[00:24] <stickjr25> i just installed ubuntu and when i bootup it says my monitor is out of range, how can i fix it.
[00:24] <JackyAlcine> stickjr25: Restart, and run in recovery mode.
[00:24] <JackyAlcine> Once there, attempt to run in a low graphics session.
[00:26] <JackyAlcine> cool?
[00:26] <JackyAlcine> That'll get you in the lowest resolution possible so you can scale up to the maximum resolution of your monitor.
[00:27] <stickjr25> when i select recovery mode i get the same issue of the monitor out of range
[00:28] <stickjr25> i cant even get to a part to set the resolution lower, the monitor is connected via HDMI as a side note.
[00:31] <stickjr25> any help?
[00:33] <JackyAlcine> stickjr25: What's the monitor make and model?
[00:33] <JackyAlcine> And your version of Ubuntu?
[00:35] <stickjr25> the newest version of ubuntu from the website and it is a westinghouse L2610NW
[00:35] <stickjr25> connected via HDMI
[00:42] <johnny77> I'm having an issue with loosing my right-click menus and drop down menus.
[00:42] <stickjr25> @JackyAlcine figure anything out yet?
[00:43] <JackyAlcine> stickjr25: No, I'm sorry..
[00:46] <seidos> johnny77: presently i have no ideas why that is happening
[00:46] <seidos> if i think of anything i'll be sure to let you know
[00:46] <johnny77> seidos: ok, thank you.
[00:48] <seidos> johnny77: well i have some ideas.  live cd.  mouse configuration menu.
[00:48] <seidos> not sure if that will prove helpful, or what you have already tried
[00:49] <johnny77> seidos: but how would the mouse config affect my drop down menus?
[00:49] <stickjr25> i just installed ubuntu and when i bootup it says my monitor is out of range, how can i fix it.
[00:53] <seidos> johnny77: right click button
[00:54] <seidos> 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] <johnny77> seidos: So far from what I've noticed it's the drop downs in the programs. Like File, edit, etc.
[00:57] <seidos> johnny77: do any programs work?
[00:59] <johnny77> 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] <seidos> johnny77: what version of ubuntu?
[01:00] <johnny77> 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] <seidos> johnny77: ah.  fluxbox.  i wonder if it happens in 10.04.
[01:03] <johnny77> I don't know. I didn't have fluxbox in 10.04. Barely had 10.04.
[01:07] <paultag> seidos: what?
[01:08] <paultag> seidos: there was a big update from 1.1.1 to +git ( git is a 2 year jump into modern software )
[01:08] <paultag> see: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fluxbox
[01:08] <paultag> 10.04 has 1.1.1-6
[01:08] <paultag> so 10.10 and 11.04 are "modern"
[01:08] <paultag> but will be replaced soon
[01:09] <paultag> with 1.1.3-1
[01:11] <johnny77> 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] <seidos> 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] <johnny77> seidos: it's cool thanks for helping. It got me a step closer.
[01:17] <seidos> wish i could do more :|
[01:21] <seidos> can i run fluxbox while gnome is running?
[01:23] <aveilleux> seidos: You can do fluxbox --replace... you'll lose your panels though
[01:23] <johnny77> aveilleux: I was working on a long answer when you just popped in you simple one.
[01:23] <aveilleux> johnny77: hahaha, sorry
[01:24] <johnny77> aveilleux: Also seidos need to know that will not be the same fluxbox I'm running.
[01:24] <johnny77> aveilleux: no problem. :)
[01:25] <johnny77> I was working on a gnome/metacity vs gnome/fluxbox vs fluxbox explanation.
[01:27] <JackyAlcine> does anyone see the last few moments in #-team? lol
[01:27] <aveilleux> JackyAlcine: hudda hudda hud
[01:27]  * JackyAlcine wipes a tear.
[01:30] <seidos> fluxbox --replace didn't function
[01:31] <aveilleux> seidos: could be exec fluxbox-start... I really don't remember the commands
[01:32] <seidos> aveilleux: fluxbox --replace ran, it just errored out.  last thing it said "make sure you don't have another wm running"
[01:38] <paultag> !info alexandria
[01:38] <paultag> ubot2: info alexandria
[01:38] <paultag> damn bot
[01:38] <paultag> ubot2: info natty alexandria
[01:39] <ubot2> 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] <ubot2> paultag: 'alexandria' is not a valid distribution: hardy, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty
[01:39] <paultag> ah there we are
[01:40] <aveilleux> 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] <paultag> aveilleux: erm, you don't kill gnome to start fluxbox, you kill the window manager, such as compiz or metacity
[01:41] <seidos> aveilleux: acknowledged.  i'll just restart into flux later
[01:41] <paultag> and I don't think you can --replace
[01:41] <aveilleux> paultag: ....erm right.
[01:41] <paultag> but you can start the GNOME applications on the Fluxbox session (fbautostart might help)
[01:41] <paultag> ubot2: info fbautostart natty
[01:41] <paultag> aveilleux: :)
[01:41]  * seidos turns fluxbox into a flux capacitor, travels back to time.  tells himself he's a loser.
[01:42] <ubot2> 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] <paultag> version 2.71828-1 is pending upload
[01:42] <seidos> it didn't work.  i typed "to" instead of "in"
[01:42] <seidos> e to 5 digits
[01:42] <seidos> nice
[01:42] <seidos> i memorized pi to like 15 or something
[01:43] <seidos> up to "38"
[01:43] <paultag> seidos: I have a few different irrational numbers that I use for package versions
[01:43] <seidos> sqrt(2), e, and pi, what else is there?
[01:43] <seidos> paultag: what is the number s such that s*pi = a whole number?
[01:43] <paultag> christ if I remember
[01:44] <paultag> pi^-1
[01:44] <seidos> paultag: haha, that's a good one.
[01:44] <seidos> i was thinking there was some other number though that existed that is > 1
[01:44] <seidos> i never learned about it in school though.
[01:44] <seidos> 3 semesters of calculus, linear algebra...nothing
[01:45] <seidos> well, there's a definition...how to calculate such a thing
[01:45] <aveilleux> -(e^(pi*i))
[01:45] <aveilleux> =1
[01:45] <paultag> ah, that sounds rightish
[01:46] <seidos> what is s?
[01:46] <paultag> and when something sounds rightish, it's right for all intensive porpoise
[01:46] <johnny77> paultag: I saw your shameless plug there for your program. :)
[01:47] <seidos> porpoises aren't seals :(
[01:47] <seidos> smurfs are seals
[01:47] <paultag> johnny77: damn skippy :) -- I know it works, and I've tested it (so I know it works ;))
[01:47] <paultag> OK, I need sleep
[01:47] <seidos> rebreathers are like 3 or 4 hours underwaters?
[01:47] <paultag> I'm starting to repeat myself
[01:47] <seidos> that's what seals use
[01:47] <seidos> repetition is good for brains :)
[03:54] <Disturbed1> Hello.
[05:39] <midnightryder2> Midas007: I am a beginner but ask your question anyway. Maybe some else can answer.
[07:58] <Skater> Hello
[08:12] <cyberdharma> 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] <dnb> cyberdharma: right click on the files you want to share, and share them
[08:14] <cyberdharma> i've done that. the other machine can't see the share
[08:14] <dnb> make sure you share from both machines, so the software gets installed on both
[08:14] <dnb> after you're done, you can remove the share from the second computer
[08:15] <cyberdharma> how do i actually turn on file sharing? all i find are config panels for shared folders not activating the service itself
[08:16] <dnb> if you right click on a file or folder you have the option to share
[08:16] <dnb> you first need to have Samba installed, and this procedure installs it, and configures it
[08:17] <cyberdharma> 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] <cyberdharma> on both moachines
[08:17] <cyberdharma> how to i actually navigate to the share on one machine from the other
[09:24] <Skater> 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] <Fvic> hi...can anyone plz tell me how to get complete information about my ubuntu version through terminal?
[14:42] <JoeMaverickSett> 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] <Fvic> JoeMaverickSett, thanks ...lsb_release worked for me
[14:45] <JoeMaverickSett> Fvic: ok, glad it did. :)
[14:55] <UndiFineD> can someone help me with iptables port forwarding ?
[14:59] <geirha> UndiFineD: Have you read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Internet/ConnectionSharing ?
[15:02] <UndiFineD> thanks geirha
[16:24] <mtkorb>  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] <mtkorb> MODULE_PARM (msg_level, "i");
[16:24] <mtkorb> Doesn't this look syntactically correct? What's going on here?
[16:39] <stickjr25> I recently installed ubuntu and it says my monitor is out of range. how can i fix this?
[16:48] <stickjr25> 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] <UndiFineD> I am still working on iptables
[17:33] <UndiFineD> http://paste.ubuntu.com/568334/
[17:33] <UndiFineD> somehow the internal network has trouble going outside
[17:38] <geirha> UndiFineD: Wild guess, they can't contact the dns server(s).
[17:41] <UndiFineD> might be
[18:31] <seidos> i guess i'll try pureftpd
[18:32] <bioterror> seidos, openssh-server is best ;)
[18:37] <seidos> bioterror: what kind throughput are you getting with it?
[18:37] <bioterror> hmmm
[18:37] <bioterror> in network or what
[18:37] <bioterror> I mean lan or wan
[18:38] <seidos> nevermind
[18:42] <bioterror> seidos, 2037731929 bytes transferred in 181 seconds (10.75M/s)
[18:42] <bioterror> seidos, sorry, but my Cisco switch is only 100Mbit ;)
[18:43] <seidos> bioterror: why so funny?
[18:43] <bioterror> that's what I got with lftp using ssh
[18:43] <bioterror> from my desktop to my router
[18:44] <seidos> 1
[18:46] <seidos> hmmm, the ftp wiki should be updated.  i'll try lftp next.  pureftp is just as slow
[18:47] <seidos> er, assuming i can prove it on my config
[19:50] <seidos> i read the lftp man page.  i don't see how to use it to pull files from the ssh server
[19:51] <seidos> lftp appears to be a client, where as ssh is the server
[19:51] <seidos> server, or host
[19:51] <bioterror> hahaha
[19:51] <bioterror> mirror -Rc
[19:52] <bioterror> get / put
[19:52] <seidos> anyone *besides* bioterror?  he obviously doesn't care.
[19:52] <ddecator> what's the question?
[19:52] <seidos> they
[19:53] <seidos> ddecator: trying to find a fast way to transfer files.  i tried vsftp and pureftp, they are slower than scp.
[19:53] <ddecator> seidos: i've never had a reason to use that before, so i'm not sure. sorry
[19:54] <seidos> ddecator: if you ever do, let me know.  it would be cool to work on it together.
[19:54] <bioterror> seidos, you havent specified yet is it wan or lan
[19:54] <bioterror> seidos, error in reporting the error
[19:54] <seidos> bioterror: 0
[19:55] <seidos> you are far too amused in my inability to get what i need done.  go in peace.
[19:55] <paultag> I'm bored
[19:55] <ddecator> paultag: well that's a problem
[19:55] <paultag> I might try to change my LP blurb to have no words with the letter "e" in them
[19:56] <ddecator> ...
[19:56] <paultag> seems like that'd be hard
[19:56] <ddecator> yah, i would think
[19:57] <seidos> i could search replace all the e's with ""
[19:57] <bioterror> 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] <seidos> bioterror: are we friends?
[19:59] <paultag> seidos: but that's no fun
[19:59] <paultag> seidos: I don't like aspell to whine at em
[19:59] <paultag> me
[20:00] <seidos> paultag: fun :'(
[20:00] <seidos> i just ate a bowl of food, that was pretty fun
[20:01] <seidos> probably as fun as taking out all the e words from your LP page
[20:01] <seidos> hehe
[20:01] <paultag> hahaha
[20:01] <paultag> what's another word for "me"
[20:02] <seidos> "us"?
[20:02] <seidos> heh
[20:02] <paultag> hahaha
[20:02] <seidos> that's what Coffee said in "The Abyss"
[20:03] <seidos> "now it's up to US.  US"
[20:03] <seidos> great movie
[20:03] <seidos> novel was better though
[20:15] <Geocosm> lol Are you guys having offtopic fun without me?
[20:17] <ddecator> nah, we're always on-topic in here O:)
[20:17] <Geocosm> haha lies
[20:17] <Geocosm> 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] <Geocosm> But I just broke the first rule of #offtopic-offtopic D:
[20:19] <seidos> Geocosm: seriously?
[20:19] <seidos> wow...you are.
[20:19] <seidos> i think off-topic chat should be fine as long as it's not interfering with actual help being delivered
[20:20] <Geocosm> I feel the same way. Unfortunately not everyone else does.
[20:20] <Geocosm> Obviously no one needs help right now.
[20:20] <Geocosm> If someone needed help and I couldn't, I'd shut up.
[20:20] <Geocosm> Instead we flood the room even more with "you're being off-topic!"
[20:22] <seidos> why does it have to be "Pinky and the Brain" and not "Brain and the Brain"?
[20:27] <bioterror> 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] <Geocosm> If you search through that you can find my Guild Wars password I accidentally typed in here.
[20:28] <Geocosm> Yay security!
[20:29]  * seidos yawns
[20:32] <seidos> Geocosm: it also isn't too hard to join #ubuntu-beginners-team which is the off-topic channel
[20:32] <Geocosm> 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] <seidos> Geocosm: not true.  i talk in there
[20:33] <seidos> Geocosm: besides, it's the same as #offtopic-offtopic then
[20:34] <Geocosm> :)
[20:35] <MrChrisDruif> Geocosm: Your not even IN -team...so how would you know if you'd talk too yourself? :P
[20:36] <Geocosm> I've been there a lot over the past 3 months.
[20:37] <seidos> prunes, pecans, bagel crisps, and tortilla chips
[20:38] <paultag> seidos: ddecator: https://launchpad.net/~paultag
[20:38] <paultag> I'll add more to it / make it sound better later
[20:38] <MrChrisDruif> Geocosm: make more sound when I'm there ;)
[20:38] <Geocosm> 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] <Geocosm> This nick means earth world.
[20:39] <seidos> MrAnthrope.  hilarious.
[20:39] <paultag> MrAnthrope is a great /nick
[20:39] <Geocosm> Yup. i thought so.
[20:39] <paultag> I always chortled with glee
[20:39] <Geocosm> No one else did.
[20:39] <paultag> crying shame
[20:39] <seidos> something weird has been going on with wiki.ubuntu.com and launchpad on my end it seems
[20:39] <Geocosm> Some people took to sending me /msgs about how I'm going to burn in the H-place.
[20:40] <MrChrisDruif> <_<"
[20:40] <bioterror> move these conversation to #ubuntu-beginners-team
[20:40] <seidos> have to click stuff twice to get it to work.  maybe it's chromium
[20:40] <seidos> bioterror: or what?
[20:40] <Geocosm> you try it in Firefox, seidos?
[20:40] <MrChrisDruif> Geocosm: Why don't you come with this nick to -team?
[20:40] <seidos> Geocosm: not yet
[20:40] <seidos> bioterror: mea culpa.  i shouldn't even talk to you.  you aren't my friend :(
[20:41] <paultag> DarkwingDuck: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
[20:42] <seidos> Geocosm: can't recreate the problem in firefox...
[20:42] <seidos> Geocosm: i'll have to try some more
[20:43] <Geocosm> Are you using chrome, or chromium? Aren't they basically the same?
[20:43] <Geocosm> s/basically/essentially
[20:44] <seidos> Geocosm: chromium
[20:44] <seidos> don't ask me, i have no idea how chromium or chrome work on the inside
[20:47] <seidos> Geocosm: well, i do know chromium is the open source "version"
[20:48] <Geocosm> From what I understand they are identical excepting the 'anonymous user data' junkz Google put in.
[20:48] <Geocosm> I have both installed.
[20:48] <Geocosm> I never use Chromium.
[20:48] <bioterror> chrome is malmware and it has flash bundled with it
[20:49] <johnny77> bioterror: what malware is inside chrome?
[20:49] <bioterror> chromium comes without flash and doesnt send your information to google
[20:50] <johnny77> bioterror: but you need flash, right?
[20:50] <bioterror> sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
[20:50] <bioterror> and problem solved
[20:51] <johnny77> bioterror: I used chrome, should I switch to chromium or is this just being paranoid?\
[20:51] <bioterror> I'm using chromium
[20:52] <bioterror> mostly beta from the ppa
[20:52] <seidos> chromium creeps me out.  it's not like i can look at the source code if it's doing malicious stuff
[20:53] <pedro3005> seidos, if you could look at the source code, would you understand it?
[20:54] <seidos> pedro3005: that's what i meant by "look", since i already downloaded the source code :|
[20:54] <seidos> downloading source is the easy part
[20:54] <seidos> heh
[20:56] <Geocosm> I had to install flash manually for Chrome.
[20:57] <seidos> i haven't used chrome in a long time
[21:11] <yax51> I am trying to rip one of my dvds, but I cant seem to find a program that works
[21:12] <yax51> any ideas of what program I should use?
[21:13] <seidos> none right now.
[21:13] <seidos> i've never ripped a dvd before.
[21:13] <seidos> i watch movies on my notebook
[21:14] <yax51> 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] <holstein> dvdrip ?
[21:15] <holstein> or ask firefly ;)
[21:16] <seidos> there's a dvdrip-queue, -utils
[21:16] <seidos> there is no firefly
[21:16] <yax51> Firefly is the name of the show...
[21:16] <holstein> right
[21:16] <holstein> ask the content creators how
[21:17] <holstein> how they would like for you to accomplisht that
[21:17] <seidos> it's a sad joke...but a joke none-the-less
[21:17] <seidos> yax51: i'm search sudo apt-cache search rip
[21:17] <holstein> well, kind of
[21:17] <holstein> i think its a valid question
[21:17] <seidos> all your base belong to us
[21:17] <holstein> as a creator of digital media
[21:17] <yax51> hehehe
[21:18] <holstein> i can see both sides
[21:18] <holstein> theres a reason why you cant do that easily
[21:18] <holstein> does that mean you cant/shouldnt?
[21:18] <holstein> i say you should be able to
[21:18] <holstein> but im not a lawyer
[21:18] <seidos> i can't see both sides.  but that's because my needs are presently being met.
[21:18] <seidos> i'm more interested in friends than money.
[21:18] <yax51> right, If I paid for the dvds should I be able to copy them to my computer?
[21:19] <holstein> *should*
[21:19] <holstein> but that not the agreement you entered into
[21:19] <seidos> you would have to talk to your attorney yax51
[21:19] <holstein> as an end user, purchasing those DVD's
[21:19] <seidos> i'm not giving legal advice :)
[21:19] <holstein> you agreed to make no copies
[21:20] <MrChrisDruif> In Holland your allowed to create a personal copy...
[21:20] <Geocosm> Sometimes DVDs will come with a digital copy.
[21:20] <holstein> ^^
[21:20] <holstein> i like that
[21:20] <Geocosm> But you have to watch. The digital copy will expire.
[21:20] <yax51> and where was such an agreement made? there were no terms when I purchased it used....
[21:20] <bioterror> yax51, are you trying to make a .avi or just copy the dvd?
[21:20] <Geocosm> .vob likely?
[21:21] <yax51> both?
[21:21] <bioterror> yax51, cat /dev/sr0 > ~/Videos/dvdname.iso
[21:21] <holstein> yax51: lol, like i said, call the content creator, and say that you didnt enter such an agreement
[21:21] <holstein> and ask how to do it ;)
[21:21] <bioterror> or you can dd if=/dev/sr0 of=/home/yax51/Videos/dvdname.iso
[21:21] <bioterror> or img
[21:21] <yax51> well I am trying dvd rip, and seeing how that goes
[21:22] <bioterror> or you can use acidrip for making a XViD
[21:22] <yax51> ooo that might be an idea as well
[21:23] <bioterror> I dont own a dvdplayer, so I have to copy all dvd's to hdd to view them over the network ,)
[21:23] <yax51> and imgs and xvids are the way to go?
[21:23] <bioterror> for me yes
[21:24] <yax51> hmmm that might be someting to look into
[21:24] <bioterror> I use cat /dev/sr0 > file.iso
[21:24] <Geocosm> Alright I'm off to work.
[21:24] <yax51> not familiar with that method...
[21:27] <seidos> yax51: me neither
[21:28]  * seidos writes it down
[21:29] <seidos> you would need something that played iso files.
[21:29] <bioterror> vlc for example
[21:29] <seidos> i suppose totem might work.  not sure, never tried.
[21:31] <yax51> wouldn't you mount it then play it?
[21:31] <bioterror> no need
[21:31] <yax51> usuing any media player/
[21:31] <bioterror> just say to vlc to open it
[21:31] <yax51> aaah that works too
[21:34] <yax51>  
[21:55] <UndiFineD> Aaah iptables is driving me nuts !!!
[21:55] <UndiFineD> http://paste.ubuntu.com/568450/
[21:55] <UndiFineD> top is what i use now, commented bottom is somewhat what is should be
[21:56] <UndiFineD> but it kills the lan for other machines
[22:18] <ddecator> paultag: furnishEd
[22:19] <ddecator> paultag: still impressive though
[22:44] <paultag> ddecator: oh fuck