[01:27] hi, id like it so that when i boot up with my vga external 23inch monitor connected to my laptop, it will only use that screen. not dualhead or twinview. this laptop has an intel graphics card. right now, both laptop and external screen are on, with both the correct resolutions, but they mirror each other, even though in the display properties mirroring is unchecked. is there a guide to follow, or a better utility that will nicely setup my xor [01:30] /quit [01:31] hmm [02:38] hi all, I installed xubuntu on a sony vaio rx550. It works except for problem with fan running at full speed and resolution max is 800 x 600. This same card (older nvidia agp) is capable of 1024 x768 and 1280x1024. I think I have a fix for fan problem, but how do I set the resolution higher than 800 x 600? (Must say I prefer 8.04 on this issue than 8.10). Any ideas? [02:39] also when I run hardware drivers it says there is no proprietary drivers [05:07] hi guys [05:07] i need some help if anyone has 2 minutes please thx [05:10] !anyone [05:10] A large amount of the first questions asked in this channel start with "Does anyone/anybody..." Why not ask your next question (the real one) and find out? [05:11] !anyone @ moose86 [05:11] Error: I am only a bot, please don't think I'm intelligent :) [05:11] !anyone | moose86 [05:11] moose86: A large amount of the first questions asked in this channel start with "Does anyone/anybody..." Why not ask your next question (the real one) and find out? [05:11] ok i use xubuntu on my laptop and i have no clue how to get a usb wifi stick working withit (this is my second day on xubuntu) just installed ubuntu on my desktop [05:11] so new to this world but like it :) [05:13] look for the hardware list in comunity documentation [05:14] !hardware [05:14] For lists of supported hardware on Ubuntu see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport - To help debugging and improving hardware detection, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingHardwareDetection [05:14] same list applies to xubuntu? [05:16] and also it is a USB wifi stick, does this count as a Wireless Network Cards [05:17] moose86, ubuntu, kubuntu and xubuntu is the S.O. [05:17] the diference is the DE [05:18] xfce, gnome and kde [05:18] ah ok i see thx [05:18] here is what i found [05:18] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Device/NetgearWG111 [05:19] dam [05:19] my laptop cd player is nto working [05:20] hwo else can i get the drivers for it ontot he lappy? === Puppet_Maurice is now known as Puppet_Master [06:17] When you hear someone yelling at his computer YOU KNOW it's "WINBLOWS" "WINBLOWS" === Yuna is now known as hatake_kakashi [07:44] hello [07:44] anybody [07:45] hello somebody [07:45] :) [07:46] 1 question??? [07:46] !ask | xenocit [07:46] xenocit: 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. :-) [07:46] knome [07:47] yes? [07:47] this ubottu is a bot [07:47] yes, it is. [07:47] question for you! :) [07:48] no i'm kitten [07:49] for me is a toshiba satellite 1800-204 1.1Ghz 192MB RAM 10GB HDD and .. xubuntu not work fine? Why? [07:50] 192 is the minimum required ram. [07:50] umf.. [07:50] so... it should work [07:50] but not as fast as you could think [07:50] how i cleaning my hdd? [07:51] and up my performance? [07:51] u now windoze HDD Cleaner [07:51] ram is cheap now. [07:51] no money.. :) [07:52] there is no reason to "clean" your hdd if you are running xubuntu [07:52] worl finansial cryze.. :) [07:52] have you installed xubuntu already or not? [07:53] yes [07:53] i install xubuntu 2 day ago [07:53] right. so is there anything speicif you feel is slow? [07:53] *specific [07:53] 8.10 [07:54] firefox running slow... [07:54] vcl not work.. in movie files [07:54] :) [07:54] there is alternatives for firefox, for example epiphany or midori. you might try them if you don't need those fancy extensions [07:55] how i uninstall firefoix and install midori [07:55] :) [07:55] are you sure you have all the codes to play the videos? if they video files are relatively small, they should play in vlc. [07:55] are you familiar with synaptic? [07:55] synaptic [07:57] ? [07:59] ?! [07:59] xenocit, are you familiar with synaptic? [07:59] i not understand [07:59] xenocit, applications -> system -> synaptic package manager [07:59] yes [08:00] search for midori and mark for installatio [08:00] ok [08:00] no midori [08:02] xenocit, in synaptic: settings -> repositories -> check "Community maintained ... (universe)" [08:02] ok [08:02] then close and click the reload button and search for midori again [08:03] ok.. running [08:14] not again [08:16] yesss [08:16] is here [08:16] midori and midori-mbg [08:16] midori-dbg [08:16] just midori, right click and select mark for installation [08:17] and click the apply button [08:17] orait [08:17] how to uninstall firefox? [08:18] you don't need to uninstall it [08:18] umf.. [08:19] ok.. [08:19] but if you want to, you can search for it and right click and select mark for uninstallation [08:19] or what ever the text is [08:19] :) ok [08:23] ready [08:24] cool running fast [08:27] tnx man [08:30] xenocit, np. [09:03] Hello, all! [09:04] anybody running xubuntu on a macbook? [09:13] shled: yes [09:14] i can't get the keyboard settings right, especially the level 3 chooser [09:14] mac [09:16] TheSheep: can you tell me where to put the keyboard settings, hal or xorg.conf? [09:16] /etc/default/console-setup [09:17] TheSheep: thank you, can you also tell me the correct XKBMODEL value? [09:18] no idea, works for me without changing anything [09:18] you can run a menu-based setup [09:18] TheSheep: how? [09:18] sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup [09:19] TheSheep: sweet, thanks [09:19] btw, you might want pommed for supporting the backlight keys [09:19] and if it's nvidia, you will need nvidia-bl module [09:19] it's described on the ubuntu wiki [09:20] !apple [09:20] Sorry, I don't know anything about apple [09:20] hmm [09:20] TheSheep: Thank you very much! [09:21] hey [09:22] 1 more question [09:22] * shled will be back after a reboot [09:22] i like the best video audio player [09:23] for slow pc [09:24] gxine xenocit [09:24] how to install [09:24] ? [09:26] * shled is back again [09:26] TheSheep: thanks again, works like a charm [09:27] alt+f2 then type xfce4-terminal xenocit [09:27] then do [09:27] sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get install gxine [09:28] k [09:29] let me know if it works or not okay xenocit [09:29] open in synaptic [09:29] gxine [09:29] you don't need to use synaptic [09:29] the other way I just showed you is fine [09:29] all right [09:30] synaptic is just a gui for managing software packages on your computer xenocit [09:30] apt is the command line way [09:30] sudo apt-get install gxine [09:30] E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable) [09:30] E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it? [09:31] xenocit, you have synaptics still open? [09:31] that is because you have another program using the package manager xenocit [09:31] no [09:31] or the update manager, or add and remove software [09:31] in terminal [09:32] quit synaptic or any other software manager or updater like add and remove [09:32] then do it again [09:32] work [09:32] :) [09:33] downloading [09:34] 1 more question [09:34] video audio codec like it ffdshow [09:34] ? [09:35] do [09:35] i like a audio video codec [09:36] !info xubuntu-restricted-extras | xenocit [09:36] xubuntu-restricted-extras (source: ubuntu-restricted-extras): Commonly used restricted packages. In component multiverse, is optional. Version 25 (intrepid), package size 4 kB, installed size 32 kB [09:36] I was just going to do that knome [09:37] xenocit do : sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras [09:37] rocko, xubuntu- [09:37] why would the x matter ? [09:38] because their contents might not (always) be the same [09:39] read: there would not be xubuntu- if it wouldn't matter. [09:39] ??! [09:40] xenocit, sudo apt-get install xubuntu-restricted-extras [09:40] yes [09:40] :) [09:40] ok [09:40] xenocit do , sudo apt-get install xubuntu-restricted-extras [09:40] xenocit also install libdvdcss2 [09:41] okay [09:41] i do it [09:42] libdvdcss2 is not in the repos afaik [09:42] xenocit do , wget -c http://download.videolan.org/pub/libdvdcss/1.2.10/deb/libdvdcss2_1.2.10-1_i386.deb [09:43] then after it is finished downloading install it [09:43] or sudo ./usr/share/doc/libdvdread*/install-css.sh [09:43] (replace * with version number) [09:43] !info libdvdread [09:43] Package libdvdread does not exist in intrepid [09:43] !info libdvdread4 [09:43] Package libdvdread4 does not exist in intrepid [09:43] !info libdvdread3 [09:43] libdvdread3 (source: libdvdread): library for reading DVDs. In component universe, is optional. Version 0.9.7-11ubuntu2 (intrepid), package size 61 kB, installed size 208 kB [09:43] == 3 [09:44] install with sudo dpkg -i libdvdcss2_1.2.10-1_i386.deb [09:44] * knome leaves -> [09:45] :) [09:45] does it work xenocit ? [09:45] boys, make me crazy.. [09:45] waiting [09:45] why did you say that xenocit ? [09:46] sudo ./usr/share/doc/libdvdread*/install-css.sh [09:46] sudo ./usr/share/doc/libdvdread*/install-css.sh [09:46] wget -c http://download.videolan.org/pub/libdvdcss/1.2.10/deb/libdvdcss2_1.2.10-1_i386.deb ; sudo dpkg -i libdvdcss2_1.2.10-1_i386.deb [09:46] working [09:46] ..... [09:47] it installs libdvdcss2 ? [09:47] ldconfig deferred processing now taking place [09:47] i'ts ok? [09:47] now you should be able to watch encrypted dvds [09:48] rocko, i like a watch normal avi wmv asf .. etc.. [09:48] files [09:48] with subtitles [09:48] :) [09:48] I see [09:48] well if you ever have to watch a dvd movie [09:48] then you are good [09:49] this libdvdcss [09:49] work? [09:49] if it completed without error then it worked [09:49] good,, [09:49] :) no errors [09:50] xmms work in xubuntu? [09:50] are you able to use gxine ? [09:50] gxine is a nice video player [09:50] no .. this is question.. [09:51] yes xmms works [09:51] :) [09:51] I use mp3blaster though [09:51] like it winamp? [09:51] I it my most favorite command line audio player [09:51] no it is not gui [09:51] it is a command based audio player [09:52] :) [09:52] not for me.. [09:53] I see [09:53] i'm lame.. [09:53] :) [09:53] the audio player that comes with xubuntu is fine to use [09:54] listen is what it is called [09:54] audacious is like windamp [09:54] winamp [09:54] TheSheep how ar eyou buddy? [09:55] rocko: can't complain [09:55] don't you work some tmes two days at your job for IT? [09:57] rocko: ---> #xubuntu-offtopic [09:59] does orca screen reader work as well on xfce as it does on gnome? [11:39] qlist [11:39] whoops laughing out loud [12:07] could someone help me with a stupid question? how do i find out what color depth my system is currently running at? [12:17] xrandr should tell you [12:20] xrandr only seems to be giving me resolution and clock rate, even with --verbose [12:22] thx anyway :) [12:28] xubuntu090985, I think it should be 24 by default? [12:30] gorgut, yeah i might just try some different settings in xorg.conf and see if i can tell the difference! [12:39] maybe 'xset q'? [12:40] someone on jaunty with radeon r300 here? [12:40] need bug approving [12:46] aha, xset tells me WhitePixel = 65535 which i guess means 16-bit color [12:47] thx lukinfore [12:47] np [13:44] hi [13:44] is anyone there that could help me? I'm havint trouble installing Xubuntu :/ [13:44] hej leute [13:44] hi people [13:45] hi dr-jackson [13:45] well yeah I'm having some troubles too, wifi is not detected on my eeepc :/ [13:45] could anyone help me? [13:46] what is this eeepc? [13:46] :) [13:47] ? [13:47] asus' netbooks... [13:47] wifi chipset?? [13:49] azurewave [13:49] i dunno the rest [13:49] ^^ [13:49] type on terminal lspci [13:50] 06:00.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI (rev 01) [13:50] this is my wifi [13:51] ok [13:51] lsusb [13:51] lspcmcia [13:51] what is ur wifi? [14:04] I searched the whole net (incl. launchpad), etc for the "/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/control"-(file not found)-problem during apt-get install, but couldn't find something useful. Has anyone an idea what this could be or ever experienced the same? I already filed a bug report. [14:05] What is the bug number? [14:15] Sorry not a bug it's listed as a ubscribed question (Question #30085). [14:19] Aehm.. I also noticed that /bin/tar has 0 (ZERO) bytes. [14:20] Well I tested soe things with tar and gz yesterday (a anacron script to store some stuff...). Then the tar operations were not performed anymore and I restarted the system. [14:20] I can't find it [14:21] mom [14:21] https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+question/30085 [14:23] I need the package "VPN Connection Manager (PPP generic)" from ubuntu, is there any way to get this? [14:24] Looks like a bug to me. Why is it filed as a question? also, mikew said he resolved it and closed the question! [14:25] Well but the thing isn't really resolved for me. :-) Well indeed the command "/bin/tar --help" does output nothing. Cann I install updates via apt-get without tar? [14:26] I see that. I don't know if it can be done without tar, but there is "create bug report" on the right. [14:26] He seems to have resolved it by reloading, which isn't really a fix [14:27] yes :-) [14:38] hi all [14:39] Morning [14:43] morning? [14:43] :) [14:44] my time :-) [14:44] 1 question? [14:44] go ahead [14:44] my wifi work very slow [14:45] why? [14:45] 06:00.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI (rev 01) [14:45] I don't know but someone might? [14:45] in normal with VPN internet speed is 3000k [14:46] with wifi is a 25-50 [14:46] ? [14:46] work with 1Mb/s [14:57] Does somebody know how to set my default editor to something other than Mousepad? Thanks in advance. [15:00] Legate: right-click on a file, select properties, select what you want to open it with [15:00] <_Pete_> export EDITOR=emacs [15:00] <_Pete_> :) [15:00] TheSheep: That's how I'm doing it right now. I want to open it with SciTE all the time. [15:01] _Pete_: Weird thing is, echo $EDITOR gives nothing as its output. (Well, a newline.) [15:01] <_Pete_> it's not set initially [15:01] Legate: you can also run update-alternatives ... [15:01] _Pete_: Ok, so how does my system determine that is has to open everything with Mousepad? [15:02] TheSheep: With which parameters? [15:02] <_Pete_> dont really know [15:02] <_Pete_> I guess the $EDITOR only effects when you work in terminal [15:03] it all depends on the aplication taht uses it [15:03] if the authors of the application bothered to check $EDITOR, it will work [15:03] When I'm in terminal I just type nano ./, no problem. But I want to change the behavior for my desktop, thunar, nautilus, etc. [15:06] they use the .desktop files from .local/share/applications [15:06] but how they choose which one to use -- I have no idea [15:07] Legate: aah, see ~/.local/share/defaults.list [15:08] hey [15:08] how to manage my wifi speed [15:08] I don't have that file, TheSheep. [15:09] Ah, it's in ~/.local/share/applications/ [15:09] Legate: chnge the default app for some file in thunar, it will be created then [15:09] But Mousepad is not specified there. [15:10] Legate: see also /usr/share/applications/defaults.list [15:10] It already has an entry, but that one is for .py files. [15:10] Legate: but make any changes in your local file [15:10] Legate: because the global one will be overwritten on update [15:12] Mousepad is not specified anywhere in my /usr/share/applications/defaults.list [15:13] Legate: so? [15:13] Legate: just specify whatever you want t ouse there [15:15] Well, I want to use SciTE for everything that is now done with Mousepad. For that (and out of interest) I want to know where (e.g. which configuration file) Mouspad is specified as the default application. [15:18] Legate: I suppose that when the app specified in defaults.list is not available, it just picks the first .desktop file from that directory that supports given mimetype [15:18] Legate: why not just uninstall mousepad? :) [15:18] TheSheep: What would it do then, I wonder? [15:19] I like your first suggestion better. :P Is there a way to determine the type of a given file? Some terminal app? [15:19] <_Pete_> Legate: file [15:19] <_Pete_> tells you about file type [15:19] it just removes mousepad, well if you use apt-get it does [15:19] Legate: file [15:23] Thanks _Pete_, TheSheep. Interestingly, /usr/share/applications/defaults.list is a symlink to /etc/gnome/defaults.list . Now I checked that one and file tells me it's ASCII text. How do I get the corresponding mime type? I suppose it is something like text/ascii, but it does not seem to exist. [15:25] Perhaps it's text/plain? [15:26] Ah, I got it. Setting the -i parameter does the trick. Glorious man pages. :P [15:27] Thank you very much for your help, _Pete_ and TheSheep. [15:29] * _Pete_ just build own 2.6.29 kernel and wonders how will it work [15:46] how do I check which version of xfce am I running? [15:47] Shooree: About Xce dialog in the Xfce menu tells it [15:47] In Xubuntu, Applications -> About Xfce -> Info [15:48] oh. I thought it would be a terminal command [15:48] :) [15:48] heh. didn't even try to check the menus [15:49] thanks, jarnos [15:50] I need the package "VPN Connection Manager (PPP generic)" from ubuntu, is there any way to get this? [15:51] hey [15:51] hellou [15:52] anybody help for me [15:52] Please just ask your question. [15:53] Slonkie, how i made speedup my wireless connection [15:55] how fast of a connection are you connecting to on your wireless? [16:04] 54M [16:08] what's the java runtime module called (for firefox). there's a million java entries that come up when i sudo-apt search java [16:08] and i don't believe it's default-jre because it's 102 MB (java on sun's site is only 18MB (i'm concerned about bloatware) [16:09] Mood, I think you'll want sun-java6-plugin [16:11] vinnl: it's still 100 MB... is there an alternate minimal download? [16:11] Mood, what was that 18MB file? [16:12] vinnl: on java.com's site, it's the .bin file, self-extracting... i wonder if they don't have all the dependencies though... [16:12] hmm my firefox freezes when trying to load a java plugin, anyone experienced this problem ? [16:13] fyi: http://www.java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp?locale=en&host=www.java.com:80 [16:13] Mood, that seems to me to be the equivalent of the sun-java6-jre package, as it's just the Runtime Environment [16:14] vinnl: then i wonder what accounts for the large 18 MB vs 100 MB difference [16:14] "contains the Java virtual machine, runtime class libraries, and [16:14] Java application launcher that are necessary to run programs written [16:14] in the Java progamming language." [16:14] :) [16:14] hmm... [16:15] it says "self-extracting file" so most likely its been compressed hence the difference in size [16:16] by a factor of 10x? [16:16] well, closer to 5x [16:16] i would've thought a binary would be fairly compact to begin with... *shrug* [16:17] ok- here goes nothin... 100 MB install! thanks vinnl/mprice [16:17] np :) [16:18] Mood let me know if default-jre works when your done please [16:21] Slonkie: i'm installing sun-java6-plugin, not default-jre... not sure how they're related [16:21] oh okay [16:22] sun-java6-plugin has 3 things: the bin, jre, and plugin [16:23] i did try the sun-java6-plugin, that diden't work for me. :/ [16:30] anyone know a way of updating the now being installed java version? [16:31] Java.com says i've only got 6.10 and 6.12 is the latest, but if i run the .bin file from their site nothing is updated. [16:31] That's because that's not a package made for Ubuntu [16:32] When i try to load a java module firefox just freezes, chould that be an bug in 6.10 ? [16:33] Might be, might be a bug that still exists in 6.12, might be a bug in Firefox, might be in a lot of places [16:33] so theres no way to get java working for me [16:34] There probably is but I don't know it :P [16:35] frustrating [16:35] Yeah I understand [17:16] how can i change the scroll bar color of a theme? i've got xfce-dusk and i really like it but i need to change the scroll bar color because it's almost impossible to see [17:20] cr4z3d, you'll need to edit the theme itself... Look for the gtkrc file in the theme folder which is probably in /usr/share/themes [17:21] as a second question i've enabled compositor in window manager tweaks but how do i get true transparency on my terminal windows? i've got it working for all inactive windows [17:21] but thank you i'll look there now [17:22] cr4z3d, in the Terminal preferences, click Appearance and select "Transparent background" in the Background drop-down menu :) [17:25]