[01:26] <X_already_in_use> hey guys, help me out here, I've always wondered how to format a pendrive/usb flashdrive/thumbdrive  on linux (my lubuntu),  in win7 all I do is rite click format on My Computer, how do I go about this on lubuntu, just use Gparted then delete partition, add new partition ??
[01:28] <jmarsden> X_already_in_use: Do you want the resulting drive to be useful in Linux only, or also in Windows (i.e., what sort of filesystem(s) do you want to be on it when you are done?
[01:29] <jmarsden> X_already_in_use: There are usually two steps in getting a drive ready in Linux: (1) partitioning (2) creating a filesystem on each partition you made.
[01:30] <X_already_in_use> jmarsden, not really moving files between different O.S. just messing around/playing around, like loading a distro on the pendrive and pluging in back and forth between computers
[01:30] <X_already_in_use> jmarsden, oh i see
[01:30] <jmarsden> Well, for "loading a distro on a pendrive" some of the utilities will do the formatting for you.  But in principle, you can use gparted or whatever to create the partition, and then
[01:31] <jmarsden> use mkdosfs to create a FAT32 (vfat) filesystem on that partition.
[01:31] <jmarsden> There may be a GUi way to do it, I tend to use the command line, I'm an old timer :)
[01:36] <X_already_in_use> jmarsden, right, forgot about that thing where the utility reformats it then load the distro, I guess I got use to reformatting the pendrive myself before running the tool. lols. well thnx anyway
[02:23] <meway> I installed an old netgear wireless card after installing lubuntu, How do I make this work?
[02:23] <meway> Also the machine has no other way of connecting to the internet but I have a usb flash drive
[02:24] <meway> Is there a way to check what the name of my device is? all I know its a netgear
[02:31] <meway> Ok so I have a Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88w8335 [Libertas] 802.11b/g Wireless (rev 03)
[02:31] <meway> If that helps? Idk how to get this to work (the machine as said before is offline)
[02:37] <X_already_in_use> meway, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx#b43_-_No_Internet_access
[02:55] <meway> X_already_in_use: this computer has no access to the internet
[02:55] <X_already_in_use> ya, use that guide
[02:56] <X_already_in_use> you d/l files from other computer that has internet connection, then transfer the files to the computer that has no access, then run a few commands
[02:56] <meway> its confusing
[02:56] <meway> but the other computer is a windows
[02:57] <meway> X_already_in_use: wait I can make things easier I think
[02:57] <X_already_in_use> ill give you 4 files hold on
[02:58] <meway> X_already_in_use: what if I install a wired ethernet card
[02:58] <meway> can I use this to temperarly get the wirless I need?
[02:59] <X_already_in_use> idk, cuz I have to manually install drivers thru command to get wireless working on my lubuntu
[02:59] <X_already_in_use> but try it and see if it works on your comp
[03:02] <X_already_in_use> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34553348/LinuxWifiUpdate/b43-fwcutter_013-3_i386.deb
[03:02] <X_already_in_use> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34553348/LinuxWifiUpdate/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
[03:03] <X_already_in_use> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34553348/LinuxWifiUpdate/patch_2.6-3_i386.deb
[03:03] <X_already_in_use> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34553348/LinuxWifiUpdate/wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o
[03:03] <X_already_in_use> meway, download this 4 files
[03:05] <meway> kk
[03:06] <meway> ok  on my pendrive
[03:06] <eduardomps> anyone else tried to upgrade to Oneiric and got a "update-manager is marked for removal [...]"?
[03:07] <X_already_in_use> transfer to the computer you want the wirless to work, put in your home folder   /home/YourUsername/        click on b43 file then patch file, then do this command in order: tar xfvj broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
[03:07] <meway_lubuntu> ok so I am wired in
[03:08] <X_already_in_use> did you get wireless working?
[03:08] <X_already_in_use> sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o
[03:08] <X_already_in_use> sudo b43-fwcutter --unsupported -w /lib/firmware broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/wl_apsta_mimo.o
[03:08] <meway_lubuntu> no I am wired in
[03:09] <X_already_in_use> you transfer the 4 files i told you about, put on your home folder  /home/YourUsername/   run the .deb files, run 3 commands, run Additional Drivers, activate reboot. tha'ts it.
[03:11] <meway_lubuntu> Cannot open input file broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/wl_apsta_mimo.o
[03:12] <meway_lubuntu> you only gave me 2 commands to run
[03:12] <X_already_in_use> tar xfvj broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
[03:12] <X_already_in_use> the first one is that one
[03:13] <meway_lubuntu> ah shit I missed that
[03:13] <meway_lubuntu> should I do the commands again in that order?
[03:13] <X_already_in_use> i guess so
[03:14] <meway_lubuntu> whats additional drivers?
[03:14] <X_already_in_use> it should be on System Tools, after you click the bird icon
[03:14] <meway_lubuntu> found it
[03:14] <meway_lubuntu> it was kind of a dumb questoin xD
[03:15] <X_already_in_use> np dude, everyone starts somewhere, i did too awhile back :)
[03:15] <meway_lubuntu> yea but I have been using ubuntu for like 4 years now xD
[03:15] <meway_lubuntu> But I never setup wirless drivers see
[03:16] <X_already_in_use> ah
[03:19] <meway_lubuntu> what do you mean by activate reboot?
[03:19] <meway_lubuntu> just reboot the computer?
[03:20] <X_already_in_use> after you run the Additional Driver, activate the wireless that you see in there, after you activate that, reboot.
[03:21] <meway> says there are no priority drivers?
[03:21] <X_already_in_use> :O
[03:22] <meway> *puts boots on and kicks his computer* reboot damn it
[03:26] <meway> reboooted
[03:26] <meway> took wired card out
[03:26] <meway> trying again?
[03:26] <X_already_in_use> I guess
[03:26] <X_already_in_use> did you put the files in your home folder?
[03:27] <meway> folder named meway yew
[03:27] <meway> yes
[03:27] <X_already_in_use> ok run the .deb files, starting with the one named  b43    after that  run the other deb file with the name patch,   make sure you install it
[03:28] <X_already_in_use> then do the 3 commands
[03:28] <X_already_in_use> after that see if you can activate it from Additional Driver, if you can't find it then Idk.
[03:32] <meway> finding nothing...
[03:32] <meway> X_already_in_use: does this help http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Linux.Wireless.drivers.802.11ag.html#Libertas
[03:32] <meway> ?
[03:33] <meway> idk what I'm looking at but somone from #ubuntu suggested it
[03:33] <meway> along with a program called
[03:33] <meway> ndswrapper
[03:34] <X_already_in_use> im no guru, sry. Lol! I just happen to have a link/guide how to enable b43 wireless
[03:35] <meway> 4.18 Marvel Libertas (802.11g)
[03:35] <meway> my card^
[03:35] <meway> ?
[03:35] <meway> wait nvm
[03:36] <meway> I have no idea what I'm doing >.<
[03:38] <X_already_in_use> same, sry dude cant help ya. lol
[03:43] <meway> wait its ndiswrapper
[04:12] <meway> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/marvell-88w8335-chipset-netgear-wg311-pcicard-driver/
[04:14] <jmarsden> meway: I see screens and screens of discussion... what are you trying to do exactly?
[04:15] <meway> get my wireless to work
[04:17] <jmarsden> OK, so what is the PCI ID of the card?
[04:19] <meway> following the link its getting me pretty far
[04:20] <jmarsden> OK, cool.
[04:26] <meway_lubuntu> woot got it
[04:26] <meway_lubuntu> thanks for the help X_already_in_use and concern jmarsden :)
[14:18] <Guest17951> oh
[14:18] <Guest17951> hey
[14:18] <Guest17951> anyone here to help me at all? Have a thinkpad with 128mb of ram
[14:19] <Guest17951> can i make this into a sensible non-tec usible machine
[14:19] <Guest17951> in an hour or so
[14:19] <Guest17951> or am I being too optimistic about life?
[14:24] <lighta> depend on what u mean by non tech
[14:24] <lighta> lubuntu pretty easy to use in my opinion
[14:24] <Guest17951> am a fiction writer not a hacker of the computer kind
[14:24] <Guest17951> but think i might go wioth puppy
[14:25] <Guest17951> seems more user freindly
[14:25] <Guest17951> :S
[14:25] <lighta> ok hope you'll succed there then
[14:28] <Guest17951> thankoyu kindly
[18:02] <Soojin> how do i make this menu bar transparent?  http://imagecdn.maketecheasier.com/2010/05/lubuntu-menu-bar.png
[18:03] <Soojin> it seems nothing affects the menu inside lxappearance or openbox
[18:05] <maheanuu_> Good morning , I am wanting to format a removable drive to NTSC from terminal and would appreciate some advice on how to do this
[19:44] <Unit193> rafaellaguna! Howdy!
[19:45] <rafaellaguna> Hi!
[19:46] <Unit193> Awesome job on Oneiric so far! I have also heard great things about it. Good luck on membership too!
[19:47] <rafaellaguna> Oh, thank you so much. I'm very proud of it (great collaborative discussion, this one)
[19:48] <rafaellaguna> More votes on the polls, so more democratic :)
[19:48] <Unit193> Yeah, that's also good
[20:13] <head_victim> rafaellaguna: I'm actually awake now so I can cheeer you in the meeting in person not just on the wiki
[20:13] <Unit193> head_victim: Oh is that now??
[20:14] <head_victim> The meeting has started but we're waiting for rafaellaguna's turn
[20:38]  * head_victim claps as rafaellaguna gets Ubuntu Membership
[20:38] <Unit193> Hey ho!
[20:40] <Unit193> Now he can get a member cloak ;)
[20:40] <head_victim> And LWN subscription :)
[20:41] <head_victim> I find that's the thing I enjoy mostly
[20:41] <Unit193> Heh, that would be cool, but I've never seen it
[20:42] <rafaellaguna> It's done
[20:43] <rafaellaguna> Thank you all, people
[20:43] <Unit193> Well done! Hope to see you again!
[20:43] <frankbooth> congratulations rafaellaguna :)
[20:44] <Soojin> how do i make this menu bar transparent?  http://imagecdn.maketecheasier.com/2010/05/lubuntu-menu-bar.png  it seems nothing affects the menu inside lxappearance or openbox
[20:45] <rafaellaguna> Do you mean the panel or the menu pane itself?
[20:45] <Soojin> the background inside the menu
[20:45] <rafaellaguna> Well, I'm stupid, because the menu can't be transparent
[20:46] <rafaellaguna> Nope, you can't. The menu uses a background definition that cannot be transparent. Just the panel when defining a colour (not a semi-transparent PNG, yet)
[20:46] <rafaellaguna> This is not Compiz
[20:46] <Soojin> aha ok :)
[20:47] <rafaellaguna> But there's a solution
[20:47] <rafaellaguna> You can use xcompmgr
[20:48] <Soojin> ok , i'll have a looksaroo at it
[20:49] <rafaellaguna> Test this command: xcompmgr -I1 -O1 -Ff -m.86
[20:49] <silverarrow> hi
[20:49] <rafaellaguna> It should make windows and menus transparent (dunno if distinguishes between them)
[20:50] <silverarrow> does anyone know about gnome mplayer issues? I have issues with locking computer
[20:50] <Soojin> rafaellaguna doesn't seem to work
[20:51] <rafaellaguna> 'xcompmgr -c -t-5 -l-5 -r4.2 -o.55 -I1 -O1 -Ff -m.86
[20:51] <Soojin>  invalid option -- 'm'
[20:51] <rafaellaguna> Without the apostrophe :D
[20:52] <rafaellaguna> No! You're right
[20:55] <rafaellaguna> Soojin: xcompmgr -CcfF -I-.02 -O-.04 -D0001 -t-5 -l-5 -r4.2 -o.82
[20:56] <rafaellaguna> With this you have fade in & out, but not total transparency. You can use GCompMgr (http://sourceforge.net/projects/gcompmgr/files/gcompmgr/)
[20:56] <Soojin> hmm keeps spitting out errors
[20:56] <Soojin> error 8 request 152 minor 6 serial 14948
[20:56] <rafaellaguna> With it you can control visually the effects (it's an RPM but you can use "sudo alien <RPM>"
[20:56] <Soojin> error 9 request 149 minor 4 serial 14949
[20:56] <Soojin> error 4 request 54 minor 0 serial 15018
[20:56] <Soojin> error 162 request 149 minor 7 serial 15019
[20:56] <Soojin> error 8 request 152 minor 6 serial 15051
[20:56] <Soojin> error 9 request 149 minor 4 serial 15052
[20:56] <Soojin> error 4 request 54 minor 0 serial 15605
[20:57] <rafaellaguna> What release do you use? In Natty it works fine.
[20:57] <Soojin> aha thanks alot , thats probably a bit easier for me:)
[20:57] <Soojin> i'm using the latest 32bit lubuntu
[20:57] <Unit193> Please use pastebin for longer lines of text, thanks
[21:00] <silverarrow> who made the gnome mplayer?
[21:00] <silverarrow> is there an irc for it?
[21:00] <silverarrow> it has apparently nothing to do with mplayer
[21:52] <silverarrow> chromium is very bad with popups
[21:53] <bioterror> almost naughty?
[21:54] <bioterror> and yeah, I get those live jasmins too
[21:55] <silverarrow> I get casino commercials
[21:57] <silverarrow> bioterror:  do you know anything about the gnome player?
[21:57] <bioterror> I know that it sucks
[21:57] <bioterror> and last time I checked it was a worse GUI for a mplayer
[21:58] <bioterror> you should think about migrating to mplayer2
[22:00] <silverarrow> I shall?
[22:01] <silverarrow> now that I have firefox flash video replacer, and tv streams in chromium at least
[22:09] <silverarrow> so there's no hope for fixing gnome player?
[23:34] <micahg> silverarrow: did you try the gecko-mediaplayer from natty-proposed?
[23:37] <silverarrow> hi
[23:37] <silverarrow> mica
[23:37] <silverarrow> micahg: no package manager locked up last night
[23:37] <silverarrow> froze and got me a bit worred
[23:38] <silverarrow> happened when I added for proposed updates/packages
[23:38] <silverarrow> I have not opened package manager since,
[23:38] <silverarrow> scared of what might turn up
[23:38] <silverarrow> :-/
[23:39] <silverarrow> I do however have gecko
[23:40] <silverarrow> I really depend upon lubuntu these days, it will be major crisis if  things lock up
[23:42] <silverarrow> micahg: ok opening updates manager
[23:42] <micahg> silverarrow: I'd suggest just installing gecko-mediaplayer from -proposed and then removing it if your risk tolerance is low
[23:43] <micahg> silverarrow: removing -proposed, not gecko-mediaplyer
[23:47] <silverarrow> micahg: it's not listed, maybe I have it already? I do have gecko, and I'm not really shore. hmm
[23:47]  * micahg thought it was part of lubuntu in natty
[23:48] <silverarrow> can I install form terminal?