/srv/irclogs.ubuntu.com/2011/02/19/#xubuntu.txt

=== kai_62656 is now known as kracker[BDC]
knomekracker[BDC], hey. have you ever thought of adding some "sleep" time before you let your client join the channels? now it looks like you join, part and join again very quickly. if you need a hand in accomplishing that, feel free to PM me.00:04
kracker[BDC]k00:04
kracker[BDC]I just get disonnected sometimes :P00:04
knomeyeah, but this happens when you *connect* :)00:05
kracker[BDC]:P00:05
knomeyou join with your host, then part, then join with the cloak00:05
knomethat's something which happens when you join channels before getting the cloak00:05
kracker[BDC]ah I see00:06
hookworm24Hello. I have no sound in xubuntu and am looking for some advice. It was working for a long time until yesterday. When i restart, the mixer mutes all channels, i can un-mute them but still no sound. Where should i look first?00:08
knomehookworm24, did you look at pulse audio mixer? pavucontrol is one of them.00:08
hookworm24I never use pulseaudio but will check it. this machine really only uses firefox and pidgin.00:09
knomedid you update something yesterday?00:09
hookworm24no. not for awhile00:10
knomeokay, weird then. this shouldn't happen unless something changes.00:10
hookworm24it is very odd. just out of the blue.00:11
knomewell, it really shouldn't happen even if something changes, but without anything changing, it definitely shouldn't happen.00:11
hookworm24the mixer mutes everything each time the computer is booted.00:11
hookworm24right..00:11
knomei've heard that happen several times, but don't know how to fix it since i haven't had it.00:11
hookworm24when you hover over the mixer icon. it says ac97-spsa: 0%00:16
hookworm24something must be muted...00:16
knomeyup :)00:16
hookworm24all fixed. a channel named 'PCM' was muted and killed all my sound.00:18
knome:)00:18
hookworm24thanks for the help dude00:18
knomeno problem00:19
metroid1can someone help me to decipher this:03:16
metroid1 For example:03:16
metroid1# sensor /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal (0, 0, 10)03:16
metroid1# will add a fixed value of 10 °C the 3rd value read from that file. Check out03:16
metroid1# http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors to find out how much you may03:16
metroid1# want to add to certain temperatures.03:16
metroid1#  Syntax:03:16
metroid1#  (LEVEL, LOW, HIGH)03:16
metroid1#  LEVEL is the fan level to use (0-7 with thinkpad_acpi)03:16
metroid1#  LOW is the temperature at which to step down to the previous level03:16
metroid1#  HIGH is the temperature at which to step up to the next level03:16
metroid1#  All numbers are integers.03:16
metroid1#03:16
metroid1# I use this on my T61p:03:16
metroid1ooh, sorry i should have used pastebin. sorry.03:17
metroid1ok, this is what i need help deciphering: http://paste.ubuntu.com/569003/03:18
metroid1it is the settings for my fan (thinkfan) i have the script running but it isn't keeping my computer cooler03:19
metroid1i know that i have to change the settings but i have no idea how or to what.03:20
metroid1i did find to files that seem pertinent: one labelled fan and the other thermal (as in the pastebin)03:20
metroid1the example in pastebin gives a series of numbers that i should include in the file(s) but i don't really know if i should delete what is in there already or...03:22
metroid1any help figuring out what to do would be greatly appreciated.03:22
metroid1has anyone else had issues with their computer overheating?03:23
metroid1here is what is in my /thermal and /fan03:30
metroid1http://paste.ubuntu.com/569006/03:30
=== LucidOne is now known as Guest54754
^Phantom2^Hello, Mr. 192mb ram here again04:18
^Phantom2^If the xubuntu liveCD won't quite boot on this machine04:19
^Phantom2^what are the chances that the installed OS would boot and run okay on it?04:19
ballhello Phantom204:20
^Phantom2^hullo, ball :D04:20
ballPhantom2: sounds more like a NetBSD machine or an X terminal than a workstation, that.04:20
^Phantom2^Oh?04:21
Graet|my sons laptop is very low spec, tried several distributions but ijn the end had to use an older debian build to get the thing to install/run ok04:21
Graet|no usb boot, so burnt like 10cds trying different thing :/04:22
^Phantom2^I have also considered dang small linux04:22
ball^Phantom2^: Let's look at this from the other side.  What are you trying to achieve?04:25
Graet|old debian started being problematic with new flash, so i gave up and installed xp :(04:25
^Phantom2^ball: A lesser demanding OS for this resource-strained laptop.04:25
=== MaverickOne is now known as gpc
ball^Phantom2^: NetBSD would probably work, but then are you hoping to run the X clients actually on that box?04:27
^Phantom2^ball, not necessarily04:27
^Phantom2^just simple tasks such as internet browsing04:28
^Phantom2^for when i visit my computer geeky friends04:28
ballIf they're computer geeks could they not run a desktop on their Linux host and have you connect to that using X or VNC or something?04:34
ball...or just host the X clients?04:39
n2diy_how can I change the backround of my panels?05:32
=== q_a_z_steve is now known as zz_q_a_z_steve
n2diy_my back up box and printer are downstairs, the printer has an SD card in it that I want a file off of, can I ftp to it? Using gftp I've looked for the printer under /mnt, /mount, and /dev, but I can't find it?06:52
Sysiby07:02
Sysiwhops07:03
Sysiwhat kinda connections you have software for in that backup-box?07:03
Sysiftp isn't there by default, and afaik ssh would be easier anyway07:04
N-S[X1]How can I find out why my system is "freezing" with some disk access, if I can't see anything in my logs? Can I up the level of logging to get more information?07:13
N-S[X1]When it happens, I get a constant light from the disk access LED and the system grinds to an almost complete halt.07:14
N-S[X1]It goes on like that for a randomly long time and then starts to blink again and everything is back to "normal".07:14
=== zz_q_a_z_steve is now known as q_a_z_steve
Sysiyou could pastebin what "dmesg" in terminal prints and maybe "cat /var/log/syslog"07:18
Sysipaste.ubuntu.com in good pastebin07:19
Sysis/in/is07:19
N-S[X1]ok07:19
N-S[X1]It's getting more and more frequent, so I'd like to know how/what to fix.07:20
N-S[X1]Sysi: https://pastee.org/6ch2d I excluded a thousand lines of repeated info (only ipnumbers differed).07:34
N-S[X1]syslog is almost empty https://pastee.org/75wmz07:35
Sysilast two lines look important, but i can't guess what's actually wrong, you could try googling with them07:37
mark76Morning11:34
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=== burli_ is now known as burli
burlihi13:28
=== mhall119_ is now known as mhall119
raheelneed help to set max pages per JOB while printing to avoid accidental printing of huge amount of pages is it even possible13:54
raheelany help in setting the max pages per JOB14:03
Sysithat's cups problem14:04
raheeli know but i am now tired of searching and googling and chatting and searching...... please help just let me know that it is not possible so that i can take some rest14:06
raheelhasnt anyone setup a print server before???14:11
Sysi..on ubuntu server propably is14:18
burliwhen will the new gmusicbrower come to Xubuntu?14:25
fpsdfHi! Could anyone help me on making a USB installer on a Mac OS for use in a PC?14:30
fpsdfplease? i guess i must make a FAT (dos) disk, right?14:33
fpsdfthanks!14:59
=== ikonia_ is now known as ikonia
surreal7zhej guys :p21:20
Unit193heya surreal7z21:20
surreal7zanyway.... lets get to the point... is there anyway to maximize windows over panels in xubuntu?... without autohiding them?21:21
surreal7zo_O21:21
surreal7zi tried some stuff... but it didn't work :p21:21
charlie-tcaMight be able to use full screen, to keep the panels behind the windows.21:23
charlie-tcaOtherwise, no21:23
surreal7zhow to use full screen?21:23
charlie-tcaF1121:23
surreal7zokej... but it's just browser... but... at least something21:24
TheSheepsurreal7z: works with terminal too21:25
surreal7znice :p21:28
surreal7zokej... i found this... but it seems to be for gnome?... cos, I can't find panel option while trying this21:31
surreal7zI can give you a small trick to achieve what you want, it's not really elegant but it should works :21:31
surreal7zSet your panel to Autohide21:31
surreal7zRun gconf-editor21:31
surreal7zGo to '/apps/panel/toplevels/top_panel_screen0/hide_delay' (should be this one)21:31
surreal7zSet the value 'hide delay' to a very big number (it's in ms so ... 10000000)21:31
surreal7zExplanation : With the Autohide feature, your application windows will expand to the edge of the screen, the 'so big' delay will let your panel visible21:31
surreal7zwell.. i will auto hide them... no big deal...  anyway, great irc channel,  i will be idle here a lot :D21:33
TornadoXubuntuHello! Please I am using Kubuntu 10.10. how to compress a file and protect it with a password?21:34
TornadoXubuntuwhich tool shall i use?21:34
TheSheepsurreal7z: you can also set the panels to 'freely moveable'21:35
Unit193TornadoXubuntu: You may want to try in #kubuntu21:35
TheSheepsurreal7z: then the windows will cover them too21:35
Unit193TornadoXubuntu: You may get that option if you right click21:36
surreal7zgreat, thx!21:37
aladoinsacan someone give me a tip of a good gui in which i can find and mount my windows vista shares in xfce?22:10
aladoinsai tried xsmbrowser, pyNeighbourhood and komba2 but i cant get them to find my shares..22:11
Unit193I gave up with GUI and went with smbclient22:17
stewychi everyone22:49
stewycanyone here for help?22:50
Sysipop a question and see if somebody knows22:51
stewycok thanks. trying to install xubuntu 10.10 from windows. after selecting to boot it, it starts to install... gets stuck at "ready when you are" ive checked username is lowercase during win install part.22:53
bazhangwubi?22:54
Sysiwubi can cause weird problems22:54
bazhangmd5 the iso22:54
stewycwubi yes the app in root of cd22:54
bazhang!md5 | stewyc22:55
ubottustewyc: To verify your Ubuntu ISO image (or other files for which an MD5 checksum is provided), see http://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM or http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/LQ_ISO/Checking_the_md5sum_in_Windows22:55
=== Pici` is now known as Pici
stewycMD5 check sums are the same22:59
stewycbooting up from live cd resulting in blank screen23:00
stewyclaptop has 256mb ram23:01
bazhangthat might be an issue23:01
stewycshould i try 10.04?23:02
bazhangno, I mean the sparse ram23:02
stewycxp runs like a slug so searched for faster alternative and came across xubuntu which said would run with no problems on 256mb23:03
bazhangwell, it may run; but fast is really stretching it23:05
stewyccould burning the ISO to a dvd instead of cd cause problems... unfortunetly i searched all over and only found one blank dvd lol23:06
bazhangdoubtful23:06
stewyccould i md5 the burnt dvd?23:06
stewyci think i will try once more... copy the downloaded iso to my pen drive, copy to laptop, then extract23:10
bazhangstewyc, extract? how23:12
stewycwinrar23:12
bazhangdont extract23:12
bazhangjust use the iso directly with wubi23:13
stewycbut i would need to burn it and have no spare media to burn too :(23:13
bazhangthought wubi could just use the iso23:14
stewycor is wubi available as a standalone app for windows?\23:14
charlie-tcaIf you don't burn the image itself, it will fail to work, wubi or any other install23:16
bazhangstewyc, not interested in a real install? a usb could do that23:17
stewyctried usb booting, but same result as booting from live cd... blank screen... no hd activity23:18
stewycdownloaded the wubi from offical site, but it started to download ubuntu and not xubuntu :(23:33
charlie-tcathe cd images should have wubi as an option, if you have windows. However, extacting the cd will cause it to fail. You have to burn the image itself, without extracting it23:35
Unit193or you may be able to mount it23:38
stewycive just got an even bigger problem23:43
stewychad lappy on arm of chair... went to go to the toilet, lost balance and laptop fell on floor... now cant shut screen down lol23:45
stewycbut on the plus side live cd now given me installation menu!!!23:45
stewychmmm now i have a dilema... get rid of win xp or dual boot23:46
stewycbang and xp has gone!23:47
stewycthat knock done the trick i think lmao23:49
stewycthanks to everyone who responded23:51

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