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knomecharlie-tca is our superboy00:08
charlie-tcano, that should be cody-somerville00:10
* charlie-tca thinks highly of cody-somerville 00:10
cody-somervillelol00:11
cody-somervillethank you charlie-tca. I appreciate that. However, Xubuntu wouldn't be the same without *you*.00:12
charlie-tcaMight be stronger, though00:12
knomeit would be different without both of you.00:12
charlie-tcaI can agree with that00:13
kereswhen you chown something, and it says 'read only filesystem', even with sudo, how do you fix write protection?00:17
charlie-tcakeres: as in, you want to write to it?00:18
charlie-tcaread only means it is write protected00:18
xiqhello! can i skin the taskbar in xubuntu?00:18
cody-somervilleyes00:19
xiqhow O=00:19
xiq?00:20
charlie-tca!panel00:22
ubottuDid you panels disappear? Press alt+f2 and run: xfce4-panel | See also: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XubuntuPanels | Want to theme your panels? See http://xubuntu.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/howto-set-a-background-image-for-your-panel/00:22
xiqthanks :D00:22
SiDibtw, dont try transparent png, it may hurt your eyes =)00:23
xiqok.. does anyone know how to set off the compiz taskbarr opacity?00:24
SiDihm, in the opacity menu of compizconfig-settings-manager00:25
xiqthx, i'm very tired ;D00:26
davygrvy_xubuntu just installed on a very old ThinkPad 600E00:31
davygrvy_very impressive, it got the two pccards for wired and wireless working!00:32
charlie-tca:-)00:32
davygrvy_all automatic00:32
charlie-tcawhich version?00:32
davygrvy_during the install it was talking to the mirrors and downloading packages00:32
davygrvy_8.1000:33
SiDiSee you tomorrow people00:33
charlie-tcaI'm impressed if you wired and wireless working00:33
charlie-tcalater, SiDi00:33
knomeo/00:33
SiDitime for me to make sweet dreams about SIGSEGV and gcc errors :)00:33
* charlie-tca very glad to hear from davygrvy_ 00:34
davygrvy_I tried on an even older Thinkpad 760EL, but no joy there00:34
davygrvy_hardware detection problems with the cd-rom00:35
charlie-tcaThat could make it difficult00:35
davygrvy_just tooooo old00:35
charlie-tcaI thought that was the case with an old desktop machine, but it was a bad motherboard, instead of age00:36
davygrvy_the 600E is updating pachages right now for it's first boot, could parobably be another 30 minutes00:36
davygrvy_yeah, could be00:37
davygrvy_smart boot manager got the installer kernel to load from it, yet the installer failed @ step #3 "detecting and mounting cd-rom".  The cd-rom the installer just loaded from ;)00:39
davygrvy_how good is dosbox at allowing dos apps to run in realmode?00:40
charlie-tcaDid you run the cd integrity check to make sure it wasn't the cd?00:40
charlie-tcanever used dosbox00:40
davygrvy_couldn't, it couldn't mount it00:40
davygrvy_;)00:40
knomedavygrvy_, any specific app/game in mind?00:40
davygrvy_not a game...  a mission critical data acquision system00:41
davygrvy_runs with a full length (13") ISA card in the docking station00:41
davygrvy_it's 13 years old, but there is nothing better made these days00:42
davygrvy_isn't that weird?00:42
davygrvy_I'm putting on xubuntu to see if I can run that dos app00:43
davygrvy_win95 bothers me alot00:44
davygrvy_I'm really starting to get my linux "fu" lately.  I feel empowered00:47
FaMottHmmm, How do I get a USB mic to Work in Xubuntu >.>?00:52
davygrvy_FaMott, does the manufacturer provide a driver for it?00:54
FaMottIt's just a regular USB Microphone... hell, It's the Rock Band Mic I'm using because I'm a cheap bugger :P00:55
davygrvy_serial ports and disc like stick memory are builtin and automatic00:55
davygrvy_you need a driver00:55
FaMottHmmm.00:56
FaMottWhere can I get the driver?00:56
davygrvy_this is the problem with USB devices in general00:56
davygrvy_who made it?00:56
FaMottIt (if I can remember correctly) is Identified as a Logitech Mic.00:56
FaMottYep, Logitech USB Microphone00:56
knomeFaMott, try to set your mic/record device volume louder in 'aumix'00:57
davygrvy_hit http://www.logitech.com or google for "logitech usb microphone linux driver"00:57
davygrvy_does linux recognize it at all?00:58
FaMottYes it does, as mic,000:58
davygrvy_ahh00:58
davygrvy_you're there00:58
davygrvy_is the device listed in the mixer?00:59
FaMottYeah00:59
davygrvy_enabled? input level up?01:01
FaMottMic level is as high as it can get.01:02
FaMottand mic select is Mic101:03
knomeFaMott, try to set your mic/record device volume louder in 'aumix'01:03
FaMottOhjeez, I don't even HAVE aumix.01:03
knomeFaMott, 'sudo apt-get install aumix'01:04
FaMottDoing that now01:04
FaMottAll the way up, installed, too.01:05
FaMottNothing but Fuzz.01:06
knomeFaMott, maybe you need to unmute it01:06
davygrvy_http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/vectorlinux-36/how-do-you-assign-my-usb-micak5370-as-the-capture-device-433604/01:06
FaMottTHERE WE Go...01:07
knomeFaMott, what was the solution?01:07
FaMottWell, A combination of setting it up on aumix and setting it as my audio device for skype01:07
knome:)01:08
knomegood to know.01:08
davygrvy_yup01:09
knomedavygrvy_, the solution is many times more simple than you'd think.01:09
davygrvy_just top level software, hardware works fine, yes?01:13
knomeusb microphones are quite simple hardware01:13
knomeand there is actually no reason why they would not work01:13
knomeyou don't need specific drivers because they only input sound.01:14
davygrvy_when I saw FaMott said linux recognized, your basically done01:14
davygrvy_unlike this USB osciliscope I have will only work on windows due to it's complexity01:14
davygrvy_and there's no host software for it on linux anyways01:15
knometrue. but it's really hard for a beginner, for example, to know he needs to install aumix and tweak that one knob. EVEN if it's so easy that even our grandmas could do it.01:15
davygrvy_well, i'm not at all disagreeing and you seem to be putting me in an odd position01:15
knomeno, not at all :)01:16
knomei've set up a usb microphone once myself01:16
FaMottWell, Yeah, I tried Fedora for a month, got mad at its near non-existent software list (yeee, No 3rd party apps :D) Went to Ubuntu, and in either install, I just simply didn't do what wouldn't work, because I didn't want to really break anything01:16
knomeand it took my ages longer even if i knew the device was recognised from the start. just couldn't get any sound.01:17
FaMottI know how to do some more stuff.01:17
FaMottI tried Arch on a VM at one point... Yeesh, that was hard.01:18
FaMottand I eventually want to be able to use Gentoo, preferably on my next laptop01:18
knomeFaMott, i recommend just taking it nice and easy :)01:18
davygrvy_i'm having a blast with mount and dd lately and XP in VirtualBox backing up other WinXX desktop harddrives01:19
FaMott:P Yesh because well, Compiling a Kernel is ... yeah.01:19
knomei would never compile a kernel.01:19
knomewell now as i say so, i probably will do it.01:19
FaMottXD01:19
knomebut anyway, it's nothing i *want* to do.01:19
FaMottWell , here's the thing I want to be able to tweak my computer more and more to my liking, yeah.01:20
FaMottbut even now I'm sorta just starting to learn01:20
knomeFaMott, linux is learning every day.01:23
FaMott*nods* It is.01:23
FaMottand not to be too zealotish, but M$ EULA's are just plain... retarded >.>01:24
PKodonFaMott: Amen.01:26
FaMottPKodon: After you mentioned to me the whole Privacy Breaching a while back, I looked at XBL's EULA for the service, and anything... ANYTHING, voice convos, even, can be recorded and distributed at their will. o.O01:27
FaMottAnd they gather info about you for using the service, etc.01:28
PKodonFaMott: I'm so sick of most EULAs today, regardless of where they come from. But, you have to SAY you agree to them, if you want to use the junk.01:28
FaMottI know, but it usually says "You HAVE to agree or else we terminate the service"01:29
FaMottand they plaster it EVERYWHERE.01:29
PKodonFaMott: And the thing is, they advertise all the stuff you can do, then turn around and tell you you have to agree with their EULA, but they don't warrant that the stuff is good for anything.01:29
FaMott*nods* I find it funnily contradictory because well.01:30
FaMottBecause at one point it says "Oh , we can take all your stuff and it's ours!"01:30
FaMottWell, all content on anything accessing the service01:30
FaMottthen it says somewhere in the code of conduct "Respect Copyright!"01:31
knome#xubuntu-offtopic01:31
knomeor bug #1 in launchpad01:31
PKodonHeh, thanks for the reminder, knome.01:32
Go|2Thi there01:32
Go|2TI have a problem... I`ve lost my panels01:33
knomeGo|2T, alt+f2 > xfce4-panel01:34
Go|2Tthank you.. will it stay there now01:35
knomeGo|2T, should.01:37
knomeGo|2T, if it doesn't, come back :)01:38
knome!panels01:38
ubottuDid you panels disappear? Press alt+f2 and run: xfce4-panel | See also: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XubuntuPanels | Want to theme your panels? See http://xubuntu.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/howto-set-a-background-image-for-your-panel/01:38
Go|2Tok, I`ll go reboot and see what happpens01:38
knomeyou don't need reboot01:38
knomejust log out/in01:38
Go|2Tok, I`ll try that01:39
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[Acheron]Hey People, I'm A Newbie To xubuntu, I Used Ubuntu And Used Themes On It Normally, But Since The gui Here Is xfce I Need A Little Help On Installing Themes02:05
knome[Acheron], what's the problem?02:06
[Acheron]I Downloaded The Themes From xfce-look.org But Have No Theme Manager02:06
knome[Acheron], the preferred place to put themes is ~/.themes where ~ is /home/yourusername02:08
knome[Acheron], if that directory does not exist, create it.02:08
knome[Acheron], after that see settings -> settings manager -> appearance/window manager02:08
knome[Acheron], your themes in ~/.themes should appear there02:09
[Acheron]I Shall Try That In A Sec, Thanks knome02:09
[Acheron]That Problem Is Solved, Thanks02:15
knomenp.02:15
ZarekHey, I just installed and set up compiz, and suddenly all my borders diassapeared. Can anyone help please?02:39
MacAnthonywireless issue: my computer stopped finding any wireless networks - driver seems to be configured but iwlist wlan0 scan doesn't find any02:46
AcheronHey, I just installed and set up compiz, and suddenly all my borders diassapeared. Can anyone help please?02:49
AcheronI'm Using Xubuntu 8.1 btw02:55
MacAnthony8.1002:55
AcheronYes02:56
AcheronAnd After I Set Up Compiz My Borders Dissapeared02:56
AcheronNo X At The Top Right Of The Screen Or Anything02:57
Ishmaelwutz compiz?03:04
AcheronCompiz Fusion03:04
Ishmael?03:04
MacAnthonyit's a desktop animation package03:05
MacAnthonyI don't have it installed, though03:05
MacAnthonyadds 3d effects to the desktop03:05
AcheronMacAnthony: So You Have No Idea How Can I Fix This?03:07
MacAnthonyAcheron: sorry, I don't really - I don't have compiz installed and am relatively new to xfce too03:08
AcheronMacAnthony: Thanks Anyways03:08
Ishmaelgood luck with that03:11
Ishmaelthey have a wiki and forums, you should ask on their forum, i assume they would know more about their own software03:13
AcheronIshmael: True Enough03:13
Ishmaelif it gives you that cube effect, then that's neat03:15
Ishmaelkind of like that linux vs. windows video that's been out.  that guy also had a fishtank inside the cube03:15
Ishmaeli'm running xubuntu on a server though, so i have no need for this really...03:16
Ishmaelhttp://wiki.compiz-fusion.org/Plugins/Cube#Atlantis03:19
Ishmaeli came03:19
MacAnthonyif I wasn't trying to fix my computer ATM, I would install it to test it out03:22
IshmaelAcheron, #compiz-fusion they have their own room even, figured they had to, even though it's not too advertised on the webpage03:23
AcheronIshmael: I Just Checked It Out, Problem Fixed03:25
Ishmaelnice03:25
Ishmaelare you staring at cubes and fish right now?03:25
Acheronlol I Use A Cylinder Instead03:25
AcheronSmoother03:25
Ishmaelmax out your effects, get a mac fanboy and brag03:26
Ishmaelthen start a fight after calling the cops saying that the mac guy is trying to attack you03:27
Ishmaelpress charges03:27
Ishmaeldamn, now i'm probably going to install it03:33
Ishmaeli wonder if it shows up through vnc03:33
Ishmaeli'm starting to hate synaptic, apt-get is much cleaner :(03:42
MacAnthonyindeed03:42
MacAnthonyI liked adept with kde3.5, but don't care for the kde4 version03:42
Ishmaeli keep fooling myself into using it :D03:47
Ishmael"oh, this is something small, i'll just go ahead and...oh f---"03:50
MacAnthony:)03:50
rockoTEST YOUR ISP https://www.eff.org/testyourisp05:43
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Moodi'm still not sure the differences between apt-get vs aptitude07:50
MacAnthonycommand line vs ncurses interface?07:52
Moodi read somewhere that aptitude keeps track of all dependencies and during uninstall deletes everything, whereas apt-get leaves some artifacts lying around... i haven't confirmed this myself though07:54
djdarkmanhello, the XFCE panels cover Warcraft 3 over Wine, is there a way to fix this?07:57
Mooddjdarkman: hide panels?08:00
djdarkmanthat's not a very feasible solution, to hide the panels every time I play, I found a better solution pressing ALT+F11 but thanks anyway08:01
Brad450any good C++ coders out there08:27
Ishmaelthere are many08:33
Ishmaelsome of the best c++ coders are out there08:33
_Pete_Brad450: will Java one do?08:35
Ishmaeli could code my way out of a paper bag08:35
* Ishmael is often trapped inside paper bags08:36
lulemurfanMy laptop is not showing the top taskbar, even when I move the mouse to the top of my screen it's not working. can i have some help?08:50
Brad450did you delet the panel by any chance??08:59
lulemurfanwhat aload of help this is09:10
lulemurfananyway i've found away around the problem09:10
CppIsWeirdok, seriously, why is my mouse always disappearing every time i log out after upgrading from 8.04 to 8.1009:17
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xiqhello! how can i mount a fat32 partition?12:30
slow-motionhi12:54
tingleim looking for a mac-look-a-like dock for my xubuntu notebook any sugestions? i found gnome-dock but i think its to big.13:52
Boski-PLraid0 mounting issue, help needed!!!14:32
Boski-PL raid0 mounting issue, help needed!!!:'(14:34
charlie-tcaIf you help in a hurry, you should try #ubuntu14:34
Boski-PLi am14:34
Boski-PL;-(14:34
charlie-tca!patience14:34
ubottuThe people here are volunteers, your attitude should reflect that. Answers are not always available. See http://wiki.ubuntu.com/IrcGuidelines14:34
Boski-PL10-414:34
Boski-PLcopy that14:34
Boski-PLok14:34
charlie-tcaWhat about #ubuntu-server for raid?14:35
Boski-PLi`ll try14:35
Boski-PLdidnt mean to offend any1 im just a newbie14:35
Boski-PL;-)14:35
charlie-tcano problem.14:35
Boski-PLthx14:36
charlie-tcaNormally, ask the question you need to, and if anyone can answer, they will. Need help doesn't tell what your issue is.14:36
Boski-PLgot it14:36
juanitohi people14:43
vinnlHey juanito  :)14:43
juanitonice to see you again14:44
juanitoready for a new session of questions?14:44
juanitojaja14:44
vinnlSure ;-)14:46
juanitook then14:47
juanitoif i were to use ubuntu and xubuntu.......14:48
juanitowould i have to download the desktop14:48
juanitoor install xubuntu in another partition14:49
juanito?14:49
vinnlYou can install Ubuntu "on top" of Xubuntu14:49
vinnlBasically, the difference is the package selection14:49
juanitoi'm now in xubuntu14:49
vinnlWhen you've got either installed, you can install xubuntu-desktop or ubuntu-desktop (depending on which is installed) to pull in all the packages for the other14:49
juanitoi've got a partition with ubuntu14:50
vinnlSo you'd have to install ubuntu-desktop to get Ubuntu14:50
vinnlOh14:50
vinnlEhm... So what is it exactly you want? :P14:50
juanitojaja14:50
SiDijuanito, you can just "sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop" and then at login, click on Options -> Session to change your session14:50
juanitoi just wanted to know if downloading the desktop would be a right choice14:50
vinnlYou mean the -desktop package or the desktop CD?14:51
juanitoSiDi thanks14:51
juanitobut i mean14:51
juanitoif the programs that run for example14:51
juanitoin ubuntu are the same....14:51
juanitoi will give yo an example14:52
SiDisome are the same, some are'nt14:52
juanitoand please forgive my stupid questions14:52
juanitobut i want to get this clear14:52
juanitoremember i'm a beginner14:52
juanito;(14:52
vinnlIt doesn't matter if you install, say, Abiword, in Ubuntu or Xubuntu - they are the same14:52
juanitoi want to install a gui for ufw for example14:53
juanitogufw14:53
juanitowill this work in xubuntu14:53
juanitoif i have the two desktops?14:53
vinnljuanito, how have you installed them?14:53
juanitoright now i have them in different partitions14:54
juanitoi was just looking for my distro14:54
juanitoremember?14:54
vinnlAh14:54
SiDiWondering if there is a way to tell firefox to stop asking me to install flash...14:54
juanitojaja14:54
vinnlWell, if you install gufw in Ubuntu then it won't be installed in Xubuntu as well, but you can install them in both if you want to14:54
vinnlSiDi, you can install FlashBlock, I suppose14:55
juanitoyou know14:55
vinnl(A Firefox extension)14:55
SiDivinnl, yeh that could be a good solution14:55
juanitoi thought there were different packages for each desktop14:55
charlie-tcaSiDi: install it? even if you tell firefox not to use it, it will still keep telling you to install it, whether you have or not14:55
juanitoi mean a xufw14:55
SiDijuanito, you shouldnt have installed ubuntu AND xubuntu. its the same distro, except that ubuntu comes with gnome (and ubuntu-artwork) and xubuntu with xfce and xubuntu-artwork14:55
vinnlNope, the packages are the same14:55
vinnlAnd xubuntu-default-settings and a different package selection and whatnot... The core is the same14:56
SiDicharlie-tca, i don't want to install flash :p14:56
juanitoSiDi thanks14:56
juanitoi did install them botho to try them14:56
charlie-tcaSiDi: I haven't found any way to turn it off, without flash installed and turned on14:56
juanitonow i'm trying to understand them14:57
juanitostep by step14:57
charlie-tcaSiDi: Even installed, if you turn it off in options, it still gives you that thing14:57
juanitothanks god i found people like yo14:57
juanitojaja14:57
juanitoyou*14:57
vinnljuanito, what SiDi means is that you could first have installed Xubuntu, and then from within Xubuntu, install Ubuntu like you would install other applications14:57
SiDii found it charlie-tca14:57
charlie-tcaThe option?14:57
juanitoi did that with kubuntu and ubuntu14:58
juanito,P14:58
SiDiin about:config, plugins.hide_infobar_for_missing_plugins, set it to false14:58
SiDito true *14:58
charlie-tcaGreat!14:58
vinnljuanito, ha, well, you could've done the same with Xubuntu :)14:58
juanitovinnl somebody said here yesterday14:58
juanitothat xubuntu had less gui than ubuntu14:59
SiDiit doesnt14:59
SiDiits just that GNOME's gui is more complete than XFCE's one14:59
juanitoi can't remember who said that14:59
vinnlWell... GNOME has more GUI applications14:59
SiDibut for the ubuntu-specific guis, what ubuntu/gnome has, xubuntu/xfce has it too15:00
vinnlThough you can even install them in Xubuntu if you really want to ;-)15:00
vinnlThat was charlie-tca  I believe ;-)15:00
* SiDi uses nautilus when he needs to use smb or sftp graphically :p15:00
vinnlFor example, Ubuntu comes with a "Screen Resolution" application that Xubuntu doesn't come with15:00
vinnl(It does have it's own application to configure the screen resolution though)15:00
juanitoi think i will need more than a year to understand just a bit of the desktop15:01
juanito,(15:01
vinnlA better example: Ubuntu has a "Dictionary" application, Xubuntu doesn't (there's a panel plugin, I believe)... However, I installed it anyway15:01
vinnlHeh, operating systems are complex beasts :)15:01
juanitojust imagine the terminal15:01
juanito;((15:02
vinnlYeah, well... I hate the terminal too, I never really use it15:02
vinnlIf you don't run into odd bugs then you don't need to either15:02
SiDii *love* terminal :D15:03
juanitoare you sure i could manage without terminal?15:03
juanitojaja15:03
vinnlWell, as I said, if you don't run into odd bugs ;-)15:03
SiDiyou can do 95~99% of what you need to do, without term15:03
* charlie-tca hangs head 15:03
SiDibut you'll just notice that its sometimes faster to use it15:03
SiDiand little by little you'll begin to :P15:03
vinnlI don't :P15:04
juanitoi would be very happy just with 10%15:04
juanitojajaja15:04
juanitoanother question15:04
juanitois synaptic the gui of apt-get?15:05
juanitoor are different applications15:05
vinnlThe former15:05
vinnlIt is a graphical front-end, same for the "Add/Remove..." application15:06
SiDiits a very complete gui for apt-get15:06
vinnlIn turn, apt-get is, I believe, a front-end for dpkg, which is used to install individual packages15:06
SiDibut the Add/Remove window is more user friendly (but it doesnt manage everything)15:06
vinnlBut you don't really ned to know that ;-)15:06
juanitoand aptitude is another application completely different?15:06
juanitoor i'm mixing everything15:07
juanitolike a dj15:07
vinnlaptitude is an alternative to apt-get, but also a front-end to dpkg, I believe15:08
vinnlBut if I were you I'd stick to Add/Remove15:08
vinnlAnd perhaps Synaptic, occasionally15:08
juanitoyou frightened me my friend15:08
vinnlOh, there's also gdebi, which is *also* a front-end to dpkg, but graphical... It's what you get when you double-click packages you downloaded separately15:08
vinnlSorry :P15:09
juanitoisn't synaptic for me?15:09
juanitoyet?15:09
vinnlYes, Synaptic is fine15:09
charlie-tca<vinnl> A better example: Ubuntu has a "Dictionary" application, Xubuntu doesn't (there's a panel plugin, I believe15:09
charlie-tcawe added it in intrepid15:09
charlie-tcaunder applications -> office15:09
vinnlcharlie-tca, I don't have it...15:10
charlie-tcaYou still running minimal install?15:10
vinnlNever have15:10
charlie-tcaweird, I got it15:10
vinnlcharlie-tca, you mean GNOME's application?15:11
juanitoso if i understood correctly i can have kde xfce and gnome in the same machine15:11
vinnlYep15:11
juanitoand if i download a package or application..........15:11
juanitoit will be shown in them all?15:12
vinnlYes15:12
juanitofor example15:12
juanitoi want to download rigt now gufw15:12
charlie-tcaXfce4 Dictionary15:12
juanitowill it appear in the menu?15:12
vinnljuanito, yes15:12
vinnlcharlie-tca, oh wait, that's what I got installed... But it's under Accessories for me15:13
charlie-tcavinnl: Might have been moved for jaunty15:13
vinnlAh right15:14
juanitoit works15:16
juanito;P15:16
vinnl\o/15:16
* charlie-tca thinks vinnl can fix most everything, if we listen to him15:16
vinnlI doubt it :P15:17
charlie-tcaI read your blog15:18
juanitoi've got that dictionary you mentioned above15:18
juanitoit came installed by default i think15:20
vinnlGood to hear :)15:20
juanitoi had lots of questions to ask but i forgot them all15:21
juanito;P15:22
vinnlAll your issues were magically resolved :)15:22
juanitono no15:22
juanitomy main questio was that about kde gnome and xfce15:22
juanitobut i had more15:23
juanitoi can't remember them now15:23
juanitoah yes15:24
juanitois linux really viruses-free?15:24
juanitoi think there are trojans for linux too15:25
juanitoam i right?15:25
vinnlThere might be some, somewhere in the dark corners of the internet15:25
vinnlBut I don't think I'd be able to run them even if I were to find one15:26
juanitoi mean15:26
juanitowe are quite safe15:26
juanitoare we not?15:26
vinnlYes15:26
juanitonot like using windows15:27
juanitothat looks like a viruses nest15:27
vinnlLets say that there's a bigger risk of your computer getting nuked in a nuclear war than it getting infected with a virus on Xubuntu15:27
juanitoor a mutant hole of security15:27
juanito;P15:27
charlie-tcajuanito: there are no viruses outside the testing labs for linux15:27
juanitovinnl15:28
juanitoyou said on Xubuntu15:28
vinnlYeah other Linuxes as well15:28
juanitoi gather it is the same for every distro15:28
vinnlAnd *BSD's and whatnot15:28
juanitoor there are distros weak15:28
juanitoweak distros i mean15:29
vinnlWell, some are less safe than others, or less resistant against user screwups, but with Linux at the core I suppose all of them are a lot safer than Windows15:29
charlie-tcaand don't forget, even without viruses, there are ways to steal the information off your computer. and use it to spam email15:29
vinnlThe big ones are for sure15:30
vinnlExactly15:30
juanitoeach time i install windows for my sister i spend more than 1 hour installing all the software related with security15:30
vinnlHeh, no need for that here ;-)15:30
juanitoi'm sorry15:31
cr4z3dmy desktop seems to be gone everytime i boot into xfce my wall paper does not show and neither do the icons on the desktop. how do i get these back?15:31
juanitoi was just telling you a bit more of my decision to move into thiis direction15:31
vinnlNothing to be sorry about :)15:31
vinnlcr4z3d, try pressing Alt+F2 and running "xfdesktop"15:32
cr4z3dvinnl: perfect. how do i make sure this starts when i log in?15:32
vinnlcr4z3d, do you have session saving turned on?15:33
cr4z3dyeah i guess i do cuz i think xfdesktop crashed while i was last logged in and that's why this whole thing started15:33
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cr4z3danother probably quick question, how do i add more workspaces? by default i have 2 but would like 415:34
juanitoah yes i've got another question15:34
juanitoplease15:34
vinnlWell, in that case it should be restored automatically next time. If not, you can add it to Autostarted Applications in the Settings Manager15:34
vinnlcr4z3d, in the Settings Manager, check "Workspaces"15:34
vinnl!ask15:34
ubottuPlease don't ask to ask a question, simply ask the question (all on ONE line, so others can read and follow it easily). If anyone knows the answer they will most likely reply. :-)15:34
vinnl:)15:34
juanitoops, i'm really sorry15:34
juanitoi thought i had to ask permission15:35
cr4z3dwow.. this "settings manager" was not here yesterday. (i did not install xubuntu, installed ubuntu and installed xubuntu-desktop to try out xfce)15:35
juanitoi'm very ashamed15:35
vinnlHeh, no problem, just ask away :)15:35
vinnlcr4z3d, hehe15:35
vinnljuanito, please, don't feel uncomfortable :)15:35
juanitosince this machine came with vista home premium........i installed a copy of ultimate.15:37
charlie-tcajuanito: you are allowed to ask all the questions you want here. Just give us a chance to answer before giving up15:37
juanitoi activated it through an activator that came with it15:37
juanitomy question is ....well if i install xubuntu15:38
juanitowill grug disable that activator?15:38
juanitogrub*15:38
juanitosorry15:38
cr4z3dthis may be the wrong place to ask.. but anyone know how to successfully use firefox 3's awesomebar with a dark theme? the urls are in black and that on black doesn't show up haha15:38
juanitoi'm sorry .i had to think twice before asking that in here15:39
vinnlcr4z3d, how many dark themes have you tried? This may well be an issue with the theme, in which case you'll have to contact the theme author15:39
vinnljuanito, I don't think so, but perhaps you'll want to ask in ##windows15:40
cr4z3dvinnl: pretty much every dark theme out there i've tried has done this15:40
juanitoyes that would be an option15:40
juanitoanyway i think grub will disolve the activator like an aspirine15:41
juanitojajaja15:41
vinnlcr4z3d, hmm, and the themes say they work with Firefox 3?15:42
vinnlcr4z3d, there's probably a #firefox channel, too, btw15:42
vinnljuanito, well, what does the activator do?15:42
juanitoi think it works like a mbr15:43
juanitobut i don't know exactly15:43
juanitosince the software has to be anyhow linked with the hardware15:44
vinnlHmm... I don't really know either, you'd really have to ask people more versed in Windows ;-)15:44
juanitobut as i said15:44
juanitoi don't know exactly how it works15:44
juanitodon't worry vinnl15:45
juanitoi don't give a shit for windows15:45
juanitoso if the activator dies15:46
juanito.........15:46
vinnlThat's the spirit :P15:46
juanitobye bye windows and welcome xubuntu15:46
juanitoi will teach my sister how to use xubuntu15:47
juanitoand problem fixed15:47
juanitoor i will install virtualbox15:47
cr4z3dwhat's the best way to add custom keyboard shortcuts? i'm probably going to be adding a few to start apps and the filemanager? i've been using fluxbox and just wondering if it's just a simple file edit or if i need a seperate program15:48
vinnlcr4z3d, there's an application for that in Xubuntu15:48
vinnlcr4z3d, in the Settings Manager (gotta love it :) ), under Keyboard15:48
cr4z3dah this is awesome15:50
cr4z3di think xfce might be my favorite so far15:50
vinnlWelcome to the club ;-)15:50
juanitothis chanel is going to grow15:50
juanitojaja15:50
cr4z3dhow do i change thunar to nautilus? (i use dropbox) i got it working from the places menu but if i double click a folder on my desktop it uses thunar15:59
charlie-tcajuanito: one of the freenode servers is acting up16:00
vinnlHmm... I don't know, crap16:01
* charlie-tca uses Listen16:01
vinnlcr4z3d, how did you get it working from the places menu?16:02
cr4z3da dirty hack involving a symlink.. i made a script that executed nautilus --no-desktop and then symlinked to /usr/bin/thunar16:03
cr4z3dthe actual thunar is /usr/bin/Thunar i believe16:03
vinnlHeh, yeah16:04
vinnlYou could also do that for /usr/bin/Thunar, but it's really dirty16:04
vinnlAnd will probably cause problems16:04
cr4z3dhaha yeah probably16:04
cr4z3dis there a way i can just disable all icons on the desktop? that way i won't be tempted to even use it16:05
vinnlcr4z3d, yep, Settings Manager again :)16:05
vinnlUnder Desktop16:05
cr4z3dthat settings manager is amazing it literally has everything16:06
vinnl:)16:06
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juanitotime for me to go16:14
juanitosee you around16:14
vinnlLaters16:14
juanitobye friends16:14
charlie-tcagood luck, juanito16:15
juanitothanks16:15
juanitotake care16:15
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sheri_raoi want to download xubutnu 8.04.2 but have not found it mirrow on on torrent16:22
emmahi hi18:04
Besogonemma, Tomorrow is International Women's Day.18:05
emmaBesogon: really? Shows what I know.18:06
emmaBesogon: Am I required to do something on that day?18:06
emmadress up.. dress down..18:06
Besogonemma, men must do present and congratulations to women.18:07
emmaFigures they would make womans day on the day we only get 23 hours.18:07
Besogonemma, 8 March we give bouquet mimosas. So, demand somethink present from your boyfriend. ))))18:14
emmahehe18:14
siznaxsup18:21
siznaxanyone know anything about fan control on powerbook g4?18:22
siznaxjust installed xubuntu, and after about 30mins, my fan runs on high constantly.18:22
siznaxalso, the trackpad cursor is _very_ difficult to control.18:23
siznaxso far, really happy to have Xubuntu on my older mac.18:26
BesogonI somethink heard about fan like this, ask this quastion in #ubuntu. There is more people. That problem is not only for Xubuntu. (I think).18:30
siznaxgood idea. thx!18:30
Ishmaelwhat's a good site to find old drivers? my graphics driver is running vesa18:31
Ishmaeland there's no support for the card anymore on the manufacturer website, it's a ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL AGP 2X18:32
BesogonWhat is your card name exactly. Did you try search at http://support.amd.com/?18:37
IshmaelGraphics chip:         ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL AGP 2X (rev 27)18:40
Ishmael Driver in use:         vesa18:40
Ishmael Rendering method:      AIGLX18:40
siznaxwow, #ubuntu is busy.18:41
Ishmaelamd is no help to me, it must be too old to support18:47
SiDiATI Rage, definately too old :P18:55
BesogonIshmael, May be this is will be work. Download driver for Windows then try this http://www.bauer-power.net/2007/09/using-windows-drivers-in-linux.html. But Im not shure.19:01
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vinnlBesogon, that's for wireless card drivers19:02
BesogonIshmael, there is driver for Windows http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/legacy-98me.aspx19:02
vinnl(I assume you're talking about graphics card drivers?)19:02
Besogonyes19:02
Ishmaeloh wow19:02
Besogonwe are19:02
vinnlThen that won't work19:03
BesogonIshmael, Chanfge your graphics card or is it so hard for you?19:03
Ishmaelat least you found me the discontinued driver page19:04
Ishmaelit's not worth changing up19:05
IshmaelBesogon, i appreciate the find, maybe i can do something with this, at least now i can download the driver and work with it19:05
Besogonvinnl, why do you so sure?19:05
IshmaelSHUN THE NON BELIEVER19:05
vinnlBesogon, because ndiswrapper is for wireless cards19:06
vinnlCHARLIE!19:06
IshmaelCANDY MOUNTAIN CHARLIE19:07
IshmaelCHARLIE!19:07
IshmaelOH CHARLIE!19:07
siznax got the fan to stop on my powerbook g4 by putting it on ice - literally. it's sitting on a gel pak from walgreens. nice n cool. my cpu load was always low, so why did my chip get so hot?19:07
Ishmaeloh wow19:08
Ishmaelwatch out for condensation though, i had a friend who would set a bag full of ice on his, and eventually it fried19:08
IshmaelLIKE AN EGG19:08
siznaxi put the laptop ON TOP of a cloth, under which lies a cool pak. maybe ok. i just want to know why it runs so hot now. just installed (x)ubuntu. no help on #ubuntu. i think it likely needs a kernel patch. any clues?19:10
IshmaelBesogon, you is my hero19:11
Besogon)19:11
IshmaelBesogon, i can extract that exe and get the drivers, and mess with them that way19:11
Ishmaelbrb gotta poop19:11
vinnlsiznax, try doing a search on the internet, I suppose the problem has been encountered before19:12
siznaxvinnl: thx. first thing i tried. only clues seem to have to do with kernel.19:15
vinnl:S19:16
Besogonsiznax, man acpid. This is help you. Tune up the aspid or reinstall driver at first.19:17
Ishmaeli run i2p and tor d:19:33
NarcissusHey all19:33
vinnl!hi19:34
ubottuHi! Welcome to #xubuntu!19:34
Narcissusheh19:34
NarcissusI'm having trouble with apt-get, (which worked perfectly on my previous installation on the same box), I get connect (22 Invalid argument) for some reason when running # apt-get update19:34
NarcissusAnd I'm running Xubuntu 8.0419:35
NarcissusMy network proxy is configured correctly19:35
Narcissusand I can download and install packages via Synaptic19:36
Narcissusbut I can't via aptitude or apt-get19:36
Narcissus>_<19:36
vinnlDo you happen to use a proxy? Some of the Google results mention that19:37
NarcissusYes I am using a proxy, however, as far as I can tell, it is set up correctly19:38
NarcissusI have export http_proxy=wwwcache.aber.ac.uk:8080 as well as the same for ftp_proxy19:38
vinnlNarcissus, you might want to check the second post at the first result at19:38
vinnlhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=connect+(22+Invalid+argument)&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=19:38
Narcissusyeah I checked that out earlier, and it still didn't help19:39
vinnl:(19:40
NarcissusHmmm19:41
NarcissusI'll have a poke around a tad longer19:41
vinnlYeah I guess so...19:41
Narcissushmm it works if you add http_proxy="http://<proxy><port>" to /etc/environment19:52
charlie-tcaIshmael: vinnl is right about the driver; normally when a card is as old as ATI Rage, it is time to upgrade. The windows driver most likely will fail19:54
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AquinaAloha! :-)20:11
vinnl!hi20:11
ubottuHi! Welcome to #xubuntu!20:11
NarcissusBore da20:21
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Ishmaelcharlie-tca, yeah, but with the server i'm trying to add in, it's a rack mounted server, so upgrading it would be a pointless endeavor, i'm trying to make due with what i have.22:06
charlie-tcaI know that one. I replaced the ATI Rage Pro with a 4mb Savage that is working for me.22:07
charlie-tcaIt won't work for some people, maybe I just got lucky22:07
Ishmaelwell, this one looks embedded22:20
Ishmaeli love my server22:21
* Ishmael hugs server22:21
Ishmaelouch22:21
charlie-tcaYeah, not hot either?22:21
Ishmaelhot?22:21
charlie-tcaThe server doesn't get hot?22:22
Ishmaelnot really, you know my model? it's a tag something or other, got it from a friend who got it from a company he worked for22:22
Ishmaeli have the case open, so that might be helping, disconnected the TWO HUGE LOUD FANS22:23
charlie-tcaYeah, open cases seem to run cooler for me22:23
charlie-tcagot no idea what model it is22:23
Ishmaelheatsink is just warm to the touch22:24
charlie-tcavery good22:24
Ishmaelit's been running like this for a couple months, so it should be ok...i assume, if not, my friend isn't really using his other 3 servers, i should buy an extra processer from him (1 empty slot) and double the ram (plenty of space)22:25
charlie-tcamore ram is always good22:25
Ishmaelmore cpu is always good22:30
Ishmael:D22:30
* SiDi jealous22:31
Ishmaelwell, don't got it yet, i'll probably ask for my birthday or something ;)22:32
Ishmaelbrb, testing22:32
SiDiin september i'll have the internet and buy an awesomez0r server22:36
SiDior a new GPU ... :P22:36
knome"have the internet" ? :P22:36
charlie-tcano doubt, buying the whole thing22:37
charlie-tca:-)22:38
knomeyeah.22:38
SiDiif i was to buy the whole internet22:38
SiDii'd have 13 awesome DNS servers ^^22:38
charlie-tcawe should be good to him, if we want to use it too ;)22:38
SiDii'll let you :P22:39
knomeif you bought it all, you wouldn't need 13 dns servers22:39
SiDibut all the domain names will end with .sidi !! :D22:39
Ishmaeltest FAILED22:39
charlie-tcaAt least you will which ones are you!22:39
SiDiknome, i was referring to the root dns servs :P22:39
SiDican't believe some bitch stole my sidi.net domain, btw ;'(22:40
knomesidi, the cycling shoes22:40
knomeam i right? :P22:40
SiDiyeh22:40
SiDino it got stolen by one of those parasite companies that buy and resell domains22:40
knome\o/22:40
SiDisidi shoes owns sidi.com22:40
knomeknew without looking22:40
SiDiand sidi.eu belongs to an italian company22:40
knomea-ha22:41
PKodonAnyone know if there's some software I can use to find out whether the wireless router I'm connected to is using 64-bit or 128-bit WEP?22:41
charlie-tcaSiDi: Yeah, They want to force you to pay them for the names22:41
SiDicharlie-tca, yeh :(22:41
* SiDi 's waiting for .bzh domains to be available ! :(22:41
knomeno problems with .fi domains.22:41
charlie-tcaI know, they tried that with me22:41
knomeyou can't "park" them :)22:42
SiDisidifi :p that could do22:42
charlie-tcaYou build one website, and point the rest at it, though22:42
knome...but you need to be finnish22:42
SiDiknome, they do check? :(22:42
knomeyepp!22:43
charlie-tcaDepends on how it is done. I have keepingdreams.org parked for a long time now, and only use it for email22:43
SiDihm sidi.info is free22:43
knomecharlie-tca, using domain for email is enough.22:44
charlie-tcaI see. I also have .net and .com, with .com in use, .net pointed there22:44
SiDisidi.info is bought but totally unused T_T damn22:45
charlie-tcawhat was wrong with shiki-brave?22:45
juanito_hi friends22:45
SiDihi hi22:46
charlie-tcaoops22:46
charlie-tcahi22:46
juanito_hey22:46
juanito_i had a problem with xchat22:46
knomecharlie-tca, Vinch_ said it's slow.22:46
knomevinnl i mean.22:46
juanito_it doesn't run22:47
juanito_i had to install konversation instead22:47
PKodonOkay, I guess no one knows. Off to try Google.22:47
knomePKodon, no one knows what?22:47
charlie-tcawhat was wrong with XChat?22:48
charlie-tcaPKodon: don't know any answer. Might try #ubuntu22:48
juanito_i installed it using synaptic22:48
juanito_and when i launched it22:48
charlie-tcaor #ubuntu-wireless22:48
PKodoncharlie-tca: Oh, didn't look to see if there was such a channel.22:48
PKodonThanks.22:49
juanito_it showed me the nicks  and all that and suddenly22:49
charlie-tcaYou are welcome22:49
juanito_it fell down22:49
charlie-tcahurt it?22:49
PKodonI'm trying to fix wireless on a Win2000 machine, but Linksys wants to know how many bits before they will help.22:49
juanito_and now each time i want tu run it22:49
juanito_nothing happens22:49
SiDishould be forbidden not to use domain names :(22:50
PKodonMy machine has the same wireless card, and I got it working.22:50
PKodonAnyway...22:50
charlie-tcajuanito_: might have to log out and log in. Or did you install gnome-xchat?22:50
charlie-tcaXChat should have been pre-installed; gnome-xchat has problems22:50
juanito_i unistalled it since i was tired of the situation22:51
charlie-tcaSiDi: agreed22:51
juanito_and i installed konversation22:51
charlie-tcaand it is working, right?22:51
juanito_ops i forgot to tell you that i'm now in ubuntu22:51
PKodoncharlie-tca: Heh, no one there bot bots.22:51
PKodonEr, but bots.22:52
charlie-tcaheh, probably didn't help, either22:52
juanito_i told you hours ago that i had two partitions22:52
charlie-tcayes, juanito_22:52
charlie-tcaYou are using konversation in Ubuntu?22:52
juanito_yes22:52
juanito_right now22:52
juanito_due to the problem with xchat22:52
charlie-tcaouch. I don't know why XChat failed you. It is all I use22:53
juanito_i wanted to ask you for help with this22:53
juanito_don't know either22:53
charlie-tcacan't help, I don't know what happened to it. In Xubuntu, we install XChat for you, and it works22:54
juanito_i like xchat too22:54
juanito_yes i know that22:54
juanito_i did feel kind of relief when i found it installed22:54
juanito_jaja22:54
juanito_in xubuntu i mean22:54
juanito_my question now is if i will have any problem this way22:56
charlie-tcaNot that I know of. It should be fine to do that22:56
juanito_just this morning i was thinking that i couldn't mix applications between desktops22:58
charlie-tcaYou can mix and match. It should work fine, but sometimes they will mess up, too.22:59
juanito_ok i will try to remember that23:00
Myrttilolhelp, what happen! I can't type ~ on my keyboard anymore :-D (that was copypasted)23:02
Myrttiooh. x must have had a hiccup, setting the keyboard layout in xfce to 105 fi helped23:03
charlie-tcaSo it is working again?23:15
Myrttiyeah23:18
Moodmy man pages in xubuntu has functions of less. but my debian man does not. what does xubuntu's man have that debian's man doesn't?23:20
juanito_charlie-tca i would like to install amsn but i don't know if it works fine in xubuntu23:20
juanito_anyone using it?23:20
knomejuqi've treid it. it should be fine.23:21
knomejuanito_, ^23:22
SiDiit works23:22
SiDibut its ugly23:22
juanito_thnks knome23:22
juanito_i guess you all use pidgin23:22
knomebitlbee :P23:23
SiDii use emesene because pidgin fails on proxified networks for MSN protocol23:23
SiDiand mibbit for IRC23:23
SiDiand when @ home, i use xchat and emesene, just because its installed :p23:23
SiDi(i purged pidgin, that *** was self-booting at xfce's startup, for no reason, it really made me crazy)23:23
charlie-tcaMood: no idea what is different, I never used Debian.23:25
juanito_i've heard abour emesene23:26
charlie-tcaI guess I don't use anything.23:26
juanito_about*23:26
charlie-tcabbl23:28
juanito_amsn is working23:28
juanito_and very fast23:28
Moodcharlie-tca: debian base install doesn't come with less installed while xubuntu does. installing less automatically makes man pager with less instead of more. i think that's why xubuntu's man pages with less out of the box23:29
SiDiWhats the difference between less n more ?23:31
Moodless is more than more :-)23:33
Moodless has more functions, like arrow keys, pageup/down, stringsearch capabilities while more doesn't23:33
juanito_hey23:34
juanito_when i try to run schat from terminal i get this error23:35
juanito_ops xchat23:35
juanito_sorry23:35
juanito_XChat CRITICAL *** default event text failed to build!23:35
juanito_Cancelado23:35
juanito_Canceled23:36
juanito_any ideas about that?23:36
SiDino23:39
juanito_;(23:39

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