/srv/irclogs.ubuntu.com/2010/11/27/#ubuntu-beginners.txt

fatharrahmanyes i got a frigg I thought it i person00:00
szczurthen this nick is registered by someone else00:00
fatharrahmanwaw00:00
fatharrahmanI went to pidgin and joined ubuntu beginners but I can not follow any thing it is a mess there00:08
Dazza71hi guys anyone know how I can get my web cam to work ?00:08
Dazza71its an IT Works one00:08
Dazza71PCW Panda 9B00:08
fatharrahmanI want to know if am in the same room this room there but how  no one answer there00:09
szczurfatharrahman, you should see a nick list00:10
szczurat the right side of the windows00:10
szczur-s00:10
szczurand of course name is shown att the top00:11
fatharrahmanofficial ubuntu support channel is it ?00:11
fatharrahman1419 people talking there00:11
szczurnope00:11
fatharrahmanok00:11
szczuryou've joined #ubuntu00:11
szczuryou should join #ubuntu-beginners00:11
fatharrahmanoh my God00:12
fatharrahmanthanks00:12
szczur:)00:12
fatharrahmanszczur00:13
fatharrahmanit say00:13
szczuryeah?00:13
fatharrahmanno such channel00:13
fatharrahmanI coppied your words00:13
geirha_You're talking in #ubuntu-beginners right now00:14
szczuryou wrote00:14
szczur/join #ubuntu-beginners00:14
szczur?00:14
fatharrahmanI am through xchat00:14
szczurgeirha_, he want to use pidgin00:14
fatharrahmanI can not save it in xchat so I would like to log in through pidgin00:15
geirha_Oh, sorry, should have read the backlog :)00:15
szczurfatharrahman, what you cannot save in xchat?00:15
fatharrahmanI don't know how or if it possible?00:16
fatharrahmanevery time I search00:16
Dazza71sorry guys anyone help me install my webcam or am I in the wrong room ?00:16
fatharrahmanto get in here00:16
szczuryou want to get here by default?00:17
fatharrahmanwhat is the backlog?00:17
fatharrahmanyes00:17
szczurfatharrahman, File > Server list00:17
szczursearch for freenode00:17
szczurclick on edit > in favourite channels write #ubuntu-beginners00:17
szczurclose, close xchat and run it again00:18
szczurahh, one nmore thing00:18
geirha_fatharrahman: The backlog is the part that is not currently shown in your irc client. E.g. you need to scroll up (or back) to see it.00:19
fatharrahmanthere is no tab named edit00:19
szczurin edit window tick "connect with this network at startup"00:19
szczurfatharrahman, in File >Network list00:19
szczurclick there00:19
fatharrahmanno file00:19
szczurand you will se server list the same as in startup00:19
szczuraaahh, sorry00:19
szczurXChat00:20
fatharrahmanthere is Xchat then View00:20
szczurXChat > Network list00:20
fatharrahmanok00:20
fatharrahmanyes00:20
szczurit is in the same place as File in every program :P00:20
fatharrahmansorry00:20
fatharrahmanok00:20
szczurso just by default i said File :P00:20
fatharrahmana beginner's mind sorry00:20
szczurso now, search for freenode, click edit00:21
fatharrahmanyes open network list00:21
szczurstick "Conect with this network automatically" and in favourities write #ubuntu-beginners00:21
szczurclick close and in server list window tick "Skip network list at startup"00:22
szczurclose, close Xchat and run it again00:22
szczurit should connect with this channel at startup, without any other windows shown00:23
Dazza71hi is there a room to help with installing webcams00:23
szczurDazza71, try at #ubuntu00:23
fatharrahmanirc.freenode.net/8001 here?00:23
szczurDarkJuju, but stay here as well :)00:23
Dazza71tried it only me in the room00:23
szczurDarkJuju, on #ubuntu?00:24
geirha_Dazza71: Webcams either work "out of the box", or they're hell to get working. :/00:24
szczurfatharrahman, on favouritie rooms00:24
Dazza71yes i know got me brother printer to work so happy just need webcam now00:24
fatharrahmanok00:24
szczurfatharrahman, wait i'll make a screenshot :)00:25
szczurso you wont break something :)00:25
fatharrahmanit only gave me the above link00:25
fatharrahmanI'll try again00:25
geirha_Dazza71: Is it connected via USB, or built in?00:25
Dazza71its a usb one00:25
geirha_Dazza71: Then I'd run: lsusb00:26
Dazza71ok and what does that do00:27
geirha_Identify the line corresponding to your webcam, then google for ubuntu plus everything after the colon on that line00:27
fatharrahmanthere is a space for favorite  channel should I write ubuntu-beginners in it then close?00:27
geirha_Dazza71: It outputs everything connected to your usb ports.00:27
szczurfatharrahman, yes, #ubuntu-beginners00:27
szczurdon't forget about the #00:28
geirha_Dazza71: On my system lsusb output, among other lines, Bus 003 Device 002: ID 1241:1166 Belkin MI-2150 Trust Mouse00:28
Dazza71ok i can see me printer etc but not sure if microdia is me web cam00:28
geirha_That's the USB mouse I'm using.00:28
Dazza71shows keyboard mouse usb hub00:28
Dazza71my web cam is IT works one00:29
Dazza71nothing special but i know it works00:29
geirha_Dazza71: The "hubs" are usb ports where nothing is connected00:29
szczurfatharrahman, and in Server List window tick "skip server list at startup" just below the list of server00:30
Dazza71microdia what is that ?00:30
Dazza71thats on one of the lines00:30
geirha_Dazza71: Possibly the manufacturer of your webcam00:30
Dazza71i googled that and its the flash memory card00:32
Dazza71why do u think my usb flash drive,printers etc show up but my webcam doesn't00:33
geirha_Do you currently have a flash memory card connected on a USB port?00:33
Dazza71yes i do00:34
Dazza71according to that cmd00:34
geirha_If I google «ubuntu microdia» I get hits about webcams00:34
Dazza71really ?00:35
szczurDazza71, can you paste the output of lsusb to pastebin.com00:36
Dazza71sorry is that a website ?00:37
szczuryes00:37
geirha_If you disconnect all usb devices except the webcam, that would be helpful.00:37
geirha_(though not absolutely necessary)00:37
Dazza71ok how do u see what i have pasted to that site00:38
szczurDarkJuju, and give us the link after clicking submit so we can see what is the output of lsusb00:38
szczurDarkJuju, click on submit and give us the link00:38
szczurkdamn00:38
szczurdouble tab fail :(00:38
Dazza71http://pastebin.com/ve92rj0a00:38
fatharrahmanhi00:40
fatharrahmanszczur00:40
fatharrahmanit doesn't work still i need to search within the long list to get in here00:41
szczurfatharrahman, yeah, i frgot to say about ticking "autoconnect to this server at startup" in the edit screen00:41
fatharrahmanoh00:41
szczurfatharrahman, http://szczur.ath.cx/sshots/xchat00:41
szczurset it similar to this00:41
szczuryou have two images there00:42
Dazza71on lunix can u see what devices u have installed00:43
Dazza71linux (sorry)00:44
geirha_Dazza71: Applications -> Ubuntu Software Center ->  search for « lshw-gtk »00:45
fatharrahmanit is the same do you mean hedgewars ? the same looks00:46
fatharrahmando you mean to write ubuntu-beginners twice?00:47
geirha_Dazza71: Once installed, hit Alt+F2 to run  « gksudo lshw-gtk »00:48
Dazza71ok00:49
geirha_Hm. Or maybe not. I was so sure it would list hardware connected via USB, but testing it now, it doesn't appear to do that :/00:51
fatharrahmanto day my ubuntu made a restart without me to restart it for the first time00:52
Dazza71oh right00:52
Dazza71so how come my usb flahs drive works but not the web cam00:54
Dazza71flash *00:54
Dazza71or any other external usb device00:54
fatharrahmanI tried to make I fsck but the terminal threatened me00:54
fatharrahmanwhat should I do especially if I said it hang up after typing password and alt+ctrl+f2 does not work so i needed to restart00:56
Dazza71sorry i mean all my external usb devices all work except the webcam00:56
fatharrahmanthen enter through safe mode00:56
fatharrahmansorry it is a long story00:57
fatharrahman?00:59
fatharrahmanI'll rephrase it again00:59
geirha_Dazza71: Typically that's because the manufacturer don't provide drivers for linux and/or don't want to provide the necesary information needed for the linux community to make proper drivers for it.01:00
fatharrahmanit doesn't happened before01:00
Dazza71yes i can see that but i am loving my move over to linux  but just a few tweaks to software and hardware and I will be well happy01:01
Dazza71else have to dual boot01:01
fatharrahmanhelp me please01:01
geirha_Dazza71: So whenever you buy hardware, check that it has the linux (penguin) icon on the box, or ask the clerk if it works in linux.01:02
Dazza71yes i will do that01:02
fatharrahmangeirha can you grant me few answers please?01:03
fatharrahmanany one to help?01:05
geirha_fatharrahman: Hard to say. Sounds like a graphics driver issue.01:06
fatharrahmanbut it was ok for more than two months01:07
geirha_Did you upgrade Ubuntu to a newer relase?01:07
fatharrahmanI use ubuntu 10.10  desktope 32 bit on hp mini01:08
geirha_So it started after you upgraded from 10.04 to 10.10?01:09
fatharrahmanno01:09
fatharrahmanthere was windows 7 starter then wubi ubuntu dual then I formatted windows and r installed ubuntu over all the space01:10
fatharrahmanfor two months01:11
fatharrahmaneverything was smooth01:11
geirha_Ok, but prior to that reinstall, you used 10.04?01:11
fatharrahmanno01:11
fatharrahmanonly 10.1001:11
geirha_Ok, so 10.10 beta, and it worked in the beta?01:12
fatharrahmanwhat is beta sorry01:12
fatharrahmanit is 10.10 desktop 32 bit01:12
geirha_10.10 was released a little over a month ago, so you can't have used thhe stable relase for two months01:13
fatharrahmanoh01:13
fatharrahmanlet me count01:14
geirha_10.10 means year 2010, month 10; october 2010.  10.04 means it was realeased in 2010, month 04, so april 201001:14
fatharrahmansorry it less than one month it seemed to me more than two month because all this time I gave up doing any thing else than learning about ubuntu sorry sorry01:16
geirha_No worries.01:16
fatharrahmaneven my emails never check them01:16
fatharrahman10.10 only01:17
fatharrahmansince 16.1001:17
fatharrahmanI remembered01:17
fatharrahmanit was nice01:18
geirha_The issue might be what is called a regression; a kernel update (which is only supposed to fix bugs) accidentally broke something.01:18
fatharrahmanit hanged since yesterday01:18
fatharrahmanok01:18
fatharrahmanit hang up after password not bringing desktop I use to close the computer only the enter by safe mode01:20
geirha_What graphics card is it? searching on google for ubuntu plus the model of your graphics card will often give you a solution, workaround or an explanation of why it's failing.01:20
geirha_The command « lspci » run in a terminal should show you the model of the graphics card (VGA adapter)01:21
fatharrahmanok what after knowing my graphics and go to the website of the manufacturer01:22
geirha_I'd look for ubuntu specific issues with that hardware before going to the manufacturers website.01:23
fatharrahmanhttp://paste.ubuntu.com/536901/01:24
geirha_That is, look for bugs at launchpad.net or threads at the ubuntuforums01:24
geirha_Hm. Doing a quick google for « ubuntu 945GME » I see some issues with that, but not directly related to your issue.01:31
ubot2Ubuntu bug 945 in unicorn (Debian) (and 1 other project) "module-assistant fails to compile unicorn-source (heat: 1)" [Unknown,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/94501:31
geirha_Though I don't have time right now to look into it further01:31
geirha_Oh, he timed out :/01:33
yofelhm, I have an eeePC with an 945GME, works fine with kubuntu, so it's either some other hardware, or compiz/metacity01:35
Dazza71hi anyone know who to get imap settings from google to work in evolution02:23
Dazza71sorry googlemail02:23
Dazza71anyone help who knows about evolution02:30
Shortyany experts in here03:05
Shortyi know this is for beginners...lol03:05
paultagShorty: almost everyone in the channel is way adept. Anyone with voice03:05
Shortylol ok03:05
Shortyso im installing ubuntu 10.10 64bit on my Gateway NV7903:06
Shortyinstallation almost works03:06
Shortyone small problem that no one can seem to figure out how to fix for me03:06
Shortyas soon as i select the linux installation in GRUB the backlight turns off03:06
Shortyand i cannot see anything03:06
paultaghahaha sweet03:07
Shortysoooo any suggestions?03:07
paultagShorty: might have to do with cheatcodes you're passing in. Try adding acpi=off on the kernel launch line03:07
Shortyhow do i do that?03:07
Shortypress e on the installation?03:08
Shortytype what you said then press alt-x03:08
paultagyeah03:08
Shortynope03:08
paultagShorty: on the linux line03:08
Shortyon the linux line?03:08
paultagShorty: on the kernel line03:08
Shortyohhhhhhhhhh03:09
paultagShorty: add the acpi=off line to the kernel cheatcodes03:09
Shortyi just put it at the bottom03:09
paultagShorty: then alt x03:09
paultagShorty: doing run and alt-x will just boot03:09
Shortywhen you press e03:09
Shortya box opens03:09
Shortywith a bunch of commands03:09
paultagno command03:09
* Shorty is a total n00b03:09
paultagthose are directives03:09
Shortyok directives03:09
paultagthose are cheatcodes et all03:09
paultagShorty: add in acpi=off after ro splash quiet03:09
paultagor whatever it is03:09
Shortyat the bottom of the list i typed acpi=off03:10
Shortypressed alt-x03:10
Shortyand boom.... no backlight03:10
paultagShorty: I think you're not reading what I'm typing :)03:11
Shortyor not understanding ;(03:11
paultagShorty: not at the bottom, that does no one any good03:11
Shortyok ok03:11
paultag:)03:11
Shortyok thats me via cell03:12
Shortygonna go reboot03:12
Shortyand try what your saying03:12
paultagrocken03:13
Shorty|cellshutting down03:13
Shorty|cellOk which line now03:14
paultagShorty|cell: the one for linux03:14
paultagShorty|cell: it should have ro splash quiet03:14
paultagShorty|cell: put it after that03:15
Shorty|cellOk I c that03:15
Shorty|cellAcpi=off03:15
paultagno caps Shorty|cell03:15
Shorty|cellYea03:15
paultagOK.03:15
Shorty|cellThen alt x?03:16
paultagShorty|cell: yeah03:16
Shorty|cellOr ctrl rather03:16
Shorty|cellWow... It worked03:16
paultagpoints!03:16
Shorty|cellAll day I been messing with this03:17
paultagShorty|cell: simple stuff is usually the right stuff :)03:17
Shorty|cellok now how do I get back on irc03:18
paultagShorty|cell: install xchat or konversation or something03:18
Shorty|cellnow its not seeing my wireless adapter03:19
paultagShorty|cell: do you have a broadcom?03:20
Shorty|cellnope03:20
paultagShorty|cell: plug into a hard line, run an apt-get update, apt-get upgrade, then run jocky-gtk and install the STA driver03:20
paultagShorty|cell: Oh, well same thing, but use whatever it suggests03:20
paultagShorty|cell: check your killswitch as well03:20
Shorty|cellIt was woekin on the live cd03:21
paultagShorty|cell: check the usual stuff. I've got to run, it should work just dandy. Try running the jocky stuff above03:22
Shorty|cellKk thanks03:22
paultaggood luck!03:22
Shorty|cellWait do I have03:23
Shorty|cellTo do the acpi thing everytime03:23
Shorty|cellOop I mean do I03:23
proberosthere is a problem with my keyboard, the cursor jumps to different lines when I am typing, it jumps to another line or it erases some words randomly while typing, why this happens and how can I fix this ?03:35
Cheri703proberos: is your mouse over the text?03:35
proberosI haven't noticed that, does it matter ?03:36
Cheri703perhaps, are you on a desktop or laptop?03:36
proberoslaptop03:37
Cheri703what can often happen is that while you're typing, your thumb/hand might brush your touchpad, causing the mouse to select somewhere else in the text, so your typing appears there...try consciously moving the pointer off to the side and typing for a while, see if it keeps happening03:37
Cheri703if it does, then we can go from there03:37
Cheri703^^that happens to me a lot03:38
proberosyes this can be. thanks. I use external mouse. can ı disable the touchpad03:39
proberos?03:39
Cheri703I think so, hang on a sec03:39
hobgoblinproberos: this might be of use - tutorial from the forum http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=162943303:41
Cheri703ha, hobgoblin I was just getting that link :)03:41
hobgoblinsomeone who comes in here wrote it - but I've never used it03:41
hobgoblinCheri703: :) I had the link - he PMd me about it with my mod hat on03:42
Cheri703yeah, I was fishing it out of my logs from the other day03:42
proberosthese trouble codes again anyway Cheri703 that clue about the touchpad is great. Thank You!03:42
Cheri703sure03:42
Cheri703like I said, I've run into it quite a few times on my own03:43
proberosthere is another thing I wonder, my i5 processor got torbo boost function that exalaretes the speed when it is required, does linux support turbo boost or the processor does it itself whatever os I am using ?03:45
proberosmy credits over to ask another question ? : )03:48
proberosheyooooo03:50
proberosgood bye03:54
Cheri703proberos: sometimes people step away from their computers for a bit. just be patient. Generally pm'ing people without asking isn't advised.03:54
hobgoblinproberos: apparently it does - there was a bug - but the one I saw is fixed03:55
hobgoblin+1 to that Cheri70303:55
Cheri703hobgoblin: can I pm you?03:55
hobgoblinno03:55
hobgoblin:)03:55
Cheri703proberos: they also might be looking up things to help you!03:55
hobgoblinyes of course you can :D03:55
Cheri703kk, thanks03:55
proberosI know that pm ing is not somethnig nice, but sometimes I feel bad about people's not caring about me03:56
yofelproberos: turbo boost works on my i7 here, so I would say it's supported (at least powertop says it's in turbo mode when used)03:56
proberosyes it should be the feature of the processor separate from OS04:00
proberosThanks.04:00
yofelhm, he's gone, the kernel needs to support it though, since it manages the cpu frequency04:01
hobgoblinwe don't care enough probably ...04:02
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Cheri703apparently04:02
zkriessehello darkma773r and zeroseven018304:07
zeroseven0183Hi04:08
darkma773rHi04:08
zeroseven0183How's everybody doing on the other side of the world?04:09
zkriesseFine04:09
zkriessenice and dark here04:09
darkma773rI'm doing great!04:09
Cheri703it's COLD here04:10
zeroseven0183Here, it's bright and hot04:10
zkriesselolz04:10
zkriesseand where is "Here"?04:10
darkma773rwhere exactly would the "other side of the world" be to you?04:10
zeroseven0183Philippines04:10
hobgoblinnew zealand04:10
Cheri703Ohio04:10
zeroseven0183Great!04:10
zeroseven0183It's less than a month before Christmas. Has anybody completed their wish list?04:11
hobgoblinis it the 24th yet zeroseven0183 ?04:11
darkma773rI would love to see New Zealand. Michigan is freezing cold.04:11
zeroseven0183I think I'll include New Zealand in my Christmas wish list.04:12
darkma773rme too:-)04:12
zeroseven0183And perhaps Michigan... snowy?04:12
darkma773rnot yet but it's freaking freezing and windy.04:13
darkma773rnot fun04:13
hobgoblindarkma773r: I'd love to see new zealand too - but it's the other side of the world to me :)04:13
zeroseven0183I see. So what would be a good tech gadget this Christmas?04:13
zkriesseA laptop04:15
* zkriesse wants a nice laptop04:15
zeroseven0183I'm thinking of buying a netbook/tablet04:16
zeroseven0183since I already have a laptop :-)04:16
darkma773rparts. I'm always looking for extra random computer parts.04:16
Cheri703I'm hoping to get a new phone in the next month or two04:17
Cheri703might have to wait til january for the next big phone to hit, so the one I want will get cheaper :)04:18
darkma773rgood plan04:18
zeroseven0183Yeah. But how about catching the holiday sale?04:18
hobgoblindarkma773r: better than my plan - wait for years then pick them up for free04:19
zeroseven0183Though holiday sales usually extends up to third week of January. Right?04:19
hobgoblinzkriesse: morning zach :)04:19
zkriessehobgoblin: well hello!04:19
zkriessehobgoblin: how are ya doing lately?04:19
hobgoblinzeroseven0183: here sales are in 6 blocks of almost 2 months - seperated by one day04:20
hobgoblinzkriesse: pretty good on the whole ty - it's a bit early today though :( woken at stupid o'clock04:20
zkriessehobgoblin: that always sucks04:20
hobgoblinyep04:20
zkriessehobgoblin: how's ufbt coming along?04:20
hobgoblinit's there - talking bout stuff - but I am not about as much as I used to be - anywhere04:21
zkriesseouch04:22
hobgoblinreal life ;)04:23
zkriessealways comes first04:23
zeroseven0183It's lunchtime here, people. Got to go off for a while04:23
hobgoblinI so wish it was lunchtime :)04:23
zkriesselol04:24
zkriesseit's ten thirty at night for me04:24
hobgoblin4~:04:26
hobgoblinwhoops 4:30am04:26
darkma773rgoodbye, everyone.04:35
kosaidpohello guys any knows why icant open url in hotot ??07:59
evfoolhi all08:19
hobgoblinhi08:22
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zkriessehey slidinghorn ping08:37
zkriessehello nit-wit serfus and hobgoblin as well08:37
serfushowdy zkriesse08:39
hobgoblinhi zkriesse08:39
nit-witzkriesse, howdy08:41
nit-witjust seeing whats going on if anybody needs a little help08:42
zkriesselol08:43
zkriessegood place to offer assistance08:43
hobgoblinnit-wit: just hang about someone will wander in08:44
hobgoblinand with that I'm off again08:44
* Cheri703 is not tired at all even though it's almost 4am and is almost done watching an incredibly stupid movie08:46
nit-witCheri703, whats the movie08:47
Cheri703from dusk til dawn08:47
Cheri703omg it was dumb08:47
Cheri703just finished08:48
Cheri703so far tonight the tally is at one good movie, one horrible movie, and now starting another so we'll see how it balances out08:49
nit-witCheri703, never seen it but it written Tarantino ansd looks like George Clooney is in it not goo eh08:50
nit-witgood08:50
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Cheri703yeah, you'd think it'd be ok, but...HORRIBLE and cheesy and "omg blood and frontal nudity!" -_- that's about the extent of 75% of the movie08:50
nit-witCheri703, have you seen Undercover Brother08:59
Cheri703a long time ago08:59
nit-witCheri703, I saw it in a film class thought it was funny, another is Fresh08:59
nit-witFresh is a hood film09:00
benpowers23help me!!!09:23
benpowers23i have tried to fix my problem the hard way, and it didnt work  i want to do a clean install can anyone help me09:24
benpowers23?09:24
benpowers23anyone?09:25
Cheri703!question09:27
benpowers23hello?09:27
ubot2Please don't ask to ask a question, simply ask the question (all on ONE line and in the channel, so that others can read and follow it easily). If anyone knows the answer they will most likely reply. :-)09:27
Cheri703what do you need benpowers23 ?09:27
benpowers23i installed ubunti 1010 and tried kubuntu and it has done nothing but cause problems since09:28
Cheri703ok09:29
benpowers23so i thought clean was the best way to go09:29
Cheri703ok, so what is it that you need help with?09:29
suprengrcant find the link at the moment. puregnome anyone? i'm guessing that would help benpowers2309:30
Cheri703suprengr: I have no idea what puregnome is09:30
benpowers23i have repartitioned and installed i just feel i have messed it all up09:30
suprengrfound it... https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PureGnome09:31
Cheri703I just reinstalled on both of my computers today09:31
benpowers23it gave me errors ...could not uninstall i want to reformat and reinstall on the whole partition09:34
benpowers23i feel like ivw messed it up beyond fixin09:34
Cheri703benpowers23: I'm sorry, I'm still not seeing what you need help with.09:35
benpowers23i have 3 main partitions win vista main, win vista rec, and ubuntu... i want to start fresh on the ubuntu partition09:36
Cheri703ok09:37
suprengrbenpowers23: it will show errors for packages that weren't installed alongside... it should. you need to restart to see if any good was done [& don't forgret to try the manual method described.. errors as well but nignore]09:37
suprengr*ignore09:37
benpowers23ive been down this road soooo many times i want to just reinstall09:38
suprengrbenpowers23:  create a gparted livecd, delete partition in question and re-install Ubuntu.09:39
suprengr...or a clonezilla live cd09:41
Cheri703doesn't the general livecd come with gparted?09:42
Cheri703the last few I used did (I think) ...09:43
Cheri703the 10.10 does I thought09:43
* Cheri703 knows she used it09:43
suprengrCheri703: very good point... run the live cd !!!09:44
Cheri703that would let you use the existing partition and just format it09:44
Cheri703if reinstallation is what you're seeking09:44
suprengr[perhaps I need to wake up a bit more]09:44
* suprengr gets a coffee09:44
Cheri703suprengr: this is why I wasn't understanding what the question was, apparently it was possible to install in the first place, so what step needs assistance now?09:45
suprengrCheri703: it was a question resulting in an install of Kubuntu desktop in Ubuntu... it messes up the user's system and PureGnome didn't seem to do the trick.  He/she now wants to restart from fresh with a clean Ubuntu instal.09:47
Cheri703well yeah, I got that the end goal was a reinstall, but wasn't sure which piece of that needed help09:48
Cheri703if I came in here and said "I think I'm going to reinstall" or "I want to reinstall" that doesn't really ask for help with anything in particular...I dunno, perhaps I'm being too literal...it's almost 5am09:49
suprengrnope... it confused me at first... he/she was a bit frustrated with the situation they got into I guess and actually answered the question themselves.. re-install!  he/she just wasn't sure of any way of removing current messes up installation.09:50
suprengr*messed09:51
Cheri703well, on that note, I need to at least attempt sleep. I tried a bit ago, but husband was snoring like a freight train, so I whipped up a white noise file so I'm going to put headphones on and try again09:52
Cheri703have a good night/day/whatever suprengr!09:53
suprengrCheri703: yourself too... have a good one.09:53
duanedesignhello all, good morning09:59
duanedesignCheri703: have you ever tried the app...10:00
duanedesignCheri703: Gnaural10:00
duanedesignCheri703: Binaraul Beat Generator. Your comment of white noise file to help sleep reminded me of that app. I use it to help sleep.10:01
nit-witCheri703, I have a question for you in the dialogue window10:31
kosaidpohello guys13:24
kosaidpoi cant open Url in hotot any idea why ??13:24
Shortyi have a gateway nv79 with ubuntu 10.10 64bit that i just kinda got working on it14:21
Shortyi cannot get the wireless adapter to be enabled14:22
Shortyubuntu recognizes its ther but when i click the wifi thing on the top right corner of the screen "enable wireless" is blacked out14:22
Shortyif i do an rfkill list in terminal it says Soft Key off hard key on14:23
Shortyany ideas?14:23
Shortyanyone out there?14:25
UndiFineDno ideas14:28
Shortylol14:31
Shortyyea tough one huh14:32
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bobbyjanybody know any good gps software?17:36
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joe1234can someone please help me19:48
Cheri703!questions19:49
ubot2Please don't ask to ask a question, simply ask the question (all on ONE line and in the channel, so that others can read and follow it easily). If anyone knows the answer they will most likely reply. :-)19:49
Cheri703what do you need joe1234?19:49
joe1234how do i view divx streams? i've tried vlc to mplayer but i just can't view them. i'm a noob lol. just got ubuntu yesterday and fell in love with it but i can't stream divx files19:50
tenachHello! How would I remove a semicolon from a group of filenames in the same directory?  I have been looking at sed, but I don't know if that's the right tools.19:51
tenachs/tools/tool19:51
Cheri703joe1234: sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras19:51
Cheri703and go from there19:51
pedro3005tenach, python :p19:52
joe1234i already have the restricted extras19:52
joe1234the video is still blank19:52
joe1234oh btw i have the newest 10.10 version19:52
tenachpedro3005: Whatever works. I just need to run it against a directory and replace ';' with a blank ''19:53
pedro3005tenach, all files?19:53
tenachpedro3005: These files keep dying when copying to a Windoze machine.19:53
tenachpedro3005: It needs to check through a directory and any file with a semicolon needs to be modified to remove the semicolon19:53
pedro3005tenach, I"d try something like19:53
pedro3005tenach, for file in glob.glob("*.*"): if ";" in file: subprocess.call(["mv", file, file.replace(";", "")])19:54
tenachWould that keep the name and just remove that then?19:55
pedro3005it would replace ";" with ""19:56
tenachOkay19:56
tenachHm.19:56
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SHADEDAllo19:57
pedro3005to be honest, there's probably some easier bash way of doing it19:57
pedro3005but I never bothered to learn bash scripting19:57
SHADEDI need help with getting my wifi to work on a new linux install19:57
SHADEDI have a dell truemobile wifi dongle19:57
joe1234how can i stream divx files?19:57
SHADEDI am at a loss for what I should do next19:57
zkriessejoe1234: you've asked your question, wait for an answer19:57
pedro3005SHADED, do you have a model number?19:58
SHADEDyes one second19:58
zkriesseSHADED: what's the screenshot link again19:58
SHADEDwww.xs.to/3GDZ19:58
SHADEDtrue mobile 1300 wireless usb adapter19:58
tenachWhat pedro3005 rename -v 's/\;//' *19:58
SHADEDmodel T234919:58
tenachdoes it19:58
tenachMinus the what19:58
zkriesseSHADED: I kinda meant a screen shot of the connections menu19:59
zkriessebut never mind19:59
SHADEDoh19:59
SHADEDI can do that too19:59
pedro3005tenach, :P19:59
pedro3005SHADED, what's the output of iwconfig?19:59
SHADEDsecond19:59
zkriessepedro3005: you got this?20:00
pedro3005zkriesse, I'll try20:00
zkriesseok20:00
zkriessepedro3005: ya know the deal...ping/pm/memoserv/email if you need me20:00
zkriesseOtherwise Ive got a paper to write20:00
SHADEDpedro3005: etho0 no wireless extension, lo no wireless extension20:02
pedro3005SHADED, so you're on wirted internet right now?20:03
pedro3005wired*20:03
SHADEDI have an ethernet cable if I need internet20:03
SHADEDStealing off my laptop20:03
SHADEDbut I want wifi for the long run20:03
SHADEDmy laptop travels with me, I need a homebase20:03
pedro3005yeah, sure20:04
pedro3005try this:20:04
pedro3005hm, damn, I closed the link20:04
pedro3005one moment20:04
pedro3005SHADED, well, first, have you checked System > Administration > Hardware DriverS?20:05
SHADEDnot an option20:06
SHADEDaddiotinal drivers?20:06
joe1234anyone for my question?20:06
pedro3005SHADED, yeah, that20:08
SHADEDhmm20:08
SHADEDnada20:08
* pedro3005 has no idea why ubuntu keeps changing the damn names20:08
SHADEDnothing displayed20:08
SHADEDpedro3005: The help menu even refers to it as hardware drivers :P20:09
pedro3005SHADED, sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree20:09
pedro3005SHADED, what is your ubuntu version?20:09
SHADED10.1020:09
pedro3005ok20:09
pedro3005try that command20:09
SHADEDoh20:10
SHADEDI might need ethernet for that lolol20:10
* SHADED facepalms20:10
SHADEDsecond20:10
SHADEDdone20:10
pedro3005now take it out and plug it back in (the adapter)20:11
Daniel0108hi20:11
SHADEDplugged back in20:11
SHADEDYES!20:11
SHADEDpedro3005: I LOVE YOU20:11
pedro3005and see if it turns up in network manager20:11
pedro3005lol :)20:11
SHADEDsuccess!20:12
SHADEDpedro3005: IF I WAS A WOMAN I WOULD THROW MYSELF AT YOU20:12
pedro3005thanks.. I guess20:12
SHADED;D20:12
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pedro3005SHADED, it's not like that was on the second link after googling "your model + ubuntu" or anything20:12
pedro3005:P20:12
* Shaded facepalms20:13
ShadedI searched the brand name not the model20:13
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tenachpedro3005: it's gotten worse now; I need to remove all non-alphanumeric characters from the names, but keep ()[]- and spaces. :|20:20
pedro3005tenach, python?20:20
tenachpedro3005: I don't know how to do this - I know regex will be nice for it though.  And right now I don't care what language it is. XD20:21
Demolitioanyone know how to get Empathy to connect to MSN's servers using the http method?20:21
tenachHe may not like that it's python though. XD20:21
Daniel0108Demolitio: you can add a msn account to empathy20:22
pedro3005tenach, newname = [x for x in old_name if x.lower() in [string.ascii_lowercase] + ['(', ')', '[', ']', '-', ' ']] ? :P20:22
pedro3005i dunno20:22
DemolitioDaniel0108: I know I can.... but  i'm having intermittant problems with the protocol. (constant reconnects, messages not being sent..... status shows as online even though I can't see anyone and they can't see me..).20:24
DemolitioI've been using aMSN, and it seems stable using http tunneling... but Empathy doesn't have that option, that I can see visible.20:24
Cheri703pidgin 2.7.7 is happy with msn now20:25
Demolitiodoes pidgin have FB chat support?20:25
Cheri703yep20:25
Cheri703separate add on, but yes20:25
Cheri703and bot sentry20:25
Cheri703which is wonderful20:25
Demolitiohmm. I may try it out.20:25
DemolitioI like Empathy for the Gnome integration though.20:26
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Cheri703pidgin integrates with the messaging indicator20:26
Cheri703it's not quite as pretty as empathy, but it does the job20:26
Daniel0108Demolitio: I don't think Pidgin has FB chat support, but it has an extension for fb support20:26
aveilleuxDemolitio, Cheri703, Facebook chat is just an XMPP server. The FB plugin is redundant.20:26
Cheri703ok20:26
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aveilleuxDaniel0108, ^20:26
Cheri703just saying20:26
Cheri703to get 2.7.7 you have to google, it's (for some stupid reason) not the current download version on their site for ubuntu20:27
Demolitioanything I need to do to integrate it with indicator Applet?20:28
aveilleuxCheri703, The repositories are always a little behind the latest version.20:28
Cheri703even on pidgin.im though20:28
Cheri703had to install via getdeb20:28
aveilleuxCheri703, It's probably an unstable version20:29
Cheri703but the pidgin site shows 2.7.7 as the "current" but ubuntu download is 2.7.6 (or 5)...I dunno. .7 fixes the msn issue though20:30
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tenachCheri703: a while ago I followed this http://www.pidgin.im/download/ubuntu/ and get the latest via their PPA20:46
Cheri703I tried that and I still got 2.7.520:46
tempossYes it looks like the version in the ppa is 2.7.520:52
suprengrhttp://www.webupd8.org/2010/11/install-pidgin-276-in-ubuntu-with-msn.html20:52
suprengr//read through it and it takes you to 7.720:52
Cheri703suprengr: that's the link I used20:52
suprengrincluding the bit that goes...20:53
suprengrPidgin 2.7.7 is not yet available in the Ubuntu Pidgin PPA, however you can install it via GetDeb (for Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10):20:53
suprengr1. Download THIS .deb and install it - it will add the GetDeb repository.20:53
suprengr2. Run the following command to update your software sources:20:53
suprengrhaven't tried it but worth a go?20:55
tempossgetdeb can be useful20:55
Cheri703suprengr: worked for me20:56
suprengr;)20:56
Cheri703I'm running 2.7.7 and the msn issue is fixed and running smoothly20:56
suprengrdouble ;)20:56
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joe1234what do i have to do to be able to stream divx videos?23:05
EleanorVLC can handle video streams23:09
joe1234Eleanor: how would I do that? can you please give me step by step because I have tried everything from media connectivity to vlc to mplayer; nothing has worked.23:12

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