[00:24] i just installed ubuntu and when i bootup it says my monitor is out of range, how can i fix it. [00:24] stickjr25: Restart, and run in recovery mode. [00:24] Once there, attempt to run in a low graphics session. [00:26] cool? [00:26] That'll get you in the lowest resolution possible so you can scale up to the maximum resolution of your monitor. [00:27] when i select recovery mode i get the same issue of the monitor out of range [00:28] i cant even get to a part to set the resolution lower, the monitor is connected via HDMI as a side note. [00:31] any help? [00:33] stickjr25: What's the monitor make and model? [00:33] And your version of Ubuntu? [00:35] the newest version of ubuntu from the website and it is a westinghouse L2610NW [00:35] connected via HDMI [00:42] I'm having an issue with loosing my right-click menus and drop down menus. [00:42] @JackyAlcine figure anything out yet? [00:43] stickjr25: No, I'm sorry.. [00:46] johnny77: presently i have no ideas why that is happening [00:46] if i think of anything i'll be sure to let you know [00:46] seidos: ok, thank you. [00:48] johnny77: well i have some ideas. live cd. mouse configuration menu. [00:48] not sure if that will prove helpful, or what you have already tried [00:49] seidos: but how would the mouse config affect my drop down menus? [00:49] i just installed ubuntu and when i bootup it says my monitor is out of range, how can i fix it. [00:53] johnny77: right click button [00:54] johnny77: i may not know the definition of "drop down" menu. are *all* drop down menus not working? Like when you "system" no menu "drops down"? [00:56] seidos: So far from what I've noticed it's the drop downs in the programs. Like File, edit, etc. [00:57] johnny77: do any programs work? [00:59] seidos: Yes. It's hard to figure out because as soon as it starts doing it and I try to figure out what is all being affected it goes back to normal. [00:59] johnny77: what version of ubuntu? [01:00] seidos: I'm running 10.10 with fluxbox. It just happened again and I tried a few things. You might be right about the mouse config. [01:02] johnny77: ah. fluxbox. i wonder if it happens in 10.04. [01:03] I don't know. I didn't have fluxbox in 10.04. Barely had 10.04. [01:07] seidos: what? [01:08] seidos: there was a big update from 1.1.1 to +git ( git is a 2 year jump into modern software ) [01:08] see: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fluxbox [01:08] 10.04 has 1.1.1-6 [01:08] so 10.10 and 11.04 are "modern" [01:08] but will be replaced soon [01:09] with 1.1.3-1 [01:11] paultag: seidos was just trying to help me with a problem I was having. We may have figured out it is a mouse(touchpad) problem. [01:14] johnny77: i'm not sure how to configure a touchpad or mouse in fluxbox. i'm not presently in fluxbox, and the times i've used it, fluxbox just worked [01:15] seidos: it's cool thanks for helping. It got me a step closer. [01:17] wish i could do more :| [01:21] can i run fluxbox while gnome is running? [01:23] seidos: You can do fluxbox --replace... you'll lose your panels though [01:23] aveilleux: I was working on a long answer when you just popped in you simple one. [01:23] johnny77: hahaha, sorry [01:24] aveilleux: Also seidos need to know that will not be the same fluxbox I'm running. [01:24] aveilleux: no problem. :) [01:25] I was working on a gnome/metacity vs gnome/fluxbox vs fluxbox explanation. [01:27] does anyone see the last few moments in #-team? lol [01:27] JackyAlcine: hudda hudda hud [01:27] * JackyAlcine wipes a tear. [01:30] fluxbox --replace didn't function [01:31] seidos: could be exec fluxbox-start... I really don't remember the commands [01:32] aveilleux: fluxbox --replace ran, it just errored out. last thing it said "make sure you don't have another wm running" [01:38] !info alexandria [01:38] ubot2: info alexandria [01:38] damn bot [01:38] ubot2: info natty alexandria [01:39] paultag: alexandria (source: alexandria): a GNOME application for managing book collections. In component universe, is extra. Version 0.6.6-0ubuntu1 (maverick), package size 2666 kB, installed size 4784 kB [01:39] paultag: 'alexandria' is not a valid distribution: hardy, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty [01:39] ah there we are [01:40] seidos: You may need to kill GNOME and replace it with flux, but I don't know how that can be done (apart from killing the processes associated with GNOME) [01:41] aveilleux: erm, you don't kill gnome to start fluxbox, you kill the window manager, such as compiz or metacity [01:41] aveilleux: acknowledged. i'll just restart into flux later [01:41] and I don't think you can --replace [01:41] paultag: ....erm right. [01:41] but you can start the GNOME applications on the Fluxbox session (fbautostart might help) [01:41] ubot2: info fbautostart natty [01:41] aveilleux: :) [01:41] * seidos turns fluxbox into a flux capacitor, travels back to time. tells himself he's a loser. [01:42] paultag: fbautostart (source: fbautostart): XDG compliant autostarting app for Fluxbox. In component universe, is optional. Version 2.7182-2 (natty), package size 18 kB, installed size 88 kB [01:42] version 2.71828-1 is pending upload [01:42] it didn't work. i typed "to" instead of "in" [01:42] e to 5 digits [01:42] nice [01:42] i memorized pi to like 15 or something [01:43] up to "38" [01:43] seidos: I have a few different irrational numbers that I use for package versions [01:43] sqrt(2), e, and pi, what else is there? [01:43] paultag: what is the number s such that s*pi = a whole number? [01:43] christ if I remember [01:44] pi^-1 [01:44] paultag: haha, that's a good one. [01:44] i was thinking there was some other number though that existed that is > 1 [01:44] i never learned about it in school though. [01:44] 3 semesters of calculus, linear algebra...nothing [01:45] well, there's a definition...how to calculate such a thing [01:45] -(e^(pi*i)) [01:45] =1 [01:45] ah, that sounds rightish [01:46] what is s? [01:46] and when something sounds rightish, it's right for all intensive porpoise [01:46] paultag: I saw your shameless plug there for your program. :) [01:47] porpoises aren't seals :( [01:47] smurfs are seals [01:47] johnny77: damn skippy :) -- I know it works, and I've tested it (so I know it works ;)) [01:47] OK, I need sleep [01:47] rebreathers are like 3 or 4 hours underwaters? [01:47] I'm starting to repeat myself [01:47] that's what seals use [01:47] repetition is good for brains :) [03:54] Hello. [05:39] Midas007: I am a beginner but ask your question anyway. Maybe some else can answer. [07:58] Hello [08:12] hello. I have two computers running 10.10 on the same network and want to share files between them. how do I do this? [08:13] cyberdharma: right click on the files you want to share, and share them [08:14] i've done that. the other machine can't see the share [08:14] make sure you share from both machines, so the software gets installed on both [08:14] after you're done, you can remove the share from the second computer [08:15] how do i actually turn on file sharing? all i find are config panels for shared folders not activating the service itself [08:16] if you right click on a file or folder you have the option to share [08:16] you first need to have Samba installed, and this procedure installs it, and configures it [08:17] right i've done all this before. i can see that i have the appropriate packages installed on both machines. when i navigate to network in nautilus all i see is windows network [08:17] on both moachines [08:17] how to i actually navigate to the share on one machine from the other [09:24] I am running 10.10 with Dual GTX 295 but can't get HDMI running for my Video. I noted during the install it worked but after install all I get is blank screen. Anyone have any suggestions? [14:38] hi...can anyone plz tell me how to get complete information about my ubuntu version through terminal? [14:42] Fvic: try "lsb_release -a" & "uname -a" both without quotes. one after the other. i think that would tell you the _complete_ info [14:45] JoeMaverickSett, thanks ...lsb_release worked for me [14:45] Fvic: ok, glad it did. :) [14:55] can someone help me with iptables port forwarding ? [14:59] UndiFineD: Have you read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Internet/ConnectionSharing ? [15:02] thanks geirha === yofel_ is now known as yofel [16:24] I'm trying to build a device driver I downloaded (which required me to install gcc), and when I run make, I get the error "expected ')' before string constant." The line in question is [16:24] MODULE_PARM (msg_level, "i"); [16:24] Doesn't this look syntactically correct? What's going on here? [16:39] I recently installed ubuntu and it says my monitor is out of range. how can i fix this? [16:48] i recently installed ubuntu and it says my monitor is out of range, how can i fix this? my monitor is connected via HDMI [17:33] I am still working on iptables [17:33] http://paste.ubuntu.com/568334/ [17:33] somehow the internal network has trouble going outside [17:38] UndiFineD: Wild guess, they can't contact the dns server(s). [17:41] might be [18:31] i guess i'll try pureftpd [18:32] seidos, openssh-server is best ;) [18:37] bioterror: what kind throughput are you getting with it? [18:37] hmmm [18:37] in network or what [18:37] I mean lan or wan [18:38] nevermind [18:42] seidos, 2037731929 bytes transferred in 181 seconds (10.75M/s) [18:42] seidos, sorry, but my Cisco switch is only 100Mbit ;) [18:43] bioterror: why so funny? [18:43] that's what I got with lftp using ssh [18:43] from my desktop to my router [18:44] 1 [18:46] hmmm, the ftp wiki should be updated. i'll try lftp next. pureftp is just as slow [18:47] er, assuming i can prove it on my config [19:50] i read the lftp man page. i don't see how to use it to pull files from the ssh server [19:51] lftp appears to be a client, where as ssh is the server [19:51] server, or host [19:51] hahaha [19:51] mirror -Rc [19:52] get / put [19:52] anyone *besides* bioterror? he obviously doesn't care. [19:52] what's the question? [19:52] they [19:53] ddecator: trying to find a fast way to transfer files. i tried vsftp and pureftp, they are slower than scp. [19:53] seidos: i've never had a reason to use that before, so i'm not sure. sorry [19:54] ddecator: if you ever do, let me know. it would be cool to work on it together. [19:54] seidos, you havent specified yet is it wan or lan [19:54] seidos, error in reporting the error [19:54] bioterror: 0 [19:55] you are far too amused in my inability to get what i need done. go in peace. [19:55] I'm bored [19:55] paultag: well that's a problem [19:55] I might try to change my LP blurb to have no words with the letter "e" in them [19:56] ... [19:56] seems like that'd be hard [19:56] yah, i would think [19:57] i could search replace all the e's with "" [19:57] seidos, if you're trying to do this file transfer in LAN, you should use NFS or Samba, if you're using WAN, then it really doesnt matter, I think [19:58] bioterror: are we friends? [19:59] seidos: but that's no fun [19:59] seidos: I don't like aspell to whine at em [19:59] me [20:00] paultag: fun :'( [20:00] i just ate a bowl of food, that was pretty fun [20:01] probably as fun as taking out all the e words from your LP page [20:01] hehe [20:01] hahaha [20:01] what's another word for "me" [20:02] "us"? [20:02] heh [20:02] hahaha [20:02] that's what Coffee said in "The Abyss" [20:03] "now it's up to US. US" [20:03] great movie [20:03] novel was better though [20:15] lol Are you guys having offtopic fun without me? [20:17] nah, we're always on-topic in here O:) [20:17] haha lies [20:17] I've been yelled at so much for being off topic in here I made my own room to be off topic with myself. #offtopic-offtopic [20:18] But I just broke the first rule of #offtopic-offtopic D: [20:19] Geocosm: seriously? [20:19] wow...you are. [20:19] i think off-topic chat should be fine as long as it's not interfering with actual help being delivered [20:20] I feel the same way. Unfortunately not everyone else does. [20:20] Obviously no one needs help right now. [20:20] If someone needed help and I couldn't, I'd shut up. [20:20] Instead we flood the room even more with "you're being off-topic!" [20:22] why does it have to be "Pinky and the Brain" and not "Brain and the Brain"? [20:27] reminder: http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2011/02/17/%23ubuntu-beginners.txt that's why we suggest to use #ubuntu-beginners-team for chats [20:27] If you search through that you can find my Guild Wars password I accidentally typed in here. [20:28] Yay security! [20:29] * seidos yawns [20:32] Geocosm: it also isn't too hard to join #ubuntu-beginners-team which is the off-topic channel [20:32] Yeah but no one ever talks in there. Then I'm just talking to myself. So I might as well actually be talking to myself. [20:33] Geocosm: not true. i talk in there [20:33] Geocosm: besides, it's the same as #offtopic-offtopic then [20:34] :) [20:35] Geocosm: Your not even IN -team...so how would you know if you'd talk too yourself? :P [20:36] I've been there a lot over the past 3 months. [20:37] prunes, pecans, bagel crisps, and tortilla chips [20:38] seidos: ddecator: https://launchpad.net/~paultag [20:38] I'll add more to it / make it sound better later [20:38] Geocosm: make more sound when I'm there ;) [20:38] Not with this nick. As MrAnthrope. People took to judging me as someone who hates all people just because my nick is a silly pun. [20:39] This nick means earth world. [20:39] MrAnthrope. hilarious. [20:39] MrAnthrope is a great /nick [20:39] Yup. i thought so. [20:39] I always chortled with glee [20:39] No one else did. [20:39] crying shame [20:39] something weird has been going on with wiki.ubuntu.com and launchpad on my end it seems [20:39] Some people took to sending me /msgs about how I'm going to burn in the H-place. [20:40] <_<" [20:40] move these conversation to #ubuntu-beginners-team [20:40] have to click stuff twice to get it to work. maybe it's chromium [20:40] bioterror: or what? [20:40] you try it in Firefox, seidos? [20:40] Geocosm: Why don't you come with this nick to -team? [20:40] Geocosm: not yet [20:40] bioterror: mea culpa. i shouldn't even talk to you. you aren't my friend :( [20:41] DarkwingDuck: HAPPY BIRTHDAY! [20:42] Geocosm: can't recreate the problem in firefox... [20:42] Geocosm: i'll have to try some more [20:43] Are you using chrome, or chromium? Aren't they basically the same? [20:43] s/basically/essentially [20:44] Geocosm: chromium [20:44] don't ask me, i have no idea how chromium or chrome work on the inside [20:47] Geocosm: well, i do know chromium is the open source "version" [20:48] From what I understand they are identical excepting the 'anonymous user data' junkz Google put in. [20:48] I have both installed. [20:48] I never use Chromium. [20:48] chrome is malmware and it has flash bundled with it [20:49] bioterror: what malware is inside chrome? [20:49] chromium comes without flash and doesnt send your information to google [20:50] bioterror: but you need flash, right? [20:50] sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree [20:50] and problem solved [20:51] bioterror: I used chrome, should I switch to chromium or is this just being paranoid?\ [20:51] I'm using chromium [20:52] mostly beta from the ppa [20:52] chromium creeps me out. it's not like i can look at the source code if it's doing malicious stuff [20:53] seidos, if you could look at the source code, would you understand it? [20:54] pedro3005: that's what i meant by "look", since i already downloaded the source code :| [20:54] downloading source is the easy part [20:54] heh [20:56] I had to install flash manually for Chrome. [20:57] i haven't used chrome in a long time [21:11] I am trying to rip one of my dvds, but I cant seem to find a program that works [21:12] any ideas of what program I should use? [21:13] none right now. [21:13] i've never ripped a dvd before. [21:13] i watch movies on my notebook [21:14] I normally do as well, just want to get my firefly dvds onto my notebook so I can watch them without dragging the dvds around [21:15] dvdrip ? [21:15] or ask firefly ;) [21:16] there's a dvdrip-queue, -utils [21:16] there is no firefly [21:16] Firefly is the name of the show... [21:16] right [21:16] ask the content creators how [21:17] how they would like for you to accomplisht that [21:17] it's a sad joke...but a joke none-the-less [21:17] yax51: i'm search sudo apt-cache search rip [21:17] well, kind of [21:17] i think its a valid question [21:17] all your base belong to us [21:17] as a creator of digital media [21:17] hehehe [21:18] i can see both sides [21:18] theres a reason why you cant do that easily [21:18] does that mean you cant/shouldnt? [21:18] i say you should be able to [21:18] but im not a lawyer [21:18] i can't see both sides. but that's because my needs are presently being met. [21:18] i'm more interested in friends than money. [21:18] right, If I paid for the dvds should I be able to copy them to my computer? [21:19] *should* [21:19] but that not the agreement you entered into [21:19] you would have to talk to your attorney yax51 [21:19] as an end user, purchasing those DVD's [21:19] i'm not giving legal advice :) [21:19] you agreed to make no copies [21:20] In Holland your allowed to create a personal copy... [21:20] Sometimes DVDs will come with a digital copy. [21:20] ^^ [21:20] i like that [21:20] But you have to watch. The digital copy will expire. [21:20] and where was such an agreement made? there were no terms when I purchased it used.... [21:20] yax51, are you trying to make a .avi or just copy the dvd? [21:20] .vob likely? [21:21] both? [21:21] yax51, cat /dev/sr0 > ~/Videos/dvdname.iso [21:21] yax51: lol, like i said, call the content creator, and say that you didnt enter such an agreement [21:21] and ask how to do it ;) [21:21] or you can dd if=/dev/sr0 of=/home/yax51/Videos/dvdname.iso [21:21] or img [21:21] well I am trying dvd rip, and seeing how that goes [21:22] or you can use acidrip for making a XViD [21:22] ooo that might be an idea as well [21:23] I dont own a dvdplayer, so I have to copy all dvd's to hdd to view them over the network ,) [21:23] and imgs and xvids are the way to go? [21:23] for me yes [21:24] hmmm that might be someting to look into [21:24] I use cat /dev/sr0 > file.iso [21:24] Alright I'm off to work. [21:24] not familiar with that method... [21:27] yax51: me neither [21:28] * seidos writes it down [21:29] you would need something that played iso files. [21:29] vlc for example [21:29] i suppose totem might work. not sure, never tried. [21:31] wouldn't you mount it then play it? [21:31] no need [21:31] usuing any media player/ [21:31] just say to vlc to open it [21:31] aaah that works too [21:34] [21:55] Aaah iptables is driving me nuts !!! [21:55] http://paste.ubuntu.com/568450/ [21:55] top is what i use now, commented bottom is somewhat what is should be [21:56] but it kills the lan for other machines [22:18] paultag: furnishEd [22:19] paultag: still impressive though === Axlin_ is now known as Axlin [22:44] ddecator: oh fuck