[00:07] <noahk11> How do i properly install xubuntu to a partition on a external drive that i can actually boot to?
[00:08] <noahk11> hello?
[00:08] <noahk11> How do i properly install xubuntu to a partition on a external drive that i can actually boot to?
[01:42] <primorialhobbit> My Xubuntu netbook crashed earlier today, and now refuses to boot - I see a blinking cursor in the upper left for a little while, then the screen flickers, and stays black.  I booted off a USB disk and run 'fsck -fv /dev/sda5', which reported no errors.  Rebooting in recovery mode fails, the last few lines visible on the screen are http://pastie.org/2582239 ... anyone have an idea on how to fix it?
[01:48] <charlie-tca> which version of Xubuntu, primorialhobbit
[01:48] <primorialhobbit> 11.04
[01:49] <charlie-tca> I would suspect it doing an fsck of all drives. boot in normal mode, when the screen goes black, hit s for skip, give it up to 5 minutes, it should boot
[01:50] <primorialhobbit> charlie-tca: I've just rebooted several more times, and each time it makes stops at a different point in the init process.  This time, it stopped at 'Starting Userspace boostsplash' and subsequently 'Stopping Userspace bootsplash'
[01:50] <charlie-tca> My 400GB hard drive takes up to 25 minutes for the checks, and 11.04 had no notice when it did that
[01:51] <primorialhobbit> I let it sit there for about an hour and a half earlier
[01:52] <charlie-tca> it depends on how far into the fsck it gets as to where in the process it shows you things.
[01:52] <charlie-tca> Tried turning completely off, let it sit two minutes, power it back on?
[01:52] <primorialhobbit> Fsck reports no errors at all, e.g. when I boot off a separate dis.  And I've already tried a cold reboot
[01:53] <charlie-tca> boot from the live cd, mount the hard drive, cd to / and run updates
[01:53] <charlie-tca> strange but works sometimes
[01:53] <primorialhobbit> `Run updates?
[01:54] <charlie-tca> sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade on the hard drive itself
[01:54] <primorialhobbit> I'll give it a shot.  I assume I'll need to chroot for that?  My experience with apt-get is limited
[01:57] <charlie-tca> I never did. I just boot to a live session, cd into the hard drive, find the partition with / on it, and run it
[01:57] <charlie-tca> I don't know how to chroot
[01:58] <knome> chroot isn't technically hard, but you want to make sure you do it right
[01:59] <primorialhobbit> knome: But is it unnecessary?
[02:01] <knome> sorry, i haven't followed the discussion too closely
[02:02] <knome> it looks like you need chroot, yes
[02:02] <primorialhobbit> Thankfully I have a second computer to use in the meantime, but it would be really nice to get the netbook running again before Monday's classes
[02:03] <primorialhobbit> knome: Could you assist with the proper way to chroot?
[02:03] <knome> if you don't chroot, you'll just update the packages on your main pc
[02:03] <knome> haven't done that in ages. i'd suggest just looking at some tutorial from google, because if i'd help, that's where i'd read the instructions from myself :P
[02:04] <primorialhobbit> hah, thanks
[02:04] <knome> !chroot
[02:04] <knome> that's probably a good starting point
[02:34] <wdouvet> I am running xubuntu, am a newbie, and I am having trouble updating with synaptic package manager
[05:04] <chirag_d_gr8> when i installed xubuntu using wubi, i see boot time errorbad lun bad numbers(1-10)
[05:04] <chirag_d_gr8> how to fix this?
[05:22] <Shirakawasuna> I want to rip movie/show DVDs to ISO before encoding them with HandBrake. What would be a good tool for this (preferably light, xfce philosophy and all that)?
[05:23] <Shirakawasuna> basically I want k3b without kde dependencies :). It will rip to an ISO and check md5sums. I want that.
[08:55] <csenger41> hy everyone :)
[08:58] <csenger41> i'd need some help with flash games
[08:59] <csenger41> the ones on facebook are freezing if im moving my cursor on the screen and start moving again when i stop it
[08:59] <csenger41> theres no such problem on Win7
[09:11] <csenger41> anyone online?
[10:16] <philippe> Hello
[10:16] <philippe> I need some help
[10:16] <philippe> I just installed xubuntu 11.04 on my laptop
[10:17] <philippe> It all works fine when plugged in
[10:17] <philippe> But when it runs on the battery xubuntu freezes
[10:17] <philippe> Is this a known problem?
[10:22] <dirtycookie> hi i want to make my indicator plugin transparent so that it fits in my transparent pannel can someone tell me how
[10:22] <well_laid_lawn> philippe: not a problem most ppl have no
[10:23] <philippe> I dunno what to do :(
[10:23] <philippe> Defeats the object of having a laptop with xubuntu if it crashes on battery power :(
[10:23] <well_laid_lawn> philippe: can you change to a tty or enter stuff in a terminal when it freezes?
[10:24] <philippe> no
[10:24] <philippe> hard freeze
[10:25] <well_laid_lawn> it must be a hardware issue
[10:25] <dirtycookie> hi i want to make my indicator plugin transparent so that it fits in my transparent pannel can someone tell me how
[10:25] <philippe> I will google some more
[10:25] <philippe> To try and solve it
[10:25] <philippe> Thanks for answering my questions well_laid
[10:25] <philippe> Have a nice day :)
[10:26] <well_laid_lawn> philippe: have a tty running when you
[10:26] <well_laid_lawn> unplug the power
[10:31] <dirtycookie> hi
[10:32] <dirtycookie> anyone there
[10:40] <dirtycookie1> hi i want to make my indicator plugin transparent so that it fits in my transparent pannel can someone tell me how
[10:56] <ismailov> hii pleese join linux-bg,org in facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/linux-bgorg/165834412004
[10:56] <knome> ismailov, please don't advertise
[11:02] <IdleOne> ismailov: Please stop advertising your facebook page.
[11:03] <ismailov> ok
[11:04] <ismailov> noo problem
[11:25] <dirtycookie> hi anyone there
[11:26] <dirtycookie> i need some help plz
[11:26] <knome> !ask
[11:28] <dirtycookie>  i have freshly installed xubuntu and i want to change the fore- and background color of my indicator plugin
[11:28] <dirtycookie> how can i do that
[11:33] <dirtycookie> ...
[11:35] <dirtycookie> i have freshly installed xubuntu and i want to change the fore- and background color of my indicator plugin, does anyone know how to do this??
[11:35] <knome> please don't repeat
[11:36] <knome> if somebody knows the answer, they will reply
[11:36] <knome> no need to repeat every 5 minutes
[11:36] <Sysi> and crosspost
[11:36] <knome> !coc > dirtycookie
[11:36] <knome> !guidelines > dirtycookie
[11:37] <knome> dirtycookie, just for reference.
[11:39] <dirtycookie> that is fine and understandable, i thought that all users in this channel are afk. thanks for giving a sign of activity and ill wait patiently. And thank you in advance
[11:47] <Sysi> I think indicator plugien goes with gtk-theme, for some reason it doesn't go transparent with alpha/panelbg but with fg/icons-slider it does
[11:55] <dirtycookie> Sysi: ok... so what does that mean?
[13:54] <Fulcher1993> .
[15:45] <seemawn> hi
[15:45] <seemawn> i have serious problems with my screen resolution
[15:45] <seemawn> description following:
[15:46] <seemawn> i use a nvidia-fx 5700 graphics card, so the nvidia-173 driver should be suitable
[15:46] <seemawn> but I cannot raise the resolution above 640x480.
[15:48] <seemawn> and it seems like, that it does not read the xorg.conf.
[15:49] <seemawn> glxgears reports more than 2000 fps, and according to glxinfo, direct rendering works
[15:51] <seemawn> how can i override monitor detection?
[21:07] <XubuntuKris> anyone ever use Trimage image compressor?
[21:08] <GridCube> nope
[21:08] <GridCube> !info trimage
[21:09] <XubuntuKris> I asked cause I'm using it now, trying to compress about 120 pngs and it's taking forever on just the first one.
[21:09] <GridCube> oh
[21:10] <GridCube> you could use imagemagick
[21:10] <GridCube> !info imagemagic
[21:10] <GridCube> !info imagemagick
[21:10] <GridCube> its pretty easy and very powerful
[21:11] <XubuntuKris> well Trimage just got passed the first couple, I'll give it a chance to do it's thing, and if I'm unsatisfied with the results, I'll give imagemagick a go
[21:11] <XubuntuKris> lol, thanks GridCube.
[21:11] <XubuntuKris> any other suggestions?
[21:12] <GridCube> :P i'd say use irfanview trough wine
[21:12] <GridCube> but thats just me
[21:12] <GridCube> not the best option
[21:12] <XubuntuKris> I don't like wine
[21:12] <XubuntuKris> never understood it.
[21:12] <GridCube> there you got it :P
[21:12] <GridCube> then use imagemagick
[21:12] <GridCube> :)
[21:13] <XubuntuKris> Besides, I keep a winblows machine just for situations when linux just won't do the trick
[21:13] <XubuntuKris> lol
[21:13] <XubuntuKris> Thanks again
[21:13] <GridCube> if imagemagick had a good gui there wouldnt be a need for any other imagining software
[21:13] <XubuntuKris> That's kind of why I installed Trimage. I like GUI's.
[21:14] <GridCube> :P
[21:14] <XubuntuKris> I know how to operate in a terminal, I'm just lazy
[21:14] <XubuntuKris> lol
[21:34] <seemawn> if anyone considered answering my question I asked several hours ago: I solved the problem and apologize not to tell you that.
[21:35] <seemawn> the problem was: xorg.conf was not aware of possible vertical frequency of my screen.
[21:35] <seemawn> twas too low.
[23:17] <philippe> Hi
[23:17] <philippe> I need some help
[23:18] <philippe> I have a new install of xubuntu 11.04 and this red icon appears in the system tray
[23:18] <philippe> like a remove icon in a terminal window
[23:18] <philippe> but doesnt do anything
[23:19] <philippe> How can I remove it?
[23:20] <philippe> ok I just fixed it
[23:20] <philippe> Removed the usb charger for my iphone
[23:20] <philippe> Was related to the power manager icon
[23:21] <philippe> Many thanks :)
[23:21] <philippe> Another happy xubuntu user :)
[23:21] <philippe> Good night and god bless