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dtwritesYeah, downgrade, what people with older computers do when the upgrade grinds everything to a halt.00:00
dtwritesI'll recheck, but it was not a few minutes ago.00:00
Appl6"un-upgrade" was probably a joking reference to how the "upgrade" from 9.10 to 10.04 throws a temper tantrum and wrecks your install when certain stars are aligned.00:01
collinp...why exactly is this channel +z?00:11
dtwritesWe were asleep?00:11
collinp+z means that, for messages that would be blocked by modes +b, +m, and +q, they instead get sent to everyone that's currently +o00:12
dtwritesOh my00:12
collinpWhich really dosen't make sense in here since there's rarely anyone op'd.00:12
dtwritesYou'd be proud of me, I set-up x-chat all by myself, after losing all my notes on how-to.00:13
ZachK_dtwrites: cool00:14
collinpAwesome.00:14
jasper_Anybody have any idea about installing World of Warcraft from the CD's on ubuntu?00:15
jasper_I just need to install wrath and not the other two00:15
ZachK_jasper_: wine00:16
jasper_I know that, but it wont work00:16
jasper_gives me an error00:16
ZachK_than i don't know as i don't play it00:16
jasper_lol00:16
jasper_i have the installer.exe00:16
jasper_anyone else?00:16
collinpThere's a guide somewhere, let me find it.00:16
jasper_kk, i'v tried most and they all hate me haha.00:17
ChesamoUhh00:17
ChesamoWhat error?00:17
collinphttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/WorldofWarcraft00:18
jasper_i use wine from the .exe and it says "no installer data could be found"00:18
Chesamorun "wine start <executable name>"00:18
ChesamoI find the "start" is what does it00:18
jasper_lemme try again00:19
jasper_i think it will give the same error00:19
jasper_same error00:19
jasper_that guide doesnt help with the dvd for the latest expansion, thats where im finding my issues00:20
jasper_Im currently downloading it, but it's 7gb...and i have the cd so i feel like there should be a way00:20
ChesamoCopy it onto your hard drive and try it there00:20
jasper_i did lol00:21
jasper_I copied it to wines system 32 files00:21
ChesamoN no00:21
ChesamoJust like onto your desktop00:21
jasper_i did that as well rofl00:22
jasper_lemme try that again00:22
jasper_should i delete the ones from the system 32?00:22
ChesamoDoesn't matter00:22
jasper_ok i removed the ones from system 32 and put the cd's contenst on my desktop00:23
jasper_now with it on my desktop with that command i get00:24
jasper_C:\\windows\\system32\\installer.exe00:24
jasper_reason being i have the original game and first expansion installed from download00:24
Chesamo...um00:24
ChesamoJust00:24
Chesamocd into the directory00:24
jasper_elaborate?00:24
ChesamoDon't bother with the WINE file paths00:24
Chesamouh00:24
Chesamocopy the files into ~/wow00:25
Chesamothe open terminal and cd wow00:25
Chesamothen wine start -u installer.exe00:25
ChesamoIt's case-sensitive though00:25
jasper_so copy the cd contents to  ~/wow00:25
ChesamoYou know where ~/ is right?00:26
jasper_No sir, i was just checking all my files searching right now haha.00:26
ChesamoIt's /home/username00:26
Chesamo~/ is your home directory00:26
jasper_ah well i have that folder up00:27
jasper_but WoW is nowhere to be found :/00:27
Chesamoum00:27
Chesamomake it00:27
jasper_lols ok i did00:27
jasper_so the only part that leaves me in the dust here is the open terminal and cd wow, do you mean navigate to the cd or just open them00:29
Chesamonnnnnno00:29
Chesamo"cd" is a command00:29
Chesamo"change directory"00:29
drew212is today a bugday?00:29
jasper_ok i did that and now ~/wow$ is there00:30
* phillw dtwrites you *may* want to have a look at lubuntu, it's pretty gentle with 'older' kit :-)00:30
dtwritesThanks, phillw. I'm happy with the 9.10 version. When I upgrade to 10.4 I lose sound and nothing seemed to get it back. I'm sure there are other things too, but... meh.00:31
jasper_cheasmo i got the same error00:31
Chesamodtwrites: 10.0400:32
Chesamothe digit is significant00:32
phillwdtwrites: well, you can try lubuntu in 'live' mode - it's just a thought if you have more than about 192MB ram (256 is preferred for live)00:32
Appl6Chesamo: Not unless there are 40 months in a year. =)00:33
dtwritesThanks, I will. I have the 256 to try it with.00:33
ChesamoAppl6: there are enough to have doble digits00:33
phillwdtwrites: I'm sure the good people on here won't mind me posting the link https://lists.launchpad.net/lubuntu-desktop/msg01319.html00:34
switchgirlwhy are w32 codecs not available ? "sorry, w32codecs not available for this type of computer (i386)"00:37
Chesamoswitchgirl: What is giving you that error? w32 has no context in Linux.00:38
phillwChesamo: it's an error with mplayer etc.00:40
phillwswitchgirl: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/install-mplayer-and-multimedia-codecs-libdvdcss2w32codecsw64codecs-in-ubuntu-904-jaunty.html has how to get the codecs near the bottom, although you may want to read the entire posting00:41
ChesamoThat's a silly way of wording the error00:41
switchgirlthe applecation centere00:42
Chesamoswitchgirl: What are you trying to do?00:43
switchgirlChesamo, play wma streams00:46
switchgirlok i wasn't paying attention and just put deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty universe multiverse deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty universe multiverse into my sources list - i'm on Lucid00:47
phillwswitchgirl: I'm pretty sure you can just put the mythubuntu ppa on and get them all, but you'd have to check on that.00:48
switchgirlhow do i check what headers i am runnings?00:49
switchgirli just did sudo apt-get upgrade and got offered  linux-headers-2.6.32-22 linux-headers-2.6.32-22-generic linux-image-2.6.32-22-generic - is that jaunty?00:50
ZachK_i think that's karmic00:50
Appl6switchgirl: Those are Lucid.00:50
holsteinuname -a tells you what kernel your running00:51
switchgirl:)00:52
switchgirlthanks00:52
Buuntucan someone help me with something?01:17
paultagBuuntu, yo01:17
Buuntupaultag, yo01:17
paultagBuuntu, sup, gangster01:18
Buuntupaultag, I just got done installing gentoo, and grub isn't seeing it at start up01:18
paultagw00t01:18
paultagBuuntu, what v of grub?01:18
Buuntupaultag, even though when I run sudo update-grub it says it's reading a base install of gentoo01:18
Buuntupaultag, 201:18
paultagBuuntu, and is it not updating the menu?01:18
Buuntuno01:18
paultaginteresting01:19
Buuntupaultag, "Found Gentoo Base System release 1.12.13 on /dev/sdb7"01:19
paultaghumm01:19
paultagBuuntu, and sudo with that?01:19
Buuntupaultag, yeah01:19
paultaginteresting01:19
Buuntupaultag, there were a lot of steps in installing it, so it's possible I messed something up somewhere along there, but who knows01:20
paultagBuuntu, wheres the kernel01:21
Buuntupaultag, in /boot I think01:21
paultagchecki Buuntu01:21
paultagBuuntu, and find vmlinuz01:21
Buuntupaultag, just did01:21
paultagOK01:21
paultagBuuntu, I'm not quite sure. Interesting issue01:22
paultagajmorris, poke01:22
paultagajmorris --gentoo | Buuntu --needs-help01:22
Buuntupaultag, quick question, is there a problem with having two linux partitions under one extended partition?01:23
paultagnothing01:23
paultagwhy?01:23
Buuntupaultag, cuz that's how it's set up, didn't know if that was a problem or not01:24
Buuntupaultag, there's no vmlinuz though, are you sure that exists in gentoo?01:24
paultagBuuntu, what's the kernel's name?01:24
Buuntupaultag, there's a bzImage though, don't know if it's the same01:24
paultaghumm01:25
Buuntupaultag, 2.6.32-gentoo-r701:25
paultagit should be01:25
Buuntupaultag, should I try installing grub to the gentoo partition?01:28
phillwpaultag: would a quick PM be okay ?01:42
paultagphillw, of course01:42
phillwnhandler: would a quick PM be okay ?01:45
jay_help--icons of minimised windows do not appear on lower task bar01:50
steelstevehello, I have a question to ask about Radio Stations on Rythymbox, how do I change the buffer size?01:51
Chesamosteelsteve: this may be of interest https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+question/1092101:52
jay_can anyone help?  in Ubuntu 10.04 icons of minimized windows do not appear01:53
jay_..on task bar01:53
steelstevethanks Chesamo01:57
nhandlerphillw: Sure02:02
kermiacjay_: try Right click on panel -> Add to panel -> Window List ->Add02:11
jay_Pl. help..In Ubuntu 10.04, icons of minimized windows do not appear on bottom task bar; the task bar is always blank02:12
kermiacjay_: try Right click on panel -> Add to panel -> Window List ->Add02:12
jay_tried that , does not work02:12
kermiacjay_: what flavour of ubuntu are you using?  ubuntu, kubuntu, xubuntu, etc02:15
jay_some dots appear but not icons02:15
jay_Ubuntu 10.0402:15
Chesamojay_: Can you get a screenshot of one normal window and one Minimized window (on the taskbar)02:17
kermiacjay_: do you have much space left on your bottom panel? it will appear to be "dots" when there is not enough room02:17
jay_all the space is there...blank02:18
jay_the minimized window is shown as dots02:18
kermiacjay_: as Chesamo just said, can you please take a couple of screenshots & upload it to somewhere like imgbin.org. These kind of issues are hard to diagnose without seeing exactly what's going on02:19
jay_Thak you for the suggestion.. now  got the solution...removed one laucher from the taskbar and all icons appeared.. Thank you02:21
kermiacjay_: can you try to right-click on the panel next to where the window list is (there should be 3 verticle lines on top of each other) & select "Remove from panel". Then right-click an empty space on the panel -> Add to panel -> Window List ->Add02:21
kermiacjay_: ah... not enough space on the panel :)02:21
jay_that's it...thanks a lot02:22
kermiacnp jay_  glad we could help :)02:22
jay_Where is the code controlling the bottom panel...the file I mean02:23
Pianomanis the Kodak Zi8 mini camcorder compatible with Ubuntu 10.04?02:57
ChesamoPianoman: I don't see why not. What kind of camcorder is it? DVR?03:00
PianomanKODAK’s Zi8 HD Pocket Camcorder equipped with advanced features like 5 megapixel sensor for HD recording (1080p) and still pictures, plus face tracking and image stabilization.03:00
ChesamoPianoman: That's not what I asked. Is the recording media digital or tape?03:01
PianomanChesamo, what i am worried about is the software that comes with it and the video formats that might not work in Linux03:01
PianomanChesamo, sorry, it is digital03:01
ChesamoPianoman: You may find this helpful: http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/ab26f/kodak_zi8_with_ubuntu/03:02
PianomanChesamo, wow you are efficient03:03
ChesamoPianoman: I'm good enough at Google-fu to teach a class on it ;-)03:03
PianomanChesamo, i just spent 45 minutes on the fr group and no one had anything to help me03:03
PianomanChesamo, been searching myself for similar things without success03:04
ChesamoPianoman: Glad to be of service :D03:04
PianomanChesamo, so reddit is a nice to have link, thanks03:07
ddecatorreddit ftw03:10
ajmorrisBuuntu: poke03:14
Pianomanpoke03:14
paultag<3 ajmorris03:15
ajmorriso.o03:15
* ajmorris runs03:15
paultagajmorris, :)03:15
paultagajmorris, how goes, my friend?03:15
ajmorrisnot bad man... i should be doing my assignment, but thought id see if Buuntu got that gentoo problem fixed that you pinged me about...03:16
ajmorrisand you?03:16
paultagajmorris, doing well :)03:16
paultagajmorris, and I don't think he did03:16
Buuntuajmorris, yo03:16
Buuntuajmorris, sadly, no03:16
paultagI'll leave you two lovebirds alone :)03:17
Buuntuajmorris, here, I'll post the output of grub-mkconfig, that should give you a head start :D03:17
Buuntuajmorris, http://paste.ubuntu.com/444356/03:17
ajmorrisoh yuck... you're using grub 2?03:17
Buuntuajmorris, lol, that's exactly the response I got in #gentoo03:18
ajmorrishaha03:18
Buuntuajmorris, I always though most people used grub 2 now a days03:18
ajmorrisappears to be nothing wrong with your mkconfig... what error do you get when you try to boot gentoo?03:18
Buuntuthat the partition and kernel don't exist03:19
ajmorrisand nah, its only ubuntu that has standardised on grub 2...03:19
rmrf_sup03:19
Buuntuand before I added the manual entry, there wasn't even an entry in the menu to select from03:19
ChesamoHello rmrf_03:19
ajmorrisoh dear Buuntu... umm, are you using purely sata? or have you got some IDE devices chucked in tehre?03:19
Buuntuajmorris, one IDE drive03:20
Buuntuajmorris, but that one isn't involved03:20
Buuntuajmorris, I just use that for storage, all the operating systems are on sdb03:20
ajmorrisok good... coz that would cause issues because of a bug in grub 2...03:20
ajmorrisso your grub2 probe doesnt pick up gentoo at all?03:20
Buuntuajmorris, it does, it's just the menu that doesn't03:21
Buuntuajmorris, "Found Gentoo Base System release 1.12.13 on /dev/sdb7"03:21
rmrf_i brbz03:21
ajmorrishmm? if it found it, why didnt it automagically add the entry to your boot lists?03:22
Buuntuajmorris, good question :)03:22
ajmorrisok... well looking at your mkconfig; have you noticed the slight differences in your syntax/03:22
Buuntuajmorris, these people seem to have found a solution to the same problem by manually adding an entry: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=122557103:22
Buuntuajmorris, but that didn't work for me03:22
ajmorrisfor instance, you have set root=(hd1,7)... instead of set root='(hd1,7)'03:23
ajmorrisnow i've steered clear of grub 2... so im not sure how anal retentive it is...03:23
ajmorrisbut it would be worth just setting your syntax to that of the entries automagically generated03:23
Buuntuajmorris, oh, good idea03:24
Buuntuajmorris, I'm using the syntax of guides and examples online though, so I don't think that's the problem03:25
ajmorrisah ok03:25
ajmorrisand so after editing grub-mkconfig, have you run the command to update grub.cfg with your manual entries?03:25
Buuntuajmorris, yeah03:26
ajmorrisdoes grub.cfg contain the entries?03:26
Buuntuajmorris, and with the manual entry it shows up, but then it just gives me an error that the partition and kernel don't exist03:26
Buuntuajmorris, no, the entries are in individual files all in /etc/grub.d03:27
ajmorrisoic03:27
ajmorrisi take it grub2 still has a boot command line?03:27
Buuntuajmorris, it's not recommended to edit grub.cfg03:27
Buuntuajmorris, yes03:27
ajmorriswhat happens if you run a kernel detect in the command line at boot?03:27
ajmorrisdoes it detect gentoo on that partition?03:28
Buuntuajmorris, I don't know any commands in the grub shell :P03:28
Buuntuajmorris, so I don't really know how to do that03:28
ajmorrisim not sure of grub2 syntax... grub1 was find /boot/grub/stage1 to detect the partitions grub was installed on...03:29
ajmorrisyou do have grub2 installed on gentoo as well right?03:29
Buuntuajmorris, no03:30
phillwajmorris: I'm not really up on grub2, but I know a man who is ;-)  have a look through the links here http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7912932&postcount=203:30
Buuntuajmorris, lol, am I supposed to?03:30
ajmorrisk, tks phillw03:30
phillwhe's good, in fact, I'd go as far as to say - he's VEERY good :-)03:30
Buuntuphillw, thanks, that's exactly what I did - added an entry to 40_custom03:30
Buuntuajmorris, am I supposed to install grub2 on the gentoo partition though?03:31
Buuntuajmorris, yep, some guy on #gentoo just told me I have to install it on gentoo03:32
Buuntuajmorris, I'm going to go try that now03:32
ajmorrisBuuntu, well, in grub1, when you install another OS... you generally have gentoo installed for each partition03:32
ajmorris* grub installed for each partition i mean lol03:32
ajmorrisyeah, i assume it would be the same for grub203:32
ajmorrisotherwise grub wouldnt be able to boot the partition03:32
phillwno, be careful about installing grub on each partition03:32
ajmorrisphillw, you can install grub to a partition, without updating the boot blocks03:32
ajmorrisim not talking about running a grub-install ;)03:33
Buuntuyeah, just install the package right?03:35
ajmorrisyup03:36
ajmorrisfor grub2, you need to unmask it though03:36
Buuntugentoo is confusing :S03:36
ajmorrisi believe there is a hard mask in package.mask also03:36
Buuntuajmorris, I did that, but I have no clue what it meant haha03:36
Buuntuajmorris, just following this: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Grub203:37
ajmorrisout of interest Buuntu, was there a hard mask in package.mask for it?03:37
ajmorrisor has gentoo progressed enough to say it doesnt need a hard mask now?03:37
Buuntuajmorris, don't think so, this is what I had to run before running emerge: echo "<sys-boot/grub-9999 **">>/etc/portage/package.keywords03:38
ajmorrisalso, on that wiki page, you shouldnt really need to run the configuration steps... unless you wanna boot off gentoo's grub into gentoo and ubuntu... you can continue to boot gentoo and ubuntu from ubuntu's grub...03:39
ajmorrishowever, keep in mind, ubuntu's grub2 has been modified... and maybe its a better idea to use gentoo's and have it detect ubuntu03:39
Buuntuajmorris, yeah, I'm stopping after installing it03:39
Buuntuajmorris, well, that's the next step if this doesn't work03:39
ajmorrisand nah, thats not a hard mask... buuuut, thats the command the wiki has? :O thats bad gentoo practice, whoever wrote that wiki page should be shot03:39
Buuntuajmorris, by the way, what does /proc do? lol03:40
ajmorrisyou dont require an unmask of ** you just require an unmask of ~x86 or ~amd64 depending whether you have 32bit or 64bit03:40
Buuntuwhy do you have to mount that and /dev separately before chrooting03:40
* phillw sorry, I had only glanced over this one, but is a sure PITA if you get caught by it, hence my warning about installing GRUB here, there and everywhere -- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/57672403:40
ubot2Launchpad bug 576724 in grub2 (Ubuntu) "Ubuntu Lucid grub2 dist-upgrades result in confusion (affects: 18) (heat: 92)" [Undecided,Confirmed]03:40
paultagBuuntu, /proc is a fake filesystem that is actually just forging kernel info03:41
paultagBuuntu, so when you cat /proc/cpuinfo it runs a routine in the kernel and gives you the output of that function as if it were a file03:41
ajmorrisyeah phillw... ubuntu devs like to play with things... thats why i recommend to run gentoo's grub in the boot blocks, and run ubuntu off it if ubuntu's still cant boot gentoo03:41
ajmorrisand Buuntu, /proc is part of the standard linux filesystem. it basically stores your system paramaters03:41
paultagBuuntu, all those numbers in there are running processes and info in the kernel about them03:42
ajmorrisoh nvm, paultag beat me to it03:42
ajmorrislol03:42
paultagajmorris, <303:42
Buuntu*sigh*, why does gentoo take so long to install things?03:42
paultagbrbz again03:42
paultagBuuntu, because it's compiling everything!!!!03:43
Buuntuit seriously takes like 5 minutes to install anything03:43
paultagbrbz again03:43
ajmorrisyeah, its a source OS... takes a while... but sooo worth it03:43
Buuntupaultag, oh, Ubuntu just downloads binary then?03:43
paultagyeah Buuntu03:43
ajmorrisyeah, ubuntu runs of precompiled debian packages03:43
Buuntuyeah, I guess I knew that03:44
paultagbrbz again03:44
Buuntuajmorris, lol, it's still installing03:46
ajmorrishaha03:46
Buuntuajmorris, lol, I think it's stuck04:17
Buuntuajmorris, on the last step04:17
ajmorrislol stuck? :O04:19
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ZeRoDeAtH50435how do I do this command for amd64: sudo dpkh - kvm_12-1_i386.deb16:34
ChesamoZeRoDeAtH50435: You can't install an i386 (32-bit) package on an amd64 (64-bit) system. Also the command is sudo dpkg -i <deb file>16:36
ZeRoDeAtH50435is there a way to do it16:37
ChesamoZeRoDeAtH50435: I'm not sure what you're asking. Do you want to know if KVM will run on an amd64 system? Yes, it will. Do you want to know if you can install 32-bit binaries on a 64-bit system? No, you can't.16:38
ChesamoZeRoDeAtH50435: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM/Installation16:38
ZeRoDeAtH50435ok thanks16:40
ZeRoDeAtH50435I am trying to get plan9 to run as a virtual machine16:41
ChesamoZeRoDeAtH50435: Is there any particular reason you're using KVM? Other virtualization options (such as VirtualBox) are much easier to set up and manage.16:41
ZeRoDeAtH50435vbox will not run it tried16:42
ChesamoZeRoDeAtH50435: http://superuser.com/questions/79960/has-anyone-gotten-plan9-working-in-virtualbox16:43
ZeRoDeAtH50435tried that to16:45
phillw132 bit programmes should run happily on 64bit systems - just not the other way round? that includes things like kernels applications etc.16:46
Chesamophillw1: I thought it was an issue with certain variable sizes and addresses, etc... So 32-bit programs would need some kind of wrapper (something like WoW in Vista) to translate the 32-bit instructions for a 64-bit system.16:48
phillw164 bit systems have all the 32 bit commands, with more added. But I could be wrong. AFAIK it is the use of these additional commands that mean it is better to run a 64 bit version where one exists, but not mandatory.16:50
phillw1you can certainly put the 32bit ubuntu onto a 64 bit system, and that's running some pretty basic commands to the equipment.16:51
phillw1basic == low level, i.e. addresses etc.16:51
Chesamophillw1: I was under the impression that it's not even that... like, a pointer on a 32-bit system takes up X number of bits, and a pointer on a 64-bit system takes X^2 number of bits. I'm talking down at the base code level.16:52
Chesamophillw1: You're talking too low... CPU instructions yes, system/kernel instructions no.16:52
paultagAlright, alright16:54
paultagwhat are you two talking about16:54
Chesamophillw1, paultag (now): http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/53416:55
paultagphillw1, 32 big asm != 64 bit asm16:55
paultagYup16:55
phillw1The AMD64 processor is able to quickly switch between 32-bit and 64-bit modes on the fly, thus small static 32-bit applications should work perfectly on a 64-bit system without any modification to either the system or the application. << as it states :-)16:55
phillw1libraries are another matter tho'16:55
paultagphillw1, because it has the 32 bit libs built against it16:56
phillw1so, i can run 32 bit progrmmes on a 64bit system16:56
Chesamophillw1: We're talking about KVM though. Not exactly a little static binary.16:56
paultagphillw1, it has a set if 64 bit libs and a set of 32 bit libs. When the kernel switches to leg. mode, you need the old stuff16:56
paultagphillw1, it's literally changing into 32 bit for that process slice16:56
paultagphillw1, so it needs 32 bit everything, then the result is sent back to 64 bit land16:56
paultagthat's what Linux does, anyway16:57
paultagIIRC16:57
paultagfor instance, with 32 bit -- to make a syscall ( to allocate memory such as malloc )16:57
paultagyou need to push the arg16:57
paultagand call int 0x8016:57
paultagwith 64 bit, you can just do the syscall asm command16:58
paultagso if you try and run 64 bit on 32 bit directly, it won't work, just as 32 on 64 won't16:58
paultagbut the 64 bit processors can still speak 32, they just have to be switched into 32 bit mode16:58
phillw1which they can do on the fly? So, virtual machines are a no-no if you have a 64bit kernel and only a 32bit version?16:59
paultagphillw1, you _can_ do it. Just make sure you have the 32 bit libs in place ( lib32 vs lib64 )17:00
paultagphillw1, but it's not pretty17:00
paultagbut it can be done17:00
phillw1okies, thanks for the clarification17:00
paultagsure17:00
ZeRoDeAtH50435is there a way to make to desktop look like a cube all the time17:09
ChesamoZeRoDeAtH50435: You mean the Compiz cube?17:09
ChesamoZeRoDeAtH50435: The um... desktop-switching cube.17:10
ZeRoDeAtH50435I have that set17:10
ChesamoZeRoDeAtH50435: Yeah, and is that what you want to see all the time? Because I'm not aware of a way to do that.17:10
ZeRoDeAtH50435yeah it was17:11
ZeRoDeAtH50435I did something once that made it look like a wall and stayed that way until I clicked on one of the windows17:12
ChesamoZeRoDeAtH50435: Something like OSX's Epos??17:13
ZeRoDeAtH50435yeah I guess17:13
ChesamoZeRoDeAtH50435: Look around in compizconfig. I believe there's an option for it, not sure if it's enabled be default. THe default hotkey is Ctrl+Alt+Up arrow17:15
Chesamoenabled by*17:15
ZeRoDeAtH50435yeah if I use my mouse wheel it looks like a cub17:17
ZeRoDeAtH50435cube17:17
prazhi, I need some help with the wireless on a IBM Thinkpad T42 laptop running 10.0418:25
Chesamohello Praz, I have a T42. What's up?18:26
prazinstalled the updates to get to version 10.0418:26
prazsoon after the wireless stopped working18:26
praznot sure how long after the updates, or right after I upgraded18:26
ChesamoWhat wireless tool are you using? network-manager-gnome?18:27
praznot using any tool, not that i know at least18:28
Chesamopratz: You must be, if you're using a normal Ubuntu install. In the upper-right corner, where the wireless utility should be, right-click on it and hit "About".18:29
prazNetworkManager Applet 0.818:30
Chesamonetwork-manager-gnome then.18:30
prazoh ok18:30
Chesamopratz: What do you mean by your wireless "doesn't work"?18:30
Chesamopratz: Like what kind of symptoms are you seeing18:30
prazits not seeing my home wireless18:30
prazeven the wired connection is not working18:31
ChesamoOh, whoops, it's "praz". My bad.18:31
prazall the other desktops and laptops in my house can see the signal18:31
Chesamopraz: So your networking has ceased functioning altogether?18:31
prazChesmo: no prblem18:31
prazChesmo: yup18:31
Chesamopraz: missing an "a" in there ;-)18:31
prazChesamo: ooops, sorry18:32
prazChesamo: so yeah all networking is not working...18:33
Chesamopraz: Hm..18:33
Chesamopraz: http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/ paste the output of the Terminal command: sudo lshw -C network   into here. Terminal commands are case-sensitive; that's a capital C.18:34
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prazChesamo: http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/444740/18:38
prazChesamo: see anything wrong?18:44
Chesamopraz yeah, the driver's not loaded.18:44
Chesamopraz I don't see your wired network connection though.18:44
Chesamopraz: Also, it's seeing your wireless card as a wired connection.... interesting...18:47
prazChesamo: wierd18:47
prazChesamo: I am looking for the drivers right now18:47
Chesamopraz: I'm not very good with networking support, but the networking section in the forum is fairly active: http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=33618:48
prazChesamo: I think I need to update the HW Drivers. But I can't even get a wired connection to work so I am not sure how I am supposed to do this18:49
Chesamopraz: Your best bet would be to get the drivers onto a Flash drive and update them that way.18:50
prazChesamo: ok, let me try that now18:50
Chesamopraz: The Ubuntu repositories are online to help you get the right files: http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/18:50
prazChesamo: not sure what I have to get from there18:51
Chesamopraz: You can use that site to get the "dependency files", or things that are required to be installed before the drivers can be update.18:53
Chesamoupdated*18:53
prazChesamo: Which ones does I need?18:54
Chesamopraz: I don't really know, networking isn't my bright spot :-(18:54
prazChesamo: ok cool. thanks for the help though. i appreciate it18:55
Chesamopraz: No problem.18:55
mcwYo!!19:24
mcwGood Afternoon19:24
Chesamohello mccw19:24
Chesamoc/219:24
mcwhow ya doin'19:25
Chesamoer, squrt(cc)19:25
ChesamoI'm doing well, yourself?19:25
mcwgood good19:25
mcwI was just in the forum and I noticed some people had joined my social group but when i tried to post to them it said I had to make 75 posts before i can send a message to people in my group???19:26
mcwI created 3 IRC channels 2 for my province and one just for fun19:27
mcwThey want to form a loco team if there isn't one for our area19:29
mcwChesamo, where'd you go?19:30
Chesamomcw: Fell down the stairs and broke my neck, duhhhh :P No I'm working on a little project.19:30
mcwouch19:31
mcwChesamo, what kind of project???19:32
mcwnosy19:32
Chesamomcw LiveCDs for ubuntu-desktop-minimal19:32
Chesamomcw https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-desktop-minimal/+announcement/598819:33
mcwnoice19:34
mcwChesamo, for slow computers or just more config choice??19:37
Chesamomcw really configuration choice. It's sort of an optimized version of the normal Ubuntu install.19:37
mcwChesamo, The more distro's and choices the better19:38
mcwChesamo, I just tried Ultimate Edition the other day but found it too bloated19:39
Chesamomcw: The normal version of that system is a BASH script that lets the user choose what software they want installed19:39
mcwahh19:39
mcwChesamo, My terminal kept crashing in it19:40
mcwdon't know why19:40
Chesamomcw: A friend of mine just wanted to get a Live version of it, so I built one. I'm open to other configurations as long as they stay within the ubuntu-desktop-minimal choices.19:40
mcwI lov eme some Ubuntu19:40
mcwChesamo, I'm still learning19:41
Chesamomcw We're all still learning ;-)19:41
mcwChesamo, Ya if you ever stop I guess it's time to lay down and die19:42
Chesamomcw Mmhmm!19:42
Native_Pridelol19:42
mcwI need more users here in my province19:42
mcwToo many damn windows users!!!!19:43
mcwscared to switch19:43
mcwI show them my system and they think it's neat but don't want to try it19:43
Native_PrideHi everyone i'm new here19:44
Native_Prideand new to Ubuntu19:44
mcwNative_Pride, Hello19:45
mcwNa19:45
mcwNative_Pride, Welcome to the world of Linux19:45
Native_Pridemcw, hi there19:45
Native_Pridemcw,  thanx19:46
mcwNative_Pride, Do you like it so far??19:47
Native_Pridemcw,  yes but I am still getting use to it19:48
mcwNative_Pride, Allot to learn Eh?19:49
Native_Pridemcw,  there is19:49
Native_PrideI enjoy the cube it's awesome19:50
mcwNative_Pride, And it's different than windows19:50
Native_Pridemcw,  it is but there is way more to do on Ubuntu that cant be done with windows19:51
mcwYes and some thing in windows you can't do in Ubuntu19:52
Native_Pridetrue19:53
mcwNative_Pride, Just games mostly19:53
Native_Pridemcw,  that's ok I like playing different games that I never got to play on windows19:54
mcwNative_Pride, You mean the games in the software Centre or in Synaptic pPackage manager?19:55
Native_Pridemcw,  software Centre I think19:56
phillw1tux racer seems to be popular game ;-)19:57
mcwI like Brutal Chess!!19:57
Native_Pridethere is alot to pick from19:59
phillw1https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Games has a decent list :-)20:00
mcwNative_Pride, There are also games not in the repository20:00
Native_Pridethx I'll try that20:00
mcwThey need more 3d games20:02
mcwor to be able to run windows games automatically20:02
mcwbeep beep...... beep beep.......20:03
mcwbeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee20:03
phillw1mcw: wine has a list of windows games that will run in emulation20:04
mcwon their website?20:04
mcwI'm still in the dark with wine20:04
Native_Pridewine crashes on me20:04
Native_Pridewine don't agree with me20:05
phillw1http://appdb.winehq.org/20:05
phillw1if you're running wine, use the beta version, not the one from the repos'20:05
mcwdownload from the website?20:06
phillw1http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=93 is the ubuntu area for gaming, and http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=313 has the low-down on wine with ubuntu20:06
mcwphillw1, do you have to add the repo key?20:08
bin1010hey guys, I am having trouble with updates....when I do a sudo apt-get update, I get:20:10
bin1010W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 8AD328D8A58BCAE320:10
phillw1mcw:  http://www.winehq.org/site/download-deb has the latest version, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=871535 has some information on it20:10
bin1010how do I fix20:10
phillw1bin1010: head over to http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=717290720:11
phillw1that should get you up and running :-)20:11
bin1010phillw1: thanks20:11
bin1010phillw1: happy times20:14
bin1010:)20:14
Native_Pridewill my windows games run automaticle now I have installed wine20:18
phillw1Native_Pride: you'd need to pop over to http://appdb.winehq.org/ for how various games work. they also have a forum over there, but I'd be tempted to stickwith the ubuntu Wine & Gaming one in the first instsance, and ask there if you get no replies from the ubuntu area.20:22
Native_Pridei have wine installed but I don't know how to configure it20:23
* phillw1 I don't use wine20:23
phillw1the http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=313 forum will have how to configure it all up, you can also ask questions and have those who use wine answer them for you :-)20:25
mcwphillw1, is there something better than wine?20:25
mcwWhen I opened configure wine it says windows xp under the tab20:26
phillw1if your machine is powerful enough, you can run windows within a 'virtual box', but wine is pretty good for most people.20:30
josefrichter__trying to install ruby thru rvm on ubuntu, but get this 'error running make'. any ideas why, please?23:32
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