[00:02] <dofer49> pedro3005, on another note, what if I want to use the other kernel, am I now stuck using this one? How can I get alsamixer back on the other one?
[00:03] <pedro3005> dofer49, wouldn't know exactly... try opening a thread on the forums
[00:33] <Guest24431> I can't get my network printer (Brother MFC 495 CW) to print download drivers still nothing can someone help
[00:35] <phillw> hi Guest24431, which version of ubuntu and are you running 64 bit or 32 bit ?
[00:35] <Guest24431> 32
[00:35] <phillw> ubuntu 9.10 ?
[00:36] <Guest24431> yes
[00:38] <phillw> the major hint seems to be follow the instructions EXACTLY, as in making sub-directories if they do not exit, this is a recent (live) thread of people who have it working --> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1405723
[00:40] <Guest24431> yes, I've tried that
[00:41] <phillw> you have followed every step in that thread already ?
[00:43] <Guest24431> the best I could--I'm a newbie
[00:44] <phillw> So are they, 5 beans == five postings :-)
[00:44] <phillw> Did you download the drivers from the Brother site? Follow the instructions exactly. Do you have error messages?
[00:44] <phillw> http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html
[00:46] <phillw> use the DEB packages for the printer scanner etc., all of them.
[00:46] <phillw> The thread is new enough for you to able to post to it & ask for assistance.
[00:48] <Guest24431> i will try that thanks
[01:04] <dofer49> pedro3005, remember what we were talking about earlier? Well after a restart, I went back into the kernel where alsamixer was not showing up
[01:04] <dofer49> and not only is alsamixer back
[01:04] <dofer49> but sound is here
[01:46] <_paultag_> where did nose_pick go?
[01:46] <_paultag_> he has the best real username EVER
[01:46] <_paultag_> I used to use shazbot when I was a wee lad
[01:47] <pedro3005> _paultag_, what's shazbot?
[01:48] <_paultag_> pedro3005: a joke word :)
[01:48] <pedro3005> _paultag_, I see
[02:18] <nomnex> my 4 USB2 ports are recognized as USB1 port, any idea? There are a few threads on the Ubuntu forum, but no solution/answer
[02:18] <nomnex> it is a notebook
[04:01] <ShadowKnight> hi
[04:03] <stlsaint> hey
[04:07] <tenach> hello
[04:12] <Raidsong> salutations
[04:12] <ShadowKnight> i have been having problems with my asus eee pc 1005peb running unr, i have noticed that you cant even install pidgin and my display blinks a lot. is that normal for UNR?
[04:16] <ducky> ShadowKnight, i have the same netbook
[04:16] <ducky> and have had no issues
[04:17] <ducky> what ealease are you using of UNR
[04:17] <ducky> release*
[04:17] <ShadowKnight> ducky, any suggestions on what to do? because it seems so weird. it even lasts less in ubuntu than in windows which i find really weird. im using 9.10 i think
[04:18] <ducky> ok so i guess i should start with asking what it actually does
[04:20] <ShadowKnight> ducky, first the display blinks a lot especially when i first start using the ubuntu partition. then it constantly disconnects at school and sometimes at home. theres also the battery issue which i dont think it could be because of ubuntu can it? and for some reason (i think it fixed) it didnt want to do the update manager. and of course i dont know if its because of unr but there are some things (pidgin especially) that 
[04:23] <ducky> ShadowKnight, not sure on the first one. the second one you should use the backports for wifi
[04:24] <ShadowKnight> which backports? how would i do that?
[04:24] <ducky> third what is the issue with the battery?
[04:24] <ducky> and waht is pidging doing/not doing
[04:24] <ShadowKnight> idk to me at least on my big laptop the battery lasts longer on ubuntu than on windows 7 but on my netbook it lasts less by like an hour or two which i find weird.
[04:24] <ShadowKnight> i cant get it to download basically
[04:25] <ducky> ShadowKnight, you are running win 7 on the netbook right?
[04:25] <ShadowKnight> yea its on my other partition. just like my laptop does
[04:25] <ducky> on mine that is actually about what i see as well
[04:26] <ducky> its because windows kinda lies
[04:26] <ducky> i have been getting a pretty solid 6-8 hours shile using wifi most of the time
[04:26] <ducky> that is in both
[04:28] <ShadowKnight> hmmm okay then so windows stretches it? so i should go with the time that ubuntu says? i havent seen a problem with battery times in my ubuntu for laptop thats why i wasnt sure if it was a problem or not.
[04:29] <ducky> yes actually windows shuts the cpu down to powersaving mode when on battery so it is possible to get more time out but it also  means you are not doing anything anyway
[04:29] <ducky> so it may as well be in standby
[04:31] <ShadowKnight> hmmm okay then ill keep that  in mind thats good to know actually lol i thought it wasn't normal. so is there another limitation on UNR for the asus? i havent had a chance to mess around with it since those initial problems got me to worry that i did something wrong
[04:32] <ducky> its a limitation of UNR but there is the avalibility of emabling it as well
[04:32] <ducky> also you really should update the netbook to the latest bios
[04:32] <ducky> i had to with mine and alot of issues went away
[04:32] <ducky> when i first got mine i couldnt use the touchpad or keyboard
[04:33] <ShadowKnight> okay then update through ubuntu or through my windows?
[04:33] <ducky> update the bios through windows
[04:34] <ducky> oh so you cannot get updates through the update manager
[04:34] <ducky> have you tried to run the command 'sudo apt-get update'
[04:35] <ShadowKnight> okay then. imma do that later on today and hopefully it helps. btw what can i do about pidgin and actually downloading it?
[04:35] <ShadowKnight> and idk to be honest. i think it is finally working but my netbook died so im gonna turn it on soon. before it was trying but didnt move from 1 out of 47 files
[04:36] <ducky> was it connected to the network?
[04:36] <ducky> you were saying you were having wifi issues
[04:37] <ShadowKnight> yea it was i was using firefox to double check it was still connected but then again from time to time it just disconnects
[04:37] <ducky> i am looking into the disconnect issue
[04:37] <ducky> i had the same thing happen to me
[04:37] <ducky> im trying to find a link for you
[04:38] <ShadowKnight> okay thank you
[04:40] <ducky> ShadowKnight, can you try hardwiring it into the network?
[04:42] <ShadowKnight> hardwiring? ummm i don't know i will be able to do that. i could try but first i will have to find the screwdriver i had. how come?
[04:42] <ducky> your wifi connection my be flaky and if it is dropping then the update mamager wont be able to look for updates and it will time out
[04:43] <ducky> lilke what you described
[04:43] <ducky> when it searcehs for updates it should not take very long at all enen on a rather slow connection
[04:44] <ShadowKnight> hmmm okay then i could try that then. imma double check again when i turn it on again to see if it is connecting.
[04:44] <ShadowKnight> how long does it usually take? i know on this comp it takes less than a min
[04:44] <ducky> yea thats about how long it should take
[04:45] <ShadowKnight> okay then imma give that a try tomorrow morning. imma knock out. thank you so much ducky. you have been a tremendous help to me. if all else fails ill come back here but i think with what you told me it should be fine. thanks again :)
[04:45] <ducky> yea thanks for stoping by
[06:42] <SteveGar> can anyone help me with adding a new (second) drive, specifically mounting in the current fs one drive #1?
[06:44] <SteveGarg> can anyone verify that i am visible? havent used irc for years.
[06:45] <pedro3005> hello SteveGarg
[06:45] <SteveGarg> hello, thanks
[06:45] <pedro3005> SteveGarg, what are you trying to do?
[06:46] <SteveGarg> adding a new (second) drive, specifically mounting in the current fs one drive #1
[06:46] <pedro3005> SteveGarg, what do you mean adding a new drive?
[06:47] <SteveGarg> I have 1 hard disk 500gb sata that has ubuntu, and have an identical 500gb hard drive
[06:47] <SteveGarg> that I can see
[06:47] <SteveGarg> formated
[06:47] <SteveGarg> but not sure of right combo
[06:47] <SteveGarg> to mount in home
[06:47] <SteveGarg> so I will have existing home GBs plus new 500
[06:48] <SteveGarg> seamless for shares to home network
[06:48] <SteveGarg> ?
[06:48] <pedro3005> SteveGarg, oh so you want to have a partition that spreads across drives?
[06:48] <SteveGarg> yes
[06:48] <SteveGarg> tried lvm
[06:48] <SteveGarg> but something in my brain is not getting the mount part
[06:49] <SteveGarg> like does second drive need to be
[06:49] <SteveGarg> pri or logical
[06:49] <SteveGarg> same ext4
[06:49] <SteveGarg> etc ? I appreciate you helpign/listening. :)
[06:50] <pedro3005> SteveGarg, not sure what pri is, I usually choose logical
[06:50] <SteveGarg> ok
[06:50] <pedro3005> And yeah, use ext4
[06:50] <SteveGarg> primary is what i meant
[06:50] <SteveGarg> ok
[06:50] <SteveGarg> ext 4
[06:50] <pedro3005> st4aluck, ohh, primary
[06:50] <SteveGarg> is what other partition is on first drive that I want to put this new disk in.
[06:52] <pedro3005> SteveGarg, not entirely sure... try asking over ubuntuforums.org
[06:52] <SteveGarg> ok, I appreciate your listening! :)
[07:40] <fireace> I'm trying to run UNR off a USB drive on my eeepc 1000h but everytime it starts to boot then I get a message saying 'can not mount /dev/loop1 on /cow'
[07:41] <fireace> and a command promt and I can't go any futher
[07:41] <fireace> I've never really used linux before so I'm not really sure what to do
[07:41] <fireace> I thought that it would just kinda boot and run from the stick
[07:46] <seidos> fireace, I'm not sure what might help.  I was thinking you could try mounting /dev/loop1 from the command prompt
[07:46] <seidos> I think mount /dev/loop1 /mnt
[07:46] <seidos> should mount /dev/loop1 to /mnt
[07:48] <seidos> fireace, but you had it right the first time, it should just boot from the stick
[07:49] <seidos> even if mounting works it won't solve your problem of trying to install UNR on the netbook
[07:50] <seidos> fireace, sorry I can't be more help.  if you don't get anymore help you can try the forums
[07:54] <fireace> well the way I must see it there must be either something wrong with my netbook or the download but the download verifed fine
[07:54] <fireace> and if it was my netbook other people must of encountered the same problem
[07:54] <fireace> but I havent found anyone reporting a simler problem
[07:55] <fireace> I guess I should just re-download it and see what happens
[07:58] <phillw> fireace: assuming you are making the usb drive 'persistant' doo not allocate 100% of the free area to it, stick at 95%; just don't ask me why it works, it just does :-)
[08:17] <fireace> I made it non pesistant and it worked... I'm going to try it again with a much more space for the persistance
[08:18] <Akos> hi team
[08:33] <fireace> hmmm even with 3GBs it still has problems, guess I'll just have to run it with out persistance
[09:17] <Silver_Fox_> :)
[09:26] <Silver_Fox_> Hello smeag0l
[09:26] <smeag0l> Hello Silver_Fox_
[09:27] <Silver_Fox_> Are yo well friend ?
[09:33] <smeag0l> i am doing okay
[09:44] <Silver_Fox_> Thats good smeag0l  :)
[10:05] <Silver_Fox_> Hello davidvasta ,  good to see you on IRC :-)
[10:32] <leoquant> man0riax morning
[10:32] <leoquant> wiki looks fine ツ
[10:32] <man0riaX> Hey there
[10:32] <man0riaX> Very nice (:
[10:33] <man0riaX> Btw: How are you? (:
[10:33] <leoquant> thats always a goog instrument to introduce yourself isn't it?
[10:33] <Silver_Fox_> Hello leoquant  :)
[10:33] <leoquant> morning team ツ
[10:33] <talsemgeest> Heya leoquant :)
[10:33] <man0riaX> Indeed, it is. Although it's hard to get ideas of what to write
[10:33] <leoquant> reheya ツ
[10:34] <leoquant> man0riaX when you get more involved into the team your wiki will explode
[10:35] <leoquant> (more or less :P)
[10:35] <man0riaX> I hope so. I really like writing wiki articles as I got two other wikis to write in. ^^
[10:36] <leoquant> haha
[10:36] <leoquant> are you into the german forums also man0riaX?
[10:36] <Silver_Fox_> Link to the wiki page ?
[10:37] <man0riaX> leoquant: I am.
[10:37] <leoquant> same nick?
[10:37] <Silver_Fox_> Never mind
[10:37] <man0riaX> http://ubuntuusers.de/user/man0riaX/
[10:38] <Silver_Fox_> Thanks,  looking good man0riaX :)
[10:38] <man0riaX> I was just about posting the wiki article, okay. ^^
[10:38] <leoquant> i am a fan of the german wiki, its a great wiki imo, esp. the security part
[10:39] <Silver_Fox_> Wiki pages can explode, mine certainly did
[10:39] <man0riaX> Hehe yes.
[10:39] <man0riaX> leoquant: Yeah, it's great and helped me dozens of times
[10:40] <leoquant> yeah Silver_Fox yours reads as a novel
[10:40] <leoquant> : "great expectation"
[10:40] <leoquant> s
[10:41] <Silver_Fox_> man0riaX,  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Silver_Fox  <- Mine
[10:41] <Silver_Fox_> leoquant,  It got BIGGER
[10:41] <Silver_Fox_> :D
[10:41] <man0riaX> I've had a look at it yesterday, yes. It's quite huge though :D
[10:41] <leoquant> man0riaX it is the mother of all wiki's..:) watch it!
[10:42] <Silver_Fox_> I need to update it again I thing
[10:42] <Silver_Fox_> think
[10:42] <Silver_Fox_> I've been doing more stuff
[10:42] <Silver_Fox_> I also seem to have come out of the election still holding my positions within the beginners team
[10:43] <Silver_Fox_> So for that I thank those who voted :)
[10:43] <leoquant> man0riaX hang around, i'am off for some food etc
[10:43] <leoquant> latersz
[10:43] <man0riaX> Later
[10:43] <Silver_Fox_> Au revoir
[10:45] <man0riaX> I've subscribed to the National Geographics Magazine a few weeks ago and they said I'd have to wait 8-12 weeks until the delivery of the first issue. Strange. ^^
[11:02] <ApOgEE> hi all
[11:02] <Silver_Fox_> Hello ApOgEE
[11:03] <ApOgEE> hi Silver_Fox_
[11:03] <man0riaX> Hey there
[11:03] <ApOgEE> does anyone know where can i get the new ubuntu logo font?
[11:03] <Silver_Fox_> How are you ApOgEE  ?
[11:04] <ApOgEE> i'm fine, thanks.. how are you Silver_Fox_ ?
[11:05] <Silver_Fox_> I am not sure its been released yet ApOgEE
[11:05] <ApOgEE> i'm searching for the new ubuntu logo font... which font they use? i'm going to make some materials for the upcoming release party
[11:06] <ApOgEE> i only have the logo svg...
[11:07] <talsemgeest> ApOgEE: From what I have heard they have only finished about 40% of the letters, and they are trying to get it released by the end of the month
[11:09] <man0riaX> http://gnews.com/science/Million-Dollar-NASA-Photos-Beaten-by-Budget-Balloon-632572225751.html
[11:09] <ApOgEE> talsemgeest, thanks for the info
[11:09] <man0riaX> This is awesome
[11:16] <ApOgEE> dammit... really really really awesome http://www.robertharrison.org/icarus/wordpress/28/icarus-i-launch-3/
[11:16] <man0riaX> Ya
[12:28] <man0riaX> afk
[12:36] <ApOgEE> going home now... see ya
[12:40] <Silver_Fox_> Bye
[15:58] <michae1> Hoping someone can help... trying to install beat 2 of zimbra desktop and am getting a permission denied error. How do I change my user settings to allow me to install zdc?
[15:59] <Silver_Fox_> Try using sudo
[16:04] <Akos> hi Silver_Fox_ (:
[16:05] <Silver_Fox_>  Hello Akos
[16:09] <Silver_Fox_> How are you Akos  ?
[17:46] <ShadowKnight> hello
[17:49] <Silver_Fox_> Hello.
[17:54] <running_rabbit07> Hello all! I have created an extra partition for testing Lubuntu. When I install it should I install grub in the same partition with Lubuntu then boot Ubuntu and run grub-update?
[17:54] <running_rabbit07> Or should I just not let grub instll
[17:55] <ShadowKnight> does anyone know the backport command for the asus 1005PEB wifi. it doesnt seem to have a strong connection and its taking forever to download updates
[17:55] <running_rabbit07> ShadowKnight, I just installed the backport mudule via Synaptic
[17:55] <running_rabbit07> I have the 1005 also
[17:56] <ShadowKnight> running_rabbit07, where do i get it?
[17:56] <ShadowKnight> what is it called?
[17:56] <running_rabbit07> sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-karmic
[17:57] <running_rabbit07> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1413691
[17:59] <ShadowKnight> so is that for the command line in the terminal?
[17:59] <ShadowKnight> this is for the UNR right?
[18:01] <running_rabbit07> Yes, it will work for UNR or the desktop install, yes, run it in a terminal
[18:02] <ShadowKnight> k let me go try it. thank you :)
[18:03] <ShadowKnight> okay its downloading right now :D
[18:04] <running_rabbit07> awesome
[18:05] <man0riaX> MSN bots really rule
[18:05] <ShadowKnight> thanks running_rabbit07 :)
[18:05] <Akos> they do? :O
[18:05] <man0riaX> Indeed
[18:05] <man0riaX> http://nopaste.info/7c5d9ebcf2.html
[18:05] <running_rabbit07> ShadowKnight,  you are welcome, glad I could help
[18:05] <man0riaX> Well, it got boring by the end :D
[18:07] <man0riaX> I can't believe that people really trust those absolutely female persons who want to cam with you
[18:11] <Silver_Fox_> Goodbye
[18:49] <tcsmith1978> hello - is there anybody here who can help with wireless bridging?
[18:50] <ShadowKnight> hey, i was wondering what to do when i update and it comes up with configuring grub-pc
[18:50] <ShadowKnight> do i keep the local version currently installed
[18:51] <running_rabbit07> ShadowKnight, I have used the maintainers version and the local, they both have worked for me, might as well go for the maintainer's
[18:55] <ShadowKnight> okay then thanks running_rabbit07
[18:55] <running_rabbit07> yw
[19:47] <harry003_> when I attempt to run System/Administration/Synaptic it acts like it is starting for a few seconds then blinks off altogether. same with downloads. also, when I run System testing, it hangs indefinitely
[20:13] <harry003_> wait a minute - what does it mean I quit? I was hoping somebody could help me.
[20:13] <hobgoblin> aaah you are here still
[20:14] <hobgoblin> you were here as harry003 as well
[20:14] <hobgoblin> harry003_: anyway - does any admin task fail in a terminal, try sudo apt-get update
[20:15] <hobgoblin> harry003_: cool youtube too - thank you :D
[20:16] <harry003_> I am going to reboot into wubi and see if your fix works. are you a city hogoblin?
[20:24] <ShadowKnight> hello, i was reading and is there any difference between eee-control and eee applet?
[20:28] <BGL-[s]> i believe eee control is newer
[20:30] <ShadowKnight> BGL-[s], which would you say is better to use?
[20:30] <running_rabbit07> ShadowKnight, I just took a look at eee-applet in Synaptic PM and it looks like a good app. I do not see eee-control anywhere.
[20:31] <running_rabbit07> where is ee-control found?
[20:32] <ShadowKnight> i know running_rabbit07, http://greg.geekmind.org/eee-control/ this is where i found it
[20:35] <running_rabbit07> ShadowKnight, looks like a great applet. I have tried neither, but I am installing the eee-applet right now on my netbook
[20:37] <ShadowKnight> okay then imma try both
[20:37] <ShadowKnight> how would i install the eee-control one?
[20:37] <running_rabbit07> you'd have to download from the site
[20:38] <running_rabbit07> I was just looking and the newest version they have is for 9.04 not 9.10
[20:38] <ShadowKnight> oh okay then, so its not good to install it
[20:39] <running_rabbit07> could have problems
[20:39] <ShadowKnight> okay then ill stick with the applet then :)
[20:44] <harry003> none of these things worked. sudo apt-get update returned several pages of mess ending in "Aborted" - would it be best to just start over?
[20:44] <paultag> nigelb, poke
[20:48] <harry003> is it possible to run Synaptic from the terminal?
[20:50] <hobgoblin> gksudo synaptic - but you can do all that with apt-get instead
[20:50] <harry003> Oh, I see, what is CTCP version? I am trying Lucid via wubi under XP.
[20:50] <hobgoblin> ctcp version is to do with irc
[20:51] <hobgoblin> harry003: did you seem my post in your thread?
[20:51] <ShadowKnight> hey, in openoffice presentation. can you do notes similar how you do them in powerpoint? cause in powerpoint i know you can drag up the bottom to write notes. but in openoffice its just a text block that seems far away. is there any plugin or any other program i can use thats similar to powerpoint in that sense?
[20:52] <harry003> I don't know, I am handy but not technical. As a Windows user, I would assume that this is a bad installation and start over. Also, I will go back to the "Help Testing Lucid in wubi" thread, that's where I started all this anyway.
[21:04] <podiki> hi
[21:05] <man0riaX> Hey
[21:05] <podiki> I am really an ubuntu leek and have problems installing a wireless USB
[21:05] <podiki> It is 802.11n WLAN USB adapter (Ralink)
[21:06] <podiki> can anyone tell me how to install this?
[21:06] <hobgoblin> harry003: tbh I have little experience with wubi - I would not know if this is specific to wubi or not - do you get other problems trying to open sys admin tools from a terminal, does gksudo synaptic run? if not does it give you an error ?
[21:06] <man0riaX> podiki, doesn't it run out-of-the-box?
[21:07] <podiki> no it doesn't run out of the box
[21:07] <podiki> sorry hobgoblin, I am really an amateur, don't know what you mean...
[21:08] <man0riaX> Then give me a second, podiki.
[21:08] <podiki> thanks manOriaX
[21:08] <hobgoblin> I was talking to someone else podiki :)
[21:08] <podiki> Oh sorry
[21:08] <man0riaX> podiki, can you open a terminal and enter "lsusb" (without the ")?
[21:09] <hobgoblin> no need for apologies podiki :)
[21:09] <podiki> yes i can
[21:09] <podiki> did so
[21:09] <man0riaX> What does it say about your USB-Wireless-thingy?
[21:10] <podiki> get this: Bus 001 Device 004: ID 148f:3071 Ralink Technology, Corp.  Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 003: ID 413c:2003 Dell Computer Corp. Keyboard Bus 002 Device 002: ID 413c:3016 Dell Computer Corp. Optical 5-Button Wheel Mouse Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub nathalie@nathalie-desktop:~$ ^C nathalie@nathalie-desktop:~$
[21:12] <man0riaX> Hmm, do you know the exact name of the adapter?
[21:12] <podiki> well, it says 802.11n WLAN USB Adapter
[21:13] <podiki> brand: Ralink
[21:14] <man0riaX> Okay, I guess I have something
[21:14] <man0riaX> http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8390630&postcount=3
[21:16] <man0riaX> Can you try this out? (:
[21:17] <podiki> i tried it but don't know where to add blacklist rt2800usb
[21:17] <podiki> shall i copy/paste the message i get?
[21:18] <man0riaX> Sure
[21:18] <podiki>   GNU nano 2.0.9       File: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf           Modified    # This file lists those modules which we don't want to be loaded by # alias expansion, usually so some other driver will be loaded for the # device instead.  # evbug is a debug tool that should be loaded explicitly blacklist evbug  # these drivers are very simple, the HID drivers are usually preferred blacklist usbmouse blacklist usbkbd  # r
[21:18] <man0riaX> Ah
[21:18] <man0riaX> Ya
[21:19] <podiki> of confusion by creating unexpected network interfaces blacklist eth1394                                [ Read 55 lines ] ^G Get Help  ^O WriteOut  ^R Read File ^Y Prev Page ^K Cut Text  ^C Cur Pos ^X Exit      ^J Justify   ^W Where Is  ^V Next Page ^U UnCut Text^T To Spell
[21:19] <man0riaX> If you don't like that editor, try this one: sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
[21:19] <podiki> Have no idea what it means... Am a ex-windows user
[21:20] <man0riaX> Open a terminal and run that command. :)
[21:20] <man0riaX> An editor will open
[21:20] <harry003> I have continued to bounce back and forth from my XP boot to Ubuntu. I am in Ubuntu and will try to stay here and work on this for a while.
[21:20] <podiki> get this: nathalie@nathalie-desktop:~$ udo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf The program 'udo' is currently not installed.  You can install it by typing: sudo apt-get install udo udo: command not found nathalie@nathalie-desktop:~$
[21:20] <hobgoblin> sudo gedit
[21:21] <man0riaX> sudo, not udo :)
[21:21] <hobgoblin> harry003: so have you tried what I suggested earlier?
[21:21] <man0riaX> podiki: An editor should start and show you a file - add "blacklist rt2800usb" (without the ") at the very end
[21:22] <podiki> ok, sorry, did it
[21:22] <podiki> this is what i get: # This file lists those modules which we don't want to be loaded by # alias expansion, usually so some other driver will be loaded for the # device instead.  # evbug is a debug tool that should be loaded explicitly blacklist evbug  # these drivers are very simple, the HID drivers are usually preferred blacklist usbmouse blacklist usbkbd  # replaced by e100 blacklist eepro100  # replaced by tulip blackl
[21:22] <man0riaX> Yap, that's the content of the file.
[21:22] <man0riaX> Scroll down to its very end
[21:23] <podiki> ok
[21:23] <podiki> # EDAC driver for amd76x clashes with the agp driver preventing the aperture # from being initialised (Ubuntu: #297750). Blacklist so that the driver # continues to build and is installable for the few cases where its # really needed. blacklist amd76x_edac
[21:23] <harry003> I have been at this for a week. I started trying to make wubi work, but gave up because of an error message. I tried VMware Player but Firefox would not work in it. I used Sun/Oracle VirtualBox which worked great except that I was trapped and could not see any other drives or directories. Now I have Lucid running under wubi, but some of the System Adminstration tools do not work. When I select them, I get an icon in the
[21:24] <hobgoblin> harry003: please open a terminal - run gksudo synaptic
[21:24] <man0riaX> podiki, then add the line "blacklist rt2800usb" at the file's end
[21:25] <harry003> I tried gksudo synaptic from the terminal, exactly the same behavior as when I selected from the menu - 10 seconds of seeming to work - then nothing. I also posted a question back in the original thread.
[21:25] <hobgoblin> harry003: if there is an error please paste it to paste.ubuntu.com  put a name in the box - hit paste and give the link
[21:25] <podiki> i did
[21:25] <man0riaX> podiki, it should look like that one: http://yfrog.com/47screenshotblacklistconfop
[21:25] <man0riaX> Then save the file and restart your computer. Hopefully it works. :)
[21:25] <hobgoblin> harry003: ok try sudo apt-get update
[21:26] <podiki> that is how it looks like
[21:26] <man0riaX> Very nice
[21:26] <podiki> and now?
[21:27] <man0riaX> Save the file and restart your computer. :)
[21:28] <podiki> ok thanks for your help!
[21:28] <man0riaX> Tell us if it worked then. ^^
[21:29] <harry003> OK, gksudo synaptic blinked off quickly, earlier today you gave me sudo apt-get update which gave an error that I just pasted. can you see it?
[21:31] <hobgoblin> where did you paste it?
[21:32] <harry003> ubuntu pastebin - it looked like ti worked, but is there some sort of "send" that I need to do?
[21:32] <hobgoblin> hit the paste button, then you get a new url
[21:32] <man0riaX> podiki, does the wireless adapter work now?
[21:33] <podiki> i am trying
[21:33] <podiki> wait
[21:33] <man0riaX> Take your time. ^^
[21:33] <harry003> I don't see a paste button. it appears to be at http://paste.ubuntu.com/410713/
[21:35] <podiki_> no manOriax, it doesnt
[21:35] <podiki_> do I need to download some specific applications?
[21:36] <hobgoblin> harry003: there's something wrong with that for sure - not sure how you would deal with it
[21:38] <hobgoblin> neither am I sure why you have a file called aegir in sudoers.d
[21:38] <podiki_> I tried the CD that goes with it too, but it doesn't open automatically and I don't know what files I need to open in order for it to run
[21:39] <man0riaX> Usually Windows drivers serve no purpose on Ubuntu, hmm
[21:39] <harry003> OK, I am excited about migrating from Windows to Ubuntu, but I need to feel my way around. Every time it works except for one thing, but a big thing. I am going to "nuke and pave" as my friend says, and do an all new wubi installation.
[21:41] <harry003> see you on the other side
[21:43] <podiki_> it is also adapted for Linux, has a file called Linux
[21:44] <man0riaX> Hm, can you check out that file again and tell me its content?
[21:44] <podiki_> sure
[21:44] <podiki_> 1 file is called /media/cdrom0/Other Drivers/Linux/2009_0302_RT2870_Linux_STA_v2.1.0.0.tar.bz2
[21:45] <podiki_> the other one is called WEBUI
[21:45] <man0riaX> Ah, okay. That's useful, give me a second
[21:45] <podiki_> and another one Firmware
[21:47] <man0riaX> podiki_, can you run "lsmod | grep rt" on a terminal, please?
[21:47] <man0riaX> And post the output, then in a query message?
[22:02] <podiki> hi man0riaX
[22:02] <man0riaX> hi ^^
[22:02] <podiki> what do I do now?
[22:03] <man0riaX> I'm away for 30 seconds, wait
[22:05] <man0riaX> Back
[22:05] <podiki> man0riax, I believe I have a lot of issues with ubuntu
[22:05] <man0riaX> So, you've done the restart I guess?
[22:05] <podiki> can't download or remove applications either
[22:05] <podiki> yes
[22:06] <podiki> but how can I check if wireless works without disconnecting network cable
[22:06] <man0riaX> Very well then, there's a network manager applet to be found in the top-right corner of the desktop. Directly on the top panel.
[22:07] <podiki> there is nothing on right
[22:07] <podiki> I do have a file called network manager
[22:08] <man0riaX> There are symbols next to the clock
[22:08] <podiki> no
[22:08] <man0riaX> Urm
[22:08] <podiki> nothing
[22:09] <podiki> I think it might be installed incorrectly as a lot of things don't seem to work
[22:10] <man0riaX> Can you right-click on the panel
[22:10] <man0riaX> Select "add to panel"
[22:11] <man0riaX> And then choose the "notification area" from the window?
[22:11] <podiki> did so
[22:11] <podiki> no icon appears
[22:12] <man0riaX> Okay, then open the menu: System -> Preferences -> Network Connections
[22:14] <podiki> ok
[22:14] <man0riaX> You can choose "Wireless" there, yes?
[22:14] <podiki> yep
[22:15] <man0riaX> So, select "add" and enter the data of the WLAN
[22:15] <man0riaX> And also select "connect automatically" ^^
[22:15] <podiki> sorry, what is SSID?
[22:15] <man0riaX> The name of the Wireless network
[22:16] <podiki> ok done
[22:17] <man0riaX> You can leave "BSSID" and so on blank - so, can you run "iwconfig" on a terminal?
[22:18] <podiki> nathalie@nathalie-desktop:~$ iwconfig lo        no wireless extensions.  eth0      no wireless extensions.  ra0       RT2870 Wireless  ESSID:""  Nickname:"RT2870STA"           Mode:Auto  Frequency=2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated              Bit Rate:1 Mb/s              RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off           Link Quality=10/100  Signal level:-59 dBm  Noise level:-97 dBm           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid cr
[22:18] <podiki> 0
[22:18] <podiki> beacon:0
[22:20] <podiki> man0riax, thanks for all the help and your time, but I am going to return it to the person I sold it from and ask to set it all up for me.
[22:20] <man0riaX> Hmpf, okay
[22:20] <podiki> thanks anyway