| theoN^ | Hi all, I am stuck with my Catalyst control center. It is bugged on 11.10 (from what I read). Doing "gksudo amdcccle" does open CCC, but whenever I make changes to my settings, it seems as if they are not omitted. What am I forgetting/doing wrong? | 00:59 |
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| === `mOOse` is now known as m00se | ||
| Joe50_Ohms | Will the latest to be release, be having a 5-Year LTS just like Ubuntu & company!?? | 01:38 |
| knome | no, xubuntu 12.04 will be 3 years lts | 01:42 |
| Joe50_Ohms | ok | 01:46 |
| Fudge | how comes orca with xubuntu | 02:04 |
| NQTropic | anyone know what the latest kernel update was for? | 04:38 |
| Besogon | who cares? | 04:54 |
| Besogon | :) | 04:54 |
| Besogon | I never know why they are released at all :) My PC worked even with ubuntu 6.10 | 04:55 |
| NQTropic | ok....... has another rum an coke then | 04:56 |
| Fudge | lucky u | 07:02 |
| === Pieman is now known as Paimun | ||
| Mikael____ | Hello, is there anybody here that can help me with xfce4-power-manager settings not saving? | 08:52 |
| === EyesIsAsleep is now known as EyesIsServer | ||
| drzero | hello folks | 10:40 |
| drzero | geez... this channel is quiet | 10:43 |
| TheSheep | nah | 10:43 |
| TheSheep | what do you expect on saturday morning? | 10:43 |
| Besogon | NO. Here is no such silence like it is on ExtJS channel | 10:55 |
| Besogon | :( | 10:55 |
| * drzero is not surprised by ExtJS silence as it is a dead-end project | 11:14 | |
| giles | hi there is something wrong with lightdm, it doesn't run by default, when I do sudo start lightdm it just presents a flashing cursor on a black screen. | 11:19 |
| giles | is lightdm the default dm for xubuntu? | 11:21 |
| Sysi | yup | 11:22 |
| giles | when i run lightdm --test-mode I get | 11:27 |
| giles | failed to get D-Bus connection | 11:27 |
| Sysi | giles: check that you have dbus installed (and running) | 11:41 |
| giles | installed yes | 11:41 |
| giles | how do I check running? | 11:41 |
| Sysi | service dbus start | 11:42 |
| giles | giles@masala:~$ sudo service dbus start | 11:43 |
| giles | start: Job is already running: dbus | 11:43 |
| === andyroot is now known as andyhuzhill | ||
| giles | ok I got it working by changing from unity-greeter in lightdm.conf to lightdm-gtk-greeter | 12:03 |
| giles | but its not launching lightdm on boot still. | 12:05 |
| giles | ah, probably this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/74551/lightdm-not-starting-on-boot | 12:09 |
| mongy | update-rc.d lightdm defaults ? | 12:09 |
| drzero | giles - make sure you don't have another DM installed | 12:27 |
| drzero | like GDM / XDM / KDM etc. | 12:27 |
| xubuntu454 | hey | 13:11 |
| Besogon | hey | 13:34 |
| hobgoblin | hi Besogon | 13:49 |
| Besogon | hi, hobgoblin :) | 13:49 |
| === moylan1 is now known as moylan | ||
| dedalo | quit | 15:41 |
| _Pete_ | does xfce have own login manager ? | 15:56 |
| SpiKe_Spiegel | no | 15:58 |
| SpiKe_Spiegel | In Xubuntu 11.10, LightDM is the login manager | 15:59 |
| SpiKe_Spiegel | but it'n not Xfce-related | 15:59 |
| SpiKe_Spiegel | *it's | 15:59 |
| _Pete_ | ok thx | 16:00 |
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| === c_smith_ is now known as c_smith | ||
| === les is now known as Guest62109 | ||
| Guest62109 | Hello - I've got a problem with choppy .avi playback in both Parole and VLC. Searching has led me to suspect it may have something to do with EXA, XAA, and/or compositing, none of which I fully understand. I'm running Xubuntu 11.10 on an old ThinkPad T42. | 17:43 |
| holstein | i have found its usually relating to the graphics card drivers | 17:47 |
| holstein | it = the video playback issues | 17:47 |
| TVasEyes | Guest62109: various tips for optimisation can be found on http://thinkpad-forum.de/content/ (with help from Google Translate ;) ) | 17:49 |
| Guest62109 | Disabling video acceleration in the VLC video preferences seems to have done the trick. | 17:53 |
| Guest62109 | Thanks all! Adios. | 17:59 |
| === go8765 is now known as Guest42094 | ||
| darksteel | hi | 19:40 |
| darksteel | ? | 19:40 |
| TheSheep | !hi | 19:41 |
| ubottu | Hi!, Welcome to #xubuntu! Feel free to ask questions and help people out. The channel guidelines are at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines. Enjoy your stay! | 19:41 |
| darksteel | I have some questions | 19:41 |
| TheSheep | darksteel: also, don't irc from root | 19:41 |
| darksteel | brb | 19:41 |
| darksteel | back | 19:42 |
| darksteel | so yeah, I had some questions | 19:43 |
| darksteel | I have an old box still running an old release | 19:43 |
| GridCube | ask | 19:43 |
| darksteel | wondering how I can upgrade it remotely | 19:43 |
| darksteel | the apt-get sources file shows it is running karmic koala! | 19:44 |
| GridCube | mmhm | 19:44 |
| darksteel | some of the sources are obsolete so apt-get update produces errors | 19:44 |
| darksteel | would rather do it remotely from the command-line | 19:44 |
| darksteel | (I can always go to the machine for the final reboot) | 19:45 |
| darksteel | I found this page: http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-upgrade-ubuntu-9.10-karmic-koala-to-10.04-lucid-lynx-desktop-and-server | 19:47 |
| GridCube | and your question is? | 19:47 |
| darksteel | just wondering if the procedure on that page is OK? | 19:48 |
| darksteel | since Im running xubuntu not regular ubuntu | 19:49 |
| Sysi | doesn't make a difference | 19:49 |
| Sysi | server update guide looks a bit weird, but I have only once upgraded ubuntu and I did it locally | 19:50 |
| darksteel | will that procedure update the XFCE packages too | 19:50 |
| Sysi | of course | 19:50 |
| darksteel | ah, cool | 19:50 |
| Sysi | they're from same repositories | 19:50 |
| darksteel | ill give it a shot | 19:50 |
| darksteel | thanks | 19:50 |
| === myrtti is now known as Myrtti | ||
| Guest50748 | Hello all - I've got Xubuntu 11.10 running on an old ThinkPad T42 and I have choppy video playback issues that I didn't have on the same machine running Ubuntu 11.04. Does this have something to do with EXA vs XAA and, if so, how do I switch from one to the other? | 20:48 |
| TheSheep | funny, you are the second person asking this here | 20:51 |
| TheSheep | 18:53 < Guest62109> Disabling video acceleration in the VLC video preferences seems to have done the trick. | 20:52 |
| Guest50748 | Oh - that was me from earlier today. Tweaking VLC preferences didn't prove as robust a solution as originally suspected it might. | 20:54 |
| mongy | Guest50748, what video you got? | 20:56 |
| Guest50748 | I don't know, but it's whatever was factory issued. I haven't added a video card or anything. | 20:57 |
| philippe | Hey | 20:58 |
| philippe | I have a problem with xubuntu 11.10 | 20:58 |
| === philippe is now known as Guest87718 | ||
| Guest87718 | Hey | 20:58 |
| Guest87718 | sorry it changed my nickname | 20:58 |
| knome | !ask | Paimun | 20:58 |
| ubottu | Paimun: 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 | 20:58 |
| knome | err, Guest87718 ^ | 20:58 |
| Paimun | <_< | 20:58 |
| Guest87718 | VLC keeps crashing with sopcast | 20:59 |
| mongy | Guest50748, lspci | grep VGA | 20:59 |
| knome | Guest87718, it does that when you're trying to use a registered nickname | 20:59 |
| knome | Paimun, sorry | 20:59 |
| Paimun | it's k :P | 20:59 |
| Guest87718 | Anyone know why VLC crashes? | 20:59 |
| Guest87718 | I tried smplayer and does the same | 20:59 |
| knome | Guest87718, we can't really help you with sopcast | 20:59 |
| Guest87718 | oh | 20:59 |
| Guest50748 | Ah ha: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500] | 21:00 |
| mongy | wow, that is old | 21:01 |
| Guest50748 | 'fraid so | 21:01 |
| mongy | and you say it was ok in 11.04? | 21:02 |
| Guest50748 | yup - smooth playback all the time | 21:02 |
| mongy | I think the foss ati driver was updated a lot since then... | 21:02 |
| Guest50748 | it was regular Ubuntu 11.04, not Xubuntu 11.04, if that makes a difference | 21:03 |
| mongy | can't remember where to check for exa/xaa | 21:03 |
| mongy | is compositing on ? Settings > window manager tweaks | 21:03 |
| Guest50748 | I looked for an xorg.conf but couldn't find one | 21:04 |
| mongy | I found that made things a little choppy even on my 4650hd | 21:04 |
| Guest50748 | yes - compositing is "on" in Window Manager Tweaks | 21:05 |
| mongy | try it off then. | 21:05 |
| Guest50748 | ok - here goes... | 21:05 |
| Guest50748 | Ah! Fixed! | 21:07 |
| Guest50748 | Many thanks, mongy! | 21:07 |
| mongy | thought so | 21:07 |
| mongy | my 4650hd with 1gig ram video ram takes a hit with it.. with compiz it doesn't | 21:07 |
| Guest50748 | Good day, all! | 21:14 |
| GridCube | good day to you too | 21:15 |
| mongy | good day, wot wot | 21:19 |
| Toroloko | hi, i just installed xubuntu. How to install the nvidia driver for my gtx 560? | 21:31 |
| Unit193 | Menu > System > Additional Drivers | 21:32 |
| Toroloko | hmm, i don't have "additional drivers" there | 21:34 |
| Toroloko | i'm in xubuntu 11.10 | 21:34 |
| Unit193 | Well, you could just open a terminal and type jockey-gtk too | 21:37 |
| Toroloko | ok, that works, but it only gives an empty list | 21:38 |
| Unit193 | Was worth a shot, it's the easier way | 21:39 |
| Unit193 | They are talking about it here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1681040 | 21:40 |
| Toroloko | i found http://mygeekopinions.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-to-install-nvidia-2750907-driver-in.html | 21:40 |
| Toroloko | they list the 560 | 21:40 |
| Toroloko | so it should be good, right? | 21:40 |
| Unit193 | !ppa | Just remember this | 21:43 |
| ubottu | Just remember this: A Personal Package Archive (PPA) can provide alternate software not normally available in the offical Ubuntu repositories - Looking for a PPA? See https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas - WARNING: PPAs are unsupported third-party packages, and you use them at your own risk. See also !addppa | 21:43 |
| mongy | Toroloko, you don't have Application Menu > Settings > Additional Drivers ? | 21:43 |
| Toroloko | no, it isn't there. But launching it manually returns an empty list anyway | 21:44 |
| mongy | odd. | 21:44 |
| mongy | should be there (tm) | 21:44 |
| Toroloko | Uh Oo | 21:45 |
| Toroloko | apt-get install shh | 21:45 |
| Toroloko | ssh | 21:45 |
| Toroloko | resulted in.... | 21:45 |
| Toroloko | kernel oops -_- | 21:45 |
| Toroloko | how can this be happening... | 21:47 |
| Toroloko | is the oops message saved somewhere if i reboot? | 21:50 |
| knome | most probably yes, syslog or sth | 21:51 |
| Toroloko | don't see anything in the logs.. | 21:59 |
| Toroloko | pfffffff | 21:59 |
| Toroloko | so, what's the normal way of solving kernel panics? | 21:59 |
| TheSheep | diagnosing and replacing the faulty hardware, most of the time | 22:01 |
| TheSheep | you can try doing a memory check and a disk scan, for a start | 22:01 |
| mongy | Toroloko, on 11.10 or testing 12.04? | 22:02 |
| Toroloko | 11.10 :( | 22:02 |
| Toroloko | it's a brand new PC | 22:02 |
| Toroloko | no issues on windows | 22:02 |
| mongy | Toroloko, done an upgrade yet? | 22:02 |
| mongy | there have been like, (3?) kernel updates | 22:02 |
| Toroloko | yes | 22:03 |
| mongy | 2 or 3 anyway.. | 22:03 |
| Toroloko | 3.0.0-15-generic #25-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 2 17:45:26 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux | 22:03 |
| Toroloko | this is what is running | 22:03 |
| mongy | so you upgraded.. ok. well try booting the older kernel and try again | 22:03 |
| mongy | hold shift while pc is post bios | 22:03 |
| Toroloko | well, there probably was the same issue with old kernel, i just ran it like 15 minutes and it seems to be non-deterministic... | 22:04 |
| mongy | must be a hardware thing. | 22:05 |
| Toroloko | maybe i should install on an external drive, but it would be very slowed down wouldn't it? | 22:05 |
| rlmccormick | why does it have to be a hardware thing? | 22:05 |
| Toroloko | (i think the hard drive must be the problem, there were a lot of scsi in the oops message if i remember well) | 22:05 |
| mongy | Toroloko, give your hw a good test anyway. | 22:06 |
| mongy | rlmccormick, doesn't have to be, but it's a place to start looking | 22:06 |
| Toroloko | i tried installing 10.04 the other day | 22:08 |
| Toroloko | i think the same thing happened, also at my first apt-get install... | 22:09 |
| Toroloko | but there were other problems too so i didn't pay enough attention | 22:09 |
| piv1 | is there some trick to make bitmap fonts work? | 22:12 |
| mongy | Toroloko, check your hardware I guess.... | 22:17 |
| Toroloko | is there a good way to check the hard drive ? | 22:19 |
| Toroloko | the oops didn't happen again so far.... | 22:36 |
| Toroloko | still, would be annoying if the hard drive was faulty :( | 22:36 |
| mongy | umm.. only way I bother to check drive is a good old dd | 22:41 |
| mongy | memory check first, quicker. then hd. | 22:41 |
| Toroloko | i guess the boot option "memory test" is useful for that? | 22:42 |
| Toroloko | never used it in years '^^ | 22:43 |
| mongy | does what it says on the tin | 22:43 |
| mongy | to have consistent errors like that throughout distros, I dunno what it could really be | 22:43 |
| Toroloko | i think the hard drive, because it was really noisy the first day i used windows... | 22:52 |
| Toroloko | i was thinking there might be a problem | 22:52 |
| mongy | If I think my hd is a problem I usually dd wipe it. It will let me know if it fails.. | 23:26 |
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