[01:19] <vie> hi all
[01:20] <vie> how to create a .xz file from a directory with tar?
[02:44] <Cheri703> I'm trying to install qsynergy (gui for synergy, which lets you share one mouse/keyboard on two computers), and I keep getting an error when installing the .deb
[02:46] <Cheri703> -_- nvm, got it figured out
[03:29] <Paz> i am having some problems booting up my ubuntu 10.04 server i just installed it but now it wont boot unless i boot the usb stick that i  installed it with, grub wont seem to load it just black screens untill i restart it
[05:03] <retsam> Hi all
[05:03] <retsam> Help me in installing ubuntu
[05:06] <AndrewMC> retsam: What's the issue?
[05:08] <retsam> while installing it shows entire HDD but i have already installed windows OS on it
[05:08] <retsam> and have free space for ubuntu
[05:13] <AndrewMC> retsam: So? Are you trying to dual boot?
[05:13] <retsam> yes
[05:14] <AndrewMC> Okay then select that you want to install beside another OS (in your case windows)
[05:15] <AndrewMC> retsam: ^
[05:20] <retsam> but while selecting partition it takes entire HDD
[10:24] <Puck`> hi team
[11:08] <Silver_Fox_> Hello.
[15:05] <bobby__> anybody know how i can save xorg.conf i have no premisson. to change it
[15:07] <sebikul> bobby__, where are you trying to edit it?
[15:08] <bobby__> xorg.conf
[15:12] <drubin> bobby__: Do you have admin access on the machine?
[15:13] <bioterror> sudo mv xorg.conf.new /etx/X11/xorg.conf
[15:13] <bioterror> if you have just created it
[15:13] <bioterror> bobby__, remember to use sudo or gksudo (if you're graphical user ;)
[15:15] <bobby__> well that didnt work on im graphics card.. i should have left it alone..
[15:16] <bioterror> what have you done, what are you trying to do
[15:16] <bioterror> give us some hint ;)
[15:17] <bobby__> i installed an older video driver in xorg folder and didn't realize it would be hard to get get the new driver back in there
[15:18] <bobby__> i have sis video card the old driver will on go up to 800X600
[15:19] <bioterror> I think it has nothing to do with the driver, only xorg.conf
[15:19] <bioterror> you need to edit xorg.conf
[15:19] <bioterror> say mode 1280x1024 or what ever is your desired resolution
[15:20] <bobby__> where is that hiding out at?
[15:20] <bioterror> well
[15:20] <bioterror> first of all
[15:21] <bioterror> you should close your X session, go to console (tty) with pressing CTRL+ALT+F1, then log in, type "sudo service gdm stop", then "Xorg -configure", "sudo mv xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf", "sudo service gdm start" or "sudo reboot" which suits your needs most
[15:22] <bioterror> and now that you have your xorg.conf you can add lines to it
[15:22] <bobby__> ok
[15:23] <bioterror> You cannot configure Xorg if you have a graphical session running like login screen
[15:23] <bioterror> after that you can add under: Section "Screen" these lines
[15:24] <bioterror> well 5 line
[15:24] <bioterror> should I pastebin?
[15:24] <bioterror> !pastebin
[15:24] <ubot2> For posting multi-line texts into the channel, please use http://paste.ubuntu.com | To post !screenshots use http://tinyurl.com/imagebin | !pastebinit to paste directly from command line | Make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic.
[15:24] <bioterror> http://paste.ubuntu.com/536720/
[15:24] <bioterror> something like that
[15:24] <bioterror> but my workday is done
[17:40] <Cheri703> So I reinstalled 10.04 a week or two ago, and I put /home on a separate partition. In the last few days, I've been having some WEIRD stuff happening, seemingly without cause. Could having the separate partition be the problem? should I reinstall again? should I use 10.10 (tried an upgrade and had lots of issues, haven't tried a full reinstall of it yet)
[17:41] <paultag> what's been going on Cheri703?
[17:41] <aveilleux> Cheri703, Using a separate /home partition, unless the mount points are really borked up, shouldn't cause any problems.
[17:41] <Cheri703> well, yesterday it did something where I was using it, and then it blanked the screen and said "running in low resolution mode" or something
[17:42] <paultag> sounds like X11 Cheri703
[17:42] <paultag> Cheri703: what's your video driver? Did you make hardware changes?
[17:42] <Cheri703> today I plugged in my 20" monitor for the first time since reinstall, and it's not giving me proper resolution options
[17:42] <Cheri703> same netbook
[17:42] <paultag> Cheri703: which netbook did you get, again?
[17:42] <Cheri703> I used ctrl-alt-bksp a few times recently
[17:42] <Cheri703> zareason teo
[17:42] <paultag> Cheri703: Oh wow, so that should be good to go
[17:43] <Cheri703> so should be cozy with ubuntu from a hardware sense
[17:43] <Cheri703> yeah
[17:43] <paultag> Cheri703: hummm. Intel?
[17:43] <Cheri703> I think so
[17:43] <Cheri703> yeah
[17:43] <paultag> Cheri703: yeah a /home on another partitition can't cause this kind of failure
[17:43] <Cheri703> ok
[17:43] <paultag> Cheri703: so something else odd is going on
[17:43] <Cheri703> I didn't think so...
[17:44] <Cheri703> though, even with the stupid resolution, it's pretty freaking sweet to be able to use 3 monitors, one of which is connected to a different computer (woo synergy!)
[17:44] <paultag> Cheri703: Cheri703 :)
[17:44] <Cheri703> they're all (basically) in a row :)
[17:44] <Cheri703> except one is across the room
[17:45] <Cheri703> so what options do I have paultag? do I reinstall? reinstall x11?
[17:45] <Cheri703> deal with 4:3 resolution on a 16:10 monitor?
[17:45] <paultag> Cheri703: Well, it's an issue with the driver
[17:46] <paultag> Cheri703: so try upgrading the driver. See if you can upgrade off -M or -N for Lucid
[17:46] <Cheri703> I don't know what that means
[17:46] <Cheri703> :/
[17:47] <Cheri703> the thing is, it worked the last time I was using lucid (i.e. before the craptastic upgrade)
[17:47] <Cheri703> and subsequent reinstall
[17:47] <paultag> Cheri703: hummmm
[17:47] <Cheri703> :/
[17:47] <Cheri703> it's never good when I stump the paultag
[17:47] <paultag> haha
[17:48] <paultag> Cheri703: X11 needs a stern kick in the ass
[17:48] <Cheri703> basically
[17:48] <Cheri703> so should I reinstall it? or? is there a way to reset it or something?
[17:48] <paultag> Cheri703: you used to be able to dpkg-reconfigure
[17:49] <Cheri703> I came across that
[17:49] <UndiFineD> dpkg-reconfigure unimatrix0
[17:49] <paultag> Cheri703: I don't know how to do it now, I have nvidia, so I use that tool
[17:49] <Cheri703> :/
[17:49] <Cheri703> UndiFineD: will that do what I'm looking for?
[17:49] <UndiFineD> no
[17:50] <Cheri703> ok
[17:50] <UndiFineD> but maybe it does what paultag wants to do
[17:52] <paultag> Cheri703: I don't think a reinstall will do it, either, just FYI
[17:52] <Cheri703> :(
[17:52] <Cheri703> ok
[17:52] <paultag> Cheri703: and I think the xorg.conf file has been moved out
[17:52] <paultag> so I don't think that can be edited by hand anymore
[17:53] <Cheri703> I'm just now getting some of my little preferences change/set up from the last reinstall, so having to reinstall AGAIN is not really looking like a happy thing to me atm
[17:53] <Cheri703> though, I guess I could try 10.10 again...I dunno, so far I've been less than impressed by it
[17:53] <paultag> Cheri703: I'd not do it
[17:54] <Cheri703> not do 10.10 or not do a reinstall again?
[17:54] <paultag> Cheri703: I doubt it fixes the issue. You should look into ways to add new resolutions to the xorg conf in lucid for an intel driven device
[17:54] <paultag> Cheri703: neither, stick with the current install, it can be saved :)
[17:54] <Cheri703> ok
[17:55] <Cheri703> this looks vaguely accurate, but is basically gibberish to me: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1505061
[17:55] <Cheri703> *vaguely relevant
[17:57] <paultag> yeah the xorg.conf is quite old Cheri703
[17:57] <paultag> Cheri703: I don't know if it will work
[17:57] <Cheri703> ok
[17:57] <paultag> Cheri703: try a sudo  Xorg -configure
[17:57] <paultag> never tried that
[17:58] <Cheri703> fatal error, server already active
[17:58] <Cheri703> also this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1530355
[17:58] <paultag> Cheri703: might need to be run on the TTY without X
[17:58] <Cheri703> ok
[18:05] <Cheri703> paultag: how do I get to "without x"
[18:06] <paultag> Cheri703: sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
[18:06] <Cheri703> ok, thanks
[18:06] <paultag> Cheri703: that will kill your session
[18:06]  * Cheri703 is still learning piece by piece
[18:06] <paultag> Cheri703: so beware
[18:06] <Cheri703> k, wil be back in a bit apparently :)
[18:06] <paultag> :)
[18:07] <paultag> tell Cherri I'll be back late :)
[18:07] <paultag> later all
[18:12] <Cheri703> that didn't do what I think it should have done
[18:12] <Cheri703> it did basically a shut down process and just sat there with a cursor
[18:13] <Cheri703> (also I hate 10.10 on my desktop, but that's a side issue)
[18:13] <yofel> sudo gdm stop will kill your X session so you'll have to change to a TTY with ctrl+alt+f2 for example to login
[18:13] <Cheri703> ah, ok
[18:13] <Cheri703> that was the part I didn't know :/
[18:14] <Cheri703> will try again
[18:14] <yofel> *sudo service gdm stop
[18:14] <Cheri703> back in a bit
[18:16] <trhisdone> when i log on to ubuntu the usb drives show up on the desktop then mounted drives show up... how do i stop these drives from showing up on the desktop?
[18:16] <aveilleux> trhisdone, http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/hide-removable-drive-icons-from-your-ubuntu-desktop/
[18:16] <Cheri703> so...it ran the configure, but nothing is different now...still don't have the resolution options I should have
[18:19] <trhisdone> thanks aveilleux....perfect fix.....now when i reboot will they still be gone?
[18:19] <yofel> Cheri703: that should create a default xorg.conf somewhere (in your home folder I think) that you can then copy to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and edit it like you want to (if I remember correctly, haven't used that in a long time)
[18:19] <Cheri703> ok
[18:19] <Cheri703> thanks
[18:20] <Cheri703> ok, I found it
[18:21] <aveilleux> trhisdone, Yes, gconf settings stick.
[18:22] <trhisdone> ok..thanks man
[18:25] <trhisdone> anybody do the black friday shopping?
[18:28] <Cheri703> nope. I'm trying to avoid leaving the house unless absolutely necessary
[18:28] <trhisdone> ha ha.... i stood in line all night at walmart to get some laptops...
[18:28] <trhisdone> i will never do that again
[18:28] <Cheri703> did you get them?
[18:28] <trhisdone> yep.. me and my oldest daughter we got 2
[18:29] <trhisdone> one for her and one for the youngest
[18:29] <Cheri703> nice
[18:29] <trhisdone> actually there not that bad for 200 each
[18:30] <trhisdone> they didn't come with ubuntu....lol
[18:31] <Cheri703> heh
[18:32] <trhisdone> except for the fact we got treated like we were in jail it was ok.....we had to stand, only got 15min bathroom breaks
[18:32] <trhisdone> i wouldn't do it again
[18:35] <Cheri703> brb
[19:06] <Cheri703> I have to say, I'm very annoyed at ubuntu today
[19:08] <Cheri703> I tried various things, and some worked as a temporary solution, and the "more permanent fix" I found didn't work at all :( I just don't understand why ubuntu could automatically recognize the correct resolutions for this monitor before, and can't now. I don't want to have to "rig" it to work :(
[19:20] <Cheri703> so I guess I'll ask about my other issue I've got going on: on my desktop, I have an ATI Radeon 9200 (it's an older card), and if I use any kernel that is a 2.6.35 (vs 32), it blacks out and has NO video. Unless a new version was released in the last few weeks, I have the most up to date radeon driver. I'd like to be able to run the newer kernel, but...can't. Anyone have any thoughts?
[19:31] <bobo123> how do I do in ubuntu to uncompress a tar-archive where the filenames is not utf8 but instead normal latin1?
[19:35] <evfool> hi all
[19:55] <tomtom354> I suspect a DVD drive is hanging shutdown.  how to i temporarily disable it for diagnostic reasons?
[20:17] <bobo123> hi evfool
[20:18] <bobo123> do you know how to extract the files from a iso8859-1 .tar archive to ubuntu?
[20:19] <yofel> bobo123: where exactly doesn't it want to behave as for utf8?
[20:24] <bobo123> yofel: the tar-file is created on another computer that uses latin1. When I try to uncompress is in ubuntu that sorry to say uses utf8 it insist in thinking the filenames is encoded in uft8 so when it finds a file named "skåne.txt" it gives up saying "ån" is not an utf8-character
[20:24] <Dazza71> hi can anyone help me install my brother printer
[20:24] <yofel> bobo123: is that file roller or the command line? (tried the latter?)
[20:25] <bioterror> Dazza71, exact model is neede
[20:25] <bioterror> d
[20:25] <Dazza71> dcp 120c
[20:25] <bobo123> what I want is to specify that the tar-files filenames are not utf8-encoded.
[20:25] <bioterror> when I migrated from FreeBSD to OS X (iso-8859-1 -> utf-8) I used FTP for file transfer
[20:25] <bobo123> yes I have tried both the filemanager, and running   tar xvfz myfile.tgz
[20:29] <bobo123> bioterror: in this case I can't send the tar-archive to some latin1-using computer and expand it there and then ftp the files back to here.
[20:30] <bioterror> that really sounds weird
[20:31] <bioterror> Dazza71, http://www.butterscotch.com/tutorial/How-To-Set-Up-A-Printer-In-Ubuntu this doesnt work?
[20:35] <bobo123> yeah and note, I don't want to change the contents of the files, only want the correct filenames.
[20:36] <bioterror> bobo123, you cant download those files from another computer with ftp or scp?
[20:36] <bioterror> you have to  extract that tar ball?
[20:38] <bobo123> I assume that tar can't specify in the archive-file in what encoding the file names are so there is no way for ubuntus tar to know, but that don't make it correct for ubuntus tar to assume that all tar-files people want to uncompress is allways utf8 - there must be some way to tell tar that this particular tar-file comes from a latin1-system så the filenames are encoded in latin1.
[20:39] <bobo123> bioterror: I have the tar-file here. I don't have access to another computer. the tar file is backup made on another computer that I have no access to anymore.
[20:40] <bioterror> darn :)
[20:41] <bobo123> besides, I don't think there is a way to instruct ubuntus filemanager that the site you ftp to i using latin1 for its filenames.... I bet ubuntu tries to understand then as utf8  :-/
[20:41] <bioterror> bobo123, gotta think
[20:43] <Cheri703> I have a separate /home partition, better to completely wipe it and start fresh, or just reinstall with existing data?
[20:43] <Cheri703> if I am reinstalling with basically the same version of ubuntu
[20:44] <bioterror> why?
[20:44] <Cheri703> why what?
[20:44] <bioterror> why you're reinstalling
[20:44] <bioterror> is there a reason
[20:45] <Cheri703> well, I'm actually reinstalling on both computers, but this one is because I'm having x issues, (and a few other ones hanging around) and I want to have a clean install (again -_- )
[20:46] <Cheri703> I could move everything off to an external hdd and then put things back on as I go, but will putting back on a .program folder mess with things?
[20:46] <bioterror> if you dont have anything important, wipe it all
[20:46] <Cheri703> k
[20:47] <bioterror> bobo123, I think your answer is: pax
[20:54] <bioterror> bobo123, http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=12177202 some hint from there
[20:55] <bobo123> bioterror: ok I look into that too. But I tried to uncompress it with 7zip now and it seems to work.
[20:55] <bobo123> I have not checked everything yet but 7z didn't give me any error messages anyway :-)
[20:55] <bioterror> good
[20:57] <bobo123> Cheri703: you could of course keep the home-partition (assuming there are no faults in the filesystem itself) and just choose a different username for your new installation
[21:10] <Guest> I'm installing Ubuntu 10.10 for desktop on the family computer. It's currently only wireless through a USB adapter. Will that be okay for installation out of the box or will I need to use a wired connection?
[21:11] <yofel> Guest: wired is recommended, but wireless worked fine for me
[21:12] <Guest> I only ask because when I was in the try it version, it didn't seem to detect any wireless usb adapters.
[21:12] <Guest> Yeah, I think I will try wired then just to be safe. Thanks!
[21:22] <Dazza71> bioterror that link didn't help
[21:22] <bioterror> any errors or something to help
[21:23] <Dazza71> i have downloaded the linux driver files but how do i get them to work with the brother printer
[21:24] <bioterror> Dazza71, when you extract the driver package, there's usually a file named README
[21:25] <Dazza71> it was just a cupswrapper and clpr files
[21:25] <Dazza71> no read me
[21:26] <Dazza71> file
[21:28] <bioterror> it has been a while since I last time played with drivers for cups
[21:29] <bioterror> last time I needed cups, it found the samsung's network printer without problems
[21:29] <ibuclaw> and finds HP network printers w/out problems too.
[21:30] <Dazza71> is brother just awkward then to get to work in linux ?
[21:31] <Dazza71> its not like you can install and put the driver files in the right folder or is that too simple
[21:34] <bioterror> http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/instruction_prn1a.html
[21:37] <Dazza71> that links is where got files from but then u have to use terminal window and so new to linux dont want to mess up
[21:38] <kosaidpo> guys my skpy open up on the top of my screen so icant drag it anyt idea how to idea
[23:46] <fatharrahman> hello
[23:46] <fatharrahman> few qs please
[23:47] <fatharrahman> how to get into this room from pidgin Internet  messenger ?
[23:49] <fatharrahman> ?
[23:52] <fatharrahman> Hi
[23:53] <szczur> fatharrahman, run pidgin
[23:53] <szczur> choose Accounts > Manage accounts
[23:53] <fatharrahman> yes
[23:54] <fatharrahman> it say Unable to validate certificate
[23:54] <szczur> add new account > set it's type to IRC > choose nickname > set server to irc.freenode.net
[23:54] <szczur> hmm
[23:54] <szczur> lemme try
[23:54] <fatharrahman> I choose irc and made an account
[23:55] <fatharrahman> then write the channel name but not in
[23:56] <szczur|pidgin> is it working? :P
[23:56] <szczur|pidgin> weee
[23:57] <fatharrahman> it ask me for password what is that?
[23:57] <szczur|pidgin> hmm, not for me
[23:57] <szczur|pidgin> maybe your nick was registered by someone else
[23:57] <fatharrahman> I have only my fatharrahman name every where
[23:58] <fatharrahman> my real name :)
[23:59] <szczur> http://szczur.ath.cx/sshots/irc.png
[23:59] <szczur> on this tab i wrote the /join #ubuntu-beginners
[23:59] <szczur> if you got this message > This nickname is registered. Please choose a different nickname, or identify via /msg NickServ identify <password>.