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CadetXdoes ubuntu 10.10 ship the latest flash (i have 64bit system so i need 64bit flash too) or i should get it from adobe site?00:03
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xubuntu135so, xubuntu is sexy ?02:05
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nunatakhello. my xubuntu 11.10 panels often forgets that they're set to autohide. is there a way to force them?09:51
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insinHi, how does Xubuntu control placing of dotfiles under ~/.config instead of directly in ~? I'm writing a script which needs to reference something in a config folder and I'd like to avoid harcoding the .config part it if possible11:16
insins/it if/of it if/11:17
_Pete_as you need to hardcode in someplace?11:20
_Pete_what is the difference=11:20
Myrttiinsin: afaik .config is a place applications themselves choose to dump the .files into11:20
insinOk, thanks11:21
MyrttiIIRC it may be a freedesktop.org recommendation11:21
MyrttiI'd double check, but my browser seems to be in an non-cooperative mood11:22
TheSheephttp://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html11:47
TheSheepyou use $XDG_CONFIG_HOME11:47
krauthi11:48
krauti configured my dock not to switch apps to another virtual desktop. but if i click f.e. on desk2 an url, firefox switches from desk1 to desk2. can anybody help me with this please?11:48
TheSheepkraut: window manager settings, second tab11:49
krautTheSheep: what?11:50
TheSheepkraut: window manager settings, second tab11:50
krautTheSheep: what?11:50
TheSheepkraut: window manager settings, second tab11:50
kraut...11:50
krautwhich fscking tab?11:51
TheSheepkraut: you can set the 'activate action' to 'bring', 'switch' or 'none' there11:51
TheSheepkraut: temper, temper11:52
krauti need to know where to find these settings please.11:52
krautxfce -> settings?11:52
TheSheepyes11:53
krautah, cool11:53
TheSheepsorry, this is from memory, I'm not on xfce right now11:53
krautperfect, that's it, thanks!11:54
krautno problem. i also need to translate your tips into krautish ;)11:54
krautit's called "Feineinstellung des Fensterverhaltens"11:54
krautthere is your mentoined second tab11:54
krauterm, ok. just another little problem. i need to set setxkbmap to de after every login. is there any global config for this in xfce?11:55
krauti set in xfce -> settings -> keyboard the layout to de but this seems to be ignored11:57
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kora-chanHey guys, I'm using 11.10 and was wondering if there is any way to disable the touchpad. I'm only using my trackpoint, and thus the touchpad is more or less annoying if I accidently touvh it.13:19
k_szedarn14:08
k_szethe upgrader (from 11.04 to 11.10) seems to be stuck after I chose the display manager.14:09
k_szeIt's been churning my HDD for a few hours already.14:09
n2diy my sound notification no longer works in xchat-gnome, or Thunderbird, but it works with other apps?14:38
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shevek_If I run xubuntu, do I get a sane, non-crashy environment without unity?19:17
Sysitotally19:17
shevek_good. I am disgusted beyond words with ubuntu 11.10. I will try switching19:18
shevek_I can just apt-get xfce4 or do I have to do some deeper magic?19:18
Sysiif you want complete xubuntu you should install xubuntu-desktop19:19
Sysinicer default settings etc19:19
shevek_cool. just ran an xfce session and still got unity, so trying the desktop now19:20
shevek_I can't express adequately my disgust with this new ubuntu.19:20
shevek_And I've been using linux since '92.19:20
shevek_I've used fvwm, olvwm, mwm, twm, mlvwm, mwm, cde, etc, all in anger, and unity is basically a huge step backwards from all of them.19:21
Sysixfce originally was like CDE, it probably still has some same mentality19:22
shevek_well, if it's basically small, and gets out of my bloody way, I'll love it19:22
shevek_unity doesn't let me switch between windows, only apps19:23
shevek_which is wrong, cognitively19:23
shevek_because it assumes that all of your xterms are "one app"19:23
shevek_which implies that one job is being done in all your xterms19:23
shevek_which, for any developer, is madly wrong.19:23
SysiI've only tried unity shortly, it seemed messy compared to gnome-shell19:24
shevek_I crashed it like 10 times, that's a cardinal sin before you even start on usability.19:24
Sysixfce is old-school but has all the stuff I feel in love with in linux19:24
shevek_and once I had to hardboot the machine19:24
Sysis/feel/fell19:25
shevek_1 more min and I'll be in xfce19:25
shevek_ohcrap, it reinstalled software-center and oneconf. oh wlel19:25
Sysiselecting xfce- or xubuntu-session decides if you get upstream defaults or xubuntu defaults19:26
Sysiin first login19:26
shevek_so, which do I want?19:26
Sysidoesn't matter much if you're gonna customize it, but just for the defaults xubuntu is nicer19:27
Sysigtk2+3 theme and more featured panels layout19:27
shevek_ah, nice, clean.19:27
shevek_ok, this looks a lot more usable.19:27
shevek_ok, two more questions, if you don't mind.19:28
Sysithis channel is for questions19:28
shevek_How do I add custom keybindings to run commands?  gnome-keybinding-properties has gone away,and xfce isn't honouring the gconf-editor stuff I did19:28
Sysisettings -> keyboard -> application shortcuts19:28
shevek_I didn't get a settings -> keyboard19:29
shevek_only keyboard input methods19:29
Sysi"settings editor" or something, top most one19:29
shevek_got it19:30
shevek_thank you19:30
shevek_ah, I think I grok the panels, so I can put the app selector on the bottom panel like before...19:31
shevek_so, I set up 24 virtuasl desktops, but when I said 'show in 2 rows', it didnt. :-(19:33
shevek_and when I try to open folders, I get .gvfs: transport endpoint not connected (but this isn't really important as I can just use xterm)19:35
vor0nwewhat folders are those?  .gvfs suggests Gnome Virtual File System to me19:35
shevek_.gvfs, iirc, is where gnome automounts things like usb sticks, and userspace filesystems and stuff19:36
shevek_it's presumably a leftover from unity/gnome in my homedir19:36
shevek_meh, I never use the filebrowser. I'm more worried about not having my virtual desktops in 2 rows19:36
charlie-tcaYou may have Nautilus trying to run the desktop for you19:38
vor0nwe, gods!)19:38
vor0nweWould they work if you had less?19:38
shevek_ah, solved it19:39
shevek_it's because there were 2 workspace switchers, and then you can't set preferences on either because the other overrides it19:39
shevek_when I spotted the other workspace switcher in the top panel, and removed it, it's fine now :-)19:40
shevek_charlie-tca, Yes, I think that's a nautilus window or something.19:40
charlie-tcayeah, it tries to take over, kind of like Internet Explorer in Windows now19:40
charlie-tcaYou have to kill Nautilus, then run xfwm4 --replace19:41
shevek_can I tell it not to?19:41
shevek_this panel management is really, really nice19:41
shevek_charlie-tca, I just logged in, will I have to do that every time?19:41
charlie-tcayup19:41
charlie-tcaas long as Nautilus is installed, as far as I know19:42
shevek_no good :-( can I make it so nautilus just doesn't start?19:42
charlie-tcaNautilus thinks it should own the desktop. It refuses not to start19:42
shevek_so, I think the last thing is, I need to set up all my keyboard shortcuts to match my .olvwmrc from '92 because I'm a very old dog and can't learn new tricks19:43
shevek_so, somewhere in the docs there must be a magic list of keyboard shortcut comnmands19:43
shevek_like 'goto_workspace_4'19:43
shevek_I have the conf editor open, I can see where to type the incantations, but I don't have a list of incantations?19:43
charlie-tcasettings, window manager, keyboard19:44
shevek_I don't have settings -> window manager19:44
shevek_I only have the raw settings editor.19:44
shevek_Am I missing a config app?19:44
shevek_I don't have settings, keyboard either.19:44
shevek_Only the 'settings editor' which is kind of like gconf-editor19:44
charlie-tcaShould be a menu, with settings -> Settings manager19:45
shevek_sorry, yes, I'm in settings manager19:45
shevek_so now I have a tree.19:45
shevek_I can guess the keybinding-fu, but I need to know the magic words for column 319:45
charlie-tcaand in settings manager is "window Manager"19:45
charlie-tcaand in that is a keyboard tab with all the shortcfuts19:46
Sysitry Alt F2 and running xfce4-settings-editor19:46
shevek_oh19:46
shevek_I was confusing settings editor with settings manager19:46
shevek_aha, I'm i nbusiness.19:47
shevek_You have yourselves a new advocate. This is really nice.19:47
shevek_so, if I bind ctrl-f1 to something19:50
shevek_and it says "This is already bound to something else"19:50
shevek_it asks me to confirm twice19:50
shevek_BUT19:50
shevek_if I hold down control for long enough that it shows CTRL_L before binding ctrl-f119:50
shevek_then it only asks me to confirm the rebind once19:50
shevek_weird, minor, but fun bug19:51
urthmoverif I must use a network manager gui  which one has a simple panel applet?  is network-manager my best option?19:51
shevek_could be wrong, could just be that some of them randomly had two other bindings, not one, because it didn't trigger with f11 and f12.19:52
Sysiurthmover: nm-applet is what xubuntu uses19:54
urthmoverah ok Sysi  thanks19:54
urthmoverSysi: what package is nm-applet in?19:56
urthmovernvrmnd Sysi it's a part of network-manager-gnome now it seems19:57
projekt26has anyone had problems with the whole system hanging when moving files to a truecrypt file container in ubuntu?20:02
shevek_in power manager, there's an inactivity sleep mode, but it doesn't have a "disable sleep on inactivity" setting. Is this setting somewhere else?20:07
shevek_doh, found it20:07
shevek_sorry20:07
shevek_yes, this is really, really nice, thank you all20:14
urthmoverdoes anyone know how to move the window title bar buttons of chromium to the left?20:25
TheSheepurthmover: I don't think it's possible without compiling your own version20:29
urthmoverbummer ok thanks for responding TheSheep20:30
urthmovermeh I guess I'll compile my own....arg all the overhead of build-essentials and gcc20:30
TheSheepurthmover: that was meant more like "it's hardcoded and doing it is not trivial"20:31
TheSheepurthmover: probably even compiling your own would involve first quite some work in finding where it is hardcoded and changing it20:31
Sysior you could use system's window manager borders20:31
TheSheepor that20:32
urthmoverTheSheep: you are right20:32
urthmoverTheSheep: I find it a bummer that the released version does it but chromium does not20:32
TheSheepurthmover: does it?20:34
TheSheepit does?20:35
urthmoverI believe there is a perference for it in the stable released20:35
TheSheepthat's cool20:35
urthmoverTheSheep: I guess in compact mode the buttons can't be moved....if you are in regular mode  the buttons follow your window manager's specifications....I could have sworn you could move them to the left in comapct mode...but that might have been on windows20:45
craigbass1976using gnome, I can hook up to another box via ssh or sftp via the regular file browser.  How do I do that in xfce?21:10
Sysi11.04 or 11.10, you have "network" in filemanager sidepanel21:13
Sysipress Ctrl L and put host like smb://myhost.lan21:14
Sysior use gigolo21:14
craigbass1976Sysi, gigolo works.  Do you know how to get right into my /home/me/ on the server, or do you always end up at / in gigolo?21:22
Sysisorry but I haven't really used gigolo, maybe someone else knows21:22
tjingboemafter an update today i lost the window manager somehow21:24
Sysialt F2  "xfwm4 --replace"21:24
tjingboemthe borders of the windows are missing21:24
tjingboemhow can i get them back?21:24
Sysirm -rf ~/.cache/sessions to be sure21:24
tjingboemthey are back again21:25
tjingboemthanks Sysi21:25
tjingboemwas that something because of the update?21:26
Sysithat has happened somewhat randomly since 4.8 was released21:27
SysiI mean others have reported that too, not happened for me21:28
tjingboemi see. i will make a note of how to repair it in case it happens agaun21:29
shevek_Is there an easy way to change my window title bar colours?22:00
shevek_I found something where I have to edit gtk colours in a prefs file, but is there anything more direct?22:00
shevek_(or less direct, depending on perspective)22:01
charlie-tcamost of the themes will be gray, so that is probably the easiest22:07
knomeshevek_, try bluebird22:14
shevek_charlie-tca, I'm trying to achieve bright contrasting colours without being monochrome or ugly.22:53
shevek_preferably all windows gray except the highlighted one22:53
shevek_but the fashion nowadays seems to be that everything is a dull grey22:53
shevek_given my 8 hours cussing at unity, if I'm down to the colour scheme on xfce, it's a win22:54
shevek_Theme engine said everything was PNGs so maybe I just have to make some.22:54
charlie-tcaThus, my answer that manually editing the files is probably the way to do it.22:55
xubuntu309swedish or only english?23:10
knomeenglish only here23:10
knome!se23:10
knomeubottu, !23:10
Myrtti!sv23:10
Myrttihum23:10
knome!sw23:10
knomeit's just lagging...23:10
xubuntu798hi 2 all23:56
xubuntu798every body... silence)23:57
knomeif you have a support question, just ask23:58

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