[00:08] <moses> alrigth
[00:08] <moses> whats that config command again
[00:08] <moses> i changed the resolution
[00:08] <moses> and my computer froze
[00:08] <moses> whats that nvidia config
[00:08] <moses> command
[00:09] <yofel> nvidia-settings
[00:09] <moses> nvidia-settings
[00:09] <moses> woopps
[00:10] <James147> moses: ^^ you need to launch it as root to save the config (to make the setting perminent) "kdesudo nvidia-settings"
[00:12] <moses> why does it crash?
[00:12] <Snowhog> moses: Laptop or PC?
[00:13] <moses> pc
[00:13] <moses> hmm
[00:13] <moses> everytime i mess with the settings it tweaks out
[00:14] <Snowhog> moses: You aren't attempting to make a setting that the monitor or the vid card doesn't support are you?
[00:14] <moses> no i went way lower
[00:14] <moses> but the driver kinda sucks i guess
[00:14] <moses> maybe i have the wrong driver
[00:15] <yofel> what's your card? 'lspci | grep VGA' will tell
[00:16] <moses> GeForce FX Go5200 32M/64M
[00:17] <moses> whats the shortcut to bring that bar down agAIN?
[00:21] <moses> alt something?
[00:21] <James147> F2
[00:22] <moses> ty
[00:23] <moses> so how can  i verify that i have installed the correct driver
[00:25] <moses> how do i see my current resolution?
[00:45] <Torch> moses: nvidia-settings -q FrontendResolution
[00:45] <Torch> moses: nvidia-settings --help tells you what this thing can do.
[01:00] <moses> so
[02:04] <rtdos> 2 questions: what happened to xdm and is there a desktop similar to the one on MacOS?
[03:30] <andrewh192> aloha peoples
[04:44] <BrianH> howdy
[04:45] <BrianH> how can I boot into verbose mode with kubuntu?
[04:46] <BrianH> I'm trying to troubleshoot some boot lag, it's sitting at a black screen for a while, then spits out a driver registration error and continues on
[04:48] <James147> BrianH: remove the "quite splash" from the kernel paramters
[05:12] <RixAeris> hello
[05:20] <James147> Hello RixAeris
[08:30] <sre-su_> !!!!!!!!
[08:30] <James147> ^^
[08:30] <sre-su_> !grub2
[08:42] <CruX|> hello all
[08:43] <CruX|> in git-cola action toolbar is emplty this is probably bug
[08:43] <CruX|> and is fixed in latest package
[08:43] <sre-su> James147, THe link says # Reboot
[08:43] <sre-su> #
[08:43] <sre-su> Refresh the GRUB 2 menu with sudo update-grub. Where will I type that command??
[08:43]  * James147 wonders what git-cola is
[08:43] <CruX|> can any1 generate new packaje ?
[08:44] <CruX|> sre-su: into console
[08:44] <sre-su> James147, grub-rescue  part?
[08:45] <sre-su> James147, Method 1, point 7
[08:45] <sre-su> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Reinstalling%20GRUB%202
[08:45] <James147> sre-su: sudo update-grub   in a shell, a normal shell, like bash :) thats running with the partition that grub is installed on as the root
[08:46] <sre-su> uh-huh? Gurb will work only after completeion of those steps.. and only then I'll get the console of OS or tty... Its part of procedure for resintalling GRUB
[08:46] <James147> sre-su: ^^ thats ment to be run once your system is able to boot agian...
[08:47] <sre-su> I don't how will it mess with dual boot stuff
[08:47] <James147> sre-su: did you get to the reboot step without errors?
[08:48] <sre-su> James147, coming to it, hold on please
[08:48] <James147> sre-su: update-grub should auto detect the operating systems and add menu enrties for them
[08:49] <sre-su> Yeah, I anyway will find the cause of it all with grub-probe
[09:44] <amichair> my Thunderbird started opening links in Chrome even though in system settings -> default applications it's set to use firefox... anyone know how to change it back?
[09:49] <sre-su> James147, Hard luck!
[09:49] <James147> ^^
[09:49] <sre-su> It reduces to GRUB minimal bash line editting
[09:49] <sre-su> I remeber being here before
[09:49] <sre-su> It just gives
[09:49] <sre-su> grub>
[09:50] <James147> sre-su: at least grub is installed :)
[09:50] <sre-su> yup
[09:50] <sre-su> But I cannot even go to any of the OS now
[09:51] <sre-su> Still on LiveCD!!
[09:51] <James147> http://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/index.php?act=ST&f=14&t=5025 << try that
[09:52] <sre-su> Duh
[10:05] <kyubutsu> so, am looking around in systemSettings/colors/commonColors trying to find which one changes the on-hover outline in kickoff..
[10:06] <kyubutsu> like, you open kickoff and hover over the icons , that thin outline on the selection.. anyone knows?
[10:07] <James147> kyubutsu: selection background i think
[10:08] <k0s> здраствуйте россияне
[10:08] <kyubutsu> yup, that was it
[10:08] <James147> !ru | k0s
[10:09] <kyubutsu> :D
[10:11] <kyubutsu> unfortunately it changes ALL selection backgrounds, i just wanted to change it in kickoff  :(
[10:11] <James147> kyubutsu: afraid thats allot more complex to do
[10:13] <HandyGandy> Hello I just added the beta ppa for kde to a ubuntu maverick install. Now when I get into kde plasma keeps crashing. Anyone else seeing this?
[10:13] <James147> HandyGandy: tests it with a new user
[10:14] <orzel> hi... since i've updated to maverick, kmail wont start. It complains about "kmail: error while loading shared libraries: libkontactinterface.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"
[10:14] <orzel> i've tried updating/upgrading.. but that wont fix it.  Then i've installed 'by hand' a package called libkontactinterface4, and now there's another missing dependancy "kmail: error while loading shared libraries: libakonadi-contact.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"
[10:15] <orzel> I'm sure i'm not supposed to install all of this one-by-one... but i can't find how i'm supposed to do. I've also tried to re-install kmail.. but  that does nothing
[10:22] <14WAAMZKP> i am getting a nick clash with the ubunut irc server
[10:22] <14WAAMZKP> how do i rectify it?
[10:25] <kyubutsu> alright, next coloring question.. that active window glow with effects enabled.. whats the option to change that
[10:27] <kyubutsu> guessing it ought to be on desktopEffects/allEffects..
[10:30] <seiflotfy> hey guys
[10:30] <seiflotfy> :)
[10:30] <seiflotfy> any devs here ?
[10:32] <rork> seiflotfy: see #kubuntu-devel
[10:33] <rork> kyubutsu: System Settings > Appearance > Windows > Window Decoration Shadows > Active Window Glow (under 10.04)
[10:35] <kyubutsu> right.. thats it!  :D
[10:35] <kyubutsu> am on 10.10 btw..
[10:36] <divinefury> hi
[10:49] <volty> hi, kubuntu-10.10, I cannot access the address book from kmail (and other apps), how can I fix this?
[10:55] <divinefury> anyone got any idea on how to disable cdc_acm (it is something to do with usb modems)
[10:55] <divinefury> the problem arises when i connect a cell-phone to the computer and try accessing its features with gnokii
[11:57] <baxeico> hi, someone has installed kdevelop and kdevelop-php in maverick?
[11:57] <baxeico> I did :) but I cannot see the php plugin loaded in kdevelop
[11:58] <baxeico> kdevelop 4.1.2 from maverick backports ppa
[13:31] <jorge_> hiii
[13:31] <jesus_> hii ni hii
[13:31] <jesus_> q te cree bilingue
[13:31] <jorge_> jjjajaa
[13:32] <jorge_> y tu k te crees
[13:32] <jorge_> x si hay alguien en ingles
[13:32] <jesus_> si te das cuenta na mas q hablamos nosotros
[13:32] <jesus_> no hbla nadieeee
[13:32] <jesus_> hii
[13:33] <jesus_> my friend jorge is gay i don't no speak
[13:36] <mhermans> After a reboot, KDE fails to launch, stating that my home dir does not have the right permissions (the permissions seem fine however). Google tells me that it may be something todo with .ICEauthority; how should that file look like (it is empty, -rw-------)?
[13:40] <mhermans> Exact error messages are "KDE could not start. No access to home directory" and next a popup with "Could not start ksmserver. Check your installation"
[13:42] <mhermans> A lot of the instructions online date from 2004/2005, making me wary of just trying them all without understanding where the problem comes from
[13:42] <mhermans> (instructions when googling on these error messages)
[13:42] <Space_Man> I'm using kde3 my .ICEauthority is also rw-------
[13:44] <mhermans> Thanks. I'm on Kubuntu 10.10 btw, KDE4
[13:51] <mhermans> I made a new user, who can succesfully log in/start KDE. The .ICEauthority file is identical. Suggestions welcome :-/
[13:54] <Space_Man> compare dir/file permissions and owners
[13:57] <mhermans> I'll try that, thanks
[14:47] <komputes> Kmail in 10.10 (used under GNOME) reports Akonadi is not running as the root
[14:47] <BluesKaj> Hiyas
[14:47] <komputes> BluesKaj: hi
[14:52] <BluesKaj> hi komputes
[14:53] <komputes> seems related to this http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1595715 however I fail to see why average users should use phpmyadmin to drop a database and rebuild it
[15:02] <BluesKaj> sorry komputes, I haven't used kmail in yrs ..I
[15:03] <BluesKaj> I'm a basically a home user
[15:03] <BluesKaj> gmail and thunderbird are what we use here
[15:04] <amichair> is there a way to break out of a stuck konsole without closing the tab?
[15:05] <komputes> BluesKaj: I use this too, but testing kmail it seems to be very broken and does not upgrade well at all
[15:05] <komputes> BluesKaj: This == TB + Gmail
[15:07] <BluesKaj> komputes, after kde4 , kmail became unstable hasn't recovered IMO
[15:08] <BluesKaj> amichair, open another konsole ?
[15:08] <amichair> BluesKaj: I was thinking more in the direction of something stronger than ctrl-c, is there such a thing?
[15:09] <BluesKaj> amichair, how about killing it in the monitor
[15:09] <amichair> BluesKaj: monitor?
[15:10] <amichair> yeah I can open a different tab and kill the process manually, if that's what u meant...
[15:10] <BluesKaj> system monitor in kmenu/system
[15:14] <komputes> BluesKaj: I rather enjoyed KDE 3.5
[15:17] <mp2> Kubuntu is the best!!!!!!
[15:17] <BluesKaj> yes komputes , I used kmail in kde3 for quite awhile , but the look and configure procedure became too spread out over too many settings/dialogs for my liking
[15:18] <komputes> BluesKaj: Akonadi, Nepomuk etc...
[15:19] <BluesKaj> kal ha never had a very logical configuration from my pov
[15:19] <BluesKaj> err kmail
[15:19] <mp2> I have used ubuntu for 2 years and now I have change to kubuntu, and I very much like it. Looks cool, better then gnome(win95).
[15:20] <BluesKaj> komputes, well I don't use either of those
[15:20] <komputes> Akonadi, Nepomuk, Strigi - where do these names come from and why not name them something that people can identify (like obviously, this does that, because of the name)
[15:21] <BluesKaj> mp2 , it's all a matter of taste..I've run into purists of both desktops
[15:21] <BluesKaj> komputes, yeah , agreed
[15:22] <mp2> I don't know what you can taste in gnome
[15:26] <BluesKaj> mp2 , visual tastes , ever heard of that ? :)
[15:27] <BluesKaj> hmm too late
[15:38] <eldowan> I have 10.10 installed, and had used network manager to setup my internet connection for my server. However, once I log the user out, the connection dies. Is there a way to disable this? If I make edit the /etc/network/interfaces file, will that work correctly?
[15:39] <BluesKaj> eldowan, ethernet?
[15:39] <eldowan> yes, wired ethernet
[15:40] <BluesKaj> ok eldowan , this may help: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/setting-up-an-network-interfaces-file/
[15:42] <BluesKaj> eldowan, also list all IPs on your network in /etc/hosts.allow file like this : ALL:192.168.x.x
[15:43] <eldowan> BluesKaj: cool. I'm familiar with the interfaces file, but I know network manager overwrites resolv.conf. I don't know if network manager also overwrites the interfaces file as well.
[15:44] <eldowan> That's a great link though, thanks for that.
[15:44] <BluesKaj> eldowan, remove network manager if you're going to rely on the interfaces file
[15:45] <BluesKaj> it will only interfere with your settings and cause probs
[15:45] <eldowan> BluesKaj: aah! thanks. I think thats exactly what I was looking for.
[15:47] <BluesKaj> eldowan, network manager is only good for the complexities required by wifi settings
[15:48] <eldowan> oh good grief. it really threw me for a loop until I recognized that the network died when my user logged off. :/
[15:49] <BluesKaj> set the interfaces file in each pc / server on the network , eldowan
[15:50] <eldowan> BluesKaj: yeah, thanks for the reminder. I guess I should have set the interfaces file before I removed the network-manager
[15:50] <eldowan> aah, i'm a dumbass
[15:50] <BluesKaj> eldowan, just use ifconfig to find the IPs and route find the gateway IP and you should be ok
[15:50] <eldowan> BluesKaj: if i don't get disconnected. sure.
[15:51] <BluesKaj> eldowan, no, you can still do it , removing nm doesn't wipe the settings in resolv.conf or interfaces
[15:51] <eldowan> BluesKaj: well, ssh stopped responding, and I can't make another connection
[15:53] <BluesKaj> eldowan, sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
[15:53] <eldowan> BluesKaj: I'm ssh'd in. ssh is not responding. I can't even get a shell
[15:59] <marcnarc> Hi!
[15:59] <BluesKaj> are you ssh'd into a local network or a remote , eldowan
[15:59] <eldowan> BluesKaj: one interface, eth0. I ssh'd in.
[15:59] <eldowan> oh, sorry. the server sits about an hour drive away.
[16:00] <BluesKaj> oops
[16:00] <marcnarc> I'd like to change the alt-tab behaviour, but all the widgets disabled in Configure->Window Behavior->TaskSwitcher?
[16:01] <eldowan> BluesKaj: yep. like I said, I'm a dumbass.
[16:01] <eldowan> Thanks for the help though, I do appreciate it. Tonight I'll be able to finish the setup w/ interfaces.
[16:02] <BluesKaj> marcnarc, I just use the settings available in the desktop effects/all effects
[16:03] <BluesKaj> eldowan, hope everything works out for you , one thing , you might have to reset the  ~/.ssh/known_hosts file ..dunno for sure with remote servers tho
[16:03] <marcnarc> BluesKaj, I've tried changing those without any luck.  I'm stuck in "walk through windows" mode.
[16:03] <eldowan> BluesKaj: nah, ssh shouldn't regen the keys
[16:04] <BluesKaj> eldowan, ok , good luck
[16:04] <marcnarc> BluesKaj: You're referring to the stuff under Desktop Effects->All Effects right?
[16:04] <BluesKaj> marcnarc, yes
[16:06] <marcnarc> BluesKaj: Under "Windows Management" I just have "Box Switch" selected, but alt-tab just jumps from window to window.
[16:07] <FloridaGuy> what stage is 11.04 in right now.....beta....rc
[16:11] <BluesKaj> marcnarc, sorry I don't know effects you're trying to achieve
[16:13] <marcnarc> BluesKaj: Mainly I'm wondering why the widgets under Window Behavior->Task Switcher are disabled.
[16:13] <BluesKaj> FloridaGuy, alpha 1 testing ...I'm running natty without any probs right now , except dragonplayer crashes after you close it ...that's all I've encountered so far
[16:16] <marcnarc> It says "Focus policy settings limit the functionality of navigating through windows" no matter what focus policy  I select.
[16:17] <FloridaGuy> BluesKaj: witch is better....update-manager -d or do-release-upgrade -d....... altF2    brings up command box...the i put in update-manager -d    hit enter..and nothing happens
[16:18] <BluesKaj> FloridaGuy, do-release-upgrade -d , update manager is known to break stuff ,,leaves dependencies behind etc
[16:18] <FloridaGuy> BluesKaj: i found update manager needs installed
[16:19] <BluesKaj> FloridaGuy, no matter , open a terminal and do: sudo do-release-upgrade -d
[16:19] <FloridaGuy> i just did
[16:21] <BluesKaj> FloridaGuy, oops I should have mentioned remove or comment with a # in fron tof any ppas in the sources.list
[16:22] <BluesKaj> FloridaGuy, alt+F2 , kdesudo kate /etc/apt/sources.list
[16:22] <BluesKaj> FloridaGuy, if your install stalls or stops with errors then doi the above
[16:23]  * BluesKaj shakes his head...no patience ...it's all instant gratification nowadays
[16:31] <rtdos> does kmail have a preview pane option?
[16:41] <marcnarc> BluesKaj: Solved!  I applied "click to focus" policy, then went back to Overview & returned to Window Behaviour.  Task Switcher widgets are now enabled.  Went back to Focus Under Mouse policy and task switcher is still good.
[16:44] <marcnarc> BluesKaj: Oops, no it's not.  I thought just "Focus Strictly Under Mouse" disabled the task switcher.  Is this a change in 4.5.5?
[17:06] <HandyGandy> Hey I added the beta kde ppa to my repositories a week ago. Yesterday when I upgraded a bunch of kde stuff was upgraded, when I reboot I get a drkonqi report,  no background/wallpaper no panels., no menus though ALt-F2 works.
[17:08] <france1159> Hello everyone
[17:09] <Tm_T> HandyGandy: have you upgraded since?
[17:15] <HandyGandy> Tm_T: I've tried but there's nothing to upgrade.
[17:16] <Tm_T> roger
[17:17] <Tm_T> HandyGandy: could you try to do the report with drkonqi, make sure it has three yellow stars in top right (:
[17:18] <jude> I am not able to insatall ati driver in my hp laptop
[17:18] <jude> I am not able to insatall ati driver in my hp laptop..............plzhelp
[17:19] <jude> I am not able to insatall ati driver in my hp laptop..............plz, help
[17:19] <jude> I am not able to insatall ati driver in my hp laptop..............plz, help
[17:19] <jude> I am not able to insatall ati driver in my hp laptop..............plz, help
[17:19] <geekosopher> jude: repeating the same message won't help
[17:19] <geekosopher> tell us what is the error that you get
[17:23] <divinefury> HandyGandy: do you get to the kde login screen?
[17:25] <divinefury> HandyGandy: if so, could you try logging into console?
[17:25] <jude> it never completes booting. it stuck up with a sentence............Battery checking.....
[17:30] <jude> no
[17:30] <jude> i dont get the kde login screen
[17:31] <jude> after this problem i login by single usermode and
[17:31] <jude> cd etc
[17:31] <jude> cd X11
[17:32] <jude> reset the config file
[17:33] <jude> nw am able to complete the normal booting
[17:33] <jude> bt the driver is not yet
[17:33] <jude> Plz help me to find a solution
[17:36] <absar> hi
[17:40] <divinefury> jude: uhhh
[17:40] <yofel> jude: you did install the driver using the hardware driver application?
[17:41] <jude> yes
[17:42] <jude>  i tried with that and sme steps fron ati website
[17:42] <yofel> hm, as long as you don't try to install the driver from the website instead of our driver you should be fine - I don't know much about ati though...
[17:45] <jude> hummmmmmm
[17:47] <j2daosh> hey all. need some help getting the network manager to connect to a wpa enterprise AP.
[17:47] <j2daosh> i set it up in the knetwork manager properties, but it won't even attempt to connect. where do i start troubleshooting this?
[17:50] <j2daosh> guess everyone must be in the gnome side, ill try over there
[17:54] <BluesKaj> j2daosh, which wifi chipset ?
[17:55] <j2daosh> atheros. i got it working on the gnome side. ill reboot in a little while and try kde, it probably just kept an authentication to a network that stopped working
[17:59] <BluesKaj> j2daosh, the atheros works quite well on kde and gnome afaik , but the enterprise is someting I'm not familiar with
[18:00] <j2daosh> well if it works on the gnome side, it should work on the KDE side, I will try it after i reboot into KDE later
[18:01] <BluesKaj> j2daosh, whynot just relogin rather than reboot
[18:03] <j2daosh> because im doing system updates that will require a reboot :D
[18:04] <BluesKaj> j2daosh, ok
[18:22] <zucken> woolas
[18:59] <PasNox> Hi all
[19:00] <PasNox> i'm using a KVM and sometimes when i start the computer the desktop screen size is too small
[19:00] <PasNox> generally i use 1440*900
[19:00] <PasNox> and when i have problems i got 1024*768
[19:01] <PasNox> so i try to go to tty1 and restart kdem / x but it still continue to don't want more size than 1024*768
[19:01] <PasNox> any idea ?
[19:22] <moses> can i transfer stuff to a linux laptop via usp, also whats a good pdf reader for linux?
[19:22] <moses> and a good torrent progran
[19:22] <moses> program
[19:43] <sylion> tell me please russian channal of kubuntu
[19:43] <sylion> RUSSIAN
[19:44] <Pici> !ru | sylion
[19:44] <sylion> !ru
[19:48] <sylion> who can help me? i install service menu in dolphin settings, but its dont work!
[19:48] <knxville> Im trying to change styles, but now im stuck with one style, and cant change..
[19:48] <knxville> the taskbar at the bottom and the widgit is blackish color now..
[19:52] <sylion> Hey people! Anybody can help me?
[19:54] <BluesKaj> !ask | sylion
[21:16] <guest122345> how do i start up konversation minimized when i login?
[21:17] <DarthFrog> guest122345:  Check "Settings" in konversation to see if it has that capability.
[21:55] <hermes> .
[21:56] <hermes> jus had to do it o.O'
[21:57] <hermes> So what is this exactly guys, can we help support linux here in any way or how?
[21:57] <maco> for kubuntu, yeah. for other distros, they have their own channels
[21:58] <hermes> no, dont much care for the other distros, no worries :)
[22:13] <Scunizi> I've got 80megs of stuff in /var/tmp/kdecache-mark ... can I delete it with no worries?
[22:16] <Scunizi> and 95 megs in /var/cache .. can I delete that too?
[23:23] <Mad_Dud> Hi guys. can you suggest app for managing and reading ebooks?
[23:24] <Mad_Dud> something, which scans folder searching for new files, bookmarks...
[23:37] <dendrite> hello! im trying to setup dual displays on 10.10 with the nvidia drivers correctly installed.  whenever I try to save changes to the xorg.conf file using the gui i get denied permission.  Running 'sudo nvidia-settings' doesn't help either.  Somehow on GTK this works with 10.10
[23:41] <Torch> dendrite: it cannot work as a regular user, but you got that one already.
[23:41] <Torch> dendrite: it should, however, work with sudo
[23:42] <dendrite> it didn't
[23:42] <dendrite> same response. lack of privelages.
[23:42] <Torch> dendrite: what does ls -l /etc/X11/xorg.conf tell you?
[23:43] <Torch> dendrite: who owns the file? is it writable? etc.
[23:43] <dendrite> root
[23:43] <dendrite> should i just trying changing the ownership for a second?
[23:43] <Torch> dendrite: paste the output of that command please
[23:44] <Torch> (it's just one line, you can paste it here safely)
[23:44] <dendrite> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 216 2011-01-19 17:52 /etc/X11/xorg.conf
[23:44] <Torch> dendrite: that's how it should be
[23:44] <dendrite> yea definately
[23:44] <Torch> dendrite: are you familiar with any shell editor? can you open the file with sudo <editor-of-your-choice> and just save it and see what happens?
[23:45] <Torch> (it should definitely work)
[23:45] <dendrite> yea what would you like me to see/change
[23:45] <Torch> dendrite: the editor saving the file without problems
[23:45] <Torch> dendrite: not making any changes, of course ;-)
[23:46] <dendrite> o. so do a test save of the file? to see if i can write to it?
[23:46] <Torch> dendrite: that's the plan
[23:47] <dendrite> sounds good. one sec
[23:47] <dendrite> yea no problems there
[23:47] <Torch> dendrite: well, strange. you can just save the new config to a file in your home dir in nvidia-settings
[23:47] <dendrite> ok i'll try that
[23:48] <Torch> dendrite: then copy that file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf with sudo
[23:48] <Torch> dendrite: that should work
[23:48] <dendrite> ah ok
[23:48] <Torch> dendrite: backup the old file
[23:48] <Torch> dendrite: before you overwrite it
[23:48] <dendrite> saving xorg.conf to my home directory isn't allowed either
[23:49] <dendrite> must be something with the gui
[23:49] <Torch> dendrite: hmm
[23:49] <dendrite> yea lol..
[23:49] <dendrite> I *could* just manually edit xorg. but I need to look around to see how to setup dual monitors correctly
[23:49] <Torch> wait, that tool doesn't save an xorg.conf file, does it?
[23:50] <Torch> it saves an nvidia-settings rc file
[23:50] <dendrite> i was pretty sure it saved a xorg.conf file
[23:50] <Torch> dendrite: if you click on "save current configuration" (i assume that's what you do)
[23:50] <dendrite> torch: yes that's what i do
[23:50] <Torch> dendrite: you get a gtk save file dialog that suggests .nvidia-settings-rc as file name
[23:51] <Torch> dendrite: that's nothing to do with xorg.conf. that's for running the nvidia-settings tool at login
[23:51] <dendrite> hm. i'm not getting anything with nvidia-settings.rc
[23:51] <Torch> dendrite: ah, and there's "safe to X configuration file" under "x server display configuration"
[23:51] <Torch> dendrite: did you try that one?
[23:52] <Torch> dendrite: so you're actually trying that one?
[23:52] <dendrite> but i am able to see a preview of the xorg.conf file before i actually save it. I copied that to my clipboard and I'm just gonna to put in xorg with an editor
[23:52] <dendrite> yes i tried that one
[23:52] <Torch> dendrite: and then it complains it needs privileges?
[23:52] <Torch> dendrite: and asks for a password?
[23:53] <dendrite> no it just says it couldn't parse the "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" file or "/home/$USER/xorg.conf"
[23:53] <Torch> dendrite: hmm, aha
[23:54] <dendrite> gonna restart X. i think i got it brb
[23:56] <hmmmz> i need a bit of help or if someone can tell me if its not possible with this distro..im trying to install ubuntu server 10.10 from a usb stick but the installation halts saying it cant find the cd..any ideas how to fix this or should i give up now and try a diffrent distro ??
[23:58] <dendrite> Torch: well it worked. copying the preview xorg.conf file into a new xorg.conf (after backing up original) seems to be working. now i have dual monitors yay!
[23:58] <Torch> dendrite: very good.
[23:59] <dendrite> just wish i didn't have to do all that.  using the gui should be able to work as in gnome under 10.10
[23:59] <Torch> dendrite: blame nvidia, not KDE
[23:59] <dendrite> yea.
[23:59] <Torch> dendrite: and you're right, of course.
[23:59] <Torch> dendrite: it absolutely should work