| knightvoid | hi all | 00:13 |
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| CaseyPC | Does anyone know how I can install eee-control on 11.04? | 03:14 |
| urlin2u | CaseyPC, please don't double post multiple channels. | 03:18 |
| r4y | How do I search through zip files for the name of a file within? | 03:27 |
| Space-Duck | /j #php | 08:07 |
| Space-Duck | oops | 08:07 |
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| democrezy | i am a new user .I install some updates from update manager in ubuntu 11.04 then software centre got disabled and also update manager was not responding.When i restarted ubuntu, keyboard was not detected and i had to reconnect keyboard cable.Then i reinstall ubuntu. Can anybody explain me what was the problem? | 13:35 |
| nlsthzn | democrezy, ouch... I suspect that the problem would have been easier to troubleshoot before you re-installed... now the problem has been erased basically so troubleshooting is impossible... | 13:38 |
| democrezy | but what was problem? | 13:38 |
| democrezy | i restarted 10 times but my keyboard was not detected???? | 13:39 |
| Sidewinder1 | democrezy, Did you perhaps have update Mgr, still running when you started Software Center? | 13:39 |
| democrezy | no, i restarted system 5-6 times and click on software centre icon but no response | 13:40 |
| democrezy | friend can u tell me why keyboard was not detected although mouse was detected? | 13:41 |
| Sidewinder1 | democrezy, I'm sorry, I can't really trouble-shoot; as nlsthzn said, the reinstall will have erased any logs, error messages, etc. :-( | 13:42 |
| democrezy | Also i cannot add or remove icons from side dock in ubuntu 11.04. | 13:44 |
| democrezy | neither i can create shortcuts.. | 13:44 |
| Sidewinder1 | I use 10.04 so I can't address 11.04 specific issues, sorry. | 13:45 |
| nlsthzn | democrezy, as soon as an application is running you can right click the icon and click on "stay in launcher" | 13:45 |
| democrezy | 11.04 is similar to 10.04 almost... | 13:45 |
| nlsthzn | democrezy, nope... with 11.04 Ubuntu introduced Unity... which isn't present in 10.04 | 13:47 |
| democrezy | How can i enhance visual effects? | 13:47 |
| democrezy | ya, but for a new user like me, it is of no use... | 13:48 |
| nlsthzn | democrezy, sorry I don't have more or better answers for you... but the unity interface is getting better and better, soon Ubuntu 11.10 will come (October) and it will be even more mature... | 13:55 |
| democrezy | ok thanks for support | 13:56 |
| Ptitrist | Hi | 14:34 |
| Ptitrist | Someone can help me please ? | 14:34 |
| Ptitrist | I can't use my terminal.. | 14:35 |
| PDSmedia | how do I copy a file into a root subdirectory using the file browser vs terminal? | 16:24 |
| Sidewinder1 | PDSmedia, Try, in terminal "gksudo nautilus" that will provide root priv. BE CAREFUL! | 16:30 |
| Sidewinder1 | PDSmedia, Just curious, how did you make out? | 16:36 |
| PDSmedia | sidewinder1: I'm working on it | 16:37 |
| Sidewinder1 | PDSmedia, Please keep me updated; planning on loggin' off soon. | 16:38 |
| PDSmedia | sidewinder1: b4 u go, I can't find a way to update open office by adding a software source | 16:40 |
| PDSmedia | I looked on the open office site and 3.3 is available as a deb file, but I rather add launchpad.net as a source | 16:40 |
| Sidewinder1 | PDSmedia, Why not just use Synaptic? Or do you need a newer version. | 16:41 |
| Sidewinder1 | Of Office, that is? | 16:41 |
| PDSmedia | sidewinder1: is that another source server? | 16:44 |
| PDSmedia | sidewinder1: I'm using open office 3.2 and want 3.3 | 16:44 |
| Sidewinder1 | PDSmedia, Synaptic is a package manager. If you're trying to upgrade packages beyond your current distro version; that's not supported and a bad idea. Unless you really knoe what you're doin'. | 16:46 |
| PDSmedia | sidewinder1: now I see that Synaptic is a package manage on my system. let me see if the newer version shows | 16:46 |
| Sidewinder1 | PDSmedia, While we're at it, please pardon my typing skills, or lack thereof. :-) | 16:47 |
| PDSmedia | sidewinder1: 3.3 is not showing | 16:48 |
| PDSmedia | sidewinder1: the way I finally got Firefox updated was to add this source to my package manager | 16:49 |
| PDSmedia | http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/firefox-stable/ubuntu | 16:49 |
| Sidewinder1 | PDSmedia, If it's 'not showing' you'll have to "go another path" which, as stated earlier can be somewhat tricky. | 16:49 |
| PDSmedia | sidewinder1: thanks | 16:50 |
| Sidewinder1 | PDSmedia, I prefer LTS; therefore do not use PPAs... | 16:50 |
| Sidewinder1 | 10.04 here. | 16:50 |
| Sidewinder1 | My pleasure. :-) | 16:50 |
| Sidewinder1 | Have a great day! | 16:51 |
| amartin | Hello. I have lost the ability to connect to my Ubuntu via SSH. I get "Network Error: Connection Refused. Any Suggestions? | 17:25 |
| earthling_ | Anyone else having problems with Firefox 6 high memory usage? | 19:59 |
| leeanne | I am trying to clean up my system in order to facilitate updates. when I go to terminal to run get clean, the system says :leeanne@leeanne:~$ apt-get clean | 22:54 |
| leeanne | E: Could not open lock file /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (13 Permission denied) | 22:54 |
| leeanne | E: Unable to lock the download directory | 22:54 |
| leeanne | anyone able to assist? | 22:55 |
| philipballew | leeanne, i can help | 22:56 |
| leeanne | awesome thank you phillip | 22:56 |
| philipballew | when you see the terminal say permission dennied like that it is because you are not root | 22:56 |
| leeanne | what does root mean? | 22:57 |
| leeanne | I know in dos but not in linux... | 22:57 |
| philipballew | its super user | 22:57 |
| philipballew | you can become root in the terminal by typing sudo at the beginning of a comand | 22:57 |
| leeanne | or maybe how do I get in root would be better question | 22:57 |
| philipballew | *command | 22:57 |
| leeanne | hmmm...let me try quickly and see what happens... | 22:58 |
| philipballew | so i type sudo command i want to enter | 22:58 |
| philipballew | go for it :) | 22:58 |
| leeanne | I just get another command line,,leeanne@leeanne | 22:58 |
| escott | leeanne, and if a gui application complains that it doesnt haver permissions use gksudo instead of sudo | 22:59 |
| leeanne | no action appears to have happened.. | 22:59 |
| philipballew | where did you hear about apt-get clean | 22:59 |
| philipballew | a guide? | 23:00 |
| leeanne | searched it | 23:00 |
| philipballew | if so its odd they didnt say sudo | 23:00 |
| leeanne | yes, tried to update and system advised to run sudo get clean | 23:00 |
| leeanne | did say sudo | 23:00 |
| philipballew | can you post what the error said when you update? | 23:00 |
| leeanne | but then I read about terminal and applications and did not realize what sudo meant | 23:00 |
| philipballew | or what else did it say | 23:00 |
| leeanne | posting now | 23:00 |
| * philipballew prepares for giant post he's gonna get yelled at for | 23:01 | |
| leeanne | leeanne@leeanne:~$ sudo apt-get clean | 23:02 |
| leeanne | leeanne@leeanne:~$ | 23:02 |
| leeanne | above it what displays using sudo | 23:03 |
| philipballew | no what was the error that told you to run that | 23:03 |
| leeanne | oh, the system cannot update, no room or memory or something | 23:03 |
| leeanne | which is confusing because it will add programs | 23:03 |
| leeanne | added this chat program no problem | 23:03 |
| leeanne | but not enough mem to add updates | 23:03 |
| escott | leeanne, when you install a package it downloads the install package but never deletes it until you apt-get clean | 23:04 |
| philipballew | ^ very true | 23:04 |
| leeanne | the problem I have it that it won | 23:04 |
| leeanne | will not let me get clean..ha ha | 23:04 |
| escott | leeanne, you can check your disk usage (and see how much free space you have) with "df -h" in the terminal. the absence of output from sudo apt-get clean means it was successful, but its unclear what if any free space you got for that action | 23:05 |
| leeanne | ees verboten= | 23:05 |
| philipballew | maybe it did clean. and not show output. mine never shows output | 23:05 |
| leeanne | really? I guess I am used to script in dos | 23:05 |
| philipballew | good ol' dos | 23:05 |
| escott | leeanne, apt-get autoclean will print out the names of the files it preserves, but no good reason to print out the files you just deleted | 23:06 |
| escott | leeanne, you can check if a command succeed by running "echo $?" immediately after it finishes. a 0 indicates success | 23:06 |
| leeanne | ok, thank you so much, I will try to update and see what happens. i did try the df-h but terminal does not recognize... | 23:06 |
| escott | leeanne, df[space]-h | 23:07 |
| leeanne | df h gets this | 23:08 |
| leeanne | Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on | 23:08 |
| leeanne | /dev/sda2 3.4G 3.1G 135M 96% / | 23:08 |
| leeanne | varrun 247M 100K 247M 1% /var/run | 23:08 |
| leeanne | varlock 247M 0 247M 0% /var/lock | 23:08 |
| leeanne | udev 247M 36K 247M 1% /dev | 23:08 |
| leeanne | devshm 247M 0 247M 0% /dev/shm | 23:08 |
| leeanne | lrm 247M 1.9M 245M 1% /lib/modules/2.6.24-24-lpia/volatile | 23:08 |
| leeanne | gvfs-fuse-daemon 3.4G 3.1G 135M 96% /home/leeanne/.gvfs | 23:08 |
| leeanne | thank you phillip! | 23:09 |
| escott | leeanne, /dev/sda2 (your systems main filesystem) is very small. if possible you should make it bigger | 23:09 |
| leeanne | as in add sticks? | 23:09 |
| leeanne | I use a netbook | 23:09 |
| leeanne | try to keep my stuff on thumbs | 23:09 |
| escott | the one thing you can do, is put any non-critical system files on a USB stick and use fstab to map them into the location you want | 23:10 |
| leeanne | sorry escott..but what is fstab? :) | 23:11 |
| escott | but certainly avoid keeping music or large graphics files (games) on that system, with only 3.4Gb you want a very lean installation | 23:11 |
| escott | so unlike DOS unix does not have drive letters | 23:11 |
| escott | instead the storage devices are attached to the existing tree | 23:12 |
| leeanne | ok,makes sense | 23:12 |
| escott | so /dev/sda2 is your / partition | 23:12 |
| leeanne | ahh. interesting | 23:12 |
| escott | and you can attach a usb stick into another location like /media/music | 23:12 |
| escott | fstab is the file that controls the default location of those attachment points | 23:12 |
| escott | there are some files like say /usb/share/games which are not required to boot or get a functional system | 23:13 |
| leeanne | i think i get it | 23:13 |
| leeanne | which kinda scares me. | 23:13 |
| leeanne | ha ha | 23:13 |
| escott | you could put those on an external usb, and add an entry that attaches a USB identified by a partiticular UUID to that location | 23:13 |
| leeanne | I will try to do so. I tend to stay away from managing the system because i find it confusing, but you explain well. have reached a point where I cannot ignore anylonger... | 23:14 |
| leeanne | thanks so very much. I bravely dive into Unbuntu...Linux...YIKES | 23:14 |
| leeanne | have a great day...from Alaska! | 23:15 |
| escott | you too | 23:15 |
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