[01:01] hello guys [01:01] support request from a newbie here? [01:03] alguien habla espanol? [01:03] por casualidad? [01:04] im just trying to fix the screen resolution on my newly installed xubuntu ver 9.04 [01:04] i only get 800x600 option [01:05] i tried to fix it with the instructions on the xubuntu website [01:05] but im not very familiar with linux [01:05] maybe there is someone who can help me for a few mins? [01:05] pleeease?# [01:16] cesarpint: Maybe you dont have the right drivers for your graphics card [01:40] say guys. whats most of xubuntu developing deals with? python/bash scripts? [01:42] those and of course bugfixing things that are important to xubuntu. [01:42] of course "development" is a lot more, for example decisions about default applications [01:43] knome: suppose i want to contribute. should i know both python and shell script. or one of them will suffice? [01:44] it's a lot more than python (and definitely more than bash scripts) [01:44] benchik, see http://xubuntu.org/contribute [01:44] benchik, you should at least join the xubuntu-devel mailing list and it would be nice if you joined #xubuntu-devel [01:45] benchik, knowing what you would like to help would be awesome as well :) [01:45] *help with [01:46] knome: will check that. thanks. basically my current scipting knowledge is python and perl. planning to learn bash scripting pretty soon [01:47] tbh, bash scripting isn't exactly what we need :) there's only a few things that are done with them. [01:48] knome: so most scripting is python? [01:48] yes, there's more things in python [02:06] can i install xubuntu in a netbook [02:07] will xubuntu run on netbooks? [02:08] papul, i run xubuntu on my eeepc. [02:08] papul, though apart from eeepc's, i don't know what the hardware compatibility is. [02:13] is this an acceptable place for troubeshooting assistance w/my fresh, non-working xubuntu install? [02:13] cagey, sure. [02:13] cagey, exactly what this channel is for. [02:14] Good! I have Googled myself silly but I can't find the "switch" to fix my deal. :( [02:15] unfortunately, I'm not at the machine right now but I can still take notes... [02:15] okay [02:16] so... fresh install of xubuntu 904 on an ancient (233MHz) box. went through entire install and booted normally. Upon reboot (the next day) it never loads the desktop. [02:16] how much ram do you havE? [02:17] 256M-maxed [02:17] it loads a "background" of a single blue colour and the mouse pointer is present but no icons, no menus, no taskbar. No ability to right -click. [02:17] okay, that shouldn't be the problem [02:17] did you try running the live cd? [02:18] yes. Thats what I used to install [02:18] it sounds like a problem with resources, but your machine should be able to take it. [02:19] in the system log, I see avahi-daemon doing something about every minute but that's it [02:19] but it booted fine the 1st time after install so that seem confusing to me [02:19] oh, so you have had it running already [02:20] our minimum requirements are actually a 333 mhz processor etc. etc., but as you have already logged in... [02:20] yeah, after the install, I rebooted as directed and it booted into the new OS. I played around for a while and let it set for a bit. [02:20] what did you do while the first login? [02:21] looked around. prob played Solitaire. Tried to minimise GUI action to save CPU "power". N ow when it boots, it appesrs to go through everything, splash, animated XFCE screen, etc but then settles to the non desktop w/pointer [02:22] hmmh. [02:22] in fact, I had wondered about the XFCE screen as it was one of the few things I did. although, I dont know if it's a background or an intermediate splash? [02:23] the mouse with the light blue background? [02:23] I guess the XFCE w/animation is actually the splash? [02:24] yes. [02:24] it look slike its "slamost there" but never gets past that solid screen w/pointer. It must be a very simple thing ,despite my consternation on the matter! :) [02:24] hmm. [02:25] maybe try removing .cache [02:25] is it a file or dir.? is it in root? [02:25] sorry, i mean ~/.cache, where ~ is your home directory [02:25] /home/yourusername/.cache [02:26] can I just "rm" it? [02:26] rmdir :) [02:26] or ehm [02:26] "rm -rf .cache" actually [02:26] ah! [02:26] as the directory is not empty. [02:27] right. I've seen that one before [02:27] do you think it's getting stuck on old info, stalled it? [02:27] stalling [02:27] i don't know. it sounds weird. [02:28] if it doesn't work, it's probably just your cpu not being powerful enough:/ [02:28] the live CD goes to the screen for a little while, but progresses beyond it after 30 s or so [02:28] right.. [02:28] if CPU nogo, why would it tolerate the live CD? [02:28] don't know. [02:29] it could run once whilst installing, that is what makes it weird [02:29] I know it's running full-out just to run the GUI but I didnt know of a better distro to try [02:30] yeah... [02:30] it runs DSL very well but it's pretty rough [02:30] usually people are struggling with the amount of ram but your problem is a bit different [02:30] I know it prob wants 512 but... [02:30] 256 is good for running it [02:31] you can get it running even with 128, but it will be damn slow [02:31] anything you can think of is the rm cache doesnt fix me? [02:31] if the... [02:31] hmm. [02:31] i'm really out of ideas [02:32] maybe come back later and ask if anybody else has ideas [02:32] if too slow, I would just think it;d be... well... too slow. Not no load [02:32] it's night in europe, so... [02:32] yeah. at least I found this channel. Live help beats endless searching... [02:32] thanks for the ideas! [02:33] yeah, no problem === Odin is now known as th0r [04:20] hello, anyone here particularly familiar with xfwm4? I'm seeing something a bit odd but I'm not sure if it's wnck issue or xfwm4 issue. The code in question works fine with Metacity and Compiz though. [04:21] I'm guessing this isn't the right channel. [11:06] hello, may i have two edition of xfce on same system, one is stadarded xfce desktop, another is simiplified xfce? [11:07] user can choose wich to login at gdm time? === cesar_ is now known as Guest77756 [14:23] hello everybody there ? [14:23] does any body use gryc ? [14:40] if I check the update existing and make backups of existing that will update existing make backup first and also backup newly created files right ? [16:23] Hi, anyone knows how to disable the autosearch in synaptic? [16:25] I type one letter and it starts looking for matching programs before I get to the second letter, nad then I have to wait for a while. This is on my old computer (no problem with a new one) [18:54] I try to install xubuntu on my aspire one via usb and I get the error "The attempt to mount a file system with type ext3 in scsi2 (0,0,0), partition #1 (sda) at "/" failed" I try to configure manualy with fdisk /dev/sda and I then try to save it and I get fdisk printout: “Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy” [19:32] is there some way to force a dhcp change to /etc/resolv.conf ? i have xubuntu in a virtualbox instance & connected to the wireless at work at which point everything was set correctly... put the macbookpro to sleep, got home, woke it, & it won't change the resolv.conf ... i think i was able to get it to change the ip by restarting networking, but don't remember... finally just gave up & restarted the vm [19:34] pteague: change that fily byyouself. This is not hard [19:35] yes, but i don't want to have to daily change it between work & home [19:36] If you have NetowrkManager that should change resolf.conf automaticaly [19:39] unfortunately that doesn't seem to happen in NAT mode... if i set it up as bridged it does, but bridged has 2 issues... if the dhcp/network is stupid (like a hotel) it shows up as 2 different computers & if the mbp isn't connected to anything then it seems to report that there's no networking device... maybe i need to screw with this on the vbox end [19:43] Ask on #ubuntu chanel pleace. I not well in English