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zoredachedo you want ubuntu and xubuntu?00:03
CppIsWeirdhow do you create a link on your desktop to another location on the system?00:17
charlie-tcaCppIsWeird: right click on the folder in thunar, click on "Send to...Desktop"00:25
CppIsWeirdnice, thx. :)00:25
degritzoredache no just xubuntu, but I am confused by that "(must install)"00:38
IAmWill_is it possible to make an ssh folder to another linux box on my network?01:27
MoodIAmWill_: define "make an ssh folder to another linux box"01:36
IAmWill_like windows shared folders over a network01:37
IAmWill_i know that sshfs does it... but was just looking for something where i didnt have to connect with sshfs every time01:37
Moodyou can mount windows drives in linux and vice versa01:38
waarschuwinghello!01:39
IAmWill_it's not a windows box.. its linux to linux.....01:39
IAmWill_i can just use passwordless ssh, and set the sshfs script into my auto-start feature01:39
waarschuwingdoes anyone know if 112 mb is enough to install. is the minimum really 128?01:41
waarschuwingor should i use the alternate cd in my case01:41
cjaeHi installed xubuntu 8.10 and at reboot grub gets error 18 but this is a boot boundry error, but it shouldn't be because I installed like this01:47
cjae"/=sda1 10 gigs, swap= sda2 1gig, /home =sda3 rest of 160gig drive "01:49
cjaegrub = (hd0)01:49
MoodIAmWill_: why use sshfs btw if you're within your own LAN?01:50
cjaeand the files for /boot should be b4 8 gigs right01:50
IAmWill_Mood, thats why i was asking if there was another way  =)01:52
MoodIAmWill_: just use smbfs01:53
Moodsamba01:53
Moodhave you tried?01:53
IAmWill_no... i thought that was just for linux to windows.... i will try it out though01:53
IAmWill_thanks01:54
Moodnope, you can do linux to linux. give it a whirl. should take a couple mins01:54
MoodIAmWill_: edit /etc/fstab if you want to auto mount on boot01:54
cjae!error1801:57
ubottuSorry, I don't know anything about error1801:57
JuanLHey xubuntu.01:57
JuanLQuick Question. anyone should be able to answer01:58
JuanLWhat's a good Graphics/Art Program for Xubuntu that's on par with Photoshop01:58
JuanLCause Gimp ain't cutting it for what i need to do.01:59
charlie-tcawaarschuwing: you would need to use the alternate cd. It should install, but I think the performance will be real slow.01:59
charlie-tcawaarschuwing: I have installed to a 400MHz cpu with 128MB ram, and it installs fine from the alternate cd. It will not run the LiveCD02:00
charlie-tcaThe performance is sluggish, and especially slow with more than one application open at a time.02:00
waarschuwingcharlie-tca: thanks02:00
waarschuwingi might get some extra ram then02:01
waarschuwingthe cpu is 1ghz though02:01
charlie-tcaSo you will be okay installing with that.02:01
charlie-tcacjae: see this: http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/GRUB#Error_1802:02
JuanL. . .02:03
charlie-tcaThe entire installation is only 1.5 GB at the most02:03
charlie-tcaJuanL: pretty much depends on what exactly you are trying to do.02:04
JuanLwell make a Signature Bar mostly02:04
charlie-tcainkscape is a vector based drawing program that is commercial quality02:06
charlie-tcaMany online magazines use a combination of inkscape and the gimp for the layouts02:08
JuanLwould you say it;s on par with Adobe Photoshop CS3'02:08
charlie-tcaI have never used Photoshop, I don't know if it is vector-based or not02:09
charlie-tcaI do most of my stuff in the Gimp, when I need to.02:09
Moodinkscape is gnu opensource vector02:10
Moodphotoshop is not vector based, although it has some elementary pseudo vector tools that can be rasterized02:10
Moodbut photoshop can import native illustrator vector files and then rasterize at the final step02:11
Moodi wouldn't use gimp for layout, personally. it's more of an image editor, like photoshop02:12
JuanLWell what's on par with CS3?02:13
cjaecharlie-tca: what I would like to know is how /boot got ahead of sector 1023 in the first place, this was a clean install from a no error (proper md5 and all)02:14
JuanLsomething that's not hard to obtain would be nice lol02:14
MoodCS3 has a lot of modules. what do you mean specifically?02:15
JuanLhttp://www.userbars.com/'02:15
JuanLi'm basically want to make one of those WITHOUT needing a website to do it02:15
charlie-tcacjae: I don't know. I am not a programmer, just another user02:15
JuanLi know the dimenions and i want to do it on my own02:15
AquinaWhat is CS3?02:18
Mooduserbars... lol02:18
AquinaTalkin' about the Adobe software?02:19
JuanL:P02:21
JuanLYes Aquina02:21
JuanLand fixing up a scan or cleaning up a picture or restoring a picture02:23
JuanLthings like that02:23
JuanLmaking a frog look like it has furr02:23
JuanLblending perfectly02:23
MoodJuanL: you want gimp, not inkscape then02:23
Moodand you don't need full blow CS3.. it's really a photoshop clone you're talking about02:24
JuanLi can do this in Photoshop but since i left Windows behind cold turkey02:24
JuanLGimp seems limited02:24
JuanLextremely02:24
Moodlike what function?02:24
Moodevery function photoshop has, gimp has02:24
Moodalmost02:24
JuanLwhere can i get more Brushes?02:24
JuanLwhere can i change the opacity on a image?02:24
JuanLand to what level02:24
MoodJuanL: those are simple functions that gimp has02:25
JuanLdo explain02:25
Moodjsut try googling02:25
Moodjust*02:25
Moodthose are basic functions almost every image editor has02:25
JuanL" #xubuntu help irc channel"02:25
Moodthis is xubuntu, not gimp02:25
JuanLeven the website says to come in here for faster help on anything that came with xubuntu02:26
JuanLthat software that came with it is tech supported till 2011 or something like that02:26
Moodi was trying to be helpful JuanL, no need to cop an attitude02:26
JuanLno attitude just website tells me to come here. that's why i didn't google anything02:27
Moodthese channels are to help people who are curious and have the drive to help themselves. not salesmen to sell you a product02:27
Moodtry #gimp if you have questions on opacity+brushes - although, those are so simple to find on google you may be rebuffed there02:27
Moodsome people have such feelings of self-entitlement -- jeez!02:28
charlie-tcaYes, all you can do is try explain that all helpers here are volunteers with limited time and knowledge02:29
Moodi don't understand the psychology of people who must think: "You must be my slave to help me because I'm switching from Windoz"... so selfish and ignorant02:30
charlie-tcaI like to get the reference when they tell me "the website says" so I can get it fixed.02:33
Moodyeah and like the GPS system says to drive straight into the ocean, and they do... makes one think of the darwin awards...02:38
WDCHello. I am having a lot of trouble getting the awn applets for Xubuntu02:38
WDCCan anyone please help?>02:38
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slimchefHello all. Can anyone help with a resolution/display problem please?03:49
Moodslimchef: just state your problem. if someone can help they'll respond03:49
slimchefThank you, I was "messing around" with resolution settings in "screens and graphics" settings and now i cant get my monitor out of 800x600 resolution.03:51
MoodApplications->Settings->Display03:51
slimcheftried that, only options are 800x600 and 640x48003:52
slimchefalso tried importing drivers for the monitor and then appear in the settings menu but dont allow me to change it when selected03:54
Moodwhat do you have in /etc/X11/xorg.conf?04:04
Mooduse paste.ubuntu.com04:05
slimchefwhat lines?04:07
Mooddo you have any lines w/ explicit resolution?04:07
slimchefcheck paste04:08
Moodyou have to post the url here04:09
slimchefhttp://paste.ubuntu.com/125588/04:09
victoriahi!04:15
victoriai have a couple of questions!04:15
victoriacan someone help me:)04:15
victoriaplz04:15
Moodslimchef: have you tried sudo displayconfig-gtk?04:17
slimchefhave not... basic user.. haven't used terminal yet04:19
victoriahi:) i would like to know how to change the color of my font.. from black to pink:)04:19
victoriathank you04:19
victoriaim using XUBUNTU04:19
slimchefno luck check http://paste.ubuntu.com/125589/04:22
Moodslimchef: that doesn't look good04:26
slimchefwell fatal errors usually don't do they, lol04:27
Moodslimchef: you have an ati radeon card?04:27
slimchefyes04:27
Moodslimchef: can you bring up a terminal?04:30
slimchefgo ahead04:31
Moodyou might want to try "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg"04:31
slimchefok04:32
slimchefit says  Configuring xserver-xorg but comp. isn't doing anything04:34
Moodslimchef: i think you'll have to restart X04:37
Moodso, ctrl+alt+backspace04:37
slimchefstandby 104:38
slimchefits asking me to configure my keyboard04:39
Moodis there a default?04:39
slimchefcheck http://paste.ubuntu.com/125593/ i used all default settings04:41
slimchefnew "xorg.conf" check http://paste.ubuntu.com/125596/04:46
Moodslimchef: no new choices in Applications->Settings?04:47
slimchefno04:48
Moodhmm.. i'm completely out of ideas slimchef... you may want to try #ubuntu... it's noisy, but ppl are generally helpful04:51
slimchefThanks for your help04:51
Moodslimchef: sorry i couldn't help out04:51
slimchefthanks anyway, ciao04:52
Moodlaters04:52
Jan|what do I need for a slideshow images screensaver on xubuntu?04:54
MoodJan|: this may be helpful http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-212512.html05:09
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soodhello everyone and good morning05:35
soodhi taw wssup?05:36
CppIsWeirdwhy is linux having trouble copying the special u in uTorrent and the (tm) characters of windows file names? The error returned is incomplete or wide multibyte characters.05:36
soodwhy there is no support for voice and video chat in Xubuntu  linux05:37
CppIsWeirdprobaby have to install it sood05:38
soodhow? don't knw the command and not even the client , tried ekiga and kopete ; ekiga failed to install and kopete has some dependencies05:39
soodand i knw least abt dependencies as i totally a new user to linux05:39
soodcan suggest a way out?05:40
CppIsWeirdi know that there is voice chat in linux using skype. i use skype on xubuntu all the time. it just simply worked for me05:40
soodi agree but using skype u cannot call ur frnds who are on yahoo networdk05:41
soodnetwork* .like yahoo messenger05:41
CppIsWeirdi dont think there is a linux client allowing for voice communication on yahoo network to begin with.05:41
soodmay be or may be Not Linux can't afford such big drawback ,the prom is we dont knw how to get it05:42
CppIsWeirdlol05:42
soodhe he05:42
CppIsWeirdbecause we all know how important yahoo voice communication is to the development of linux05:42
zoredachesood: linux can afford it just fine.  Anyway, who do you think 'linux' is?  Why aren't you complaining to yahoo?05:43
CppIsWeirdwe should probably petition for it to be included into the next revision of the linux kernel05:43
Jan|thanks mood05:43
soodya true i apologize will contact the yahoo administrators05:44
CppIsWeirdsood, linux has nothing to do with the fact that yahoo corporation refuses to release a linux branch of their client.05:44
soodok leave yahoo now coming over to google network that is Google Talk05:44
CppIsWeirdso, your statement should be, yahoo cannot afford such a big drawback of not having a linux client05:44
soodfor sure i correct it to -yahoo cannot afford such a big drawback of not having a linux client05:45
CppIsWeird:P05:45
soodand since we are not here for yahoo then leave it05:45
soodbut can atleast talk abt google talk05:45
soodwe cannot make calls in google network too05:46
soodi look forward the statement i should give abt whose drawback it is?05:46
sood;-p05:46
CppIsWeirdive never used google talk so i cant much help you there, sorry.05:46
soodok05:46
soodanyone esle can help my friends05:47
zoredachehelp you with what?05:50
rockowas ist los?05:50
rockomoin05:50
soodhelp me in installing voice and video chat  support for yahoo and google talk05:54
CppIsWeirdhow can i know if xubuntu is using usb 1.1 or usb 2.0?06:18
zoredacheas a start I would run 'lsusb' and see if it tells you what version the hub is06:29
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degritany pious soul that gives me a hand troubleshooting a xubuntu laptop that hangs just after login ? I am able to run a xterm session and/or access console10:13
tawdegrit, does it hang even if you don't login?10:16
degritI left it the last half hour at the login screen just to test that, and apparently it doesn't10:23
degritmust be something that gets loaded with the desktop10:24
degritthe laptop is old, 1.6ghz 256mb ram10:25
degritone time that I managed to stay running long enough to bring up the System Monitor, the ram and swap looked ok (half ram used and 1mb of swap over 1gb used), but the cpu was at 60-70%, dunno if still finishing to load something or what10:27
degritbaby cries, brb P:10:28
tawis it totally jammed?10:46
degrityes, mouse doesn't move, keyboard is unresponsive, even the network leds are still instead of flashing10:51
tawdo you have another computer, can you test is it possible to ping it?10:52
degritwhile on the logon screen ?10:53
tawput ping running while it's up, and to see if it stops when it gets jammed10:53
degritI don't know its ip though10:55
tawbefore login on X, select ctrl-alt-F1, log there, check ip10:56
degritI am wearing my donkey hat, how do I do that in linux ? P:10:56
tawah, sorry. run /sbin/ifconfig10:58
degritok, now I ping it from this pc10:59
degritping ping ping lovely ping10:59
degritso now I type exit to get back to the logon screen ?10:59
tawalt-F710:59
degritand logon in xfce11:00
tawyep11:00
degritnot stuck yet11:00
degritstill not stuck11:03
degriton the other hand, I am not doing anything else than moving the mouse around11:03
degrithard disk still loading god knows what11:03
tawthat might be good test to do11:03
tawif it's not getting jammed with plain login, you have good chance to get idea why it's getting jammed11:04
degrithurrah11:04
tawjust leave it there, and take a look on it after 10 minutes or so11:04
degritok11:05
degritah, no need11:05
degritI turned my head and there it was11:05
degritin magnificient stuckness11:05
tawwhat about ping?11:05
degrithost unreachable11:05
tawok, so even kernel dies11:05
tawon reboot, leave memory test running for a while11:06
tawfor 1 hour or so11:06
degritlike before, hd light stays on, network leds stay on11:06
tawon grub menu you have that option11:06
degrityeh memtest11:06
tawyep11:06
degritbeen a friend many other times regardless of the OS11:07
tawit's laptop?11:07
degrityup an old acer travelmate11:07
tawdoes it have proper cooling?11:07
tawmy laptop crashes if I keep it on my lap11:07
degritit's sitting on hard office-desk material, with nothing around for meters11:07
degritnot raised, but nevertheless11:08
tawcooling fan sucks air from place which get placed to my leg11:08
tawso it cannot suck any air, and crashes11:08
degritI never use it on my legs, it gives me an uncomfortable electric tingle11:08
degritlike mildly electrocutioning myself all the time11:09
degritwell, memtest is running11:09
degritonly 256mb so it shouldn't have too hard a job11:09
tawand sometimes there is too much dust inside11:09
tawanyway, let it run for bit longer, so that it has time enough to heat up11:10
degritbut one thing I know is that on this same laptop I ran damn small linux, knoppix 5.1, and opensuse 10.211:10
tawone of my laptops fail on 3 round on memtest on summer, but now on wintertime fails never11:10
degritand of course there was winxp to begin with11:11
tawok, sounds like you have some SW related problem11:11
degritthe laptop IS a brick, but generally it would slowly get there11:11
degritbaby cries again, brb11:11
tawafter you end running memtest, go to ctrl-alt-f111:12
tawlogin11:12
ubottuError: You are not identified11:12
tawlogin, and 'sudo apt-get update; suod apt-get dist-upgrade'11:12
tawsorry, sudo apt-get dist-upgrade11:13
tawjust for trying to get latest drivers etc11:13
degritI will, memtest didn't find anything wrong11:50
degritstill running after the baby, bb asap11:50
victoriahi12:18
bradley__does anyone run an eee pc?12:38
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itstegghi.13:30
forceso713:32
itsteggi successfully installed xubuntu on an imac ppc with low amounts of memory.  the xubuntu desktop loads, but the applications are disappearing shortly after launch from the xubuntu menu.  launching from an xterm, however, is successful.  i would sincerely appreciate some insight.13:32
tawis ubuntu available for ppc? :-013:33
itstegg=) yes.13:33
tawfrom where, in downloads I can't find?13:37
itsteggone second.13:39
itstegghttp://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/ports/releases/intrepid/release/13:40
itsteggalso ps3 is on that page.13:40
tawbut no sparc13:41
itsteggtaw; i haven't looked.13:42
itstegghere'sa gutsy gibbon sparc http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/ports/releases/7.10/release/xubuntu-7.10-alternate-sparc.iso13:43
tawyeah, old release13:46
forces8.04 is available for ppc too13:48
ablomenhttp://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/8.10/release/13:49
ablomennot xubuntu though13:49
ablomenbut i guess xfce etc is on there (maybe even the xubuntu-desktop packaga)13:50
ablomen*package13:50
Pres-GasHey, all.  I am trying to remember if the Ubus enable IPv6 and if they do, does it no longer need the sit0 pseudo-interface?16:16
tawipv6 address is there, and no sit0 interface16:17
Pres-Gastaw, when did that change come in?  I thought the 2.6 kernel introduced the sit0 interface in the first place?16:18
charlie-tcaXubuntu Jaunty now has Xfce 4.6.0 in it16:30
charlie-tcaThank the developers for that.16:30
Pres-Gas!jaunty16:31
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.16:31
Pres-Gas!release16:31
ubottuUbuntu releases a new version every 6 months. Each version is supported for 18 months to 5 years. More info at http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/releases & http://wiki.ubuntu.com/TimeBasedReleases16:31
TheSheep_we hereby thank you, developers!16:31
* Pres-Gas claps the back of the developers16:31
charlie-tcaYa-ay, no more questions about "will 9.04 have Xfce 4.6 final?"16:32
Pres-GasDang it, when are we targeted to go beta...can't find the page ATM.16:33
charlie-tca!schedule16:33
ubottuUbuntu releases a new version every 6 months. Each version is supported for 18 months to 5 years. More info at http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/releases & http://wiki.ubuntu.com/TimeBasedReleases16:33
charlie-tcano,16:34
Pres-GasI just did that...lol16:34
* charlie-tca wanted to copy Pres-Gas, maybe?16:34
Pres-GasLOL, no no, I should copy you.16:35
charlie-tcaI show March 26, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JauntyReleaseSchedule16:35
Pres-GasYeah, just found it as well16:35
Pres-GasI need to always remember that GIYF16:35
charlie-tcathe 'bot has it somewhere. I just can not remember where16:36
Pres-GasAhh, yeah16:36
Pres-Gashmmm....16:36
Pres-Gas!jauntyrelease16:36
ubottuSorry, I don't know anything about jauntyrelease16:36
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justmeyogshello all, just have a question regarding my install of xubuntu17:20
justmeyogsi keep getting this error "debootstrap warning" when installing from CD17:21
zoredachewass there more to that error?17:21
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justmeyogswarning that a .deb file was corrupt17:21
justmeyogscould it be the iso?17:22
Guest2996hello all, anyone have time to help with an external monitor issue?17:22
justmeyogsthis is happenning when installing the base system17:22
zoredachejustmeyogs: yes, it could be the iso.  did you try running a disk verifification?17:23
justmeyogsi havent yet17:23
justmeyogsalso get a Warning: Couldnt Download a package console-setup, is that part of it as well?17:24
justmeyogsrunning cd check now17:25
degritz0rback again with my laptop that hangs right after login - a hand to troubleshoot, thank you very much ? \o/17:33
degritz0rit's got to be something that happens or is loaded after the desktop comes up, as login and xterm are both accessible17:36
justmeyogsis there a way I can install xubuntu from a network drive on the internet?17:40
justmeyogsor is that too dangerous?17:40
TheSheep!install17:41
ubottuUbuntu can be installed in lots of ways. Please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation for documentation.  Problems during install? See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommonProblemsInstall - Don't want to use a CD? Try http://tinyurl.com/3exghs - see also !automate17:41
zoredachejustmeyogs: I install from the internet all the time.  you do need a minimal portion (8mb)  of the installer on a local disk though17:41
zoredache!mini17:41
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/MinimalCD17:41
crazygirI've installed the cups-pdf printer, modified the permissions, restarted the cups service, though the printer seems to fail18:32
crazygirany suggestions?18:33
zoredachewhat did you modify the permissions for?  I generally have found that cups-pdf works out of the box18:39
crazygirzoredache: some of the forum posts I saw up on ubuntu mentioned doing so19:22
crazygirI can change it back for sure19:22
crazygirzoredache: does cups-pdf ask you where to save the pdf?19:24
zoredacheusually it just drops it in ~/PDF/19:26
crazygirinteresting..19:27
crazygirI rest the permissions, the job seems to have gone through, but I see nothing in ~/PDF19:28
JuanLAnyone know where the Font folder is located in Xubuntu 8.10 ?19:39
knomeJuanL, /usr/share/fonts ?19:40
JuanLlet me take a quick gander19:40
JuanLi have a .tff font there's 3 folders listed in "Fonts" do i just put it basically in the font folder or is there a specific folder i toss it in?19:41
Darth_Tuxtff?19:42
knomeno specific folder. you could also copy it to ~/.fonts19:42
knomeJuanL, any way you do it, you have to rebuild the font cache.19:42
JuanLok19:43
JuanLit wont let me copy anything to the folder.19:44
JuanLno drag no drop, no copy and paste.19:44
JuanL?19:44
JuanL:<19:46
TheSheepJuanL: where are you trying to copy it?19:47
JuanLinto the fonts folder19:48
knomeJuanL, you need to have root access.19:48
JuanLinto usr/share/fonts19:49
knomeJuanL, yes.19:49
JuanLis that something i do in Term?19:49
knomeJuanL, into ~/.fonts, nope.19:49
JuanLno fonts folder there only a ~/.fontconfig folder19:50
knomeJuanL, create one.19:50
JuanLok then i type sudo fc-cache -f correct?19:52
knomeyeah.19:52
JuanLok thx!19:53
knomethat should work, if the ~/.fonts -directory is scanned automatically.19:53
knomei suppose it is but...19:53
JuanLwell let me toss open Abiword and see if it pops19:53
JuanLgot it. had to open term in ./fonts then do the commad19:56
JuanL*command.19:56
JuanLThx all BBL19:56
JuanLThnx Knome.19:56
wstraushi all, I can't seem to figure this one out, when I try to open a DVD movie in Totem I get an error "Could not open location; you might not have permission to open the file."20:12
knomewstraus, is it a copy-protected dvd?20:12
wstrausI don't beleave so. I've tried meny20:12
knomewstraus, do you have libdvdread installed?20:13
wstrausbut dvds play fine in VLC.20:13
wstrausi'll check20:13
wstrausyea, libdvdread3 is installed20:14
knomeso totem can't play, but vlc can?20:15
wstrausi've installed xubuntu-restricted-extras and libdvdcss2 also20:15
wstrausyes20:16
wstrauswhat i'm realy tring to do is get a multimedia center called freevo working.20:17
wstrausit uses mplayer to play dvds and mplayer won't play eather.20:17
knomei'm out of ideas, sorry20:18
knomei don't personally like totem so i don't use it that much. but i can play dvd's with it, however.20:18
wstrausit's cool. thank you.20:18
wstrausyea i like to use vlc. but this freevo uses mplayer20:19
knomewell if vlc works, use it :)20:19
knomehmm. can't you adjust it's settings?20:19
wstrausi've been looking on google about swaping the dvd player in freevo, but i dont think it's an option.20:20
wstrauswhen i try to play the dvd in freevo i get an error "opening '/dev/sdc0' failed: [Errno 5] Input/output error"20:22
knomewstraus, that usually refers to a broken dvd20:26
wstraushmm, let me get another one.20:27
degritz0ranyone bored who wants to troubleshoot a laptop that hangs while/after loading the desktop ?20:28
knomedegritz0r, which xubuntu?20:29
degritz0r8.1020:29
knomeok.20:29
degritz0ron the laptop I managed to previously run knoppix, damn small linux and opensuse20:30
knomedoes it freeze totally?20:30
knomehow much ram?20:30
degritz0rI already ran a hour or so of memtest, no problems reported20:30
degritz0ryes20:30
degritz0r256mb20:30
knomeok. that should be just enough..20:30
degritz0rit freezes so that if I am pinging it from another station it turns to Host Unreachable20:30
degritz0ras said, it runs opensuse, albeit as slow as f.20:30
knomeok, so you can access it and irc at the same time?20:30
degritz0ryep I am on my desktop20:31
knomeok. go to ctrl+alt+f1 and login20:31
knomecan you do that?20:31
degritz0ryeah, one moment20:31
degritz0rbooting the brick up20:31
knomeyep.20:31
degritz0rlogged in console20:33
knomeok, so if you type top, is there some process taking up all the cpu/mem?20:34
degritz0rnot that I can see20:34
degritz0rhighest is less than 1%20:35
degritz0rgdmgreeter sometimes takes 6% but that's it20:35
degritz0rnot that I know what gdmgreeter is20:35
knomehmm.20:38
degritz0rstill running :D20:50
charlie-tcaI need a little help here. I need those running 8.10 to try opening Brasero from the menu20:50
charlie-tcaI'm trying to resolve an bug report20:51
zoredachecharlie-tca: and then what?20:51
charlie-tcalet me know if it opened20:51
charlie-tcaReporter claims I messed up when I said it worked20:51
zoredacheyes, it opened,  8.10 x8620:52
charlie-tcaI think it is an issue with the French translations, myself20:52
charlie-tcathanks, zoredache20:52
zoredacheah, I am only use en-us20:52
Jan|whats the difference with synaptic and the add/remove software diaglogs ?20:53
charlie-tcame too.20:53
degritz0rworks here in ubuntu20:53
zoredacheJan|: the audience that will use the tools... one is a bit easier then the other20:53
Jan|but its the same thing ?20:54
Jan|like, except for hte UI20:54
zoredachethey both install things using the standard packagemanagment tools and depedancy resolution20:54
Jan|ok now how do I get the language dialong to stop showing when I logon ?20:55
Jan|*dialog20:55
Jan|also theres a run software dialog that keeps popingp when I logon20:55
Jan|so, 2 anoying popups20:56
knomeJan|, 1. close all applications. 2. log out and make sure "save session" is marked. 3. log in. 4. log out and make sure "save session" is marked *OU* 5. log in.21:00
knome*OUT21:00
charlie-tcaThanks, degrit21:00
charlie-tcathanks, degritz0r21:00
degritz0rany other ideas for the marvellous hanging laptop of babylon ?21:01
degritz0rthe wife won't be happy to use console, I know that much21:01
knomedegritz0r, sorry, i lost myself somewhere.21:02
degritz0r:D21:02
knomedegritz0r, so uhm. do you see something like xfwm4 there?21:03
degritz0rcolumn COMMAND of course21:03
degritz0rno21:03
knome(how often do people ususally send mail attachments directly from a usb stick? ;))21:03
knomehmm, that's odd. looks like it's stuck in gdm.21:03
degritz0rgreeter21:04
* degritz0r makes a contribution21:04
knomedegritz0r, if you're willing to test, you could unistall gdm and look what happens21:04
knomeor charlie-tca, you have any ideas for this?21:04
knomecharlie-tca, it's not even in jaunty.. ;)21:04
degritz0rif it's something I can fix after sure I'm willing, it's not working otherwise21:04
degritz0rwhat does "uninstall gdm" mean tho ?21:05
degritz0rwhat's gdm, even21:05
degritz0rgnome desktop manager ?21:05
degritz0rI thought I was going to use xfce ?21:05
knomegdm is the login screen where you type your login and password.21:05
knomeyes. xubuntu uses gdm as login manager.21:05
degritz0rright21:05
degritz0rwhy is it still running then ? I've logged on in console21:05
knomebecause it's the *graphical* login screen... :)21:06
knomedegritz0r, so, in terminal 'sudo apt-get remove gdm'21:06
charlie-tcaIt hangs before the desktop?21:06
knomedegritz0r, after that, boot your machine and you should get a text-mode login21:06
knomeyes.21:06
degritz0ret voila21:06
degritz0rno it hangs while loading the desktop21:06
degritz0rit goes as far as even connecting to the network and sometimes let me move the mouse around a bit21:07
charlie-tcaYes, try remove and install gdm. It might need xfwm4 installed, though21:07
degritz0rI say while because hanging after seems silly21:07
degritz0rI even managed to run System Monitor for a few seconds21:08
charlie-tcais xfwm4 running at all?21:08
degritz0ranyway, gdm uninstalled21:08
degritz0rone sec, baby cries P:21:08
degritz0rbrb21:08
knomedegritz0r, now try to boot. :)21:08
knomeheh ok21:08
knomeexcuse accepted21:08
charlie-tcaknome: either xfwm4 or xfce4-session is not starting, I think21:09
knomecharlie-tca, yeah, but why not? does gdmgreeter hang trying to load those?21:09
charlie-tcaSomething happened to the installation. They may even have been removed somehow. Is this on hardware or virtual machine?21:12
knomesuppose hardware :)21:12
charlie-tcaBut, he should try starting them, one at a time. If it works, he needs to save the session.21:12
knome256 MB ram so... ;)21:12
Jan|thanks knome, will try it21:15
degritz0rback, sorry21:15
degritz0rand it's hardware21:15
degritz0rif that means it's linux by itself, not running somehow within windows21:16
charlie-tcaThanks21:16
degritz0rso now I just reboot ?21:16
charlie-tcaYou removed GDM?21:17
charlie-tcaor you stopped it.21:17
degritz0rapt-get remove, aye aye21:17
degritz0ralso says "removing xubuntu-desktop" among the rest21:17
charlie-tcaYeah, that is just a meta-package, no problem21:18
charlie-tcarestart,21:18
charlie-tcathe system21:18
degritz0rby the way this was a netinst21:19
degritz0rif it can help in any way21:19
charlie-tcadoesn't matter21:19
degritz0rbootin21:19
degritz0rconsole login21:20
knomeyes, log in21:20
degritz0rI'm in21:20
knomecharlie-tca, what were the steps again? ;)21:20
degritz0rand the screen doesn't flicker as it was before21:20
charlie-tcainstall gdm21:20
degritz0rwhat, like that ? "install gdm" ?21:21
charlie-tcathen /etc/init.d/gdm start21:21
degritz0rapt-get install ?21:21
degritz0rbear with me, I am a donkey at this21:21
charlie-tcadegrit: sudo apt-get install gdm21:21
degritz0rright21:21
knomecharlie-tca,shouldn't he try launching xfce now first?21:21
charlie-tcacan't login without gdm21:21
knomehmm, really?21:22
knomeeven with startx? i remember doing that..21:22
degritz0rdone21:22
charlie-tcamaybe with startx21:22
charlie-tcasudo /etc/init.d/gdm start21:22
charlie-tcaAlt+F721:23
charlie-tcawhat you got21:23
degritz0rit loaded the login screen21:23
charlie-tcatry it21:23
degritz0ralt+f7 doesn't do anything21:23
charlie-tcatry logging in21:23
charlie-tcadegritz0r: anything?21:24
degritz0rdesktop loads, I get as far as the popup "you are now connected to the wired network", and it's now frozen21:25
degritz0rjust like before I'd say21:25
charlie-tcactrl+alt+F121:25
degritz0rstuck21:26
charlie-tcaTap caps lock, see if the keyboard lights respond21:26
degritz0rnop21:26
knomeinteresting problem.21:26
degritz0rcompletely frozen21:26
charlie-tcaBut the desktop is there?21:26
knomeso, what do you see in top now?21:26
degritz0ryeah, desktop, top and bottom panels, the menu21:27
degritz0rtray icons21:27
charlie-tcaCan't get to top; system froze21:27
degritz0rthe whole thing21:27
knomea-ha.21:27
knomemaybe boot again21:27
charlie-tcayeah21:27
degritz0rit's a shame because as said, even if slow, it runs opensuse21:28
charlie-tcaWhat cpu?21:28
degritz0rwhich I guess is 100 times heavier21:28
degritz0r1.6ghz21:28
charlie-tcaGot wired and wireless?21:28
degritz0ronly wired21:29
charlie-tcaRestart, hard power down21:29
degritz0rback to the login screen21:29
charlie-tcaDo not log in21:29
degritz0rcourse not21:29
charlie-tcago to a terminal21:29
degritz0rxterm ?21:29
charlie-tcaand run updates21:29
charlie-tcactrl+alt+f221:30
charlie-tcalogin there21:30
degritz0rI tried running updates before today (someone's advice), there was nothing to update21:30
degritz0rapt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade21:30
knomecharlie-tca, and this is intrepid..21:31
degritz0ryup21:31
charlie-tcalet me think a minute21:31
* knome starts counting seconds21:31
degritz0rmy sleuthing went as far as guessing it's something ub/xub loads which suse does not ;|21:31
* charlie-tca brain hurts21:31
charlie-tcaThat is a good guess...21:32
degritz0ralthough it's the kind of common sense my grandma may have applied21:33
degritz0rmaysherestinpeace21:35
charlie-tcasudo apt-get remove --purge network-manager21:38
degritz0raye aye21:39
charlie-tcait screws up in the netinstall, I think.21:39
charlie-tcasudo apt-get install network-manager21:39
degritz0rdone and done21:40
charlie-tcaalt+f721:40
charlie-tcalogin there21:40
charlie-tcaIt will be slower logging in and getting the desktop.21:41
charlie-tcaThere will be no network yet21:41
degritz0ruhm looks like it's already frozen21:41
degritz0rat the login screen21:41
degritz0ryep21:41
degritz0rrebootin21:41
charlie-tcaknome: I don't know. Frozen if left at the login window is bad21:42
knomecharlie-tca, true.21:42
charlie-tcaThat seems like the graphics card or driver screwing something up21:43
degritz0rhere we are at the login screen again21:43
charlie-tcaWhat graphics card does this have?21:43
degritz0ran ati of some sort I believe21:43
charlie-tcaati rage or savage?21:43
degritz0rcan't say21:44
degritz0rbeing an old laptop it's probably an Ati Rubbish21:44
charlie-tcaknome: does 8.10 automatically install the ati driver?21:44
knomei don't know.21:45
knomeyou mean some generic or the propietary?21:45
charlie-tcapropietary21:45
degritz0rit gave me the popup about the restricted drivers once21:45
charlie-tcadid you install it21:45
knomecharlie-tca, i don't think so.21:45
degritz0rso I assume the installed driver is the generic one21:46
degritz0rno time, it froze shortly after21:46
knomecharlie-tca, can't the dirver be installed without GUI?21:46
knome*driver21:46
charlie-tcayes21:46
charlie-tcaIt probably needs to be21:46
charlie-tcaBut I don't know how to21:46
charlie-tcaWhat model laptop?21:47
knomemaybe just install the driver package and enable it in xorg.conf?21:47
degritz0racer travelmate from 2002-200321:47
degritz0rtravelmate 632xv21:47
charlie-tcaYou have to find which video card it is and install the correct video driver21:47
degritz0rah my bad, it appears to be a Geforce2 Go21:49
degritz0rwhile I was googling it it froze again at the login screen P:21:54
degritz0rbaby cries again, brb soz21:54
charlie-tcaXfix21:54
Brad450hey guys21:55
charlie-tcaBrad450: hello21:56
Brad450anyone know where i can get a SCSI ribbon cable??21:58
Brad450nevermind found them22:00
knomelol. :)22:01
charlie-tcaI still think went wrong with the install. Maybe recovery mode and XFix can fix it.22:02
charlie-tcaThere doesn't seem to be any bugs against Intrepid for the Ge22:02
charlie-tcaforce2 GO video card22:02
knome:]22:03
Brad450anyone know what uses a UDF filesystem??22:05
knome!udf22:06
ubottuSorry, I don't know anything about udf22:06
charlie-tca!info UDF22:06
ubottuPackage UDF does not exist in intrepid22:06
CppIsWeirdi was just in the middle of copying a large amount of data and accidently killed the copy process. how can i restart the transfer such that many hours of copying are not wasted and I am sure to get all the files correctly? When a file transfer is killed in mid transfer, does it remove any incompletely copied files on the recieving side? Or are things halted?22:06
knomehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Disk_Format22:06
knomeCppIsWeird, commandline on thunar?22:07
knome*or22:07
CppIsWeirdthunar, and i hit the esc key.22:07
knomewas there many files or few big ones?22:07
CppIsWeirdmany22:07
knomehmm.22:08
knomemaybe you could still try just doing again22:08
CppIsWeirdi have, and its asking me if i want to replace all22:08
knomemaybe not all ;)22:08
degritz0rback22:09
degritz0rI defeated the baby22:09
knomeCppIsWeird, can't you skip thos which seem to be ok?22:09
knomeCppIsWeird, or is it too much?22:09
CppIsWeird... hah.22:09
charlie-tcadegritz0r: hard restart, pick recovery mode at the grub menu22:09
CppIsWeirdtooo much.22:09
charlie-tcaI gave my grandbaby back to his mom22:09
degritz0rok22:09
degritz0rheh this baby's mine, can't get rid :)22:10
charlie-tcaAdvantages of being grandpa!22:10
knomeCppIsWeird, do you have any idea which file was the last?22:10
charlie-tca:-)22:10
CppIsWeirdhow would i deduce that? Assuming that copies are made in alphabetical order?22:11
degritz0rrecovery menu ready22:11
knomeCppIsWeird, maybe some ls listing22:11
knomeCppIsWeird, wait a moment..22:11
charlie-tcaxfix, degrit22:11
charlie-tcadegritz0r: XFix22:11
CppIsWeirdwell, after checking, they are not copied in alphabetical order.22:11
degritz0ru know, I think I've run this once before22:11
CppIsWeird:(22:11
degritz0rdone22:12
charlie-tcacontinue22:12
degritz0rcontinued22:12
degritz0rthe pesky login screen22:12
charlie-tcaleave it here a minute, see if it freezes again22:13
charlie-tcaI don't find any issues for this in bugs22:13
degritz0ris this any relevant22:14
degritz0rhttp://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=10245522:14
knomeCppIsWeird, can catfish search recursively and sorting by date?22:14
knomesorry, charlie-tca :)22:14
charlie-tcanot if you haven't installed restricted drivers, degritz0r22:14
degritz0rwhich I don't believe I did22:15
charlie-tcano problem, knome. I like a struggle22:15
knomehehe22:15
charlie-tcas/struggle/challenge22:15
degritz0rmy spider sense suggests me that it's something silly22:15
Brad450anyone know if the PS3 version of ubuntu can update the kernel to add more support22:15
degritz0ron account of other distros more or less running22:15
standarshyhi22:15
Brad450^^^ VIDEOTRON22:15
Brad450my ISP22:16
charlie-tcamine says bad video card and they are getting around it somehow22:16
degritz0ru got a spider sense too ? neat22:16
standarshySorry if this is posted somewere, but I coulnd't find where there minimum reqs are for xubuntu22:16
knomestandarshy, http://xubuntu.org/get22:16
standarshyoh22:16
degritz0rwell knoppix and opensuse had kde22:17
charlie-tcaso, degritz0r, are we frozen yet?22:17
standarshyshoot, I should learn to read22:17
degritz0rdamn small linux had something very ugly I don't remember the name of22:17
degritz0rnot yet, not yet22:17
charlie-tcalog in22:17
knomedegritz0r, kde4? :D22:17
CppIsWeirdknome, i dont know what catfish is. should i install it22:17
degritz0rdoubt so, knoppix 5.1 and opensuse10.222:17
CppIsWeird?22:17
knomeCppIsWeird, wait a moment :)22:18
degritz0rfew seconds in the desktop...22:18
CppIsWeirdknome, ok, thanks for helping me out.22:18
standarshyCan anyone vauge for how xubuntu runs with 128 mb?22:18
degritz0rmouse still moves....22:18
knomestandarshy, just like degritz0r said: mouse still moves... ;)22:19
charlie-tcastandarshy: 400MHz cpu, 128MB ram, sluggish but usable22:19
knomestandarshy, you might experience great performance loss22:19
degritz0rhard disk blinks now and then, not stuck yet...22:19
degritz0rI don't dare clicking22:19
standarshyok22:19
standarshyWell, maybe someone can help me with something22:19
degritz0r"Information available" popup popped up22:19
charlie-tcagot to the network connection yet?22:19
degritz0rstill not frozen22:19
degritz0ryeah that was the first thing22:19
standarshySo, I found a computer by the curb a while ago22:19
standarshyand right now it is pretty slow running win xp22:20
charlie-tcatry things, degritz0r22:20
degritz0rstill going22:20
degritz0rI don't dare!22:20
degritz0rI'll run system monitor22:20
standarshyIt's a compaq presario desktop from 200322:20
charlie-tcayeah, that should lock you up! degritz0r :-)22:20
degritz0ra-ha22:20
degritz0rstuck22:20
charlie-tcagive it a minute22:21
degritz0rwhile loading from hd, from what I can see22:21
degritz0rnah, I can tell when it's frozen by now22:21
standarshyWould xubuntu run faster than xp on that system?  It as a celeron processor, and again, 128 mb ram22:21
charlie-tcano keyboard lites work?22:21
degritz0rnope22:21
knomeCppIsWeird, ok so catfish is a file searcher.22:21
charlie-tcastandarshy: don't know, I haven't used windows since 3.122:21
knomeCppIsWeird, you could install it, search for '*' in the folder you were copying to22:22
knomeCppIsWeird, and sort by last modified date22:22
standarshyThat's cool22:22
standarshyhmm22:22
charlie-tcadegritz0r: back to recovery mode, XFix again.22:22
knomeCppIsWeird, that way you could see the last few files, maybe delete them and continue with copying22:22
standarshyAnyone else think it would be faster or the same?22:22
knomeCppIsWeird, i suppose you can 'skip all' ?22:22
charlie-tcastandarshy: and 3.1 was not all that fast on my 25MHz 38622:22
Brad450how can i check for kernel updates???22:23
degritz0rbut it didn't work before ?22:23
charlie-tcayes, it got us farther that anything else, but sometimes...22:23
degritz0rdon't mean to be a spoilsport, but I'd managed to get that far before22:24
standarshyhmm22:24
standarshyI could always just do a dual boot and try it out22:24
charlie-tcawell, hell22:24
degritz0rwhat about a file system check P:22:24
charlie-tcaI don't think it will help. what about a memory check?22:25
Brad450where can i check for kernel updates and then isntall them???22:25
Brad450**install22:25
degritz0rit seems odd that it's the video alone because it doesn't do much video-related while sitting at the login screen22:25
knomeCppIsWeird, i have to go now. please refer to charlie-tca with further questions :)22:25
charlie-tcarun a memory check at night, when you go to bed.22:25
knomegood night everybody o/ :)22:25
degritz0rI ran memtest for a hour or so today22:25
charlie-tcagood night knome22:25
charlie-tcaNever mind, then22:25
knomesee you tomorrow charlie22:25
degritz0rnight and thx22:26
Brad450where can i go to check for PS3 kernel updates??22:27
charlie-tcadegritz0r: restart, edit the grub menu line, add nomsi at the end of the kernel line22:27
charlie-tcaBrad450: are you using Xubuntu?22:28
Brad450ya but with GNOME so i guesse its just like regualr ubuntu22:28
degritz0rhow do I edit that ?22:28
charlie-tcaUpdates should be the same as anyone else, sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get dist-upgrade22:28
charlie-tcaUSe the arrow keys to move the cursor at the grub menu so it don't get away22:29
standarshyoh, another question22:29
Brad450there are kernel updates for the PS3 so i can use tye onboard wireless card and use VRAM22:29
standarshyDo 720p mkv files play well on the ps3 yet?22:29
Brad450**the22:29
charlie-tcahilite the line you want, hit e on it, it will open a simple one line editor.22:29
Brad450not that i know ill have to try22:29
degritz0rwhich line, normal or recovery mode ?22:30
Brad450MKV is coming to the PS3 OS soon so i dont really need it in linux22:30
degritz0rit opens another menu with uuid, kernel, initrd, and quiet22:31
charlie-tcacursor to the end of the line that starts with "kernel", normal22:31
charlie-tcanormal22:31
Brad450anyone know of a website that keeps track of kernel updates22:31
Brad450??22:31
charlie-tcahit e, hilite the kernel line, hit e22:31
degritz0rok22:31
charlie-tcathen hit enter22:31
charlie-tcaThen hit b22:32
charlie-tcathen it will boot22:32
degritz0rI think I did it22:32
charlie-tcaDid I get you confused, yet22:32
degritz0rso what does nomsi do22:33
degritz0ror don't do, in fact22:33
charlie-tcahopefully, stop it from freezing22:33
degritz0rstraight to the desktop22:33
degritz0rright22:33
degritz0r?22:33
charlie-tcawell, login, yes22:34
degritz0rattaaaack22:34
charlie-tcaBrad450: the kernel updates aren't in Ubuntu, yet?22:34
Brad450thats what i want to know. kernel updates have been released specificly for PS3 and i want to know how i can go about installing them22:35
charlie-tca<standarshy> Do 720p mkv files play well on the ps3 yet?22:35
brandonban6http://www.kernel.org/22:35
charlie-tcaanyone know about the 720p mkv files ?22:36
Brad450charlie why are there 2 of you lol and yes rather well in YDL i didnt try in ubuntu yet22:36
utontoit's not frozen yet!!22:37
charlie-tcadegritz0r: I don't know what it does22:37
utontoI'll be shamefully displayed on a stock and be smeared with jam!22:37
utontoit's me, degritz0r22:37
utontoalthough I understand how silly that may sound said out loud in the street22:37
charlie-tcaBrad450: should not be two of me22:37
degritz0rwell it looks like working fine so far22:38
degritz0rso all it needed was "nomsi" in grub ?22:38
Brad450there is a brow and pink charlie lol22:38
Brad450**brown22:38
charlie-tcastandarshy: did you get the answer?22:38
degritz0rI knew it was something small and silly22:39
charlie-tcaYes, degritz0r. But now we need to fix it permanently.22:39
degritz0rok I spoke too soon, I clicked to start firefox and it froze22:39
charlie-tcaBrad450: I don't know22:39
Brad450look above22:39
charlie-tcaI don't have those in XChat. I see one charlie-tca22:40
Brad450well thats the pink one^^^22:40
Brad450and the one above my last post is brown hehhe22:40
Brad450my last last post**22:41
charlie-tcaBrad450: Is this the brown one?22:41
Brad450ya22:41
charlie-tcaPink means I did not add your name to the post22:41
charlie-tcabrown is when I address you specifically22:41
Brad450HOLY SHIT UR KIDDING ME22:41
Brad450lol I FEEL LIKE A MORON HAHAHA22:42
charlie-tcaThat is so when it is busy, you see the post to you22:42
Brad450gotcha22:42
brandonban6what client are you using charlie-tca ?22:42
charlie-tcaXChat, brandonban622:42
brandonban6ahh22:43
charlie-tcadegritz0r: we could try some other things there, and maybe get this working.22:43
degritz0rI'm all eyes22:43
charlie-tcarestart, to the grub menu again22:43
degritz0rthere already22:44
degritz0rI almost believed we'd made it22:44
degritz0revil firefox22:44
charlie-tcaadd acpi=off nomsi22:44
charlie-tcatwo of them this time. nomsi should have went away, right?22:45
degritz0rand b22:45
degritz0ryes22:45
charlie-tcaacpi=off nomsi22:45
charlie-tcalogin and see what we get22:45
charlie-tcabrandonban6: I have 18 channels(tabs) open across the bottom22:46
degritz0rI'm in22:47
degritz0rhasn't frozen yet22:47
standarshyhmm, guys22:47
standarshyIt kinda looks like the install froze22:48
degritz0rI run a terminal and 'top'22:48
charlie-tcastandarshy: what are you installing?22:48
standarshyxubuntu22:48
standarshyI'm installing it from boot22:48
charlie-tcagive it time. what percentage is it on22:48
standarshyand it said loading up debian22:48
standarshybu tnow the monitor is black22:49
charlie-tcadegritz0r: and not frozen?22:49
brandonban6charlie-tca, I thought 4 were bad :P ..........I'm using xchat as well........but the rooms show up in a treemode. I'm sure I can customized the client but I haven't had a need or desire too.22:49
charlie-tcastandarshy: hit shift a couple ;of times22:49
charlie-tcabrandonban6: tree is too short for me22:49
degritz0rnot frozen yet22:49
degritz0rthen again, I haven't tried starting firefox22:49
charlie-tcaI all the way across a 19"monitor22:49
charlie-tcadegritz0r: try it.22:49
degritz0rsuspense22:50
brandonban6ChanServ,  haha........I bet.........18 rooms that is insane.22:50
standarshyum22:50
standarshycharlie-tca, still nothing22:50
degritz0rooooh it started22:50
charlie-tcaThat is normal for me. On some days I add another 622:50
standarshyI'll restart and see what happens22:50
charlie-tcastandarshy: no22:50
standarshyno?22:50
charlie-tcamove the mouse, click, hit caps lock to see if the keyboard lites work22:51
brandonban6charlie-tca, are they all support rooms?22:51
standarshystill nothing22:51
charlie-tcano, some are devel only, some are meeting22:51
degritz0rcharlie-tca yeah everything works so far, I even browser a couple of urls22:52
charlie-tcaThen, standarshy, yes. Probably a reboot.22:52
degritz0r-sed22:52
brandonban6nice.........I use linux as a sysadmin.......dev work makes my eyes spin.22:52
degritz0rlooks like all it needs now is getting the latest flash player for the wife to watch youtube with22:52
degritz0rand erecting a small monument to charlie-tca22:52
charlie-tcadegritz0r: now reboot and try just the acpi=off one22:52
degritz0rk22:52
charlie-tcaI think the suspend and hibernate won't work with what we got now22:53
charlie-tcabrandonban6: I can't program anymore, but I can help sometimes22:53
charlie-tcaAlso got both Freenode and GIMPnet open22:53
Brad450would any good old kernel work on PS3??22:55
degritz0rfirefox, system monitor and a terminal with top running22:56
degritz0rno freezing22:56
degritz0r\o/22:56
standarshyok22:56
standarshyso i'm trying to install again22:56
standarshyi see the xubuntu logo, an the bar is going back and forth22:57
charlie-tcastandarshy: wonder if you want to do that in safe graphics mode?22:57
standarshywhat do you mean22:57
charlie-tcayou hit F4 and select it. It may mean it won't freeze again22:58
charlie-tcadegritz0r: Do you want to use it that way or keep going?22:58
degritz0ris there more ?22:58
charlie-tcaWe could try different options to turn most of ACPI back on22:58
degritz0rafter this u can found a cult and I'll sign up22:58
degritz0rI don't know what acpi even means22:59
charlie-tcaI don't think I'm that good.22:59
charlie-tcaAdvanced Configuration and Power Interface22:59
charlie-tcahas to do with suspend and hibernate22:59
degritz0rahh right23:00
degritz0rI never liked those functions, they always messed the laptop up even with xp23:00
charlie-tcaYou could run it this way for a couple of days, then come back and try again if you want them.23:00
charlie-tcaLet's make it permanent, then23:01
degritz0rdoes it mean now it won't automatically go to sleep ?23:01
charlie-tcayes23:01
degritz0rbecause I quite like that23:01
standarshyhmm23:01
degritz0rI mean like that it doesn't23:01
degritz0rhibernation always sucked on this laptop23:01
charlie-tcaIt shouldn't sleep now23:01
standarshyIt mightbe working this time, it's just slow23:01
degritz0rwell hurrah23:01
standarshynot sure23:01
degritz0rI'll look up what msi is later23:01
standarshyat the moment the screen is black again23:02
charlie-tcastandarshy: That is probably right. Usually it gets stuck around 6% and another spot23:02
charlie-tcaYou should be able to hit caps lock and num lock to check the keyboard lites. If they don't work, it froze23:02
charlie-tcadegritz0r: open a terminal23:02
standarshycharlie-tca: right now, it got black right after it was doing system checks23:03
charlie-tcabetter yet, Alt+F2, degritz0r23:03
standarshyLike, I saw it was checking battery state, gnome manager, or something23:03
charlie-tcaOkay, standarshy23:03
charlie-tcadegritz0r: you with me?23:03
degritz0rnow I am, I was having a look in synaptic for the flash package23:04
charlie-tcaOkay. Let's add the option in so you don't have to edit every time23:05
charlie-tcaAlt+F223:05
degritz0rgood idea23:05
charlie-tcagksu thunar23:05
charlie-tcaleft side, File System23:05
degritz0rit's still installing flash P:23:06
degritz0rnot the fastest laptop in the west23:06
charlie-tcaokay23:06
standarshycharlie-tca: It's still not doing anything. What do you suggest?23:06
charlie-tcagot keyboard lites that work?23:06
degritz0ris gksu thunar for me ?23:06
charlie-tcaYes, degritz0r. after the flash install finishes23:07
charlie-tcastandarshy: keyboard lites blink on and off if you tap caps lock?23:07
degritz0rsays "gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:"23:08
standarshycharlie-tca: yes they do, but I have this wireless combo keyboard mouse thing23:08
degritz0ractually says (gksu:5258): and then the warning23:08
standarshyIt's connected to usb, I don't know if that affects antyhign23:08
charlie-tcaIt's okay, standarshy it is still working then23:08
charlie-tcadegritz0r: did you close synaptic?23:09
degritz0ryep23:09
charlie-tcarestart, add the acpi=off again23:09
degritz0rok23:09
standarshycharlie-tca: is that for me?23:10
standarshyShould I try the alternative disk?23:10
charlie-tcano, yours is "that's okay. If the lites blink when you tap caps lock/num lock, it is working, so you gotta wait."23:10
charlie-tcastandarshy: how much memory?23:11
charlie-tca128, right23:11
standarshycorrect23:11
standarshyI know that it is really low23:11
CppIsWeirdwhen copying files using thunar, if a copy process from one location to another is interrupted, how does this treat the file that is currently being copied? Does it leave it there incomplete, does it remove it, does it leave it in the directory under a different name while copying and then rename it once the file is copied thus if the copy process is interrupted it leaves it there or deletes it?23:11
charlie-tcaYou need to use the alternate cd, yes. The desktop cd takes more memory23:11
degritz0rbooted up, I suppose I go ahead with ctrl alt f2 and gksu thunar23:11
standarshyok, i'll try that23:12
standarshyIs there anything different in the install process?23:12
charlie-tcaCppIsWeird: I believe it depends on how it was interrupted. It does use the actual file names23:12
degritz0rsame message/warning23:12
CppIsWeirdcharlie-tca, with the escape key.23:12
charlie-tcastandarshy: It will not be the graphics you get23:13
CppIsWeirdcharlie-tca, btw, sorry about disappearing earlier, important phone call.23:13
charlie-tcaCppIsWeird: left the partial file, i think23:13
charlie-tcano problem.23:13
standarshyok23:13
charlie-tcaWe all gotta run sometime23:13
charlie-tcastandarshy: the displays are different in appearance. I think they are easier, myself23:13
CppIsWeirdcharlie-tca, is the partial file under a different name or something like that so that i could find it? or its under the original file's name thus the only way to find it is to find an incomplete file?23:14
charlie-tcastandarshy: It took me about 3-1/2 hours on mine using the desktop cd23:14
charlie-tcaCppIsWeird: going to be the same name as the original file23:14
standarshyalright23:14
standarshyThanksk charlie-tca23:14
charlie-tcaCppIsWeird: I usually have to compare file sizes23:15
charlie-tcastandarshy: You are welcome23:15
standarshyI'm going to go study now, and download the cd.  I'll try installing it again later.23:15
charlie-tcadegritz0r: you did Ctrl+alt+f2?23:15
degritz0ryeah23:15
charlie-tcaso you logged in again23:15
degritz0rsame cannot open display message23:15
degritz0ryes23:15
charlie-tcaexit23:15
degritz0rback at the login screen23:16
CppIsWeirdcharlie-tca, any way I can do a diff between two directories recursively based on file size?23:16
charlie-tcalog in there23:16
charlie-tcaCppIsWeird: I don't know how to23:16
CppIsWeirdcharlie-tca, ok, thanksf or the help.23:16
degritz0r'm in23:16
charlie-tcaCppIsWeird: You are welcome23:16
charlie-tcadegritz0r: now hit Alt+f2, no Ctrl23:16
degritz0rrun program23:17
charlie-tcagksu thunar23:17
degritz0rin23:17
charlie-tcaleft side, click on File system23:17
degritz0rahhh so thunar is xubuntu's nautilus ?23:17
charlie-tcabig window, click on Etc23:17
charlie-tcayes23:18
degritz0rok23:18
degritz0rgrub.d ?23:18
charlie-tcaI screwed up, back up23:18
degritz0raye aye23:18
charlie-tcaI don't want to be there23:18
charlie-tcafile system, boot23:18
degritz0rin23:18
charlie-tcanow grub23:18
degritz0rright23:19
charlie-tcacopy menu.lst and rename the copy to original.menu.lst23:19
degritz0rdone23:19
degritz0redit menu.lst with abiword ?23:19
charlie-tcano, edit with mousepad23:20
degritz0rin23:20
charlie-tcacursor down to "# defoptions=quiet splash"23:20
charlie-tcaDon't remove any of the # signs23:21
degritz0rfound23:21
charlie-tcago to the end of that line and type23:21
charlie-tca acpi=off23:21
degritz0rto the end of the single-#-ed defoptions23:21
degritz0rk23:21
degritz0rsave and done ?23:22
charlie-tcanot done yet23:22
charlie-tcaline should now be23:22
charlie-tca# defoptions=quiet splash acpi=off23:22
degritz0rdefoptions=quiet splash quiet acpi=off23:22
degritz0rI have 2 quiets23:22
degritz0rand yeah I have the # don't worry23:23
charlie-tcayou didn't go far enough, I think23:23
charlie-tcasection starts ## additional options23:23
degritz0rthis one is under ##additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the alternatives23:23
charlie-tcaright23:23
degritz0rI just have 2 quiets23:24
degritz0rshall I remove one23:24
charlie-tcanow we go down to the first set without the ##23:24
charlie-tcaright after ## ## End Default Options23:24
charlie-tcago to the kernel line23:24
degritz0rand add acpi=off at the end of the kernel lines23:24
charlie-tcajust the first one23:25
degritz0rgeneric and recovery23:25
degritz0rshall I remove the duplicate quiets where I find them23:25
charlie-tcaThe recovery line don't need it23:25
charlie-tcawhat, you got quiet quiet?23:25
degritz0rI have quiet splash quiet23:25
degritz0rboth in the #defoptions and in the kernel line23:25
charlie-tcaYes, take the second quiet out23:26
degritz0rok23:26
charlie-tcasorry, misunderstood the first couple times23:26
degritz0rno worries23:26
degritz0rsave ?23:26
charlie-tcasave23:26
charlie-tcaand close thunar23:26
degritz0rand deliver laptop to the wife23:26
charlie-tcaNow when you boot, you don't have to edit the grub menu line23:27
degritz0rwho will then silence the baby with reruns of the muppets23:27
charlie-tcaThat's it! and all will be happy?23:27
degritz0rhurrayyy23:27
degritz0rman you spread some kickass positive karma today23:27
degritz0rknow that23:27
charlie-tcaThanks, I try hard23:27
degritz0rit shows23:27
degritz0rI go make a small votive statue to you in my garden23:28
charlie-tcawe all volunteer here, and sometimes I can help a little bit23:28
degritz0ruhm it's not shutting down now23:29
degritz0rwell it looks shut down but the ubuntu logo and progress bar are still on screen and the fan is running23:30
charlie-tcaSo we broke shutdown with acpi=off. It halts, but doesn't power off. It is safe to turn it off there.23:30
degritz0ru think it took offense to the acpi=off ?23:30
degritz0rno worse than it was with win95 :)23:30
charlie-tcaNo, that is part of acpi23:31
degritz0rthanks again, I go give the piece of s-laptop to the wife23:31
charlie-tcaacpi causes it to power off, instead of halt. Halt means it shut everything down, but doesn't kill power23:31
degritz0rI see23:31
charlie-tcaI got one that does that no matter what I do.23:31
degritz0rso much to learn P:23:32
charlie-tcame too.23:32
charlie-tcaIf it bothers the wife, come on back and remind me what we did. We'll play with acpi options and try to narrow it down.23:32
degritz0rbloody baby, fell asleep while we were doing this23:35
degritz0rI'm gonna prod her and make her watch the muppets23:35
charlie-tcaThat's a *good* thing :-)23:35
charlie-tcaI wouldn't...23:35
degritz0rit is, poor mite, she's been vomiting down my jumpers the past 2 days23:36
charlie-tcaThen she needs to rest LOL23:36
charlie-tcaYou might too23:36
degritz0rnever sick before at one year and a half, she gets scared too, she's like "wtf is going on now"23:36
charlie-tcaIt only gets worse, too23:36
charlie-tcasome people say "only 18 years", too. HAH23:37
charlie-tcaIt never really ends23:37
degritz0rthe wife comes with a 12 and a 17 yo of her own D:23:47
degritz0rI know too well for my own good23:47
* charlie-tca thinks degritz0r got his work already set for hime23:48
degritz0rdehihihoho23:48
fbchow do I dump the output of a command to a text file?23:49

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