[02:14] hello, i have a quick question, something i havent noticed before with any distro. when i do a uptime in bash it says 0 users, is this normal? [02:18] lightwise: are you familiar with navigating TTY's? [02:18] no [02:18] you get to them like this... but *dont* do anything just yet [02:18] or you'll get somewhere you dont know how to get back from [02:19] my main concern is [02:19] is this normal? [02:19] let me tell you how to get back to where you are... [02:19] control+alt+F7 [02:19] ive ran quite a few distros and havent seen 0 users before in an uptime [02:19] you can navigate to TTY1 [02:19] login [02:19] and run uptime [02:19] then, you'll see users 1 [02:19] ah [02:19] i appreciate your help, like i said, i was just curious something funny wasnt going on [02:19] control+alt+F* [02:19] thats how you get between them [02:20] and 7 is likely where you are [02:20] you dont *have* to test it this way though [02:20] you could log in as a different user you make in the GUI [02:22] holstein: [02:22] so this is ok then? its supposed to say 0 users? [02:23] lightwise: i mean, it says 0 on my termimal [02:23] yes [02:23] then i login somewhere else, and it says 1 [02:23] but you arent answering my question [02:23] hehe [02:23] this is ok? [02:23] i havent looked at any documentation [02:23] and i wont say 'everything is fine' when i dont know for sure [02:23] but, it looks normal [02:23] 21:23:43 up 7 days, 20:31, 0 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.05 [02:24] haha [02:24] right [02:24] thats what mine says, and has said [02:24] ok [02:24] im not worried then [02:24] a couple others have said it also [02:24] i just assumed that was the way it is supposed to be [02:24] like i said, i never saw that before in an uptime [02:24] there was always at least 1-3 users being displayed [02:24] i love lubuntu [02:25] yeah, its nice [02:25] i believe this is my new favorite distro flavor [02:25] im using xubuntu right now [02:25] ive ran that one too [02:25] but, i have lubuntu installed a couple places [02:25] and i use the live CD often now [02:25] i think ive ran just about everything in the top 30 on distrowatch.com [02:25] lol [02:25] its light and elegant [02:30] yep [02:34] thanks again man [03:33] how do i add fonts to the system? [03:35] Font installation basics here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FontInstallHowto [04:01] Hi. Is there a way to install fonts without fiddling with the shell? "Standard" Ubuntu has the Font Viewer, with which I can just click Install and the font is ready to use. Is there an equivalent in Lubuntu? [04:02] etfb: you can have that.. its called 'font viewer' ? [04:03] gnome-font-viewer - font viewer for GNOME [04:03] ^^ you think thats it? [04:04] i would select it and see if it wants to pull in a bunch of gnome stuff [04:04] if not, just use it :) [04:05] holstein: Ah, I forgot about Gnome's slack-arse "namespacing" workaround in their packages. Thanks! [04:05] Yes, it's only pulling in gnome-utils-common. Let's see if it works... [04:05] cool, thats not too bad [04:06] Aaaaand... nothing. Bunch of error messages. [04:06] how so? [04:06] what errors? [04:06] Oh, hang on - after the messages, a usage hint. [04:06] it really shouldnt matter [04:06] lubuntu = ubuntu [04:07] (The messages were all along the lines of "can't find theming engine") [04:07] So you wouldn't expect that to matter. Will try with a filename in the command. [04:10] Woot! It worked! [04:10] Thanks for that, holstein! [04:11] etfb: :) [04:14] Hey, any idea if LibreOffice will Just Work in Lubuntu? I would use AbiWord but LO doesn't appear to read its document files. [04:16] Save them ask ODT files, it should work. If you don't want to do that, just remember LibreOffice isn't as lightweight [04:16] s/ask/as/g [04:18] etfb: You may also want to install libreoffice-gtk so it fits better with the theme [04:21] <_SuperVillain> been using lubuntu 11.10 for a few days now, love it, super fast :) great job lubuntu team [04:22] Well, we like it ;) [04:23] skaet: You're not identified, how do I know you're not the evil clone? ;) [04:25] how can I run the same app over and over, trying to stress test a server [04:25] need simple script or something to run like 1000 copies of an app [04:27] Unit193, have identified now, not evil clone, just sleepy release manager about to go zzz :) [04:31] Folklore: Server? And have you looked in the repo for a good program? Maybe one like crashme? apt-cache search stress test gave a few [04:32] the server is my code [04:32] i just need a script I can run to run the client app 100 times [04:32] 10000 times [04:32] to see if it handles it locally [04:38] I've slacked off a bit with scripting, but here's a guide :P http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide [04:38] thanks I probably just need a simple loop [04:38] for i=1,i++ [04:38] ./clientapp [04:39] for i=1,i=10000,i++ [04:39] kinda thing [04:39] heheh [04:43] Folklore: for added stress-testing, make it ./clientapp&, so all the instances are running simultaneously... [04:43] never seen the & [04:44] Yep. A command like foo ; bar runs 'foo' first, waits until it exits, then runs bar. Whereas foo & bar runs foo and then, as soon as foo has loaded and started, it runs bar as well. [04:45] So if there's nothing after the &, it basically means "load the program and run it but go on to the next command line without waiting. [04:46] I'm rusty on Bash, but I think this is what you want, Folklore: [04:46] etfb awesome, you rock sir [04:46] for (( i = 1; $i < 10; i ++ )); do MYCOMMAND& ; done [04:47] found some bash script to try too [04:47] Ah, leave out the semi-colon after the ampersand. [04:49] I just tried it myself, using gnome-font-viewer since it was one program I had to hand. Quite amusing: it sits there for a second thinking, and suddenly your screen is full of windows. [04:49] LOL [04:49] nice :D [04:49] ... Which I now have to go and close, dangit... [04:49] it amazes me how fast lubuntu boots [04:49] how little harddrive and cpu it uses [04:50] this things a work of art, no other distro been so smooth [04:50] Oh, and of course gnome-font-viewer ignores both Ctrl+Q and Alt+F4... d'oh! [04:50] etfb: killall is your friend :P [04:50] is there a easy way to kill all the processes after via script [04:51] or should I have server just send a cmd to do it [04:51] yeah ill just do that via network [04:51] that way can stress test send and recieve [04:51] ontop of connects [04:52] server uses epoll and pthreads [04:52] Folklore: Yes, I'm impressed with Ubuntu. I had a couple of old desktop Win98 boxen that were useless for anything else. Cost me $100 each at the computer fair in Canberra. Now they're running Lubuntu and there's zero lag. [04:52] I found epoll wrapper code for kqueue yesterday, rocks [04:52] s/Ubuntu/Lubuntu/; of course. [04:52] nice :D [04:52] Tried Ubuntu 11.04 on them and Unity barfed. [04:53] ubuntu was a resource HOG [04:53] Folklore: I'm old enough to remember when Windows 95 was a resource hog. [04:53] "16 colour screen *required*? What are they, fascists?" [04:56] hehe [04:58] reminds of old mac commericals for some reason [04:58] when they were bragging about like 2 mbs of ram [04:59] or something like that :P [04:59] idk my first pc was a pentium 1 [04:59] was around the time AOL dialup was popular [04:59] hey all [04:59] I mapped a network drive using pcman [04:59] heya [05:00] how can I get it so that in file dialogs I can browse to that location? [05:01] so if I am in an application, such as "libreoffice" [05:01] I can find that mapping... [05:01] hrm. [05:22] there a easy way to download a random http file via bash [05:22] and save to a path [05:23] ahh wget cool [05:23] curl -O :D [05:27] I been using dropbox to upload source files to access them via lubuntu in vbox [05:27] getting of tired of typing in firefox URL bar for each file [05:27] this bash script thing makes it LOT easier lol [05:27] just delete old copies and grab new and compile [05:28] why not just install dropbox application? [05:28] or am I missing something? [05:28] install it where [05:29] bioterror: Yeah, you're missing that they use U1 now ;) [05:29] is it better?-) [05:29] I'm still living in the past and using scp and server some where in a datacenter [05:33] this bash script works [05:33] if I ./ in a already open terminal [05:34] but trying to double click it lets me execute or in a terminal [05:34] neither is workin and it shows nothin [05:34] any ideas why [05:38] eh doesn't matter [07:20] the entire freenodes is quiet right now [08:04] what is the mic program for lubuntu? [08:05] do you mean sound recorder? [08:07] Anyone get lubuntu 12.04 working on VirtualBox? I have a problem explained at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1889114 , which I am sure has some known fix that I am not able to find [08:08] like for skype [08:08] i have a mic, but no sound is happening [08:08] Ahmuck, open terminal and run command: alsamixer [08:09] hrm, shows mic [08:12] where are fontś normally installed on lubuntu? [08:12] shiva_n, y u 12.04 when there's no alpha released? [08:13] shiva_n, if you run development releases, you really should know what to do with bugs [08:14] last time I checked, ubuntuforums is not ubuntus bug tracker site [08:23] Morning. Can someone recommend me a lightweight music programme like Rhythmbox for my old AMD Duron machine? [08:24] Audacious does not have enough features like sorting artists, etc. [08:26] I have my music categorized at the directery level [08:26] like Music/Rock/Artist/Album/ [08:26] and I use MOC ;) [08:26] !crosspost | Ascavasaion [08:26] Ascavasaion: Please don't ask the same question in multiple Ubuntu channels at the same time. Many helpers are in more than one channel and it's not fair to them or the other people seeking support. [08:26] * Ascavasaion Googles MOC [08:26] Well, excuse me. [08:27] bioterror, I dont think its a bug with Lubuntu. I was trying to do some ISO testing. [08:27] even if it's a bug in ubuntu lubuntu kubuntu xubuntu edubuntu, it should be posted to launchpad [08:29] I have a feeling its got something to do with VirtualBox or something I am doing wrong (though I cant imagine what since I am doing a default install) [08:29] I need to confirm this, so I thought I will ask on here if anyone got it running on VBox [08:30] bug 894768 [08:30] Launchpad bug 894768 in linux (Ubuntu Precise) "Installation randomly fails with: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/install_misc.py", line 621, in copy_file targetfh.write(buf) IOError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument " [High,In progress] https://launchpad.net/bugs/894768 [08:32] shiva_n, is that a AMD64 or i686? [08:32] sorry, i386 [08:32] "we are dropping support from i586 cpu's, but we still keep naming the isos with i386" [08:35] i686 [08:35] oops sorry that is AMD64 [08:36] brain fading...need food...missus calling...away for dinner! [08:49] just made 12.04 usb stick [08:49] booting for the first time, takes few mins to install [09:08] first boot! [09:09] hahaha [09:09] blinking [09:09] between something and init [09:10] hahaha, cant even go to tty [09:52] I have to admit I have no idea what's wrong with that 12.04 installation [09:53] there's no init 5 any more, and lxdm is replaced with lightdm [10:22] hi, I'm using the integrated graphics of a i5 2400 CPU. Unfortunately, the os doesn't detects it and I'm forced to use vesa at low resolution. how can I solve? [11:27] I have an old AMD Duron 1300MHz PC with 384Mb RAM. I might be able to get my hands on 3 x 256 = 768Mb RAM. I presume the old thing will run reasonably better with the jump from 384Mb to 768Mb RAM? [11:29] more ram better anyway [11:30] Thank you. Guy just SMSed me to say that he only had 128Mb DIMMS and not the 256Mb DIMMS he claimed in the classified ad. :( So bleh! [11:32] I have here on my table 2x 256MB DDR2 SDRAM, you can come and pick them ;) [11:33] bioterror: I wish hehe But a tad far from South Africa :) [11:33] dimm is simple. i can't find rambus :( [11:33] hahaha [11:33] RD800! [11:34] RDRAM800 [11:34] yes [11:34] you have Xeon? [11:34] P4 [11:34] close enough [11:34] RDRAM is expensive [11:35] intel D850MV [11:35] I have couple of "terminators" or what are those blank thingies you put into mobo when you dont use all the RDRAM slots [11:36] i have only 2x256Mb, not enouth [11:36] I had hmm [11:36] cant remember [11:36] it was a dual core xeon, I think it was couple of gigs [11:36] or dual socket, to be honest [11:37] from wikipedia: In 2002, benchmarks pointed out that single-channel DDR400 SDRAM modules could closely match dual-channel 1066 MHz RDRAM in everyday applications [11:37] ;) [11:38] or find motherboard with ddr memory [11:40] If a motherboard takes a certain type of processor, but only speeds of "500 to 1GHz or higher", is there no way to get a 2.2Ghz processor to run in it? I know it is not, but I can only hope hehe [11:40] it's about the sockets [11:41] Ascavasaion: Hope springs eternal [11:41] * Ascavasaion chuckles. [11:42] my mother board uses AM3+ socket [11:42] and I can use almost any AM3+ CPU [11:42] I can upgrade my Athlon X2 to Phenom II X6 ;) [11:45] JohnDoe_71Rus, http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=RDRAM&_sacat=0 ;) [11:45] bioterror: i know [11:46] but, bay hardware by post... [11:48] I just got email from ebay that my percel is mailed ;) [11:50] bioterror: and i need shipping russia [11:50] http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-2GB-4X512MB-PC800-45-ECC-Rambus-RDRAM-Memory-/260859640109 here's world wide [11:51] chinaman has lots of RDRAM PC800 [11:53] bioterror: i think about [11:54] Okay, thank you all. Bye. [12:30] hi [12:30] howdy [14:13] HOw do I play mp3s through lubuntu? [17:08] heya, just wanted to let you know lubuntu alpha 1 is released now. [18:28] Does anyone know how to boot lubuntu and install it from USB stick? [18:29] Can be installed with UNetBootin - ubuntu ? [18:29] Anyone know this? [18:32] Cipi: Yeah, you can do it. [18:32] Format the USB and make a partition over the lot. [18:32] (unless you have something on there, in which case, don't) [18:32] then download the lubuntu ISO [18:33] then use the "ISO" option of unetbootin, select the ISO, and the USB, and away you go. [18:33] Yep, Thanks alot man. [18:33] Another question. Does lubuntu have ubuntu software center and Additional drivers manager ? [18:43] Thanks. I will give lubuntu a try. [20:05] hello [20:06] can anyone help me with compiz how to install it, please its my first time in ubuntu and compiz [20:22] hi, can i ask for help here directly? [20:24] hello? [20:24] sure [20:24] !ask | eimis [20:24] eimis: 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. :-) See also !patience [20:26] I have hp pavilion dv7-6153ea laptop, and screen brightness is always at 100% with lubuntu. Win7 is ok. I googled for an answer but without luck. Could you help me? [20:28] sorry, no idea what could be wrong [20:28] can you adjust brightness? [20:28] no,that is the problem. [20:29] f2 and f3 should do that but they don't [20:29] remember to press fn button too? [20:30] that doesn't help [20:44] bioterror greetings. did you get a chance to try lubuntu precise on virtualbox vm? === EvilJackyAlcine is now known as [Jacky]