[00:01] <rwtx> how to I connect to my windows network files with xubuntu?
[00:02] <lighta> with samba if you wanna use smb
[00:02] <lighta> !samba
[00:02] <knome> samba is the easiest, especially if you don't want to run any (additional) servers on your windows machine
[00:04] <lighta> knome, do you know where I could get some help about chroote ssh ?
[00:04] <knome> chroote?
[00:04] <lighta> chroot
[00:05] <knome> well, i have no experience on that
[00:05] <lighta> I want to set a system user a controled env so I think ssh chroot should be the best. I'd need to use some command line, ok thx anyway
[01:03] <xubuntu389> any 1 here?
[01:03] <xubuntu389> hy
[01:03] <xubuntu389> hello
[01:04]  * knome is hiding
[01:04] <knome> oh well...
[01:04] <knome> :(
[08:58] <cristian_c> Hi
[08:58] <cristian_c> I've got a keyboard called Media Wireless Desktop by Labtec.
[08:58] <cristian_c> I tried to set the keyboard shortcuts directly from the Applications-> Settings-> Xfce4 settings manager -> Keyboard-> Applications shortcuts.
[08:58] <cristian_c> I clicked on Add and for example I typed the command 'evolution'.
[08:59] <cristian_c> I pressed Ok and then the system asked me to type the key on the keyboard.
[08:59] <cristian_c> In this case the key was correctly recognized as XF86Mail and has been included in the list of shortcuts.
[08:59] <cristian_c> But if I press the mail key, it always happens the same problem, that instead of opening evolution, the pc goes into stand-by.
[08:59] <cristian_c> Is anyone able to understand what the problem is due?
[08:59] <cristian_c> I even tried keytouch editor and it recognized the keys.
[09:00] <cristian_c> But after setting up the keyboard with keytouch, if I press the 'mail' key, the PC goes always on standby for no reason
[12:55] <anna> hello?
[12:56] <anna> gosh this is all very taxing on my nerves
[12:56] <Guest17951> Am i now talking to people who can help me fix xubuntu
[12:57] <Guest17951> apparantly my name is now guest
[12:57] <Sysi> somebody owned "anna"
[12:57] <Guest17951> ah okay
[12:58] <Guest17951> well
[12:58] <Guest17951> I have an old ibm think pad
[12:58] <Guest17951> trying to bung an os on it in a hurry
[12:58] <Guest17951> just screamed at the people over at tincy core
[12:59] <Guest17951> for asking me about einstin for a security question
[12:59] <Guest17951> anyway
[12:59] <Guest17951> would like to install xubuntu
[12:59] <Guest17951> can someone talk me through it
[13:00] <Sysi> burn cd or make bootable usb, select partitioning the way you want and wait some time
[13:00] <Guest17951> its the download part i cant do
[13:00] <Guest17951> got to the mirror page
[13:00] <Guest17951> but its just gobledygook to me
[13:00] <Guest17951> dont know which one to click
[13:00] <Guest17951> clikced a few
[13:00] <Guest17951> just get random text files
[13:00] <Guest17951> :S
[13:01] <Sysi> are you familiar with torrents?
[13:01] <Guest17951> no
[13:01] <Guest17951> tried to learn but didnt understand
[13:02] <Sysi> what mirror is closest to you then?
[13:02] <Sysi> what country
[13:03] <Guest17951> uk
[13:03] <Guest17951> (thanks for helping btw, v obliging of you)
[13:04] <Guest17951> i figured i dont need "amd64"
[13:04] <Sysi> http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/lucid/release/xubuntu-10.04.2-desktop-i386.iso
[13:04] <Guest17951> thats not me I dont think
[13:04] <Guest17951> ah
[13:04] <Guest17951> okay
[13:04] <Guest17951> :) its downloading!
[13:04] <Guest17951> I have a disk
[13:05] <Guest17951> when its done, do I just burn it like a file
[13:05] <Guest17951> or do I do it another way
[13:05] <Sysi> you need to burn it as disk image to make it boot
[13:05] <Guest17951> okay
[13:05] <Sysi> !burning
[13:05] <Guest17951> ah yes
[13:05] <Guest17951> i remeber this for when i did a ubuntu disk
[13:05] <Guest17951> okay
[13:05] <Guest17951> so
[13:06] <Guest17951> then, when i put it in the ibm
[13:06] <Guest17951> do i allways need the disk in
[13:06] <Guest17951> like puppy
[13:06] <Guest17951> or can i move it to the computer permenantly
[13:06] <Sysi> no, you can instaal it to hard drive
[13:06] <Guest17951> (disk spin = energy expenditure)
[13:06] <Guest17951> ok
[13:06] <Guest17951> cool
[13:07] <Guest17951> brb
[13:14] <Guest17951> does it matter if it allready has an os on it
[13:14] <Guest17951> oh
[13:14] <Guest17951> actually
[13:14] <Guest17951> its got no os
[13:14] <Guest17951> never mind
[13:15] <Guest17951> sysi
[13:16] <Guest17951> would you mind if I coppied and pasted this chat so I can use it in my fs software for beginers worksop
[13:16] <Guest17951> as an example of getting help
[13:16] <Guest17951> when trying to install
[13:18] <Sysi> !logs
[13:20] <Guest17951> ah i see
[13:20] <Guest17951> okay
[13:20] <Guest17951> will take it from there then, if thats okay with you. Its been very helpfull : )
[13:21] <Sysi> okay for me, even if I couldn't do anything for those logs anyway
[13:22] <Guest17951> lol, okay. : )
[13:22] <Guest17951> its downloaded now
[13:22] <Guest17951> v. excited!
[13:22] <Guest17951> oooh
[13:22] <Guest17951> janice joplin was in my cd tray
[13:23] <Guest17951> nice supprise!
[13:33] <Guest17951> ok
[13:33] <Guest17951> so have disk
[13:34] <Guest17951> have put it in and am booking up
[13:35] <Guest17951> got an error to check time and date settings
[13:36] <Guest17951> i think maybe i need to tell it to boot from the cd
[13:36] <Guest17951> i think its trying to boot from harddrive
[13:37] <Guest17951> done that i think
[13:37] <Guest17951> same error
[13:38] <Guest17951> it thiks its 1980 bless
[13:38] <Guest17951> maybe it has the millenium bug!
[13:39] <Guest17951> yes!!!
[13:39] <Guest17951> we have liftoff!
[13:51] <Guest17951> got to the install menu
[13:51] <Guest17951> is this usualy so SLOW
[13:51] <Guest17951> ?
[13:51] <Sysi> cd:s are quite slow
[13:52] <Sysi> how much ram do you got?
[13:52] <Guest17951>  okay
[13:52] <Guest17951> dunno
[13:52] <Guest17951> its totally old computer
[13:52] <Sysi> open terminal and type free -m
[13:52] <Guest17951> dosnet say on the outside of the computer anywhere, so its hard for me to asses
[13:52] <Guest17951> still onthe language menu
[13:53] <Sysi> okay
[13:53] <Guest17951> i checked it a while ago
[13:53] <Guest17951> i remeber it was at the bottom end of the xubuntu capacity
[13:54] <Guest17951> the website sais xubuntu can run devices from this spec
[13:54] <Guest17951> and that was my spec
[13:54] <Guest17951> :)
[13:56] <Guest17951> it says "installation failed" and that iot will rin a desktop session so i can figure out why
[13:58] <Sysi> hum, if you have very little ram you maybe should try alternate install disc
[13:59] <Sysi> it's text-only but not hard really
[13:59] <Murzagalley> Hello,
[13:59] <Murzagalley> I wonder if someone saw this one before: I have a Lenovo W510. Installed Ubuntu 11.04 on it in a dualboot configuration (with the native Widows7 that came with it when I bought it) and therein there are the ACPI controls, specifically those that control the monitor brightness, but not only those. There's the LED, there's the camera, autdio controls and others. Ubuntu seems not to be able to control those. Does someone know what to d
[13:59] <Murzagalley> Thanks in advance!
[14:00] <Guest17951> let me try and see how much ram i have
[14:00] <Guest17951> (do you mean like usb allways boot?)
[14:01] <Sysi> Murzagalley: try putting "laptop_model ubuntu" to google, possible that they just won't work
[14:02] <Murzagalley> Sysi: OK, is there any Ubuntu way of controlling display brightness?
[14:03] <Sysi> you need HW level support for it anyway, there is some possible hacky way that don't really remember, you could try #ubuntu
[14:04] <Guest17951> accidently followed the advise to other guy
[14:04] <Murzagalley> I think I found something on this issue on Google. Thanks! I'll make this through.
[14:04] <Guest17951> seems the ibm think pads have sepcoal needs
[14:04] <Guest17951> *special needs
[14:04] <Guest17951> anyway
[14:05] <Murzagalley> I dont know, but if it was working in the first place, it could be nice. The W510 display is really bright at its extreme high.
[14:06] <Murzagalley> Well, I think I found smth worth trying. I'll go chkitout. Thanks again!
[14:06] <Murzagalley> Bye.
[14:06] <Emily_Spencer> i just installed xubuntu for my mother on her hp, and i am wondering does anyone else have issues with synaptics touchpad
[14:07] <Emily_Spencer> the mouse seems very very sensitive, even when my finger is still on the pad the pointer seems kind of shaky. any advice on how i could fix this
[14:08] <Sysi> check mouse settings first, try changing them
[14:10] <Emily_Spencer> i dont see a sensitivity setting
[14:12] <Guest17951> is ram cpu speed?
[14:13] <Sysi> ram = memory
[14:13] <Emily_Spencer> no
[14:13] <Guest17951> i have 128mb
[14:13] <Guest17951> :(
[14:13] <Sysi> Emily_Spencer: just see what sliders do, there's no settings for minimum movement
[14:14] <Sysi> Guest17951: lubuntu might run on that but you can't really use any modern apps with that
[14:14] <Guest17951> aw
[14:14] <Guest17951> ok
[14:14] <Guest17951> will try lubuntu
[14:14] <Guest17951> like,
[14:14] <Emily_Spencer> perhaps it is just that it is a sensitive mousepad but it seems to work fine on win7
[14:14] <Guest17951> is this not going to be worth doing? as in will we be able to play card games and go online
[14:15] <Emily_Spencer> oddly enough my laptops touchpad is detected as a regular mouse and works really well
[14:15] <Sysi> Guest17951: possibly/propably not worth it
[14:16] <Emily_Spencer> guest you could try puppy linux
[14:19] <Guest17951> I thought about it
[14:19] <Guest17951> ill see what their specs say
[14:19] <Guest17951> thanks emily
[14:19] <Guest17951> sysi
[14:19] <Guest17951> :)
[14:19] <Guest17951> have nice days :)
[14:19] <Sysi> np
[14:30] <Emily_Spencer> there should be a file where i can edit the mouse settings
[14:30] <Emily_Spencer> xorg.conf maybe?
[14:30] <Emily_Spencer> where is that located
[14:32] <Sysi> doesn't exist anymore by default
[14:51] <sandro_> hey there
[14:51] <sandro_> is there someone could help me?
[14:52] <Sysi> pop a question and see if somebody has an ansver
[14:52] <sandro_> right...
[14:52] <sandro_> i installed xubuntu 11.04 on my dad's pc
[14:53] <sandro_> i use to work with ubuntu, so i'm not that involved in xubuntu
[14:53] <sandro_> he tried to plug-in his canon 350d
[14:53] <sandro_> but seems that xubuntu doesn't mount it al tll
[14:53] <sandro_> all*
[14:56] <sandro_> no one has an answer?
[14:56] <likemindead> https://duckduckgo.com/?q=canon+350d+ubuntu
[15:05] <sandro_> likemindead i already used google, ubuntu forums...
[15:05] <sandro_> i tied the irc chat as another option, trying to solve this issue
[15:06] <ablomen> sandro_, it never get's mounted
[15:06] <ablomen> you will need to use gthumb2 or some other photo manager to import the photos
[15:06] <sandro_> i both tried gtkam and gthumb
[15:06] <sandro_> no answer
[15:08] <ablomen> i have the same camera (or the 450d, not quite sure) and it always worked for me, have not tried in a while though, you might want to try fspot
[15:08] <sandro_> why you said that it never gets mounted?
[15:09] <ablomen> it does not get mounted as a drive, it uses some kind of protocol to transfer photo's
[15:09] <sandro_> i see... so xubuntu doesn't work ad ubuntu?
[15:10] <ablomen> i mean this in general, not os related, or not linux version related anyway
[15:11] <sandro_> well... in my ubuntus pc my camera (eos 50d) is automatically mounted in /media
[15:13] <ablomen> ah it might be gnome uses gvs to simulate it nowadays
[15:14] <sandro_> i dunno... meanwhile i'm downloading f-spot
[15:14] <ablomen> http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7173964&postcount=3 << you could try this, maybe it works
[15:15] <sandro_> already tried...
[15:15] <sandro_> didn't work
[15:21] <sandro_> i'm done
[15:21] <sandro_> ;)
[15:33] <sandro_> nope.. i'm not done
[15:35] <likemindead> "Never give up! Never surrender!"
[16:24] <knobydobs> Hia - on my non-root user account xfwm4 keeps crashing i.e. the buttons to close windows disappear and the mouse turns into a cross - is there any way to stop this from happening
[16:25] <charlie-tca> Sure
[16:25] <knobydobs> how?
[16:25] <charlie-tca> knobydobs: if running xfwm4 is fixing that, just add it to Settings -> Settings Manger -> Sessions and startup, startup tab, to make sure it always starts when you login
[16:26] <charlie-tca> My typing is a little slower than I would like it to be
[16:26] <knobydobs> i dont get what you said
[16:27] <charlie-tca> In the menu, you have settings
[16:27] <knobydobs> yh its not that bit
[16:27] <knobydobs> its the bit about running it fixes it
[16:28] <charlie-tca> how do make thing buttons and stuff come back?
[16:28] <knobydobs> it is running at the time that the buttons go away
[16:28] <charlie-tca> What do you do now to fix that?
[16:28] <knobydobs> reinstall
[16:28] <charlie-tca> really?
[16:28] <knobydobs> yep
[16:29] <charlie-tca> next time, try hitting Alt+F2, type in xfwm4 and hit okay or enter
[16:29] <knobydobs> ok
[16:29] <knobydobs> thx
[16:29] <charlie-tca> If it works, then add xfwm4 to the startup tab
[16:29] <knobydobs> will go and try
[16:32] <knobydobs> did not work
[16:33] <knobydobs> i know why - it wasnt installed properly last time i reinstalled
[16:35] <Myrtti> on your non-root user account?
[16:35] <Myrtti> does that mean that you have enabled root account and have logged into the graphical XFCE session with that?
[16:35] <knobydobs> yep
[16:36] <knobydobs> yes i think so
[16:36] <Sysi> you need to edit gdm settings to make that happen, or use startx
[16:36] <Myrtti> there's no reason to enable the root account nor enable it logging in to the system
[16:36] <Myrtti> for all I know, THAT alone might be the reason for your problem
[16:37] <knobydobs> it was the only way to use the system
[16:37] <Myrtti> so the problems arised before you enabled root account?
[16:37] <knobydobs> yep
[16:37] <Myrtti> why did you enable root account instead of just creating a new non-root account?
[16:38] <Myrtti> and seeing if the problems exist on that...?
[16:38] <knobydobs> seemed easier
[16:38] <knome> er...
[16:39] <Myrtti> logging in as root is a very very ... silly idea
[16:39] <Myrtti> and even sillier is to connect to the Internet while root
[16:39] <knobydobs> as there was no way of setting up another account i chose log in as other user and typed root
[16:39] <knobydobs> why
[16:40] <Myrtti> yeah I suppose "sudo adduser" would have been too difficult
[16:40] <knobydobs> i didnt know
[16:40] <knobydobs> i am very new
[16:42] <Myrtti> right, sorry I have to go and I can't walk you through why using root account is a bad idea
[16:42] <Myrtti> hopefully your problem gets solved tho
[16:43] <knome> knobydobs, the best idea is to reinstall, really.
[16:43] <Pici> !noroot
[16:45] <knobydobs> test user is working fine it is just this user
[16:48] <knome> knobydobs, you can try removing ~/.cache, but please remember and understand that we do not support enabling the root account.
[16:48] <charlie-tca> huh?
[16:48] <charlie-tca> root or normal user is not working right/
[16:48] <charlie-tca> ?
[16:49] <knome> knobydobs, the most safe way is to reinstall, that way you will be also able to get support here in the future as well
[16:49] <knobydobs> reinstall the os?
[16:49] <knome> yes.
[16:50] <knobydobs> or xfce?
[16:50] <knome> the os.
[16:50] <knobydobs> ok
[16:50] <likemindead> Curious: What do Xubuntu users think of Lubuntu?
[16:51] <knobydobs> i will put ubuntu on - the only reason i chose xubuntu is cos i have pet rats
[16:51] <Sysi> likemindead: light but kinda rough
[16:51] <knome> feel free to
[16:52] <knobydobs> i dont wanna loose the logo :(
[16:52] <charlie-tca> Lubuntu has a place when the hardware is not capable of performing well with Xubuntu
[16:53] <knobydobs> i thought xubuntu was a lightweight version of ubuntu
[16:53] <charlie-tca> It is, and Lubuntu is lighter in resource use than Xubuntu
[16:54] <knobydobs> wow
[16:54] <knobydobs> very light then
[16:54] <charlie-tca> Ubuntu is great for new people, since it is very easy to use and allows for minimum configuration
[16:55] <knome> just to be correct, the animal on the xubuntu logo is not a rat, but a mouse. and if that's the only reason you are using xubuntu, i suppose you could just install ubuntu and use the xubuntu logo with it.
[16:55] <knobydobs> is it possible to replace the ubuntu logo with xubuntu?
[16:55] <Sysi> where?
[16:55] <likemindead> El Oh El
[16:56] <knobydobs> in the loading bit
[16:56] <Sysi> boot logo? quite easily
[16:56] <knobydobs> :)
[16:57] <charlie-tca> The easiest way is to install xubuntu instead of Ubuntu
[16:57] <knobydobs> fed up with xfce
[16:57] <knome> charlie-tca, say you want to drive a mercedes-benz, but like the lada logo. will you buy a lada?
[16:58] <knome> not that i'm saying ubuntu is mercedes and xubuntu is a lada.
[16:58] <knobydobs> no and what is lada?
[16:58] <Sysi> vaz, russian cars
[16:58] <knome> knobydobs, lada is offtopic, so no need to go further down that road. now do you have any other support question?
[16:59] <knome> knobydobs, please ask on the channel, no need to use PM's
[17:00] <knobydobs> sorry whu is it in red?
[17:00] <knome> knobydobs, why is what in red?
[17:02] <charlie-tca> If you don't like the mecedes, why would you want people to think you are using it?
[17:03] <knome> charlie-tca, i don't know, it's not me who wants a different logo from my OS
[17:03] <knobydobs> when u speak to me - never mind the question i have is that i have just bought and installed an ati x600 graphics card. I plug in the screen and everything works nicely apart from flickering black lines on the screen and ati catalyst doesnt recognise it
[17:03] <charlie-tca> If you don't like Xubuntu, why would you put a Xubuntu logo in for people to be confused about
[17:03] <knobydobs> cos i am sad person
[17:04] <Sysi> knobydobs: it's call hilight, that you'd notice when people talk to you
[17:04] <knobydobs> thanx
[17:08] <knobydobs> my new question now i have made myself look like a prat is above - not that i am pushing for an answer
[17:08] <knobydobs> just drawing peoples attention to it and trying to get back on topic
[17:10] <knome> just wait for people to come around and they'll most probably answer if they know the answer - i know next to nothing about ati, so i can't really help
[17:10] <knobydobs> sorry
[19:34] <marc_smith> any chance for releasing Xubuntu as img to use with USBs?
[19:35] <marc_smith> ISO preparation is bit harder to prepare I'd suppose
[19:39] <marc_smith> *is bit harder
[19:56] <charlie-tca> It already is in oneiric
[19:57] <charlie-tca> Xubuntu images use the same base and installer as Ubuntu, so if Ubuntu is released as such, so is Xubuntu.
[19:57] <charlie-tca> You can now copy the images to USB.
[21:18] <PeterVenkman> Greetings.  I have a 1hr virgin install of Xubuntu 11.04.  I have an audio issue.  Pavucontrol gives me a "sink callback failure".  Any suggestions on how to begin to troubleshoot this?
[21:20] <knome> !audio
[21:22] <PeterVenkman> knome, thanks for the general information.  I've gone through most of that already.
[21:23] <PeterVenkman> I was really hoping that I have a simple switch problem, not requiring that I rebuild the kernel
[21:23] <knome> PeterVenkman, if you don't specifically need pulseaudio, you could try purging it
[21:23] <PeterVenkman> its a pretty specific error message and always occurs when starting pavucontrol
[21:24] <PeterVenkman> knome, I've thought about that.  But the Skype client defaults to pulseaudio without any other selections available
[21:24] <PeterVenkman> hence the install of pavucontrol
[21:24] <knome> hmm, iirc, skype can work with alsa too, but i might remember wrong
[21:25] <PeterVenkman> knome, ok I can go that route too.  How do I change the setting in Skype?  It only shows pulseaudio
[21:25] <knome> it's ages since i've used skype
[21:26] <PeterVenkman> is there an alternative to Skype that is compatible with other skype users?
[21:26] <knome> i don't think so
[21:26] <PeterVenkman> ugh
[21:27] <PeterVenkman> I'm extremely hesitant about installing bill's monopoly product and helping him and his kind achieve world domination
[21:27] <knome> i expect this isn't a xubuntu specific problem, so i suppose you could ask #ubuntu too
[21:27] <PeterVenkman> oh...I meant, I don't like windows.  not that other stuff
[21:27] <PeterVenkman> I have, no response
[21:28] <knome> just wait patiently :)
[23:17] <miraenvigado> hello, i want to install a gnome print admin
[23:41] <In-Vent-ive> Hi, somebody help me.... I can't find the shortcuts of my software crossover
[23:42] <In-Vent-ive> I think is beacause im using Xfce
[23:43] <In-Vent-ive> please
[23:45] <GridCube> ?
[23:45] <GridCube> software corssover?
[23:46] <In-Vent-ive> yes
[23:46] <GridCube> I don't know what that is
[23:46] <In-Vent-ive> I can't fiind the executable
[23:46] <In-Vent-ive> or app
[23:46] <In-Vent-ive> with coomand line
[23:47] <charlie-tca> Isn't crossover something that runs in Windows?
[23:47] <GridCube> what executable?
[23:47] <In-Vent-ive> nop
[23:47] <charlie-tca> or does it replace wine?
[23:47] <In-Vent-ive> replace nop
[23:47] <In-Vent-ive> similar
[23:48] <In-Vent-ive> wine and crossover is same people
[23:48] <GridCube> oh
[23:48] <GridCube> never heard of it
[23:48] <GridCube> isnt that a mac thing?
[23:48] <In-Vent-ive> one free and another trial
[23:48] <GridCube> i think i've heard about that on mac
[23:48] <In-Vent-ive> yup mac too
[23:48] <In-Vent-ive> suppose is another software
[23:49] <charlie-tca> No, it is linux software to run windows apps
[23:49] <In-Vent-ive> and I don't know the exceutable name
[23:49] <charlie-tca> In-Vent-ive: I don't know if you need to find it, try running a windows app and see if it starts by itself
[23:49] <GridCube> In-Vent-ive, try #crossover ?
[23:49] <In-Vent-ive> k
[23:51] <In-Vent-ive> its works unbelievable!!! Thks!
[23:52] <In-Vent-ive> *it
[23:52] <GridCube> what wast the command?
[23:52] <In-Vent-ive> Thks a lot :D
[23:52] <In-Vent-ive> yup
[23:53] <In-Vent-ive> Thank You Sir
[23:53] <GridCube> what was it?
[23:53] <GridCube> O_o #crossover was the command?
[23:57] <charlie-tca> no, it works automatically when windows programs are run
[23:58] <GridCube> oh
[23:58] <GridCube> i see