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billybigriggerhey all00:43
billybigriggerhow does one make deluge appear?00:43
billybigriggerthe process is running, i've tried opening a new torrent to make the window pop up, but i can't alt-tab it, and its not in my gnome-do dock00:43
billybigriggerim running xfce with no panels, just gnome-do dock00:44
WhateverHello02:29
WhateverAnybody who is familar with the program "VideoCut"?02:30
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DidrikAnybody who have had the same problem and fixed? I start VideoCut and load a file. I get this error "Floating point exception" and it crashes...03:02
echosystmhi guys04:00
echosystmi need help04:00
echosystmcan someone pastebin the defauly policykit.conf for me ?04:00
echosystmits found at /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf04:01
echosystmanyone? cmon, it will take 2 seconds04:02
th0rechosystm: hang on04:03
echosystmthanks04:03
th0rwell...pastebinit didn't like that <smile>....hang on04:04
th0rah heck...04:05
th0r!pastebin04:05
ubottupastebin is a service to post multiple-lined texts so you don't flood the channel. Ubuntu pastebin is at  http://paste.ubuntu.com | To post !screenshots use http://tinyurl.com/imagebin | !pastebinit to paste directly from  command line | Make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic04:05
th0rcan't get anywhere on port 80!04:06
echosystm:/04:06
th0rcan't even raise google!04:06
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osirishow do i make the panel transparent05:16
moodogMorning :)08:23
gnomefreak.win 2011:31
R1cochetim trying to take a screenshot of a GDM theme i made, but when u run gdmthemetester it opens the window fine and the theme comes up but once i click on the window it resizes to 1600x1200, larger than actual resolution11:31
psycho_oreosif pgrep can translate the name of the process into process ID what's the program that can do the versa of that? converting process ID back to the process? trying to find out using fuser -m /dev/dsp  to see which process names are using it but its showing process ID rather than process names11:48
cesarpinto1980Hello again guys12:43
cesarpinto1980do you know what is the best way to adjust my screen resolution?12:44
cesarpinto1980i only get 800x60012:44
cesarpinto1980i need much bigger than that12:44
cesarpinto1980maybe i can share screen with someone to help me sort this out?12:49
cesarpinto1980is really driving me nuts :-)12:49
psycho_oreoscesarpinto1980, did you try Applications > Settings > Display ?12:52
cesarpinto1980yes12:52
cesarpinto1980doesnt show me the resolution12:52
psycho_oreosand 800x600 was the highest it could go?12:52
cesarpinto1980yess12:52
psycho_oreoswhich video card you got?12:52
cesarpinto1980im not sure12:52
cesarpinto1980is a packard bell laptop12:52
cesarpinto1980easynote12:53
psycho_oreospastebin your lspci -k output12:53
psycho_oreos!pastebin | cesarpinto198012:53
ubottucesarpinto1980: pastebin is a service to post multiple-lined texts so you don't flood the channel. Ubuntu pastebin is at  http://paste.ubuntu.com | To post !screenshots use http://tinyurl.com/imagebin | !pastebinit to paste directly from  command line | Make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic12:53
cesarpinto1980?12:53
psycho_oreos!terminal | cesarpinto198012:53
ubottucesarpinto1980: The linux terminal or command-line interface is very powerful. Open a terminal via Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal (Gnome) or K-menu -> System -> Konsole (KDE).  Guide: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal12:53
psycho_oreosonce you have opened that up type in "lspci -k" (without quotes) and hit enter.. copy and paste that into pastebin12:54
cesarpinto1980ok12:54
cesarpinto1980got it psycho_oreos12:58
cesarpinto1980http://paste.ubuntu.com/246018/12:58
psycho_oreosmmm sis video chip12:58
psycho_oreossis video chipsets are problematic if anything13:00
cesarpinto1980thats just my luck13:00
cesarpinto1980:-(13:00
psycho_oreoshow long you had the laptop for?13:01
cesarpinto1980couple of years?13:01
cesarpinto1980is not the greatest but is the only one i can afford :-)13:02
psycho_oreosyou may have some luck with this: http://www.winischhofer.eu/linuxsisvga.shtml13:03
psycho_oreosno not only is it not the greatest but it'll throw all sorts of challenges at you13:04
cesarpinto1980gonna check that out13:04
cesarpinto1980thanks mate!13:05
psycho_oreosnw13:05
cageyGood day.  Is anyone on to assist with a prob w/a fresh xubuntu install?15:00
cody-somervillecagey, Just ask your problem :-)15:29
cageysorry, bouncing between apps!15:30
cageyI have a fresh 904 xubuntu install on a 233MHz/256MB PC and when it boots, it loads X but I never get a desktop /wicons.  I get solid background and mouse pointer and nothing else.15:32
cageyUpon a receommendation, I deleted the home/users/.cache and then it boots to completion.  What's in the cache that's causing this to happen?15:33
cageyAlso, I need help to add more options to allow a higher resolution for my monitor15:42
shooreehi. how is it that I get this error message (in dmesg) when trying to mount an .iso file: "[ 5757.503252] ISOFS: Unable to identify CD-ROM format."? It worked flawlessly before and I'm trying to mount it in a purposefully made dir16:33
shooreeGmount gives the following crap: "An error occured, wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0,       missing codepage or helper program, or other error"16:34
shooreeI repeat, it worked like a charm a day ago.16:34
TheSheepshooree: on the same file?16:38
TheSheepshooree: looks like the file is somehow broken16:38
shooreeoh16:39
shooreeyou mean, it got damaged?16:39
shooreeand yes, it's the same .iso16:39
TheSheepwhat happens if you run the 'file' command on it?16:39
shooreesays "data"16:39
TheSheepnot much information...16:40
shooreeI supposed so...16:40
shooreeit's a game dvd, which I tried to install and failed. so I removed it and wanted to try again, but I haven't touched he .iso itself, besides that one mounting when I installed it first16:41
shooreeisn't there a way to mount the thing?16:41
shooreeI''ll stay on the channel, so if anyone has any idea, please be so kind to throw it my way. I'm quite desperate since my notebook dvd drive flopped and I can't get another .iso copy in less than a few days. Thanks.16:46
shooreeoh my god, I did it16:50
shooreewith a simple 'sudo mount -o loop'! 'mount -t iso9660' gave me the errors above and for some reason this thing doesn't.16:51
th0rshooree: mount -o loop -t iso9660 file.iso /mnt/test16:52
shooreewhat does that do?16:52
shooreeand should I 'umount' before doing that?16:53
th0rshooree: that should mount the iso....you have the mount command split in two. I just got here, so didn't see everything, but your last line above has two mount commands16:53
shooreeand why would I do it anyway, since I got it to work16:53
shooreeoh16:53
shooreewell, you misread16:53
shooreesorry to confuse you16:53
shooreethe first part is what worked, the second one gave me errors16:54
th0rok...should keep quiet til I get the whole story <smile>16:54
shooree:)16:54
shooreegood reflexes, though16:54
th0rgot a whole directory of two line help files....notes I have picked up off irc and such16:54
TheSheepth0r: try zim :)16:55
th0rTheSheep: I have it...love it16:55
cageyI have a prob where the /home/user/.cache files are causing my fresh install to not strart-up completely.  After deleting them, I get full start-up.  Ideas?17:06
knomecagey, do you experience this after every reboot or was it just one-time?17:13
cageyseems to be every time that I do NOT delete the contents of that dir17:14
knomeokay17:15
knomeweird17:15
cageystalls just before desktop fully loads.  I have background colour and mouse pointer but no control or anything else!17:15
cageycant right click either17:15
knomecagey, so what do you exactly have in your .cache?17:16
cageyoh hey! Thanks for the delete cache tip from yesterday.  It has started me down the troubleshooting path17:16
cageylemme check...17:16
knomecagey, no problem. :) i think you might try to narrow the problem down by deleting one subdir at a time and seeing if that helps17:17
cagey.cache dir contains "sessions" and "Thunar" dirs17:17
knomeokay17:17
knomecagey, see applications -> settings -> sessions and startup17:18
knomecagey, there might be something in there that is stopping you from logging in, though i don't know what that could be17:19
cageyI get past the login screen already17:19
knomeyay:)17:19
cagey(S&S open now)17:19
knomesee the "application autostart" and "session" tabs17:20
knomei have little ideas of what it could be, but you might try to disable some things you don't essentially need at startup17:20
knomesomething like the update manager or hardware drivers17:20
cageyknome, disabling and restarting...17:22
cageythis may time a "minute"...17:22
knomehehe okay17:23
cageyI should actually dump *buntu cause it's still too much for this machine to run.  Ironically, I just wanted to get *any* OS on it to give it away.17:25
th0rcagey: have you looked at damnsmalllinux?17:26
th0rcagey: or puppy linux?17:26
knomecagey, it would be nice to know what caused the problem in the first place, though ;)17:26
cageyI have puppy but could get the CD to boot ast night from CDR17:26
cageyI am "in between projects" at the moment so I'm looking at this as a learning opportunity. :)17:27
th0rcagey: another you might consider is mepis...they pride themselves on working with oddball hw17:27
cageyI dont think this is odd, just o*l*d17:27
cagey(box has booted to blank screenso I'm rm cache again and rebooting...)17:29
cageyth0r, I tried AntiX MEPIS but it said my CPU wasnt supported17:33
cageyor something to that effect17:33
cageyknome, standby... still trying to boot :(17:41
cageysucessful boot after rm cache.  now will shutdown and reboot to test disabled items...17:45
FelineMonstrositHi, could someone please tell me how to set different wallpapers for different workspaces?17:47
cageyknome, box booted fully after disabling items in "application autostart" dialogue so I may be close to solution.17:56
cageygoing to reboot again to verify...17:56
cageyknome, the box has fully booted twicw in a row so I'll just need to take a coser look at those options in the "autostart" dialogue and either leave them off or continue to narrow down the culprit.18:13
knomecagey, also try *save session* when you log out18:43
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mav0rhi folks. i would like to set up dual screen mode on my thinkpad x200 notebook.18:55
mav0rin the settings i just see one display but in the desktop settings it lists both displays... any idea how i can disable the mirroring =)?18:55
TheSheep!xinerama18:57
ubottuxinerama is an extension to !X to use two or more physical displays as one large virtual display. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XineramaHowTo - See also !DualHead18:57
mav0rthanks alot TheSheep ;)18:57
zacharyhello19:08
knome!hi | zachary19:15
ubottuzachary: Hi! Welcome to #xubuntu!19:15
zacharyknome: how are you?19:16
knomei'm fine thanks. and you?19:16
zacharynot too bad, I was curious what some differences between xubuntu and ubuntu minus one having GNOME as default and one with XFCE19:16
knomethat's the major difference. other differences are different default set of applications, for example, and some different configurations.19:17
knomeall the applications in xubuntu are chosen to be lightweight but still featurerich, not only the desktop environment19:18
knomeof course, you can install any application in both the systems, because the repositories are shared.19:18
zacharyah, does ubuntu come with all the tools I would need to configure my system, such as networking and the like, or does it just use the GNOME wizard?19:18
zacharys19:18
knomeboth use network-manager as the interface for configuring networking, once your hardware is recognised.19:19
knomeand basically either both should or should not recognise the hardware, there should not be a difference19:20
zacharythey both use the same kernel I'm imagining19:20
knomeyou can install "xubuntu" in your ubuntu machine by installing the xubuntu-desktop package and selecting xfwm4 session from gdm19:20
knomeyes, the same kernel.19:20
knome(as long as you have the same X.XX version, of course)19:20
zacharyI'm interested in switching, because I don't have the time to administrate Slackware machines these days19:21
knomeright. so do you run slackware with xfce?19:22
zacharyyes19:22
knomeokay. i suppose you should try xubuntu then.19:22
knomeas you might have understood, there's not a lot difference19:22
zacharyI was figuring the integration would be much better with Xubuntu though19:23
knomeand if you need some tool that is in ubuntu, you can get it in xubuntu just by installing it.19:23
knome(or an app, likewise)19:23
zacharyluckily I'm familiar with apt from Debian :D19:25
TwoToneSpiritHello.  I just installed xfce, and upon loading its session, I am running waaaayyy slow - much slower than with gnome.  I like xfce both in theory and in appearance - am I doing something wrong?  (xorg is the top process, dominating my CPU)19:40

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