[00:16] <bobo123> no worry, I will try the ppa:ferramroberto/vlc repository mentioned at http://www.webupd8.org/2010/08/install-vlc-114-in-ubuntu-via-new-ppa.html
[01:10] <yax51> anyone know how to get a mic working?
[01:12] <AndrewMC> yax51: go to System> Sound> Input and select anything there until you see the level meter move when you talk into it
[01:13] <yax51> ok
[01:14] <yax51> nothing....
[01:18] <seidos> yax51, you might try recording in audacity.  but, i don't know, i haven't got recording to work either.  but, i don't really have a mic except the built in mic on my notebook
[01:20] <yax51> well I'm trying to run skype, but I can't get the internal mic working either...
[01:26] <seidos> yax51, i'm not really sure how the internal mics work.  i assume (er, probably mistakenly) that it is just wired to an input into the sound chip.  what sound chip do you have?
[01:27] <yax51> realtek HD auido
[01:27] <yax51> audio
[01:28] <seidos> yax51, i would point out that when i used audacity i am given like 4 options to select what mic input to use
[01:28] <seidos> is that the HD Intel driver?
[01:28] <seidos> i think we use the same driver
[01:29] <yax51> I think so
[01:31] <seidos> in my lshw it says 82801H HD Audio controller, driver = HD Intel
[01:31] <yax51> how do I check and see if my comp is even detecting a mic?
[01:32] <seidos> yax51, well, try audacity, then see what you get.  i think a mic just works by plugging into an input.  unless the built in mic is a usb mic O_o.  i don't know, i am speculating.
[02:18] <johnny77> hello. are the people that helped me this afternoon still here?
[02:29] <dave_> i am new to ubuntu.  can anyone help with an error when i try to install macbuntu?
[02:29] <dave_> it says i must have root priviliges to be able to install
[04:47] <AbhiJit> hi
[04:47] <AndrewMC> !hi | AbhiJit
[04:47] <ubot2> Factoid 'hi' not found
[04:47] <AbhiJit> AndrewMC, :D
[04:47] <AndrewMC> uhh
[04:48] <AndrewMC> odd that factoid isnt there
[04:48] <AbhiJit> removed!
[04:51] <AndrewMC> ya i just learned that
[04:53] <Mohan_chml> lol AndrewMC
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[05:57] <schmavis> my monitor goes to standby after booting. help.
[05:59] <AndrewMC> schmavis: please explain your issue more clearly so peole may be able to provide support
[06:01] <mR0> What app I need to be installed to get VOIP in my comp?
[06:01] <AbhiJit> skype
[06:03] <mR0> AbhiJit: as  I knew, skype is only for skype registered member. I mean, I wanna app look like YM or Gtalk? is there any?
[06:04] <AbhiJit> mR0, you can use gmail itself to call anywhere in world
[06:04] <AbhiJit> us to us is free in gmail
[06:04] <mR0> Ok, I'll try... Thnks for ur info...:)
[06:05] <b_> I just installed Pinguy OS 10.04.1.2. Immediately after booting, my monitor goes into standby.
[06:06] <b_> I updated the video card drivers using the live cd, but it did not help.
[06:07] <mR0> I've searched on http://www.google.com/talk/otherclients.html, but there is no linux client
[06:07] <Mohan_chml> b_: you sure that your CPU is running?
[06:08] <Mohan_chml> when the monitor is in stand-by ?
[06:08] <b_> Yes, I can hear the start up sound
[06:08] <mR0> Mohan_chml: mb the screen resolution
[06:09] <Mohan_chml> mR0: yeah may be
[06:09] <Mohan_chml> b_: you are using Dual boot?
[06:09] <b_> ya
[06:10] <b_> with windows 7
[06:10] <Mohan_chml> can you see the boot screen?
[06:11] <b_> yes. the monitor goes standby after selecting ubuntu in grub
[06:12] <Mohan_chml> get into recovery mode and look for re configuring x-server
[06:12] <Mohan_chml> sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg  that will do I think
[06:18] <b_> monitor went into standby in recovery mode
[06:19] <Mohan_chml> pedro3005: help b_ in edot xorg screen resolution in Live CD. I will brb
[06:19] <Mohan_chml> breakfast
[06:19] <Mohan_chml> edit*
[07:48] <earthling_> Evince no longer opens PDFs, it says opening for a few seconds and then nothing, how to fix?
[08:06] <earthling_> now its working, there was an update that needed installing, apparently
[08:07] <AbhiJit> :)
[08:08] <earthling_> speaking of updates, will installing all the "recommended updates" slow down my computer?
[08:08] <earthling_> I'm trying to install just the stuff I really need
[08:13] <hobgoblin> earthling_: I've never had a recommended update slow my computer down
[08:15] <earthling_> hobgoblin, ok
[08:19] <earthling_> and what about installing programs from synaptic?
[08:20] <earthling_> there's an amazing amount of programs available :)
[08:20] <earthling_> I'm trying to preserve the nice speed of things I have now
[08:32] <hobgoblin> well I'd not install all of what is available ...
[08:37] <hobgoblin> earthling_: to be honest I'm not really sure what you mean by slowing down if you install something
[08:38] <earthling_> from my experience on a certain other operating system :)
[08:39] <earthling_> its nice and quick after a fresh install then over time, it becomes slow as molasses
[08:40] <hobgoblin> oic - well about the only thing you 'might' find is installing a kde app in gnome or a gnome app in kde etc
[08:40] <hobgoblin> I'd not worry too much - linux is not windows
[08:41] <earthling_> I'm using gnome, but I'd like to try kde and xfce
[08:41] <hobgoblin> and you can say the name here - we don't bite :)
[08:41] <earthling_> hehe ok
[08:41] <hobgoblin> earthling_: then I suggest looking at http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/index.php - left pane at the bottom(ish) Playing around
[08:42] <earthling_> thx
[08:42] <hobgoblin> I've done it - it WILL mean you get a massive menu as each app will be duplicated
[08:43] <hobgoblin> depending on your system - RAM mostly - you might find it more beneficial to install each in a virtrual machine
[08:44] <earthling_> ok, I'll look into that
[08:45] <earthling_> thx,bbl
[10:55] <mxe5> What would be the best app to use to clone my hard drive to make a backup to another hard drive - running gnome 10.4 ? ?
[11:10] <hobgoblin> mxe5: try clonezilla http://www.clonezilla.org/ also see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DriveImaging
[11:11] <LeAstrale> Piskie!?
[11:11] <LeAstrale> hobgoblin, Long time no see :) How are you?
[11:13] <hobgoblin> VIKINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
[11:13] <hobgoblin> how's things LeAstrale
[11:13] <LeAstrale> <3
[11:14] <LeAstrale> Well things are good :) Join the team channel for some chatting?
[11:14] <hobgoblin> lol - don't go there much - only just rejoined the team :)
[11:14] <LeAstrale> Well :) If I guess correctly we aren't supposed to chat regular in here :)
[11:15] <hobgoblin> this is the help channel - not like it used to be
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[14:03] <Fanshawe> Evolution doesn't notify me of alarms. Can anyone tell me how I fix this?
[14:21] <Fanshawe> I guess we're dead today, but I had another question, also. How do I start a program with high priority?
[14:29] <phillw> !nice | Fanshawe
[14:29] <ubot2> Fanshawe: 'Nice' is a property of a process that determines how willing it is to give CPU time to other processes.  A higher value makes it more likely to give away time.  A negative value makes it less likely. Values are from -19 to 19, with 0 being the default.  For more information, type 'man nice' at a terminal.
[14:30] <phillw> is that what you mean?
[14:30] <Fanshawe> Yeah. I'd like to start a specific process with a lower nice value (higher priority).
[14:30] <Fanshawe> My media player stutters, so I figure that might help.
[14:32] <hobgoblin> likely to be nothing to do with it at all I would have thought
[14:33] <Fanshawe> Then what would help?
[14:34] <hobgoblin> what player is it? have you installed all the codecs? what sort of media is it? does it do it all the time?
[14:35] <Fanshawe> I use VLC. Codecs are good as far as I know. They're mp3 files, and the player always stutters for a few seconds at the beginning of each song. A bit of a frustration.
[14:36] <phillw> Fanshawe: I don't know which media player you're using, but http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=883660 will give you a bit of information that should apply to them all.
[14:37] <phillw> ahh, vlc - yeah, it's quite good. if you're struggling with cpu time, you may want to give deadbeef a try; it is less resource hungry for playing mp3s
[14:37] <hobgoblin> vlc includes codecs as far as I know - so if you played 2 mp3's there'd be a stutter followed by normal then stutter again ?
[14:38] <Fanshawe> Yeah, it's at the start of each track. I've turned off all album art/tag downloading.
[14:39] <hobgoblin> is it only vlc that gives the issue?
[14:40] <Fanshawe> I'll look into deadbeef, but I do like vlc. I believe it's only vlc doing this, although I can't remember the last media player I had before that.
[14:40] <hobgoblin> lol - I can't remember the last time I used vlc :)
[14:42] <Fanshawe> I'm open to recommendations for other players, but I'd like to try and get this working first
[14:43] <hobgoblin> what does top say when vlc is running? I'd start there - but maybe it is resources.
[14:43] <hobgoblin> which is all getting away from your original query which I've noidea about - never needed to renice something
[14:56] <mR0> Hi all: what app I need to install to get gmail & yahoo on my comp for VOIP?
[15:06] <shredder12> mR0, do you mean audio calling feature of gmail chat?
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[15:07] <shredder12> hi Mohan_chml
[15:07] <mR0> shredder12: yes gmail & yahoo
[15:07] <Mohan_chml> Heya shredder12
[15:08] <shredder12> mR0, you can try either empathy or Pidgin IM client.  I don't use VoIP often but I guess they work fine. Empathy is the default messaging client in Lucid btw
[15:09] <mR0> thanks shredder12, I'll try
[15:09] <shredder12> mR0, :)
[15:18] <mR0> shredder12: how to enabling voice call on empathy?
[15:20] <Fanshawe> Just checking back in to say I fixed the VLC stuttering problem.
[15:21] <Fanshawe> It was purely a software problem. Audio output module needs to be changed from autodetect to ALSA.
[15:21] <Fanshawe> thanks for the help all
[15:21] <shredder12> mR0, once you have enabled the account, right click on any icon on the buddy list. You should see the option for audio/video call
[15:24] <mR0> shredder12: yes it is, but audio & video calls is unable. What it tells about?
[15:25] <shredder12> mR0, i haven't use audio calling for a while, let me try it out
[15:26] <mR0> oke shredder12
[15:28] <shredder12> mR0, it works fine on my system. I initiated an audio call, my friend accepted it and it worked fine
[15:30] <mR0> shredder12: or mb my friends doesn't use video & audio calls. Is that posible?
[15:31] <shredder12> mR0, may be, I am not sure. If they have accepted the call, you should the the time counter at the left bottom of the window.
[15:33] <mR0> yes i think so... they doesn't use it I guess
[15:34] <shredder12> i guess so
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[17:36] <johnny77> I created a ubuntu netbook usb drive, but for some reason I can't get it to boot off of it. I tried changing my boot order, putting my HDD last, but it still won't boot. any ideas?
[17:36] <Mohan_chml> johnny77: is it 10.10??
[17:37] <johnny77> no, I think the version is 10.04
[17:38] <hobgoblin> what happens exactly - easier for you to tell us than for us to guess ;)
[17:39] <johnny77> I shut down windows. insert my SD card where I installed the Ubuntu netbook usb files. then when I power back on, it boots directly to windows.
[17:40] <Mohan_chml> Heya hobgoblin (:
[17:40] <hobgoblin> johnny77: I'd guess that you have no bootloader installed
[17:40] <hobgoblin> hi Mohan_chml
[17:41] <johnny77> I thought that is what I was doing when I put the ubuntu on the USb drive.
[17:41] <Mohan_chml> johnny77: try pressing f12 at startup to get boot options listed.
[17:41] <johnny77> When I do that it gives me too options: Network or my hard drive.
[17:42] <johnny77> But in my bios it has 6 boot options: IDE1, IDE0, USB FDD, USB HDD, USB CD Rom, Network.
[17:43] <Mohan_chml> hobgoblin: I have no clue as I never tried with an SD card
[17:44] <johnny77> when I use the Universal USB installer on the ISO it should create a bootable USB drive, right?
[17:44] <hobgoblin> me neither - but that I think is a red herring
[17:45] <hobgoblin> johnny77: have you actually installed it yet? did the bootable usb run
[17:46] <johnny77> I created the bootable USB drive, but can't get it to boot it.
[17:48] <hobgoblin> oh ok - I understand
[17:48] <hobgoblin> did you use unetbootin?
[17:48] <johnny77> no, what is that?
[17:50] <hobgoblin> how did you create the bootable usb thing then?
[17:51] <hobgoblin> johnny77: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
[17:51] <johnny77> on the download instructions on the Ubuntu website give me a link to a "Universal USB Installer" I used that.
[17:53]  * hobgoblin goes to look 
[17:54]  * Mohan_chml follows hobgoblin 
[17:55] <hobgoblin> johnny77: ok - looks similar to unetbootin - I can only go by the graphics, never having needed to use a usb
[17:56] <hobgoblin> johnny77: can you put the usb into a windows machine and see what files there are on it?
[17:57] <johnny77> yes, windows see the USB drive.
[17:57] <johnny77> I'm now using unetbootin to create the bootable USB drive. Then I try it...
[17:58] <johnny77> I also created a CD with Ubuntu netbook I can see if I can boot from. If all else fails.
[17:59] <hobgoblin> whay did you want to use a usb to do it with if you have a cd?
[18:00] <johnny77> Well, I have a netbook so there are no CD drives. I'm using a USB CD and thought that if the USB drives wouldn't boot the CD may not... Also I was creating it as we were talking.
[18:00] <hobgoblin> :)
[18:01] <johnny77> hope I'm not causing headaches :)
[18:01] <hobgoblin> not anymore than normal :)
[18:01] <johnny77> Got the USB Drive created using unetbootin. Going to reboot, if not work try CD... See you guys again, hopefully from Ubuntu.
[18:02] <hobgoblin> hang on - open the thing up
[18:02] <johnny77> open the usb drive?
[18:02] <hobgoblin> have a look and see what files are on the thing before you try and reboot
[18:02] <hobgoblin> yes
[18:02] <hobgoblin> open it  in whatever filemanager you have
[18:03] <johnny77> it has files on it... they look the same as the other one...
[18:03] <hobgoblin> does it look sort of like http://i.imgur.com/xA5Vz.png
[18:04] <johnny77> yup.
[18:05] <hobgoblin> have a go then I guess
[18:05] <johnny77> ok, thanks
[18:06] <hobgoblin> someone else had best help if it fails - I have no idea with usb boots
[18:08] <Silver_Fox_> Hello.
[18:09] <Mohan_chml> Hello Silver_Fox_ =]
[18:09] <Silver_Fox_> Hello Mohan_chml , how are you ?
[18:09] <AbhiJit> hey Silver_Fox_ :)
[18:09] <hobgoblin> Silver_Fox_: o/
[18:09] <Mohan_chml> Silver_Fox_: doing good and how about you?
[18:10] <Silver_Fox_> Hello AbhiJit .  How are you ?
[18:10] <AbhiJit> Silver_Fox_, sleeping!
[18:10] <Silver_Fox_> I am fine thank you Mohan_chml ,  just recovering after a squash match
[18:10] <AbhiJit> i mean going to sleep!!!! feeling sleepy!
[18:10] <Mohan_chml> Ah!!!
[18:10] <AbhiJit> :)
[18:10] <Mohan_chml> lol AbhiJit :P
[18:10] <AbhiJit> Mohan_chml, :D
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[20:51] <harrsonk> Does anyone here know where I can get the old screensaver of an engine?
[20:51] <harrsonk> the devs took it out in ubuntu 9.10
[21:02] <harrsonk> hello?
[21:04] <AndrewMC> !patience | harrsonk
[21:04] <ubot2> harrsonk: Don't feel ignored and repeat your question quickly; if nobody knows your answer, nobody will answer you. While you wait, try searching https://help.ubuntu.com or http://ubuntuforums.org or http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com
[21:41] <stlsaint> harrsonk: honestly the only way i would be able to help you is via google so i would only suggest you head there
[21:58] <johnny77> I need some major help... i tried to install dual boot ubuntu with windows and it screwed up.
[21:59] <johnny77> now i can't get windows or ubuntu... it boots up and says "grub>" in a black dos-like screen
[22:03] <johnny77> I tried to install Ubuntu netbook on a SD card, but while the instalation saw the SD card, the bootloader can not find it.
[22:08] <johnny77> I thought if I could rewrite the bootloader by reinstalling Ubuntu, but installing it on the HD with windows, but it did not give me the option any more.
[22:10] <johnny77> It showed that I had two OS already, one being only 5gb the other is where my windows is installed. I'm thinking that the 5gb is a swap partition. Since I'm dead in the water, any advice would be greating appreciated.
[22:14] <johnny77> be back on it a few minutes..
[22:25] <johnny77> I'm up and around, but leaving chat open and checking on it. If you have any suggestion just let me know. And I'll see them the next time I check. Thank you.
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[23:01] <johnny77> I need some major help... i tried to install dual boot ubuntu with windows and it screwed up.
[23:01] <johnny77> now i can't get windows or ubuntu... it boots up and says "grub>" in a black dos-like screen
[23:01] <johnny77> I tried to install Ubuntu netbook on a SD card, but while the instalation saw the SD card, the bootloader can not find it.
[23:01] <johnny77> I thought if I could rewrite the bootloader by reinstalling Ubuntu, but installing it on the HD with windows, but it did not give me the option any more.
[23:01] <johnny77> It showed that I had two OS already, one being only 5gb the other is where my windows is installed. I'm thinking that the 5gb is a swap partition. Since I'm dead in the water, any advice would be greating appreciated.
[23:31] <johnny77> can anyone help me with a messed up dual boot?
[23:51] <johnny77> tried to install a dual boot, but upon booting it falls into grub rescue command line. Can anyone help?
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