[00:49] hello everyone [00:50] i'm having an issue with my wireless adapter [00:50] i just installed Ubuntu for the first time ever, does anyone think they can help me? [00:55] can anyone see me? [01:03] hi, sharedcomp. what's the problem? BTW, the Big Brother is watching you ;) [01:16] hi! [01:17] i'm having trouble with my wireless [01:17] it won't connect, or even find my wireless network. i'm currently going through the forums trying to find an answer [01:17] it seems to be an issue with the driver. i have one installed, but it does not seem to be working properly with my adapter [01:19] haha do you really think big brother is watching the ubuntu beginners chat? [01:25] shadeslayer, do you know the make and model of the device? [01:25] oh, and what version of Ubuntu are you using? [06:40] tenach: Hi [06:45] Allo bkerensa [06:45] tenach: I saw you used to be on PNW :D [06:48] bkerensa: on PNW? [06:48] I'm still living in the PNW. ;) [06:48] WA thought right? [06:48] bkerensa: Yeah, WA state. :) [06:48] North, South or Central? [06:48] :D [06:49] Eh, more like central-ish west? Bout half an hour below Seattle. [06:50] oh ok :) if you were closer to PDX I was gonna say come to global jam we have probably the biggest jam on the west coast planned :D [06:50] bkerensa: PDX as in Portland? [06:50] tenach: Yeah [06:51] Ah, yeah... that's a five hour drive. [06:51] And I haven't got a vehicle. [06:51] me either :D [06:52] bkerensa: I'd love to chat with you later; heading to bed. I should have gone two hours ago... [06:52] That's what I get for playing games, I suppose, haha. [06:52] kk [06:52] if i wantn't having a jam here id come to portland! [06:52] philipballew: San Diego to PDX... Wow thats a trip even I wouldnt dare do :P [06:53] people drive from there to here for school straight [06:53] I drove 10 hours here from sac this week [06:54] whatt you doin for your jam bkerensa ? [06:55] philipballew we will be doing doc, bugs, testing and upgrades and additionally will have a social aspect we have food & beverage catered and then PuppetLabs is lending us their swanky corporate offices and then a few other companies donate a bit of stuff for giveaways :D [06:56] Took about two weeks to setup [06:56] =o lots of calls, e-mails etc [06:56] Nice! how many total man hours you think? [06:57] Total I would say 3-4 solid [06:57] and this Friday I still have to finalize the logistics and select food stuffs to be eaten [06:58] I think we have about 25+ people coming as of now hopefully 30 by end of week :D [06:59] The reason I put so much effort is because I'm hoping this kickstarts our loco back to life... It has been sputtering for some time :P [07:00] oh nice. yeah. ours is at a local cafe. I think that the place is gonna be good. were gonna have hopefully like 4-5 people. sometimes you have rendom people show up [07:00] i had a ubuntu hour once where 15 people came [07:00] the next month nobody [07:00] all depends on what people are up to [07:01] the loco has been fading bkerensa ? [07:02] I can't get the Workspace Switcher to work in the lancher [07:03] Well yeah... See I never was involved in the loco until like the last release party and only like 5 people showed up and only three of us were actual team members... But since OSCON I took lead role and now IRC is active, we have meetings and are getting organized better [07:03] apparently awhile back PNW Loco caused some sort of fallout when it got disbanded [07:03] I dont know the whole story I just know WA, OR, ID used to be one loco or something =o [07:03] you moved there or something? [07:04] mikd, id see if the keybord controls work ctrl alt and your arrow keys [07:04] Well yeah about four years ago but I have been using ubuntu for over three years I just kinda helped out in #ubuntu and on forums and also I volunteered at FreeGeek which distributes Ubuntu computers for free [07:04] I really didnt know much about loco's until 5-6 months ago [07:05] but even then I guess the loco has been asleep due to some rifts and the old leadership parting ways and such [07:05] i joined the loco last october when i came to a ubuntu hour. i stated getting in on irc stuff and then i help on here, and that stuff works. [07:06] cool [07:06] crtl alt and the arrow keys work [07:06] its been less then a year and im likin it. you were at oscon. I wanted to go. must have been nice [07:07] philipballew: It was very fun a lot of work but still a excellent experience and meeting Jono and MarkDude was fun too [07:07] mikd, what happenswhen you press the button on the launcher? [07:07] bkerensa, you gonna come to scale? [07:07] nothing [07:08] philipballew: I wish I can't afford the travel and lodging costs :P plus my fiancee wouldnt like me being gone for that long :/ anyways I gotta hop to bed ttyl! [07:08] alright! ttyl [07:08] * philipballew will be sleeping in the lax airport for scale [07:09] mikd, when did this happen [07:09] after I messed with compiz [07:10] ah, i see. what did you do with ccsm [07:11] I try'd to get the cube thing [07:12] ah. i have that installed. [07:12] i can help with this [07:12] what guide did you use [07:13] it didn't work for me [07:13] well what did you use? [07:14] I went to setting and checked everything that compiz [07:14] alright. im gonna have you able to get your cube goin [07:15] but what about the Workswicher icon in the lancher [07:15] were gonna get that working. [07:15] and the cube to [07:16] but im gonna bring you back to your default settings [07:16] ok [07:16] then ill help you enable the cube [07:16] open a terminal [07:16] got one [07:17] try this and tell me what happens [07:17] unity -reset [07:18] i used that once, or something like that [07:18] maybe unity --reset [07:19] anything? [07:21] yeah try unity --reset [07:22] just a sec [07:22] mikd, ^ [07:22] ok [07:24] I used "sudo unity --reset and six lines of stuff i don't uderstand [07:26] and i assume the workspace button doesnt work? [07:26] I used "sudo unity --reset " and got six line of stuff thing i don't understand [07:26] no need for sude [07:26] *sudo [07:28] *sudo unity --reset [07:29] no. just unity --reset [07:29] will do [07:35] mikd, hows it goin? [08:44] hi [08:44] how can i install vmware on ubuntu [08:44] !vmware [08:44] VMWare is not available in the Ubuntu repositories. Consider using !QEmu or !VirtualBox as alternatives. Instructions for installing VMWare manually are at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VMware [08:45] is there any apt-get command to install virtualBox [08:46] !virtualbox | x080 [08:46] x080: virtualbox is a x86 !virtualizer. A !free edition is available from the package 'virtualbox-ose'. A non-free edition is available at http://virtualbox.org for most Ubuntu releases (help in #vbox) - Setup details at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VirtualBox [08:46] thanks ubot2 & bioterror [09:39] hi evry1.. [09:41] pls if anybody can help, i am with ubuntu 11.04, the only problem i get is that when it goes in hibernation , when i start again it bugs and freezes, the screen would go off even when i have set it never to go of..any solution? [09:42] open power preferences and disable hibernation [09:43] i did that is the problem === b08z80-|-Z is now known as bobweaver [11:19] Hi, could anyone help me? [11:20] Hi, there's something suddenly wrong with my sound. Everything comes out with a "buzz"... Is there a way to fix this without logging out or rebooting? [11:21] restart puleseaudio [11:21] pulseaudio [11:22] was it in terminal: pulseaudio -k [11:22] does not require sudo or root permissions [11:23] yeah, I did something similar and it worked [13:33] Hello. [17:27] can someone help me get my webcam and mic to work in gmail again? I don't know what's wrong but the proper settings aren't being recognized and I don't know where to start. [17:28] I think there might be something wrong with my Java and flash in firefox I have 3.0 and my Chrome is version 9.0.597.98 [17:28] im using dell mini that runs hardy heron [17:29] I can record sound in sound recorder, and cheese also works, but its a little slower than it used to be (about two months ago it was much faster) [17:29] skype also works fine [17:30] but my mic and webcam are not being detected by gmail anymore...do I need to reinstall the pluggin or something? [17:31] does both of them work with cheese? [17:32] yes, they both work in Cheese [17:32] just a little slower [17:33] than they used to be [17:33] and sometimes cheese fails to load [17:33] it just suddenly disappears from the bottom panel while loading [17:37] but usually by the second time it works again [18:01] I cant help with that [18:01] I've never owned a webcam [18:02] ok, thanks for the answer though I do appreciate it [18:02] how about fixing Java in firefox? [18:02] is it easy? [18:03] hmmm [18:03] you want to change opensource java to oracles closed? [18:03] its not loading properly most of the time [18:03] yes [18:03] what does that involve and what are the risks? [18:03] I've been using the download from sun systems [18:03] i believe [18:04] dont download from oracle/sun microsystem [18:04] ok, whats the right thing to do? [18:04] do I have to reinstall firefox or do some crazy trouble shooting that takes more than 20 minutes? [18:04] because thats all ive got right now [18:05] enable partner repository, if you have not done it [18:05] sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner" [18:05] update package database [18:05] sudo apt-get update [18:05] and then install [18:05] sudo apt-get install sun-java6-{jre,bin,plugin,fonts} [18:05] and remove the floss stuff: [18:05] sudo apt-get purge openjdk-6-{jre,jre-lib,jre-headless} icedtea{-6-jre-cacao,6-plugin} [18:05] how do I check if ive got that repo added? [18:05] clarkthehardy910, from synaptic for example [18:09] PEDORO [18:09] who [18:09] wrong window :D [18:10] i know you love me so [18:10] I do [18:12] lol [18:15] bioterror: im getting a command not found for add-apt-repository: [18:17] I think i've heard that this dell mini 9 had a version of ubuntu installed to it, that it can only get updates from certain sources [18:17] but Im going to try to add it via software sources [18:18] in the system section [18:18] gui [18:22] clarkthehardy910, just boot up with a live cd and copy all those sources to a text file then put them in the sources.list [18:23] dont have a live usb available right now, I guess I'll do it when I have more time, thanks philip [18:23] well i can send you my sources file [18:24] no problem [18:26] hmmm, thanks for your help, but it would still need a live cd or usb, and this is way too late for me already, I will give it a try in the morning (its 2:26 am here) [18:26] philipballew: bioterror: thanks so much! [18:27] no problem :) [18:27] hope you share the same version [18:28] bioterror, i was gonna check that :) [18:28] lsb_release -rcd [18:32] why do you suppose the gui run rooted will not let me add the a new source? [18:33] I can click the +add but after I paste in the APT line, the add button remains grayed out [18:34] bioterror: do you know what Im referring to? [18:35] I ran this command gksu --desktop /usr/share/applications/software-properties.desktop /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk which loaded it, but it still would not let me add the source [18:35] it used to let me add them [18:36] sudo apt-add-repository or however you spell it [18:37] yeah, terminal doesnt recognize that command [18:38] this is a dell funkified version [18:38] just re-install? [18:39] you have a good conection? [18:40] hahaha, yeah, i.ve been putting it off for far too long [18:40] Im not a computer wiz, just a geek that pretends to know what he's doing most of the time [18:41] clarkthehardy910, its pretty easy. trust me [18:41] your laptop should install just fine as all the hardware is gonna work just fine [18:49] so i want to set up a vpn server. how hard is that?