[00:47] <xubuntu711> I got a big problem with my GRUB can anyone help, please?
[01:49] <gostumpy> Hello!
[01:49] <gostumpy> I am having difficulty installing drivers for a rosewill rnx-n150pc wireless card
[01:50] <gostumpy> I found a guide online, but sudo apt-get install gcc build-essential isn't working
[01:50] <gostumpy> and I think that's a fairly important part of the process
[01:55] <GridCube> gostumpy, is is
[01:55] <GridCube> it is
[01:55] <GridCube> gostumpy, how is not working?
[01:56] <gostumpy> lol
[01:56] <gostumpy> thanks for responding, just figure dout my stupid error
[01:56] <gostumpy> apparently it's installed already
[01:56] <gostumpy> or something
[01:56] <gostumpy> sudo make wasn't working, but I just realized I should be in the driver folder, not the folder containing the config file
[01:57] <gostumpy> stupid mistakes usually cause a lot of headache, LOL
[01:57] <GridCube> indeed
[01:57] <gostumpy> hopefully this will wokr
[02:01] <gostumpy> Ok, hit a roadblock
[02:02] <gostumpy> I am supposed to type sudo ifconfig ra0 inet up
[02:02] <gostumpy> and I get "ra0: error while getting interfce flags: No such device
[02:02] <GridCube> gostumpy, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1677136
[02:03] <GridCube> gostumpy, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1814054
[02:07] <gostumpy> ok, trying to add to blacklist.conf and it won't let me save, saying "Can't open file to write"
[02:07] <gostumpy> thinking it's a permissions problem, but ?
[02:08] <gostumpy> guh such a linux newb.. what is the command in terminal to add to a file?
[02:13] <gostumpy> going to try restarting first :p
[02:15] <gostumpy> still get this "Can't open file to write" when I try to save blacklist.conf :(
[02:18] <ToZ> gostumpy, you need elevated privledges to write to that file. Try with "gksudo gedit blacklist.conf" (no quotes from command line)
[02:20] <charlie-tca> Let's use mousepad or leafpad in Xubuntu
[02:20] <gostumpy> aha!
[02:20] <gostumpy> worked!
[02:20] <gostumpy> thanks :)
[02:20] <charlie-tca> gedit is gnome, and not installed by default in Xubuntu
[02:20] <ToZ> oops, forgot which channel i was in.
[02:21] <gostumpy> yeah, googling all my error messages is working :)
[02:22] <gostumpy> still not connecting to my wireless
[02:24] <gostumpy> rebooting worked!
[02:24] <gostumpy> it can finally see the wireless networks available
[02:26] <gostumpy> YES! worked :)
[02:27] <gostumpy> lol
[02:27] <gostumpy> 267 updates available
[02:27] <gostumpy> brb, going to connect on that comp :)
[02:33] <GoStumpy> Hurray
[02:33] <GridCube> :D
[02:33] <GridCube> it worked?!
[02:34] <GoStumpy> Yup!  Restarted and it detected wireless networks :)
[02:34] <GoStumpy> downloading the 267 updates now, LOL
[02:34] <GridCube> :D
[02:34] <GridCube> awesome :D i like helping people
[02:34] <GoStumpy> Breath some life into this machine my Dad gave me
[02:34] <GoStumpy> P4 2.4ghz, 1.5gb ram
[02:34] <GoStumpy> he bought a 27" IMAC
[02:36] <GridCube> thats pretty impresive
[02:37] <GridCube> D: 27" I mac? D:
[02:40] <madnick> My friend got one too, webpages look so silly in that resolution :P
[02:45] <GoStumpy> My main computer has a 22" widescreen, now I'm on a 17" normal monitor... Feel like I'm missing 6"
[02:45] <GoStumpy> Ohhh, thats what she said
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[04:21] <JjC2011> !Time
[04:21] <ubottu> Information about using and setting your computer's clock on Ubuntu can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuTime - See https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/NTP.html for information on usage of the Network Time Protocol (NTP)
[05:44] <Shirakawasuna> hmm. To get global menus working in xfce, do I need indicator-applet-appmenu?
[05:45] <Shirakawasuna> it has a ton of dependencies
[05:48] <X-Hunter> how do i install a downloaded exefile
[05:48] <X-Hunter> itkeeps trying to usearchive manager
[05:51] <Shirakawasuna> lol, impatient!
[06:24] <bkerensa> .
[07:39] <richard_iii> hey a question about bash.  I'm coming from ubuntu, and i press tab twice, and bash types in the filename 4 me.  why is that not working 4 me in xubuntu 11.04 TIA!
[07:53] <Sysi> richard_iii: it should work on xubuntu too
[08:10] <richard_iii> i figured it out.  in ubuntu, tab cycles through the possible "completions" and in xubuntu it doesn't.  Whew!!
[09:44] <fyret> good day to everyone!
[09:44] <knome> hey
[09:47] <fyret> I'd need some troubleshooting - I just installed 11.04 on an 10'' netbook yesterday, worked fine after install
[09:47] <fyret> now however: desktop picture seems to be covered by the same picture (originally I have it centered, now it is stretched, and I can#t seem to be able to change it)
[09:48] <knome> fyret, did you right-click the desktop and select "desktop settings" - you have a "style" -dropdown box there
[09:48] <fyret> and the frames of open windows lack the minimize, hide, exit symbols
[09:49] <fyret> by rifhtclicking desktop I get only "change desktop background"
[09:49] <fyret> (sorry typo) - and I can#t change anything there
[09:50] <knome> just to make sure - are you sure you are running the xubuntu session
[09:50] <fyret> I am (I tried xfce though, but it's the same issues there)
[09:51] <fyret> another feature: open windows are kinda glued to top-left corner
[09:51] <knome> okay. now press alt+f2 and run 'xfdesktop' and see if that fixes the desktop issue first
[09:51] <knome> a-ha. then press alt+f2 and run 'xfwm4'
[09:51] <knome> that should fix the window border problem
[09:51] <fyret> do I do both of those?
[09:51] <knome> sure
[09:53] <fyret> ok, thanks, I did get my panel back
[09:54] <knome> was the desktop problem solved too?
[09:54] <fyret> however, I still can#t move that window by dragging it
[09:55] <fyret> and no, the desktop is still the same. if it helps: when I boot, and also after running "xfwm4", the original desktop as I set it, briefly appeared
[09:55] <fyret>  /appears
[09:56] <knome> hmm, try "xfwm4 --replace"
[09:56] <fyret> but is then "covered" by the stretched one
[09:56] <knome> are you using nautilus?
[09:56] <fyret> it's a file manager, right?
[09:57] <knome> yes
[09:57] <fyret> so no, I don't think so. I have a fm that is actually called "file manager", and I use thunar
[09:58] <knome> okay, just asking because nautilus tends to steal the desktop unless you run it with a specific argument
[09:58] <knome> did you run xfwm4 --replace? did that help?
[09:58] <fyret> (xfwm4 --replace didn't do anything -- I'll try to once again change the desktop via settings)
[09:58] <fyret> ooh wrong info -- I _can_ move windows on the desktop
[09:58] <knome> :)
[10:00] <fyret> but I still can't change the desktop itself, by no means that are obvious to myself
[10:00] <knome> what happens if you run 'xfdesktop-settings'?
[10:03] <fyret> the desktop settings window appears that I reach via the panel dropdown menu (I mean same one) but still, any changes on desktop background take no effect
[10:03] <toomai> anyone know if there is a channel for thunderbird?
[10:03] <knome> toomai, mozilla has their own irc network
[10:03] <toomai> knome: ah, okay....thanks
[10:04] <fyret> should I do anything as root there? o.O
[10:04] <Myrtti> have you enabled root account?
[10:05] <fyret> mmh, well I guess so, as I have installed a few things as root. (or maybe I just have no idea xD)
[10:05] <Myrtti> did you set up a root password?
[10:06] <fyret> ayup I did
[10:07] <Myrtti> did you log in as root?
[10:07] <Myrtti> or rather, have you logged in as root?
[10:07] <Myrtti> !root
[10:07] <ubottu> Do not try to guess the root password, that is impossible. Instead, realise the truth... there is no root password. Then you will see that it is 'sudo' that grants you access and not the root password. Look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo
[10:08] <Myrtti> every time someone sets the root password in Ubuntu, an angel cries
[10:08] <knome> that's why Myrtti cries so much
[10:08] <Myrtti> and every time someone logs in to GUI as root in any Linux distro, I cry
[10:10] <fyret> em, I am afraid I am not sure xD I did log in by typing my root password, but I still need to sudo / am asked for root pw if I do stuff
[10:11] <Myrtti> right
[10:11] <Myrtti> good luck then
[10:12] <fyret> so. thanks for the things fixed so far...
[10:13] <fyret> I suppose the unchangeable desktop remains a mystery then?
[10:13] <knome> what Myrtti means is that we don't support systems with the root account enabled
[10:14] <Myrtti> well, we can support them as far as disable the root account password
[10:15] <Myrtti> but if you've logged in as root to XFCE or Gnome or any other Graphical Desktop system, then the chances are that permissions and settings in the system have gone beyond our skills of helping
[10:15] <fyret> hmmmkay I see
[10:16] <fyret> I am sorry that I cause troubles - I#d be eager to do things right though
[10:16] <Myrtti> and I've seen this happen often enough that I knew to ask you if you had enabled root account and had logged in with it
[10:16] <fyret> so, when I do a clean install, what would be the first thing to do then?
[10:16] <Myrtti> don't be sorry for us, we're sorry for you
[10:16] <fyret> I got that much -.-
[10:17] <Myrtti> don't enable root password and don't log in as root :-D
[10:17] <Myrtti> you should be able to do everything you need without it
[10:17] <knome> you ARE ablo to
[10:17] <knome> able
[10:18] <fyret> so that is the part in the install where I am asked if I want to be asked for a password each time I login?
[10:18] <knome> no
[10:18] <knome> the install will not ask you anything about the root account
[10:18] <fyret> so how is it possible that I accidentally am root?
[10:19] <knome> maybe you followed some tutorial that told you to do so
[10:20] <fyret> I didn't - I installed the system and gladly thereby used the lice cd (from usb, if that did matter)
[10:20] <fyret> *live cd
[10:20] <knome> Myrtti, maybe you know how to check if root account is enabled
[10:20] <lukinfore> afair gdm root login is disabled by default
[10:21] <fyret> I didn't change a bit in usergroups or permissions
[10:21] <lukinfore> so to unable it you should make some conf editing
[10:21] <lukinfore> *en
[10:21] <fyret> all I did so far was install stuff, and there I was asked for a password that I had made while install
[10:21] <lukinfore> dunno about lightdm though
[10:22] <lukinfore> its not root password
[10:22] <lukinfore> just user one
[10:22] <fyret> aaah-ha
[10:22] <fyret> then I confused you there :S
[10:22] <lukinfore> ups
[10:23] <fyret> so, when I do something with "sudo" - I am not asked the root password?
[10:23] <knome> no
[10:23] <knome> that's the right way to do things
[10:24] <well_laid_lawn> sudo asks for your users password
[10:24] <fyret> thanks for clearing that up
[10:24] <lukinfore> any user in default admin or sudo group can do anything as root
[10:26] <fyret> well ok then. then I suppose I _am_ able to be helped xD
[10:26] <fyret> not that I am that much troubled by my borked desktop appearance, I am just puzzled how the hell that happened
[10:27] <fyret> and why I can't change it anymore.
[10:39] <fyret> will reboo and see what happens
[10:39] <fyret> *<.> rebooT
[10:41] <fyret> hellu again
[10:42] <fyret> thanks again for the help. before rebooting I double-checked about Nautilus, and yes, it was there
[10:43] <fyret> so I removed it - now everything seems to be fine.
[10:43] <knome> okay, good
[10:43] <knome> save your session the next time you log out so nautilus won't pop up
[10:43] <knome> (unless you completely unistalled it)
[10:44] <fyret> (yeah I did uninstall, I prefer thunar anyway)
[10:44] <fyret> so have a good day - bye!
[11:15] <LiminyFresh> can anyone help me, I cant get my partition resize to work in the boot cd of lucid lynx
[12:29] <preben_> I'm trying to setup two monitors. I have an ATI card. I set them up as a big desktop so I can drag windows between them with amdcccle. When I logout gdm shows it correctly, but as soon as I login to xfce4 the displays are messed up and the second display is a clone of the first. How can I fix this? I have spent the last 12 hours trying to get this to work :-(
[12:30] <Sysi> propietrary driver?
[12:30] <preben_> fglrx
[12:32] <preben_> wait to test sth. I'll be right back just need to log out/in again
[12:33] <preben_> YEEEESS!!!
[12:34] <preben_> in ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/displays.xml
[12:34] <preben_> I had to manually change the <property name="X" type="int" value="0"/> to <property name="X" type="int" value="1921"/> for the second display
[12:35] <preben_> i guess this is an option missing in the settings->desktop GUI
[12:35] <preben_>  bye
[16:24] <renan> hello, is there a way to make the xubuntu's 11.04 sound preference menu bypass the system sound volume limit of 100% like on ubuntu 11.04?
[16:31] <renan> anybody?
[16:36] <gordoleon> hello
[16:36] <gordoleon> anyone can help me with a graphics problem?
[16:39] <macer1> !problem | gordoleon
[16:39] <ubottu> gordoleon: Please don't ask to ask a question, simply ask the question (all on ONE line and in the channel, so that others can read and follow it easily). If anyone knows the answer they will most likely reply. :-)
[16:39] <charlie-tca> !anyone
[16:39] <ubottu> A high percentage of the first questions asked in this channel start with "Does anyone/anybody..." Why not ask your next question (the real one) and find out? See also !details, !gq, and !poll.
[16:43] <ToZ> renan, On my system I have 2 playback channels, Master and PCM. When Master is at full, I can further adjust PCM to get another "boost" of volume.
[16:50] <renan> ToZ, hmm
[16:51] <renan> ToZ, the volume can be much higher than that by ubuntus menu
[16:52] <luxhart> Hello, I have an issue regarding display on both Xubuntu and Lubuntu. Would anyone like to help?
[16:53] <charlie-tca> !details
[16:53] <ubottu> 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 ..."
[16:53] <charlie-tca> If you tell what the problem actually is, if anyone knows, they will respond.
[16:54] <luxhart> When I try going into TTY1-6 (ctrl-alt-Fn), my monitor (Samsung) displays...
[16:54] <charlie-tca> That sounds normal
[16:54] <charlie-tca> It should never be blank
[16:55] <luxhart> "not supported mode". I've searched a couple places
[16:55] <luxhart> sorry, I'm a bit slow
[16:55] <luxhart> Okay, continuing...
[16:59] <luxhart> I've come across a link that tells me to append the file menu.lst and append the line where you have to type vga=ask. However, there were no files named /boot/grub/menu.lst. So I ran the command "sudo grub-mkconfig > /boot/grub/menu.lst". I took a look into the file, but it doesn't seem to be a place for "vga=ask". I've done this before with ease on Tinycore Linux. Would you like me to post the menu.lst contents?
[17:05] <charlie-tca> so, you now have mixed grub1 and grub2
[17:05] <charlie-tca> under grub2, there is no menu.lst file. all configuration changes are done in either /etc/default/grub or /etc/grub.d
[17:06] <charlie-tca> so, I would remove those changes, and then try making the change to /etc/default/grub
[17:06] <luxhart> Okay, I'll try doing that right now. Thanks.
[17:06] <charlie-tca> Have you installed the hardware video driver?
[17:07] <charlie-tca> from the desktop, look in menu -> settings -> Additional drivers or menu -> System -> Additional drivers and see if there is one.
[17:09] <luxhart> Oh, I'm running Xubuntu 11.04 btw. Hold on...
[17:13] <luxhart> okay, the last thing I've done was install the nvidia graphics driver (current version). It now says "This driver is activated but not currently in use".
[17:15] <charlie-tca> You clicked the activate button?
[17:15] <charlie-tca> Then you must restart for the change to take effect
[17:15] <luxhart> I have done this this morning.
[17:15] <luxhart> I mean, yes, I have rebooted
[17:16] <luxhart> shall I post my system specs as well as my problem over for clarity?
[17:17] <charlie-tca> when you highlight the driver, what button is there to left of the "activated but not in use"?
[17:17] <luxhart> To the left, there is a green circle and another button "Help". To the right, there is "Remove" and "Close"/
[17:17] <luxhart> .
[17:19] <charlie-tca> hm, now it is past my knowledge. If no one else can help here, I would suggest #ubuntu-beginners, where there are some very knowledgeable people.
[17:20] <luxhart> okay, thank you very much. Sorry for the confusion. I'll post more details about my problems in the future to avoid that.
[17:21] <charlie-tca> Good luck
[17:36] <skcud> Is there any way to check which application is using the GPU the most?
[17:37] <GridCube> 2 ways
[17:37] <GridCube> skcud, you can open a terminal and use top
[17:37] <GridCube> or you can launch the system monitor
[17:38] <GridCube> i think is in System
[17:40] <skcud> Would high CPU usage cause high GPU usage too?
[17:42] <GridCube> oooo gpu
[17:43] <GridCube> skcud, are you using nvidia?
[17:43] <skcud> Yeah
[17:44] <GridCube> nvidia-smi -a
[17:44] <GridCube> nvidia-settings -q all
[17:45] <GridCube> those should tell you stuff
[17:46] <GridCube> i can't read it, because i don't understand hardware language :P
[17:46] <skcud> Neither do I. I'm seeing high temperature on my GPU and I'm trying to figure out what is causing it
[17:47] <skcud> But that helps. So thanks :)
[17:52] <GridCube> skcud, http://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-perfkit
[17:52] <GridCube> :D
[17:53] <skcud> Ah! sweet! thanks heaps GridCube
[17:53] <GridCube> :D you are welcom
[17:53] <GridCube> +e
[18:15] <ikonia> last alexdevil
[18:16] <charlie-tca> huh?
[18:16] <charlie-tca> ikonia: wrong window?
[20:10] <Arpad2> hello
[20:11] <Arpad2> I have a pendrive which doesnt allow me to add or delete any file,
[20:11] <Arpad2> not even as root
[20:12] <TheSheep> Arpad2: check if it has a switch for write-protection
[20:13] <Arpad2> the dvb-t set top box could make records on it
[20:14] <Arpad2> I think it doesnt have such swichû
[20:15] <Sysi> reformat it
[20:18] <Arpad2> I thought that as last resort, but no other solution
[20:18] <Arpad2> it seems as if it would be lockes
[20:19] <Arpad2> -d
[20:19] <Sysi> formatting is basic stuff, just copy what you have there
[20:20] <Arpad2> ok
[20:32] <GridCube> !ipod
[20:32] <ubottu> For information on how to sync and add tracks to your iPod, see the guide at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IPodHowto - For the iPhone and the iPod Touch, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PortableDevices/iPhone - See !RockBox for information on liberating your iPod
[20:32] <GridCube> !RockBox
[20:32] <ubottu> rockbox is an open source firmware replacement for audio players from Archos, iRiver, Apple (iPod), and iAudio. See http://www.rockbox.org/ to get started!
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