-tcaThe card shows up now, right?00:58
dimsumno00:58
charlie-tcahuh?00:58
dimsumi tried the alsamixergui and it still shows the same error00:59
dimsumcharlie01:00
charlie-tcaYour card is not showing up in the system, is it?01:00
dimsumbut if i try sudo alsamixergui it shows up01:00
charlie-tcayeah?01:01
charlie-tcamake sure nothing is muted01:01
charlie-tcaAlso, turn the volume up on the panel volume control01:03
dimsumi can't do that01:05
dimsumif i click on let say half-a-bar01:05
charlie-tcadoes it go up01:06
dimsumno01:06
charlie-tcaTime for this one then: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting01:06
dimsumthe bar goes empty rightaway01:06
charlie-tcaopen a terminal and type 'alsamixer' and hit enter. no quotes01:06
charlie-tcaIf it opens, it is all keyboard, not mouse01:07
dimsumi need sudo to do that01:07
charlie-tcanot supposed to01:07
dimsumif im not using sudo it will go like this01:08
charlie-tcathat would mean the module is loaded wrong01:08
dimsumalsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory01:08
charlie-tcaThen something is not right.01:08
charlie-tcaTime for the Troubleshooting page01:08
dimsumwill do01:08
dimsumbingo01:09
dimsum* adamm9 (n=adam@68-116-201-58.dhcp.oxfr.ma.ch01:09
dimsumoops01:09
adamm9heh01:09
dimsumaplay: device_list:215: no soundcards found...01:09
charlie-tcaThen it is not loaded right01:09
dimsumsorry adamm9 i hit the ctrl+c at the wrong window01:10
adamm9np01:10
dimsumcharlie: how do i do this "If the modules are already installed, check to see whether your hardware is recognizing the sound card as installed " ??01:12
charlie-tcawhat you did with aplay01:12
dimsumstill no soundcards found01:12
charlie-tcanow you should do the sudo aptitude line, and restart01:12
dimsumok it's installing01:13
charlie-tca"After installing the modules, you will need to reboot. " is a restart, not even just a logout.01:13
dimsumwill do01:13
xenocide21>.> or go buy a sound card that is supported with your system when you first install it01:13
dimsumCouldn't find any package whose name or description matched "linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.27-11-generic01:13
charlie-tcaYeah, that too01:13
dimsumxenocide: any good recommendation?01:14
charlie-tcawait a minute01:14
xenocide21the Yamaha series equivilant to the Sound Blaster PCI 512 is compatable (as is the sound blaster PCI 512)01:14
xenocide21i use a Yamaha XG724 or something like that01:14
xenocide21most built in sound cards like the AC'97 is compatable01:15
dimsumxeno: this pc doesnt have any built in soundcard01:15
dimsumbuilt in = on board right ?01:16
xenocide21ebay.com is your friend01:16
xenocide21a yamaha XG724 is like 5 bucks01:16
xenocide21yeah01:16
xenocide21its a good sound card, has a midi/game port01:16
dimsummaybe i'll buy some memory also. mine only got about 300mb ram01:17
dimsum312 or so..01:18
charlie-tcadimsum: they really don't exist01:18
xenocide21model is Yamaha XG YMF724F-V and it was plug and play01:18
xenocide21installer recognised and installed proper drivers01:18
dimsumcharlie: what ?01:19
dimsumxeno: i'll jot that down.01:19
charlie-tcaThe linux modules don't exist in 8.1001:19
xenocide21ive had this sound card for years, its just as good as current on board sound cards01:19
dimsumcharlie: so what can i do ?01:20
xenocide21on windows it has some synthesizers specifically for this sound card, im sure linux has a synthesyzer that would work with it, if you cared to get one :P01:20
dimsumnah01:20
dimsumthis pc is only used for facebook and youtube01:21
xenocide21i was almost not surprised this sound card was compatable upon installer01:21
charlie-tcaI don know. I have used up my knowledge. It may be because of that kernel.01:21
charlie-tcaI have seen a lot of bugs for sound in intrepid01:21
dimsumso that's it then? buy a new soundcard ?01:21
dimsumcharlie: thanks a lot for your help01:22
xenocide21might be easier if you have tried to get your current one working properly with the drivers it should have01:22
charlie-tcanp, Wish we could make it work01:22
xenocide21a sound blaster PCI 512 is the standard sound card and im sure its compatable, it might be easier to find than my yamaha01:22
dimsumi believe mine is ISA bus card..01:23
xenocide21ISA? the black one?01:23
xenocide21O.o01:23
dimsumISA bus was located at the bottom of the motherboard correct ?01:24
xenocide21oh yeah good luck finding an ISA sound card that you dont have to go through hell to run on linux, better off getting PCI01:24
xenocide21its a long black port, as aposed to the short white ones01:24
dimsumthis is a 10 year old pc xeno.01:24
xenocide21mine is too01:24
G-BluntedHey how do you do like....zoom...?01:24
xenocide21i have a P2 which originally had a 266MHz cpu01:25
G-Bluntedi need a magnifying glass type of thing01:25
xenocide21its upgraded to a 33301:25
G-Bluntedfor my desktop01:25
xenocide21i have ISA ports01:25
G-Bluntedcomputer01:25
xenocide21two of them01:25
dimsum333? goood god, mine is 50001:25
xenocide21and they are located at the bottom of the board01:25
xenocide21;)01:25
dimsumxeno, how bout ram ?01:25
xenocide21i have AGP 2x, 4 PCI and 2 ISA01:25
xenocide21192 :P01:25
dimsum192 ?!?!?!01:25
xenocide21max of 768, i just cant afford it01:25
dimsumkinda slow i presume ?01:26
xenocide21not bad on xubuntu01:26
* charlie-tca wonders if his antique all ISA board is worth anything yet01:26
xenocide21compared to kubuntu01:26
xenocide21what CPU charlie?01:26
xenocide21is it a 386 or 48601:26
dimsumi was using xp, tinyxp, ubuntu and at last xubuntu01:26
charlie-tca33MHz01:26
xenocide21or *cough* 28601:27
charlie-tcaNo, not 386 or 48601:27
xenocide21well of course its 33MHz01:27
xenocide21its a 286?01:27
charlie-tcayeah, an old NEC01:27
xenocide21hmm01:27
charlie-tcaI think it has a total of 8MB RAM01:27
xenocide21removable or soldered cpu01:27
dimsummy god.. i thought a had the oldest pc around01:27
charlie-tcasoldered01:27
xenocide21prolly not worth much01:27
charlie-tcaUses SIMMS01:28
xenocide21if it was a 386 slot cpu it might be worth a bit01:28
charlie-tcaEven got the daughterboard01:28
xenocide21those can be upgraded to an 80MHz 486DX2 which can be overclocked to run at 160MHz01:28
dimsumbut you guys have more respectable pc for work don't you ?01:28
xenocide21id say01:28
charlie-tcaof course. Can't really use that one01:28
charlie-tcaYeah, they were a speed demon in comparison01:29
xenocide21put a running dos 6.22 or old linux OS (maybe with a simple x or similar gui) supply a 4MB graphics card, word processor, and you might be able to sell it as a glorified type write01:29
xenocide21r01:29
charlie-tcaBut this one was faster than my 25MHz01:29
charlie-tcaFits right in with what a lot of people use their latest thing cpu's for, doesn't it01:30
xenocide21im not sure what linux distro would run on a 33MHz 28601:30
charlie-tcaI don't know, might be worth looking into for fun, though01:30
xenocide21you could set it up as a kids computer :) lol01:30
charlie-tcaThey can't play games on it.01:30
xenocide21yea they can!01:31
xenocide21theres plenty of games a 33MHz 286 can run01:31
dimsumsuch as ?01:31
charlie-tcaWell, that's true. I forgot.01:31
xenocide21and a child 3 to 5 probably wouldnt know the difference01:31
xenocide21look up dos games on google01:31
dimsumahh dos games01:31
xenocide21:)01:31
xenocide21lots of dos games available01:31
xenocide21as well01:31
dimsumi remember playing paratrooper when i was younger01:32
xenocide21any QBasic game01:32
charlie-tcaHey, it did run windows, too01:32
xenocide21win 3.1101:32
dimsumit run windows?!01:32
xenocide21thats all it could have run01:32
xenocide21but01:32
xenocide21you need the turbo button on to be able to use it properly01:32
charlie-tcaYeah, early windows... but it ran it.01:32
xenocide2133 to 66MHz01:32
dimsumhahahaha the turbo button01:32
xenocide21:D01:32
charlie-tcaI ran with turbo on full time01:32
xenocide21i have a pentium pro dual cpu unit over here01:32
xenocide21dual 200mhz cpu's01:33
charlie-tcaYes, cpu's higher than the hard drives were back then01:33
dimsumit's like living in the past doesn't it ?01:33
xenocide21charlie01:33
xenocide21dos 6.22 and windows 3.11 is freeware01:33
charlie-tcaI did not think microsoft released 3.11 from licenses, even though they won't support it.01:34
xenocide21if it uses 30 pin simm it can run up to 64 or 128mb ram via 16mb simms (4 or 8 slot configurations)01:34
xenocide21well01:34
charlie-tcaI have both here, but haven't loaded them01:34
xenocide21google it01:35
xenocide21oh01:35
xenocide21lol01:35
charlie-tca30 pin? It was 72 pin01:35
xenocide21install it :P01:35
xenocide21its got 72pin simms?01:35
charlie-tcaI believe so01:35
xenocide21that doesnt make sense01:35
xenocide2172 pin simms go up to 512 with 8 256 with 401:35
charlie-tcaIt was a new system01:35
xenocide21my pentium pro uses 72 pin simms01:36
xenocide21they are oh... lemmi check'01:36
charlie-tcaNo, you got 72 pin dimms01:36
xenocide21lol i promise they are simm01:36
charlie-tcasimms sat at an angle on the motherboard, and did not use the snap locks on the sides01:36
xenocide21they are bout 4 inches long01:37
dimsumwow, you guys were like talking about rocket science to me.01:37
xenocide21you install simms at an angle, and pop them into metal prongs01:37
charlie-tcaand simms, too? My memory is faded, maybe01:37
charlie-tcaYeah, and be careful you don't break them01:37
xenocide21lol01:37
charlie-tcaHated em01:37
xenocide21simms come in configurations of 30 and 72 pins01:38
xenocide21the earliest comps using 30 pins01:38
xenocide21such as the old apple classic series01:38
charlie-tcaand they did not come cheap, either01:38
xenocide21and the SE SE/3001:38
xenocide21nope01:38
xenocide21they arent too bad today01:39
xenocide21you can pick up 8 16mb simms for ~35 bucks on ebay01:39
charlie-tcaI hadn't even tried. This system has 3 GB in it.01:39
xenocide2172 pin simms i have no idea01:39
xenocide21lol01:39
charlie-tcaThey cost a lot, even now.01:39
xenocide21the joys of today :D01:39
xenocide21:P01:40
xenocide21does it use the old ATA or SCSI?01:40
charlie-tcaATA, 65MB01:40
xenocide21ahh01:40
xenocide21first gen IDE01:40
charlie-tcaand that was big01:40
dimsumbrb guys i need a restart..01:40
xenocide21you can get about 2GB on that system01:40
charlie-tcaYeah, today01:40
xenocide21fat16 (aka fat) doesnt support more than 2GB01:40
charlie-tcaI have a couple, too01:41
xenocide21though you could partition a larger drive several times i believe01:41
charlie-tcaUsed to use the Maxtor Disk Manager to partition the big drives01:41
xenocide21:D01:41
charlie-tcaI think Western Digital had one too01:42
xenocide21you can do it on any windows 98 system01:42
xenocide21XP drops fat16 format completely01:42
charlie-tcaI couldn't do it with DOS.01:42
xenocide21nope01:42
charlie-tcaYeah, but I never got past windows 3.101:42
xenocide21fdisk will not format a drive larger than 2gb other than to 2gb01:42
xenocide21you have to do it under a windows 98 system01:42
charlie-tcaThat's why you use the Disk Manager01:43
xenocide21you can format a 200GB IDE drive 100 times to 2GB partitions and put it in there01:43
xenocide21ahh01:43
xenocide21so you ran this disk manager under a newer windows system so you could format to fat16?01:43
charlie-tcaYes, I remember doing that to a 20GB, I think it was01:43
xenocide21ah01:44
xenocide21yes i did that once too01:44
charlie-tcaNo, disk manager ran under DOS to format "big" drives, all the way to about 20GB01:44
xenocide21i set up a pentium 1 66MHz with a 20 gig with 10 2GB partitions for windows 3.1101:44
dimsumahh.. no luck01:45
charlie-tcaYeah, that kind of fun. The "good old days", huh01:45
xenocide21no luck on what?01:45
dimsumthe sound01:45
xenocide21time to munch01:45
charlie-tcasystem won't recognize the sound card.01:45
dimsumyes01:45
xenocide21afk :) good talk charlie :) hold on to that 286, its not worth much more than a toy but its fun to have ;)01:46
dimsumi always having trouble with sound on linux01:46
charlie-tcaMaybe someone else will know something, dimsum01:46
xenocide21i never did ;) lol01:46
xenocide21afk01:46
charlie-tcaxenocide21: I am. got a commodore 128 here too. Just sitting on them for now01:46
charlie-tcabbl, gotta go eat01:47
* xenocide21 has an Apple Lisa02:15
xenocide21(aka Macintosh XL02:15
rockoI see02:27
rockowhat size is the hard drive?02:28
kamlapatihello everyone!03:29
zoredachehello03:30
kamlapatiI am trying to use a GUI to connect via ssh to another PC. In GNOME I could use Places -> Connect to Server. Any idea how to do that in Xubuntu?03:31
kamlapatiOr in general,  how do I connect to a LAN for file shares and so forth in Xubuntu?03:32
Moodvpn?03:35
Moodor you could just mount it in fstab03:36
charlie-tcaI use ssh in a terminal03:36
Moodif you want a gui, and you don't need security (like all the computers are in the same LAN), just mount the drive using mount03:36
Moodin terminal, sudo mkdir /mnt/shareddrive03:37
Moodsudo mount 192.168.x.x/share /mnt/shareddrive03:37
kamlapatiI've been using SSH it in a terminal and it works fine, but was looking for a way to "spruce it up"03:41
kamlapatiThanks for the great advice.03:41
kamlapatiBTW, I have the RAS public key authentication set up, so I thinking I'm pretty secure.03:42
kereswhen installing ubuntu on my very old p3 laptop i get a bunch of input/output errors on my HDD when loading the LiveCD or just the installer. I select it from the menu and it just goes black and lists these errors?03:54
keresi mean xubuntu03:54
Pres-Gaskeres, have you tried selecting the option of checking the media?04:00
keresPres-Gas: wheres' that?04:00
Pres-GasShould be on the first screen where you usually select04:01
Pres-Gaswhoops04:01
Pres-Gas"Run without modifying the hard drive or something like that04:01
keresPres-Gas: the live disk or is that a main option in itself?04:01
Pres-Gaskeres, I guess I would like to see a line of it to make sure04:02
keresPres-Gas: thanks, regardless. I will have to go to sleep soon, and i won't have internet access then04:04
keresi'll write the  error down if it persists04:04
Pres-GasYeah, it usually means you have a bad hard drive or bad optical drive...either is not good04:05
dark_abyss0can someone help me set up a network form my XP comp to my linux comp?05:06
forcesdark_abyss0, with samba?05:08
dark_abyss0I got samba I just have no Idea what to do from there05:09
forces!samba | dark_abyss005:18
ubottudark_abyss0: Samba is the way to cooperate with Windows environments. Links with more info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MountWindowsSharesPermanently and http://help.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/serverguide/C/windows-networking.html - Samba can be administered via the web with SWAT.05:18
G-Bluntedhey i got a question...06:39
G-Bluntedwhat is the path to the Terminal application in the Applications -> Accessories menu?06:39
tawG-Blunted, run 'which xfce4-terminal'07:00
G-Blunted!gutsy07:08
ubottuUbuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) was the seventh release of Ubuntu. Upgrading to Gutsy:  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GutsyUpgrades - Downloading: http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.10 - Features: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/710tour07:08
G-Blunted!hardy07:08
ubottuUbuntu 8.04-LTS (Hardy Heron) was the eighth release of Ubuntu. Downloading: http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04 - See !lts for more details.07:08
G-Bluntedthanks taw !!07:10
G-BluntedPERL vs. TCL vs. Python  <----can anyone tell me when is it best to use each one? And what is each one best suited to accomplish?07:41
volohi07:50
edvard1heya07:58
edvard1gots a question07:59
edvard1when I tried to install 9.04 to a different hard disk, somehow the install got borked07:59
edvard1now, when I try to boot to my 8.10 install, it shows a VERY different boot process and it hangs at "loading manual drivers" and the screen background turns green08:00
Reno`!9.0408:01
ubottuJaunty Jackalope is the code for Ubuntu 9.04, due April 2009 - Lots of breakage between now and April - Please join #ubuntu+1 for discussion and support.08:01
edvard1I can get it started if I boot to 'Rescue Mode' and select 'continue to boot normally'08:01
edvard1ok, i understand.08:02
edvard1but it did something to my 8.10 install08:02
edvard1i'll ask somewhere else08:03
rockohttp://www.theonion.com/content/video/12_year_old_boy_scouts_volunteer10:25
RAVTUXhello10:39
rockon.\\\\10:58
rockohello10:58
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rockohello user_11:07
rockohow are you?11:07
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dimsumhello fellow xubuntu users..12:19
dimsumi'm having problem with alsa, can someone help me?12:19
Reno`here all dead :)12:20
dimsumi just want remove all alsa drivers, library and utilties12:20
Myrttiwhy?12:20
Reno`use synaptic12:21
dimsumi've tried12:21
dimsumbut it seems that all modules are marked for removal also12:21
dimsumi've tried to reinstall everything that has the name alsa in it12:21
dimsumbut my drivers won12:21
dimsumwon't come back12:21
Reno`mark for complete removal12:22
dimsumMyrtti: i accidentally remove my drivers while playing with it12:22
Myrttiand this requires you to uninstall your alsa drivers, because...?12:23
dimsumi want to reinstall it again12:23
Myrttisudo aptitude reinstall <package>12:23
dimsumcan i just put alsa in replacement of <package> ??12:24
dimsumthere seems to be lots of package related to alsa i don't know which is the one..12:24
Myrttisudo aptitude reinstall alsa alsa-base alsa-utils12:25
Myrttifor starters I think12:25
dimsumwill do..12:25
dimsumreno: completely removing alsa-base require me to remove xubuntu-desktop12:25
dimsumwhich is my whole pc, correct ?12:26
dimsumE: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)12:26
dimsumE: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?12:26
dimsumMyrtti: what is happening ?12:26
Reno`sudo12:26
Reno`or open synaptic12:27
Reno`close synaptic12:27
Myrttidimsum: you've got another application using package management open12:27
Myrttiprobably synaptic, as Reno` said12:27
akisi installed a deb package and althought the package was succesfully installed i cannot find the executable file in /usr/bin directory. Any idea on what do i have to do?13:31
Pres-Gasakis, what package was it?13:31
akisthey were 2 games packages: 2h4u & openalchemist. Both are versions of the known game of tetris.13:34
Pres-Gasakis, did you install it via synaptic?13:36
Reno`whereis 2h4u work ?13:37
akisi just double-clicked them and i installed them13:37
Myrttiakis: double clicked where?13:37
akisi put them in a temporary directory and then doul clicked them and they have been succesfully installed13:38
Myrttiso you downloaded the packages from somewhere?13:39
Myrttiwith your browser?13:39
akisthen i found them in synaptic in the group of games already installed.13:39
Myrttiok13:39
akisyes from here http://www.getdeb.net/13:40
Myrttiif you check the package information in synaptic, you should be able to see the list of files and their locations13:41
akismy desktop manager is xcfe. is that matters?13:41
Myrttiakis: no, it doesn't matter13:42
Reno`why no use whereis and which13:42
Reno`or find13:42
akisi found the files but i cannot find any executable file.13:42
TheSheepReno`: because he doesn't know the file name :)13:43
MyrttiReno`: find isn't the easiest software to use in this case13:43
Reno`http://find.unixpin.com/ i use it ))13:44
akisafter a succesful installation always the system creates an executable file or do i have to do something manually?13:44
TheSheepakis: are you sure you installed both 2h4u and 2h4u-data, and not just one of them?13:44
MyrttiReno`: "works for me" doesn't apply to every user. Commandline tools aren't the only way to do stuff.13:45
akisoh my God. i installed the big one file *-data only. do i have what more?13:46
Myrttiakis: so you've got only the data for the game, not the game itself13:46
TheSheepakis: yes, the -data only contains levels and stuff, the executable is in the other one13:46
Reno`hmm commandline should know everybody, because x-server may crashed... okey it's only phylosophy :)13:46
akisyes i saw that it contains pictures, sounds and more.13:47
TheSheepReno`: no reason to force it, they will get to the command line when they want13:47
TheSheepakis: when you go to getdeb's page for these games, you will see there are two links for download for each of them13:48
akisi am downloadin know the small files too. they 're also *.deb packages. do i have to install them in the same way i install *-data files?13:48
TheSheepyes13:49
akisok. i 'll do it. one more question. can i run from xcfe desktop games made for gnome?13:50
Myrttiwhy not?13:50
Myrttiyou can run kde desktop games from gnome too13:51
akisthank you a lot. I love Linux!13:52
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cellhi everybody14:38
celldoes anybody try to install xubuntu as virtual mashine on virtual box ?14:39
Odd-rationalecell: i have before... it worked quite well...14:46
cellOdd-rationale, thanks god :), can you help me?  i install xubuntu as virtual on virtual box 2.1.1 version and run well. but after resetting VBox doesnt run xubuntu on boot. do you hve any idea?14:52
Odd-rationalecell: might want to try asking in #vbox14:53
Odd-rationalethat might now that stuff better than i do...14:54
celli didng get enough asnwer.. thats because asked here14:55
Odd-rationalecell: so when you boot up your vm, it doesn't boot?14:56
cellyes you got me right14:58
Odd-rationalecell: did the vm boot before?14:59
cellyes14:59
Odd-rationalecell: when did it stop booting?14:59
cellyes14:59
cellha sory first stage14:59
Odd-rationalecell: did you check your boot order of the vm?15:00
cellyes and the order is like disk , cd rom and floppy15:01
Odd-rationalecell: when was the last last time it booted properly?15:01
cellOdd-rationale, the most importen point is my problem is that i can install xubuntu as usual. there is not problem.. xubuntu runs well. but after reset vbox doesnt see xubuntu's virtual hardisk..15:03
cellat the boot time.. that is the my confusing in my mind15:04
Odd-rationalehmm... well, idk either...15:04
cellwhat is the mean of idk.. my english s little poor15:07
Odd-rationaleit stands for "i don'15:07
Odd-rationalet15:07
Odd-rationale know15:07
cellhmm ok. thanks again15:07
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jxanderhow could i tell xfce not to use the second screen? when i don't use 2 monitors, i change the xorg.conf file for one monitor, i unplug the secondary monitor from my lappy, but xfce still thinks it has two monitors (mouse moves out of screen and there is the secondary panel and applets in memory). is there a way to tell xfce to use only one monitor and not to load stuff that would go to the second?18:31
TheSheepxrandr --output <OUTPUT NAME> --off18:32
TheSheepyou can get the list of outputs by just running xrandr without any parameters18:34
jxanderTheSheep: should i run that in rc.local so that xfce won't load stuff for the second monitor?18:34
TheSheepno18:35
zoredachejxander: have you permanently gotten rid of the second display?18:36
jxanderzoredache: no, I just unplug it sometimes...18:37
zoredacheyou might want to remove all the config for the second display in your xorg.conf and see if you can get xrandr to expand to the second screen when you are connected18:37
jxanderit expands...18:38
jxanderi got rid of all the 2nd display configuration18:38
jxanderxrandr says 2560x800... and sees only the default screen 0...18:40
jxanderTheSheep: i don't see the second monitor. xrandr expands to the 2nd lcd as zoredache said. Is there a way to force xrandr not to expand?18:47
TheSheepwait, you set up your monitors to be one large screen?18:47
TheSheepwith xinerama or nvidia?18:47
jxanderi'm on ati. i used aticonfig, but now i've set xorg.conf for just a single monitor. The only problem was that xfce still sees two...18:48
jxanderand i used dual-head18:49
jxanderbefore18:49
chewitcharlie-tca, do u know if Abiword update will be put onto the repos19:22
MoodAbiword has a highlighter color bug w/ default theme on xubuntu 8.1019:27
Moodtheme-MurrinaStormCloud19:28
chewityeh, i have seen that. but the bigger bug is the scrolling one19:29
Moodchewit: what's the scrolling bug?19:29
chewitif you scroll to fast, the page will scroll the backwards or not scroll at all19:29
chewithave u not noticed it19:30
chewitit affects 2.6.419:30
Moodi thought it was my proc19:30
chewitbut fixed twice in 2.6.5 & 2.6.619:30
chewitnah19:30
Moodscroll using the mouse wheel, right?19:30
chewityeh19:31
Moodyeah i see it. there's no workaround?19:31
chewitnot that i have seen19:31
chewitwell, its fixed now19:31
chewitits just not been put on 8.10 yet19:31
Moodah19:32
chewitor 9.04 alpha 419:32
Moodknow if the highlight color bug is fixed in 2.6.4+?19:32
chewiti dont know19:32
Moodwell, there's a workaround for it using a grkrc override, in case anyone cares19:32
jxanderhow do i run a command after x starts but before xfce4 loads?19:33
rdehleri'm using xubuntu desktop, 400MB/1024MB memory utilized on boot, so this thing goes into swap pretty fast.  any suggestions for minimizing RAM used on boot?19:39
zoredacherdehler: where are you looking at these numbers?19:41
zoredacheare you subtracting out the memory that gets used for cache/buffers?19:42
rdehler11:43 < zoredache> rdehler: where are you looking at these numbers?19:42
rdehlertop/free19:42
rdehler             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached19:43
rdehlerMem:       1031960     579200     452760          0      16504     29386019:43
zoredacheso see the 'cache' column, you understand that cache will be made available to applications if they need it right?  ~300mb used by cache isn't really used19:44
zoredachethe cache is just linux using your memeory that isn't doing anything anything to make disk access faster19:45
GreenBADoes anyone know if there is a way to get a list of all installed packages in a "tree" view with dependencies?19:46
zoredacheif you wanted to get a better idea of how much memory is being used by applications you should look at the number (used - buffers - cached)19:46
zoredacheGreenBA: in this hypothetical application, what do you think the root of the tree would be?19:48
GreenBAThere would be no root, each application would be an independent branch with all dependencies in subbranches19:48
GreenBAEach package rather19:48
zoredacheso you would want a list of all packages, and then when you select that package, it would show you the dendancy tree for that package?19:49
GreenBASure, that would work for me19:49
zoredacheI am trying to remeber... I know I have seen a script at some point in time that would recursively show you dependancy for a given package... I can't remeber what it was though...19:52
zoredachemaybe take a look at apt-rdepends ?19:54
johan12what's the default font used in xubuntu?19:55
rdehler11:47 < zoredache> the cache is just linux using your memeory that isn't doing anything anything to make disk access faster19:56
rdehlerso you're saying actual utilized is used - cached19:56
zoredacheGreenBA: it even appears to generate graphs19:57
zoredacherdehler: yes19:57
rdehlerk, so about 100mb used isn't bad then19:57
rdehlerthanks19:57
vinnljoakim12, "Sans", which I believe is DejaVu Sans, but I'm not sure19:58
GreenBAzoredache, I'll try that, thanks19:59
johan12vinnl: thx19:59
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Moodwow, vlc is huge....20:43
Mood75 MB20:43
chewitit doesn't help that it uses qt now :(20:47
chewiti want 0.8.6 back20:47
Moodthere's all sorts of strange, extraneous things, like xml, mysql, etc20:49
Moodnetwork support20:49
Moodisn't there just a standalone player?20:50
chewitwhy not use totem20:50
chewit& rhythmbox for your music20:50
Moodcause i didn't know about it til now... :-)20:50
chewitdoes anyone use listen music player?20:51
knometried it.20:51
knomeit's quite ok, but not for my needs.20:51
chewiti couldn't get it to find all my music20:51
chewitonly picked up 5 music tracks20:52
knomemm-hm.20:52
chewitbut i prefer rhythmbox :P20:52
rob79i'm using audacious with streamtuner ^^21:05
rob79and totem 4 vids21:06
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dimsumhi guys..-_-23:24
dimsumsomeone alive in here ?23:25
zoredacheperhaps, but you'll never know until you ask a question that they wish to answer23:25
dimsumhaha, true..23:26
dimsumok here's my question: what23:26
charlie-tcaI'm not being alive today23:27
dimsum*what's on your lib/modules/2.6.7.11-generic/kernel/sound/core directory contains ?23:27
dimsumcharlie: too bad.23:27
zoredacheeh?  2.6.7    I think most people are using a much newer kernel...23:28
dimsumhow do i update my kernel ?23:28
charlie-tcaAin't that 27.11?23:28
charlie-tca8.10, right23:29
dimsum8.1023:29
charlie-tcarun uname -a in a terminal to verify it23:29
dimsummy bad it's supposed to be 2.6.27-11-generic23:29
charlie-tcayeah, that should be the latest 8.10 kernel23:30
dimsumwell i can't seem to do this: sudo modprobe snd-sbawe23:30
zoredacheah, well if you wat 2.6.27-11, I have http://pastebin.com/f4834b9fc23:30
dimsumaha! i lost all that snd- files ?23:31
dimsumhow do i get that ?23:31
dimsumi've tried reinstalling alsa a thousand times already23:32
dimsumi only got /seq and /oss23:32
Myrttithey come with the kernel23:33
dimsumso you can't install this .ko files?23:33
Myrtti"apt-file search snd-page-alloc.ko" tells me that it has come with package linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic23:34
zoredacheI guess you could force a reinstall with something like sudo apt-get --reinstall install linux-image23:34
dimsumso im doing a reinstall on the whole system ?23:35
Myrttino23:35
zoredacheno, that would just reinstall the linux-image package....23:35
dimsumaha23:35
dimsumwill do23:35
zoredachebut actually, the package you may want is linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic23:36
dimsumisn't it a little too late ?23:36
dimsumi already hit the command23:36
Myrttias reinstalling the virtual package of linux-image would do nothing23:36
MyrttiIIRC23:36
dimsumhey it's done23:36
dimsumso it's the generic this time ?23:37
Myrttisudo aptitude reinstall linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic23:37
MyrttiI assume that's what you have23:37
Myrttiyou could check23:37
Myrttiaptitude search linux-image |grep ^i23:37
dimsumi   linux-image                     - Generic Linux kernel image.23:38
dimsumi   linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic   - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.27 on x23:38
dimsumi   linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic    - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.27 on x23:38
dimsumi   linux-image-generic             - Generic Linux kernel image23:38
Myrttiyeah.23:38
dimsumokie dokie23:38
dimsumwow, so i assume this is the equivalent of reinstalling my C:/windows ?23:40
dimsumand i'm still here chatting about it. linux is damn powerful..23:41
zoredachenot really, it would be more like replacing your c:\windows\kern32.dll23:41
dimsumwhich is doable on windows ?23:42
dimsumhey, i already got some of my .ko files back..23:42
zoredacheno, not at all, I am just saying that the scope of your change is much smaller then a complete replacement of \windows23:42
zoredachetrying to replace that file can be very tricky23:43
dimsumok i got my .ko files back23:43
dimsumlemme try to sudo modprobe snd-sbawe again23:44
zoredachegood, you may need to reboot, reinstalling a kernel like that may prevent you from loading stuff until your System.map is rebuilt23:44
dimsumit's there! thank you Myrtti!23:44
dimsumok wait around guys23:44
zoredacheI can't understand why those files would disappear... that sounds kinda odd23:45
Myrttiyeah, neither do I23:46
Myrttihe must have done something really weird23:46
charlie-tcaHe's been trying for two days now to get the sound working23:46
dimsumis holding his breath23:50
dimsumi can see my master volume is not empty anymore..23:51
dimsumtesting with youtube23:51
dimsumI HAVE SOUUUUUUUND!!!!!23:52
charlie-tca:-)23:52
dimsumI LOVE YOU GUYS!23:52
dimsumTHANK YOU VERY MUCH!!23:52
dimsumthank you charlie-tca, xenocide21, zoredache, Myrtti and Reno`23:54
dimsumi will not forget this.. :-D23:54
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