| rsarson | hello everyone! can anyone tell me why the "users" command lists me as a user more than once? | 00:01 |
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| mikubuntu | installed virtualbox, but it doesn't seem to appear anywhere in the menus | 00:02 |
| bernie_ | is there any way I can use SUDO without putting in my password all the time? | 03:38 |
| cody-somerville | bernie_, it remembers your password for about 15 minutes | 03:42 |
| cody-somerville | bernie_, but it is possible to configure it to not require your password or not require your password for certain commands. | 03:42 |
| bernie_ | that is what i want | 03:43 |
| bernie_ | do you know which file to manipulate for that | 03:43 |
| cody-somerville | bernie_, yup. Modify the last line of /etc/sudoers which should read "%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL" to "%admin ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL". | 03:44 |
| bernie_ | u rock | 03:45 |
| marybuntu | ok, time to show my ignorance. i don't know how to back up my files from thunar onto a usb. i have the usb mounted, and i opened thunar and tried to click and drag 'desktop' onto the usb icon on the desktop, but it doesn't copy. what step am i missing? | 04:22 |
| TheSheep | marybuntu: are you sure the usb is not set to read-only? | 04:48 |
| Mike_lifeguard | to restart X in gnome, you can do "sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart" -- what would be equivalent be in xubuntu? | 05:03 |
| TheSheep | same | 05:09 |
| TheSheep | except that if you do it from within X, it might not live long enough to bring it back | 05:09 |
| TheSheep | so better do it from one of the virtual consoles | 05:09 |
| Mike_lifeguard | yes, I'll note that as well... | 05:11 |
| Mike_lifeguard | thanks | 05:13 |
| marybuntu | TheSheep: sorry, i was away. how do i tell? it just indicates that it is mounted. | 05:15 |
| TheSheep | marybuntu: right-click inside it, select properties and see if you have write access to it | 05:17 |
| marybuntu | TheSheep: k, lemme check | 05:17 |
| marybuntu | TheSheep: under permissions it says the 'permissions of disk could not be determined' | 05:19 |
| TheSheep | marybuntu: does that usb key have a switch for ro/rw ? | 05:19 |
| marybuntu | ummm, you mean a physical switch? never knew they had such a thing. do i have to unmount it to take it out? incidentally, it seems to have copied three pictures totalling 1.6 MB when i tried to copy the whole desktop. | 05:22 |
| TheSheep | you have to unmount it before removing if you have written or deleted anything on it | 05:22 |
| TheSheep | it's safe to always unmount it though | 05:23 |
| marybuntu | i just lookd at an identical flash and it has no physical switch on it | 05:24 |
| TheSheep | you should be able to copy files onto it then :/ | 05:25 |
| marybuntu | yes, i *should* huh, but i'm going to have to be smarter than the machine to accomplish that. there's the rub. | 05:26 |
| TheSheep | it's easy to be smarter than a piece of metal :) | 05:26 |
| marybuntu | evrythings easy when you know how. :( | 05:27 |
| marybuntu | soooOOOOoooo, what do i do now ... i want to upgrade this machine to 9.04 for mom, for some reason it's gotten sluggish over the last few months | 05:29 |
| TheSheep | system monitor should show you what programs are using the cpu | 05:30 |
| TheSheep | and/or memory | 05:30 |
| marybuntu | ya, i'm going to install a more minimal number of programs and stuff on the new version. i've bogged firefox down with too many addons, and you can really feel it | 05:32 |
| marybuntu | but, what to do about transferring my files to the usb? any other suggestions? | 05:32 |
| TheSheep | marybuntu: if you type 'mount' in a terminal, you should see if it's mounted read-only or rw | 05:33 |
| marybuntu | or even burn them to cd, there's really not that much on there; i just have never saved stuff before | 05:34 |
| marybuntu | ok, opening terminal | 05:34 |
| marybuntu | can i past the output here? just about 10 lines. or should i use pasteubuntu? | 05:35 |
| TheSheep | !pastebin | 05:36 |
| ubottu | pastebin is a service to post multiple-lined texts so you don't flood the channel. The Ubuntu pastebin is at http://paste.ubuntu.com | To post !screenshots use http://imagebin.org/index.php?page=add | Make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic | 05:36 |
| marybuntu | http://paste.ubuntu.com/191336/ | 05:37 |
| TheSheep | it's rw | 05:37 |
| TheSheep | th last entry | 05:38 |
| marybuntu | so, then, i'm just not doing the procedure properly then | 05:38 |
| TheSheep | is there enough free space on it to fit your wdesktop? | 05:38 |
| TheSheep | *desktop | 05:38 |
| marybuntu | ya, its a new 2gb, plenty of space | 05:39 |
| TheSheep | what if you drag single files? | 05:39 |
| marybuntu | um, hadn't tried that. just drag one by one? | 05:40 |
| TheSheep | try with one to see if it copies at all | 05:40 |
| TheSheep | also, if you right-click on a directory and select properties, it will count the total space taken by it, maybe it's slightly over those 2GB? | 05:41 |
| marybuntu | and let me get this straight. i just drag the file from thunar window over to the '2 gb Media' icon on the desktop, right? | 05:41 |
| marybuntu | i'll check that, but i'm sure its not that large. i go check now. | 05:42 |
| TheSheep | I usually open the icon in a second thunar window | 05:42 |
| TheSheep | and drag from one window to the other | 05:42 |
| TheSheep | but what you describe should work too | 05:42 |
| marybuntu | going to try to wrap my head around that while i'm cheking properties | 05:43 |
| TheSheep | there s also a cool program called 'baobab' for checking free space | 05:45 |
| TheSheep | it's not in the menus, but you should be able to run it from terminal or alt+f2 | 05:46 |
| marybuntu | disk usage analyser is baobab, isn't it? | 05:47 |
| marybuntu | when i right click on desktop, i don't get anything | 05:48 |
| marybuntu | i have two thunar windows open side by side now | 05:48 |
| marybuntu | they *seem* to be going into the media now, one by one | 05:55 |
| marybuntu | TheSheep: 105 items totalling 16.2 mb ... told you it wasn't much, huh ... but i'm glad to save them anyways, thank you for help. | 06:25 |
| marybuntu | TheSheep: out of curiosity, what version(s) of what distro(s) do you run on your machine(s)? | 06:27 |
| TheSheep | no idea why it didn't work | 06:29 |
| TheSheep | marybuntu: xubuntu jaunty | 06:29 |
| TheSheep | marybuntu: and debian sid on the server | 06:29 |
| marybuntu | what's 'sid' | 06:29 |
| TheSheep | codename of debian version | 06:30 |
| marybuntu | ok, of course | 06:30 |
| TheSheep | releases of debian are codenamed by names of characters from toystory | 06:30 |
| TheSheep | afaik sid was the kid that broke all the toys | 06:31 |
| TheSheep | it's the bleeding edge testing version | 06:31 |
| marybuntu | haha | 06:31 |
| marybuntu | figures | 06:31 |
| marybuntu | 9.04 is jaunty, yes? | 06:52 |
| marybuntu | thx again, signing off to install 9.04 | 06:53 |
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| epictetus | hi | 14:39 |
| epictetus | sup | 14:39 |
| epictetus | xubunturians | 14:39 |
| SiDi | Hi | 14:40 |
| epictetus | stupid css is acting weird on my site http://www.efactusa.com | 14:43 |
| epictetus | i hate css | 14:43 |
| epictetus | are you guys programmers | 14:43 |
| SiDi | epictetus, i dont see what the hell css has to do with xubuntu :) | 14:45 |
| SiDi | and if you hate css, it'll hate you too | 14:45 |
| SiDi | (and me, by the meanwhile) | 14:45 |
| SiDi | so whats wrong with your css | 14:45 |
| SiDi | display: block; should be in a.navcell and not in a.navcell:hover epictetus | 14:48 |
| SiDi | apart from that, the main problem i see with your site is the idea of using dark green alongside purple | 14:48 |
| ablomen | http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.efactusa.com%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0 << you might want to validate your html too, before blaming css | 14:49 |
| SiDi | and using different headers on each page too. if they had the same height, why not, though | 14:50 |
| SiDi | ouch | 14:50 |
| SiDi | transitional ! | 14:50 |
| SiDi | ablomen, we scared him :p | 14:52 |
| ablomen | hehe :P | 14:52 |
| SiDi | ablomen, Apache/2.2.9 (Debian) PHP/5.2.6-1+lenny2 with Suhosin-Patch Server at www.efactusa.com Port 80 is epictetus 's server | 15:11 |
| SiDi | since he doesnt use ubuntu server i think we shouldnt help him :D | 15:11 |
| ablomen | lol :P | 15:11 |
| ablomen | well to be fair, i use debian for servers myself, so i can relate ;) | 15:12 |
| SiDi | I dont use servers :P mine's down | 15:12 |
| epictetus | hehe thanks | 15:13 |
| ablomen | heh im guessing a windows server ;) | 15:13 |
| epictetus | i use xubuntu for desktops debian for servers usually | 15:13 |
| ablomen | same here | 15:14 |
| Aquina | hy! I'm wondering wethr apparmor is installed in Xubuntu by default. Seems like it's not!? | 15:18 |
| cody-somerville | Aquina, It is | 15:18 |
| Aquina | Oh "sudo aa-status" is the command... I'm sorry for shootin' too soon. .-) | 15:19 |
| Aquina | can someone tell me a really trustworthy source for apparmor profiles? Is "apparmor-profiles" within the ubuntu repo ok and up-to-date? | 15:25 |
| SiDi | no idea | 15:30 |
| SiDi | !info apparmor-profiles hardy | 15:31 |
| SiDi | !info apparmor-profiles jaunty | 15:31 |
| ubottu | apparmor-profiles (source: apparmor): Profiles for AppArmor Security policies. In component universe, is extra. Version 2.1+1075-0ubuntu9.2 (hardy), package size 32 kB, installed size 512 kB | 15:31 |
| ubottu | apparmor-profiles (source: apparmor): Profiles for AppArmor Security policies. In component universe, is extra. Version 2.3+1289-0ubuntu14 (jaunty), package size 34 kB, installed size 516 kB | 15:31 |
| SiDi | !info apparmor-profiles karmic | 15:31 |
| ubottu | apparmor-profiles (source: apparmor): Profiles for AppArmor Security policies. In component universe, is extra. Version 2.3+1289-0ubuntu14 (karmic), package size 34 kB, installed size 516 kB | 15:31 |
| Aquina | Oh and can someone tell me why "sysv-rc-conf" shows apparmor daemon only acitve in runleve "S"? | 15:31 |
| * SiDi now gonna learn what apparmor and runlevels are x_x | 15:31 | |
| Aquina | :-) | 15:32 |
| Aquina | !info runlevels | 15:32 |
| Aquina | :-( | 15:32 |
| ubottu | Package runlevels does not exist in jaunty | 15:32 |
| SiDi | info is for package information :) | 15:32 |
| Aquina | OH I see | 15:32 |
| Aquina | ;-) | 15:32 |
| SiDi | just wanted to see if it'd been updated lately -> wether it was maintained | 15:32 |
| Aquina | can you see that from the numbers only? | 15:48 |
| frgr | hi, I just installed xubuntu on a macbook with german keyboard, wondering how to get the keyboard working correctly? i tried to use my xorg.conf from another debian system where it works, but not here :-( | 16:31 |
| SiDi | frgr, hi | 16:43 |
| SiDi | you should go to Xfce settings -> keyboard | 16:43 |
| SiDi | and set the keyboard layout to MacBook, then set the locale layout to german | 16:43 |
| SiDi | and it should work :) | 16:43 |
| frgr | SiDi: ok i'll try that, how can i restart the xserver without having to reboot? | 16:44 |
| knome | ctrl+prntscr+k | 16:44 |
| knome | iirc | 16:44 |
| frgr | SiDi: normally that is ctrl-alt-backspace but i guess since my keyboard doesnt work correctly | 16:45 |
| frgr | thanks | 16:45 |
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| frgr | SiDi: I'm still having problems with getting german keyboard on macbook to work. I have the following settings: model: macbook/macbook pro Intl layout: de variant: mac Is that correct? | 18:41 |
| frgr | anyone else who could help? | 18:54 |
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| dsl740 | hi, trying to install xubuntu on an older laptop, what are the best boot options to get everything working, noacpi? | 22:14 |
| MoonTiger | does it have enough ram? | 22:15 |
| dsl740 | 1gb | 22:15 |
| MoonTiger | how old is old? | 22:15 |
| dsl740 | 160 gb disk, p4 2.2ghz | 22:16 |
| dsl740 | umm six years I think | 22:16 |
| MoonTiger | it should have acpi then | 22:16 |
| MoonTiger | are u having problems? | 22:16 |
| dsl740 | last time i installed i had to keep tapping the keys to get the progress bar to move, it had done everything, it was like I was paging thru the install | 22:16 |
| dsl740 | then i installed with noacpi and apart from having no touch pad during and post install everything seemed fine | 22:17 |
| MoonTiger | i installed it on my t41p which is slower than urs and it was fine | 22:17 |
| MoonTiger | does the live cd work? | 22:18 |
| dsl740 | no, i tried that, the install works, just no touchpad | 22:18 |
| MoonTiger | what machine is it? | 22:19 |
| dsl740 | currently on the laptop in question, booted from DSL bootable CD. Toshiba Satalite A30 | 22:19 |
| dsl740 | Just installed 1gb of ram and a 160 gb disk | 22:19 |
| MoonTiger | ok | 22:19 |
| MoonTiger | i would check for specific issues with that touchpad if the rest is wotking fine | 22:20 |
| MoonTiger | weird tho as there are only a fdew makes of touchpad | 22:20 |
| MoonTiger | and they all work as of jaunty at least | 22:20 |
| dsl740 | I installed xubuntu 9.04 | 22:21 |
| dsl740 | your advice is sound, I'll give that a go and report back | 22:21 |
| dsl740 | thank you | 22:21 |
| MoonTiger | anything in dmesg about the touchpad? | 22:21 |
| MoonTiger | np :) | 22:21 |
| dsl740 | can't see anything specific | 22:22 |
| dsl740 | i'll install again with no acpi, since its the only way I can complete the actual install | 22:23 |
| dsl740 | and I have a usb mouse at the moment, but ideally wouldnt want to carry that with me | 22:23 |
| dsl740 | thanks again | 22:23 |
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| ringo999 | hi I'm still having problems getting the keyboard to work on german macbook, anybody have an idea? | 23:27 |
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