[03:39] <Alaric> Hey folks ...  got a new xubuntu install on whith autofs5 isn't working.  mountpoint is prepared, automount is running, showmount -e [host] returns the correct exports ...   anything obvious I'm missing?
[05:24] <Rocketplumber> I have a question, if anyone can help...
[05:24] <Rocketplumber> Just installed xubuntu on a laptop, now trying to get the external display VGA output to work.
[05:25] <Rocketplumber> External monitor says "no siganl", remains blank- I guess my laptop isn't putting anything out.
[05:25] <Rocketplumber> o how do I persuade it to wake up the VGA port?
[05:26] <pleia2> Rocketplumber: that can be tricky because there are all kinds of ways laptops handle this, but a few suggestions...
[05:26] <pleia2> is there a function keep combination on the laptop to send to an external source? (that's what mine has)
[05:26] <pleia2> might also want to try booting up with vga plugged in, see if it sees it when plugged in from boot
[05:27] <pleia2> s/keep/key
[05:28] <Rocketplumber> No function display options other than the default key, and xubuntu doesn't show any display options other thn the default
[05:28] <Rocketplumber> whoops, that got garbled
[05:29] <Rocketplumber> XB sees only default monitor, no external devices
[05:30] <pleia2> ok, so the laptop doesn't have a key to switch to vga/
[05:30] <pleia2> ?
[05:30] <Rocketplumber> I guess I'll try booting with VGA pluged in- wish me luck :)
[05:30] <Rocketplumber> pleia2, no
[05:30] <pleia2> good luck :)
[05:30] <pleia2> huh, unusual
[05:30] <Rocketplumber> ah, wait a minute...
[05:31] <Rocketplumber> Yes, ther IS a display-thanks pleia
[05:31] <pleia2> woo, work?
[05:32] <Rocketplumber> Yep. fn-f5 did it, I never really LOOKED hard at the fn symbols on the kb.
[05:32] <pleia2> great!
[05:32] <Rocketplumber> muchas gracias
[05:32] <pleia2> you're welcome :)
[05:32] <Rocketplumber> ttfn
[07:40] <patman023> hey all, any guesses on performance of ubuntu vs xubuntu on a 2000-vintage POS dell? p3 sub 1GHz 256 mb ram? client has 0 money (paying in coffee) and I couldnt salvage windows due to HDD slowly dying
[07:52] <moetunes> I would use a lighter distro on thar patman023 like crunchbang
[07:53] <moetunes> s/thar/that
[08:22] <patman023> moetunes, would do but client is ubernoob
[08:23] <patman023> ie. first pc, and it used to run win2k
[08:24] <moetunes> patman023: the light disros can be user freindly with some setup first
[08:24] <patman023> plus im no whiz myself- only 4 months on any *nix
[08:24] <moetunes> k
[08:24] <patman023> still learning commline
[08:25] <moetunes> patman023: xubuntu and ubuntu use about the same resources these days
[08:29] <moetunes> a minimal install with xfce is still light tho
[08:30] <moetunes> !minimal
[08:30] <pleia2> patman023: is there any way you can put slightly more ram in it? I'm running xubuntu (and ubuntu too) on a 700mhz compaq laptop with 384M ram and it runs ok (watching movies on it right now)
[08:36] <patman023> nope zero budget
[09:21] <xman> xubuntu v10.04 -- what is the name of the synaptics package do I need to select to get the kernel source files ?
[10:05] <noaXess> hello
[10:05] <noaXess> what need i to install for a minimal xfce4 system on a server? th package xfce4?
[10:06] <noaXess> i don't need any office or what ever packages.. just a X and minimal xfce4
[12:00] <slow-motion> hi
[15:42] <Kangarooo> one day in mail i got this link about bug in xubuntu but i dont understand whats there is.. heres link any one understands? http://extats.blogspot.com/2010/03/annoying-error-message-from-startxfce4.html
[15:43] <slow-motion> bye
[15:47] <noaXess> what need i to install for a minimal xfce4 system on a server? th package xfce4?
[15:47] <noaXess> i don't need any office or what ever packages.. just a X and minimal xfce4
[15:48] <likemindead> Right, installing xubuntu-desktop will be everything.
[15:49] <noaXess> likemindead: so just package xfce4.. ok.. thanks..
[15:49] <likemindead> Yup.
[15:56] <noaXess> what dm will xfce4 default install? gdm?
[15:58] <likemindead> Hmm... don't know that it will.
[15:58] <likemindead> See if it's in the packages included when you "sudo apt-get install xfce4" ?
[16:01] <noaXess> allready installen.. trying a reboot. and check what happends
[16:02] <likemindead> Whee! :D
[16:03] <likemindead> SLiM is a nice alternative. http://slim.berlios.de/
[16:05] <noaXess> likemindead: so.. i can start it with startx.. that's allwhat i need..
[16:05] <likemindead> Sure.
[16:07] <noaXess> in which packages is add-apt-repository?
[17:06] <fbxxkl> are there any applications that I could use to see statistics about my computer, comparable to speccy or cpuz for windows?  I don't understand a lot of the terminology in terminal yet and something with a GUI would be very helpful
[17:13] <moetunes> !info lshw-gtk
[17:15] <fbxxkl> Thanks
[19:44] <Sysi> what do i need to install to get alsamixer show up in xfce4-mixer?
[19:46] <likemindead> It's there by default for me.
[19:47] <Sysi> seems that my sound has totally broke after last updates
[19:48] <pleia2> Sysi: might need to swap which "sound card" in the dropdown menu you're viewing, also click on "select controls" to make sure it's showing you everything
[19:49] <Sysi> there are just pulseaudios with "fake output"
[19:49] <Sysi> i try to install more updates and reboot
[19:49] <pleia2> hrm :\
[19:50] <Sysi> (i want my system to work, not be linux pro)
[19:53] <TheSheep> one implies the other
[19:54] <Sysi> "if you want to (just) use it, you should know how"
[19:58] <Sysi> i reinstalled alsa-utils and xfce4-mixer, and sfter reboot it works
[19:59] <Sysi> nouveau error came with new kernel "No native mode, forcing panel scaling"
[20:00] <Sysi> is that worth fixing/filing bug?
[21:15] <leonardo> good afternoon
[21:17] <leonardo> can somebody help me with the resolution in a dell c600 is an old model
[21:17] <leonardo> i go to the terminal but it runs sudo nano not sudo gedit like ubuntu
[21:19] <Psilocybin_Elf> sudo apt-get install gedit
[21:19] <Psilocybin_Elf> gedit doesn't come by default in Xubuntu
[21:20] <Kangarooo> leonardo: u can use either nano or default in xubuntu mousepad example sudo mousepad /folder/file
[21:20] <Kangarooo> leonardo: when u see somewhere written geding change that to mousepad
[21:20] <leonardo> im gong to try it i comeback if not thats means that it works
[21:21] <leonardo> thanks a lot
[22:43] <nicofs> hi! is there a tool to control the cpu speed?
[23:27] <Chaiwalla> hello
[23:27] <Chaiwalla> for some reason I don't have any sound
[23:27] <Chaiwalla> someone please help me :-(