[03:27] <jrmy> !quake
[03:27] <jrmy> !quake 3
[05:53] <ubuXubu> good morning people of xubuntu.
[06:00] <ubuXubu> can xubuntu be fine tuned to use a flash drive as virtual memory (pagefile) to increase its overall memory?
[12:06] <visitor1> anybody in here managed to get smooth 1080p playback from mkv. files?
[12:06] <edakiri> Is there a convenient image viewer which will not bring down a computer by attempting to thumbnail very large dimensioned images (which may be small in file size) in a directory?
[12:07] <visitor1> i already tried smplayer but to no good
[12:07] <edakiri> No (mkv)
[12:07] <edakiri> visitor1: best luck i have had is with mplayer.  see doc or faq for speeding playback
[13:25] <eeffoc> There
[13:25] <eeffoc> s always so many people in here for no one to ever be talking, lmao...
[13:25] <Sysi-> xubuntu works too well :P
[13:25] <eeffoc> This is true! Maybe I'll join the Windows chat! hahaha
[13:27] <eeffoc> There are never any problems with xubuntu, it's just inexperienced users like myself looking for help.
[13:27] <psycho_oreos> !ask
[13:29] <visitor1> anybody in here managed to get smooth 1080p playback from mkv. files?
[13:30] <visitor1> the hardware should be powerfull enough
[13:31] <visitor1> its a pentium 5200 with onboard nvidia 9400
[13:31] <Sysi-> visitor1: propietary driver?
[13:32] <Sysi-> do you use compositing?
[13:33] <visitor1> i use the nvidia driver,195.36.24, and no compositing
[13:34] <Sysi-> have you tried vlc?
[13:34] <visitor1> yes, i think ihave tried all the usual video player for ubuntu lol
[13:35] <visitor1> also this vdpau stuff
[13:35] <Sysi-> then i think that nvidia isn't enough :P
[13:36] <visitor1> well i wouldnt think so but maybe you are right,have to test with windows
[15:31] <nikolam> Bah.
[15:32] <nikolam> I would like to set up my eeepc nbook, to be locked after coming back from screensaver/standy
[15:32] <nikolam> also xscreensaver does not allow to switch user on xubuntu 10.04
[15:32] <nikolam> so i had to instal gnome-screensaver instead
[15:35] <well_laid_lawn> I thought gnomescreensaver had that as an option
[15:43] <eeffoc> if you want to set it up to lock from screensaver; make sure /usr/bin/gnome-screensaver is added as an "Autostarted Application under Xfce -> Settings -> Autostarted Applications
[15:44] <charlie-tca> nikolam: you could just add the user-switcher applet to the panel
[15:45] <charlie-tca> I don't think either screensaver has a "switch user" option. It is a separate applet in Ubuntu and Xubuntu
[15:55] <Aicasn> in a shell script, what would case $UID not to be set?
[15:55] <Aicasn> #!/bin/sh -e echo $UID prints nothing
[15:57] <well_laid_lawn> Aicasn:  try  #!/bin/bash - sh = dash
[15:57] <Aicasn> true.  dash doesn't track $UID ?
[15:58] <well_laid_lawn> obviously not...
[15:58] <Aicasn> hmm. what's the POSIX way to check that user == superuser?
[15:58] <well_laid_lawn> I don't know if dash has a -e option even
[15:59] <Aicasn> it does
[15:59] <well_laid_lawn> k
[16:00] <well_laid_lawn> whoami   maybe ?
[16:01] <nikolam> charlie-tca, xscreensaver have "switch" but not working anymore on 10.04. Alo gnome-screensaver has switch user and it is working. It is important in times when screen is locked and someone else need to use desktop without logging off current user .
[16:01] <nikolam> But my personal problem now is how to force screen locking when going on standby oand on screen saver activation
[16:01] <nikolam> because it si nbook
[16:02] <nikolam> it worked on 9.10
[16:02] <charlie-tca> Add the user switch applet to the pane, then you can switch users anytime you want to
[16:02] <nikolam> ChanServ,
[16:02] <nikolam> charlie-tca, right. but pane is not accesible if compoutee is locked!
[16:03] <nikolam> my solution is to use gnome-screensaver
[16:03] <charlie-tca> you are right. If the screen is locked, there should be no other user using it. If they can use it, they can also access your files
[16:04] <nikolam> charlie-tca, they can not see other people files because they log in under separate loging credentials. Home user directory is preventing them from it
[16:05] <nikolam> it is very normal on linux desktop to log in on same machine several times for several users
[16:05] <charlie-tca> If I can log in on any name, I can also force the system to show me any files
[16:05] <nikolam> only those that know username/password for user can use that user account. that is normal setting on any unix-like system.
[16:06] <charlie-tca> If you think so
[16:06] <Sysi-> xscreensaver does have option for "new login"?
[16:06] <nikolam> Sysi, yes but not working pas 9.10
[16:06] <nikolam> i put gnome-screensaver package and it does what is suposed to. (removing xscreensaver)
[16:11] <nikolam> problem I have is that does not get locked after coming up out of standby
[16:11] <slow-motion> hi
[16:12] <likemindead> Howdy, slow-motion.
[16:12] <slow-motion> hi likemindead
[17:25] <resixian> i made a desktop launcher for a custom shell script. the icon is present on the desktop but double clicking it only opens the file in mousepad
[17:26] <charlie-tca> Did you make the file executable?
[17:26] <charlie-tca> chmod +x FILENAME
[17:27] <resixian> the .desktop file must be +x  ?
[17:27] <charlie-tca> no, the file you are trying to run, if it is a script
[17:27] <resixian> it is a script and its 744
[17:28] <resixian> and i also tried another launcher with /bin/bash ~/.bin/myscript.sh
[17:28] <charlie-tca> if ~/.bin/myscript.sh is not executable, it will not work
[17:29] <resixian> it is executable. hence the '744'
[17:29] <resixian> 7 meaning user has +rwx
[17:30] <resixian> but thats not really the point anyway
[17:30] <resixian> somehow xfce is not associated *.desktop files with the exo-<whatever the launcher app is>
[17:30] <Sysi-> resixian: do you want it to be runned in xfce4-terminal from desktop?
[17:31] <charlie-tca> 744 is executable only by owner. I think you need others too
[17:31] <Sysi-> launcher would then be 'xfce4-terminal -x ~/.bin/myscript.sh'
[17:32] <resixian> no terminal. its just a bash script that launches python gui
[17:32] <resixian> but i got it
[17:32] <charlie-tca> 744 is executable only by owner. I think you need others too
[17:32] <resixian> the tilde is not expanded
[17:33] <resixian> e.g. ~/.bin/myscript is not found
[17:33] <charlie-tca> oh
[17:33] <charlie-tca> Maybe it is using dash, which does not expand it
[17:33] <resixian> i found this by trying 'exo-open ~/Desktop/Foo.desktop'
[17:33] <Sysi-> try absolute path
[17:34] <resixian> the absolute path is only needed int he .desktop file. from the cli ~ is expanded
[17:35] <resixian> still had to associate the file with 'exo-open'
[17:35] <resixian> which is wierd to me
[17:36] <resixian> ty for the help
[17:37] <resixian> charlie-tca: also 744 was enough
[17:38] <charlie-tca> Okay. Glad you got it.
[17:42] <resixian> another question. i keep having to re-enter wpa keys across reboots (for the same ap)
[17:43] <resixian> on <my usual distro> i enter this in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
[17:43] <resixian> is there something i must do from the network manager to make these persistent?
[17:45] <charlie-tca> Not that I know of
[17:45] <charlie-tca> I don't use wireless, myself
[17:45] <charlie-tca> umm, have you tried entering it in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf ?
[17:47] <resixian> there doesn't seem to be one in xubuntu
[17:47] <resixian> actually the whole network startup is borked.
[17:48]  * charlie-tca seems to two for two today. That's enough, maybe
[17:48] <resixian> after boot neither eth0 or wlan0 are brought up.
[17:49] <charlie-tca> I don't get a network manager icon, but it connects anyway
[17:52] <Sysi-> my nm just connects to available network
[17:53] <resixian> my interfaces are not even brought up
[17:53] <resixian> ifconfig ath0/wlan0/eth1 all report 'no such device'
[17:54] <resixian> arg.. except rebooting fixed that.
[18:00] <resixian> must be some eeepc quirk.