[03:30] <xubuntu628> Hey there, I was wondering if someone could help me. My install has hung
[03:31] <GridCube> hello
[03:31] <GridCube> mmm where?
[03:31] <GridCube> i mean is it on "downloading"?
[03:31] <xubuntu628> that's a great question, I'm on a netbook, so the bottom line that says the status is blocked off
[03:32] <xubuntu628> (I'm on the netbook now, so I can launch firefox, etc)
[03:32] <knome> xubuntu628, press alt and grab the window, and drag up
[03:32] <knome> (grab with mouse)
[03:32] <xubuntu628> Ahhh, thanks, "restoring previously installed packages"
[03:32] <xubuntu628> I'm moving from 11.04, so that makes sense I suppose?
[03:33] <xubuntu628> but I see little to no HD activity while it's sitting there
[03:33] <knome> from 11.04 to what?
[03:33] <GridCube> moving to..?
[03:33]  * GridCube hiveminds knome 
[03:33] <xubuntu628> xubuntu 11.04
[03:33] <xubuntu628> should I have just replaced the OS?
[03:33] <knome> xubuntu628, installing 'xubuntu-desktop' should have worked
[03:33] <GridCube> ^^
[03:34] <xubuntu628> hmm, I'm new to this whole linux thing, sorry!
[03:34] <knome> no problem, we all have to start somewhere
[03:34] <GridCube> :D not a problem, just come and ask we are here because we want to help
[03:35] <xubuntu628> alright, so should I cancel this install and start from scratch (I was just not wanting to recopy my 20GB of music again because I'm lazy, didn't have much installed on Ubuntu)
[03:35] <knome> xubuntu628, a clean install is always the best, if you can do that
[03:36] <xubuntu628> might as well at this point, this one seems to be going nowhere...
[03:36] <xubuntu628> alright, I'll do that, thanks guys, I have a few more questions for once I've installed so I'll be back soon!
[04:19] <DallasW> hey there, I was just here a few minutes ago, I just had a couple more questions
[04:19] <GridCube> :d
[04:19] <GridCube> :D ask
[04:19] <DallasW> ok, firstly, where can I find themes for xubuntu?
[04:20] <charlie-tca> !themes
[04:20] <GridCube> beside the 40 themes it comes whit?
[04:20] <DallasW> I found a theme I like (http://xfce-look.org/content/show.php/Divergence+IV+-+%22A+New+Hope%22?content=133892) but I have no idea how to install?
[04:20] <DallasW> again, sorry, brand new at linux... :S
[04:21] <GridCube> download the compressed file and uncompress it on /usr/share/themes
[04:21] <GridCube> you need superpowers to do so
[04:21] <GridCube> (that means open the compressed file whit gksu xarchiver /path/to/file
[04:22] <DallasW> I uninstalled it and then ran some script? but I don't see it showing up in the themes
[04:23] <DallasW> anyway, I guess this is more of a specific question to that site?
[04:23] <DallasW> second, how to I get something like the windows 7 "start menu"
[04:23] <DallasW> I'd like to be able to hit the windows button and then be able to type in the program I want to launch
[04:23] <charlie-tca> Don't know what script that was, but installing themes in Xubuntu is pretty straight forward. exactly as GridCube said.
[04:24] <charlie-tca> I never used windows later than 3.1, but try the Alt+F2 run box?
[04:25] <charlie-tca> or look in the menus, not everything is going to be exactly the same as windows, since everything is done by volunteers instead of paid employees.
[04:25] <GridCube> DallasW, you could use alt-f2 >write >run
[04:25] <DallasW> yup, makes sense...
[04:25] <GridCube> i don't remember what was that program that autofilled the names of installed programs
[04:26] <GridCube> appfinder
[04:26] <DallasW> ok, well I'll look around for something like that, in the mean time, how can I get the windows button to pull up the apps list?
[04:27] <GridCube> you could bind <meta>+<Something> to appfinder and then write
[04:27] <GridCube> you have to manually bind it
[04:28] <DallasW> hmm, alright, I'll search around for how to do that then
[04:28] <DallasW> that should be all for now, thanks guys!
[06:42] <BlueProtoman> In bed.
[07:47] <teknova> hey i have an ati onboard vid card and an nvidia pci-e vid card and im trying to dual screen any help?
[08:09] <elros> that's an interesting setup
[13:01] <elros> what is an easy way to change the lightdm theme?
[13:40] <excalibas> Hello, in Gnome ubuntu I can choose which soundcard to play from clicking on the speaker on the taskbar, how can I do this on xubuntu?
[13:41] <excalibas> The sound is ok, I just need to change playback from card 0 to card 1 ( I think is alsa and not pulseaudio)
[13:47] <ochosi> excalibas: you need to install pavucontrol
[13:47] <ochosi> excalibas: then find it in the menu in "multimedia" and change the output there
[13:47] <ochosi> excalibas: the xfce mixer doesn't support pulseaudio-stuff
[13:48] <excalibas> ochosi, I thing I don't have pulseaudio running
[13:48] <excalibas> think
[13:50] <excalibas> pulse audio manager says it can't connect so I think it is not running
[13:52] <excalibas> all I find online is how to change the ~/.asoundrc file but I am looking for a temporary way
[13:55] <ochosi> excalibas: what version of xubuntu are you running?
[13:56] <ochosi> i mean actually it should (at least theoretically) also work with xfce4-mixer, you just have to add the second soundcard there
[13:57] <ochosi> in fact some programmes (like vlc or skype) let you choose the output card, so possibly that'd be a way
[13:57] <excalibas> ochosi, I see the second card there but how do I tell the "system" to use it?
[13:59] <ochosi> excalibas: probably asoundconf-gtk will help
[13:59] <ochosi> (but i've personally never tried it)
[13:59] <ochosi> g2g
[13:59] <ochosi> bbl
[14:00] <excalibas> thanks ochosi
[16:46] <chad___> When I enter my home folder, there is no longer a link to "Desktop". Any help?
[16:52] <TheSheep> what did you do just before it disappeared?
[16:58] <chad___> TheSheep: I was running BackinTime, but my external hard drive didn't have enough space for the backup.
[17:00] <TheSheep> I don't know what BackinTime is
[17:01] <TheSheep> but I suppose it should just work if you manually create a directory called 'Desktop'
[17:02] <chad___> TheSheep: I tried that, but then it just appears on my desktop as well :/
[17:02] <TheSheep> chad___: ah, so it switched to use your home directory as the desktop directory
[17:03] <chad___> TheSheep: Exactly
[17:04] <TheSheep> can you open a terminal and type 'echo $XDG_DESKTOP_DIR'?
[17:05] <chad___> TheSheep: Yes. Okay, I did it.
[17:05] <TheSheep> what does it say?
[17:06] <chad___> There's a blank line, then name@desktop:~$ on the line after that
[17:06] <GridCube> thats wrong
[17:06] <TheSheep> no
[17:06] <TheSheep> chad___: can you edit the file ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs
[17:07] <TheSheep> chad___: and see if the desktop directory is set to the right path?
[17:07] <chad___> TheSheep: One second, I'll see.
[17:07] <TheSheep> chad___: if it's not, change it and run xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update
[17:08] <chad___> TheSheep: I can go in and edit the file.
[17:09] <TheSheep> gotta go, good luck
[17:09] <chad___> TheSheep: Thanks
[17:12] <chad___> GridCube: Do you have a solution?
[17:13] <GridCube> its pretty much what TheSheep sais
[17:13] <GridCube> d
[17:13] <GridCube> you have to see if the directory is listed on ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs
[17:13] <chad___> GridCube: It is
[17:14] <GridCube> you could try to move or change that file and then do xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update
[17:14] <GridCube> then log off and log in
[17:14] <chad___> GridCube: Okay, I might be back. Thank you very much :)
[17:14] <GridCube> :D hope it works
[17:15] <chad___> GridCube: Same here, haha
[17:22] <chad_____> My home directory is being mistaken for my Desktop. Any assistance?
[17:38] <GridCube> :/
[18:04] <charlie-tca> GridCube: if chad comes back, I think he can change it in System -> Users and Groups, Details for the user
[18:14] <n2diy>  Why would a 11 year old kid need to setup a proxy in IE? I was accused of wiping out a WLAN, because I plugged in my linux box in to the router. Turns out it was the kids laptop that was misconfigured with a proxy.
[18:14] <GridCube> sometimes viruses do that
[18:15] <n2diy> GridCube, so the kids computer could be infected?
[18:15] <GridCube> very probably
[18:15] <GridCube> he was using IE after all
[18:16] <n2diy> GridCube, ok, thanks. Yes, but it was a she.
[18:16] <Unit193> Might be able to set a proxy to get around some filter
[18:17] <GridCube> true that too
[19:09] <n2diy> Now I'm working on a friends computer. I installed Xubuntu 10.04 on it six months ago. He forgot it, so I booted into recovery mode, and gave him a new one. Now when I boot up, it tells me the login in password doesn't match the password on the login keyring?
[19:10] <n2diy> He forgot is password.
[19:11] <GridCube> delete the keyrings
[19:11] <GridCube> it always says that
[19:11] <n2diy> GridCube, what keyrings? Where?
[19:13] <GridCube> mmm i can't remember exactly where they are stored
[19:13] <GridCube> let me find out
[19:16] <Unit193> ~/.gnome2/keyrings
[19:16] <GridCube> http://www.geekyeric.com/?p=67
[19:21] <n2diy> I can only get in temporarily, as soon as the wireless card asks for it's WPA2-PSK key, I'm locked out. And when I give it that key, it times out because of the freakin keyring error, this is a PITA.
[19:21] <GridCube> delete it
[19:21] <GridCube> and start again
[19:21] <GridCube> its the only way
[19:22] <GridCube> don't try to change the password because its not gonna work, you have to make it all over again
[19:22] <n2diy> GridCube, when I get to it I will, but I only have x seconds to operate before I'm locked out. I should have it deleted on this pass.
[19:23] <GridCube> you can do it from a terminal
[19:23] <GridCube> install mc
[19:23] <GridCube> and sudo mc
[19:23] <GridCube> oh you dont have internets
[19:24] <orngjce223> Huh, my instinct is to boot into single user mode and work from there
[19:24] <orngjce223> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/grub-boot-into-single-user-mode/
[19:24] <orngjce223> That puts you into root though
[19:24] <orngjce223> so be careful
[19:24] <orngjce223> Huh
[19:25] <orngjce223> Wait, it wants root password, that won't work
[19:25] <GridCube> no thats not cool
[19:25] <orngjce223> Do you have a visible grub menu? I guess you could boot into nongraphical recovery mode if you can get that
[19:25] <GridCube> just delete the file
[19:25] <orngjce223> Yes, but it's easier to delete the file from the command line if you aren't 15 seconds out
[19:25] <orngjce223> Huh
[19:26] <GridCube> yes, but the file is owned by him
[19:26] <GridCube> not root
[19:26] <orngjce223> Wait, if it's the wireless locking you out, why don't you just go into a field where there /are/ no wireless connections and try there
[19:26] <GridCube> he doesnt need superpowers to d elete it
[19:26] <orngjce223> No connections, no keyring access
[19:26] <orngjce223> Or pull out the card, though I understand that's very difficult on some models
[19:26] <GridCube> :/ he, just, have, to, delete, the, file
[19:27] <orngjce223> Yes
[19:27] <orngjce223> I understand
[19:27] <GridCube> it doesnt matter what it says
[19:27] <orngjce223> It's easier when you only have a command line, that's all
[19:27] <GridCube> he then reboots and it will ask again
[19:27] <n2diy> ok, deleted the file, and it respawned itself.
[19:27] <GridCube> yes
[19:27] <orngjce223> Can you restart and see if it works?
[19:27] <orngjce223> Wait
[19:27] <orngjce223> Logging out and in should work fine though
[19:27]  * orngjce223 smacks face with a Windows box
[19:27] <GridCube> yes ,that
[19:28] <n2diy> Let me try, restarting.
[19:32] <n2diy> ok, now I'm trying to DL updates, and I'm getting could not resolve errors. I lost the network icon on my toolbar, so I'm guessing I have to reconfigure the network, progress, I think.
[19:34] <orngjce223> Yeah, it keeps all the network settings in there, but better lose them than be locked out?
[19:39] <n2diy> ok, the network icon respawned itself, and asks for the WPA2-PSK password, but it doesn't accept the password now.
[19:51] <n2diy> when a box is dual booted, is the linux system vulnerable to attacks that occur on the Windows side?
[19:53] <Sysi> propably not if windows can't even write on linux partition
[19:54] <n2diy> ok, thanks.
[19:54] <Sysi> i don't think there would be too many dual-boot dedicated viruses anyway
[21:16] <fdeiam> how do i browse samba shares in xubuntu 10.04 ?
[21:51] <jfandre> Can someone help me with an audio problem???
[21:52] <Sysi> pop a question and somebody may eventually ansver it
[21:53] <jfandre> Ok, I've got a 2nd audio card hooked up to the PC, and whenever I go into hibernate, I have to go into the mixer app and unmute the thing!!!
[21:55] <jfandre> The 2nd sound card uses a usb interface.
[21:57] <jfandre> lsusb:
[21:57] <jfandre> Bus 006 Device 003: ID 08bb:2904 Texas Instruments Japan PCM2904 Audio Codec
[23:11] <KunBan> Hi!
[23:14] <KunBan> Can someone help me out because google failed me: Does Xubuntu cooperate with EFI?
[23:18] <orngjce223> It should, but the people in #ubuntu would know more.
[23:26] <GridCube> whats efi?
[23:28] <KunBan> the BIOS replacement on Macs
[23:28] <NickJ> Hello everyone, I am new to Xubuntu (and Linux) and had a couple simple questions about desktop environments...Ubuntu uses the "Unity" desktop environment, Kubuntu uses the "KDE" desktop environment, and Xubuntu uses the "XFCE" desktop environment, right?  And Ubuntu used to use the "Gnome" desktop environment?
[23:31] <Hotte> Hello. I just switched from Ubuntu 10.04 to Xubuntu 11.04. Ive got some little probems and one quite big....
[23:31] <Hotte> There is an "Desktop Switcher" in the Bar. I dont want to switch between desktops by mousewheel (touchpad in my case). I did uncheck the box in the settings, but it keeps switching when i hit the scrolling section of my touchpad. Did i get anything wrong?
[23:33] <GridCube> mmm i usually just delete the rest of the virtual desktops
[23:35] <Hotte> Well i want to use at least 2 desktops, but the switching method is anoying me
[23:37] <GridCube> mmm i don't know sorry
[23:38] <knome> NickJ, yes
[23:39] <NickJ> @knome, thank you.  gdb is an assembly language debugger for Ubuntu.  KDgb is a GUI for it, but it says it *requires* KDE, however, I installed it here on my Xubuntu machine, how is this possible?  Or are there any suggestions for a GUI that is specific or 'meant for' use with Xubuntu?
[23:49] <Hotte> How can i disable the tapping feature of my touchpad?
[23:51] <Hotte> ok synclient TapButton1=0
[23:51] <Hotte> works
[23:52] <Hotte> How can i perform this command on startup?
[23:52] <fdeiam> i cannot browse any network shares in xubuntu
[23:57] <chad____> My home directory is recognized as being the Desktop directory. How can I fix this?