[03:22] <Geodude> I bought a new headset and my mic is not working. The sound control panel is not letting me switch the "choose sound input" to "headset" like it does with my old headset.
[03:23] <holstein> Geodude: did you save the reciept?
[03:23] <Geodude> it says "internal audio analog stereo"
[03:23] <Geodude> Yes.
[03:23] <holstein> you cant look at pavucontrol
[03:23] <Geodude> At first it was only working out of one side of the headset, now it's fine.
[03:24] <holstein> you can run arecord -l and see it its listed
[03:24] <holstein> i usually test with live CD's
[03:24] <holstein> different kernels, or different ALSA versions... its easier for me to just use live CD's
[03:27] <Geodude> Now it's working. uhg.
[03:27] <holstein> Geodude: GREAT NEWS!
[03:27] <Geodude> So weird.
[03:28] <Geodude> It just needed a hot minute.
[03:32]  * philipballew needs to learn to troubleshoot as well as holstein 
[13:56] <BlueProtoman> I've got a bit of a problem...last night I got a new laptop.  It came with Windows 7, so I used UNetBootin and my dad's flash drive to install Ubuntu.  But it ran too late into the night, so I let it copy to the flash drive as I sleep.  But now, Windows 7 is mysteriously gone.  Trying UNetBootin again copies Ubuntu directly to the flash drive successfully...but I can't install it onto my laptop!  It gives me the "select an op
[13:57] <BlueProtoman> I really need to get this laptop up and running, this weekend is the only spare time I have for a while!
[14:02] <BlueProtoman> Anyone?
[14:06] <BlueProtoman> The Powers That Be don't seem to want me to use Linux...
[14:07] <Abhijit> what?
[14:08] <Abhijit> windows 7 is in your internal hdd and you used unetbootin for pen drive
[14:08] <Abhijit> how this can cause any damage to windows?
[14:09] <Abhijit> BlueProtoman, ??
[14:09] <BlueProtoman> I have no idea.  More likely, it involved my battery (I left it unplugged thinking it would finish installing to the flash drive).
[14:10] <Abhijit> i dont know what caused the windows to vanish but now as you say its gone you first install windows and then install ubuntu
[14:13] <BlueProtoman> Yes, but I've refreshed Windows now.
[14:13] <Abhijit> so there is windows now?
[14:13] <BlueProtoman> I'm going through the First Boot again.
[14:14] <BlueProtoman> Yes.
[14:14] <Abhijit> then just make another partition and install ubuntu there
[17:10] <Sidewinder1> It's not really a problem but I was wondering, why, occasionally when I mount external esata/usb hard drives (through Places-->Mount 1TB Filesystem) two instances of Nautilus opens with the associated directory structures. It only happens about 30% of the time and seems to be totally random. (10.04 i386 desktop)
[17:11] <Sidewinder1> Crosspost, I know, but I waited, unsuccessfully for about a half hour prior to asking here.
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[17:53] <SanbarComputing> Good afternoon
[23:02] <Radios> n00bs :-)
[23:07] <stlsaint> Radios: hello
[23:09] <Radios> h
[23:10] <Radios> hi
[23:13] <stlsaint> Radios: you stopping by for chat or you need assistance?
[23:28] <Radios> just snooping
[23:29] <stlsaint> Radios: aye cool
[23:31] <Radios> http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20117619-264/chrome-extension-enables-remote-computer-control/
[23:31] <Radios> :-)
[23:32] <Radios> just what beginners need forget VPN
[23:33] <stlsaint> ha...another vulnerabiliy for hackers to exploit
[23:35] <Radios> ~vulnerability ?
[23:37] <stlsaint> yes
[23:37] <Radios> its feature
[23:38] <Radios> have you tested it?
[23:38] <stlsaint> nope
[23:39] <stlsaint> but if your system is compromised than you exchange access codes and that code is sniffed than an attacker just gained access to the remote system
[23:39] <Radios> so you cant say its a vuknerability
[23:40] <Radios> if our system is comrmied its ot tha aictons fault
[23:41] <stlsaint> well to me anything on the net is a potential vulnerability
[23:41] <Radios> you might as well disconect alltoghether from the internet if you think like that
[23:41] <Radios> do yu realize we live in th cloud?
[23:42] <stlsaint> no, i take security measures and tend to think like a "blackhat" to prevent such actions as much as possible
[23:42] <Radios> good luck with that
[23:42] <stlsaint> Radios: hey do me a favor please and join channel #ubuntu-beginners-team
[23:42] <stlsaint> Radios: wanna keep this room open for support really
[23:43] <Radios> you are just making your self noticed and becoming a higr rat target
[23:43] <Radios> you know the more you do to hide  the more they look for a way in
[23:44] <Radios> you are only making it hard for your self
[23:45] <stlsaint> Radios: join #ubuntu-beginners-team
[23:45] <Radios> why?
[23:45] <stlsaint> this channel is our primary support channel, the ubuntu-beginners-team channel is more offtopic based
[23:45] <stlsaint> there we can continue the conversation