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Guest63900Thanks, I have an account that I have been using, just never set it up on Kubuntu. I had Ubuntu prior00:00
lahwranJames147, well that might explain it00:05
James147lahwran: what does?00:05
lahwranit seems on upgrade, kde got completely uninstalled ... except for the splash screen.00:05
James147lahwran: on upgrade to what?00:05
lahwran10.04 from 9.04 through 9.1000:06
James147lahwran: hmm, reinstall kubuntu-desktop then :)00:06
lahwrandid that as soon as I found plasma-desktop to be missing; it is installing nearly 40 packages00:07
lahwran...that's a lot of packages O.O00:07
StepNjumpHi guys, just installed my kubuntu at last00:37
StepNjumpWorks good00:37
StepNjumpHello to everyone00:37
lahwranhow do I set my default browser in kde to chrome?00:37
StepNjumplahwran, it asked me automatically when I installed it00:37
macosystemsettings ->preferred applications -> web browser00:38
James147lahwran: or in chromium > the spanner > option > make chroimum my default browser00:39
lahwranJames147, that one says that chromium is already the default browser.00:40
James147lahwran: then what maco said :)00:41
lahwranI figured :D00:41
lahwranyay I can set my default file browser to konqueror!00:42
lahwranI hate dolphin00:42
lahwransuch a wacked-out interface ..00:42
James147lahwran: really?00:42
lahwranyes00:43
James147why do you think its "wacked-out"?00:43
lahwranit's got those panes00:43
James147lahwran: you can remove them00:43
lahwranthat you can't get rid of00:43
lahwran...news to me, didn't work last I checked00:43
James147the x in the corner of the docks... like all qt docks :)00:43
James147you can also drag and move them00:44
James147lahwran: or tools > panels00:44
James147sorry view > panels00:44
lahwranhmm. maybe I should actually open it; haven't opened it since 4.100:44
James147lahwran: things ahve changed alot since 4.1 :)00:45
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StepNjump_.00:46
James147lahwran: http://imagebin.org/111064  << thats what mine looks like :)00:47
lahwranwhere is the top menu?00:47
James147lahwran: not there :) i hide it when i dont need it (alt+m)00:47
lahwranok ...00:47
James147which is most of the time00:48
lahwran... I'm gonna stick with konqueror00:48
elslunkoI love alt+m00:48
lahwranwith any luck, the power it had in kde3 will return00:48
elslunkowait mine is ctrl+m00:48
James147elslunko: that opens a new dolphin window ehre :D00:48
James147elslunko: no wait no it doesnt :S00:49
elslunko:O00:49
James147and yeah, i ment crtl + m as well :) dont know why i said allt00:49
James147btw... you guys know about dolphins tabs? (ctrl+shift+n)00:50
lahwranhow do I shut kwin compositing off on the command line from a VT?00:53
lahwranI goofed it up and windows fly all crazy ...00:53
James147lahwran: try qdbus org.kde.kwin /KWin toggleCompositing00:56
lookwhat setting would i have to set to be able to move my browser into a different desktop without having to right click?00:58
James147look: cannot remember where it is in 4.4.x... but look for the "screen edges" in system settings (try searching for it)01:00
James147in 4.5 its at system settings > window behaviour > screen edges01:01
lookJames147, thanks01:01
lahwranok it appears that I don't have sound output01:11
lahwranhow would I go about troubleshooting this?01:11
James147!sound | lahwran01:13
ubottulahwran: If you're having problems with sound see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sound - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting - For playing audio files, see !Players and !MP301:13
lahwranneither was helpful. the problem is specific to when I'm logged into kde; when logged into gnome no such problem occurs. my suspicion is that something is tying alsa up.01:16
lookhow would i make pannel spacers invisible?01:35
James147look: they should disapear when you close the settings dialog... if they dont they probally will if you logout and back in01:41
lookJames147, kk thanks01:43
James147look: note that if they dont disapear when you close the dialog that a bug... think its fixed in 4.5...01:45
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lahwranhow do I set up so the system bell triggers a full-power kde alert? I want to run a script on system bell01:48
lookbrb01:58
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* James147 appears to have removed kdm from his netbooks startup :S02:28
nishizawa23hi,why i can not receive the maillist?02:38
nishizawa23http://lists.arm.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/02:39
poseidon2010Open Question.... are we happy with the  performance of KDE in Ubuntu 10.04 ?  Cheers02:46
James147poseidon2010: kde 4.5 improves it quite abit :)02:48
James147resizing could be smoother though :S02:48
poseidon2010thanks for your  feedback02:49
James147poseidon2010: any particular reason?02:49
poseidon2010it is 4.4 the one that comes out of the box with 10.04 ?02:49
James147poseidon2010: 4.4.202:49
James147poseidon2010: see the topic on how to upgrade to 4.502:50
lookhow do i find files in kde?02:51
poseidon2010I am running like 5 Virtualmachines here..... and the machine sort of die with the load.... Now I am using Fluxbox.... and Im fine.... with average loads of 2.0... Before I had like 3 ...02:51
poseidon2010of course I know it is kind of unfair to compare fluxbox with KDE.....02:52
James147look: dolphin > ctrl + f   for the old style search or use the search bar at the top to use nepomuk indexing02:52
poseidon2010In general I like KDE.... but for me .... and for my specs... and needs.... is not that  light....02:52
James147poseidon2010: yeah, its not designed to be light weight :)02:53
poseidon2010u recon 4.5 is lighter than 4.4.2 ?02:53
James147poseidon2010: not sure... i find it more responsive... disabling nepomuk and desktop effect would help though02:54
poseidon2010james147, ok..... will try that later..... upgrading and disabling nepomuk and desktop effect..... pitty the effects are cool !!02:55
James147look: note that on the ctrl+f dialog you need to spicify wild cards... ie to find foo.txt  you need to search for *.txt   and NOT .txt02:55
James147poseidon2010: yeah, but on any system they will take up quite a few resources (no matter what de you use)02:56
poseidon2010james147, i know...... cheers02:56
James147poseidon2010: although you can always try it with them... kde should try to disable them if the system becomes too slow02:56
poseidon2010james147, I saw that !!!!!02:57
poseidon2010james147, They were disabled :P02:57
James147(but i tend to find once the system becomes very very slow kde dosent ahve time to do that :) )02:57
poseidon2010james147, who ever wins..... the slow machine or the windows manager to react..... sure....02:58
James147poseidon2010: :0 most the time its because chromium had quickly ground my system to a halt :S kde kindly disables the effects after i finally manage to kill it :)02:59
James147(ot at least i get the notification after)02:59
poseidon2010james147, hehehehe not with this desktop but with Sun machines I guess.... I had to ssh to the machine to kill the processes..... the desktop was just dead.... this happned... like 10 years ago.. Man I am old !!03:01
NRyan115OK so now that I finally got kubuntu to install (first time) how can I check and make sure all my hardware drivers are detected and installed correctly and not just using generic plug and play drivers? Is there a hardware device manager like in Windows?03:26
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James147NRyan115: mostly the defaults should be fine... linux dosnet really have a concept for "drivers" and the default ones are usually the best ones around (with the exceptioon of nvidia/ati graphics cards03:28
James147NRyan115: run "jockey-kde" to see if it can find anything for your system03:28
NRyan115Hi James... I finally got it!03:29
NRyan115just now03:29
James147NRyan115: but if everything is working fine then you should have the right rivers03:29
NRyan115from 2pm yesterday03:29
lookmy kubuntu does not have a 'shutdown' option03:29
James147NR :)03:29
NRyan115well I do have nvidia graphic card03:29
James147look: are you running from kdm or from "startx/startkde"?03:29
lookkdm03:30
James147NRyan115: ^^ kubuntu uses the opensource nvidia drivers by default... they are actually becomming quite good :) although lack in some areas like 3d...03:30
lookJames147, are the drivers better in 10.04 for nvidia cards?03:30
James147look: if they work then yes :) but I have seen a few laptops refuse to wokr with them03:31
NRyan115doesnt nvidia let you download the latest drivers from their site?03:31
James147NRyan115: i wouldnt03:31
NRyan115why not?03:31
James147NRyan115: useing jockey-kde is less likly to break something03:31
NRyan115i'm not entirely comfortable with using a command that i m not familiar with that also doesnt have a manual page :(03:32
James147NRyan115: have had the nvidia drivers fail to install properly from their site.. jocky-kde has never failed me03:32
James147NRyan115: jockey-kde is a gui app (its called "hardware drivers" in the menu)03:32
NRyan115I did not see that in the menu03:33
lookJames147, i heard that on kubuntu 10.04 that the drivers don't work for Nvidia cards 7 and up03:33
NRyan115which is hwy i cam ehere to ask my original question03:33
James147look: i have a 7300 and i know for others it works... i think its spicific cards03:33
NRyan115I have an 8600 gts03:33
NRyan1158800 gts03:33
lookI have a 9800Gtx03:33
NRyan115*03:33
James147NRyan115: alt+F2: jockey-kde<RETURN>     or look for hardware drivers in the menu :)03:34
lookhmm i think ill reinstall my kubuntu it seems a bit...broken...03:34
James147look: how so?03:34
NRyan115oh ok i found it in the menu... some things are not where I would expect them to be03:35
lookJames147, there is no shutdown option, it wont save my sound settings and it opens 3 cairo-docks when i start up when i nly told it to open one03:35
lookJames147, im new to kde, so i might have done somthing wrong, ive used Gnome and Xfce and even the new Lubuntu03:36
James147NRyan115: (just so you know... if the drivers do fail for what ever reason you will get thrown to a command line prompt.... you can login in and run this to get back to the open source drivers:    "sudo rm /etc/X11/xrog.conf && sudo restart kdm"03:36
NRyan115how can I mount a few different drives without losing the mounts when I reinstall?03:36
NRyan115thank you let me writethat down03:36
James147NRyan115: heh, i tend to find things better orginised then in windows :) and allot less sub sub sub menus03:36
James147NRyan115: um... if you reinstall then how are you ment to keep the mounts?03:37
James147NRyan115: (i assume you mean reinstall kubuntu)03:37
NRyan115thats fine but I could expect to find hardware drivers under "computer" not applications03:37
NRyan115and also I compppletely meant restart - but I was reading half of looks post lol03:38
James147NRyan115: it should by Kmenu > app > system > hardware drivers03:38
NRyan115i said i found it03:39
James147NRyan115: you can add enterys to /etc/fstab to have them auto mount at boot (or define a mount point and let users mount them)03:39
NRyan115yikes, i type bad when I am in here... i meant I would expect not could expect sorry03:39
lucijockey-kde is an app03:39
James147NRyan115: :D you should see my typing sometimes :D03:40
NRyan115so everytime i restart i lose my mounts03:40
lahwranah, that's what /etc/fstab is for03:40
James147lahwran: yup :)03:40
luciif mounted manually yes03:40
NRyan115explain please I have had a linux computer for exactly 1 hour now03:41
James147NRyan115: /etc/fstab is a config file that linux looks in for where to mount drives on boot (and in general)03:41
NRyan115oh so i can use a text editor like vi to add the mount command and it will run thoise commands on startup?03:41
lahwranNRyan115, haha nice "for 1 hour now"03:42
lahwranvery succinct way to put it :D03:42
NRyan115thanks m803:42
NRyan115:)03:42
NRyan115`,: )03:42
James147NRyan115: if you edit it (with: kdesudo kate)  you can add entries to discribe your drives... the general format is "device   mount_point   filesystemtype    options    0   0"  (the numbers are something to do with something03:42
NRyan115wow that helps03:43
James147NRyan115: also unless you already know how to use vi i suggest agenst it :)03:43
NRyan115i have never heard of kdedudo kate03:43
James147NRyan115: kdesudo   is to run applications as root (gui apps that is)  kate is the default text editor (has a fakevimm mode :D  )03:44
NRyan115well I have used linux for programming in college so i used ot know like... a little bit but have forgotten it all now03:44
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James147NRyan115: then i suggest you use kate for now and practus with vim on a non system file03:44
NRyan115so i guess james wants me to stao trolling youtube with lynks ? lol03:44
NRyan115stop*03:45
* NRyan115 made an attempt at a joke03:45
James147^^03:45
lucia noob who knows vi is a pro03:45
lookIs there any chance that the driver for the kubuntu install will not work with my Nvidia card?03:45
James147luci: yup... but dont want to ruin system files in relearning how to use it03:45
NRyan115true, i havent used it in 2 years03:46
James147look: there is always a change :)03:46
James147chance ^^03:46
James147look: you can revert back to the open source ones be renaming or deleting /etc/X11/xorg.conf03:46
lookJames147, ugh, the regular ubuntu 10.04 install cd graphics driver does not work with my Nvidia card03:46
James147look: kubuntu and ubuntu use the same drivers....03:47
lucilook: the gendric nv driver will always work03:47
lookluci, you so sure? never worked for me at all on this system for some GD reason...03:47
NRyan115so would this be about right (I havent looked yet but just wondering) device = path to device mount point = locatoin like ~/Test  file-system = ext4 / ntfs options 0 0   ?03:47
James147luci: kubuntu 10.04 dosnt use nv anymore (dont know if they still ahve it) it uses... nuv... something03:47
lucigeneric*03:47
lookJames147, and i know you can revert like so sudo rm /etc/X11/xrog.conf && sudo restart kdm03:48
James147look: yeah, that will take you back to the default drivers03:48
James147luci: kubuntu 10.04 uses teh Nouveau now03:49
looklets hope the default even works. the ubuntu team is sitting in their office(cubicle?) laughing at us right now saying "we will support your hardware so awesomely that the drivers are to awesome and wont work."03:49
luciJames147: look that's why it won't work..the nv works better imo03:50
lookwell ill give it a good go03:50
James147luci: either way its the default driver now03:50
lucilook: if it won't work, try purge the nouveau driver03:51
lookluci, ok explain to me how to purge, is it like an rm command?03:51
lucilook: or use nividia-current03:51
* look has now been lost03:52
James147NRyan115: basically... options should be "default" if you dont want to spicify any it should look like: "/dev/sda1 /media/disk ext4 default 0 0" assuming the device is /dev/sda1 you want it at /media/disk and the filesystem is ext403:52
NRyan115yeah ok03:53
NRyan115so the 0 0 is fine at 0 and 003:53
NRyan115?03:53
James147NRyan115: yeah... not entirly sure that they do exactly... but 0 0   is fine03:54
NRyan115ok thanks03:54
NRyan115I have so much to do  - customizing and etc03:54
James147NRyan115: at least its easier to do on linux :)03:55
NRyan115what is the best and easiest way to find new apps? I mean, i know i can apt-get just about anything but only if you know the name, how do you browse?03:55
James147NRyan115: (note that the mount point you spicify needs to exist before you try to mount)03:55
NRyan115they already do03:56
James147NRyan115: kpackagekit is a nice gui app to install stuff... it will let you browes catagories of apps03:56
NRyan115i already opened it but it was blank03:56
James147others prefure the gnome one synaptic03:56
NRyan115it just had a search bar at the top03:57
James147NRyan115: yeah... you either search for an app name or select one of the catagories from the drop down menu03:57
NRyan115i didnt see any drop down menu but thanks i will look in more detail. There is so much to do I dont know where to start lol03:58
James147(or my prefured way to use aptitude from command line :D )03:58
NRyan115oh yeah i meant to ask what is the difference between apt-get and aptitude?03:58
lookNRyan115, start by installing system32 lol XD j/k im make joke03:58
marcosrorizhi03:59
James147NRyan115: just two different programs to do the same thing :) aptitude use to handle uninstalling applications better (it removed dependencies that wernt needed any more) but apt-get is jsut as good now... aptitude also has a command line interactive mode03:59
marcosrorizis there anyone here that works for a big company in computer science?04:01
James147marcosroriz: not sure how thats a kubuntu support question....04:01
lookmarcosroriz, try #anyone_that_works_for_a_big_company_in_computer_science lol04:03
lookmarcosroriz, im joking don't take it personaly btw04:03
marcosroriz:~04:03
marcosrorizis because I'm with some personal questions04:04
marcosrorizand I wanted that someone who works at some companies could give me a hand04:04
marcosrorizis life stuff :/04:04
lookmarcosroriz, well this is a kubuntu support channel you could try #programming or ##windows <-- might be some in there but thats all i can think of....04:04
James147this is probally not the best channel to ask on... but then i wouldnt know which one is04:04
marcosroriz:304:05
marcosrorizI'm kinda lost too04:05
marcosrorizI think I should go to a psycolhogist or something like it04:05
James147lost?04:05
marcosrorizon this stuff04:06
NRyan115so what is the kwallet?04:07
NRyan115it made me type a password when I open default music player04:07
NRyan115why does music player need access to my personal info from kwallet?04:08
NRyan115and what is it for04:08
NRyan115sorry for being such a noob04:08
James147NRyan115: kwallet stores passwords for various kde programs...04:08
NRyan115oh its a password manager?04:09
NRyan115why do i need a password to play music?04:09
lookok the drivers on the disc do not work for my nvidia card, so i did nomodeset and i booted now what will i have to do to keep it booting just fine and i don't have to keep putting in nomodeset...04:09
James147NRyan115: amarok has features to loginto sites to get music (last.fm for one) and needs to store their passwords in kwallet... you can disable them if you want04:09
James147look: try installing nvidia-current04:09
lookJames147, sudo apt-get install nvidia-current <tab, tab?>04:10
James147look: yea... dont needs to tab... after that :)04:10
James147look: after its installed run "sudo nvidia-xconfig"04:11
lookJames147, oh i see kk tanx will try if that does not work im kinda fudged04:11
James147look: the nvidia drivers should work better then the Nouveau ones04:11
lookand now its stuck...i didn't install anything its still booting but its not reading from disc and its stuck AAAAUUUUGHH!!!!04:12
lookok now im pissed time to force xvesa04:12
NRyan115so by default kubuntu has no games is that right? I do not see an applications > games menu04:13
lookNRyan115, linux is not so good with games....04:13
James147NRyan115: i have one :)04:13
NRyan115no the simple ones like solitair and breakout04:14
James147mostly has steam in it.... but you can install kdegames by installing "kdegames"04:14
James147kde has quite a few simple ones like that :)04:14
NRyan115k thanks - just wondering04:15
lookcan i upgrade my install of kubuntu 9.10 to have KDE 4.5?04:15
James147NRyan115: http://games.kde.org/ if you only want to install certin ones you can find them here04:15
James147look: you will need to compile from source to do so... kubuntu dont offer ppas to do that (not sure if anyone else does)04:16
lookhmmm04:16
NRyan115cant have too many lol04:17
James147NRyan115: you can install each of the kdegames individually if you want04:17
NRyan115ok so there isnt just firefox to install.... only an installer to install so i can install firefox - thats messed up04:17
lookok nomodeset xforcevesa -- after quiet splash worked and its booted and installing YAY!04:17
James147NRyan115: "sudo aptitude install firefox" should install it04:18
James147NRyan115: or there should be an app in your menu that will install it for you (due to allot of people wanting to install it... i prefure chromium )04:19
NRyan115ok the thing is - from here by myself i have no idea that "firefox" is the name of the package I want to find a way to answer my own questions and help myself - which should be kpackagekit except it only lists "firefox installer to install firefox using a gui"04:19
NRyan115i dont want to install an installer just firefox04:19
lookNRyan115, sudo apt-get install firefox will just install firefox04:20
NRyan115and yes i understand i can just apt-get firefox this time but i dont want to come here asking for the installer name for every piece of software i wat to install you know?04:20
NRyan115doesnt that make sense?04:21
lookNRyan115, if you know the first part of the name of software at the end of "sudo apt-get install firef 'tab tab'" that will get you a list of packages with firef in them04:21
James147NRyan115: most applicaitons packages are named after the application... i tend to aptitude search <appname> to get a list of possible packages04:21
looksee 2 ways of doing both work04:21
NRyan115yes but if i do a search in kpackagekit shouldnt it provide me with the exact same list of packages?04:22
James147NRyan115: also... kpakcagekit tends to search the package name... whihc i know is a bit stupid and makes it harder to find what you want if you dont know what you want :)04:22
James147i think in maverick there are plans for an app center type thing intergrated into kpakcagekit.... that might help improve things04:23
NRyan115i did a search for firefox and got like 40 packages, most of them plugins or addons, and one one that says it will install an installer to install firefox04:23
lookok KDE is installing just fine, now after its done lets see if i can boot it...04:23
James147NRyan115: i did and also got "firefox"04:23
NRyan115in kpackagekit?04:23
James147yeah04:23
James147as well as lots of other packages04:24
NRyan115well i just double checked after you said that and I did not04:24
James147it was enar the bottem... dont know why kpakcage kit dosent list things in order... aptitude search puts it at the top of the list :(04:24
NRyan115the shortest title is "Firefox debug symbols"04:24
James147NRyan115: have you updated the package list? (on teh software updates tab or by sudo aptitude update)04:25
lookNRyan115, your being a bit picky... open konsole and type sudo apt-get update plz04:25
NRyan115i already ran sudo apt-get upgrade and it took a long time04:25
lookNRyan115, sudo apt-get UPDATE04:26
NRyan115it sounded better than upgrade04:26
NRyan115update*04:26
NRyan115upgrade says it does update plus more04:26
James147NRyan115: o and i am not looking at the title... i was looking at the package name under neeth firefox is listed as "safe and east web browser from mozilla"04:26
NRyan115well its just my humble oppinion but thats friggen stupid04:26
NRyan115lol04:26
NRyan115ok i see it04:26
* look face palms04:26
James147NRyan115: sudo aptitude update will update the package litst (get a lsit of software and versions) sudo aptitude upgrade  will upgrade you to the lastest version of stuff... you should do and update before installing or upgrading04:27
NRyan115The title of it in the list starts with "Safe and easy" that is highly unexpected when looking for "Firefox" or "Mozilla Firefox"04:27
James147NRyan115: i know it dosnt make sence... but kde is improving over times... i think kpakcagekit is still one of the areas that could do wiht improvment04:28
NRyan115especially when looking in a list of 40 items04:28
NRyan115you guys need me... i will tell you about what needs improvement heh04:28
James147we need more people to actual write the code :)04:29
lookthere are thousands of people doing that everyday04:29
NRyan115aww04:29
lookJames147, i code Python and C++ i might be of some use04:29
NRyan115when did they take the slap command out of irc?04:29
James147NRyan115: i am looking forward to the app store thing thats ment to be in maverick or later... :) that should improve kpakcage kit04:29
lookNRyan115, when the /me command was put in04:29
* James147 slaps NRyan11504:30
* look slapps NRyan115 04:30
James147lol04:30
lookXD04:30
NRyan115that isnt true, you used to have both04:30
* NRyan115 slaps look in the face with a large trout04:30
NRyan115look i'm old school04:30
* look slaps NRyan115 with his giant bandwidth of power FEAR CAT 6 E!!!!!!04:31
NRyan115i haven't used mirc in like a decade04:31
NRyan115it makes me want to visit bash.org again04:31
lookNRyan115, use Xchat much better04:31
lookNRyan115, bash.org sux now04:31
NRyan115well im usin quassel right now or whatever04:31
James147look: if you wish to help see:http://www.kubuntu.org/community/contribute04:31
lookNRyan115, the mods stopped posting quotes :(04:31
NRyan115it does? :(04:31
NRyan115i like to program microchips in assembly04:32
NRyan115haha noone likes me04:32
RedEyessi just install kubuntu under regular ubuntu 10.0404:32
RedEyessit is very nice04:32
James147NRyan115: look: should probally try to keep it on topic or head to #kubuntu-offtopic :D04:33
lookJames147, my bad it happens sometimes04:33
James147look: its alright :)04:34
lookok now its time to test the install to see if it works04:34
James147look: good luck04:35
lookJames147, sudo apt-get install Nvidia-current?04:35
James147nvidia.....04:35
lookOH YEA!!!! power to the loonix!!04:36
NRyan115so im trying to install firefox and it is stuck on "waiting for authentication"04:37
NRyan115(gui)04:37
NRyan115nevermind i see it04:37
James147NRyan115: :D04:37
lookJames147, do i have to exit KDM before i install this or am i just fine with installing it with it running?04:38
James147yeah, the box hides its self soemtimes... think its the focus stealing policy... you can force kwin to keep that dialog ontop when it appreas though04:38
James147look: i think you can install while running... need to restart x to see its effects though (run sudo nvidia-xconfig first though)04:38
looksudo nvidia-xconfig after i install the new driver correct?04:39
James147yeah04:39
looktanx again man saved my hide04:39
looknow its time for a victory mountain dew04:39
James147it will create an xorg.conf to tell x to use the nvidia driver04:39
NRyan115what is the command for becomming a pro when your a noob - is it "rm -rf /" ?04:40
lookNRyan115, thats is very crewl of you04:40
James147NRyan115: i wouldnt do that or mention it here.... some people like to copy commands and try them out04:40
NRyan115ok i'm sorry04:40
NRyan115i wasnt trying to mislead anyone else just make fun of myself04:41
look0.004:41
James147NRyan115: thats fine... jsut be careful around dangroud commands like that... there are other people watching that dont know what they do :)04:41
NRyan115thank you again for the help I think I am going to disconnect and go to bed soon after some more config. I will see you guys later. James are you here often?04:42
NRyan115was that one right anyways?04:42
NRyan115erase everything04:42
James147NRyan115: mostly... but it wont work as a user04:42
looknow its time for a restart wish me luck04:42
NRyan115right04:42
James147NRyan115: might need --no-preserve-root04:43
NRyan115but seriousely, if i want to play arround with RM -r to remember hwo it works..  recursively words down the directory tree but not up right?04:43
James147(as rm trys to protect agenst stupid people)04:43
lookYYYYYESSS!!!04:43
NRyan115like if i am in a test folder with many sub folders i can rm -r and be fine right?04:43
lookawesome04:43
James147NRyan115: -r will recurse into sub folders... it wont topuch parent directories04:44
NRyan115ok now if I have other users on the computer and they put a file called ".." in the test folder what then?04:45
NRyan115and other exceptions04:45
James147NRyan115: (although if you ahve ../ that means teh parent directory04:45
James147NRyan115: not sure you can create a file called ..   it should already exist and is a spical link to the parent04:45
NRyan115is there a way to call rm recursively in a way that will not get fooled by bad file names like that? like, a safe way04:45
NRyan115ok what about a file names "~/"04:46
NRyan115 or "/"04:46
NRyan115I know you cant have those in windows but you can here right?04:46
lookJames147, how do i change my theme in 4.504:46
James147NRyan115: mkdir ..    >  mkdir: cannot create directory `..': File exists04:46
James147NRyan115: you cannot name a file / :) at least not easaly04:47
James147look: which theme?04:47
lookJames147, just how do i change themes? im on the default theme but i have no idea how to change it...04:47
James147look: again which theme... there are many places depending on what you want04:48
lookwhats the generic place most people go to?04:48
lookis there a setting manager?04:48
James147system settings04:48
NRyan115well none the less i feel this is a valid administration question. Lets say I - i dont know, fire someone from my company and want to recursively delete their private folder which contains thousands of files. How can I protect myself while deleting that?04:48
lookJames147, ok im at system settings04:49
James147application appearence will change how the apps look, workspace appearence will change plamsa04:49
NRyan115what is plasma?04:49
lookJames147, found it tanx04:49
James147NRyan115: its the dasktop basically04:49
James147NRyan115: it handels teh background widgets and panels04:50
NRyan115thanks04:50
NRyan115how about my harder question04:50
NRyan115also dont feel obligated to answer all my questions :p just tell me to google it04:50
James147NRyan115: it gives me something to do :) ... although i should be sleeping04:51
lookJames147, how do i get transparent pannels in KDE 4.5?04:54
James147look: enable transparancy (desktop effects i think) and pick a theme with a transparent pannel04:54
NRyan115how can I install software not in the repositories.... for example I like Opera web browser04:57
James147NRyan115: that depends on the software and how teh developers have packaged it04:57
James147NRyan115: generally go to their site... and look for a linux version (preferbally a .deb)04:58
NRyan115and after i download the file (assuming .deb)04:59
James147NRyan115: if its a .deb either click on it in dolhpin   or in konsole "dpkg -i PACKAGENAME.deb"04:59
James147^^ where PACKAGENAME.deb is the name off the file05:00
NRyan115yeah thanks05:00
James147NRyan115: gdebi-kde  is the program name that dolphin launches to install it (its a dpkg frontend)05:01
NRyan115thanks... is it possible to open none debian packages?05:01
NRyan115install*05:02
NRyan115like rm05:02
NRyan115etc05:02
James147NRyan115: depends on the package05:02
James147NRyan115: some programs come with an installation script... others need to be compiled from source05:04
James147.debs are the easiest way05:04
NRyan115hmm ok05:05
James147although most will either have a .deb or provide the source05:05
James147NRyan115: but then again the repos have most of the stuff you should need :) or at elast viable alternitives05:06
NRyan115ok so opera has tar.bz2 and tar.gz options05:09
lookJames147, ^^ Bz2 or gz05:10
lookNRyan115, do you know how to use either?05:10
NRyan115in windows I use winrar and unzip like a stripper in a parker05:11
NRyan115parka* ?05:11
* NRyan115 does not know05:11
lookNRyan115, ok you should be able to just click on the package and click sxtract just like winrar05:12
NRyan115ok, is there a consol command?05:12
looki don't know the konsol command...google it?05:12
NRyan115ok... is it likely that there is a .deb file in the package?05:13
lookNRyan115, what package is it/05:13
NRyan115opera05:14
lookhmm i don't know, one sec05:14
NRyan115its ok05:14
lookNRyan115, http://www.go2linux.org/opera-from-repository-for-ubuntu-or-debian05:14
NRyan115its too late to do this i will do it tomorrow05:15
NRyan115what is that05:15
lookhow to install opera05:15
NRyan115will i sound stupid if i ask who canoncal is?05:16
NRyan115ok so if i am editing my sources.list file in kate - how do i save it? i'm guessing I need admin but its not asking me for a password so.... how do i save it?05:25
James147NRyan115: you must open kate as root... (kdesudo kate /etc/apt/sources.list)05:26
NRyan115so its too late i have to throw away my changes05:26
NRyan115thats dumb05:26
James147NRyan115: ... no.. you can save to you home directory05:26
NRyan115for someone like me who wouldnt know it should tell you that somehow when you open it so you dont have to find out AFTER you make changes05:26
James147then open kate as root and save again to the orignal location05:27
NRyan115how do I open kate as root? it just says open with... it doesnt have open with kate (as root) when i try to open this file05:28
James147NRyan115: most people how need to edit a file as root are told to... already know... or quickly find out05:28
NRyan115but see its that thinking that keeps linux from being popular - sadly you guys often make these small excused instead of making it more user friendly05:29
NRyan115so how cna i open kate as root?05:29
James147NRyan115: generally people just start kate as root with "kdesudo kate" then do ti that way... but i think there is a service menu you can get to add the "edit as root" option to the context menu05:29
NRyan115i did not punctuate that correctly - my mistake. I meant it was sad that linux is not more popular05:29
James147NRyan115: this isent something that it needs to become more popular... if it wants to be popular it needs to be easy for general people to use... not people who wants to edit config files05:30
James147NRyan115: you also have to keep in mind that kde4 is relitivly new compared to other enviroments... it is rapidly evolving and gettign new things05:31
NRyan115again, your thinking small picture vs i'm thinking big picture. Its not about this one config file its about the generic response I always get of 'us smart people already know that - people who arent linux gods find out eventually' rather than 'hmm maybe we should make that more obvious / easy'05:32
NRyan115and thats fine, but linux has been arround for a logn time and its not all KDE's fault05:33
NRyan115i'm just saying - and i do not mean to make it sound liek its your fault either05:33
NRyan115you are being very helpful05:33
James147NRyan115: linux is built by programmers primarly for programmers... it is only recently being made easier for the general people... and it is improving rapidly over time05:33
James147NRyan115: you should have seen it 3 years ago... it was far from being this user frendly05:34
bazhanginstall kubuntu-desktop05:34
bluezonethat answered my question even though i didnt ask :P05:34
bluezoneoh i did. lol05:35
NRyan115I installed Mandriva - or mandrake or whatever about 6 years ago for like 10 minutes. I couldnt take it so i formated and hapily kept using windows xp05:35
bazhangyeah in the -unregged channel05:35
James147NRyan115: http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Simple+Root+Actions+Menu?content=72762  for an easy way to edit as root :)05:35
James147welll, once you install that to the service menus for dolphin05:35
NRyan115thanks but actually i should not install it so i learn the ""right"" way first05:37
James147NRyan115: you can also install it via Dolphin > Settings > configure dolphin > services > download new services (well you can at least on kde 4.5)05:38
James147NRyan115: although that last way is refusing to install anything for me :S05:41
ATCbuffguys  I would need some help05:45
ATCbuffI lost my internet05:45
ATCbuffon my desktop05:45
ATCbuffafter I had to disconnect the power forcefully05:45
James147ATCbuff: what does knetworkmanager say (it should be in your systray)05:46
NRyan115ok so the hardware driver updater or whatever updates any device drivers but where can i see my installed hardware. what if i have something odd that I want to see if it is installed, and if i want to see what driver it is using. Like sound card, or tv tuner card05:51
NRyan115there must be aplace.05:51
ATCbuffNRyan115 If you are talking to me, I found it: sudo dhclient eth005:52
James147NRyan115: kinfocenter ... probally05:52
ATCbuffOh sorry05:52
ATCbuffnevermind that05:52
NRyan115there is no built intot he os way to check your currently installed hardware05:53
NRyan115that seems like madness05:53
James147NRyan115: you dont really have to worry about drivers if everything is working fine... if something isent then you need to say what isnt as most thing should jsut work05:53
James147NRyan115: "lspci" "lshw"05:54
James147NRyan115: it depends on what your trying to find05:54
James147NRyan115: "sudo lshw" should list most things05:54
NRyan115i want to know if my tv tuner card is installed for one - but what is the point of buying nice high end hardware if you cant even verrify that it is using it correctly. I mean, if its running my videocard like an integrated intel chip that would be terible. Granted i'm not gaming on linux (yet) but still, lots of hardware has special features05:56
James147NRyan115: most of the drivers are built into the kernal... only anoying proprity ones like the nvidia ones arent05:57
NRyan115but like gigabit ethernet vs 10 base t might be a good example05:57
NRyan115if the kernel loads a 10baset drivers and i am unable to load gigabit.. it is important to make sure the hardware is isntalled and working properly i am just saying05:59
James147NRyan115: there are ways of telling things like that :) just most of them require you to know the commands and dont have a nice gui frontend... unlike windows linux has most of the good drivers builtinto the kernal so you dont ahve to worry about "getting the best one" for 95% of your hardware05:59
NRyan115windows vista and especially 7 does have most drivers built in actually05:59
NRyan115none the less many proprietary drivers unlock features not otherwise available06:00
James147NRyan115: I dont know the commands to check if your using gigbit but my guess is that ifconfig might work :) also... i think linux can hanel that and will pick the best speed06:00
NRyan115i dont care about gigabit honestly.... my cable is 6mbps max so who cares that was just an example06:01
NRyan115i do care about my tv tuner though06:01
James147NRyan115: unfortunately most proprietary drivers are windows only so you are then stuck without them on linux anyway...06:01
NRyan115i'm looking through this list lshw06:01
NRyan115and i dont see it but then again im not sure if i would recognize it06:01
NRyan115its an haupage pvr 15006:02
James147NRyan115: most of the time its best to handel them on a case by case basis... there is not normally one solution fixes all in linux :s06:02
NRyan115how cna i check that06:02
James147NRyan115: often searching google for the model and words like "linux" or "ubuntu" will bring up stuff on how to get things to work06:03
NRyan115but it might be installed already06:03
NRyan115its crazy to me that there is no easy way to check other than to install mythtv and see if it works out of the box06:04
James147NRyan115: then look for a program to test it :) afraid I dont know much about tv tuners or what programs use them06:04
James147NRyan115: what easy way is tehre to check?... if it dosnt work the ebst way is to try to use it... if you can do that then it dosnet really matter if it dosnt work :S06:04
NRyan115so who are you james. just a random kubuntu user who is trying to give back like a nice person or are you a member of a dev team06:05
James147NRyan115: just a random user that really should go to sleep... sorry if i am sound snappy :)06:05
NRyan115well i run a windows based pc repair business in people's homes06:06
NRyan115and being that i tend to repair / diagnose problems on computers all the time i find it very important to do more than just run it and check because if it doesnt work it could be the program, the hardware, the drriver, the configuration06:06
NRyan115being able to confirm one or more makes it easier to find the problem06:07
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NRyan115if it doesnt work i wont know if it a bad program, if the tv tuner isnt even installed, if it is installe dbut has a bad driver, etc etc06:07
NRyan115james147: question, I did sudo apt-get install mythtv (a tv tuner program) and at the end of the install my terminal turned blue and is asking me to set a mysql root user password06:09
NRyan115do you know what that is about?06:10
James147NRyan115: thats the password that mysql will use for its admin prevliage... it can be different or the same as you password06:10
NRyan115but why am i running a mysql database? i'm just a user i'm not running a webhost or anything06:10
James147NRyan115: mysql is a database server that requires a user/password to access it... thats asking you to set up the root one06:10
James147NRyan115: mythtv probally uses it06:11
NRyan115thats weird06:11
James147NRyan115: just tpye a password thatyou can remember... it will probally be the last time you type it unless there is a major problem with mysql06:14
NRyan115ok well goto bed. If you do I probably will have to as well since noone else can put with me.06:14
NRyan115its like your keeping me up :p06:14
James147:p06:14
James147night06:14
James147bah... its light again :S06:14
NRyan115haha where are you?06:14
NRyan115it 1 AM here06:14
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k4everhi all.08:43
k4everusing bluez 4.... how do I set the lm master on a PAN network?08:44
k4everi'm trying to share my laptop's internet connection with my phone (not the other way around).  blueman created bnep0 and is using pan0 as a bridge to my laptop's network.  i want my laptop's network to be the master.08:45
olskolirchow can I get kdewallet to automatically accept my password without my input please?09:22
well_laid_lawnset no password maybe ?09:25
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skramer_I have a problem with the panel transparency: panel gets opaque if compositing turned off, but it does not change back to transparent if I turn on compositing again10:45
skramer_any hints?10:46
ash__jhhhhhhhhhhhhhh11:30
ash__hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii11:30
ash__any body ere11:30
dylan_hraykawhats the go with metabot?11:45
evdveldeHi all, where can i find akonadi-googledata version 1.1.0 for kubuntu? The current available version for kubuntu contains some serious problems...12:17
mudassarhello people plz help me configuring printer in kubuntu 10.0412:20
mudassarusing CUPS12:20
thomasfustonAloha, is it usual that, kword 2.2 spellcheck wont highlight wrong written words?12:46
jdalt_hey ladies and dudes, i need to change my mac address and i've done it via the /etc/network/interfaces file. now i want to do it the kde knetworkmanager way. where i can do this?14:15
riteshhi14:35
ritesheveryone14:35
rorkhi14:36
riteshhi rork14:36
floownhello14:36
floownI have a blank windows when I try to configure Kopete 1.0.80 on KDE 4.5.00 (Kubuntu). I have remove / purge the packets but the bug is still here. I can not add a account now. Any idea, please?14:36
alfred_hi14:36
riteshsearch on the net14:37
riteshit better option14:37
riteshfloown14:38
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Adolf:)14:38
Yud_Zrochaving a hard time installing stuff using the default package manager "Kpackagekit" click for download high apply and it resets my search defaults14:40
Yud_Zrocim not really sure if i should be in kubuntu or ubuntu channel but i am having a hard time running the apt-get version in kde14:45
Yud_Zrochello i am having some problems with my update manager/packager it....doesnt work14:52
BluesKaj'Morning folks14:52
Yud_Zrocis there a way to use another package manager14:52
BluesKajYud_Zroc, have you considerd using the command line ?Ususally when you upgrade or do a clean install, not all the repositories where the apps/packages are stored aren't available . Open kmenu/system/software sources , enable all repositories in ubuntu software and also the"othersoftware, except for the cdrom one . then try to install the apps14:57
ronneyhi, somebody from romania?14:59
BluesKaj!ro14:59
ubottuDaca doriti ajutor sau doriti sa discutati despre Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu, intrati pe #ubuntu-ro14:59
ronneyok, mersi mult14:59
sanoophi fellows15:00
wilhartanyone got crackling sound from smplayer ever?15:29
xmarteohello15:35
xmarteoamarok does not ask me if i want to install the "bad" codecs15:41
xmarteobtw it does not read mp3 and so on15:41
xmarteobtw i've installed the stuff e.g. xine's extra codecs15:42
truefxhi guys15:43
truefxi got a problem15:43
truefxi was using kget to dl some files but out of sudden it has crashed then whole my list in kget is lost15:44
truefxthe semi completed files are under my /home/username/Downloads directory15:44
truefxhow can i resume to dl all those files ?15:44
truefxare .torrent files are stored somehwere ? and can i import them to kget just to resume downloading ?15:45
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wilhartäöå15:53
wilhartnoin15:53
sanoophai fellows..................16:04
sanoophello anyone home16:07
prowerhello :> i've been trying to use kdenlive to edit some videos i've made together...the program itself works great except for the project/clip monitors, which are just a plain white despite the fact the audio is still playing :< has anyone else seen this problem?16:10
sanoopcan anyone help me with my pigdin messenger16:11
BluesKajsanoop, what version of kubuntu are you using ?16:12
sanoopam usin a ultimate edition ubuntu16:13
BluesKajprower, I'm not real familiar with kdenlive, but avidemux might help you solve that problem ..it has extensive editing capabilities.16:14
BluesKajsanoop, ok but which version ?16:15
BluesKajlucid ot karmic  or ....?16:15
prowerBluesKaj, Avidemux certainly is good for some things :> It doesn't have as many features as cinelerra or kdenlive unfortunately...there's some things in it that i would need16:16
prowerit's great for converting files though :>16:16
sanoopdont know the version is 2.24.116:16
sanoopgnome16:16
BluesKajsanoop, lsb_release -a , in the terminal16:17
sanoopNo LSB modules are available.16:18
sanoopDistributor ID:Ubuntu16:19
sanoopDistributor ID:Ubuntu16:19
sanoopDescription:Ubuntu 8.1016:19
sanoopRelease:8.1016:19
sanoopCodename:intrepid16:20
sanoophope you got tht16:20
BluesKajsanoop, ok so pidgin will work16:20
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BluesKaj!pm | sanoop16:21
ubottusanoop: Please ask your questions in the channel so that other people can help you, benefit from your questions and answers, and ensure that you're not getting bad advice. Please note that some people find it rude to be sent a PM without being asked for permission to do so first.16:21
sanoopits not wrkin for may yahoo account16:22
sanoopam new to konversation that why..........16:23
sanoopcan you help me buddy16:24
sanoopcan anyone help me with my kopete16:26
BluesKajsanoop, do you it open ?  if so click accounts, add new account, for protocol set to yahoo, enter username and password16:27
sanoopya i did16:27
BluesKajsanoop, so what's happening ?16:28
slow-motionhi16:28
sanoopafter some time an error come16:29
BluesKajsanoop, what error ?16:29
sanoopplease wait16:30
sanoopit still says connecting16:30
sanoopam located in India so do i have make any changes in settings16:32
BluesKajsanoop, are you using a router ?16:33
sanoopno am using my phone to connect to internet thru bluetooth16:33
iliahelp : what configuration file is responsible for File Associations? I already tried changing the and `diff`ing between new .kde and old .kde with no help, where can these files be?16:35
BluesKajtry setting up the india server setting (after entering your username click advanced tab and put a check in the india's box)16:35
sanoopthe server setting says "scs.msg.yahoo.com"16:36
sanoopthis is in override16:37
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sanoopdo i have to override the default server information16:37
BluesKajilia, open konqueror and set the option file assoc16:38
BluesKajsanoop, try it , but make sure you have a gateway16:39
sanoopok16:40
valid_nickname19BluesKaj: I am looking to change the file association on multiple file types in a script, not to do it one-by-one manually16:42
sanoophow can i change the channel?16:44
sanoopis there any other channel16:46
BluesKajvalid_nickname19, that's beyond my knowledge , maybe the experts at #ubuntu can help you16:49
NRyan115hello... can anyone help me figure out why I do not have any sound when I visit youtube but I do have sound when I play music with amorak?17:27
plassythe flashplayer uses oss or not?17:28
NRyan115are you talking to me? if so I dont knwo what that even means.17:28
plassyand kubuntu uses pulseaudio for audio mixing17:28
NRyan115<------- noob linux user17:29
plassyoh17:29
NRyan115I just install kubunut yesterday17:29
plassywhat version?17:29
NRyan11510.0417:29
NRyan115im not a computer retard - just a linux one17:30
plassyfor me it works when you close all aps that play sound17:30
plassy*apps17:30
NRyan115um17:30
NRyan115ok but I dont want that17:30
plassykubuntu uses pulseaudio for audio mixing... and you can configure it somehow to do "oss emulation", but i sadly don't know how :(17:31
plassyon my notebook sound and flashplayer are working simultanously17:32
plassyon my desktop PC not... (but by desktop PC has ).17:32
NRyan115I do not know what oss or pulse audio is17:32
NRyan115I have a creative X-Fi17:32
plassymy desktop pc has 9.0417:32
plassyit's not an issue with your soundcard17:33
plassyit's an issue with the configuration of pulseaudio (i think) http://www.pulseaudio.org/17:34
NRyan115not a setting with flash?17:35
plassybut i sadly don't know how to configure it, too... but maybe someone else knows...17:35
NRyan115since flahs is the only thing so far i have noticed not work17:35
plassyno flash doesnt support pulseaudio natively17:35
plassyit uses oss (open sound system) but pulseaudio can emulate the oss interface17:36
plassybeleave me, this flash thing is driving me crazy too17:37
plassyas i said, on my notebook it works somehow. so i thought they fixed thin in 10.0417:38
plassy*this17:38
NRyan115what is the nickname for 10.04 ?17:40
NRyan115google search finds solutions but ubuntu versions are liste dby name not number17:40
plassyLucid Lynx17:40
NRyan115ty17:40
sanoopam back..........17:51
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SkajaI installed kbuntu last night. when I boot kde up the tool bar on the bottom isn't filled out18:06
BluesKajSkaja, do you mean the panel toolbar and what is missing ?18:18
SkajaThe panel toolbar background is missing18:19
sanoophey my empathy messenger is also not working18:20
BluesKajSkaja, it's transparent ?18:22
Skajapart of it is transparent. the background is black18:22
NRyan115i fixed my flash sound yay!18:23
BluesKajsanoop,what exactly is your setup for internet ..I need to know how you connecting18:23
sanoopwhat do you mean by that18:24
BluesKajwhat kind of internet connection?18:24
sanoopfirst of all i has to bind my bluetooth using rfcomm18:24
sanoopthen ill use pon command for connection18:25
sanoopis there any other way for connecting through bluetooth18:25
BluesKajwell sorry sanoop , i'm not familiar with that setup...maybe someone else can help18:25
amitHi All need some general understanding of adding programs / utilites on my system18:26
amiti do have adept manager to do it.. but some how my flash player is not getting installed.. need some advice on that..18:27
BluesKajamit, install flashplugin-installer18:28
BluesKajalso amit , install kubuntu-restricted-extras18:30
sanoopBluesKaj are you there18:30
BluesKajsanoop, yes18:31
sanoopis there any other way for connection through bluetooth18:32
SkajaBluesKaj: I just fixed it. There was sometthing wrong with the workspace theme18:34
sanoopBluesKaj:is there any other way for connection through bluetooth18:35
BluesKajsanoop, dunno anything about bluetooth , maybe someone in #ubuntu can help you18:38
sanoopok18:38
lookwhats the minimum requirements to run KDE4.5?18:39
lookwhats the minimum requirements to run KDE4.5? anyone?18:54
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looki have a 1.6GHz notebook with 1GB of RAM <-- will that do? (i just love kde)18:55
looklooks like ill have to find out for myself then...18:56
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chris_hi20:07
chris_since upgrading to kde 4.5, non-kde apps that use the system tray are also shown as empty x windows. i cannot figure out the right settings in 'special window settings'. can sb help, pls?20:08
alvinlook: Try the netbook edition. Your notebook will not be fast, but it's powerful enough20:16
rdalei've upgraded to kde 4.5 in my version of kubuntu 10.04, and I am finding konqueror pretty much unusable. Flash doesn't work, and a lot of sites with comments seem to bomb out. for instance http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/camerons-thrilled-by-babys-early-arrival-2060807.html appears at first and then disappears with  nothing but 'Type your comment here' visible. is this a known problem?20:25
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NRyan115HELP ME20:32
NRyan115I deleted my start bar, or home pannel or whatever its called20:33
NRyan115I barely remmbered that alt+F2 = command line20:33
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NRyan115nnone can help?20:48
UnksiNRyan115: right click on the desktop and select add panel?20:48
NRyan115that only makes a blank pannel20:49
Unksiselect the default one20:49
NRyan115i need the eon with the task manager and the kde button20:49
NRyan115the is no such thing as "select the default one" when I click "add new pannel" it just adds a blank bar to my screen edge20:50
Unksihmm ok20:50
Unksithen you gotta add the buttons there20:50
Unksithrough add widgets from the right click menu20:50
Unksiand drag them to the panel20:50
NRyan115what? I cant do that20:51
NRyan115i dont want a widget bar i want the task bar back with the "start" button back, the system time and everything20:51
Unksithat bar is a "widget bar" as well, all those things are just widgets20:52
NRyan115well i just want the bar back20:53
NRyan115as it was default20:53
Unksithe fastest way would probably be to mv ~/.kde ~/kde_settings_old in konsole and then log back in20:54
NRyan115wont that undo all of my kde settings?20:54
larsjaaaNRyan115: probably best to test, you have your old settings backed up if needed..20:55
NRyan115what do you mean i have the settings backed up20:55
larsjaaaNRyan115: mv means you just move the config file, login will create new20:56
NRyan115yes but doesnt that file contain more than just the task bar settings?20:56
larsjaaaNRyan115: go have a look? :)20:57
larsjaaaNRyan115: it will totaly revert all your KDE settings, yes20:57
NRyan115looks ive had linux installed for 1 day and i'm just looking for help. I cant do anything because i dont have a task bar and i cant even see what i have open.20:57
NRyan115Yes i can alt tab and yes alt-f2 let sme open stuff but still, no taskbar is the same as an unusable gui20:58
larsjaaaNRyan115: sounds weird, when you are in gdm/kdm (login screen) make sure to choose kde?20:58
NRyan115what do you mean choose kde?20:59
NRyan115its kubuntu20:59
NRyan115im in kde20:59
larsjaaaNRyan115: oh, sorry, this means you have tried to tackle the Cashewnut :(21:00
NRyan115i was trying to close a program i had open - so i right clicked and hit close, but instead of closing the program it deleted the taskbar21:00
larsjaaaNRyan115: probably not, but I see what you mean, the desktop settings in Kubuntu is real fragile,21:01
larsjaaaNRyan115: tried to righclik the desktop and add panel?21:01
NRyan115yes21:02
NRyan115when i do that it just adds a blank pannels it doesnt ask me what type to add21:03
NRyan115and what do you mean probably not?21:03
larsjaaaNRyan115: try the tips from Unksi, restore your kde settings...21:04
NRyan115I dont want to loose the hours of works ive done to customize my computer just because the taskbar is easier to delete than a program is to close21:05
Unksiyeah that command will backup your configs and relogging will create you the defaults again21:05
Unksiso you dont lose them all21:05
larsjaaathe kde developers remind of of the devs at work :) bug? not uuundersaand, are you suuuuuuuuuuuuuure? what? must be a changerequest:)21:07
NRyan115when i re log in all of my settings will not be in use - i dont care if i have a pretty file someplace else with my settings if they are not "set"  then wtf is the point of having them.21:08
larsjaaaNRyan115: not right attitude.. go Windows?21:09
NRyan115the backup is only so i can go back to this if i dont liek the defaults.21:09
larsjaaaNRyan115: you obviously made a mistake. It is not an easy way of reverting all the KDE settings you like without restarting like Unksi told..21:11
NRyan115i dont want to revert all the settings i just want to re enable the task bar21:12
NRyan115if there is a setting to hide or disable it there must be a setting to show or re enable it21:12
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iliar-kubuntu100what configuration files determin File Association in Konqueror and Dolphin? I've already read about mime, but even after backing up /usr/share/mime* and .local and .kde and `diff`ing between them before and after changin file association I can't find which files are changed21:17
ner0xIf I install a postfix server and plan on using it to relay, do I need all the typical settings or can I start with kubuntus "no config" and just add what I need?21:22
valid_nickname19what configuration files determin File Association in Konqueror and Dolphin? I've already read about mime, but even after backing up /usr/share/mime* and .local and .kde and `diff`ing between them before and after changin file association I can't find which files are changed21:26
iliar-kubuntu100sorry21:26
lahwranwow I'm very impressed with KDE 4 again21:40
Flutiju`Hi, since I've installed kde4.5 on my kubuntu 10.04, strigi doesn't work anymore (find nothing)21:41
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markithi, is it normal that upgrading to kde 4.5, package kdebase-plasma is removed? (kub 10.04)22:01
ansongis there a way to change the volume feedback osd colors?22:11
tuxifieransong: why would you want that?22:14
ansongbecause they are very low contrast, i'm using kde 4.5 and the white on gray is very difficult to see22:15
tuxifierkrdc doesn't work properly on kde-4.5 anyone else got that issue?22:18
ansonghere's a screencap of my desktop with the volume osd visible22:21
ansonghttp://imgur.com/5pGNE.png22:21
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arekhello everyone. my firts time on IRC23:07
arek::D23:07
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