[01:06] <etere> hi
[01:06] <etere> i'm in trouble with xfce4-power-manager
[01:06] <etere> it shows that my battery is 0%
[01:07] <etere> even if the laptop is plugged in
[01:07] <etere> i'm running the last xubuntu (10.0.4)
[01:07] <etere> don't know what to do
[01:08] <etere> kù
[03:18] <tonytraductor> hi
[03:19] <tonytraductor> My friend somehow hosed her xfce so that the desktop seems to not be funcitioning, no icons, no click on the desktop, no window decorations
[03:19] <tonytraductor> only for her acct. on the computer
[03:20] <tonytraductor> not being a regular xfce user (I prefer openbox or wmii), I'm not sure how to repair what she did (don't know what or how she did to make it this way)
[03:21] <tonytraductor> there is no problem with xfce for other accts., so I know she reconfigured something, by accident in the congids for xfce4 or xfwm4 or xfce-desktop....I don't know
[03:22] <tonytraductor> hola, estoy aqui solo
[03:22] <tonytraductor> also, one can not switch desktops in xfce
[03:23] <tonytraductor> oh...looks like she made is so xfwm4 does not start when she logs in
[03:23] <tonytraductor> maybe I can figure this out.
[04:07] <owen1> no audio with HDMI. should i try upgrade alsa or upgrade my kernel? thanks!
[08:33] <manbra> Hello
[08:33] <manbra> I can't find instructions to install xubuntu 10.4 from SD card on a eeepc 1000HA, anyone have a link?
[08:34] <well_laid_lawn> from sd card?
[08:34] <manbra> Yes, I have no USB card, my plan is to DL the iso on my laptop, mount the ISO on the SD card, then install from that
[08:34] <manbra> I've done it before, just don't remember how :|
[08:35] <manbra> Not sure if I just dragged the ISO over, or mounted it, or have done something : |
[08:35] <well_laid_lawn> !install | maybe something here
[08:36] <well_laid_lawn> http://tinyurl.com/3exghs
[08:36] <manbra> :)
[08:36] <manbra> Thank you,
[08:36] <manbra> Would the comp detect the SD card as USB?
[08:38] <manbra> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/OnNFSDriveWithLocalBoot
[08:38] <manbra> Not sure if this is it : |
[08:40] <manbra> http://www.pendrivelinux.com/usb-xubuntu-804-persistent-install-from-linux/
[08:44] <meowmix> how do i uninstall xubuntu with a grub and dual boot if i can not get into xubuntu?
[08:48] <manbra> Fuuu
[09:07] <manbra> Woot, think I got it
[09:08] <manbra> I got unetbootin, allowed it to exec as a program, now it's getting the xubuntu iso for me and should write it on the SD card
[09:08] <manbra> I think
[10:21] <heoa> how to save simple shell output in bash:  GETME=$( df -h ); echo $GETME <-- s\thing like this?
[10:22] <Sysi> echo $getme > file
[10:24] <heoa> Sysi: you did not find my question stupid. Sorry about stupid question, it actually works like that.
[10:26] <Sysi> easy solution doesn't mean question is stupid
[10:34] <zaib> can anyone tell me that grub 1.98 is grub 2 or not
[10:34] <Sysi> it is
[10:35] <zaib> thanks
[10:45] <zaib> hi i am zaib, i have install xubuntu on 60 GB of 80 GB hard disk and left 20 GB for Windows xp ,now i want to install xp but i am afraid that after i  install xp on the spared 20 GB i wont be able to boot xubuntu ,can some one tell me how to dual boot !
[10:46] <well_laid_lawn> installing windows second means you will have to reinstall grub - this link should tell how
[10:46] <well_laid_lawn> !grub2
[10:47] <zaib> i have grub 2 , tell me what to do after installing xp
[10:48] <Sysi> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Reinstalling%20GRUB%202
[10:55] <zaib> i have a alternate cd ,can i install Grub 2 from it after installin xp
[10:56] <Sysi> hmm, if you know how to use it
[10:57] <Sysi> you need to get to menu of it, and skip everything else but installing grub
[10:57] <Sysi> and i'm not sure if it works
[10:59] <zaib> to enter the main menu in which all the installation steps are i have to ?
[11:01] <Sysi> iirc there is some button for "last screen"
[11:06] <zaib> should i try the alternate cd method or try to understand the live cd method ,as i also have a live cd but cant understand that method in the link you have given me
[11:15] <zaib> helooooooo Sysi
[11:15] <Sysi> use gparted to see what /dev/sdXX is your partition
[11:15] <zaib> gparted ?
[11:15] <Sysi> mount it with command behind link
[11:16] <Sysi> menu → system → gparted
[11:16] <zaib> this is my second day with xubuntu or any linux
[11:17] <zaib> there no gparted in: menu → system → gparted
[11:18] <zaib> i am using xubuntu 10.04
[11:20] <Sysi> hmm, it maybe isn't there anymore by default
[11:20] <Sysi> but you need to do it on that livedc
[11:25] <zaib> even if there gparted on the live cd , i dont know how to use it and if some thing goes wrong ,dont know anything
[11:26] <Sysi> you just start it and watch in what partiton your xubuntu installation is
[11:29] <zaib> is this the gparted you are talking about http://gparted-livecd.tuxfamily.org/screenshots.php
[11:32] <Sysi> yes
[11:32] <Sysi> fdisk -l does the same but in terminal
[11:41] <zaib> now what i do , i have written fdisk -l in terminal and it is sayin something
[11:42] <Sysi> it requires sudo as said in howto i linked
[11:42] <zaib> ya i have also writen sudo
[11:43] <zaib> i think it is saying 4 partition
[11:43] <Sysi> are you on livecd?
[11:43] <zaib> no
[11:45] <zaib> i thought some practise will be helpfull
[11:45] <Sysi> yeah, but you need to check those when using livecd
[11:47] <zaib> its is very complex for me i think i should try the alternate cd
[11:48] <zaib> and i have only 192 mb ram so the live cd will be very slow
[11:48] <Sysi> i say again that i'm not sure if alternate method works, but you can try
[11:50] <zaib> ok thanks i will try the alternate cd methode and if does work than will install a fresh copy of xubuntu
[11:55] <zaib> thanks sysi for your time , i appreciate it very much :)
[12:58] <heoa> how are startup programs configured in xubuntu?
[13:01] <Sysi> settings → session&startup; cron @reboot; sysv-rc-conf
[15:15] <juxindawoods> Can I not has "full screen task switcher" (The Exposé on OS X) with xubuntu
[15:16] <juxindawoods> I'm getting an Samsung N210 netbook and I want to have Linux but there is no proper full screen task switcher for Kubuntu, there is one for Ubuntu (Skippy).. Is there one for xubuntu
[15:16] <juxindawoods> I'd really like to have xubuntu
[15:18] <Sysi> only available with compiz, what ubuntu uses
[15:18] <Sysi> kubuntu do has same kinda switcher
[16:07] <juxindawoods> Sysi: I heard there was a program called "Skippy" that does it on Ubuntu
[16:07] <juxindawoods> Compiz is eyecandy
[16:09] <Sysi> you can get that with compiz, maybe skippy too
[16:09] <Sysi> compiz has 80% of features you can get with gnome
[16:10] <juxindawoods> I'd like to have Xubuntu but I cannot survive without a full screen task swithcer
[16:10] <Sysi> you can use compiz with xubuntu
[16:10] <juxindawoods> I can?
[16:11] <juxindawoods> I thought it was a Gnome only thing
[16:12] <Sysi> http://xubuntublog.wordpress.com/2007/12/09/xubuntu-compiz-pretty-pretty-xubuntu/
[16:12] <juxindawoods> tnx
[16:12] <Sysi> linux = anything with everything
[16:13] <slow-motion> hi
[16:14] <Sysi> skippy works with xfce, that would be better propably
[16:14] <Sysi> i'll try that :)
[16:20] <trongthanh> how to enable scim in xubuntu lucid
[16:20] <trongthanh> I can configure it, auto start it, but it won't work
[16:22] <trongthanh> please anyone
[16:22] <trongthanh> ctrl + space does nothing
[16:53] <juxindawoods> shit is funnier when written in white type as compared to black type
[16:54] <juxindawoods> oops. wrong channel
[16:54] <knome> !language | juxindawoods
[16:55] <juxindawoods> take this for example: http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Suddenly,_Raccoons
[18:12] <nubix> Hi, does someone know why the brightnesssettings dont work with ubuntu xfce? (I'm using ubuntu10.04 with xfce at an eeepc 1101ha)
[18:15] <Sysi> the hotkeys?
[18:16] <nubix> nothing... The indicator says im reducing the brightness, but nothing happens
[18:16] <nubix> i only works when the xserver is not running
[18:18] <nubix> I don't get it. I'm using Fn+F5/F6 to change the brightness. It works until I start the xserver
[18:25] <nubix> does no one have a clue?
[19:21] <Kungfood> hello all
[19:21] <Kungfood> prepare for questions from a linux idiot
[19:21] <Kungfood> here goes
[19:23] <Kungfood> i recently decided to install xubuntu on an old laptop because ubuntu was too heavy for it, the machine is a pIII 1ghz, 256 mb ram, with an (ugh) trident gfx chip. xbuntu installd fine, took a fw hours to run the update manager, hen shut it down late last night
[19:24] <Kungfood> this morning when i turn the machine on, it posts, boots, gives me the keyring login, then goes blank
[19:24] <Kungfood> the screensaver will run after a while, but when it goes off, nothing, blank screen
[19:25] <Kungfood> if i bring up the logout screen and log back into the main account, i can get the desktop background to show, but no UI
[19:31] <Kungfood> ah very good, an active helpful channel...
[19:32] <Sysi> irc isn't really online, it just looks like it would be
[19:32] <pleia2> !panels
[19:32] <pleia2> Kungfood: might just be that your panels disappeared :)
[19:33] <Kungfood> ill try that thx
[19:34] <Kungfood> ha, yup, got it back thx much
[19:34] <pleia2> great
[19:34] <Kungfood> though my desktop is now missing
[19:34] <Kungfood> lol this is making it tough for me to try and learn linux when i cant get a distro to run well\
[19:35] <Sysi> 256MB isn't much for modern OS
[19:35] <Kungfood> thats why i went with xubuntu, was reading that it would run just fine with 128
[19:59] <MikeChelen> is it possible to make the window titlebars bigger? i have increased the window title font size, but the bar itself didn't scale
[20:00] <Sysi> change theme? setings → window manager
[20:01] <MikeChelen> they all seem to have approximately the same size title bars
[20:10] <MikeChelen> ok here is another question, is it possible to disable the multiple desktops feature?
[20:11] <MikeChelen> maybe workspace is the proper term
[20:11] <Sysi> settings → workspaces
[20:11] <Sysi> and you can remove switcher from panel
[20:13] <MikeChelen> ah great, thanks!
[20:15] <Sysi> np
[20:19] <twig> if i register for the ubuntu forums will it stop asking me what 1+1 equals?
[20:20] <twig> i keep telling it 11...........
[22:07] <Kungfood> quick question, when i do an ls -l | more(or less), it does not list entries colored by type...is there a way to get the |more to keep the colored list?
[22:07] <Kungfood> i know its stupid, but i dig the colored file types, makes it quick and easy
[22:09] <Sysi> it is about less prefences (sherlock), idk if it can have color highlights
[22:26] <emerson> I was trying to make a connection ssh user@localhost and I had a error port 22 ?
[22:27] <Sysi> localhost?
[22:27] <emerson> Sysi: yeah just to make a test ..bofore carry on with access over the internet
[22:28] <Sysi> it works for me
[22:28] <emerson> Sysi: but for me not ..Do you know wha could be ?
[22:29] <Sysi> do you have port 22 open in firewall and openssh-server installed?
[22:29] <emerson> Sysi: yeah..
[22:31] <emerson> Sysi: did you run a test in your machine and worked then ?
[22:31] <Sysi> i've just used ssh after installing it
[22:32] <Sysi> i tried now and i could connect to localhost too
[22:32] <Sysi> i have no firewall, NAT
[22:33] <emerson> Sysi: sorry I have firestarter but my friend don't and he'd the same problem ?
[22:33] <emerson> Sysi:I mean he had the same problem..I mean...
[22:34] <Sysi> i don't know what your problem would be now
[23:26] <slow-motion> n8
[23:31] <twig_> am trying to get xinerama working, as far as i can tell i have to add the +xinerama switch to the command to start X.  Im not sure where to find that and the link i had found in the past that told me ive lost, ne suggestions?
[23:37] <well_laid_lawn> from here - http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 - half way down is the xorg.conf based stuff twig_
[23:39] <twig_> thanks
[23:56] <twig_> do you have exp with it wll?
[23:56] <well_laid_lawn> I've written a few xorg.confs and it gives a good example for using two monitors at that link
[23:57] <twig_> im not complelty comp-illetrate but i am really green to linux so im havin a bit of trouble getting through some of this
[23:59] <twig_> xorg.conf is currently blank and when i run xrandr it doesnt show me my poss outputs it only says default
[23:59] <well_laid_lawn> the Xorg.0.log in /var/log will list the card name and driver
[23:59] <twig_> id have to look the command up again but i ran a ls that showed all possible connections and both cards show up there
[23:59] <well_laid_lawn> and you can make a basic xorg.conf with Xorg -configure to get you started