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Ishmaelhey everyone00:21
Ishmaelif anyone gets a chance, i need to know what to do to get a usb dvd burner to be recognized in xubuntu00:22
TheSheepconnect it00:22
Ishmael:D00:23
Ishmaelit is00:23
Ishmaelk, maybe i'm asking the wrong question;  how do i access it? or see where it's at?00:23
charlie-tcaput a disc in it00:24
Ishmaelthat's just crazy enough to work, brb00:24
charlie-tcawith data on it00:24
TheSheepor empty00:24
TheSheep(then a cd burning app should start)00:24
charlie-tcadata disc comes up on the desktop00:24
Ishmaelnothing has happened so far00:28
charlie-tcalook in /media for it00:28
Ishmael /media has cdrom and cdrom0  but ls brings up nothing for both of them (data disk is in drive)00:31
Ishmaeldo i have to reboot with the cdrom installed?00:32
TheSheepno00:33
TheSheepdoes the command 'lsusb' in terminal show your drive?00:33
IshmaelBus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub  <--is that my drive?00:34
TheSheepno00:35
TheSheepthat's internal usb hub00:35
Ishmael:(00:35
Ishmaelsure there's no usb thing i have to load up with boot-up?00:46
=== danielm__ is now known as danielm
txDEFgood evening all01:00
txDEFI've got a bit of an issue that I am hoping that someone can help me with01:01
txDEFI am having issues getting my hdd to mount with the alt xubuntu install disk01:02
=== marc__ is now known as marc1453
txDEFthe sudo command is not recognized01:04
txDEFwhen I type "mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/C" it states invalid argument01:05
gaurdroyou need a -t <filesys>  in there01:05
txDEFbefore /dev or after C?01:05
gaurdroit's usually something like "mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /mnt/C"01:06
txDEFwell that seems to have worked, how can I get back to the install to check and see if the hdd is seen now?01:07
gaurdroprobably alt-F801:07
marc1453Hello,  I just installed FuseSmb as per the suggestions at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=304131.  As far as I can tell, I did as suggested.  I now have a shortcut link to media/network that should allow me to browse my MS Windows shares.01:07
marc1453can someone give me some hints as to why this folder shows as empty in thunar?01:07
txDEFgaurdro alt-F8 didn't work any other ideas?01:07
gaurdrogo through the other alt-f-key combinations.01:08
txDEFgot it alt-F101:08
txDEFthanks gaurdro01:09
gaurdrono problem01:09
txDEFthe installer is still not recognizing the hdd, any ideas that I can try?01:10
Ishmaelany ideas for me guys? i'm thinking that maybe my usb ports are just dead01:12
Ishmaelwait, my usb mouse worked01:15
Ishmaelso what's the deal here?01:15
knomemarc1453, so you have mounted it?01:16
marc1453knome: I am not very familiar with Unix.  I would say that I am a person who can use, but not really troubleshoot or use *nix.  I have worked in it, but mounting drives was never something I needed to worry about.  I just ran the commands I was asked to and used the scripts I needed. I followed the steps as per the tutorial.  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=304131.   I presumed it...01:19
marc1453...was mounted.01:19
knomemarc1453, can you see it when you issue the command 'mount' in terminal?01:20
marc1453knome: will chekc01:20
marc1453I see  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=304131, but I see no reference to /media/mswindows (the mount point)01:22
marc1453knome: oops01:22
marc1453I see fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw), not the mount point01:22
knomehmm..01:22
marc1453the MS windows network I would like to be able to browse has several XP boxes with multiple shares.  A typical one would be 192.168.0.2\music.  that ip is known as zaphod, so in windows I mount it (assign drive letter) to \\zaphod\music01:25
marc1453is there a way to use FuseSmb to just mount that ServerName\MountName in Thundar as well as within the terminal?01:26
knomemarc1453, i'm not sure.01:27
acalbazahow can i install a package that is not listed in synaptic?  i need to install enfuse but the version i need is in the jaunty repo and i am running ibex01:27
marc1453kno I just noticed...01:27
marc1453knome: I just noticed that Samba does not appear to be running ~$ ps -ef | grep samba01:28
txDEFokay was able to fdisk launch fdisk and delete the ntfs partitions on the hdd and create a new partition but it states it will not be able to be used until a reboot, does that seem right?01:28
marc1453txDEF: I am catching your thread in the middle... but usually a reboot is required whenever you fdisk01:30
txDEFokay01:30
marc1453txDEF: I believe that is something fundamental to the x86 architecture01:31
txDEFI just don't remember having to do that before when I ran fdisk on dos, windows 95-xp and red hat, but maybe it has been too long01:32
marc1453knome: is there a need to formally add samba to the auto started applicaitons under Settings -> Settings Manager?01:32
knomemarc1453, sorry, i'm not sure about that either01:33
Ishmaelk, usb was just loose...i guess01:34
Ishmaelidk, weirdest thing, mouse wasn't even working in it for a while01:35
invisimeevery now and then when I'm using an application that has sound, all sound will cut out. if I close the application, its process will remain open and sound will not play. if I kill the process, sound will be restored.01:36
cody-somervilleThat happens to me too01:36
cody-somervilleIn particular, firefox01:36
marc1453knome: thanks for the help, I will look for what I can find and come back to the channel if I have no luck.01:36
invisimeyeah, I get it on firefox and vlc.01:36
invisimeit's really really annoying. does anyone have a fix?01:37
txDEFwhat is the default file system that fdisk creates a partition with?01:39
txDEFI am trying to mount the partition and don't know the file system to go after -t flag01:39
Ishmaelext3?01:41
Ishmaeli'm just guessing01:41
txDEFI have already tried ext3, ext, xfs, hfs, nfs and no go01:41
txDEFany other ideas?01:44
knomeext301:44
txDEFstill no go with ext301:45
Ishmaelwhat about ext3?01:45
txDEFokay is this a joke I am missing?01:45
Ishmaeli'm just out of ideas past that01:45
invisimeactually, I'm pretty sure it's ext3.01:46
Ishmaeli would have assumed that's the default01:46
knomeit is. now stop joking about it.01:47
txDEFokay fdisk -l shows that sda1p1 is hpfs/ntfs01:47
txDEFand it will not allow me to mount the partition now01:47
txDEFokay I am frustrated with this, how do I mount the hdd and not the partition so that I can wipe the drive completely?01:48
cody-somervilletxDEF, you can not.01:50
cody-somervilletxDEF, To do that, you'll have to use dd01:50
txDEFcody, can you give me an example?01:52
cody-somervillehttp://www.google.ca/search?q=how+to+wipe+an+entire+drive+in+linux :)01:53
cody-somervilleThere are lots of different tutorials01:53
cody-somervilletxDEF, Its a dangerous operation (naturally)01:53
cody-somervilleYou can write all zeros to the disk, write random data to the disk, just delete the partitions, etc.01:54
cody-somervilletxDEF, In the end, what exactly are you trying to accomplish anyhow?01:54
txDEFI am trying to do a clean install of xubuntu on an older system, but the hdd is not being recognized by the regular installer, so someone suggested the alt install01:55
txDEFthe alt install is not recognizing the hdd either so I figure I need to jump into the command line a wipe out the partition first, b/c it was booting with windows without an issue01:56
cody-somervilleNah, I doubt thats the issue.01:56
cody-somervilleI dunno why the installers wouldn't recognize the hard drive.01:56
txDEFme to01:56
cody-somervilleWhat version are you trying to install?01:57
txDEF8.1001:57
cody-somervilleI suggest filing a bug or visiting #ubuntu-installer during EU business hours01:57
txDEFbut it does see the hdd on the command line01:57
txDEF"/dev/sda1"01:57
txDEFand it does see the partitions there as well as it let me fdisk them away01:58
txDEFany other suggestions that I can try prior to filing a bug?01:59
txDEFwell the fdisk didn't work as it is booting into windows just fine still!02:02
txDEFso frustrated with this!02:02
MoodtxDEF: are you using a live cd?02:03
txDEFnot sure of the definition of "live cd", but I burned the iso of the alt install that I downloaded from xubuntu's website02:05
txDEFthanks for the help cody02:06
MoodtxDEF: i've never used the alt install disc, but what happened when you tried using the standard install disc?02:06
txDEFsame02:07
Moodare you using dual boot? or 100% linux?02:07
cody-somervilletxDEF, Does it just say "Sorry, can't find any hard drives. Can't install."?02:07
txDEFthe existing hdd has a windows 2k install but I want to wipe it completely off02:07
txDEFcody, it does say something like that02:08
txDEFgive me just a minute and I can get the message again02:08
MoodtxDEF: how many harddrives do you have? just 1?02:08
G-BleezyHey how do i start a telnet daemon so people can telnet to me?02:08
txDEFjust one02:09
MoodtxDEF: and from BIOS you chose boot order as cd first, then hd?02:09
txDEFfirst it comes back saying activate serial ata raid devices02:09
txDEFbut there are no SATA devices and certainly no raid controller on this system02:10
txDEFthen fails step: detecting disk02:10
MoodtxDEF: do you have a sata pci controller?02:10
cody-somervilleG-Bleezy, I recommend ssh over telnet :)02:10
txDEFMood, yes the bios is setup for cdrom, then hd02:10
cody-somervilleG-Bleezy, ssh is encrypted whereas telnet is plain text02:11
cody-somervilleG-Bleezy, to install ssh, install openssh-server02:11
txDEFMood, no it is just a plain MSI MS-6131 MB02:11
txDEFfrom like 199802:11
MoodtxDEF: so when you boot, there's something on the screen that pops up saying "activate serial ata raid devices"?02:12
txDEFin the xubuntu install02:12
txDEFnot in the regular boot sequence02:13
MoodtxDEF: your BIOS recognizes the HD as "MSI MS-6131 MB"?02:13
txDEFsorry I meant the motherboard is from MSI the manufacture and the model is a MS-613102:14
txDEFthe hdd is an IBM ~13GB02:14
txDEFthe BIOS recognizes it just fine02:14
MoodtxDEF: when you boot from xubuntu standard install live cd, you get a message saying "activate serial ata raid devices" before login prompt?02:15
txDEFsorry again, that is from the alt install disk02:16
MoodtxDEF: (yeah apologies here since i wasn't in the orig thread)... what did the standard install disc say when you booted?02:16
txDEFwhen booting to the alt install disk it goes through the sequence up until the detect disk step02:17
txDEFthen it runs the detect disk and pops up with the following:02:17
txDEF"one or more drives containing SERIAL ATA RAID configuration have been detected. Do you wish to activate these devices?"  Active Serial ATA RAID devices? Yes No02:19
txDEFif I do yes it immediately kicks to popup "installation step failed"02:19
MoodtxDEF: and when you select "No"?02:20
txDEFkicks back to the ubuntu main installer menu02:21
MoodtxDEF: is there a setting in the BIOS to disable RAID?02:22
txDEFand of course if I go to the next step partitioner, it does not see any drive space02:22
txDEFno b/c there is no on board RAID or add in card02:22
MoodtxDEF: i'm trying to help you isolate whether the RAID issue is w/ the mobo, HD, or other02:23
txDEFMood I really appreciate this by the way, I have got to be overlooking someting02:23
txDEFThere is no RAID on the mobo, there is only one HD that has no RAID controller built in, I really don't know why it is referencing RAID02:24
MoodtxDEF: are you 100% certain there's no disable/enable RAID setting in the BIOS? (mobo) even if you don't have a RAID hooked up02:24
txDEFthere are no add in PCI/ISA/AGP/PCI-x/etc cards02:24
txDEFgive me a minute and I'll boot into it just to check02:25
txDEFthere was previously an hdd block mode that I have disabled but that did not make a change02:27
txDEFthere is an on-chip primary pci ide that is enabled02:28
txDEFbut no RAID02:28
MoodtxDEF: what's your HD? ibm 13 gig, what model? do you know w/o opening up your machine? is it sata?02:29
txDEFit is an IDE, IBM - DJNA-37135002:33
txDEFboth recognized by the BIOS as such and just visually confirmed02:34
Moodappears to be an IDE/ATA drive, not SATA at all02:34
Ishmaelhttp://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sandwich.png02:35
txDEFyeah that is why I am so frustrated by this02:35
Moodso the question is: why does xubuntu think you have RAID + SATA? hmm... let me think...02:35
txDEFwould it default to that if it does not find any regular ATA drives?02:35
Moodnot sure... legacy ATA should be supported02:36
Moodyou only get the RAID/SATA message only after you boot from live CD and initiate format->partition?02:36
txDEFnope only when in the detecting disk step02:37
Mooddetecting disk? how do you get there? through the "install ubuntu"?02:37
txDEFyes02:38
MoodtxDEF: what happens when you fdisk -l /dev/sd?02:38
txDEFit sees02:39
txDEFit fine02:39
MoodtxDEF: paste.ubuntu.com02:39
Moodoh wait... i guess you can't copy+paste from a different machine :-P02:39
txDEFlol02:40
Moodwhat's the line w/ the drive?02:40
txDEFnow that was funny02:40
txDEF"/dev/sda1"02:40
Moodanything else?02:40
txDEFjust a sec02:40
txDEFhaving to get back to that point02:42
txDEFboot =* start =1 end =1122 blocks =9012433+ id =7 system =hpfs/ntfs02:47
Moodno other devices?02:47
txDEFnope02:47
Sinisteri just got a sunbeamtech keyboard thats backlite it wont turn on and off with the scroll loc key it has a bunch of windows special keys on it anyone know how i can get it to work or if  i cant at all ?02:47
MoodtxDEF: can you cat /var/log/dmesg to see if you can see anything that fails, or anything w/ RAID or SATA?02:49
txDEFno such directory02:50
JihadJackhey folks02:51
Aquinan802:51
=== JihadJack is now known as ZachFlem
ZachFlemis there a way to limit what starts up with the computer?02:52
ZachFlemie, my machine seems to be bogging down alot latly02:53
ZachFlem*latley02:53
txDEFwell I am going back and trying the regular install disk, b/c I can not think of anything else02:55
MoodtxDEF02:55
txDEFwhat up?02:55
Moodcat /boot/grub/device.map02:55
txDEFokay give me just a minute02:56
MoodtxDEF: could be the way you wired your HD. are you using 1 cable master/slave for HD and CDROM?03:00
txDEFone cable for hdd and an different one for the cdrom, hdd connecting to IDE1 on mobo and cdrom connecting to IDE2 on mobo03:06
txDEFwould that be an issue03:06
Moodah, it's possible. use one cable03:07
Moodi think somehow the installer is thinking the 2 controllers are RAID03:07
txDEFreally?03:08
Moodit's a good possibility03:08
MoodtxDEF: are you in a position where you can try to do it now?03:08
txDEFgive me a minute the regular install is getting to the detecting hdd part03:09
Moodah ok03:10
txDEFwhat the heck!03:10
Moodworks?03:10
txDEFnow it is recognizing the hdd in the regular install03:10
Mood:-)03:10
txDEFis there a way to wipe the entire hdd and only install xubuntu with the installer at this point?03:11
Moodisn't that the function of the xubuntu installer?03:11
txDEFnot sure...03:12
MoodtxDEF: yes03:12
MoodtxDEF: the installer has a choice for reformatting/partitionining03:12
Moodwasn't that what you were doing before?03:12
txDEFyes, sorry, I meant it looked like the only choice was to install a dual boot option with the disk03:14
MoodtxDEF: nope03:14
txDEFbut I made a different choice and it should use the entire hdd for the install now03:14
MoodtxDEF: i'm glad it's working now. but even after you install, the real test would be upon reboot03:14
txDEFright03:15
txDEFI really appreciate your patience and assistance Mood03:15
Moodno worries man. good luck w/ xubuntu!03:15
Moodi love it03:15
G-BleezyHow can i list the last few packages installed on a machine??03:33
Mooddpkg.log?03:40
MoodG-Bleezy03:40
G-Bleezyk03:53
jkoltnerHello... I installed xubuntu 8.10 the other day, and I'm trying to get the wireless network card working, but I'm finding that I don't have a Applications->System->Network icon.  Does anyone know what the network manager application's program name is?  (So I can try it using just Alt+F2...)06:10
sourcejkoltner, gnome-network-manager06:13
jkoltnerThanks, I'll try it in a moment here06:13
Moodjkoltner: it's NetworkManager Applet, upper right corner06:13
Moodjkoltner: but first you need to make sure your system recognizes the wifi card. use ndiswrapper for that06:14
jkoltnerThe Xfce desktop is a lot closer to Gnome than KDE, correct?06:15
Moodjkoltner: yes06:17
jkoltnerKDE/Gnome/Xfce/etc. all pretty much agree on things like how icons get added to the applications menu though?06:18
Moodjkoltner: they are all x managers if that's what you mean06:19
jkoltnerActually what I meant was that, historically, if you were compiling a package from source code, even after you had the executable you had to do a desktop manager-specific step in order to get an icon to show up in, e.g., Applications->Multimedia or wherever, whereas now it seems that that step is common to all the popular desktop managers, so installing a package these days almost always picks up the appropriate application menu icon a06:21
jkoltners well.06:21
Moodjkoltner: well, i only know that xfce shares some gnome dependencies06:23
jkoltnerCool, thanks06:24
jkoltnerI seem to have really hosed up my installation... right before I asked you guys about gnome-network-manager, I uninstalled and reinstalled it via Synaptic, and now the Ethernet card doesn't get an IP address either.  @#$@#%06:24
jkoltner(Whereas previously Ethernet was working fine...)06:25
Moodifconfig06:27
Moodjkoltner: what's the issue?06:27
jkoltnerifconfig no longer shows an IP address, just many, many dropped packets :-)06:27
jkoltnerI think the problem is that removing network manager removed eth0's entry from /etc/network/interfaces06:28
jkoltnerI added back... "auto eth0" and "iface eth0 inet dhcp" to /etc/network/interfaces... hopefully that will fix it?06:28
jkoltnerHmm... how do I restart networking without rebooting?06:28
Moodsudo /etc/init.d/networking restart06:29
jkoltnerThanks06:29
jkoltnerHmm... it's just spitting out some "DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval..." messages06:30
jkoltnerand now "no DHCPOFFERS received"06:30
jkoltnerI'll try rebooting anyway...06:31
Moodtry just putting the default /etc/network/interfaces entry06:31
Moodauto lo06:31
Moodiface lo inet loopback06:31
Moodthen /etc/init.d/networking restart06:31
jkoltnerok, will do06:32
jkoltnerWith the added lines in interfaces, ifconfig added an "eth0:avahi" entry that apparently it eventually assigned IP 169.254.6.220 to, but the regular "eth0" entry still isn't getting an IP address06:37
jkoltnerReturn the interfaces file to its default and restarting networking hasn't helped, although there are no errors listed06:37
jkoltner(Just "reconfiguring network interfaces... [ok]")06:37
MoodIP 269.254.x.x is your router06:38
Mood169*06:38
jkoltnerActually everything on my network here is 192.168.2.xx06:38
Mood"added lines"? it just have those two lines06:38
jkoltnerI think the 169.254... range are "auto-configuration" IP addresses?  I believe that's what Windows machines end up with as well these days if they don't get a DHCP IP assignment.06:39
jkoltnerYeah, I was just mentioning what it did with the added lines prior to removing them06:39
jkoltnerI'm now back to the default /etc/network/interfaces as you suggested06:39
Mood192.168.2.x should be the DHCP assigned IP addresses, which is fine. the 169.154.x.x means it's not communicating with the modem06:39
jkoltnerAgreed, it just seems awfully odd that it was working just fine until I removed and then re-installed network manager06:39
jkoltnerHmm... I should probably try booting from a live CD, shouldn't I...06:40
Moodtry restarting networking06:40
Moodwhat does it say in ifconfig? paste.ubuntu.com06:40
jkoltnersudo /etc/init.d/networking restart --> * Reconfiguring network interfaces... [OK]06:40
Moodno i mean ifconfig06:40
jkoltnerifconfig says "eth0 Link encap: Ethernet HWaddr xxxxx ... UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST .... Rx packets: 0 errors: 0 dropped : 4529483 ... TX packets: 0 errors: 0"06:41
Moodinet?06:41
jkoltnerThere's an "inet6 addr: xxxxx" line06:42
Moodis it 192.168.x.x?06:42
Moodactually, no, i meant does it show inet addr? (inet6 addr is different)06:42
jkoltnerNo, it's "inet6 addr: fe80::223:8bff .... (more numbers)"06:42
jkoltnerThere's no "inet addr: 192.168.2.xx" line like the PC I'm typing this on has06:43
Moodinet addr comes before06:43
Moodhmm....06:43
Moodtry sudo ifconfig eth0 down06:43
Moodthen up06:43
jkoltnerok06:43
jkoltnerNo error messages, but no "inet addr:" line either06:44
jkoltnerLemme check dmesg quick....06:44
jkoltnerJust "r8169: eth0: link up" and "eth0: no IPv6 routers present"06:45
Moodhmm...06:46
jkoltnerI think I'll try booting a live CD...06:46
Moodis your networkmanager up?06:46
Moodupper right06:46
jkoltnerNo, "sudo gnome-network-manager" just says "command not found"06:46
Moodcan you reboot (instead of live cd)06:47
jkoltnerSure, will do06:47
jkoltner(getting around to re-booting, was slightly distracted)06:51
jkoltnerIt doesn't seem as though there's a whole lot of functionality missing from Xfce relative to Gnome -- that what's missing is largely eye candy06:52
jkoltnerI re-booted... ifconfig still has the same output... a link line followed by an inet6 line, but no inet line06:53
Moodhmm....06:54
Moodis our ethernet card being recognized in lspci?06:55
jkoltnerYeah, it's in there (as is the wireless card)06:56
Moodahh06:56
jkoltnerI'm trying a quick live CD boot now, just to make sure it's not the network06:56
Moodso it's wlan006:56
Moodnot eth006:56
jkoltnerWell, the only output from ifconfig was for eth0: and lo: (since I never did get that wireless card going yet!)06:57
Mooddo you use ndiswrapper?06:57
jkoltnerI was going to, but hadn't gotten that far06:57
Moodyeah so you need to use wired connection, install ndiswrapper, then try again06:57
Mooddo you have the windows drivers?06:57
jkoltnerRight, hence my dismay at discovering that I'd killed the Ethernet connection06:58
Moodah, so you can't get ethernet connection either?06:58
jkoltnerI believe I found them via Google... it's an Acer Aspire One netbook that I'm installing Xbuntu on here06:58
jkoltnerBooting a live CD (well, memory stick, really) comes up with 192.168.2.105 for eth0 like it should06:58
Moodwhat about regular boot?06:59
jkoltnerSo I'm convinced that removing network manager via the GUI hosed some configuration file that I'm not educated enough to fix :-)06:59
jkoltnerLast time it wasn't picking anything up... I can try one more time here for good measure...06:59
jkoltner(waiting for it to boot)07:00
jkoltnerI'm feeling pretty confident there has to be another configuration file around that I need to fix07:00
Mooddid you install network-manager-gnome via apt-get? or synaptic gui?07:01
jkoltnerThe GUI07:01
jkoltnerhmm... maybe it is working here... a failsafe terminal session shows an IP address... let me get back into Xfce...07:02
Moodps auxx|egrep -i nm07:02
Mooddo you see nm-system-settings and nm-applet?07:02
jkoltneroooh, xfce is happy... lemme check Firefox...07:03
jkoltnerCool, it's all working again, although I'm not quite sure why07:03
Moodnice07:03
jkoltnerThe output of grep there does include nm-system-settings and nm-applet07:04
Moodah, ok07:04
jkoltnerI still don't have an Applications->System->Network manager icon though!07:04
Moodone of those may not have restarted before you rebooted07:04
Moodadd new item. right click panel07:04
jkoltnerBut... if gnome-network-manager doesn't run from a terminal, it won't run from an icon either...07:05
jkoltnergnome-network-manager still says "command not found"07:05
Moodi don't think the process is called "gnome-network-manager"07:05
jkoltnerAh, ok07:05
Moodit's just a family of processes07:05
jkoltnerSo how do I make an icon for it without knowing the command name? :-)07:05
Moodif you right-click, panel should list all the avail items07:06
jkoltnerok, I'll try it here07:06
jkoltnernm-connection-manager is looking promising...07:09
jkoltnerThe menu editor (xfce4-menueditor) just has a line "---include--- system" that presumably pulls in Accessories/Games/Graphics/.../System ... how do I edit that system menu?07:11
Moodjkoltner: what're you trying to do?07:13
jkoltnerAdd nm-connection-manager to Applications->System07:13
Mooddo you have network manager in your autostarted applications?07:15
jkoltnerChecking..07:16
jkoltnerYes, "network manager (network manager applet)" is checked07:16
Moodbut it's still not showing up?07:17
Moodin your panel?07:18
jkoltnerIf I just right-click on the main panel and select "Add New Item" the closest there is to anything "networky" is "network monitor" (with a little mouse icon beside it)07:18
jkoltnerCorrect07:18
Moodhmm.. network monitor isn't the same thing...07:18
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jkoltnerHmm... maybe I'm just not seeing it?  Presumably it wouldn't be in the add new items dialog if it thought it was already on the panel somewherE?  (I did play around with the layout and positioning on my app panel some...)07:19
Moodjkoltner: do you see something called Notification?07:19
jkoltnerNo... so apparently I inadvertently deleted some controls... hmm... I should try to find a screenshot of what it's supposed to look like...07:20
jkoltnerOn this screenshot here: http://www.zenco.net/img/xubuntu_8.10.png -- is network manager any of the icons shown?07:21
jkoltnerAha!07:22
jkoltnerI think "System Tray" is the control I need07:22
Moodjkoltner: yes07:23
Moodjkoltner: show notification iconds :-)07:23
Moodicons*07:23
jkoltnerWow, hazards of re-arranging my  menus...07:24
jkoltnerOK, but the Xubuntu documentation still says (in the "Connecting to the Internet" section)... "Open Applications->Systems->Network" and I don't have such a menu item07:27
MoodApplications->System->Network i think is ubuntu07:27
jkoltnerok, a "documentation bug" then?07:28
Moodin xubuntu, it's under Applications->Settings->Settings Manager07:28
jkoltnerAnd then what?  There's not a Apps->Settings->Settings Manager->Network icon...?07:29
Moodjkoltner: there is no network icon in xubuntu07:30
Mooda consequence of streamlining i think07:30
jkoltnerok, it's just supposed to work? :-)07:30
Moodwell, it works via autostarted apps and panel showing system notifications07:31
jkoltnerFair enough07:31
Moodbut seriously though, xubuntu rocks07:31
Moodlean, mean, fighting machine. ubuntu feels bloated by comparison07:31
jkoltnerI haven't been missing much from full-blown Gnome... seems pretty nice07:31
Moodyeah i've been using xubuntu for a while now... and i simply love it07:32
jkoltnerI am surprised they didn't include gedit by default though :-)07:33
Moodjkoltner: there's a lot they didn't include as the base install... i actually prefer that. i end up not using most of what's avail through full blown ubuntu... even some apps on xubuntu07:34
jkoltnerYeah, it is amazing that a regular Ubuntu install has hundreds of commands that most people probably never use07:34
Moodi prefer xemacs as my standard text editor :-)07:34
jkoltnerI never used emacs during my "formative" years (it was all vi back then), and these days I have to use so many IDEs that I've pretty much given up trying to choose an editor and then try to get all the IDEs to have reasonable emulations of that favorite editor07:36
jkoltner(about to work on getting wireless working again...)07:37
Moodjkoltner: so your ethernet connection works now, right?07:37
jkoltnerYes, it certainly does07:38
Moodok, so now ndiswrapper07:38
Moodyou have windoz drivers you said, right?07:38
jkoltnerI was planning on following this guide? --> http://bad.ilink.lv/2008/07/guide-how-to-install-xubintu-on-acer-aspire-one/07:38
jkoltnerI do have Windows drivers available if need be though07:38
MoodXubuntu?07:39
MoodXubintu?07:39
jkoltnerThe guy can't spell? :-)07:39
jkoltnerActually typo, I'm sure, 'u' and 'i' being right next to each other07:39
Moodhmm.... i think you just need two files, the inf and sys files07:40
Moodif you have those, all you have to do is sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper and be done with it07:41
homebrewciderhey there, I have a Canon MP610 printer/scanner, printer working okay, scanner not being recognized, sane is installed, don't know what to do next07:41
Moodjkoltner: but if you want to follow that guide, be my guest :-)07:41
jkoltnerI'll try it out and see how it goes...07:43
Moodgood luck :-)07:43
jkoltnerCool, the instructions for the WiFi card work :-)08:08
jkoltnerThanks for all the help, Mood!  It was most useful!08:10
Moodnice08:10
Moodgood luck w/ xubuntu. hope you like it. i love it!08:10
jkoltnerThanks08:10
jkoltnerOut of curiosity, where are you?  I'm in southern Oregon, USA08:11
Moodnyc :-)08:11
jkoltnerAnd I thought it was late here ;-)08:11
Moodheh08:12
Moodneed. sleep. now08:12
jkoltnerGo for it08:12
_Pete_morning08:30
_Pete_I have probelem when trying to login to xfce-desktop from kdm, after login desktop quickly shows and then quits and I am back in login manager (kdm)08:32
_Pete_anyideas what might be wrong?08:32
_Pete_logging to KDE works fine08:32
_Pete_and before logging to xfce worked also08:32
titan_arkhello :)08:35
_Pete_Do xfce has it's own login manager?08:42
chewit_Pete_, xfce uses GDM08:45
chewitcould install that, u will be able to login into kde with gdm08:45
G-BleezyHey what is a good VNC server i can run?09:10
titan_arkquit09:15
G-BleezyHow do i get graphical GUI for vnc4server?09:49
_Pete_I would use freenx instead09:55
_Pete_it's secure (tunnels thru ssh) and works well over slow (1Mbit) upstream links09:56
cheyneHello, how can I browse my network drives in xfce? Thanks10:11
TheSheepcheyne: you can't, you need an additional program for that10:11
TheSheepcheyne: if you mean windows network, at least10:11
cheyneyeah - windows network10:11
cheynedo you have any reccomendations?10:12
TheSheepfusesmb and/or pyneighbourhood10:12
cheyneexcellent - thanks for the tip10:12
knomeswitch the windows pc's to xubuntu10:12
TheSheepbut I don't use them myself, so I can't help much10:12
_Pete_I started to use xfce after pissed of to new kde4 and am using some kde4 apps with it10:15
_Pete_one of is konqueror10:15
_Pete_with that you can access remote places10:15
knome_Pete_, you will get more out of xfce/xubuntu if you don't use any kde apps :)10:16
_Pete_maybe10:16
knome_Pete_, that way you don't have to load the kde libs10:16
_Pete_I will replace kde stuff with xfce if they are bettr10:17
_Pete_I dont realy care are they kde/gnome/xfce10:17
_Pete_until they work as I want10:17
knomewith jaunty, you should be able to throw konqueror out of the window.10:17
_Pete_and this machine have 8G memory so some extra libs dont count much10:18
knometrue. but there might be situations where they count.10:18
knome(i should up my mem to 8G also)10:18
knomeand renew the cpu10:18
claritashello10:20
cyziei have my own packages installed in xubuntu. how do update-manager ignore those packages so that the upgrade can proceed from hardy to ibex?10:21
knome!hi10:21
ubottuHi! Welcome to #xubuntu!10:21
Myrtticyzie: pin them with synaptic10:21
Myrttior aptitude10:21
claritas...how can i do irc cloaking...? (sorry about my bad english)10:22
cyzieMyrtti, how to pin them?10:23
claritas...can anybody help with that..?10:23
TheSheepclaritas: read the howto at http:///wwww.freenode.net10:26
TheSheepone less w10:26
Myrtticyzie: package - lock version10:33
Myrtticyzie: that's in synaptic10:34
cyziek thanks Myrtti10:40
_Pete_If I want to share xfce desktop with vnc, how to do that?11:03
_Pete_there's no "desktop sharing" or such in the menus11:03
TheSheep!vnc11:03
ubottuVNC is a protocol for remote desktop. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNCOverSSH describes how to use it securely.  It works best over fast connections, otherwise look at !FreeNX11:03
_Pete_right thanks11:21
_Pete_btw is this bug or something, when I press alt-f2 to get run-program11:21
_Pete_first time the run-dialog quickly pops up and then disappears11:21
_Pete_pressing 2nd time brings it visible11:22
TheSheepsounds like a bug11:24
TheSheepdoes it say anything if you start xfce4-run from the terminaL/11:24
TheSheepsorry, xfrun411:24
_Pete_no it behaves the same11:26
_Pete_first time it dissapears and with second run it works11:26
cyziewhat is the package that got installed when we do update-manager -d in the comand line and click upgrade?11:46
Cooperhi12:56
Cooperhi12:59
TheSheephihi12:59
Cooperim installing right now13:00
Cooperhad errors13:00
rockowhat kind of errors Cooper ?13:02
Cooperpartitioning, then failure to copy files13:03
Cooperits installing right now13:10
PeakerHey, I can't modify xorg.conf because xubuntu keeps overwriting it :-(13:50
PeakerAlso, dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg doesn't seem to set any of the chosen options in the xorg.conf file13:51
durtPeaker: xubuntu doesn't rewrite xorg.conf, dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg does.14:16
bn43hi I'm running xubuntu on a system with 256mb ram - on startup theres about 210mb used - is there a way I can bring this down?14:21
durtbn43: run top and tell us whats using all that ram14:23
bn43how do I pastebin that?14:25
knomebn43, copy+paste should work14:26
knome!pastebin | bn4314:26
ubottubn43: 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)14:26
durtjust run top, press m, and take note of what the top three or four are14:27
bn43X-org, xfce4-mixer-plu, gnome-terminal14:28
durtabout 3-5% each?14:29
bn43am I looking at virt and res?14:29
durtno %mem14:29
bn43yeah but gnome-terminal is 11.914:29
durtwell it's running top ain't it :)14:30
bn43yeah14:30
bn43doh!14:30
bn43and firefox is 21%14:30
durtfirefox eats ram like a big panty gal eats oreos14:31
bn43memory is cheap I think I should just get more14:31
durtyes!14:31
durttry running a page with flash and then look at mem usage14:32
durtouch14:32
bn43the user is going to say but XP was working fine on it - now why do I have to fork out more cash.....14:32
bn43and they want firefox cause thats what they got used to on windows with extensions14:32
bn43ah well14:32
durtbet firefox was just as slow on xp14:32
bn43seems its slower on linux for some reason14:33
bn43but could be my imagination14:33
durtdon't run anything along side of firefox14:33
durtyou wouldn't in windows14:33
bn43unfortunately they have too - office work and stuff - they do some admin work via the browser too14:34
bn43but at least they have agreed to go onto ubuntu desktops!  now just have to work on the financial director that has payroll software on his desktop14:35
bn43sigh14:35
peakerHey, Xubuntu is mapping the "shift-spacebar" to some unknown key..  How can I tell it not to?15:42
peakerI often press shift-space accidentally (still having shift in before/after a capital letter) and its really disruptive15:42
nielsbomhi I just installed Xubuntu 8.10, sound worked, then installed Amarok and VLC and sound stopped working, how do I troubleshoot?15:43
charlie-tcapeaker: I don't think Xubuntu remaps that key combination. You can change the shortcuts using Applications -> Settings -> Settings Manager -> Keyboard or Window Manager15:45
peakercharlie-tca: it doesnt appear there15:47
charlie-tcanielsbom: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems15:47
nielsbomcharlie-tca: thanks15:47
charlie-tcapeaker: then it is not remapped, it is the original keyboard setup15:48
peakercharlie-tca: ok, thanks. I think I had some weird variant of "us" set up instead of "us" itself. Re-added "us" and now it seems to be ok15:49
charlie-tcaYou are welcome15:49
nielsbomI can't change my headphone output. The volume can't be turned up or down, it stays at 0.16:06
nielsbomI fired up the volume controls with alsamixer16:06
peakernielsbom: maybe your audio hardware wasn't detected properly?16:07
nielsbomWell, it was and it worked, then I installed VLC and Amarok, it stopped working, I deinstalled both and sound is still not working.16:08
nielsbomSo my hardware _was_ detected properly once.16:08
nielsbomSo I guess somewhere it still is.16:08
charlie-tcaYou may have to reinstall alsamixer and alsautils16:08
nielsbomcharlie-tca: I'll try that16:09
peakerxubuntu is surprisingly nice, coming from Ubuntu.. my ancient laptop is responding faster than my new desktop :)16:09
cody-somerville:)16:10
nielsbomcharlie-tca: nope. deinstalled alsa-gui and alsa-utils, reinstalled alsa-utils, no dice.16:11
nielsbomcharlie-tca: the silly thing is: my master volume does work (laptop speakers do have output) just the headphone doesn't16:12
charlie-tcaI'm out of ideas, then16:13
gabkdllynielsbom: try if your headphones work when booting from a live cd16:15
gabkdllynielsbom: my experience is that headphone jacks don't last forever16:16
nielsbomgabkdlly: well, I just switched to Xubuntu from Windows this morning and my headphone output worked, so that's one of the more drastic conclusions16:17
nielsbomgabkdlly: also there are a lot of people who have my soundcard and report similar problems16:17
nielsbombut charlie-tca and gabkdlly thanks anyway16:17
charlie-tcaSorry I couldn't be more helpful16:18
nielsbomcharlie-tca: any help > 0 :)16:19
gabkdllynielsbom: if you are sure that these steps reproduce your bug every time on your hardware, it would definitely be worth it to file a bug on launchpad (after searching to see if someone else has filed one for you, of course)16:20
nielsbomgabkdlly: I might do that, but I think a solution has been found, just not an easy one :S16:21
nielsbomgabkdlly: and I still have to find it16:21
craigbass1976Is there a simple way to shut down the computer from the desktop (without using a terminal)?  Right now, I quit, then have to shut down from the login screen16:40
gabkdllythe button on the panel that you push to quit should also give you the option to shut down16:43
craigbass1976gabkdlly, nope16:44
charlie-tcacraigbass1976: What version of Xubuntu? Is it 8.04?16:47
craigbass1976charlie-tca, hardy, is that 8.04?16:47
charlie-tcaYes, it is. It needs a bug report filed. It broke on the last updates, I think.16:48
craigbass1976Ahh.16:48
charlie-tcaCould you file a bug at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu and let me know the number?16:48
craigbass1976I'm all over it.  Hang on a sec16:49
craigbass1976Have to register first.  Hang on a couple mroe secs...16:50
nielsbomHow do I start using multiple monitors?16:52
charlie-tcanielsbom: xinerama or twin-view(nvidia video)16:55
nielsbomcharlie-tca: so you're saying it depends on my video card what software I should use?16:56
charlie-tcayes16:56
charlie-tcaXfce does not have the software built in, so it depends on video card16:56
craigbass1976charlie-tca, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/32977416:57
charlie-tcacraigbass1976: thank you. I got it.16:57
charlie-tcaEven better, all the information, too16:58
craigbass1976charlie-tca, THat was a PITA.  WHat was it asking for in version#?  I put in xfce version, no good.  ubuntu version, still no good16:58
craigbass1976Ended up putting I Don't Know16:58
charlie-tcathat's okay. I'm not sure where it asks it, now. Should have been 8.04, I think16:59
craigbass1976I didn't try 8.04.2... maybe that's what it was looking for17:00
charlie-tcaYou did good.17:00
titan_ark_hello :)17:01
charlie-tcaHello17:01
nielsbomWhat command do I use to see which video card I have?17:01
craigbass1976lspci maybe?17:02
charlie-tcalshw  or lspci17:02
craigbass1976Ok, I give up.  I set xfce to make some windows (the ones that aren't in focus) transparent.  I need to shut that off, but can't find how I did it.17:05
knomecraigbass1976, settings > settings manager > window manager tweaks > compositor ?17:06
* craigbass1976 slaps himself17:06
craigbass1976It was only annoying for GIMP, which has three windows.  I hear tell there's a Windows version of GIMP where everything is docked like in photoshop into one window.17:07
rockoyou can make it so that it is in one window craigbass197617:10
craigbass1976I think I just found a site telling me that.17:10
rockolink17:10
rockoplz17:10
craigbass1976http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/04/15/more-productive-window-management-in-gimp/17:11
craigbass1976But it's not right, as far as I can tell yet17:11
rockowhat I do is just set the windows to utility and then press f1117:11
craigbass1976what's f11 do?  I've just set them to keep above,a nd it should be fine.  I've always run gimp on it's own desktop anyway17:13
rockoit goes fullscreen when you press f1117:14
rockobut you have to set the windows to utility not keep above17:14
rockoif you want to use f1117:14
craigbass1976How do you move across desktops if it17:14
craigbass1976's set to full screen?17:14
rockojust the normal way17:15
knomecraigbass1976, ctrl+alt+left/right :P17:15
craigbass1976Oh, and then the other desktops look normal?  have to try 'er out17:15
rockoyes17:17
rockoor you can just press f11 again so that it goes out of fullscreen mode17:20
rockofirefox also allows you to use f1117:20
rockocraigbass1976 how do you like that layout I told you ?17:33
rockois it working for you?17:33
craigbass1976rocko, f11 won't go full screen for some reason17:59
b0ohello all18:08
gabkdllyb0o: hi18:11
peakerHey, how do you use XFCE4 to browse SFTP's?  nautilus can do it, but the xfce file browser seems not to?18:15
knome!sftp18:16
ubottuSorry, I don't know anything about sftp18:16
knome!ssh18:16
ubottuSSH is the Secure SHell protocol. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSHHowto for usage. Putty is a nice SSH client for Windows; it can be found at http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/18:16
knomepeaker, one way is to use nautilus, the other is to use fuse and sshfs.18:16
knome!sshfs18:16
ubottuSorry, I don't know anything about sshfs18:16
knomehttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSHFS18:17
AizawaHey guys, I have a problem. I installed xubuntu, everything worked fine, I installed compiz, everything worked fine, now when I tried to start xubuntu the splash screen flickered for a moment and then I saw my wallpaper and nothing worked.18:18
AizawaSo I started it in terminal and removed compiz, and now I got into xubuntu.18:18
AizawaNow, in the settings manager, if I go to "Window Manager" settings or something like that it tells me it doesn't work with my current window manager. And I don't have any window borders.18:19
AizawaHow do I get it to switch back to the xfce window manager thingie?18:19
peakerknome: thanks18:20
AizawaWell I reinstalled compiz and now it works.. it probably wont the next time I boot though..18:21
_Pete_I'm using IntelliJ IDEA Java IDE under xfce and it's keyboard shortcuts dont work e.g. ctrl-f9 shoul make the project18:23
_Pete_I have set ctrl-f9 not to be any xfce shortcut18:23
_Pete_how to fix this?18:23
peakerknome: I like the simplicity of this xfce thing -- sshfs is probably a more elegant solution than tons of userspace libs supporting sftp18:24
peakerknome: though it could be nice to GUI'ize/automate the mount/umount of sshfs18:25
b0ohas anyone run across/solved the intel i810/i830 issue?18:36
b0oin Ibex18:37
smultroni'm using a Netgear WG111 wireless adapter from linux. every other network in my area shows up, EXCEPT mine (Airport Extreme). My macs can connect and see the ssid fine... any reason why this USB dongle wouldn't be able to see the Airport broadcast?18:37
charlie-tcab0o: What issue? Is there a bug report?18:42
b0oI don't know if there is a bug report for my particular problem but there are bug reports which don't seem to spell anything good for me18:45
b0obasically the i810 drivers (which I was using in hardy) are no longer used in the new xorg18:45
charlie-tcaI never had a problem with Intel 810 until jaunty. Since Intel discontinued the drivers, I can't make it work18:46
b0oyeah, that's pretty much what i'm thinking i'm running in to18:46
charlie-tcaNot much Ubuntu/Xubuntu can do about it, since it was Intel that decided18:47
b0oI was considering trying to compile the old drivers that were working with hardy18:48
charlie-tcaI just added a pci video card18:48
charlie-tcaNo more issues18:49
b0oi'm on a laptop :\18:49
charlie-tca:(18:49
b0owell, I think a reinstall of hardy might be my option18:49
charlie-tcaYeah, at least that is good for a couple of years18:50
b0ohmm....looks like I happen to have the disc sitting around...time to go install (*again*)...wish me luck18:52
charlie-tcagood luck :-)18:52
titan_ark_hey everyone :) am back with more doubts :P19:09
titan_ark_i was looking up on scheduling activities on the system basically cos Transmission doesnt seem to be doing its job! Looked up about cron but makes no sense :(19:11
charlie-tca!cron19:12
ubottucron is a way to schedule execution of software/scripts. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CronHowto  -  There is also a decent Howto at http://www.tech-geeks.org/contrib/mdrone/cron&crontab-howto.htm19:12
charlie-tcaDoes any of that help?19:13
titan_ark_shall look it up thx :)19:14
titan_ark_charlie-tca: is it possible to start and kill my net connection using cron?19:16
charlie-tcaI don't know19:16
titan_ark_okay :)19:17
charlie-tcaI barely get cron to do what I want19:17
titan_ark_oh! and why is that?19:17
charlie-tcadon't understand it very good19:17
titan_ark_I am having trouble with scheduling downloads on torrents!19:17
titan_ark_uTorrent is great in that aspect19:17
charlie-tcaWrite a script that works, then add it to /etc/crontab19:18
titan_ark_oh i have no idea about all that! i just started using linux 3 days back :P19:18
charlie-tcathe lines in crontab decide what to run and when19:18
titan_ark_hmm okay19:19
charlie-tcaIf your script works when you run it, it makes life easier to schedule it19:19
titan_ark_i doubt il reach the writing the script part of it!19:20
charlie-tcaThat is what makes it work. You can't schedule cron to run something that won't run19:20
titan_ark_well i was hoping I could just try to start the application at a given time and close it at a given time19:21
titan_ark_or my network connection19:21
charlie-tcaMaybe, but the app then needs to know what to do when it starts19:22
titan_ark_or probably just shut down! thats worst case!!!19:22
titan_ark_Well, Transmission just starts connecting to peers and starts the DL the moment it is invoked19:22
titan_ark_so i guess that should work right19:22
charlie-tcaThen you should be able to schedule it in crontab. It is similar to the lines there already, but the command will be to start transmission19:27
charlie-tca47 5* * *titan_arktransmission19:28
charlie-tcasomething like that19:28
charlie-tcaThat says start at 05:47 AM to run transmission19:29
titan_ark_yes i was planning to try something like that19:30
titan_ark_but confused with the whole way of how to go about it19:30
titan_ark_this must be the 1st time you got this question: Any texts I can read up, references so that i can do this kind of code?19:30
charlie-tcaJust edit /etc/crontab with sudo nano19:30
charlie-tcainstall rutebook and read it19:31
titan_ark_okay i did a "sudo crontab -e" :S19:32
titan_ark_it says choose an editor!19:32
charlie-tcaThat's why I didn't say do that19:33
titan_ark_lol okay :P i saw that on some site19:33
charlie-tcactrl-c gets you out of there19:33
charlie-tcaThat is not needed on Ubuntu19:33
charlie-tcaJust edit /etc/crontab using root19:34
titan_ark_http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-shutdown-linux-box-automatically.html19:34
titan_ark_okay19:34
titan_ark_yeah am out19:34
charlie-tcaOther distros need that19:34
titan_ark_did a ctrl+x19:34
titan_ark_okay19:34
charlie-tcayou can use sudo mousepad /etc/crontab if you like mousepad19:35
charlie-tcaClocks in crontab use the 24-hour system, not the 12-hour19:36
titan_ark_okay.19:36
titan_ark_hmmm19:36
charlie-tcaIf you want to run something between 12 noon and midnight, add 12 to the hour19:36
titan_ark_yeah i know the 24 hr clock :)19:37
titan_ark_i am more into asm coding. have no idea at all about linux etc :P19:37
charlie-tcaI don't code at all anymore19:37
titan_ark_:D okay19:37
rankohello im having a problem with the text color in firefox using a dark theme19:43
charlie-tcatitan_ark_: you can look in /usr/share/doc for bash-doc and install it if it is not there for other docs on editing files19:45
titan_ark_charlie-tca okay :)19:47
titan_ark_charlie-tca i was trying out the command to edit in crontab. Here i need to give the full path for transmission right? I am supposing it is in /usr/bin. but here there is transmission, transmission-daemon, transmission-remote, transmissioncli. I think it cant be transmissioncli. Would you be able to tell me what i need to run?19:54
charlie-tcatransmission19:55
titan_ark_i could only find a folder by the name bash in the doc folder19:55
titan_ark_okay :)19:55
titan_ark_shall try that19:55
charlie-tcaThen install bash-doc through synaptic-package-manager, if you want to know about it19:56
charlie-tcaRutebook is very big, contains a lot of info, some of which is out of date, but most is still valid19:57
titan_ark_oh okay.19:58
charlie-tcaXubuntu community meeting in #ubuntu-meeting20:01
titan_ark_I just tried this: "29 1    * * * home /usr/bin/transmission" to start transmission at 1:29 am, but it dint start up! its 1:31 now20:01
charlie-tcaCould it be the user name?20:02
titan_ark_no, my system name is home,20:03
charlie-tcaMight to give it 5 minutes to take20:03
titan_ark_okay il try it again20:04
Myrttihmmm20:04
Myrttiwhy is there "home" then?20:04
charlie-tcauser name is "home"20:04
Myrttiah, how clear ;-)20:05
* charlie-tca nods20:05
peakeris there anything lighter than pidgin to run on xfce?20:10
charlie-tcaxchat for IRC20:10
peakerI guess I'll use the web interface for gtalk20:14
=== j1mc_ is now known as j1mc
peakerwhich is open anyway most of the time20:14
titan_ark_I just tried sudo cron tab -l and this what i got! "no crontab for root"20:27
titan_ark_that means the crontab is not running?20:27
charlie-tcaWe don't use separate cron for users. root is just another user20:28
titan_ark_okay but then shouldnt it have displayed the one i had sceduled?20:28
titan_ark_*scheduled20:29
TlymanHello! I have just upgraded to Intrepid Ibex. Is it possible that evince has been removed from this release?20:29
charlie-tcaI don't know20:29
chewitTlyman, evince is in xubuntu by default20:29
charlie-tcaTlyman: no, evince was not removed20:29
TlymanI'm offered to open a PDF with GIMP...20:29
titan_ark_okay. sorry to disturb through the meeting :(20:30
charlie-tcaThat's just a bad association, not a missing app20:30
Tlymanand trying to start evince didn't work20:30
Tlymani mean alt + f2 -> evince -> run20:30
Tlyman"Failed to execute child process "evince" (No such file or directory)"20:31
charlie-tcaOpen a terminal and type "which evince" to see if it is there20:31
Tlymanok20:31
Tlymanreturns without a message20:32
charlie-tcastrange! it gives me /usr/bin/evinc e20:32
charlie-tcaon a fresh install20:32
Tlymanthat's what i got on hardy, but now.. really strange20:32
Tlymanfirst, i thought it has been replaced by something new20:33
charlie-tcaDid you upgrade to 8.10?20:33
Tlymanyes20:33
charlie-tcaThat is the problem. The upgrades don't always work for everything. it is reported bug20:34
charlie-tcaYou need to install evince then20:34
Tlymanwell ok then, if you say it's supposed to be in 8.10, i'll just install it from the repositories20:34
Tlymanok, then i'll do that20:35
Tlymanthanks a lot, charlie!20:35
charlie-tcano problem.20:36
Tlymanbye20:36
slow-motionhi21:06
knomeslow-motion, hello.21:18
slow-motionhi knome21:18
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nielsbomI'm on Xubuntu 8.10, can I use Debian packages?21:19
nielsbomI'm having a hard time choosing which installer to pick: http://do.davebsd.com/download.shtml21:20
nielsbomI know Debian gave birth to Ubuntu, from which Xubuntu "came". (very myhthological :P)21:21
charlie-tcanielsbom: yes, you can use Debian packages21:21
nielsbomcharlie-tca: and if I can choose between Ubuntu and Debian packages?21:21
charlie-tcabut you should look in Synaptic-Package-Manager first to see if it is packaged for Ubuntu21:22
nielsbomcharlie-tca: yeah my SPM is kinda limited, can't even find amarok on it...21:22
nielsbomor VLC for that matter21:22
j1mc_nielsbom: debian packages may have different dependencies (sometimes) than x/ubuntu packages, though21:22
charlie-tcaThen you need to add the repositories to it.21:22
nielsbomcharlie-tca: maybe I'm doing something wrong21:22
Moodnielsbom: just use sudo apt-cache search xxx21:23
nielsbomj1mc_: so Ubuntu is the preferred option, then Debian works, but maybe has some dependencies?21:23
j1mc_nielsbom: right - you may need to download some dependencies sometimes...21:23
j1mc_from the debian repos... not recommended, really.21:23
charlie-tcaadd medibuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu21:23
j1mc_i mean, not that debian repos are bad, but . . . there really shouldn't be much of a reason to use them if you have any version of ubuntu installed21:24
nielsbomif I do "sudo apt-cache search medibuntu" I should get the packages for medibuntu right?21:24
nielsbomj1mc_: so getting/having packages which have dependencies is ill-advised?21:25
charlie-tcaIf you follow the wiki page I referenced, it will work. Not apt-cache search21:25
j1mc_nielsbom: well, no... all packages have dependencies.  but a package from debian may have dependencies that are different from packages in ubuntu21:26
j1mc_or they are the same dependencies, but different versions of those dependencies21:26
j1mc_does that make sense?21:26
nielsbomj1mc_: sort of, it's probably easier to use *buntu packages, because a lot of programs I have depend on stuff I already have, right?21:27
j1mc_nielsbom: exactly.21:34
j1mc_there would have to be a pretty special reason for you to really need a package straight from debian21:34
nielsbomj1mc_: alright, but a reason might be that there are no *buntu packages for an application and there are Debian packages, or something21:39
nielsbomor would a better idea then be to recompile it myself?21:39
charlie-tcanielsbom: got something specific in mind?21:46
j1mc_nielsbom: right - that would be a situation to do that, but i would still ask for help in an irc channel for help first...21:46
nielsbomcharlie-tca: i _was_ looking for a good package for Gnome-do but I found it with sudo apt-cache search21:46
charlie-tcaIt is in synaptic21:47
nielsbomj1mc_: I'm not gonna roll my own just yet :)21:47
nielsbomcharlie-tca: but I could not find it21:47
knomenielsbom, do you have all the repositorieS?21:47
charlie-tcaIf you found it with apt-cache, it has to be21:47
nielsbomknome: so I have to add repositories to SPM first and then search in SPM?21:48
charlie-tcaYou click on search, enter gnome-do, version 0.8.0-1~ubuntu121:48
nielsbomI could not find gnome-do in the SPM but I did find it with apt-search21:49
nielsbomapt-cache search21:49
nielsbomAnd if I do a command line install of a package, it should also be visible from the SPM right?21:50
charlie-tcaYou may need to hit the Reload once, for it to be able to search everything.21:51
nielsbomBecause I installed Gnome-Do from the command line, and still can't see it in the SPM21:51
charlie-tcaYes, if a package shows using apt-cache search, it should show in SPM21:51
nielsbomcharlie-tca: apt-cache search searches the local cache right?21:52
nielsbomAnd the "Add/remove" is a wrapper for the SPM, as the SPM is for the command line, right?21:53
charlie-tcaI don't know, for sure. It should be the same search for both21:53
charlie-tcaAdd/Remove is it's own database21:53
charlie-tcaIt doesn't contain as much info as S-P-M or apt-cache21:54
zerothis1hos do i add a user from the command-line? i used useradd name and passwd name but can't log into the account21:56
nielsbomthanks for the info guys!21:58
knomenielsbom, np.21:58
knomezerothis1, adduser should work but it's not encouraged.21:58
charlie-tcanielsbom: no problem.22:03
Moodso which one's encouraged? adduser or useradd? i prefer adduser because it prompts for every field22:03
charlie-tcaand, welcome to Xubuntu22:03
knomeMood, adduser over useadd yes, but any CLI interface is not encouraged.22:04
knomeat least adduser should work :P22:04
Moodcli interface? you mean the prompts? you think it's a security risk?22:05
Moodi prefer cli vs gui22:05
Moodi never heard of 'cli is not encouraged' on linux... peculiar...22:05
knomewell, we have a gui for that. if a regular user wants to add a user to her system, we encourage her to use the gui.22:06
knomeif you are a linux geek, of course you are free to use the cli.22:06
knomebut in normal situation you should not have to use the cli22:07
Moodwhat's the gui for adding users? never heard of it22:07
Moodah i see it now under System->Users22:08
knomesystem -> users and gourps22:08
Moodknome: so you almost never use terminal for admin tasks?22:09
zerothis1whats' the command-line to invoke the program at System>users and groups ?22:09
knomeMood, i do. but i don't encourage users to do that.22:10
knomezerothis1, users-admin22:10
Moodknome: perhaps users who are recent migrants from windoz :-)22:10
knomeMood, any users...22:11
MyrttiMood: I dare say most Buntu users are recent migrants. with loose definition on recent.22:12
zerothis1tried to install that "could not find package users-admin"22:12
Myrttizerothis1: type it in a terminal22:13
Myrttias is22:13
Myrttino aptitude, no apt-get no nothing, not even sudo22:13
knomecommand name != package name22:13
Myrttijust users-admin22:13
zerothis1i typed "users-admin", it was not installed22:13
knomezerothis1, have you removed a lot of packages?22:14
Moodknome: you know, it's somewhat peculiar, but you're the first person i've ever heard discourage using terminal for admin tasks in linux, ubuntu or otherwise :-)22:14
zerothis1I didn't install alot of packages to begin with, I'm going for minimal22:14
knomeMood, i'm not discouraging. i'm not encouraging. that's two completely different things.22:14
knomeMood, most people here seeking for support don't really *want* to use cli.22:15
Moodknome: disagreed. but anyways, it's probably not worth the time/effort to debate it :-)22:15
knomeMood, if i'd discourage you, i'd say "don't do it". if i don't encourage, i say "do it like this (instead)"22:17
knomeMood, not encouraging is like giving some alternatives, not taking anything away ;)22:17
Moodknome: point taken :-)22:18
knomeMood, (of course i wouldn't have said it's not encouraged if i knew he is isntalling minimum. then of course he uses cli :))22:18
knomeMood, but in a normal situation you can expect a user has the default set of applications22:19
Moodzerothis1: which users-admin22:19
zerothis1?22:20
Moodzerothis1: are you familiar with terminal?22:21
zerothis1yes, raised on DOS, redeemed by bash22:21
Moodzerothis1: do you have terminal open?22:22
zerothis1yes22:22
Moodzerothis1: type lsb_release -a22:22
zerothis1Ubuntu | Ubuntu 7.10 | 7.10 | gusty22:24
Moodzerothis1: type which users-admin22:24
zerothis1the program 'users-admin' is currently not installed blablabla22:26
Moodzerothis1: strange. users-admin should be part of 7.10. how did you install 7.10?22:26
zerothis1from a CD, advanced installation step by step, tried to do minimal22:27
Moodzerothis1: also, "which user-admin" should not come up with "currently not installed" -- that seems like a strange message. usually there's no message22:27
lukinforehi22:28
Moodif you want minimal, i'd suggest xubuntu, not ubuntu22:28
lukinforeafter last jauntu update i've got real ugly view of settings manager22:28
knomeif you want minimal, i'd suggest minimal cd.22:28
knome!minimal22:29
ubottuThe Minimal CD image is very small in size, and it downloads most packages from the Internet during installation, allowing you to select only those you want (the installer is like the one on the !Alternate CD). See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD22:29
lukinforeany chance to turn it back22:29
lukinfore?22:29
knomelukinfore, real ugly = ?22:29
charlie-tcalukinfore: It probably will fix itself in a day or two of updates22:29
lukinforeoh22:29
lukinforevery real ugly22:29
lukinforeehm22:29
lukinforeits not the plans?22:29
Moodlukinfore: you mean your user interface? or just the settings manager app?22:29
lukinforewell user iface too22:30
Moodlukinfore: you can change your user interface pref22:30
MoodSettings->User Interface->Theme22:30
charlie-tcalukinfore: you are running the alpha jaunty, things come and go.22:30
lukinforei've got tips started  with sessionso it slowdowns22:30
lukinforetheme had not changed22:31
lukinforebut there was big buttons in setting manager22:32
lukinforeand now  there is some windoz-like22:32
lukinforelet me do screenshot22:32
charlie-tcaHave you done a restart lately?22:32
lukinforehttp://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=10gh7kj&s=522:37
lukinforewonder is this normal22:37
Moodisn't that tango theme?22:38
lukinforeno22:38
lukinforemy own22:38
charlie-tcaWhat is wrong with it? It looks just like mine, except you have some in a different language22:38
lukinforeargh22:38
charlie-tcaDo you have two languages installed?22:38
lukinforebut before it was other?22:38
Moodwhat icon themes do you have?22:39
lukinforeit was some mcs package removed during last update22:39
lukinforeicon - tango, yes22:40
lukinforexfce4-mcs-plugins exactly22:41
charlie-tcaWhich in not used in jaunty22:42
charlie-tcaxfce 4.6 does not use xfce4-mcs-plugins22:43
lukinforeso22:43
lukinforeit is xfce policy22:43
charlie-tcawhat is?22:43
Moodlukinfore: try http://art.gnome.org for more artsy icons22:44
Moodthese have more of a mac os x kind of feel to them -- http://people.freedesktop.org/~jimmac/icons/#oxygen22:45
lukinforeMood, there is no problems with current22:45
Moodlukinfore: ? weren't you complaining about your theme?22:46
lukinforejust want my view back:)22:46
* Mood scratches his head in confusion22:46
Moodok22:46
lukinforein previous version(before update i mean) settings was different window, and all its sons running separatly22:47
lukinforeuhm22:47
lukinforemy english22:47
charlie-tcaI think this is the new thing for jaunty, lukinfore22:49
zerothis1ok, so i got a new user working using the adduser command (not useradd). but the internet doesn't work when I log in as the user22:49
lukinforewhere is autostarted apps?22:49
lukinforewell using jaunty month at least22:49
lukinforewas fine22:50
lukinforenow - not22:50
Moodzerothis1: define 'internet doesn't work'22:50
Moodzerothis1: can you ping? does ifconfig show your device?22:50
Moodzerothis1: did you log in after shutdown as new user? or just su username?22:51
lukinforeoh no22:51
lukinforeyet another registry in 4.622:51
charlie-tcaI don't know what happened to autostarted apps yet. It disappeared...22:51
charlie-tcaI still waiting to see where it went22:52
* lukinfore thought about xfce becoming little gnome22:53
zerothis1all commands like apt-get update and wget fail to resolve hosts22:53
zerothis1xfce is not so little. maybe "half-gnome"22:55
* charlie-tca hoping it never becomes gnome22:56
lukinforehope won't rich full22:57
lukinforeor little more than full22:57
charlie-tcathat is true22:57
lukinforecharlie-tca,  if still interesting autostarting apps is in "session and startup"23:18
charlie-tcayeah?23:18
charlie-tcaThanks23:19
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Guest11783Hi can someone please tell me how I can get Middle Mouse Drag Scrolling in Firefox?23:22
* lukinfore hate that update23:25
lukinforewhere xkill goes?23:25
charlie-tcaI don't know that either23:26
=== Guest11783 is now known as Scarecrow
=== Scarecrow is now known as SimoHayha
lukinforeshouldn't xkill be default shortcut?23:31
lukinforetreat this as feature requeat :P23:32
lukinfore*quest23:32
charlie-tcaYou can file a bug on it, so it does not get lost. Also, be sure to state which key you want it to use23:34
lukinforebut where to post it?23:35
charlie-tcahttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu23:35
charlie-tcapackage source is xfce4-session23:35
charlie-tcaand let me know the bug number, please23:36
lukinforenot xubuntu-default-settings?23:36
charlie-tcaThat will work, too23:36
lukinforehttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xubuntu-default-settings/+bug/32989023:46
lukinforenot sure that was right-formatted though23:46
charlie-tcaThanks, lukinfore23:46
charlie-tcaIt looks fine to me23:46
lukinforenp23:46

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