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Batosuaihi01:18
Batosuaihey guys can anyone help me im new at ubuntu   i installed xubuntu in a low spec laptop and everything went well until after instalation i cannot use the GUI01:20
BatosuaiI aprecciate any help XD01:22
jarBatosuai, does it only boot to command line?01:24
Batosuaiyeah01:24
Batosuaitty01:24
jarHm, weird.01:24
jarcan you type 'startx' ?01:24
Batosuaicommand not found01:24
jarhow about startxfce401:25
Batosuaisame01:25
Batosuaisorry im a noob01:25
jarokay one last command01:25
jarls /usr/bin/ | grep xfce01:26
Batosuaiused ubuntu befor but never had this prob01:26
jardoes that return anything?01:26
Batosuaihow do i get the vertical line01:26
jarit's the shift version of \01:27
jarIt's above ENTER on my qwerty keyboard.01:27
Batosuaigot it01:28
Batosuaisame01:28
jarNothing?01:28
Batosuaimaybe a error installing?01:28
jarYour install seems to have failed in some way.01:28
jarYes.01:28
jarYour desktop environment is not installed.01:28
Batosuaiok let me try again ty   how im supposed to install it01:29
jarI just installed with all the defaults.01:29
Batosuaiim doing it in a low spec laptop so maybe thats why i failed01:29
jarHow low spec?01:30
Batosuaiold computer\01:30
jarWell I mean01:30
jarProcessor, Ram, etc?01:30
BatosuaiMicroprocessor Intel Pentium III processor 650 MHz01:31
BatosuaiMicroprocessor Cache 256 KB L2 on-chip cache01:31
BatosuaiMemory 64 MB 100 MHz SyncDRAM, shared memory architecture - 4 MB dedicated for video memory01:31
BatosuaiMemory Max Upgradable to 320 MB01:31
BatosuaiVideo Graphics Trident CyberBlade 3D Graphics01:31
Batosuaiold   lol01:31
jarthe processor is fine01:31
jarit's the ram01:31
jarI think you need 128MB minimum01:31
jarYou might want to try Puppy Linux01:32
Batosuaisorry forgot to add another 64  so it have 12801:32
jarOh you do?01:32
Batosuaipuppy linux?  sounds interesting01:32
jarPuppy Linux is designed for very low end systems.01:32
jarhttp://puppylinux.org/main/index.php?file=Overview%20and%20Getting%20Started.htm01:33
Batosuaiif i cannot get this one running ill try with that one01:33
Batosuailol01:33
Batosuaity01:33
jarnp01:33
joshritger1can anyone tell me how to edit xorg.conf in xubuntu, I can't seem to find it03:18
joshritger1oh it is xubuntu 9.1003:18
jarjoshritger1, there is no xorg.conf anymore03:38
jarwhat do you need to do?03:39
joshritger1jar: sorry I am in two windows, but I am having trouble with my display, I have an old gateway laptop with the intel 82830 chipset and in 9.04 and 9.10 there are issues with the chipset causing the screen to blink03:41
jarYou can generate a custom xorg.conf with the options you need in /etc/X11.03:42
jarShould work fine.03:42
joshritger1will try03:43
jargnash still sucks.03:45
jarshocker.03:45
JAAIINew user here.  Can anyone tell me the difference between Xubuntu and Ubuntu?04:51
jarJAAII, Essentially - Ubuntu uses GNOME, we use XFce04:53
JAAIIThanks for the response jar.  Does either make a difference based on your hardware?  For example, I'm using a MacBook Pro (5,1).  Currently have Ubuntu installed but thought one of the other distros may be better.  Thoughts?04:55
jarJAAII, Both Ubuntu and Xubuntu use the exact same kernel so the hardware supports, in theory, should be exactly the same.04:56
JAAIII assume you are using Xubuntu.  Any reason you prefer over Ubuntu?04:56
jarI like XFce :)04:57
jarThat's pretty much it.04:57
JAAIICool.  Thanks for your time.05:00
Jaden007mi5Hey07:07
Jaden007mi5I just installed ubuntu 9.10  and i have no sound at all. sound worked on 8.1007:08
Jaden007mi5any help?07:08
jarDo you mean xubuntu?07:09
jaror ubuntu?07:09
Jaden007mi5my bad i accidently joined the xubuntu room instead of ubuntu07:09
jar:)07:09
SahkolihaaA common mistake, it seems.07:11
Sahkolihaa...right.07:11
SahkolihaaAnyone know where Thunderbird's default browser setting is?07:11
SahkolihaaI'm sick of it starting up Firefox when Chromium is set as my default browser. :|07:11
SahkolihaaI guess this is what happens when part of GNome is included with Xubuntu - mixed up settings.07:12
TheSheepSahkolihaa: you can try using gconf-edit to find it07:46
SahkolihaaI just found a fix - created a user.js file in thunderbird's profile directory and added some lines from the Mozilla website. :)07:46
turtle_g'day all, just throwing 9.10 on my machine, whats the best size for a swap partition?08:35
jarturtle_, the rule of thumb is your ram multiplied by two08:35
turtle_wow thats a lot08:36
jarHow much RAM do you have?08:36
turtle_1gb08:36
jarthen yeah, 2GB08:36
turtle_but only a 16gb ssd08:36
jarThat sucks.08:36
jarThat's why I opted out of a SSD.08:37
jarMy netbook has a nice 160GB traditional drive.08:37
turtle_i don't mind the ssd08:37
turtle_I just bought a new one because of a good price08:38
turtle_but 9.04 doesn't work so nice on it so putting on 9.10 now08:38
turtle_but it still looks like the sound wont work08:38
jarWhat model?08:38
turtle_the hp mini 11008:39
jarYeah08:39
jarSeems to be a common issue08:39
jarhttp://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=hp+mini+110+sound+linux&aq=f&aqi=&oq=&fp=6b22d27f49a5e7dd08:39
turtle_it's weird because UNR 9.10 seems to work with its sound08:39
jarThat is weird since xubuntu uses the standard ubuntu kernel and I think so does NBR.08:41
turtle_yeah thats why I figured it would work out of the box08:41
jarturtle_, Have you tried it with headphones?08:42
jar"Speakers don't work on Ubuntu 9.04, headphones work OK. Both work on Ubuntu 9.10 Beta"08:42
turtle_i'll give it a try in a sec08:43
turtle_i didn't even think of that, how stupid of me08:43
jarIt happens to the best of us.08:43
jar;)08:43
turtle_another linux-newb question, can i mount /home on an external ssd?08:44
TheSheepyou can mount it anywhere08:45
jar^08:45
TheSheepthe problem may be: what happens when you diconnect it?08:46
jarYOU DIE08:46
jar:D08:46
turtle_brutal :P08:47
jarWe don't half ass things.08:47
jar;)08:47
turtle_...unlike microsoft08:48
jarHaha.08:48
jarOr even Apple for that matter.08:48
jar*cough*08:49
turtle_gah I'm struggling with the mounting of these partitions.... I understand the primary one should be '/', but the second one, which I intend to use to test new distro's, should be mounted as what?08:49
jarYou can mount it anywhere you want.08:50
jarSomewhere in /media would be best.08:50
turtle_or should I leave it empty and get the other distro to sort it out08:50
TheSheepturtle_: you don't have to mount it08:51
TheSheepturtle_: yeah, you can do that08:51
jarYeah.08:51
jarJust because a partition exists doesn't mean it HAS to be mounted.08:51
TheSheepI usually mount it in /mnt/other or something like that, just to have access to it08:52
turtle_yeah I understand that, just the program is throwing me errors08:52
jarI only use vbox these days08:52
turtle_I am thinking of putting it as /media/altdistro08:52
TheSheepturtle_: /media is mostly for automounted stuff08:53
TheSheepturtle_: of course that's only a tradition08:53
jarI use media for everything because I think splitting them up was stupid.08:53
jarBut that's just me.08:53
jar/mnt or /media - pick one IMHO08:53
turtle_well I'm still getting my linux feet and thats where I tend to look for my stuff08:53
TheSheepyou know, the linux motto should be "whatever works for you"08:54
jaralso, "screw kde"08:54
jar:D08:54
jarjk08:54
TheSheep!language | jar08:55
ubottujar: Please watch your language and topic to help keep this channel family friendly.08:55
turtle_lol08:55
jarWho in their right mind would consider that NSFW?08:55
jaro_O08:55
jarI've heard worse language on Nickelodean.08:55
jarNot even kidding.08:55
TheSheepjar: not all the world is raised in USA08:55
jarThe USA is actually pretty conservative in our views of what should be allowed on TV.08:56
turtle_they swear in the original transformers08:56
TheSheepbut that's not the topic of this channel08:56
* jar slaps his forehead08:57
turtle_can I go into gparted after the install is finished and make the ntfs partition mount as /media/windoze?09:07
TheSheepno need for gparted for that09:08
TheSheep!ntfs09:08
ubottuTo view your Windows/Mac partitions see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AutomaticallyMountPartitions - For write access, see !NTFS-3g or !FUSE09:08
TheSheep!ntfs-3g09:08
ubottuntfs-3g is a Linux driver which allows read/write access to NTFS partitions. Installation instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountingWindowsPartitions09:08
turtle_thanks TheSheep , I'll check it out09:10
turtle_16sec boot time... tasty09:15
humehi all.... after an upgrade to ubuntu 9.10, sound is turned off when I log in to xfce - how do I set it to be turned on when I log in?10:12
handjobHi all. I've got problem playing .wmv files. If i start mplayer from GUI it plays sound only but when started form command line it works well. Once I have solved this problem but damn i forgot how. Here is passthebin of mplayer-cli http://pastebin.com/f306b4bd3.11:37
turtle_anyone managed to get the telstra wbb working with 9.10?12:02
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oberonhi13:59
oberonI'm trying to install a new kernel according to http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=311158&highlight=kernel14:00
oberonafter step 10 I get the files in /boot14:00
sshadyyhi14:00
knome!kernel | oberon14:00
ubottuoberon: The core of the Ubuntu Operating System is the Linux kernel: see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel - You shouldn't have to compile your own, but if you're convinced you do, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile - See also: /msg ubottu stages14:00
oberonhi pal14:00
sshadyyyea i come to irc:)14:01
oberonknome, the question is - how do I make the new kernel apear on the grub menu on boot ?14:01
knomeoberon, please refer to the last link14:01
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nicklas_back in xubuntu land :-P18:58
jarnicklas_, Welcome Back!18:59
jar:)18:59
BeteNoirehi, my friend has xubuntu and i want to send him messages that will popup on his screen, via local network, what is the app supporting this?18:59
jarBeteNoire, You mean like a dialog box?19:00
nicklas_jar, ty :-)19:00
jar:)19:00
nicklas_i used sabayon, but it crashed after nvidia update19:00
jarIsn't sabayon based on gentoo?19:01
nicklas_yup19:01
BeteNoirejar: not exactly dialog, i don't want him to click yes or no :) just send short message that will popu19:01
jarI'll keep my comments about portage to myself.19:01
jarBeteNoire, You could ssh into his machine and use zenity.19:01
BeteNoirewut?19:01
BeteNoirediscussion about gentoo here? :)19:01
jarBeteNoire, nicklas_ was using a gentoo based distro.19:01
jar;)19:01
jarBut he came to his senses and returned here.19:02
jar:D19:02
BeteNoirei am using gentoo on most of my machines :)2~19:02
jarI'll have to bite my lip extra hard then.19:02
jar:D19:02
BeteNoire:>19:02
BeteNoiredon't worry, i'm familiar with tension between distro users :)19:03
jarHehe, it's all in good fun for the most part.19:03
jarXubuntu and Gentoo have completely different target audiences.19:03
jar;)19:03
Sysiyes, gentoo when you want to configure ans xubuntu when you want to use :P19:04
Sysi(i'm not gonna start flamewar)19:04
jar*g*19:04
jarSysi, At least in #xubuntu you know you'd have backup.19:05
jarHaha.19:05
Sysii don't need :)19:05
jarhehe19:06
nicklas_anyone knows what libs that are installed in regular ubuntu but not in xubuntu that are required to play quake 4?19:06
jarnicklas_, console output should tell you.19:07
nicklas_jar, where?19:07
nicklas_ah yes19:07
nicklas_when trying to start it you mean?19:07
jarYes.19:07
nicklas_i have been using both ubuntu and kubuntu, but i have figured out i dont need all that eye candy19:09
nicklas_so xubuntu is good :-)19:09
jarI actually prefer XFce to GNOME19:09
jarIn the way of appearances19:09
jarxfwm has compositor support and that's enough for me19:10
nicklas_yes, for me too19:10
nicklas_that eye candy is enough19:10
jarmhmm19:10
Sysikirkasvärinen ja xfce transparencies ♥19:11
Sysiwhat19:11
jarhehe19:11
Sysi*xfce transparencies ♥19:11
jarNice unicode.19:11
Sysieasiest way to get damm goodlooking system19:12
jar;)19:12
Sysihttp://lyseo.edu.ouka.fi/~jeremustonen/scort.png19:13
Sysididn't take long to set up19:13
jarhehe19:13
Sysiexept that i changed buttons to window borders19:13
jarhttp://img130.imageshack.us/img130/8097/desktopxfce4.png19:17
jarThat's my desktop.19:17
Sysishould i paste my others?19:18
jarIf you'd like.19:18
Sysimmph, anime19:19
jarFull Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood ;P19:19
Sysihttp://lyseo.edu.ouka.fi/~jeremustonen/siiseli.png19:19
Sysihttp://lyseo.edu.ouka.fi/~jeremustonen/leelu.png19:20
jargirly19:20
jarlol19:20
Sysi:)19:20
Sysithat was for school19:20
jarah19:21
Sysinow i use the upper19:21
jarhehe19:21
Sysitesmachine's gonna be mac-replica19:21
jarah19:21
Sysi*test machine19:22
Sysihow hard can tuping be19:22
Sysiyeah, exactly19:22
jar:)19:23
nicklas_this blocking list in transmission, what is it? what does it mean?19:50
jarnicklas_, it blocks know riaa/mpaa types19:52
nicklas_and what is that?19:52
jarcopyright agencies19:53
jarbasically19:53
nicklas_aha, then you dont wanna use that19:53
jarno, you do19:53
jarit blocks them19:53
nicklas_so you cant download illegal files?19:53
jarNo, so they can't watch you.19:54
nicklas_aah19:54
nicklas_cool19:54
nicklas_yo22:59
jarwelcome back22:59
nicklas_:-)22:59
Sysiohai22:59
nicklas_so what dists have you used?23:00
Sysicurrently installing fedora23:00
jarI've used a ton.23:00
Sysialso used this earlier23:00
jarI'm 21 and been using Linux since I was 12.23:00
jarStuck with XFce more or less since early 4.0.x releases.23:01
Sysii've used linux for, 2 years?23:01
nicklas_fedora is the only major dist i havent tried i think, seems like too much work23:01
jarI used Redhat 9 then Fedora Core 123:01
jarBack a few years ago23:02
Sysifedora is nice23:02
jarMy first XFce experience was on Redhat now that I think about it.23:02
nicklas_but isnt it annoying getting nvidia drivers working? and mp3 and flash and such?23:03
Sysii had to use xfce, i only had 256mb ram23:03
nicklas_lol ok23:03
jarnicklas_, works about the same as on Xubuntu23:03
Sysino, as far as i know23:03
nicklas_jar, meta ?23:03
Sysiavailable on rpmfusion iirc23:03
jarI believe Package Kit takes care of that stuff.23:04
Sysithis is with kde :S23:04
jarhttp://www.packagekit.org/pk-screenshots.html23:04
nicklas_well, xubuntu/ubuntu is good, what is different with fedora?23:04
Sysiinstallation done, i'm gonna reboot23:04
jarnicklas_, A different distro entirely.23:05
Sysipackage manager23:05
nicklas_rpm yes23:05
Sysiand all programs are updated23:05
nicklas_its more up to date?23:05
Sysiyes23:05
jarNot really.23:05
jarIt's about the same.23:05
nicklas_in ubuntu i can add playdeb repos to get the latest games, i am a gamer23:05
Sysifirefor came earier to fedora23:05
nicklas_so i want latest open arena, warsow and siuch23:06
Sysireboot →23:06
jarSysi, Firefox has been in *buntu since the beginning?23:06
Sysiwhen updated to 3.523:06
jarYou didn't specify version.23:06
jarAlso.23:06
Sysiin ubuntu you needed install it separately23:07
jarPPA's exist for this purpose.23:07
Sysii still haven't :P23:07
jarFedora markets itself as version over feature.23:07
jarer23:07
jarstability23:07
jarFedora is just a base for Redhat.23:07
jarA test ground, basically.23:07
nicklas_i dont want an unstable system that i have to reinstall or anything, thats why i dumped sabayon23:07
nicklas_fedora is definetly not for me then23:08
jarFedora isn't marketed as a stable desktop.23:08
jarIt's Redhat's cutting edge test bed.23:08
nicklas_then you will get problems with nvidia drivers, xorg, kernel and such23:08
nicklas_nah23:09
nicklas_i think xubuntu is the only dist i want to use right now23:09
jarFedora always adopts stuff first and deals with the breakage later.23:09
Sysinicklas_: where have you heard about problems with nvidia?23:10
Sysii think i read somewhere that drivers are in rpmfusion23:10
nicklas_I havent heard about any problems with nvidia in fedora, but i know how cutting edge distros is23:11
nicklas_so im not going with fedora :-P23:11
Sysiwell, ubuntu is a bit cutting edge23:12
nicklas_ubuntu/xubuntu has the best mix between stabillity and fresh software23:12
nicklas_i think23:12
nicklas_it works after updating packages23:13
Sysiahem, ubuntu glasses?23:13
nicklas_lol23:13
nicklas_no23:13
Sysii know ubuntu and derivants are good23:13
nicklas_i also like pardis23:13
Sysibut at least karmic have been a bit diappointment23:13
nicklas_pardus23:13
nicklas_yes23:14
nicklas_but right now its the only dist i can use23:14
knomeSysi, jaunty was a very good release for xubuntu.23:14
Sysiyes, i still have that on desktop23:15
Sysiworking perfectly23:15
nicklas_why is it a dissapointment?23:15
Sysibugs23:15
nicklas_yes?23:16
Sysisound muted after boot etc23:16
Sysiwlan stucks23:16
nicklas_had that problem with previous version, muted sound23:16
nicklas_but not now23:16
knomein karmic, there is not really a media player that *just works*.23:18
Sysii haven23:18
nicklas_there isnt?23:18
nicklas_it does for me23:18
Sysi't had problems23:18
knomelisten is totally unusable, banshee doesn't always even start, exaile crashes often23:18
Sysirhythmbox ftw23:18
nicklas_no problem here23:18
nicklas_audacious is also good23:19
Sysiyeah23:19
knomenicklas_, good to hear, but i've had a different experience23:19
knomei need a player that's able to handle a collection23:19
jarI use Banshee happily fwiw.23:19
jar:(23:19
jarIt's not exactly lightweight.23:19
jarBut eh, it's worth it.23:19
Sysiknome: why not rhythmbox?23:20
knomeSysi, can't remember.23:20
knomei've tested it though.23:20
Sysii like it, everyone doesn't23:20
nicklas_why did xubuntu change from listen too exaile?23:20
Sysiwhy did change to listen23:20
knomenicklas_, more featureful. and fwiw, listen is totally broken in karmic :P23:21
nicklas_it is?23:21
knomeat least for me.23:21
knomeagain i can't remember what's broken there but it didn't work23:22
knomeso i stooped using it23:22
knomeiirc there was some kind of memleak/crashing issue on listen23:23
nicklas_you didnt get audio or something like that?23:23
knomeit might have been solved by now23:23
knomei did.23:23
knomecan't really remember, that's so long ago23:23
Sysithis kde soo sucks23:27
Sysii can't even choose a language23:27
Sysixfce.now23:27
nicklas_i dont need gnome or kde anymore, too much eye candy and functions :-P23:28
Sysinot enough :)23:28
Sysior hard to set up23:28
nicklas_lol woot?23:30
Sysiopacities first23:31
Sysimoving beetveen workspaces23:31
nicklas_in kde you mean?23:31
knomeopacity on desktop is distracting23:32
nicklas_depends on how you use it and how much23:32
knomeno, it's distracting even in the smallest amounts.23:33
Sysiopacity ♥23:34
knomeyes.23:34
knome:)23:34
Sysilike mac ui, not best settings but so candy that you just can't resist23:35
Sysino best/pretty irritating23:35
nicklas_ska ha 100/100 men fick upp 15.02 o ner 91.0723:35
knomenicklas_, english please... :)23:35
nicklas_sorry, wrong channel23:36
knomei guessed that ;)23:36
Sysiknome: you should understand that ;)23:36
knomeSysi, i do :P23:36
nicklas_knome, swedish?23:38
knomenicklas_, from finland, but as you know, swedish is our second official language23:39
nicklas_knome, yeah23:39
Sysiknome, we'll win this, there's two os us!23:39
knomehaha23:40
Sysiaww, xfce ♥23:43

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