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Kilosmorning all of you on this cold sat morn06:12
Kilosbbl06:30
Kiloslo superfly drubin and others09:23
KilosMaaz, coffee on09:23
* Maaz starts grinding coffee09:23
MaazCoffee's ready for Kilos!09:27
KilosMaaz, ty09:28
MaazEnjoy Kilos09:28
WolfeyesMorning everyone.09:47
Kiloslo Wolfeyes 09:50
Kilosno one here09:50
WolfeyesThat's ok, still working on this program prefferences09:52
Wolfeyes-f09:53
WolfeyesStill seeing how to work that other o/s as well lol (Not saying the name...lol)09:53
pateevee.10:38
Kiloshi pateevee 10:39
pateeveehallo oom10:39
pateevee:P10:39
Kiloslol. wie is jy10:39
pateevee:O10:39
pateeveehoe meen oom?10:39
Kiloslmga het ek jou vergeet of het jy n ander nick wat ek ken?10:40
pateeveemiskien10:41
Kiloshehe10:41
pateeveeek't gou irc vir my pa opgestel10:41
pateeveesal sien of hy dit wel gaan gebruik10:41
Kilosah nuvolari 10:41
pateeveehy noem hierdie sy TV (teevee)10:41
Kiloshehe10:42
pateeveeja nee, ek weet ek is nie baie oorspronklik met nicks nie10:42
Kilosse vir hom ek se dag oom10:42
pateeveeelvis left the building for a second10:43
pateeveewb Wolfeyes10:43
Kiloshehe10:43
pateeveeKilos: so ek't ubuntu via wubi hier geinstalleer10:43
Kiloseish10:44
pateeveei understood that the lappy came with Win 7 home... but it has professional on10:44
pateeveeso I thought i'll keep it there :P10:44
Kilosek like daai wubi niks. ons het te veel gesukkel daarmee10:44
pateeveehmm. why oom?10:44
pateeveeso far no problems10:44
Kilosvra die wolf hoe ons gesukkel hey10:44
pateeveeexcept I did not find the windows filesystem where I expected it10:45
Kiloswin pro costs much more than home so you scored inna way10:46
pateeveeKilos: exactly oom :P10:46
pateeveebut I don't know what I exactly score10:46
pateeveeit's pretty useless by default10:46
Kilosbut i still think they only good for the dustbin10:46
pateeveein a way10:46
Kilosdid you get the cd with it10:46
pateeveeI uninstalled MS office, norton internet, and all other stuffs10:47
Kilosdont leave it without a good antivirus10:48
Kilosor firewall10:48
pateeveeKilos: I installed avast!10:48
Kilosyip thats one of the best if not the best10:48
Kilosand doesnt slow the pc like amg i think it was called10:49
pateeveemaar ek leer hom ubuntu :P so hy moet probeer om ubuntu eerder te gebruik10:49
Kilosja ek stem leer hom mooi10:49
Kiloshet jy die cd saam gekry10:49
pateeveeja oom, beide Win 7 Pro en die drywer cd vir die lappy10:50
Kilosen ons kan hom altyd help van hier af10:50
Kilosdaai win 7 can jy verkoop ek dink10:50
Kilosas ek dit reg het is win pro n paar duisend rande werd10:51
pateeveeas my pa regkom sal ek later vir hom net ubuntu opsit10:52
pateeveenee oom, dis net vir verspreiding saam met die lappy10:52
Kiloskom ons hoop10:52
pateeveeek dink nie my pa gaan dit so lekker regkry nie :P10:52
pateeveeal is ons almal hier om te help10:52
pateeveehy is nie 'n geek soos oom was nie10:53
Kilosja maar as jy n wettige cd het can jy dit op nog 2 pcs installeer10:53
Kilosai10:53
pateeveeek probeer nou vir my pa oom se blog wys10:56
pateeveedalk probeer hy ook blog :P10:56
pateeveemaar ek glo nie10:56
Kiloslmga10:56
* Wolfeyes scrolls up10:58
Kilospateevee, kry ook vir hom zonealarm firewall10:59
Wolfeyeshey pateevee 11:00
WolfeyesLol @ elvis leaving.11:00
pateeveelo Wolfeyes11:00
Wolfeyesbrb11:01
pateeveeoom, ek't oom in my pa se google+ sirkel gesit11:01
pateeveehy't nog nie baie mense nie :P11:01
Kilosdankie pateevee ek sal gaan kuier wanneer die data groei11:02
pateeveedis 100% oom11:02
pateeveedit mag dalk lank neem vir my pa om te reply 11:03
pateeveemet die hand wat sukkel en so11:03
pateeveeso hy en my ma skype maar net11:03
Kilosnp11:03
Kilosoh ya ek vergeet van skype11:03
Kilosmaar dis duur op broadband11:04
WolfeyesIt does use a lot. But I think those new data contracts you showed me Kilos are pretty good.11:06
WolfeyesThe one's from Mtn.11:06
Kilosyeah if you can spend time after midnight11:09
pateeveeye, that's the one my parents have11:09
Kilosotherwise its only 10g11:09
Kilosim sure skyping will eat that in less than a month11:10
WolfeyesIf I remember correctly they spoke of off peak not midnight.11:10
Kilosoh maybe11:10
WolfeyesOff peak is 20h00 to 7h0011:10
pateeveeye, the only problem I have now is that they can't check the data usage without going to windows or putting the sim in a phone11:10
pateeveebah11:10
pateeveemaybe they have a data usage monitor on a website?11:11
pateeveeKilos: maybe you know oom?11:11
Kiloslol i put sim in fone every night11:11
WolfeyesCan't you load the mtn program in wine just to see the data usage?11:11
Kilosthere is a vodafone goodie pateevee 11:11
Wolfeyesor that ^11:11
pateeveethe only wine I like is the wine from the cape region :P11:12
Wolfeyeslol11:12
WolfeyesDidn't you say you on win7 ?11:13
Kilospateevee, look at vodafone mobile connect i dunno if it will see data11:13
WolfeyesIn the new hardware there is a place on the tabs to check your balance if you loaded it in win.11:13
Wolfeyesor software... er11:13
Kilosyes but he wants his dad to use ubuntu Wolfeyes 11:14
pateeveeWolfeyes: win 7 with dualboot/wubi ubuntu11:14
pateeveeya :-/11:14
pateeveewait wait11:14
pateeveethere's that mobile thingy11:14
pateeveeI need to find it11:14
Wolfeyesbut then you on mtn also so vodacom wouldn't work.11:14
Kilosyeah i am hunting for the other one11:14
pateeveethere's a tool in synaptic11:14
Kiloswammu or gammu11:15
Kilos?11:15
pateeveeya!11:15
pateeveethat oom11:15
pateeveethanks11:15
WolfeyesHaven't heard of them.11:15
Kilosonly they cant see my saudi modem11:16
Kilossigh11:16
Kilosthere was another thing too but i forget its name now11:16
pateeveethere's a lot of new stuff for gsm devices11:17
pateeveegsm-utils11:17
pateeveeand gnome-something too11:17
pateeveegnome-phone-manager11:17
pateeveegeez, I almost removed a guy from my g+ circle today11:18
pateeveetelling me to use OpenOffice over LibreOffice11:18
pateeveepffft11:18
Kiloslol11:18
pateeveesupposedly something about file issues11:18
Wolfeyeslol11:20
pateeveemy dad is now uberconnected :P11:20
pateeveeg+, twitter, irc, googletalk11:20
pateeveeall in the blink of an eye11:21
Kiloshee hee and no pidgin?11:21
pateeveeempathy11:21
Kilosi prefer pidgin11:21
pateeveemoet net kyk of daar 'n autojoin is vir irc11:21
pateeveeah, there we go11:22
pateeveeshould be automagically connecting11:22
Kilospateevee, where does that gnome-phone-manager go and hide11:23
pateeveeweet nog nie oom11:24
pateeveeit just finished installing11:24
pateeveewill have a look now11:24
Kilosah in system tools11:25
Kilosapplications system tools11:25
Kilosyou might need to activate system tools11:25
Kilosno thats for smsing11:26
Kilosgrrr11:26
Kilosi cant find it11:28
Kilossigh11:28
pateeveewammu freezing on me11:28
Kilosoh my11:28
Kilosmine wants to connect to a fone via bluetooth  so i gave up because the modem got no bluetooth11:31
pateeveeya, having problems too11:32
pateeveeit's working on my laptop though11:33
Kilosmaybe that gnome-phone-manager might see the modem. wammu wants bt connecting11:36
Kilosgrrr11:36
pateeveegiving up11:37
pateevee:(11:37
Kilosyeah maybe better to put sim in fone11:38
Kilosthat fone manager is in /usr/share but i dunno why it didnt give a shortcut somewhere11:39
Kilos:( hehe11:39
pateeveewaso oom?11:41
Kilosek het die search opsie gebruik11:42
Kilosen dis in filesystem11:43
Kilos/usr/share/app-install/desktop11:44
Kilosmaar daar niks op desktop nie11:44
Kiloseish11:44
Kilosmaar miskien wil dit ook net smse stuur11:45
Kiloswat is irda pateevee 11:47
pateeveeinfra rooi oom11:47
Kiloshoe is die modem gekonnekteer11:47
Kiloseish11:47
Kilosen at11:48
pateeveeat is ek nie seker nie11:49
pateeveedis 'n protocol11:49
Kiloshet n ander ding hier ook11:49
pateeveevir fone11:50
KilosgMobileMedia11:50
Kilosmaar dit soek hoe jy wil konnekt11:50
pateeveehmm. ja nee, ek raak so bietjie verlore oom11:51
pateeveeek dink dis oraait vir actual fone11:51
Kilosja ek dink nie hulle werk op 3g modems nie11:51
Kilosen baie mense gebruik hulle deesdae11:52
Kilosveral met lappies11:53
Kilossjoe ek dors nou al hierdie gesoekery11:55
KilosMaaz, coffee on11:55
* Maaz starts grinding coffee11:55
MaazCoffee's ready for Kilos!11:59
KilosMaaz, ty fella11:59
MaazWho is your fella Kilos?11:59
KilosMaaz, ty11:59
MaazEnjoy Kilos11:59
pateeveeok, gaan gou windoze toe om te check of als nog werk :P11:59
pateeveeo, en ek moet pidgin daar install12:00
pateeveebbiab12:00
Kiloslol12:00
pateeveepidgin12:15
Kiloshehe12:15
Kilospidgin is grand12:16
pateeveekan dit launch met startup oom?12:16
pateeveein windows12:16
Kilosja12:16
Kilosstartup apps ek dink12:16
Kilosja12:17
Kilosvra Wolfeyes 12:17
KilosWolfeyes, ping12:17
WolfeyesI'm here12:17
WolfeyesJust reading quick12:17
Kiloshy het dit al lank op win12:17
pateeveegeez, my dad has 7.3 GB bandwidth left12:17
pateeveeAnd I only realize it now :P12:17
Kilosen debbie het dit ook12:17
pateeveeit expires on the 21st12:17
Kiloswow12:18
Kilosstuur bietjie12:18
Kiloslol12:18
WolfeyesYou should be able to add it to start up programs12:18
pateeveewas a mission12:19
pateeveegeez12:19
Wolfeyesjust trying to find it12:19
WolfeyesHaven't used win7 to long12:19
pateeveebut... there's no way to tell it to connect co a channel12:19
pateevee*to12:20
Kilosyes there is12:20
Wolfeyesyes there is12:20
Kilossnap12:20
WolfeyesYou owe me a coke12:20
Wolfeyeslol12:20
Kilospateevee, accounts12:21
Kilosadd12:21
Kilosoh you mean to a channel here?12:21
pateeveeKilos: ja oom12:22
Kilosi use xchat for here12:22
Kiloseven works on windows12:22
KilosMaaz, google xchat for win712:23
MaazKilos: "xchat.org • View topic - xchat and windows 7" http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?t=4842 :: "XChat: Multiplatform Chat Program" http://www.xchat.org/ :: "XChat: Multiplatform Chat Program" http://xchat.org/download/ :: "X-Chat 2 for Windows" http://www.silverex.org/ :: "Portable XChat-WDK for Windows 7 - An IRC chat program - Windows 7 ..." http://www.windows7download.com/win7-portable-xchat-wdk/patjqpxi.html :: "xchat Windows 7 12:23
Kilosxchat is beter vir toppies12:23
Wolfeyeslol12:24
Kilospidgin lekker vir mxit,msn aim en so aan12:25
Wolfeyes2mins just testing12:26
Kiloshmm12:28
WolfeyesOk pateevee lets have a look and see12:28
WolfeyesXchat, Network list, 12:29
WolfeyesClick on freenode, 12:29
Kiloshe is on pidgin Wolfeyes 12:29
Wolfeyesthen connect12:29
WolfeyesNot xchat...12:29
WolfeyesOk hold on...12:30
WolfeyesYou could have done it with xchat too.12:30
Symmetri1xchat aqua ftw! :)12:30
Symmetri1(but thats os-x only) :(12:30
Symmetri1strangely I cant stand normal xchat12:30
pateeveebleh12:32
Wolfeyes2mins12:32
pateeveenot going to struggle with xchat12:32
Kiloslol12:32
pateeveeit's not like my dad is connected 24/712:32
pateeveeunlike us12:33
Kilosdo you want to use pidgin just for irc pateevee 12:33
* Symmetri1 sighs and wanders off to finish packing and then go to london12:37
Symmetri1back from there I guess12:37
Wolfeyeslol12:37
=== Symmetri1 is now known as Symmetria
Symmetriaheh, london tomorrow, amsterdam on wednesday12:37
Symmetriaghana on sunday12:37
Symmetriacrazy12:38
pateeveeclassic http://verydemotivational.memebase.com/2010/02/25/demotivational-posters-blitzkrieg/?from=recMap112:38
Kiloseish12:38
SymmetriaI like debtceilingcat!12:38
Symmetriahttp://debtceilingcat.tumblr.com/12:38
Symmetrialol @ debt ceiling cat sees four treeeelllion dollars12:39
LangjanHi Maaz, do you have some advice for me please? Trying to update on my wife's Ubuntu 11.04, feedback says "it seems that the daemon died"15:42
* nlsthzn waves16:00
LangjanHi nlsthzn16:52
nlsthznHallo Oom Langjan :)16:52
Langjanhow are you doing?16:53
nlsthznOh, I am OK... Got a nice long night shift to get passed but nothing really to complain about :)... how about things over there in ZA?16:55
LangjanFine thanks, just a long winter. Fortunately we are in a warm area17:01
nlsthznYup. It has sounded like a tough one so far. Not something I miss (then again, the tough summer here more than makes up for it :/ )17:03
LangjanHave you any idea what to do when update mgr on Ubuntu 11.04 says "it seems like the daemon died"?17:05
nlsthznLangjan: Hmmm... no that is a new one for me... To update the package info an easy command to enter in a terminal is "sudo apt-get update" (without the quotation marks) ... Maybe try that and see if there is another error?17:08
Langjanunable to locate package updates17:18
Langjanupdate mgr says updates are downloaded but not installed17:18
LangjanSorry, the wife's calling me to dinner,hope you get thro you long shift ok17:19
nlsthznLangjan: next step after that one is to run "sudo apt-get upgrade" 17:40
LangjanThanks nlsthzn, that has gotten it excited about something - running like the neighbor's kid's nose...17:46
nlsthznLangjan: haha... let us hope it is running in the right direction...17:46
Langjanlol, looks like it knows where it's going17:47
nlsthznyou can add the two command together... "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade" ... this is all you ever need to keep your install up to date in any version of Ubuntu ;)17:47
Langjanok many thanks, that's good to know17:47
LangjanHi kilos17:48
Kilosevening all of ya17:48
Kiloshiya Langjan 17:48
Kiloshoe gaan dit daar17:48
* nlsthzn is glad to have been of assistance17:49
* nlsthzn waves @ Uncle Kilos 17:49
Langjangoed dankie, nlsthzn has just helped me get my wife's machine to do the updates you suggested to start with 17:49
Kilosgood so she is happy too now17:50
Langjan120 Mb of them17:50
Langjandon't know yet, will see what the icons etc look like when were done17:50
Kilosyeah. lol i got 120m thaT I HAVE BLOCKED FROM UPDATING HERE17:51
Kilossorry for caps17:51
nlsthznLangjan: is there a problem with your interface on 11.04?17:51
Langjanthat's what John Smit said today17:51
Langjansorry for caps17:51
* nlsthzn doesn't want to talk/think about rugby until the World Cup... :/17:51
Kiloslol17:52
Kilosthey played maar sleg17:52
Kilosschool team17:52
* superfly forgets that not everyone in here is a geek17:53
Kiloshee hee hee17:53
Langjanagreed, don't know about interface but the icons and some sites, e-mails etc keep on going small and some on the desktop seem unable to adjust at all17:53
Kilosyou have also watched superfly 17:53
superflywhat is his "rugby" you speak of?17:53
Kilosand at the time you said you enjoyed it17:53
superfly*this17:53
LangjanFirst time ever that the 'boks have conceded 80 points in 2 consecutive matches..17:54
Langjanalso first time ever they have a g.m..t for a coach 17:55
Kilosso you updating now Langjan 17:56
Kiloswhat did i give you wrong17:56
Kiloshey nlsthzn 17:57
Langjannlsthzn, there is a problem with icon size settings and settings on e-mails and websites that keep going small, almost infinitesmal17:57
Langjanyes, updating now kilos17:57
Kilosok we see when its done17:57
nlsthznInteresting problem... Is this happening in Unity or Gnome-classic (or both)?17:59
Langjanseems like its done, just doing some checks now  17:59
LangjanGnome classic, how do I get to unity? But I want to get back to gnome 18:00
Kilosstay on gnome till pc is working fine18:01
Kilosone step at a time18:01
nlsthzn:)18:01
Langjanok, the sizes on thunderbird seem fine now (hooray) but the icons and eg the little circle that says wait i'm working are still very small18:02
Kilosthen go check those settings again in system appearance18:03
Langjanother icons are the ones in the panel that indicate sound, power, mail, where do I set these in system appearance?18:04
Kilossystem preferences appearance fonts18:04
Kilosare you there Langjan 18:05
LangjanI'm here but it is, inter alia, the icons next to the headings in preferences appearance18:05
Kilosyes now go to fonts18:06
Kilosin application font tick where it says 10 and go to 1418:07
Langjanok but be patient please, I am working on 2 computers18:07
Kilosok18:07
Langjanit is on 14, has been all the time18:08
Kilosoh my goodness18:08
Kilosand the others18:08
Langjanaha18:08
Langjanahaha18:08
Kiloslol18:08
Langjanmy system is on 11 and those icons are fine...18:09
Langjanbut they do not seem to be adjustable anywhere that I have been and I have been around.18:10
Kilosi dont see system on maverick18:10
Kilosapplication, document, desktop,window title and fixed width18:10
Kilosare you still in those appearance settings18:11
Langjanyouve lost me now, application, document? 18:13
Kilosin system. appearance 18:14
Kilosfonts18:14
Kilosthere must be 4 or so steeings you can change18:14
Langjanyes, none of those work on the icons in question18:15
Langjanthey are all on 14, and a bit too large but easy to rectify18:15
Kilosoh are your panel icons tight size18:15
Kilosand the applications one should change all your applications font sizes18:16
Langjanonly some of them, those that do not react to settings pixel changes18:16
Kilosoh my then i am stuck18:17
Kilosnlsthzn, help18:17
Langjanjoin the club18:17
Kiloslol18:17
Langjanlmga18:17
Kilosmin4e changed all my applications font sizes18:17
Langjanwhats min4e?18:18
Kilostypo18:18
Kilosmine18:18
Langjantypo? lost me again, onthou ek's oud18:18
Kilosi look at eack key when typing and sometimes miss what i aiming at18:18
Kilostyping errors18:19
Langjanme too18:19
Kiloslmaa18:19
Kilosthats called typo's18:19
Langjantried a typing course but i'm too far gone18:19
Kiloshave you looked at you icons in the problem areas since updating18:20
Kilosyeah me too, my fingers cant bend like that18:20
Langjanyeeeess! no change18:20
Kilosok thats thunderbird and what else18:20
Kilosnlsthzn, ping18:21
Langjanonly the ones that are adjustable have come right, tbird and browsing sites, let me check that one 18:21
nlsthznalo...18:21
Kilosneil his icons are right it settings now but tb is still small 18:22
Kilosyou use tb hey?18:22
nlsthznI have read all that has been written but I am  bit stumped...18:22
nlsthznIs the problem only in Thunderbird?18:22
Kilosoh my18:22
Langjanwebsites are alos fine now18:22
Langjanalso18:22
Kiloshe checking others now18:22
Kilosyay18:22
Kiloswe getting somewhere18:23
Kilosyou did the reinstall thunderbird hey Langjan 18:24
Langjanno, the problem is in my panel and the same in my system prferences and admin items, the icons on the left of each item 18:24
Kilosthe panel?18:25
Kilosthe little bar at the top of the screen18:25
Langjandid not reinstall tbird, just upgraded, which I suppose also reinstalled...?18:25
Langjanyes 18:25
nlsthznre-installing won't neceserallly fix anything as the config files may remain18:25
Kilosmine went bigger with one of those settings in fonts18:26
nlsthznand as the problem isn't thunderbird specific I doubt that is the root cause18:26
Langjanthe icons of installed applications are showing fine, it is the icons of the system, e.g power, sound (the little mike) and ubuntu18:27
nlsthznI am not infront of a Linux machine at the moment so I can't really give specific instructions :/ Could I ask a screenshot of the specific issue areas?18:27
nlsthznLangjan: all of the icons on the top bar to the right?18:27
LangjanI tried to paste it into a site but could not get it to go there, can I e-mail it to you?18:27
Kilosimageshack18:28
KilosMaaz, google imageshack18:28
MaazKilos: "ImageShack® - Online Photo and Video Hosting" http://imageshack.us/ :: "My Images - ImageShack® - Register" http://my.imageshack.us/v_images.php :: "ImageShack® - Blog" http://blog.imageshack.us/ :: "ImageShack® - Images/Videos" http://imageshack.us/toolbar/pictures.php :: "ImageShack - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImageShack :: "ImageShack | CrunchBase Profile" http://www.crunchbase.com/company18:28
Langjanno, only the icons of ubuntu, power, the little mike and the ones in the list of preferences18:28
LangjanI regsitered on imageshack but canot paste the screenshot into anywhere18:30
Kiloswhew my settings that we got at 14 there in fonts changes the size of all the top panel icons18:30
KilosLangjan, just go try those fonts settings again and watch you top panel and and see if anything changes when you tick ok after changing the size18:31
Langjanok going somewhere on imageshavck, wait please18:31
nlsthznLangjan: nlsthzn @ gmail . com18:32
Langjantried that many time kilos, will mail the shot to nlsthzn18:33
Kilosi also battled to get my first image there18:33
Kilosok we get someone to help you next time you need it18:33
Kilosthink superfly helped me18:34
Kilosek het ook gesukkel18:34
nlsthznI wouldn't advice imageshack... best to try flickr, or even picasa...18:35
Kilosare they easier for toppies nlsthzn 18:36
nlsthznNot sure... but imageshack has often given issues on displaying images when linked online...18:36
nlsthznpicasa links well with gmail but I prefer flickr's interface18:37
Kilosya but you guys preferences are sometimes a bit above us ballies18:37
Kilosi used picasa with my blog but sukkeled lots there as well18:38
Kiloshehe18:38
Langjannlsthzn, you will see that there is a set of icons significantly smaller than the rest , they are much larger on my machine but seem to be non-adjustable so why are they small on my wife's 11.04?18:38
nlsthznLangjan: will have a look as soon as I get it, thx18:39
LangjanHooray, wat se julle van toppies? http://img809.imageshack.us/content_round.php?page=done&l=img809/4343/screenshotzdb.png18:39
Kilosyeah thats your top panel18:39
Kiloslmga18:39
Kilosthat top panel must change there by applications where you got 1418:40
Kiloschange it to 12 and watch the panel when you tick ok18:40
Kilosor go to 1618:41
Kiloswhen i change mine the whole panel changes size18:42
Langjanjy verstaan nie, the system icons do not change al doen jy wat18:42
nlsthzn... was this a defualt install of 11.04 or an upgrade?  Can I ask the specifications of the machine (seeing as the defualt Radience theme should still be activated even on fallback gnome)18:42
Kilosdan is die foud in daai ding18:42
Langjanan upgrade from 10.0418:43
Kilosnlsthzn, sal jou reg kry nou nou18:43
Langjanwhwre it was showing fine18:43
nlsthznLangjan: have you tried right clicking the desktop and changing the theme to radiance?18:44
Langjannlsthzn (why such a complicated handle?) have tried a few optiions but let me try radiance  18:45
Kilosis that a natty thing you doing now18:46
nlsthznnEIlOOsthUIzEn ;) - I want to see where the issue is... do we need some drivers or something else... no point trying to change a lot of settings if there is an issue like that to resolve ;)18:47
Langjanthat set of icons remains infinitesmal irrespective of the theme selected18:47
inetprogood evening18:47
inetprowhat can I do to improve 3G/mobile signal at home?18:47
Kiloslo inetpro 18:47
Langjanalso the mouse cursor and the little "working" circle18:48
nlsthznLangjan: but does everything change when you change the theme? the colours windows borders, buttons for open/close etc.?18:48
Langjanyes they do18:48
Kilosis it the tower thats too far inetpro 18:48
nlsthznok... so the top bit and the mouse stays small18:48
Kilosor the sp supplying a bad signal18:48
Langjanmy icoons must be on that far tower...18:49
inetproKilos: sometimes it's nice and strong but other times it is extremely bad18:49
inetprojust reset my modem now and suddenly I can talk to you guys again18:49
Langjanpart of the top bit and mouse etc18:49
Kilosthen its the sp choking it when they get busy18:49
Kilosi see my signal is now at 3 bars but often goes down to one18:50
* inetpro can't wait for Monday when VC price is coming down again18:50
KilosVC?18:50
inetproKilos: Voda18:51
Kilosare they coming down?18:51
inetproKilos: yep, I'm trying to find the article18:52
Langjannlsthzn, it is the mouse cursor, the circle that says theres working going on and the ubuntu and power and microphone and mail icons18:52
Langjanas you will see in the screenshot18:52
nlsthznLangjan: yup... trying to see if I can find similar issues online... brb :)18:52
Langjanthanks nlsthzn 18:53
inetproNew Vodacom broadband pricing unveiled http://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadband/29650-new-vodacom-broadband-pricing-unveiled.html18:54
Langjanapplications, places, system and date fonts are fine, its just the icons18:54
nlsthznLangjan: while I search could you log out of the PC and in the log in screen at the bottom you will have the option to choose ubuntu classic (no effects)... could you choose that and log back in and report on any changes?18:55
inetpronew pricing changes will be implemented by 1 August 201118:55
Kilosek kannie gaan kyk nie boet18:56
inetproKilos: watse bundle koop jy gewoonlik?18:56
Kilosek het ian se sim wat hy met modem gekry het en dit het nog a maand of 2 se 100m18:57
inetproMyMeg 250 = R99 vanaf 1 Aug18:57
inetproMyMeg 500 = R14918:57
Kilosdis goed eintlik18:57
Kilosmymeg 110 was 8818:58
inetproMyMeg 750 = R22018:58
inetproMyGig 1 = R 24918:58
inetproMyGig 3 = R 48918:58
inetproMyGig 20 = R 2,85918:58
inetpromet ander opsies tussein18:59
Kilosdie mtn pryse is beter ek dink18:59
inetprook18:59
Kilosnuvolari, weet wat betaal sy pa18:59
inetproin that case I need to look at MTN again18:59
Kilosdink dit was R300 vir 10g18:59
inetproyikes19:00
Kilosen 8ta het 10g vir 200 ek dink19:00
inetproKilos: seker op lang termyn kontrak?19:00
superflyKilos: no, MTN and Vodacom have always had almost identical pricing19:00
Kilosja hulle is kontak19:00
Langjannlsthzn, the problem starts with the login window, it's minute compared to mine and stays that way, in line with the other minute icons19:01
Langjannow the e-mails in tbird have gone back to miniature also, as they were before the upgrade 19:02
Kilosyeah superfly i forgot they were on contract19:03
nlsthznLangjan: Wow... ok... that is strange... I cannot find anything online at the moment... (a bit difficult focusing 100% when I am also "working")... will keep at it as time avails itself... maybe one of the boffins will be on shortly and they will get it fixed in two shakes ... 19:03
Kilosskuus19:03
* nlsthzn isn't a fan of upgrades at all :?19:03
nlsthzn:/19:03
Kilosinetpro, what controls you icon sizes before you get to the settings you can change19:05
inetproKilos: I use KDE on Kubuntu19:05
inetproUbuntu/gnome is a different animal19:06
Kiloso ya19:06
Kiloseish19:06
KilosLangjan, try sudo aptitude reinstall gnome-panel19:06
Kilosi go see if there a mouse thingie too19:07
Kilosit might be in xserver-xorg even i think19:08
* nlsthzn wonders if it is just a screen resolution issue but doubts that19:08
Kilosbetcha that xserver will go fetch more info if you update in synaptic19:09
Kilosor reinstall them in synaptic19:09
LangjanHeres the new screenshot. See for yourself: http://img109.imageshack.us/content_round.php?page=done&l=img109/4066/screenshot1qt.png19:10
Langjanrunning reinstall panel19:10
Kilosthen one more thing Langjan go to synaptic package manager19:11
Kilosin the top little window by the search eyeglass19:12
Kilostype in xserver19:12
Langjanreinstalled gnome panel, now thunderbird is fine but the icons unchanged 19:13
Kilosso its something not installed completely19:13
Kilosi hope its in the xserver packages19:14
Kilosis jy daar Langjan 19:16
Langjaneks hier, is by spmanager, what to do there?19:16
nlsthznLangjan: I am not sure if you have tried the forums... in any case I started a thread with your problem... will wait and see if we get any valuable info from there ...http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=181504519:17
Kilosor something got a bit corrupted with upgrading19:17
Langjanthnks nlsthzn19:17
KilosLangjan, type in xserver in the top little window19:17
Kilosblock19:17
Langjandone wat nou?19:18
Kilosyou will see lotsa packages marked green19:18
Langjanyip19:18
Kilosright click on one and then tick reinstall19:18
Kilosor right click all green ones and tick reinstall19:19
Kilosthen tick apply at the top and it will say how much it must download to get them up to date19:19
Langjanit says mark for reinstall, where do I reinstall?19:19
Kilosyou mark them only19:20
Kilosthen with the apply button they will do it19:20
Kilossorry i forgot it marks them first19:20
Langjanthere are dozens, all of them?19:21
Kilostry with 6 or so first then see if it wants to download anything19:21
Kilosif you archive packages are up to date then it wont want to download but will reinstall them19:22
Kilosyou might need to tick reload at the top so synaptic can see whats available and whats already there19:24
Kilossometimes the mark all upgrades button finds stuff thats half installed as well19:25
Kilosor not updated anyway19:25
Langjandid them all, 45 of them and restarted. No change. 19:29
Kilosoh my19:30
Langjanjou wat?19:30
Kilosdid it download anything19:30
Kiloslmga19:30
Kilosek kry darem n lag uit jou uit19:30
Langjanwell it reinstalled all the selected packages19:30
Kilosyes but it musta told you first how much it needed to download19:31
Kilosbefore you finally give it the got ahead19:31
Langjandont think it did19:32
Kilosjy moet mooi lees oom19:32
Kilosok in synaptic19:32
Langjanmiskien moet ek teruggaan na die telraam toe wat my ma vir my gegee het 19:33
Kilostick the reload and watch19:33
Kiloslmaa19:33
Kilosabacus?19:33
Kilosi am sure something didnt upgrade properly19:34
Kilosi dunno why all the clever guys arent helping us here19:34
Langjanit says how many packages but zero bytes19:35
inetproLangjan: nee die abacus sal beter werk19:36
Kilosok Langjan tick mark all upgrades19:36
Langjanwie sal my abba en wie sal my kus?19:37
inetpros/abacus/abakus/19:37
inetproLangjan: sien http://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abakus19:37
inetprodie ingelse artikel is baie meer volledig19:38
Langjanok will have to study that first, but do I follow kilos or inetpro? 19:38
Langjanmark all upgrades where? 19:38
Kilosjust tick that mark all upgrades and hope it finds some19:38
Langjankilos19:38
Kilosin synaptic at the top19:38
inetproKilos: who are those clever guys you talk about?19:39
Kilosif there are the appl button will light up after they are marked19:39
inetproKilos: you are one of them19:39
Kilosthose that have carried me for near 2 years inetpro 19:39
Kilosno no19:40
Kilosim young and innocent19:40
inetpro:-)19:40
Kilosek kry lekker tot in my water19:40
Kilosou jan is ouer as ek19:40
Langjanen wyser...19:41
inetproKilos: jy meen ou lang jan?19:41
Kilosja19:41
Kiloshy19:41
* inetpro lol19:41
Kilosdie einste19:41
Langjandis my wyser wat lank is19:42
Kiloshy groot ballie19:42
Langjanmaar my balie is plat19:42
Kiloslol19:42
inetproKilos: dis altyd goed om nuwe mense hier te sien, ouderdom maak nie saak nie19:42
Kilosdid you tick tick mark alll upgrades19:43
Kiloshe Langjan ^^19:43
Kilosja dis lekker19:43
Langjanyes and changes have been applied19:43
inetproKilos: jy help baie goed19:43
Kilosdid it want to upgrade any19:43
Langjan210 Mb19:44
Kiloswow19:44
Kilosnou wat inetpro 19:44
Kiloshoe kan dit wees na sudo apt-get update19:44
Langjanor was it 120?19:45
Kilosen sudo apt-get upgrade19:45
Langjanwou nie update nie het ge-upgrade19:45
KilosLangjan, do sudo apt-get update19:45
inetproKilos: om nuwe mense te help verg tyd, geduld en deursettingsvermoë19:46
inetproKilos: jy't sommer van al daai19:46
LangjanShe can live with the tiny icons, it just irritates me19:46
Kilosdis vir my lekker maar ek bang ek gee verkeerde info19:46
Kilosnee man Langjan 19:47
Kilosons maak reg19:47
Langjanmoet nooit bang wees nie19:47
Kilosdo sudo apt-get update19:47
Kilosthen sudo apt-get upgrade19:48
inetproLangjan: iewers in jou opsies moet jy jou font se grootte kan stel19:48
Langjanthe time it is taking does not justify the reward even if we find the problem which I amsure will eventually surface19:48
Kilosand see if it wants to download anything19:48
LangjanI have, moet ek dit weer doen? 19:48
Kilosnee19:48
Kiloshet jy altwee gedoen19:48
Kilossudo apt-get distupgrade19:49
Kiloseish19:49
Langjanja, ek se mos hy wou nie update nie toe doen ek upgrade19:49
Kilosnou nie seker nie19:49
Langjanmaar nie distupgrade nie19:49
Kilossudo apt-get dist-upgrade19:49
Kiloseen van daai19:49
inetprohmm... 19:50
inetproLangjan: what are you trying to do?19:50
inetprosorry, I may have missed some stuff19:50
Kilosfix tiny icons that wont change in font settings inetpro 19:50
Kiloslike his panel icons are tiny19:51
Langjannothing to upgrade19:51
inetproa dist-upgrade or even a plain old upgrade won't fix that19:51
Kiloscan hardly see them19:51
inetproLangjan: which icons specifically?19:52
Kilosi was hoping that they cant be changed in system prefs appearance fonts because something not upgraded properly19:52
Kilosand the mouse cursor is tiny19:52
Kilosen die huur glasie as dit se wag n bietjie19:52
* inetpro lol @ "die huur glasie"19:53
Kilosmoenie lag nie man gee raad19:54
Kiloslmga19:54
Langjaninetpro, it starts with login window, then ubuntu icon, the sound mike, mail envelope, about and power icon. Also the little circle that says "working"   19:54
inetprohmm19:54
Langjanmy huurglasie is rond, maar ja dis hy19:54
inetproaccording to http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3160257&postcount=3 desktop icon size can be set via nautilus19:55
KilosLangjan, die inetpro het my al baie gehelp19:55
inetproto change default size, in shell type nautilus access toolbar menu: <edit> <preferences> <views> and change to preferred size the <Default Zoom Level>19:56
Langjanshell?19:56
Kilosjy moet mooi verduidelik inetpro 19:56
Kilosterminal Langjan 19:56
inetproKilos: ek dink superfly en die crash kid het jou al meer gehelp19:56
Langjanmy hare is al grys (die wat nog daar is)19:56
Kilosons lag darem nog so als is goed19:57
superflyI don't know Gnome from a bar of soap these days, I wouldn't be any help19:57
inetproLangjan: I'm not sure whether this will help but just try this19:58
inetpropress Alt+F2 to launch a new application19:58
inetprotype 'nautilus' without the quotes and press ENTER19:58
Langjanok done19:59
Langjanwhat next?19:59
inetproclick on the Edit menu and select preferences19:59
inetproand then views20:00
inetprochange the Default Zoom Level20:00
Langjanto?20:00
Langjanits at 100%20:01
inetprojust try something extreme just so you can see whether it has an affect20:01
inetproI wonder where drubin is hiding these days20:02
Kilosyeah20:02
inetprosurely he knows how to help on GNOME20:02
Kiloshes a gnome guy20:02
Kilosand nuvolari 20:02
inetproyep20:02
KilosLangjan, you can make it 200%20:02
* inetpro wonders what marco uses20:03
Langjanno visible effect at 200%20:03
inetproor rather marcog20:03
marcoginetpro: me?20:03
inetpromarcog: yep you :-)20:03
marcoginetpro: what you referring to?20:03
inetprodo you use Ubuntu Gnome or KDE?20:03
marcog(/me has hilight on "marco")20:04
Kiloslol20:04
marcoginetpro: neither really20:04
marcogi use xmonad20:04
inetproyikes20:04
marcogwith a tiny bit of gnome20:04
marcogbut you won't recognise the gnome bits20:04
inetproahh, if I remember correctly highvoltage may be using gnome20:05
Kilosah20:05
marcogdrubin also uses xmonad20:05
inetprohe's the real makhulu big guru20:05
Kiloslets hope this prob is not an easy one20:05
inetprohe can call the big guns anytime20:05
Kilosmaybe hes asleep20:06
Kilosor inna lekker lurking mood20:06
inetproKilos: at least he won't sleep forever20:06
Kiloslol20:06
inetproand Langjan will surely come back here for more support20:07
inetproand then one day he will help the next newbie :-)20:07
Kiloshe doesnt also have time on this pc i think20:07
Kilosyeah20:07
Kilosif you work it out logically20:08
drubinmarcog: Only gnome stuff i use is the applications20:09
Kilosnormally you set the font settings in system prefs appearance and then fonts20:09
inetprotime for a cup of 20:09
inetproMaaz: coffee on20:09
* Maaz starts grinding coffee20:09
inetproahh, coffee....20:09
drubinand even then it is pretty much pidgin and firefox20:09
Kilosbut they arent changing the panel fonts20:09
Kilosso what controls them settings20:09
marcogdrubin: same20:09
KilosMaaz, coffee please20:10
MaazKilos: Done20:10
inetproeish20:10
inetprodrubin, marcog: gnome really dropped you lately?20:10
marcoginetpro: i like not having to use the mouse20:11
marcogalso tiling is win20:11
inetpromarcog: sounds interesting, but I'll stick with KDE20:11
* inetpro hates the mouse20:12
marcogit's a very drastic change, i won't lie20:12
marcogbut i love it20:12
* Kilos sobs20:12
* Kilos loves my mouse20:12
marcoginetpro: do you use pentadactyl/vimperator?20:13
MaazCoffee's ready for inetpro and Kilos!20:13
Kilosso who else uses gnome nowadays20:13
KilosMaaz, dankie man20:13
MaazGroot plesier my vriend20:13
LangjanGuys, I am sure this screenshot of menus page will get you closer to the problem: http://img405.imageshack.us/content_round.php?page=done&l=img405/2999/screenshotegg.png20:13
inetpromarcog: thanks20:13
inetprooops20:13
inetproMaaz: thanks20:13
Maazinetpro: Sure20:13
Kiloshaha20:13
Langjansee how the lines are compressed to try to accommodate the small icons? 20:14
drubininetpro: No just don't use that many gnome apps20:14
inetprodrubin: do you see the problem?20:15
inetproLangjan: is that a generic problem on all applications?20:17
inetprothat screenshot appears to be just the menu editor20:17
drubininetpro: I see the problem but have no idea how to fix it20:17
inetprook20:17
Langjanyes but it does the sme to all applications in the list20:18
* Kilos wonders if it can be reported as a bug20:18
Kilosthen half the world can have a look20:18
inetproKilos: just about anything can be reported as a bug20:18
Kilosso tell Langjan how to report it please20:19
inetproKilos: that reminds me, I have not been on launchpad for decades20:20
inetproor it rather feels like decades20:20
Kilosi wonder if it not an upgrading problem up to natty20:20
Kilosmy natty sets them fine20:21
Langjanwell thats when it started with me 20:21
inetproLangjan: what you could try is to create another username and login as that to test the default settings20:21
Kiloswas it from 10.04 or 1010 Langjan 20:21
LangjanFrom 10.04 if I remember correctly20:22
inetproand if it works out nicely you can clear all your settings in your profile and start as if you did a new install20:22
Kilosinetpro, explain how to do that login as another user please20:23
Kilosi tried that and it asked for the other guys password but there isnt another guy here20:24
Kilosso what would his password be20:24
inetproLangjan: just like superfly I'm not a GNOME user so I don't know where to add users but I'm sure you should be able to find it easily20:24
LangjanI had the same hitch20:24
Kilosunless you go guest session20:25
LangjanDo I log out and start from there?20:25
Kilosdunno what you can do from there20:25
Kilosno 20:25
Kilostick on your shutdown button and go guest session20:25
inetproKilos: I don't think we have guest sessions like you have in GNOME but maybe that could help20:25
Kilosi just dunno if the guest will be able to do much20:26
inetproKilos: that should not matter20:27
Kilosbut its worth a try to see if those settings change the icons20:27
Langjanin guest session I have the other desktop arrangement ( wat noen julle dit?) AND the small icons...20:27
Langjannoem20:27
Kilosmy20:27
Kiloswhat other arangement20:27
Langjangnome and ...?20:28
Kilosanyway Langjan go system prefs appearance and see if they change to 1420:28
Langjanthe icons are set up vertically on the left20:28
Kilosoh the new one unity20:28
Langjanthats it20:28
Kilosi didnt update natty yet so i still here on maverick20:29
Kilosare the system prefs things there20:29
inetprohmm... that's where you loose me completely, I don't like the new unity and have not used it at all20:30
inetproto much click, click, click needed for my liking20:30
inetproLangjan: if you hold out until Monday I'm sure we can find someone who is very familiar with that environment20:32
Kilosor20:33
Kilosyou can boot and choose to use the old ubuntu instead20:33
LangjanOK, none of those 5 settings have any effect on the icons in question20:33
Kilosor use the recovery mode for natty on boot20:33
inetproLangjan: are you on 11.04 now?20:34
Kilosok so its deep in natty then20:34
Kilossigh20:34
Langjani'll just live with it until the boffins find a solution 20:34
LangjanIts my wifes machine thats on 11.0420:35
Langjanshe's the guinea pig20:36
Kiloslol20:36
inetprocool20:36
Langjanshe only uses thunderbird and facebook20:37
KilosLangjan, try report the problem by launchpad.net i think it is20:37
Kilosinetpro, what the link to register with launchpad and report probs20:37
LangjanOK I have been to launchpad20:37
Kilosi used to get lost there20:37
inetproLangjan: or what you could do is to ask the big guns in the big channel at #ubuntu20:37
Kiloslol20:38
inetprohttps://launchpad.net/20:38
Kilosthat will keep you going20:38
Langjanglad you found your way back20:38
Langjanthaanks inetro, I'm registered there20:38
Kiloswhew that was hard work that trying to get help there20:38
Langjandankie kilos, nou kan jy gaan slaap20:39
Langjantyd vir bed vir oumense20:39
inetproLangjan: you could also try the ubuntu-za mailing list20:39
Kilostry report it there as well jan but explain that you upgraded and now got this prob and the normal settings dont work20:39
Langjanok thanks will do, maybe tomorrow...20:40
Kilosya maybe lee knows20:40
Kilosok Langjan jammer ons het nie gewen nie20:40
inetproguess we all need some sleep20:40
inetprogood night20:40
Kilosmaar hou moed20:40
Kilossleep tight all20:40
Langjancould it be a monitor setting? 20:41
inetproLangjan: I doubt20:41
Kiloswhere are they20:41
Kilosoh you mean the screen20:41
Langjanwhy are my 14 settings there smaller than the 10's on my system?  20:41
Langjanyes the screen resolution20:42
inetproLangjan: you could always answer that for yourself by trying the same monitor on your machine20:42
Kilosexperiment Langjan but write down what they were so you can go back again20:42
LangjanI know  how to get to screen resolution in windows but not here...20:43
Langjanok got it20:44
LangjanOK I think that's it, now the icons are right and all the rest which I can adjust are huge20:47
Kilosyay20:47
Kiloswell done20:47
Kilosand the pc is up to date20:47
highvoltageinetpro: I do indeed20:48
Langjanyou guys helped a lot, its the only option still available but just requires some lateral thinking which you guided me to, many thanks20:48
inetprohighvoltage: wb20:48
highvoltage(although I use gnome fallback not shell)20:48
Langjanwb?20:49
Kiloswe all learned something too ;lan20:49
Kiloswelcome back20:49
inetproMaaz: wb20:49
MaazThank you so much inetpro my good good friend20:49
inetpro:-)20:49
Kiloslol20:49
inetproLangjan: wb = welcome back20:49
LangjanI had a similr problem with my virtualbox until I adjusted the screen resn to get the right size20:50
Langjanslaap lekker al die flukse helpers20:50
KilosLangjan, eks bly jy het dit nou reg. nou kan ek lekker slaap20:50
highvoltagelekker slaap Langjan 20:50
Kilosjy ook oom20:50
Kiloslmga20:50
inetproLangjan: lekker slaap20:50
Kilosnight all20:50
Kilossee ya morrow20:51
Kilosdankie inetpro 20:51
inetprohighvoltage: so is there still hope for unity?20:51
* inetpro has not been following ubuntu development very closely lately20:51
inetprobye Kilos20:52
LangjanHey I'm really chaffed, kilos and the team, have set all my fonts back to normal and now the display is PERFECT.20:53
inetproLangjan: congrats, in the end you did it yourself20:57
inetprowell done20:57
highvoltageinetpro: yep, it's slowly but surely getting better. I'll probably use it when it eventually gets there20:58
inetprocool20:58
LangjanHi nlsthzn, did you see the solution you guys led me to? A simple screen resolution setting...many thanks for your help amidst your tight schedule21:24
nlsthznLangjan: serious... I think I mentioned that on the channel but I couldn't believe it would be that simple :D21:25
nlsthznLangjan: Well I am glad it is working now like you want it... that is all that matters in the end... hope your wife enjoys Natty (now you should log out and log back in and choose Unity as your log in option...) That should be fun :D21:26
Langjannlsthzn, I had 11.04 with unity, it frustrated me, but in the end it was the new document foundation that made me revert to 10.10. 21:29
nlsthznI guess Unity isn't for everyone :)21:29
LangjanPerhaps its a matter of getting used to. Back to the icons, have a look, aint it pretty? http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7822/screenshot1xr.png21:32
nlsthznLangjan: well, they are bigger... now you need to choose a better font... that is one ugly looking Ubuntu :D21:33
nlsthznLangjan: http://www.flickr.com/photos/59930315@N03/sets/72157626124571449/ some of my screen shots over the last few months21:34
LangjanThanks will do21:37
nlsthznLangjan: sorry... didn't mean font... I meant theme :)21:38

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