[00:47] hi anyone know how to enable wireless? [00:48] !details [00:48] Please give us full details. For example: "I have a problem with ..., I'm running Ubuntu version .... When I try to do ..., I get the following output: ..., but I expected it to do ..." [00:48] xubuntu latest release. have installed much and cannot get the wireless to find the router [00:50] how about did anyone have to do anything other than install the operating system to have wireless? [00:50] is anyone here on a wireless connection? [00:50] how did you get yours to work? [00:51] I entered my security key and it worked. [00:51] i have non wep [00:51] im in the middle of nowhere and do not need security [00:51] ill try that [00:51] thanks [00:52] it may not like connecting to unsecured networks? idk [00:55] im back [00:55] well that didnt work [00:56] what's the error? [00:56] so i set up a wireless connection and put in all the info for the router and the network and still nothing [00:56] is there a key somewhere to enable the radio or something im missing? [00:57] dang thing should work automattressly [00:57] what's the card's model #? [00:58] i couldnt tell you [00:58] as far as i know its generic 801 [00:58] open up a terminal and do a dmesg and scroll up and look for anything helpful [01:02] so i really dont know what im looking for :( [01:03] i changed the interfaces file so it reads: [01:03] auto eth1 [01:03] iface eth1 inet static [01:03] address 0.0.0.1 [01:03] netmask 255.255.255.0 [01:03] post-up wifi-radar [01:04] that's a illegal ip address [01:04] yeah so its spose to make the wifi radar look for a connection and bypass the auto etho [01:04] your router set up for dhcp? if so just get it from that [01:05] i set it up for auto dhcp, and i tried it maunal and nothing [01:05] sounds like your card isn't supported. If you don't know the model #, no way of knowing [01:06] auto eth1 iface eth1 inet static address 0.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 post-up wifi-radar [01:07] well i really dont know how to find that information as to the card [01:07] oughta be supported its just a dell [01:07] low cost geeks love em [01:07] dell what? [01:07] inspiron e1705 [01:08] why didn't you just say it was a laptop [01:08] arent they all? [01:08] sorry i am getting delerious from leaning over thiws thing [01:09] i need to get in a comfy chair soon [01:09] need wireless so i can get away from this aweful table [01:09] so you have a pcmcia card? [01:10] i guess [01:10] Better watch out for the Spanish Inquisition [01:10] or usb? that laptop doesn't haev one built in so what did you buy to gain wireless? [01:10] :P [01:10] lo spanish inquisition comfy chair [01:10] it is in the computer [01:11] not usb [01:11] this computer came with it i used it for years with godaweful windows [01:11] it's not built in. You had to buy the option from dell. It's either a Dell 1390 or a intel pro/wireless 3945 [01:12] goto dell.com and enter your service tag and look up wtf it is [01:12] ummm... it is built in, no kidding [01:12] honestly [01:12] i may not know much but i know its there [01:12] i'll go look, pm me the service tag [01:13] hang on [01:13] i wish i could be more helpful, im a lot like an invalid [01:13] I'm thinking your card is not supported, or has limited supported based on whatever hw revision it has [01:14] hang on i need to get a flashlight [01:14] I had that on one laptop..instead of fighting with it for hours I went to walmart and bought a $18 usb belkin 54g wireless card and that's what i'm using now lol [01:14] should be a Wireless: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG (802.11 a/b/g) [01:14] http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2776 [01:14] cyvlgc1 [01:15] YH774 Card, Wireless, Minicard DW1390, Broadcom Corporation [01:17] ell Wireless 1390 WLAN MiniCard [01:17] yep [01:17] i have the broadcom driver installed [01:19] well I found this [01:19] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=297092 [01:19] and for doing all that, I would just go buy another card lol [01:19] probly huh [01:21] good lord [01:21] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/1390 [01:23] you can also goto a terminal and type lspci and look for your network controller [01:24] you never know how its going to end lol [01:24] or just go back to windows xp until you can afford another pc ? [01:24] i cant do that either [01:25] why [01:25] xubuntu corrupted my original os so im kinda stuck with it [01:25] restore it from the dell xp cd [01:25] too late, i just reinstalled ubuntu ove the whole drive [01:26] you don't hav ea cd? [01:26] figuring if i had it connected to the internet i would get all the updates and drivers i need [01:26] i do have cds, but really, i hate MS [01:27] so it did load the broasdcam driver and as far as i can tell the os knows it has wifi but it isnt "ON" [01:27] turn it on with the dell keyboard shortcut? [01:28] fn F7 or FN + [01:30] looking at the keyboard it might be f2 or f10? [02:11] im back hehe [02:11] so i am looking to find where my ndiswrapper and driver folder are [02:14] trying to set up wireless and doing well following some instructions and i get to an impasse [02:14] cd YOUR-DRIVER-DIRECTORY [02:15] im not so familiar with the file hierarchy [02:18] ok found it. good use of telepathy who ever that was [02:35] darn i was wrong [02:48] hi [02:51] I'm sorry if this is asked a lot, but how stable and complete is beta 1 of oneiric? [02:54] dont know sorry [02:55] Well, it's not recommended for production use yet [04:45] Is there any fix for the 'thunar hang on launch' bug, that pops an error window containing Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken. [04:45] Any ideas what's wrong, or how to fix / work-around it? [04:49] Legendre: mounting some network shares? [04:53] force unmounting .gvfs and removing the dir worked for me === epzil0n is now known as Guest55356 [05:59] when i have an item added to the startup from the gui settings that is a bash script i get a little shadowed dead square in the top left corner of my desktop above all layers [05:59] i am vexed. [08:16] do you speack italian? [08:39] hi [08:39] After major upgrades of Xubuntu 11.04, it ended with "Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 127 " [08:40] I have a lots of paquets miss configured and i cannot do anything [08:40] i'm lost, please help. [08:40] ChTiPowA, please dont crosspost. you are getting help in #ubuntu [08:41] someone told me to come here [08:42] Ah, ok. It looked almost close to Bug #845066 to me :P [08:42] Launchpad bug 845066 in apt (Ubuntu) "Launch helper exited with unknown return code 127" [Undecided,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/845066 [08:43] great why did i upgrade, everythings was working perfectly :( [08:44] bazhang: Did he get what he needed from other? [08:44] What can i do to fix this ? [08:45] Unit193, he's being helped, not responded afaict [08:46] Whatever i'm trying to do, i have same error [08:48] Well, would using synaptic or aptitude help? [08:48] Fri, 09 Sep 2011 04:48:17 -0400 [08:48] it doesn't... [08:48] i use aptitude [08:48] I'm taking a nap, hope you get it [08:49] dependance problem with so much packets, later it stops and i see this error and i'm doomed [08:49] ChTiPowA: what did you try to do, what is "major upgrade" ? [08:50] what did you do / how / where was the error message [08:50] Well firstable i have made the sudo aptitude safe-upgrade [08:51] well i will understand that would mean destroy upgrade [08:51] after that... it has destroyed my system [08:51] with that error [08:51] that doesn't make much sense [08:51] 1) I just made aptitude safe-upgrade [08:51] 2) I couldn't reboot after it was done [08:52] what did you do before safe-upgrade? [08:52] Nothing [08:52] yes i did aptitude update before [08:52] how did you try to reboot? [08:52] by writing reboot [08:52] and before aptitude update? [08:52] did you edit sources.list? [08:52] Nothing i was peacefully in my desktop warning me for 130 updates needed to be applied [08:53] no [08:53] ok [08:53] what if you try to shutdown/reboot from menu? [08:53] I don't have menu anymore now [08:53] i'm stucked to terminal [08:53] now i have like cannot open display 0 [08:53] this is crazy [08:54] when did that happen? [08:54] After the error [08:54] and i lost internet config too i had to set manually to recover it [08:54] the file was just empty [08:54] . [08:55] So now the only thing is working is internet and the primary console [08:56] I lost my Xorg config too i checked the file its empty too [08:56] Tried to fix Xorg by reinstalling it but stucking with that same fatal error [08:56] well xorg is usually automatically generated at boot [08:57] so missing the config is normal [08:57] What can i do now :( [08:57] well first off you could try "sudo apt-get -f install" [08:58] Same error [08:58] Execution has been stopped because too much errors [08:58] Then "Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 127" [08:59] xorg.conf is empty by default, network setup is done by networkmanager [09:00] well my network is working i know it because i can ping google [09:00] i have a static IP [09:01] I'm thinking of recommending force shutdown but booting could fail.. [09:01] Booting is working and end in Terminal mode [09:02] what if you run 'sudo service dbus start' [09:02] Job is already running [09:03] replace start with restart [09:03] dbus start/running [09:06] sudo service gdm start [09:07] i don't have gdm, i'm using xfce4 [09:08] how do you start it? [09:08] But when i start it, it says a lots of error i cannot see because its flooding my screen and i see in the end "cannot open display 0" [09:08] i must type startxfce4 [09:08] (xubuntu has gdm by default) [09:09] i use a small machine so i took xfce4 [09:09] put "exec ck-launch-session startxfce4" without quotes to ~/.xinitrc [09:09] I'm not sure if that ck-launch is needed but it shouldn't break anything [09:10] then run 'startx' [09:13] euh [09:13] Are you sure ? Because i can start usually xfce4 manually [09:13] when it works [09:13] but now it ends up by "cannot open display 0" [09:14] I don't have much of ideas, that can fail too but at least you have something to try [09:15] It fails also with reconfiguring with this : [09:15] update-mime-database.real: symbol lookup error: update-mime-database.real: undefined symbol: g_malloc0_n [09:15] This is crazy [09:16] what reconfiguring? [09:17] sudo dpkg-reconfigure -a [09:17] then it ends up with this line [09:17] update-mime-database.real: symbol lookup error: update-mime-database.real: undefined symbol: g_malloc0_n [09:18] how about dpkg --configure -a [09:20] There is a huge flood on the screen ending with "too much errors" [09:20] you propably need to just reinstall [09:21] How ? [09:21] Downloading live cd ? [09:21] Tell me [09:21] Does live CD can fix system ? [09:22] livecd or alternate install disk, wipe your old installation [09:23] you propably want to back up data before that [09:23] yes i indeed [09:23] i need to recover my files in sFTP [09:23] but do you know any solution to do that in console ? [09:24] scp -r /this/folder/ you@host:/copy/here [10:21] thx for your effort Sysi [10:23] np, too bad it broke [10:26] Sysi do you know any software like midnight commander which have an explorer in console but for sFTP ? [10:26] no [10:26] you could mount it with ssshfs and then use MCC though [10:27] that case i could continue to use it in console only because my network is working, my samba too so i see my files but that computer is downloading via SSH [10:27] ssshfs ? [10:27] !info sshfs [10:28] ubottu down.. [10:28] ok searching in doc.ubuntu [10:29] Awesome i need to try that [10:29] :) [10:29] You can laugh but i was using my graphic desktop to use filezilla because i didn't know otherway [10:30] nothing wrong with filezilla, though gigolo/thunar would work [10:30] but i don't have graphic anymore [10:30] i have only terminal [10:30] But now its too late [10:31] because of the bugs i cannot install anything [10:31] :( [10:31] ok my mistake the packet sshfs installed =) [12:44] does anyone know how I can make the Gnome 3 them called Aidwata run on Xubuntu 10.10? [12:50] dagroves: you can't, adwaita is made with gtk3 and xfce uses gtk2 [12:51] if you want gtk3 apps to use adwaita, copy gtk-3.0 folder from adwaita to your theme's folder [12:51] But I read somewhere about porting some GTK3 themes to XFCE on GTK2, I found a theme for GTK2 that is for Xubuntu but it did not work, it just changed the color of my xfce panel [12:53] you're maybe missing some theme-engine [12:53] search in software center / synaptic for gtk2-engine [12:54] dunno about porting, 10.10 support should be on #ubuntu+1 anyway [12:54] '11.10' [12:54] okay ill search synaptic [12:56] oh, I messed up with number [12:57] dagroves: what theme did you try? wrong version of theme engine can cause problems too [12:57] I am not sure, I just downloaded it from the ubuntuforums, hold on ill get the link [12:58] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1764856 [12:58] that is where I got it from [12:59] "it uses pixmap, murrine and clearlooks for rendering" [13:00] you need those gtk-engines [13:00] my windows boreders do not change, they stay that ugly blue color [13:00] see window manager settings [13:00] I have murrine and clearlooks, ill check to see if I have pixmap [13:01] change to other theme and back to that when installing engines, you may need to relogin too [13:02] yeah the window border theme for the one I downloaded is not there... [13:03] theme propably doesn't provide xfwm4 theme [13:04] ohwell.. lol so... would it be possible to install Gnome 3 without Gnome-shell on Xubuntu? [13:04] without breaking it? [13:05] you can use gnome3 fallback or possibly gnome3 window manager with xfce [13:06] xfce doesn't care if you have gnome installed [13:06] i was going to use Gnome3 fallback, I like they way it looks, I just don't want the shell [13:09] how would I go about doing that, I just want the environment, not all the programs, I tried installing it once and it installed Gnome 3 and all of its programs [14:11] folks, need some help with file/directory sharing... [14:12] I have xubuntu installed in vbox and samba, can't enable file sharing, any help? [17:10] I'm about to install xubuntu 11.04 on a dual monitor nvidia desktop. Will 11.04 support dual monitors in this release? [17:11] of course [17:11] Thanks, sorry for the noise. [17:12] you may want to install propietrary nvidia driver but propably possible with default one too [17:19] Sysi: Excellent! Thanks again. === epzil0n is now known as Guest90065 [18:18] hi all === toomai is now known as whatever01 [18:19] I have a question installing xubuntu 11.04 (graphical installation) using one SSD as / (root) and two HDDs for /home...any chance I can make a RAID 1 at the beginning? [18:21] you can create raid with alternate install disk [18:21] but it would be simpler to just mount other partition as folder in /home [18:23] Sysi: hi there, thanks...I just thought I need to take the alternate one to make a RAID 1 at the very beginning of the installation during partioning [18:24] Sysi: I will try the alternate and come back if needed...thanks [18:30] if i install grub with grub-install /dev/sda how do I back up the bootloader with the partition table? is dd if=/dev/sda of=mbr.bin bs=512 count=1 enough? [19:22] Hi [19:22] Do you guys know any menu customisation tool ? [19:22] I'm planning to deploy Xubuntu on 50+ machines of my school [19:23] Found it [19:24] You can use alacarte by installing with 'sudo apt-get install alacarte --no-install-recommends' in a terminal [19:24] for 11.04 and later [19:24] Xfce 4.6, used in 10.04 and 10.10 had no easy editor capability [19:25] ok [19:26] What do you think of lightdm ? [19:26] Should I use it ? [19:28] Oh, Xubuntu Oneiric will use it [19:28] neat [19:28] We use it by default in oneirick [19:28] but, depending on what you need, it may not work as good in 11.04 [19:28] ok [19:28] It wasn't ready for production use yet, when we started the oneiric cycle [19:29] What are the major problems ? [19:29] when I tried it in 11.04, it would not work [19:29] :( [19:29] ok [19:30] I haven't tried it for 4 months now, though [19:30] It worked in a clean install, but not on my production system [19:30] Yeah, I'm firing up a VM [19:30] ok [19:30] Our actual production systems are mort than outdated, we need clean install [19:30] So it's cool [19:30] more* [19:31] I never deployed desktop system, how to customize default Xubuntu session? [19:31] Something like /etc/skel/ ? [19:32] either build your images, or add to /etc/skel and copy it [19:32] ok [19:32] How do I find a list of running programs? [19:32] We currently use Gnome 2, could there be conflicts while moving to xfce? [19:32] Tiktalik, ps in terminal? [19:33] Tiktalik, or the xfce task manager [19:33] Also, let me give you a pastebin to easily set up all machines to match, if you don't burn an image [19:33] Ork, how do I find the task manager? :V [19:33] I build an image an i deploy it, charlie-tca [19:34] Tiktalik, Apps > System > Task Manager? [19:34] okay, that makes it easier to get it to match,t hen. [19:34] yup [19:35] If you build an image, you probably don't need /etc/skel, since you can build everything into the image, anyway [19:35] One last question, can xfce use the ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file? [19:36] although, /etc/skel works really well when having students add users [19:36] Because we needed to put a line into it to make Gnome2 use lpr as the printer backend [19:36] We use an active directory [19:36] I believe it can, but have not used one since onceirc [19:36] and homes are nfs-mounted [19:37] Hi [19:37] I used the ~/.gtkrc-2.0 to customize things back before I could get Xfce to do it using the settings manager [19:37] ok [19:37] !hi | ChTiPowA [19:37] ChTiPowA: Hi!, Welcome to #xubuntu! Feel free to ask questions and help people out. The channel guidelines are at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines. Enjoy your stay! [19:37] I have installed Xubuntu 11.04 but in the end, Grub refuse to install [19:37] You can install it manually, then, using the information at [19:37] !grub [19:37] GRUB2 is the default Ubuntu boot manager since 9.10 (Karmic). Lost GRUB after installing Windows? See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreGrub - For more information and troubleshooting for GRUB2 please refer to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 - See !grub1 for releases before Karmic (9.10) [19:38] Ok can i do that with the Live USB because this is one computer [19:38] Thanks for your time charlie-tca, I'll post photos of rooms full of fresh Xubuntu pcs :) [19:38] ? [19:38] Thanks! [19:39] ChTiPowA: ues, that should work [19:39] Ork: good luck with the project. [19:39] Yeah, the school sysadmin almost kidnapped me to do it :p [19:40] Ok i will try it thx [22:04] I fail to restore my Boot [22:04] Once i have put Grub again with Boot Repair [22:04] i have Grub> [22:04] then what to do in that lol [22:06] and if i restore MBR, i have a Cursor which is waiting forever [22:21] How do I configure the mail notification icon in the indicator panel? When I left click it only shows pidgin and when I right click it show the Indicator Plugin menu. I'm running Xubuntu 11.04.