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Dab202that helps00:01
Dab202thanks00:01
nikolamDab202, also take a look at the unetbootin to make bootable usb drive : http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ , can make usb bootable drives out of already-existing .iso`s00:29
mikubuntuTheSheep: you suggested that i get ubufox to fix some download preferences, i lookd for it in synaptic and its showing that its already installed... i noticed there were firefox updates in the last couple days, could this be a bug associated with the updates?00:38
mikubuntuTheSheep: instead of offering to 'open with application', firefox only wants to offer me to save files00:39
CppIsWeirdafter upgrading to 8.10, my xubuntu boot gets stuck on "* Starting basic networking..." QUITE frequently, I have to reboot 5 or 6 times to get it to fully boot.00:49
CppIsWeirdup to rebooting 11 times now.01:13
zChris__CppIsWeird: weird01:15
XFCEntral#ubuntu-server01:16
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CppIsWeirdzChris__: yeah, i pretty much figured that out on my own (15)01:24
zChris__CppIsWeird: its really weird01:25
zChris__CppIsWeird: checked the logs ?01:25
CppIsWeirdcant get that far01:25
zChris__hmm01:25
zChris__no safemode for linux ?01:25
zChris__DHCP?01:25
CppIsWeirdcant get that far.01:26
zChris__?01:26
CppIsWeirdoh, thats in grub, nvm01:26
zChris__:D01:26
zChris__CppIsWeird: How is your network setup ?01:27
CppIsWeirdthe network cable is unplugged even01:27
zChris__CppIsWeird: isit set on DHCP?01:27
CppIsWeirdyes01:28
zChris__tried booting it when its plugged in so it can retrieve a ip ?01:28
CppIsWeirdyes, it started out plugged in... ive unplugged it as an attempt to fix it.01:29
zChris__hmm it dosent reboot automaticly, you get tired and reboot it right ?01:30
CppIsWeirdyep01:30
zChris__CppIsWeird: how long have you waited?01:31
CppIsWeirdive left it for like 20 minutes once, still nothing01:31
zChris__ah oeky01:31
zChris__CppIsWeird: do you use grub ?01:32
Derek_SHi !02:06
Derek_SRunning xfce for the 1st time02:07
Derek_Sand doing so on a persistent usb key02:07
Derek_Sanyway...02:07
Derek_Ssince I m using xubuntu on a netbook which has a low vertical resolution02:07
Derek_SI did move the menu bar located on the bottom of the screen to the left of the screen02:08
Derek_Sand something just acts strangely compared to the default Gnome behaviour (well at a later stage this produces bugs but that's a different story) :02:08
Derek_Sthe later cliked on bar goes over the other one02:09
Derek_Sas in gnome the (new in that position) left bar wouldn' take the space where the upper bar is located02:10
Derek_Sshrinking in a way02:10
Derek_SI hope I'm clear enough to be understood :/02:10
XFCEntralso you're trying to move the menu bars around, where usually there is one on the top and another at the bottom?02:12
Derek_Sexactly02:12
Derek_Strying to move the bottom one to the left02:12
XFCEntralokay. and then the other (the top) decides to cover it02:12
Derek_Sit actually works, except that both bars share the same upper left space02:12
XFCEntraloooh02:12
XFCEntralso theyre overlapping02:12
Derek_S(and when the upper bar covers the left bar, it also hides some icons)02:13
Derek_Syep02:13
XFCEntrali see02:13
XFCEntrali just tried it out on my desktop02:13
Derek_SI m really a newbie :)02:13
XFCEntrali also tried making one of the menu bars variable length to see if i could adjust it to the point where it doesnt cover...02:14
XFCEntralno such luck02:14
XFCEntralno problem!02:14
Derek_Sunder XP I used to have the bar on the left too02:14
Derek_Sand well when I first tried gnome02:14
Derek_SI did the same02:14
Derek_Sthe overlapping trouble doesn't occur02:14
Derek_SBUT02:14
Derek_Smoving the lower bar to the side02:14
Derek_Sproduces hanging and freezes randomly02:14
Derek_Shence I m trying xfce :)02:14
Derek_Sand well02:14
XFCEntralooh really? hmm02:14
Derek_Sit s tempting02:15
Derek_SI must confess ^^02:15
Derek_SI also should add that I m running jaunty alpha 502:15
XFCEntraloh i see02:15
Derek_S(since Ibex doesn't work out of the box on my netbook)02:15
XFCEntralim running GNOME and Xfce on Ubuntu 8.1002:15
XFCEntralwhat netbook do you have?02:15
Derek_SSamsung NC1002:15
XFCEntraloh cool. ive got eeeXubuntu running on my Asus Eee 70102:16
XFCEntralits Xubuntu 7.10 basically. haha02:16
Derek_Sfrankly I really like my netbbok02:16
Derek_Sthe keybvoard is very nice02:16
Derek_Sthe touchpad is somewhat little but there's a cool feature under XP that makes it up for it02:16
XFCEntraloh yeah? is it closer to full-size than the other netbooks? most people find my Eee's keyboard too small to type on. its fine for me02:17
Derek_S(I don't think such a thing does exist yet for linux)02:17
Derek_Syep02:17
XFCEntralhow does it fix that?02:17
Derek_S10 inch screen02:17
XFCEntralnice02:17
Derek_Sand the keyboard is really usable02:17
XFCEntralive got the "old" 7in screen haha02:17
Derek_Swell it kind of "emulates" a trackball behaviour02:17
Derek_Sso your finger movements have inertia02:17
XFCEntralhmm i think thats called acceleration when you set that up. im not sure though02:18
Derek_Snope :)02:18
Derek_Sthat s something different ;)02:18
XFCEntralohh. not the slightest clue then haha02:18
Derek_Sit s really inertia02:18
Derek_Sacceleration allows you to cover a larger portion of the screen02:18
Derek_Swould you move the finger fast02:18
XFCEntralso the cursor continues on relative to the force you use?02:18
Derek_Sexactly02:18
XFCEntralhmm neat02:18
Derek_SI think so02:19
Derek_Sa cool idea by samsung really02:19
Derek_Sbut well02:19
XFCEntralyeah ive never thought of that02:19
Derek_Sthey are releasing a new version of the netbook02:19
Derek_Swith a larger touchpad :)02:19
Derek_Sin the end the only limitation of that computer02:19
Derek_Sis it s screen resolution...02:19
Derek_Sas for most netbooks :)02:19
Derek_S600 vertical pixels02:19
XFCEntralyes true02:19
XFCEntralooooh02:19
Derek_Sthat is sometimes limitating02:20
XFCEntralyeah my Eee has 800x480 i believe02:20
Derek_S(that s also why I want to move bars around ^^)02:20
Derek_S1024 x 600 here02:20
Derek_SI think I could do with 1 more inch02:20
Derek_Sto reach 1200 x 80002:20
Derek_Sbut still02:20
XFCEntraltrue02:20
Derek_SI m VERY pleased with my netbook02:20
XFCEntralive been trying different things with the toolbars and cant seem to fix that overlap02:21
Derek_Sof course with its resolution it can only be a second comp'02:21
XFCEntralthats good, mine really comes in handy to take with me to class02:21
Derek_Shehe same thing here, I throw it in a bag02:21
Derek_Styping with 10 fingers on the keyboard was a must for me02:21
XFCEntralyup. smaller than most of my books02:21
XFCEntralyeahh02:21
XFCEntrali do have a tiny keyboard but i got used to it right away and now im back up to speed by now02:22
Derek_Seven the WIND (with a 9 inch screen) keyboard was not confy enough for my big fingers :)02:22
Derek_Sand my bad habits02:22
XFCEntralive yet to try the WIND02:22
Derek_Swell rather try the sammy ;)02:22
Derek_Sthe battery lifetime is also quite good02:22
XFCEntralwhatever HP is selling seemed awkward to me... extremely awkward02:22
XFCEntraloh yeah?02:22
Derek_Syep02:22
Derek_Smore than 4 hours without doing anything to save power02:23
XFCEntralive got the camera off in the BIOS and i get about 3 hours i guess02:23
XFCEntralnice02:23
Derek_Syou can beath the 5h barrier using tricks02:23
XFCEntralthats enough to get through a day of class02:23
Derek_Syou should definitely hunt for some reviews :)02:23
Derek_Sand btw02:23
XFCEntraldefinitely02:24
Derek_SI m not a Samsung salesman :)02:24
XFCEntralhaha02:24
XFCEntralno worries02:24
XFCEntralive sold so many Eee's in the past year, Asus owes me commission. i just... talk about it02:24
Derek_Sso about that behaviour02:24
XFCEntralbut i guess people love the idea in general02:24
Derek_Sdo you thing it should be reported ?02:24
XFCEntralyeahh im not finding a work around02:24
Derek_S*think02:24
XFCEntralid see it more as an oversight in the way it should function than a bug02:24
Derek_Sgnome does behave differently02:25
XFCEntralas far as Xfce is concerned02:25
Derek_Sand rightfully in my eyes I m afraid to say02:25
Derek_S(but since it kind of crashes the system, you can guess why I don't want to use it ^^ )02:25
XFCEntralyeahhh. after a big RAM upgrade i went back to using GNOME on my desktop. if it can handle it all comfortable, of course i use that. but i use Xfce on the tiny netbook and again on the desktop to help with testing02:26
XFCEntralim with you on the crashing02:26
Derek_SI guess moving the bars to sides will gain in popularity with netbooks02:26
Derek_Syou try every trick possible to save vertical space :)02:26
XFCEntraloh i know about that. haha02:26
XFCEntralno status bars, small icons in all apps02:27
XFCEntralone menu bar02:27
XFCEntralyou know you can reduce it to one right?02:27
Derek_Shmmm02:27
XFCEntralmy tiny Eee is set up like that02:27
Derek_Syou mean to using only one bar ?02:27
XFCEntralApplication menu all the way to the left, a few launcher icons, my task list (programs) and far right i have the clock and systray02:28
XFCEntralyes02:28
XFCEntralits plenty of space on that tiny screen02:28
Derek_Swell I didn't know02:28
Derek_Sand what about moving the icons in the left bar ?02:28
Derek_Sso none would be masked by overlapping02:28
Derek_Snot a very clean solution, but one I could live with ^^02:29
XFCEntralyou could add a Separator/Spacing on the left bar before the icons to push them down, but they seem to go down too far...02:29
Derek_SI tried KDE some weeks ago, definitely too confusing for me :)02:30
Derek_Shmm02:30
Derek_Swell then I might try your solution02:31
XFCEntralyeahh not personally a fan of KDE02:31
Derek_Show do you move the icons from the "left" bar to the upper ones ?02:31
XFCEntralalso, try the toolbar as "Normal Width" instead of Full Width02:31
Derek_S(provided you can do so)02:31
XFCEntralso you want them on a single toolbar?02:31
Derek_Syep02:31
Derek_Sbtw just a quick point02:31
XFCEntralohh, just RightClick > Move to the other toolbar in place02:32
Derek_Sunder windows I use the starting bar on the left02:32
XFCEntralmhm02:32
Derek_Ssince it enables to have more app windows02:32
Derek_Sto be seen at the same time02:32
Derek_Sso it s way quicker to change the active window02:32
Derek_Ssince all of them can be seen on the bar02:32
XFCEntralyeahhh the Task List they call it in Xfce02:32
XFCEntralyou can place that on the right side of you Applications menu02:33
XFCEntralor, if you have icons such as Firefox etc next to the Applications menu, place your Task List (open applications list) just to the right of those02:33
Derek_Swell02:34
Derek_Sfollowing your advice02:34
XFCEntralsuppose you move everything to the top MenuBar. youll need to know theres a Spacer up there keeping your menu and your clock apart. right click the empty space and remove the separator/spacing02:34
Derek_SI moved all icons from the original bottom bar to the upper one02:34
XFCEntralthe TaskList will provide the separation02:34
XFCEntralsomething go wrong?02:34
Derek_SI wonder if there s any use having the trashbin handy I must confess :)02:34
XFCEntralohh. you can remove that and use the one on the desktop02:35
Derek_Sso far so good02:35
Derek_Strying to remove the now empty bar :)02:35
XFCEntrali believe the Trash applet (menu bar) uses system resources02:35
Derek_Sfound it02:36
Derek_Sjust press minus02:36
Derek_Sin some configuring menu :)02:36
XFCEntralto remove the panel? yup02:36
Derek_Snow trying to move the remaining bar to the side02:36
XFCEntraljust one left02:36
XFCEntral?02:37
Derek_Syep02:37
Derek_Shmm02:37
Derek_Slooks akward02:37
Derek_Ssome icons are too big02:37
XFCEntralthe text running sideways and all that02:37
XFCEntralohh02:37
XFCEntralyou can adjust the panel size, that may help02:38
Derek_Shmm02:39
Derek_Sthe larger the bar is02:39
Derek_Sthe more vertical space icons use02:39
Derek_S(since they grow bigger )02:39
XFCEntralright02:39
Brad450anyone here have a PS302:40
Brad450?02:40
Derek_Snope Brad450  but you can send yours to me ;-)02:40
XFCEntralive tried it out by making the one toolbar on the leftside, and making it "Normal Width." it seems decent02:40
XFCEntralbtw Derek_S, does your Applications menu say "Applications" after the icon?02:41
Derek_Swell02:41
Derek_Sit says02:41
Derek_SAppli :)02:41
XFCEntralhaha02:41
Derek_Sbut that s ok with me :)02:41
XFCEntralright click that menu02:41
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Derek_Swell that does offer some tunings02:42
Derek_Sbut I don't know which one would help :)02:43
XFCEntraluntick the box that says show name or something to that effect02:43
XFCEntralyou can make it show only the icon and save some space02:43
Derek_Sah right02:43
Derek_Sactually it would be nice to have the icons in a smaller size02:43
Brad450how can i install a kernal update. will it make things run faster. iam on a PS3 so its s little hard lol and what exactly is "compileing"02:43
Derek_Sforcing them to be says 32x32 or any figure that would work02:44
Derek_Swow Brad450  you're my hero :)02:44
Derek_SI didn't know you could run xubuntu with a ps302:44
XFCEntralyeahh you can run Linux on quite a lot of devices02:45
XFCEntralwith a little extra effort02:45
Derek_S(trying to reduce those icons, such as the bluetooth one)02:45
XFCEntraleven Nintendo DS devices, I've got Linux on my Palm T|X02:45
Derek_Slol02:45
XFCEntralso you want the panel size to remain the size it is, but reduce the size of the icons?02:46
Derek_Swell I m not sure it s very handy but it s a nice challenge02:46
Derek_Sexactly02:46
XFCEntralright, its mostly for fun02:46
Derek_SI picked a 40 pixels width for now02:46
Derek_S(32 would have been my 1st choice but well it might be too little)02:46
Derek_Sand I ve got 5 icons eating the half of the height02:47
Brad450wheres charlie_tca or zoredache02:47
XFCEntralwow02:47
XFCEntraland they are?02:47
Derek_Strashbin, show desktop, bluetooth, wireless connection, xchat, sound02:47
Derek_Sok that s 702:47
Derek_SSTILL ;)02:47
XFCEntraland how many vertical pixels do you have?02:48
Derek_Stotal ? 60002:49
Derek_SI d like to have the default icons available even in tiny size02:49
Derek_Sso I could see say 4 5 tasks02:49
XFCEntralokay02:50
Derek_SI can't believe I m the first one to have such demands :)02:50
Derek_Sit all seems logical to me :)02:51
XFCEntralI'm running Xfce on my Eee right now and I see what you what you mean about it taking up all that space...02:51
XFCEntralhaving the panel at 40 definitely ruins that haha02:51
Derek_Shehe02:51
Derek_Swell yes, you would like the icons to stay as tiny02:51
Derek_Sas they are with a smaller width02:51
XFCEntralat 24 theyre pretty small02:52
Derek_Sbest would be to have two rows02:52
Derek_Sso for instance02:52
Derek_Syou d have a 48 pixels width02:52
Derek_Swith 2 24 rows02:52
Derek_SI can understand it s not possible as of now, but I would definitely recommand the great guys developping would consider this evolution02:53
XFCEntralwell you might try two 24width panels then02:53
Derek_Sas it s a matter of optimisation for us, netbook users :)02:53
Derek_Shehehe02:53
XFCEntralmhm02:53
Derek_Sgood idea :)02:53
XFCEntrali think theres a nice netbook interface you can get from the repositories02:53
Derek_Swell I must admit I m kind of "racist" when it comes to specific interfaces :)02:54
Derek_Sthat s all prejudices02:54
Derek_Sbut I d rather adapt a universal solution02:54
Derek_Sso I would think I could do everything02:54
XFCEntralhaha most users are that particular about desktop environments, i think youll find02:54
Derek_Srather than trying an already optimised netbook environnement that would not be working in specific situations02:55
XFCEntrallooks like the "two 24width panels" thing wont work02:55
XFCEntrali know you can stack panels in GNOME02:55
Derek_SI propose02:55
Derek_Swe would ransom some popular xubuntu developper02:55
XFCEntralyou know what, im having a problem right now, too. my App menu won't let me right click it to move it! at all. no right-click action. lol ill need to restart or log-out and back in perhaps...02:56
Derek_Sand only let him go after we gain some support for our netbooks ;)02:56
XFCEntralhaha02:56
XFCEntralwell really the features you see in Xubuntu in relation to the desktop are inherited from Xfce02:56
XFCEntralthe desktop environment02:57
Derek_Sit s always frustrating to consider that XP behaves better in a specific respect02:57
XFCEntralXubuntu is simply Ubuntu running Xfce instead02:57
Derek_Sthe bar behaviour on the side isn't perfect, but works very well most of the time02:57
Derek_Sand little width isn't a problem02:57
XFCEntralyeahhh02:57
Derek_Sit "auto optimizes" quite well02:58
Derek_SI m not saying02:58
Derek_Syou should install XP to check :)02:58
XFCEntraltell me what you think about this setup: http://weblogs2.nrc.nl/hebben/wp-content/uploads/06_2008/ubuntu_netbook_remix_flickr_njpatel.jpg02:58
XFCEntralive used XP02:58
XFCEntrali finally erased it recently since I don't have a need for it on my hard disk ;-) hehe02:58
Derek_Syou lucky man02:58
XFCEntrallike most people I came from windows to linux02:58
XFCEntrali wonder who out there was raised on Linux since they were a kid02:59
Derek_SI m trying to escape too02:59
XFCEntralbesides my future children02:59
Derek_Swell some do start with ubuntu02:59
Derek_Sfor total newbies02:59
Derek_Sit can work02:59
Derek_Sthink of grandmas02:59
Derek_Sthat want to do some surfing02:59
Derek_Semailing02:59
Derek_Sand maybe some word processing02:59
Derek_Subuntu might be simpler in the end03:00
XFCEntralohh. i guess everyone from my generation who has already started used win 3.1 or 95 or 98, 2000 and so on... at some point, and then MAYBE they discovered Linux03:00
Derek_Sno worries with firewalls or antivirus03:00
XFCEntralvery few of my friends and classmates even know what Linux is. haha03:00
Derek_Sit s still relatively geek/ for programmers03:01
XFCEntralwell with any installation i would definitely pay attention to configuring my firewall properly, especially if youre not behind a NAT Router/Firewall etc03:01
Derek_Sbut it is making huge progress03:01
XFCEntralyeahhh its nice to see that03:01
Derek_Sbesides Microsoft does many things to boost linux :)03:01
XFCEntralhehe03:02
Derek_Sat some point you want to escape the limitations imposed by an editor03:02
Derek_Ssuch as throwing your peripherals because you re chaging03:02
Derek_SOS03:02
XFCEntralwell i think a lot of people have been let down by Vista and they find that using a free alternative like Linux is a good idea in tougher economic times, as opposed to choosing a very expensive Macbook03:02
XFCEntralyeahhh03:02
Derek_S(I remember I had that laser canon printer that wouldn't work with XP )03:02
Derek_S(it worked fine with03:03
XFCEntralI like having control with Linux. Every once in a while, I'd have a look at my XP install, and I'd feel suffocated. haha03:03
Derek_S98 / 95 )03:03
XFCEntralohh03:03
Derek_Swell the trouble with xp also is that it "degenerates"03:03
Derek_Sthe more you use it, the less it s working :)03:03
XFCEntralyup03:03
Derek_Sand linux has some cool features03:04
Derek_Ssuch as auto defragmenting03:04
Derek_Snot to mention the automatisation you can work on using the command line03:04
XFCEntralwell the filesystems you might use on Linux will definitely be more resistant to the behavior that requires defrag (with Wins NTFS)03:04
Derek_Syou know I m longing to find some evolution of current eeebox and equivalents03:04
Derek_Swith esata ports03:04
Derek_San HDMI port03:05
Derek_Sand why not enough power to run a HD movie (that s not a must)03:05
XFCEntraltrue03:05
Derek_Sthat would definitely push me in learning linux enough03:05
Derek_Sto have my own web/file/ftp/mail server03:05
XFCEntralits been a lot of fun learning Linux, for me. the most fun ive ever had in my life03:05
Derek_Sthe low consumming 24 hours a day running PC03:06
Derek_Sdon't say that!03:06
XFCEntralhaha say what?03:06
Derek_SI can't believe it :)03:06
XFCEntralohh03:06
Derek_Sit might be cool :)03:06
XFCEntralno really, its very rewarding for me03:06
Derek_Sbut the most fun ?!03:06
XFCEntraleh03:06
XFCEntralalright there are plenty of fun things for me to do03:06
XFCEntraland a lot of them i can do outside, too. haha03:06
Derek_SI d say partying with friends learning how to get drunk when I was a teen03:07
Derek_Swas more fun that linux could ever be ;)03:07
XFCEntralbut if i had to do one of my hobbies for a living... itd be with Linux03:07
XFCEntralhey i had a few beers with my buddies while I set up their web/email server for their small business. haha03:07
XFCEntralits all the experience you make of it03:07
Derek_Shaha03:07
Derek_Ssure it s the usage you can make of it03:08
Derek_Shosting your own website/Forum03:08
Derek_Sand doing it for friends03:08
XFCEntralthe effort Linux might require isnt unique to Linux--many things require studying and practice. like martial arts. but once you reach a certain point of mastery it can be extremely rewarding. youll see!03:08
Derek_S(that would kill you would it go offline for more than 10 minutes :) )03:08
XFCEntralhaha03:08
Derek_Swell I ve some DOS experience03:09
Derek_SI also did play with regular expressions some years ago03:09
Derek_SI think I can feel linux's power :)03:09
XFCEntralI think you'll find the command line in Linux is much more powerful03:09
XFCEntralthe more you learn, its more power to you03:09
Derek_Sbut it remains somewhat hard to get into standing from where I am :)03:09
Derek_SI mean03:10
Derek_SI want to learn03:10
Derek_Sthat s why I have a double boot on my netbook03:10
Derek_Sbut there remains some annoying bugs03:10
XFCEntralyeahh. i dual-booted linux and windows for the longest time03:10
Derek_Shopefully jaunty will remove most of them03:10
Derek_Sbut that s a couple of months to wait03:10
XFCEntralover time i used Win less and Linux more03:10
XFCEntralyeahhh03:10
Derek_Sas for my desktop computer...03:11
Derek_Swell it s an antiquity :)03:11
XFCEntralive heard great things already about Karmic Koala, the release following Jaunty03:11
XFCEntralhaha03:11
Derek_SI m waiting for Windows 7 to consider getting a new one03:11
XFCEntralold computers can often times work better with the right Linux distro03:11
Derek_Swell I want to get rid of it :)03:11
Derek_Syou know the story03:11
XFCEntralohh well theres always that too03:11
Derek_Sit s been like 2 years that I m considering changing03:12
XFCEntralive just got about 8 I keep around still haha03:12
Derek_SI got the money as of now03:12
Derek_Sbut wedll03:12
XFCEntralmy desktop ive had since 200603:12
Derek_Smine has 7 years !03:12
XFCEntralwell thats pushing it perhaps. haha03:12
Derek_SXP 1900+ / 1 GB03:12
XFCEntrala few hardware upgrades and you could be set03:12
Derek_Sit must be as powerful as my netbook lol03:12
Derek_Swell I m dreaming of the last Intel baby03:13
XFCEntralin the case of my desktop, i quadrupled my RAM (512mb to 2gb) and replaced the monitor speakers and keyboard03:13
Derek_Ssince I tend to have tons of apps running at the same time03:13
XFCEntralyeahhh03:13
Derek_SI can use 100 firefox tabs simultaneously03:13
XFCEntralshite haha03:13
Derek_Sand would I be able to compress video03:13
Derek_Sand listen to mp3s at the same time03:13
Derek_SI would be a happy user :)03:13
Derek_Soh03:14
Derek_Sand my desktop is 1600 x 120003:14
XFCEntralniice. im up from 1024x768 to 1440x90003:14
Derek_Swhen I told that to a mozilla guy03:14
Derek_She had those round eyes :)03:14
XFCEntralhaha03:14
XFCEntrali know what you mean03:14
Derek_S"ah right well you're not the typical user you know"03:14
Derek_Swell there are many sites I like to follow03:15
Derek_Snews03:15
Derek_Sweather03:15
Derek_Sblogs03:15
Derek_Sforums03:15
XFCEntralyeahh exactly03:15
Derek_Sand I like to be able to just refresh03:15
Derek_Sthe windows03:15
XFCEntralive got the weather in my desktop panel03:15
Derek_Sto see what are the changes03:15
XFCEntralthere are applets for updating your RSS feeds and so on03:15
Derek_Swell I must confess03:16
Derek_SI should try RSS feeds03:16
XFCEntralyeahhh. and then place the feeds along your Firefox bookmarks toolbar03:16
Derek_Swell you know03:16
XFCEntraldrop down the menu to see what the latest posts/news are03:16
Derek_Sit s lie those bookmarks03:16
Derek_SI have a full attic of bookmarks to sort :)03:16
Derek_Sthe kind of thing you are never pleased to do :)03:17
Derek_Sit s like you would spend a whole day doing it03:17
Derek_Swould be happy of having done it03:17
Derek_Sand you would be unable of giving an explication of what you d have done from your time03:17
Derek_Sto another person03:18
Derek_Sthe day you d do that ;)03:18
Derek_Sit s like reinstalling windows and all of your apps :)03:18
Derek_Sit would take me days03:18
Derek_Sand well it might just take me days in the coming days since I should change my system disk :)03:18
Derek_S( my old 40GB deskstar is running full and running tired)03:19
Derek_Sso ironically I might end being able to have ubuntu run on my desktop computer before changing PCs03:19
Derek_S(as for the ubuntu netbook remix interface, well it looks confusing as it looks different)03:20
XFCEntralhaha03:22
Derek_Sbtw where are you living ?03:23
XFCEntralyeahhh the netbook remix is... different and i havent used it personally03:23
XFCEntralflorida (us)03:23
Derek_Syou should have a better weather than here in Paris ;)03:23
Derek_S(France)03:23
Derek_S(03:23
XFCEntralhow is it?03:24
Derek_Swell I m unsure you get Celsius temperatures :/03:24
Derek_Sand I can't do the conversions03:24
Derek_Sbut say it s chilly03:24
Derek_Sand grey03:24
Derek_Sthough right now03:24
Derek_Sit s more black than grey03:25
XFCEntralits 16C here03:25
Derek_Ssince it s night time :)03:25
XFCEntralyeahhh03:25
Derek_Sit s nice you do the support in your time zone :)03:25
XFCEntral11:25pm here03:25
XFCEntralyeah! well i try to be on this channel as much as possible. every so often its a big help for someone03:26
XFCEntralthis support could be the difference between their computer working the way they need it or... not03:26
Derek_Sthat s the nice thing about x/k/ubuntu03:26
Derek_Sexactly03:26
Derek_Sthough I must say03:26
Derek_SI ve been to the local 8.10 launch party03:26
Derek_Sand the friendly aspect of the community03:27
Derek_Scan turn frightening at times :)03:27
XFCEntralhaha03:27
XFCEntraltoo friendly is it?03:27
Derek_Swell03:27
Derek_Syou were speaking of martial arts earlier03:27
XFCEntralyes03:27
Derek_Swell there was some kind of a "sect" (proper word ?) aspect03:28
Derek_Sin the way the way of behaving was described03:28
XFCEntraloooh i see03:28
XFCEntrallike a cult?03:28
XFCEntralor a secret group? haha03:28
Derek_Sespecially in the fact you shouldn't argue03:28
XFCEntralohh. so im guessing they didnt accept your opinions that XP may work better for you in some ways03:28
Derek_Snot secret, but respecting a code of conduct03:28
XFCEntralokay03:28
Derek_Sto  a point where it might be a little over the top03:29
Derek_Soh not at all03:29
Derek_SI didn't had any troubles03:29
XFCEntraloh okay03:29
XFCEntraljust wondering, sometimes thats an issue03:29
Derek_SIt s just the way a fellow community member03:29
Derek_Srecognised03:29
Derek_Swho reached a certain "rank"03:29
Derek_S(that thing too)03:29
Derek_Swould talk of the community spirit03:29
XFCEntralohh like seeing certain Linux users as being at an expert level etc03:30
Derek_Swell they ve got funny names03:30
Derek_Swith a certain distance too03:30
XFCEntralwell in the Linux community especially, I think, being very skilled is seen as a great thing03:30
Derek_Smaster of the universe03:30
Derek_Sand so on03:30
XFCEntralhaha03:30
XFCEntrali know what you mean03:30
Derek_S(I don't think they take it too seriously : ) )03:30
Derek_S(I hope anywya :) )03:30
Derek_Sanyway03:31
Derek_Sbut I m just nitpicking03:31
XFCEntralhaha its okay03:31
Derek_Sthe bottomline was that I was very pleased by the discussions and support I got during that week-end03:31
XFCEntralthats great03:31
Derek_Syes such events are really great03:32
Derek_Sbecause it s rewarding for community members03:32
Derek_Sand they can meet and party too03:32
XFCEntralLinux users very often are super-enthusiastic about their system and Linux in general, and that should work out in your favor--they are eager to help you03:32
XFCEntraloh yeah we party03:32
Derek_Sand also they re helping noobs as me :)03:32
XFCEntralyou know, without paying for software, i have plenty of extra money for beer... haha03:32
Derek_Slol03:32
Derek_Sthat s a good line :)03:32
XFCEntralits not my own, i have to say. haha03:33
Derek_Syou makeme think03:33
Derek_Safter free software03:33
Derek_Sfree brewering ^03:33
Derek_S^ ^03:33
XFCEntralyessss03:33
XFCEntralits the only logical next step03:33
Derek_SI can imagine that03:33
Derek_Swell I must also say03:34
Derek_Sthe cool thing about free software03:34
Derek_Sis that s it s also ideology embeded03:34
Derek_Sit s out of the usual tracks03:34
Derek_Sand helps people broadening the way they are seeing world and society03:34
XFCEntralabsolutely03:34
Derek_Sit s not all about merchandise and money03:34
XFCEntralits a different way of doing things03:35
XFCEntralim writing a paper on the open source model right now for an economics class03:35
Derek_Shmm interesting03:35
Derek_Swhat is your "angle" in this paper ?03:35
XFCEntralit is, if i had to pick a topic that wouldnt kill me to write about, open source software would be on that list03:35
Derek_Sopen source directly question the branding rights03:36
Derek_Sand copyright itself03:36
XFCEntralwell a lot of people are unaware that this free and open source software exists. mainly, i introduce it and its benefits, how the open source model must be carried out to be successful, and also how and why corporations try to hurt the growth of FOSS software03:36
Derek_Swe ve been hammered for decades if not centuries03:36
Derek_Sthat copyrights are a way to protect investments and research03:37
Derek_Sbut it s way more complex :)03:37
XFCEntralhaha yeahh03:37
XFCEntralits not a simple issue03:37
Derek_Syou know the question03:37
Derek_Sof even moral rights03:37
Derek_SI mean the right of the creators03:37
XFCEntralright03:38
Derek_Ssuch as for writers or composers03:38
Derek_Sit has been questionned in history03:38
Derek_Swe re living in a dominant model that can be questionned03:38
Derek_Ssome have said that as soon as piece of art / work is made public03:38
Derek_Sit belongs to the public03:38
Derek_Sthe whole idea of copyrighting concepts seem crazy to my European eyes :)03:39
XFCEntralhaha03:39
XFCEntralso you dont mind that software can be owned by no one, and that the public creates and maintains it?03:39
Derek_Slol of course I don't mind03:39
XFCEntralgood!03:40
Derek_Sand the whole licensing ideas are great03:40
Derek_Sthe concept of imposing sharing code for using open source code03:40
Derek_Sthat s a f***ing great one !03:40
XFCEntrali agree03:40
Derek_Sit s really radical03:40
XFCEntralyeahhh for some its hard to understand how it works and to agree with you that its okay03:41
Derek_Swhen you think that many many business03:41
XFCEntralthey think the only way is to charge and enforce copyright laws03:41
Derek_Swork on taking advantage of positive externalities03:41
Derek_Sand taking advantage of not assuming the negative produced03:41
Derek_S(such as pollution)03:41
XFCEntralright03:42
Derek_Shmmm that makes me think03:42
Derek_Shave you seen that documentary03:42
Derek_SI think it s called03:42
Derek_S"the corporation"03:42
XFCEntralno i have not03:42
Derek_Sit s about analyzing companies03:42
Derek_Sas a person03:42
Derek_Susing a psychanalistic grid03:42
XFCEntralhmm thats interesting03:43
Derek_Slet met check if Igot the name right03:43
XFCEntralive never thought of it that way--psychoanalysis as if the corporation were and individual03:43
XFCEntral*an03:43
Derek_Shttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Corporation03:44
Derek_Swell believe me03:44
Derek_Sit s freaky03:44
XFCEntraloh! ive seen that cover before03:44
Derek_S:)03:45
XFCEntralthat documentary and a lot of what we just spoke about, happens to be the topics of discussion in my Public Choice class03:45
XFCEntralthe economics class i told you about03:45
Derek_Swell that s nice03:46
Derek_Sinteresting topics really03:46
XFCEntralyeahh. out of all i have taken in 3 years there, its been one of the most thought-provoking courses03:46
XFCEntralyou know of alexis de tocqueville?03:46
Derek_SI d recommend you d also watch "Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media"03:46
XFCEntralill look into that03:46
Derek_Swell yes but I ve not really read him03:47
XFCEntraloh okay. we just discussed his theories recently03:47
Derek_Sand I m not joking03:47
Derek_Sbut reading Bourdieu changed my whole world vision03:47
XFCEntralwe were talking about entrepreneurs03:47
Derek_Sdunno if his rightly translated though03:47
Derek_She's03:47
XFCEntrali see03:47
Derek_SI wonder if "questions de sociologie" has been translated03:48
Derek_Sthat would definitely the book I would recommend for a start03:48
Derek_Sthe guy is like linux03:48
Derek_Sterrible to get into03:48
XFCEntrali could look03:48
XFCEntralhaha03:48
Derek_Sbut you don't have anything as rewarding03:49
XFCEntrali know that story though--and ive gotten into linux haha03:49
Derek_Sreading him makes you actually more clever03:49
Derek_SI also love a French director but well he s relatively unknown here and I doubt he s been translated03:50
XFCEntralBourdieu then? I'll have to read up on him. so far i see he is a sociologist. i really enjoyed sociology03:50
Derek_Swell I didn't learn it in school or college03:50
Derek_Sso I bumped into that later than I would have wanted :)03:50
XFCEntralyeahhh. unfortunately we tend to hear about those topics only in college here03:50
XFCEntralunless you come about it through private study03:51
Derek_Swell here they re trying to cut those studies03:51
Derek_Shmm03:51
Derek_Show to make it fast and clear...03:51
Derek_Swell the current government is conservative and with a dangerous ideology03:52
Derek_Syou know the story03:52
Derek_Scutting all state expense03:52
XFCEntralright03:52
Derek_Seven if the global cost for Society03:52
XFCEntraltheyre cutting Florida's educational spending by millions here03:52
Derek_Sare to be much higher in the end03:53
XFCEntraland they're probably 50th out of 50 in spending already...03:53
XFCEntrali agree03:53
XFCEntralthey dont seem to care...03:53
Derek_Sand well what is education worth ?03:53
Derek_Syou don't want people to think03:53
Derek_Sthey could get that they are imposed a way of living03:53
Derek_Sthat are not making them happy03:53
Derek_Sand think it could be nice to change some things03:53
Derek_Sit s better everything stays hidden or unquestionned03:54
XFCEntralso the strategy is to keep them uninformed03:54
Derek_Syes03:54
Derek_Sand they would say education's purpose03:54
Derek_Sis to provide job ready citizens03:54
Derek_Swe ve got relative high unemployment03:54
Derek_Slong studies have been a mean to avoid seeing the unemployment rate raise03:55
Derek_Sfor a long period03:55
XFCEntrali see. so something would be out of line with their logic...03:55
Derek_Sin the end it s always better to have people learn instead of being paid the minimal social revenues03:55
Derek_Sso they wouldn't totally starve03:55
Derek_S(those helps are also a way to ensure people do not question the social order)03:56
XFCEntralabsolutely03:56
Derek_S(it s a good thing, but it has not be given out of total generosity)03:56
Derek_Sand now03:56
Derek_Sthey want to cut the whole education system costs03:56
Derek_Sit s not like the education system could create jobs in the job market03:57
Derek_Sby some kind of magic03:57
Derek_Sat least not by hundreds of thousands03:57
Derek_Sit s all very conservative really03:57
XFCEntralyeahh03:57
Derek_Ssocial reproduction shouldn't be questionned :)03:57
XFCEntralhehe03:58
Derek_SBourdieu has dealt with many of those questions03:58
Derek_SI love his later thesis03:58
Derek_Sbut he has been made famous by his pointing at the social reproduction system03:58
Derek_Sbut he deals with very interesting questions too03:58
Derek_Ssuch as tastes03:58
Derek_Show they are determined03:59
XFCEntralhmm03:59
Derek_Sand there s nothing more shared than what he called "class" racism03:59
Derek_S(that actually works in both ways)03:59
XFCEntrali see that online, where his work has shown that our tastes--while we have freedom--are largely influenced by our class/place in society04:00
Derek_S("lower" class people can express such despise against "higher" class people too though consequences are not the sames)04:00
Derek_Sindeed04:00
Derek_Shis thesis have been sometimes exagerated to criticize them04:00
Derek_She always stated there are individual exceptions, freedoms04:00
XFCEntralright04:00
Derek_Sbut he would say there are "probable" tastes04:01
XFCEntrali can see that04:01
Derek_Sthe last little book I read from him04:01
Derek_Sis about the political "field"04:01
Derek_S("field" is one of the concept he developped)04:01
XFCEntrali see04:02
Derek_She s pointing at the fact that the logics of the political actors04:02
Derek_Sare often guided by logics that escape to the non political actors04:02
Derek_Sthe fact that some political issues04:02
Derek_Sare seen as important ones04:02
Derek_Sjust because they allow political actors to differ from one to another04:03
XFCEntralits all about what helps them04:03
Derek_Sit points out other things too but the idea is that there is a certain autonomy of the political field04:03
Derek_Swhich in the end is quite shocking04:03
Derek_Ssince it kind of escapes its purpose in a democracy04:04
XFCEntralof course04:04
Derek_Salso Bourdieu schemes04:04
Derek_Sis pointing at the fact04:04
Derek_Sthat you shouldn't focus on individuals04:04
XFCEntralwidespread costs and concentrated benefits?04:05
Derek_Shmmm04:05
Derek_Sthat s not what I mean04:05
XFCEntraloh okay04:05
Derek_Sin fact individuals don't have such a big responsability04:05
XFCEntrali thought you meant like special interest groups04:05
Derek_Sin the fact their role in the system is escaping to them04:05
Derek_Sand that most other individual in their shoes04:05
Derek_Swould mecanichally end behaving in a close way04:06
Derek_Sthat s also where their thesis have something04:06
Derek_Sthat s also where their thesis have somethinghmm04:06
Derek_Slet me rephrase it04:06
Derek_SBourdieu also write on the media04:06
Derek_Sand on that subject04:06
Derek_She s an interesting view to add to Chomsky's04:07
Derek_Sthey complete one another04:07
Derek_Slet me see if questions de sociologie is available in english04:07
Derek_Sthat s a really nice book04:07
Derek_SI had to read it maybe 3 times04:07
Derek_Sto start really understanding it well04:08
Derek_Sbut it deals with most of the thems he s been working on04:08
XFCEntralim mostly finding in french online04:09
XFCEntral*it in french04:09
Derek_Swell that s somewhat logical04:09
Derek_Sbut he s recognised in the USA04:09
Derek_Smaybe even more than in France :)04:09
XFCEntralhaha id suppose04:09
Derek_Sbecause of the rivalries :)04:09
XFCEntralmaybe ill have some luck eventually04:10
Derek_Ssearching atm04:11
XFCEntralbrb04:11
JoeBob Anybody know why might I get an error while trying to resize a partition?04:11
Derek_Smaybe it s still mounted ,04:11
Derek_S?04:11
Derek_S(just guessing had the trouble earlier with a usb key04:12
Derek_S)04:12
JoeBobI'm resizing when in live cd mode04:12
JoeBobGpartd also gives an error04:13
XFCEntralwhat's the error?04:13
MertherWhat does indexing actually do?04:13
JoeBobfails to resize partition04:14
XFCEntrali agree with Derek_S, that partition may be mounted still. even if youre in LiveCD. do you know the device path, such as /dev/sda?04:15
JoeBobone sec04:15
XFCEntralmml04:16
XFCEntral*mmk04:16
CppIsWeirdafter upgrading to 8.10, my xubuntu boot gets stuck on "* Starting basic networking..." QUITE frequently, I have to reboot 5 or 6 times to get it to fully boot. This last time I've rebooted it about 30 times and it wont boot at all.04:19
JoeBobOk, the exact error is "An error occurred while writing changes to the storage devices. The resize operation has aborted"04:21
JoeBobSorry about that not sure what happened to my IRC client04:24
JoeBobanyways.... /dev/sda1 is the partition im trying to resize which currently has windows on it04:24
XFCEntralthats okay04:24
XFCEntrali found a discussion from someone who had the same error. have a look at the last post04:24
XFCEntralAn error occurred while writing changes to the storage devices. The resize operation has aborted04:24
XFCEntraloops....04:24
XFCEntralhttp://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-868143.html04:24
XFCEntralthat04:24
JoeBobAhh so it could be disk errors04:25
XFCEntralworth a try04:25
JoeBobWouldn't be surprised if it was as everyone shuts this machines down because windows takes it good ol time04:26
XFCEntralhaha04:26
JoeBobsigh04:29
JoeBobchdsk cannot run because the colume is in use by another process04:30
XFCEntralfrom the Run dialog and did it ask you to run at reboot or w/e the exact wording was?04:30
JoeBobI did run dialog and the command say what I typed above04:31
JoeBobBut you didn't hear me as you gone04:32
Traveler83i cant seen to get my xubuntu to find my WLAN05:08
CppIsWeirdafter upgrading to 8.10, my xubuntu boot gets stuck on "* Starting basic networking..." QUITE frequently, I have to reboot 5 or 6 times to get it to fully boot. This last time I've rebooted it about 30 times and it wont boot at all.05:19
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zoredachewhat do you mean won't boot?  Does it still get stuck at starting networking, or does it not turn on?05:21
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moodogmorning :)08:49
jarnosmoodog: morning09:26
donna10TheSheep , a great many thanks for helping me yesterday to recover my panels on xubuntu . i understood and i learned something  :)11:32
reynantehi all14:58
vinnl!hi | reynante14:59
ubottureynante: Hi! Welcome to #xubuntu!14:59
reynantehow do i install codecs?14:59
vinnl!codecs14:59
ubottuFor multimedia issues, this page has useful information: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats - See also http://help.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/common-tasks-chap.html - But please use free formats if you can: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeFormats14:59
reynantei just got a spare 40gb hard disk and i am now finished installing xubuntu14:59
reynantedoing the program update after the restricted driver15:00
reynanteah thanks15:00
vinnlreynante, you might want to install "Xubuntu Restricted Extras"15:00
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reynanteis there a difference with ubuntu and xubuntu codecs?15:01
reynanteare*15:01
Moodreynante: "xubuntu restricted extras" has a lot of codecs. you can be more selective and install just the ones you want, i.e. mp315:01
vinnlWell, "Xubuntu Restricted Extras" has codecs that fit Xubuntu's applications better, but you can install Ubuntu's selection, if you want15:01
reynanteis there an equivalent to like klite codec pack that installs the basic codecs needed for multimedia to work15:02
Moodreynante: ah ok, if you want the base set, xubuntu restricted extras should do it15:02
reynantethank you15:02
charlie-tcareynante: That should be "xubuntu-restricted-extras"15:02
reynanteit seems i cant download things while update manager is running15:03
vinnlcharlie-tca, in Add/Remove... it's just "Xubuntu Restricted Extras" :)15:03
vinnlreynante, true15:03
reynanteso i'll wait for it to finish, thanks for the help guys15:03
Moodcharlie-tca: you mentioned before you never tried debian?15:03
charlie-tcaouch15:04
charlie-tcasorry15:04
charlie-tcacorrect, Mood15:04
Moodcharlie-tca: any interest in trying? i've been noodling with it a few days and i have to say it's got a much smaller footprint that xubuntu15:04
vinnl^.^15:04
charlie-tcaI might have tried it, years ago, but didn't apparently like it enough to stay with it15:04
charlie-tcaIt is possilbe that is does have a smaller footprint. I have enough to do already without it15:05
Moodcharlie-tca: heh, ok15:06
alexihello16:25
vinnl!hi | alexi16:25
ubottualexi: Hi! Welcome to #xubuntu!16:25
alexican i ask help?16:25
TheSheep!ask16:26
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. :-)16:26
vinnl<3 ubottu  :)16:26
alexii just dont get youtube working.. i have intrepid ibex on my eee16:27
Myrttialexi: you've tried to install flash-nonfree?16:28
alexii have flashplugin-nonfree16:31
vinnlAnd how it is "not working"? Do you get an error message, does it freeze, stutter, something else?16:32
Myrttidid you reboot the browser?16:33
alexiemmh, sorry.. no its working, i install that  flashplugin-nonfree yesterday. now i boot and its working16:34
vinnlGreat :)16:35
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Mark__TI wonder if xubuntu will switch to the notify-osd thing too?17:44
* vinnl wonders too... Brian Tarricone (Xfce developer) also wrote xfce4-notifyd for Xfce 4.617:46
vinnl(Which also provides some nice effects, btw)17:47
* charlie-tca hoping xubuntu don't 17:47
vinnlcharlie-tca, why not?17:48
charlie-tcaI don't like it. They pile on top each other17:48
charlie-tcaThey go away before I get to read them17:49
vinnlDoesn't libnotify do that as well?17:49
vinnl(You also shouldn't *have* to read those messages, is the rationale behind it)17:49
charlie-tcaI don't think so. I don't think it disappears as fast, and I can read the text17:50
vinnlWell, there's always xfce4-notifyd right? :) I was hoping on giving that a shot if I could just have got Jaunty installed :(17:51
charlie-tcatry using notify-osd, and then go through a cd , by passing the songs you don't want17:52
Mark__TI just wonder if there is already a indicator-applet for xfce17:52
vinnlDoes that pile up a lot of notifications?17:52
knomecharlie-tca, try buying music you want to listen17:52
vinnlHaha :P17:52
charlie-tcayes it does17:52
vinnlDoesn't that also happen with libnotify?17:52
vinnlOh wait, it doesn't if it's attachedf to an icon17:52
charlie-tcano, vinnl17:53
vinnlMark__T, that might very well be a tray icon which would also work in Xubunt17:53
charlie-tcaYou can add notify-osd through Synaptic-Package-Manager. It will screw up the same way as in Ubuntu, then17:54
vinnlIt's not in Intrepid...17:55
Mark__Tvinnl: no indicator-plugin is a gnome panel plugin17:56
Mark__Tindicator-applet17:56
vinnlAh too bad17:56
vinnlIn that case, I don't think Xubuntu will adopt notify-osd17:56
Mark__Tnotify-osd has a tray icon too I think17:58
vinnlIs it? *Two* icons to handle notifications?17:59
Mark__Twell it's a bit confusing for me18:00
Mark__T<quote>A small applet to display information from various applications consistently in the panel. Currently this includes support for messaging applications, but further enhancements are planned.</quote>18:06
Mark__Tlookup this: http://blogs.gnome.org/kenvandine/2009/03/06/pidgin-sucks-less-for-irc/18:08
vinnlSo I suppose it's the same then18:09
Mark__Tyou can use notify-osd without that applet18:11
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danopiahi18:34
TheSheep!hi | danopia18:37
ubottudanopia: Hi! Welcome to #xubuntu!18:37
avutonDoes the jaunty upgrade for xubuntu contain the new xfce yet?19:05
vinnlavuton, yep19:06
vinnlavuton, http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=xfce4&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all19:06
avutonThere's no xubuntu live cd for it though, so I'll just install stable then update, right?19:07
vinnlavuton, there is19:07
avutonAah19:07
avutonI'll do the diging then, thanks19:07
vinnlA new one is generated every day at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/daily-live/current/19:07
vinnlavuton, no need ;-)19:07
avutonOh, cool :D19:07
avutonThanks19:07
vinnlAlso, Alpha images are released every so often, but I'm not sure whether the latest also contains Xfce 4.6 final19:08
vinnlyw :)19:08
Superpig_Hi, I've just upgraded to 8.10 and my keyboard and mouse don't seem to be working with X anymore20:02
Superpig_I get to the graphical login screen and it just doesn't accept any input20:03
Superpig_I can Alt-FN to other TTYs and use the keyboard just fine, which is why I think it's an X problem20:03
Superpig_can anyone advise me on how to proceed with debugging it?20:03
lukinforehi20:04
lukinforeis there way to determine autostart order?20:05
vinnlNope, you'd have to add it to a Bash script or something20:05
lukinforehave problem with conky20:05
lukinforeit seems it ruuninf before xfdesktop20:05
lukinfore*running20:05
lukinforeso drawed to wrong window20:06
lukinforeuhm20:18
lukinforewant edit button in autstarted apps20:18
lukinforeis launchpad a right place?20:18
charlie-tcafor?20:18
lukinforefor feature request?20:19
vinnllukinfore, this'd be more appropriate: http://bugzilla.xfce.org/20:19
vinnlBut20:19
vinnlHave you checked this feature in Xubuntu 9.04/Xfce 4.6? It might be that it is already present now20:20
lukinforewell no account there20:20
lukinforeyep i'm on jaunty20:20
charlie-tcaReport it in launchpad and subscribe me, then20:20
vinnlI can report it for you20:20
lukinforek20:20
vinnlOr perhaps that'd be better indeed20:20
vinnlThen you can track its status20:21
charlie-tcaThere is not even a setting for autostarted apps, is there?20:21
vinnlWell, the configuration screen of which apps to start ^.^20:21
charlie-tcaI see, Session and startup.20:22
vinnlThat's not Autostarted Applications, is it?20:22
bfamadioi am having problems in mounting my 16gb pendrive on my eeePc, can someone help?20:22
charlie-tcaIt has a tab in it now20:22
brandonban6bfamadio, what is the problem?20:23
vinnlAh20:23
bfamadioit says unable to mount volume20:23
bfamadiocannot mount volume20:23
brandonban6bfamadio, have you used this drive on a windows machine?20:23
bfamadiono, its new20:24
bfamadioand i dont have problem with the 512mb pendrive which i have already used in windows20:24
pitwalkeralready mounted?20:25
pitwalkerwhat says mount?20:25
bfamadiowhen i try to open the drive an error message appears20:26
pitwalkerplease browse /dev/disk/by-id with mc20:26
pitwalkersudo apt-get install mc20:26
brandonban6k, in terminal run "sudo mount -t vfat <device path> <mount point> -o force" replaceing <device path> with /dev/pathofdevice and mounting point with folder you want to mount to.20:26
lukinforehttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-session/+bug/34014320:39
lukinforesomething like this20:39
vinnlcharlie-tca, shall I do it? :)20:40
hanns94_money for me please!!20:40
hanns94_http://change.pennergame.de/change_please/9873361/20:40
peetah22hello everyone - i just installed xubuntu and am having a hell of a time getting my m-audio audiophile 2496 to play sound (and continue playing sound). when i adjust the volume, the sound completely dies (it's dead now). can anyone give a hand?20:43
bfamadiopitwalker i tried your first suggestion : bash: /dev/disk/by-id: is a directory20:43
pitwalkerbfamaido: ls -l   you find the pendrive's device name?20:45
pitwalkerlrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2009-03-09 19:00 ata-QUANTUM_FIREBALL_EX3.2A_673825040215 -> ../../sda20:45
pitwalkerlrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-03-09 19:00 ata-QUANTUM_FIREBALL_EX3.2A_673825040215-part1 -> ../../sda120:45
pitwalkerlrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-03-09 19:00 ata-QUANTUM_FIREBALL_EX3.2A_673825040215-part2 -> ../../sda220:45
pitwalkerlrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2009-03-09 19:00 scsi-SATA_QUANTUM_FIREBAL673825040215 -> ../../sda20:45
pitwalkerlrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-03-09 19:00 scsi-SATA_QUANTUM_FIREBAL673825040215-part1 -> ../../sda120:45
pitwalkerlrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-03-09 19:00 scsi-SATA_QUANTUM_FIREBAL673825040215-part2 -> ../../sda220:45
vinnlWow Lionel is quick20:46
vinnllukinfore, so, subscribe yourself to https://bugs.launchpad.net/xfce4-session/+bug/340143 :)20:49
lukinforesubscribe? I've already afaik20:52
lukinforeuhm. duplicate is related to some earlier version20:53
lukinforethought there was eddit in 4.420:53
vinnlWell, it still applies in 4.6, right?20:53
lukinforeyeyeye20:55
lukinforehope 4.8 is not affected20:55
vinnlYeah let's cross our fingers :)20:55
lukinforeor even 4.61?20:55
vinnlDon't think so, 4.6.1 will contain mostly bugfixes20:56
vinnlPlus, this bug has been around for a while and hasn't been fixed, so it'll probably take a while20:57
charlie-tcasure, you can upstream it. I just didn't want it lost20:57
vinnlcharlie-tca, had already been done... Twice :)20:57
vinnlI thought Benedikt Meurer was the bug contact, and since he's put his Xfce development on hold, I wouldn't expect too much20:57
charlie-tcawoot! that's insurance, doing it twice :-)21:02
charlie-tcaSomeone else could pick it up.21:03
vinnlcharlie-tca, actually, I did it for the third time :P21:03
charlie-tca\o/21:04
vinnlI'm off to bed now, bye :)21:07
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MaFreiHello21:27
knome!hi | MaFrei21:28
ubottuMaFrei: Hi! Welcome to #xubuntu!21:28
MaFreii hope i can get help here, because i#ve got maybe a speciall problem and till no, nobody was able to help me.21:28
MaFreiHello ubotto21:28
knome!ask | MaFrei21:28
ubottuMaFrei: Please 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. :-)21:28
MaFreii#ve got the problem that i dont have access via LAN on my Acer Aspiure One21:29
MaFreiok ;-)21:29
knomeMaFrei, can you be a bit more specific?21:29
knomeMaFrei, you can't access internet or lan at all with wired/wireless?21:30
MaFreii hab configured the LAN via the networkmanager, also i had configured the LAN manually in the configuration file. The fun is that, if i configiure it manually, i can ping my network card but I#m not able to ping my LAN. Also funny is that the WLAN is functionning good.21:30
knomesounds weird. anyway, network-manager expects you to NOT have any configurations anywhere.21:31
MaFrei>Im also sure that it is no hardware defect, because when i rum my Acer via xubuntu Live-CD the LAN is working well. %The LAN is also working well with a newly installed Xubuntu, but afer a restard it is not functiuoning any more.21:32
MaFreii have copied the configuration from the Live-Cd System to my installed xubuntu but this also not solve my problem.21:34
knomehmm.21:34
dj_bushidowhat did you do to "configure" it?21:35
MaFreithere is also no error (asl i see?) and the Network manager (in automatic) configuratuion tells me that im connected to the LAN21:35
MaFreiwell, i treid in networkmanager the DHCP and also the fixed IP. Also i configured the configuration file (ahh, whats is name) with a fixed IP.21:36
dj_bushidotry dhcp not static IP, see if that does anything.21:36
dj_bushidoAnd stupid question, but how are you connecting now?21:36
MaFreii#m working now on my "big" computer, the acer is beside me. I also used DHCP with the network manager and aslo configured DHCP manually. In both cases he tried to connect but dont get an IP.21:38
dj_bushidoso the problem is not your network then, right?21:39
MaFreii can change files between the acer and my working machine via USB-Stick. Also the WLAn on the Acer is working fine, i dont get a WLAN till my neighbour dont switch hes on (well somethimes...)21:39
MaFreino, my network LAN is fine.21:39
dj_bushidovery interesting...21:39
dj_bushidodo you know if the acer has a specific wired driver it needs?21:40
MaFreiyes that is it. I#m totally frustaed. I found that there was a bug in ubuntu 7.10 but it was called to be fixed.21:40
slow-motionhi21:41
dj_bushidoalso, post on the ubuntu forum as well, someone else might know...21:41
brandonban6hi slow-motion21:41
MaFreiwell, as the Acer LAN is working fine with the xubuntu Live-CD i doindt looked at this so far.21:41
slow-motionhi brandonban621:41
MaFreiwell, i posted on the Geramn ubuntu forum alreadfy, but nobody was able to help me.21:42
dj_bushidotry posting english, that might help. your english seems fine.21:42
knomeMaFrei, #ubuntu-de ?21:42
MaFreiyes21:42
dj_bushidosorry, I meant www.ubuntuforums.org21:42
dj_bushidoyou'd have to register, but there's a greater chance someone can help you21:43
dj_bushidohave you tried the hardware driver manager?21:43
dj_bushidomy comp had a b43 card, so when I connected it to wired and did that it gave me a driver.21:44
MaFreibushido: no, the hardware dribver manager is new to me. What should i try there21:44
dj_bushidoyou are using xubuntu, yes?21:45
dj_bushidojust making sure...21:45
MaFreibushido: yes21:45
dj_bushidoApplications->System->Hardware Drivers21:45
dj_bushidoyou might have to be connected to internet for it to be registered correctly, but it should detect a driver if one exists.21:46
dj_bushidoany luck yet? keep us updated21:46
MaFreii#m connected via WLAN right now (my neighbour is online ;-), i see only the atheros wlan-driver in hardware manager21:47
dj_bushidohmmm...21:47
dj_bushidowhat is your wired card that I can look up and see if there is a driver?21:47
dj_bushidoor laptop model to look up card21:48
MaFreithe WLAN card is the Ateros 802.1121:48
MaFreiit is a ACER aSPIRE oNE WITH A ssd-dISK21:48
MaFreii thin it is named Acer Aspire 11021:49
MaFreisethe LAN is a Realtek RTL8101E/RTL810221:50
MaFreias i see in "sudo lspci"21:50
dj_bushidorealtek is sound card21:50
dj_bushidopretty sure21:50
dj_bushidocan you send the result to me?21:51
dj_bushidodo command "sudo lspci > lspci.txt"21:51
MaFreino, RTL8101E is PCI Express fast Ethernet card21:51
knome!pastebin21:51
ubottupastebin is a service to post multiple-lined texts so you don't flood the channel. The Ubuntu pastebin is at http://paste.ubuntu.com (make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic)21:51
MaFreiok, but this takes some minute21:51
dj_bushidothanks knome21:51
brandonban6!creator21:54
ubottuSorry, I don't know anything about creator21:54
brandonban6lol21:54
dj_bushidotry this site http://www.opendrivers.com/driver/239888/realtek-rtl8100e-rtl8101e-rtl8102e-gr-driver-1.003.00-linux-kernel-2.6.x(support-x86-and-x64)-free-download.html21:54
dj_bushidomake sure to copy the entire line21:55
brandonban6who coded the bot script?...tis impressive21:55
knomebrandonban6, what are you looking for?21:55
MaFreiok, i have it: http://paste.ubuntu.com/128973/21:55
knomebrandonban6, i'm not sure if it was jussi0121:55
brandonban6knome, just curious if ubottu would give information about it's designer...21:56
knome!bot21:56
ubottuHi! I'm #xubuntu's favorite infobot, you can search my brain yourself at http://ubottu.com/factoids.cgi - Usage info: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBots21:56
brandonban6ah, I see..21:56
dj_bushidook, you were right, that is the card21:56
MaFreibushido: the link (the whole line) is not working21:57
MaFreibushido: but no problem, i will find it myself21:57
MaFreibushido: do you think this one is different from the one I#m already using?21:58
dj_bushidosearch google for "RTL8101E linux driver"21:58
knomeMaFrei, http://tinyurl.com/rtl8100-1e21:58
dj_bushidothat links to the site i posted21:59
knomedj_bushido, correct. :)21:59
dj_bushidohow to do colors?21:59
knomecolors?22:00
dj_bushidodj_bushido, correct22:00
dj_bushidoshowed up red22:00
dj_bushidoor is that xchat coloring it for me?22:00
brandonban6hehe :)22:00
knomedj_bushido, it is. it's your highlight.22:00
* dj_bushido feels like an irc n00b once again...22:01
brandonban6dj_bushido, I was there just last week :) .........novice to pro in one week, call today!!22:01
dj_bushidooh nice! count me in!22:01
dj_bushidoanyway, any luck on the driver?22:01
MaFreiok, i got an tar.bz222:02
dj_bushido*a tar.bz222:02
dj_bushidosorry...22:02
MaFreiok, how is the prozedure for installaing a driver in xubuntu?22:03
dj_bushidoum, hold on22:05
dj_bushidoshould be able to extract to root directory, i believe.22:06
dj_bushidoif so, extract to a temporary directory and then sudo mv to root22:06
MaFreibushido: ok, i will do likely, but i think i've made a little mistake by now. Because i have at the moment the LAn from my neighbour (till he goes to sleep what is very early) i have started the update of the Acer and now he is installing 202 new packages. Can i interupt that?22:08
dj_bushidojust kidding.22:08
dj_bushidoare you using synaptic?22:08
dj_bushidoif so, just complete the download, and you don't need to worry about internet.22:09
dj_bushidoback to the driver though.22:09
dj_bushidoi was wrong about install.22:09
MaFreiäh.. I#m using the GUI-Tool22:09
dj_bushidoextract to temporary directory, then do"./configure;make;sudo make install"22:09
MaFreiok, and i can do this will the installation of the updates is running?22:10
dj_bushidoscratch the ./configure, just make and make install22:10
dj_bushidoand yes22:10
MaFreiok, i will try22:10
dj_bushidoshouldn't affect other packages UNLESS you are installing the driver via synaptic22:10
dj_bushidog2g for like 10 mins, so brb22:10
MaFreiwell, ok, it is very slow, at the moment he is instlling some perl packages22:11
MaFreiok, i have extract the package and there is a file called "makefile"22:16
MaFreii just let the commands run in the directory with this file??22:16
MaFreioh. i got errors while running "sudo make"22:18
dj_bushidoshould be just "make"22:18
dj_bushidothen sudo make install22:18
MaFreiif i rum "make" i got a "permission denied"22:19
MaFreiif i rum "sudo make" i got the following error: *** lib/modules/2.6.27-11generic/build: No such file or directory. Schluss22:21
reynanteanybody awake?22:22
dj_bushidotry installing the package "linux-source" or something to that effect.22:22
MaFreiand the: "make[1]: *** [modules] Fehler 222:22
MaFreiFehler 2 meqans Error 222:22
reynantewhat does the circle icon on the upper left corner do?22:22
reynanteon any open window22:22
MaFreisorry, what circle?22:23
reynanteon the title bar22:23
reynantethere is the icon for the window, like firefox, xchat etc and theres a circle button besides it22:23
reynantewhat does it do?22:23
MaFreiwell, i dont know what you mean, but i see that in thze moment it is installing a new kernel image. Could this interact with my "make"?22:24
MaFreiah, now i know what you mean22:24
MaFreioh , my terminal was closed22:25
MaFreiwell, i think i should wait some minutes??22:25
dj_bushidothe little circle moves the window onto all workspaces.22:26
dj_bushidoum, might be a good idea to wait until image is done.22:26
MaFreiok, the image is installed, now it is running some task with java22:27
MaFreii try again22:27
reynantethanks dj_bushido22:27
dj_bushidookay22:28
dj_bushidothe command is only make, not sudo make22:28
reynantedidnt notice it because i am used to using only one workspace, i noticed at the indicator at the lower right corner that it appeared in the 2nd workspace22:28
dj_bushidoyou're welcome!22:29
AmirBHey, I'm trying to install Xubuntu, but when I boot into the cd, hitting "ENTER" on the option to install (or any of the options for that matter) doesn't do anything22:30
MaFreibushido: weill, it is not functioning. Witjh "make" i got a "permission denied".. And with "sudo mnake" i got a error of a non existing directory /lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/build22:31
knomeAmirB, how much ram?22:31
AmirB51222:31
knomehave you checked the cd for defects?22:32
AmirBit doesn't let me press enter for that either22:32
slow-motionn822:32
dj_bushidoum... see if there is a linux-dev package, or something like that22:33
knomeAmirB, did you check the md5 sum?22:33
MaFreibushido: "see" is nice, i only know how to install packsges, but how to check if some exist?22:33
AmirBhmm...no. I downloaded it from the official Xubuntu site though22:34
dj_bushidosynaptic should let you do a search, on the top of window.22:34
MaFreiah, i can use the GUI-Tools22:34
MaFreiyes22:34
MaFreiuh, no, synapsis is still running, how is the cmd-command to search?22:35
MaFreisorry, the the shell command22:36
dj_bushidouh, no clue.22:36
dj_bushidoI use synaptic.22:36
MaFreiok, i will find it22:36
knomeAmirB, does your system respond to any keyboard activity?22:37
AmirByes22:37
AmirBeverything else. up down, the F* buttons22:37
AmirBany ideas?22:42
MaFreiok, the command is dphg -l and gives me a long listing22:43
MaFreii found a "linux-libc-dev"22:43
MaFreiis this the right one?22:43
reynantewhere can i get webradio links?22:44
reynanteim trying out listen music player22:44
dj_bushidomight work22:45
knomeAmirB, what if you select the "boot options" (or sth like that) F* menu and press enter then? are both the enter keys unresponsive?22:46
knomeAmirB, have you tried to change the keyboard layout?22:46
AmirBhmm. actually, the enter key works when in the menu, just not to select an option...22:46
MaFreibushido: ah, i got the problem, sorry, Im an idiot. The folder is not read/write enabled because it was extracted of an archive22:46
dj_bushidosorry, have to leave. Good luck all!22:46
AmirBso strange...22:46
AmirB_knome, is there a way to install it without selecting the option? maybe through the command line or something?22:51
MaFreiok, could someone help me further? I want to install a new driver for my realtec ethernet card. I have downloaded the drive, extracted the package, make the folder read/write enabled to all and tried "make" but it gave me an error of a non existing directory /lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/build22:52
knomeAmirB_, did you try safe graphics mode?22:53
MaFreibushido told me that i need a somehow called package named "linux-dev" Can somebody told me the complete name so i can install it?22:53
AmirB_knome, no....how do i access thatx?22:54
knomeAmirB_, should be able to get there by selecting it from the menu before the install menu22:54
knomeAmirB_, if i recall correctly.22:54
AmirB_knome, the only thing before the install menu is a languag selextion22:55
MaFreiok, i got another error that tell me that another installation is running. I think i wait till the update has finished and come the back again. Thank you all for your help. Nice to meet you22:55
knomeMaFrei, good luck22:56
AmirB_knome, how do I get to the safe graphics mode?23:01
knomeAmirB_, it might be that there is no such mode. i'm just referring to my memory.23:06
AmirB_oh23:13
AmirB_knome, I messed around a bit and now when I try to press enter it gives me a message with a path in it23:13
AmirB_for example /vulinuz/something23:14
AmirB_or wtvr23:14
knomeAmirB_, mm.. yeah?23:15
AmirB_knome, dunno...just an update in the situation23:15
knomeok:)23:17
knomeAmirB_, you might want to try alternative23:17
AmirB_like what?23:19
knome!alternative23:20
ubottuThe Alternate CD is a classic text-mode install CD. It supports a wider range of hardware than the !LiveCD, and can also be used as an upgrade CD.  Look for the link on the Ubuntu download page - See also !minimal23:20
knomeyou can install the full desktop from that cd also - and also from minimal.23:20

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