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jeremy1080hey any one here02:40
ScopicThere is something wrong with the mouse on my system ever since I updated to the new kernel. it is super slow, dragging across the screen, and moving the mouse acceleration/speed slider in settings has no effect positive or negative02:58
ubuntuhi04:23
ubuntuim looking for some help installing xubuntu04:24
ubuntui need some guide on how to set the partitions04:24
ubuntuanybody_04:24
ubuntu?04:24
acmeincAnyone around?06:52
schizoTKHello xubuntu gurus!08:23
schizoTKGoodbye08:28
nikolamOMG09:44
nikolamwhy there is no .jigdo files for Desktop .iso09:45
nikolamso i need to download it again, even if I already have DVDs and alternate isos to build desktop cds from09:48
imagitronicsHow can I configure a Live USB to read my home directory from another partition on the USB drive?14:05
imagitronicsI can not seem to find any decent information about it14:05
TheSheep!fstab | imagitronics14:10
ubottuimagitronics: The /etc/fstab file indicates how drive partitions are to be used or otherwise integrated into the file system. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fstab and http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/fstab.html and !Partitions14:10
imagitronicsso, then I need to decompress my ISO... setup a chroot filesystem and modify my fstab?14:11
imagitronicsseemed like there has to be a different way... people use these prebuilt CDs all the time...14:11
TheSheepyou can mount it manually after the system is up14:13
imagitronicsfor my home folder though?14:14
imagitronicsI would have to run a script before login14:14
imagitronicsand can I mount based off a label?14:14
TheSheepyes14:14
TheSheeplabel or uuid14:14
imagitronicsI'm reading it14:14
imagitronicswhere would I do that, where it would occur before my user logs in?14:15
TheSheepI guess you will need to add that script to your image anyways14:15
TheSheepso you can as well just modify fstab14:15
imagitronicsbut I could add a script to my image easily14:15
imagitronicsI'm using remastersys14:16
imagitronicsand it won't pay attention to my /etc/fstab14:16
imagitronicsor the one in it's own dummysys folder14:16
TheSheep!rc.local14:16
ubottuSorry, I don't know anything about rc.local14:16
TheSheephmm...14:16
TheSheep!boot | imagitronics14:17
ubottuimagitronics: Boot options: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions - To add/remove startup services, you can use the package 'bum', or update-rc.d - To add your own startup scripts, use /etc/rc.local - See also !grub and !dualboot - Making a boot floppy: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GrubHowto/BootFloppy - Also see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SmartBootManagerHowto14:17
imagitronicsrc.local run as root?14:17
TheSheepyes14:17
imagitronicsokay, that gives me something to try...14:18
imagitronicsbut... if I did decompress this iso, and turn it into a chroot environment... would it be safe to edit the fstab then?14:18
TheSheepthere should be by-label and by-uuid directories in /dev14:18
imagitronicsI figure there must be some reason why remastersys ignores it14:18
TheSheepimagitronics: I don't know14:18
imagitronicswe'll try rc.local first14:18
imagitronicsthanks for the tip14:18
imagitronicsmeh15:43
imagitronicswell that was a lot of work for nothing...15:44
imagitronicsI unpacked my custom ISO... setup a chroot environment15:44
imagitronicsmodified the /etc/fstab... then repacked everything into an iso15:44
imagitronicsand still, no entry in the /etc/fstab. remastersys is writing over it somewhere15:44
imagitronicsthere's a script or something that's running...15:45
Bitbuckwhats the best way to install if I have a version of another linux on my partition?16:08
MaxFrameshello16:22
Bitbuckloads of people Max, but no answer to my question, good luck.16:23
BitbuckI will say hi back, because I doubt anyone else is alive.16:24
Bitbuck=)16:24
MaxFrames?16:24
MaxFramesit happens16:24
MaxFramesI was just about to ask something about cloning a hard drive with dd16:26
MaxFrameswhile we're here: Bitbuck, are you using Xubuntu Karmic?16:27
Bitbuckdd if=/dev/src of=/dev/target16:29
MaxFramesdoes this produce an exact bit-per-bit raw copy of src on target?16:29
BitbuckMax, where src is the source hd, and target is the destination16:29
Bitbuckaye16:30
MaxFrameswith all the partitions, regardless of what type they are (primary, extended, logical units, volumes, eisa partitions...)16:30
MaxFrames?16:30
Bitbuckaye16:30
Bitbuckand yes Max I just installed X 9.1016:30
MaxFramesso after I have cloned src, I can remove it, install target, and the system will not notice the swap?16:31
Bitbuckit might notice the device change16:31
MaxFramesI guess that if src is the OS drive I'll have to boot the PC from a live CD and run dd from there?16:31
Bitbuckie: disk id#16:31
MaxFramesI have to convert a windows 2003 server disk from basic to dynamic, but I want to have a clone of it in case something goes wrong, because it contains an eisa partition16:32
MaxFramesanyway... can you confirm if your screensaver is kicking in after the set amount of idle time? in my case, it doesn't work anymore after upgrading to 9.10 from 9.04, and the power saving settings are ineffective too16:34
MaxFramesif you have xubuntu karmic you could just set the screensaver to 1 min and then wait16:34
emersonin which file are all the man pages I want to print all of them ...16:35
emerson?16:36
cody-somervilleemerson, they live under /usr/share/man/16:39
geniiemerson: They are all in separate files, one for each command or topic which has a manual16:39
gnawjoysorry for the basic question, but how do I use X over ssh from one xubuntu machine to another? When I do xfce4-session on the remote machine, I get the local session18:08
Sysissh -X18:08
Sysihmm, what would ubottu say18:09
Sysi!ssh18:09
ubottuSSH is the Secure SHell protocol, see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSHHowto for client usage. PuTTY is an SSH client for Windows; see: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ for it's homepage. See also !scp (Secure CoPy) and !sshd (Secure SHell Daemon)18:09
gnawjoyI'm sorry, I wasn't clear, after connecting via ssh -X from one xubuntu to another I enter xfce4-session to start a remote session but it doesn't work, I remain on the local x session18:11
geniixterm xappname &18:13
gnawjoybut I dont believe xterm xappname & will work with xfce4-session. I'd like to have a complete session on the remote xubuntu machine from the local xubuntu18:19
cody-somervillegnawjoy, You'll need to use something like vnc for that.18:21
Sysixdmcp WAS easiest untill karmic18:21
Sysinow only with kdm18:21
cody-somervilleSysi, indeed18:21
Sysiand kdm/kde don't work (well) on my old laptop18:22
Sysican't guess why, default xubuntu was witouh problems18:22
knomeSysi, because it starts with k?18:23
* knome hides18:23
gnawjoyinteresting, I have no problem doing this from gnome ubuntu to xubuntu, I was just assuming it was some conflict in between the local and remote display managers...which I cannot figure how to overcome18:23
Sysino, that's my personal problem :P18:23
gnawjoythere's this gdmflexiserver -xnest which seems to be what I want, but it doesn't work either18:24

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