=== Penguino is now known as focas === focas is now known as lolseals === lolseals is now known as Penguino [00:47] Does xubuntu install a beagle equivalent? [01:20] öj [01:27] Question: How do I reduce sensitivity/turn off track pad mouse when I'm also using a usb mouse? [01:27] http://www.dumpt.com/img/viewer.php?file=y8o5ru0r03h7es7ei7tv.png [02:57] Hi im new to xubuntu. How do i remove icons from desktop (except mounted items, if possible) [03:01] Hello, I am having some trouble with my terminal when I try and enter my sudo password. The terminal will not let me enter anything when I try to enter my password. [03:01] What sorts of things might cause this? My keyboard is hooked up correctly etc. [03:02] Jora: Are you sure it's not letting you enter anything? Normally sudo does not display anything while still accepting your input. [03:02] I'll try again [03:02] Try typing in the password, then hit return. [03:04] I get this message: E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) [03:04] E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it? [03:05] I'm trying to execute the command sudo apt-get install build-essential checkinstall [03:06] Mmm, *that* I can't help with, as I'm a ubuntu/xubuntu newb. [03:07] try one at a time [04:55] how can i remove recycle bin and trash can from desktop? [04:57] yes [04:57] right click on the desktop and go into the desktop preference [04:57] click icons [04:58] and uncheck Trash [04:58] thank you jar. and how about the volume icon on top right taskbar? [04:59] right click [04:59] remove [04:59] no not that one [05:00] To remove anything from a taskbar you can always right click and remove. [05:00] i only get "mute" and "sound preferences" when i right click [05:00] not this one though [05:00] weird [05:00] mine has remove [05:01] because i have a more custom setup [05:01] its not a widget you can add to taskbar i dont think [05:01] That sounds weird. [05:01] it does. i can show a ss if youd like. but ill just creaste a new taskbar and only add stuff i want [05:02] a screenshot would be helpful [05:02] Maybe I'm not understanding [05:03] ahhhh ok i see it [05:03] it was part of notification area [05:03] ahhh [05:03] that makes more sense [05:03] i had to go to its properties and hide it by clicking a checkbox [05:03] gotcha [05:03] :) thanks for aughll your help tho [05:03] thanks for all your help thought* [05:03] sorry...new netbook, cant type yet [05:04] it's fine [05:04] which netbook do you have? :) [05:05] dell mini inspiron. was free with comcast [05:05] ahh sweet [05:05] haha yea :) [05:06] Nothing beats free [05:06] nope [13:44] hi [13:44] i need help with cpu frequency scaling [13:44] is there any central site for that= [13:44] ? [13:47] i have an xubuntu issue with my broadcomm wireless adapter [13:47] namely i can't turn it on [13:47] anyone have any tips? [13:47] drivers are good [13:48] has a hardware switch - a dedicated button above the keyboard, but obviously xubuntu doesn't recognize it [13:48] any ideas on how to turn this bugger on? [13:49] <_Pete_> it should be on automatically if your cpu supports it [13:50] <_Pete_> oops [13:50] <_Pete_> forget [13:50] <_Pete_> :) [13:50] yeah but it's not [13:50] i agree though [13:51] i wish i could find the compaq guy that designed it with an on off button and smash it on his head [13:51] oh i'm a linux noob btw [13:51] so go easy [13:51] :) [13:52] it's a copmaq presario v5000 pretty old [13:53] anyone knows a central site/man page for that? [13:53] i used freebsd and there are only two thing: kernel state settings and powerd. on ubuntu i am confused about what to use correctly [13:54] when i run lshw it sees the adapter and says it's disabled [13:54] i wish there were some sort of software switch or something [13:54] i really can't conceptualize how to get the thing powered up [13:55] when i installed ubuntu last year this wasn't an issue [13:55] but xubuntu is a diff story [13:55] would rather use xubuntu though [13:55] have you set what power button should do? [13:56] nope. it's not a key combo or anything it's a totally separate key [13:56] lemme see if xubuntu sees it [13:56] check settings on power manager [13:56] ok [13:57] can't remember if it does nothing by default [14:00] no luck so far on that front but it's an intriguing angle [14:04] i'm going to see if i can get the keyboard drivers installed to recognize the hardware switch [14:07] i see a program called hp wireless assistant that i know can access the power to the adapter. what if i run it in wine? just to turn it on? would that work? [14:19] gonna give up and install ubuntu and see what it's doing differently [14:29] bye [15:23] hello anyone [15:23] I want to know something... [15:24] I have ubuntu 9.04 with gnome, and i want to install xfce but i dont want the complete xubuntu-desktop package [15:24] you know, without abiword, gnumeric or thunderbird [15:24] so my question is...can i just install the xfce package? [15:27] why not? [15:28] it takes what it need as dependencies, and should work [15:28] just asking, you know [15:28] ok [15:29] only stupid questions are those which you you don't say :) [15:30] xD [15:37] hiho [15:37] between the grub-2-menu and xubuntu's "sparkling"-splasg [15:38] that mouse-logo is displayed [15:38] what is it called (is it splash?) and hoe can i change it? [15:42] I'm confused about that too, r0bert. [15:42] And curious. [15:42] ! [15:42] that's the spirit [15:50] in grub settings/conf? [15:52] that would be /etc/default/grub and a "no" [15:53] it's not /boot/grub/menu.lst anymore? [15:53] not with grub 2 [15:53] <: [15:54] and some stuff in /etc/grub.d/ is important, too [16:38] W: Not using locking for read only lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock ----------(next line)---E: Unable to write to /var/cache/apt/-----(last line)-----E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. [17:39] hi i have xubuntu 9.10 and none of my windows have any minimize or close buttons [17:40] may be something that consern themes [17:41] well i just installed it and it was like that [17:41] applications => preferences => window management (something like that, dont have it in english) [17:42] well ill have to quit cuz the window is in the way let me try [17:43] xfce4-appearance-settings [17:45] i tried opening window manager and window manager tweaks and neither of them would open [17:45] open a console [17:46] xfwm4-settings [17:48] it said "these setting cannot work with your current window manager (unknown)" [17:48] Oo [17:48] did you change anything? [17:48] nope [17:49] very strange [17:49] can i download and install one? [17:49] did it work with the live-cd? [17:49] did something fail when installing? [17:50] maybe it said like skipping somthing at the begining but completed [17:50] i used a torrent [17:50] the official torrent? [17:51] i clicked one from their website so i think so [17:51] okay [17:51] could it be my computer? [17:51] dont think so [17:52] can you do a [17:52] sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop [17:52] ? [17:52] well i had the previous release and did the upgrade and it worked fine but i thought it would be better to use the cd [17:52] let me try [17:53] sry [17:53] sudo apt-get install --reinstall xubuntu-desktop [17:53] did you format your partitions? [17:54] maybe there's some interfering settings from the previous installation (i doubt that) [17:54] it said i have the latest version [17:54] k let me try reinstall [17:58] i think it finished [17:58] do i have to logout or anyhting [17:59] and i did format my partitions [17:59] dunno, just try logging out [17:59] k [18:03] nope still the same [18:05] maybe it didnt burn right or download [18:06] have you still got the image? you could perform a md5sum check [18:06] but i doubt that, as your installation seems to have gone throught [18:07] yep ill try that later cuz its on my mom comp [18:07] could you try moving the .config directory to .config-bak und kill the xserver to restart it without saving its current setting? [18:08] that way you'll be able to restore any settings you've made later on [18:08] killing the xserver will work with alt+prntscrn+k [18:08] i wouldnt no where to begin lol [18:12] when i try using like gnome it runs slow. could that be my cpu or to little ram? [18:12] what does that mean "using like gnome"? [18:12] well i mean gnome [18:13] besides, my cpu, gfx card and 1gb ram are 7.5 years old [18:13] might be your ram/cpu then [18:13] mines a bit older lol '00 or '01 [18:14] it was built for windows xp put that runs slow so i started tryin linux [18:15] how much ram do you have? [18:15] what cpu and gfx card? [18:16] 256 ram, intel celeron [18:16] yay [18:16] lowest end <: [18:16] u'd better stick with xfce [18:16] LXDE [18:16] ye, that would even be better [18:17] or crunchbang [18:17] is my cpu to blame too? [18:17] xubuntu is bloated :\ [18:17] cpu doesn't matter much [18:17] so if i get more ram? [18:17] well it does to some extent [18:18] but the whole comination makes it slow [18:18] so if i get more ram? [18:18] if u can get it for free [18:18] any money on it will be considered wasted [18:18] in my opinion [18:19] what distro would u recommend [18:21] there's a lxde spin of fedora [18:21] lubuntu [18:22] if there's such and you want to stay on ubuntu - there you go <. [18:22] i never heard of it [18:23] I repeat LXDE is lighter than XFCE. [18:23] would that be the same as kde and gnome just look diff? [18:23] for fedora [18:24] I didn't try that but you can look at http://lxde.org/ [18:25] joshua__: read here => http://gilir.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/lubuntu-9-10-and-plan-for-lucid/ [18:30] um robert after they installed that lucid desktop it said to reboot. should i try that since i reinstalled xubuntu [18:30] dont think so [18:30] but go try [18:34] damn still dont work [18:35] but ne ways. can 1xde fedora do everything fedora with gnome or kde can do? [18:35] like can they run all the same programs [18:37] you can also stick with your current installation and change to lxde [18:38] and i would type what in the terminal? [18:41] dunno, i've never done that <. [18:41] http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Ubuntu [18:42] well i think either way it would be better for me to reinstall the whole distro [18:45] öj [18:51] i want a new harddrive now :-P [18:59] i NEED some hard disc [19:00] i have broken partition table [19:00] i need money for hard disc drives [19:00] i think i'll borrow one first [19:11] i need one thats lockable [19:49] between the grub-2-menu and xubuntu's "sparkling"-splash [19:49] that mouse-logo is displayed [19:50] what is it called (is it a splash?), where does it reside and how can i change it? [19:50] heh I'm not a fan of that logo either [19:52] What is the best way to generate thumbnails of images in Xubuntu? Preferably, it would provide a context menu item in Thunar, so I can just select a bunch of images and thumbnail them to a specified size. [19:54] Its there an easy way to disable ondemand like it was in gnome. rccconf doesnt seem to change anything now or sysv-rc-conf [19:54] Its still scales my 2 cpu [20:11] hello, I want to disable ipv6 globally, what is the simpliest and best way of doing that in Karmic? Thanks [21:25] hi folks.. little question here: i am running xubuntu 9.10 from virtualbox on a windows host. although experienced with ubuntu (at least, that's what i thought), i am having trouble to change the screen resolution. first approach: use some gui stuff (in settings). but the resolution i want wasn't listet. second approach: chagen xorg.conf. but... /etc/xorg.conf does not exist. so where does xfce store its config files? [21:26] sorry... /etc/X11/xorg.conf.. [21:26] (doesn't exist either :) ) [21:26] Are you using any 'restricted hardware?' [21:27] i am not sure. the t60 thinkpad has an ati graphics card. i wonder, however, what virtualbox makes out of it. lspci gives me just some standard stuff.VGA compatible controller: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Graphics Adapter [21:29] i am just curious: is xfce not using xorg? [21:29] It's not Xfce, it's how Ubuntu's changed. [21:29] It weirds me out too. :-\ [21:29] I'd see if you can install the ATI drivers, I guess. [21:30] ok, i was gonna do that but then i though: why install drivers if the system doesn't know about the real hardware. but i'll give it a try [21:30] anyway... where is all that stuff stored if not in xorg.conf? [21:35] That's where, again, I'm confused. It used to me much more... simple. :-\ [21:35] (Feel free to join in, lurkers.) [21:35] konstantink: Have you run the "install guest addittions..." from the virtualbox menu? [21:36] thats where you get drivers for your guest OS [21:36] @troglobyte: yes, i did run that. as far as i can tell that worked out (i can change the resolution - i just can't pick the right one ...) [21:36] Ah [21:37] i am running envy at the moment. don't think it'll work, though [21:37] do you have "auto-resize guest display "turned on? You can drag out the window and it'll adjust accordingly. [21:38] well, it should on a windows host anyway [21:38] err.. [21:39] i don't think i do [21:39] no fancy auto-resize stuff [21:39] except, host+a, but that is something different, right? [21:39] my host is ubuntu so it may be different but I get the option under the 'Machine' menu [21:40] host+G [21:40] oh, it's grey here.. can't activate it [21:40] aw bummer [21:40] maybe i should check whether the guest additions are installed correctly.. [21:41] it's quite a process if i remember correctly. [21:41] but they have to be... i saw that script running with the kernel rebuilding stuff [21:42] envy script is done. i'll restart and come back if it didn't help. if i don't show up again, envy solved it. however, i still don't know where xorg gets its config from [21:48] !xorg [21:48] The X Window System is the part of your system that's responsible for graphical output. To restart your X, type « sudo /etc/init.d/?dm restart » in a console - To fix screen resolution or other X problems: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution [21:48] Hmm... [21:56] alright... that was anything but successful. [21:57] envy did create a xorg.conf. that xorg. conf was obviously buggy (the driver did not exist) and caused gdm to crash [21:57] i removed xorg.conf completely and now i am back to the state i was before [21:58] that means, xorg is reading standard config files... but where are they? how come i am lost in this business again... [22:13] I ran sudo service gdm stop and then startxfce4 - did not give me the desired result, but the issue now is that the screen resolution only allows 800x600 as a maximum. Suggestions? [22:17] I'm running 9.04 [23:36] not enough drilling. that's what's the problem with the lesbos at #ubuntu-women [23:36] see ya :) [23:36] not enough drilling. that's what's the problem with the lesbos at #ubuntu-women [23:39] !ops | ban garrythefish, please? [23:39] ban garrythefish, please?: ops is HELP! gnomefreak, tonyyarusso, PuMpErNiCkLe, maxamillion, TheSheep, crimsun, mrpouit, Myrtti, PriceChild charlie-tca or cody-somerville [23:56] :-\ [23:57] hmm. [23:58] No bans for bigoted, mysoginistic spammers?