[00:48] <GridCube> i want to create a launcher for a fullscreen game, warzone2100, i want to run it on a secondary xserver so from a terminal i use  "sudo xinit /usr/games/warzone2100 %U -- :1" this efectively launchs the game on a secondary xserver, but when i create a launcher for it i used, as i though it would be the best way a gksu instead of a simple sudo, but i get this error:  "this program could not be launched as root"
[00:48] <GridCube> "it was impossible to copy the xautorization for the user"
[00:52] <GridCube> someone has a clue?
[00:53] <Unit193> With xinit, I'd think that'd be a sudo moment.
[00:54] <GridCube> because that would create a new xserver so i can ctrl-alt-f* from the game and the desktop
[00:55] <GridCube> using a sudo and an open on terminal gives me this:
[00:55] <GridCube> Server is already active for display 0
[00:56] <well_laid_lawn> I don't need sudo to start a second xserver
[00:57] <Unit193> Nevermind then.
[00:57] <well_laid_lawn> xinit `which startfluxbox` -- :1
[00:58] <GridCube> X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting.
[00:59] <GridCube> well...
[00:59] <GridCube> i cant use gksu whatsoever
[01:00] <GridCube> >No se pudo copiar el archivo Xautorization del usuario.
[01:00] <GridCube> D:
[01:00] <GridCube> i cant even launch gksu synaptic
[01:00] <GridCube> this is bad
[01:02] <GridCube> this is really really bad
[01:04] <well_laid_lawn> !gksu
[01:06] <well_laid_lawn> I wonder if lightdm has messed with permissions
[01:06] <well_laid_lawn> ls -l /usr/bin/X
[01:07] <well_laid_lawn> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Jan 30 01:42 /usr/bin/X -> Xorg
[01:07] <Unit193> He has parted.
[01:07] <well_laid_lawn> ok cheers
[01:09] <GridCube> :D
[01:09] <GridCube> fixed it
[01:09] <GridCube> renamed my .Xautorithy file and rebooted so it craeted a new one
[01:09] <GridCube> and now the gksu ask for my password and lanches a new server
[01:09] <GridCube> :3
[01:40] <xubuntu512> hello, hola!
[01:41] <xubuntu512> necesito ayuada sobre como resolver un problema en xubuntu, youtube, flashplayer
[01:42] <xubuntu512> i needsome help with xubuntu, youtube videos , flasplayer
[01:43] <well_laid_lawn> !flash
[01:43] <xubuntu512> thanks very much
[01:43] <well_laid_lawn> cheers
[01:44] <xubuntu512> have you have before any issues regarding slow play, lagging videos with youtube and flaspalyer, specifically with you tube?
[02:02] <GridCube> xubuntu512, si queres ir a #ubuntu-es podria darte soporte en español
[02:02] <xubuntu512> ok, por favor, loagradeceriamuchisimo
[02:03] <GridCube> xubuntu512, pone /j #ubuntu-es
[02:04] <xubuntu512> soy nuevo en ubuntu, apenas lo instale la semana pasada
[02:06] <GridCube> xubuntu512, hace CONTROL-CLIC sobre el nombre del canal, o boton derecho entrar al canal
[08:46] <monser> hello
[08:47] <monser> xubuntu does not show my real desktop
[08:47] <monser> how to fix it?
[08:47] <monser> and is there a way to remove thunar without removing xubuntu desktop>
[08:50] <monser> hello all
[08:51] <Sysi> xubuntu-desktop is a metapackage which is safe to remove
[08:51] <well_laid_lawn> monser: is xfdesktop running?
[08:51] <Sysi> if you're using nautilus you need to use gconf-editor gnome-tweak-tool or something to set it to not take over the desktop
[08:51] <monser> I removed all gnome
[08:51] <monser> then I installed xfce4
[08:51] <monser> how can i check if that is running?
[08:51] <monser> ps -A?
[08:52] <well_laid_lawn> ps aux | grep xfdesktop
[08:53] <monser> I think it is running
[08:53] <monser> I see the default dekstop
[08:53] <monser> like I have made a new user
[08:53] <monser> but I have not
[08:53] <Sysi> you see only black if xfdesktop has crashed
[08:54] <monser> no I see the default desktop
[08:54] <monser> like when you install the xubuntu for the first time
[08:55] <monser> in my /home/user/Desktop I have files
[08:55] <monser> I do nto see those files on the desktop
[08:55] <monser> on the workspace
[08:55] <monser> and I have installed wine
[08:55] <monser> i do nto see that in others from xfce menu
[08:56] <monser> like it is gone
[08:56] <monser> but it is not
[08:56] <monser> i can start it from terminal
[08:56] <monser> evrything is like I have created a new user
[08:56] <monser> but the user is the same
[08:57] <monser> also when I try to open the mounted partition with pcmanfm
[08:57] <monser> i get permission denied
[08:57] <monser> I can open other mounted partitions with no problems
[08:57] <monser> just the one that it is fat32 i can not
[08:57] <monser> why?
[11:20] <monser> hello all
[11:20] <baizon> hi hi
[11:20] <monser> what is the package for setting up keyboard shortcuts for switching between different keyboard layouts?
[11:21] <Sysi> xfce4-xkb-plugin IIRC
[11:21] <Sysi> I'm not sure how muvh bugs it has nowdays
[11:21] <Sysi> there might be alternative ways
[11:21] <baizon> monser: http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-xkb-plugin
[11:22] <baizon> !package xfce4-xkb-plugin
[11:22] <Sysi> !info xfce4-xkb-plugin
[11:22] <baizon> ah damn
[11:22] <baizon> thanks :)
[11:23] <monser> it tells me i have it
[11:23] <monser> but i can switch between different layouts
[11:24] <monser> now it works
[11:24] <monser> good :D
[11:24] <baizon> :D
[11:24] <monser> is there a way to have pure xfce without any gnome libraries?
[11:25] <well_laid_lawn> !purexfce
[11:26] <Sysi> if you need/want *really* clean, do minimal installation from alternate cd or mini.iso and install what you need (with aptitude -R)
[11:30] <monser> unfortunately aptitude is for geeks.there is no way to find out how to use it.you just need to know what to press on the keyboard .
[11:30] <monser> I looked for a tutorials how to use it, but did not find anything.there are for irssi, but no for aptitude
[11:31] <monser> where can i get that mini.iso you mentioned?
[11:31] <well_laid_lawn> !minimal
[11:32] <well_laid_lawn> !install
[11:37] <Sysi> monser: you mean the ncurses "GUI"? that's magic, I mean like "aptitude -R install package"
[11:39] <monser> i wanted to use the aptitude and the whole system just got messed up.it started to install , then delete things in the background.Yeah I'm talking about ncurses.Those people who write that application , they wrote it only for themselfs.How do they expect someone who does not know anything to use it? vi editor is the same thing.Fortunately wise, really wise people created nano
[11:40] <monser> let's hope that there will be wise people to rewrite aptitude
[11:41] <Sysi> vi is quite simple, you just need to know/remember couple things. I bet there's good manual for aptitude too
[11:44] <Sysi> but aptitude is as simple as apt-get when used similarly
[11:48] <Paranoiko_koalak> greetings
[11:49] <Paranoiko_koalak> I have downloaded the latest xubuntu image and I want to burn it to cd. which burner do you suggest
[11:49] <Paranoiko_koalak> ?
[11:50] <hobgoblin> any should work - but make sure to burn as image
[11:50] <Paranoiko_koalak> nero does the work?
[11:51] <well_laid_lawn> yep
[12:51] <ircnode0> interesting, I executed gnome-terminal command, but nothing appeared?
[12:51] <ircnode0> yesterday gnome-terminal command worked
[12:53] <TheSheep> ircnode0: xubuntu doesn't have gnome-terminal installed by default
[12:59] <ircnode0> TheSheep: gnome-terminal found in /usr/bin/
[13:00] <TheSheep> ircnode0: apparently you installed it
[13:00] <ircnode0> TheSheep: nope, my school installed it.
[13:00] <ThePendulum> Your school uses Xubuntu?
[13:01] <ircnode0> I think ubuntu, but it have xfce4 in option
[13:01] <ThePendulum> Then they probably installed Ubuntu and installed Xfce4 on Ubuntu, which is a tad lame
[13:03] <ircnode0> so student can choose their favorite desktop => they won't get complains :)
[13:04] <ThePendulum> I never heard of a school that let the students choose, besides schools that allow students to bring their own machines
[13:04] <TheSheep> ThePendulum: we always let the students choose, there was always gnome, kde and windowmaker
[13:05] <TheSheep> and later xfce, when it appeared
[13:06] <ircnode0> yes, but if there is computer in school, they don't need to buy or bring any laptop
[13:06] <ircnode0> I think I should omit "if"
[13:06] <ThePendulum> Most schools I know simply install something and make students use that, otherwise it's pretty damned hard to teach something now isn't it?
[13:07] <ThePendulum> Any... I have some .mkv movies and I'd like to put them on DVD
[13:07] <ThePendulum> Some suggest 'Devede', but it doesn't seem to support MKV
[13:08] <ThePendulum> Nvm, I figured out the issue
[13:08] <ThePendulum> The software looks for the .mkv extension, but they're not present because that's unnessecary on Linux
[13:13] <gagan6621> when i turn on transparency in terminal. cpu stuck at 77%.what to do.
[13:14] <ThePendulum> Turn it off?
[13:14] <gagan6621> ThePendulum: 2-5%
[13:15] <ThePendulum> Why do you turn it on?
[13:16] <gagan6621> ThePendulum: This is noot what i am expecting...:)
[13:16] <gagan6621> not*
[13:17] <gagan6621> ThePendulum: any help?
[13:17] <ThePendulum> I'm afraid I'm not sure what the source of the issue could be
[13:17] <ThePendulum> But there's no need to turn on transparency in the terminal, is there?
[13:18] <gagan6621> ThePendulum: yeah i agree with you but.. why cpu at 70%..
[13:18] <ThePendulum> You do have a decent graphics card?
[13:18] <ThePendulum> And you're sure it's a result of the transparency setting?
[13:20] <ircnode0> gagan6621 can check it with top command
[13:21] <gagan6621> ATI Technologies Inc Manhattan [Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series]
[13:21] <Sysi> gagan6621: compositing enabled in window manager tweaks? what graphics card/driver?
[13:22] <gagan6621> ircnode0: yep i always use top
[13:22] <gagan6621> ATI Technologies Inc Manhattan [Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series]
[13:22] <gagan6621> m using catalyst 12.1
[13:22] <gagan6621> m using catalyst 12.1 driver from amd
[13:23] <gagan6621> Sysi: let me check...
[13:23] <Sysi> in addition to that I only can guess bug in driver
[13:26] <gagan6621> Sysi: i disabled the composit Now cpu at 40%. and panel is no longer visible..
[13:30] <Sysi> press where it should be
[13:30] <gagan6621> yep was there...
[13:47] <ThePendulum> Darn, making a DVD surely takes a long itme
[13:47] <ThePendulum> *time
[14:03] <mongy> what with
[14:24] <ThePendulum> Greetings mongy
[14:38] <knome> anybody have ideas on laptop brightness troubleshooting?
[14:39] <knome> fn-keys won't work, how can i check if i can tweak brightness at all? some websites suggests i should update the bios, but i'm unwanting to do that if i can avoid it by any means
[14:45] <Sysi> screen brightness panel plugin
[14:45] <Sysi> "setpci screen brightness" on google
[14:50] <knome> Sysi, setpci doesn't seem to work :/
[14:50] <Sysi> sounds bad, assuming you got it right
[14:51] <knome> i did, i checked the right pci device with lspci
[14:53] <luroh> knome: some laptops need special acpi drivers. if those drivers for some reason aren't present or don't work, it might be worth trying to boot with acpi=off
[14:57] <knome> booting, brb
[15:14] <knome> luroh, if i set acpi=off, wireless stops working. any more ideas? ;)
[15:14] <luroh> but, did your brightness buttons start working?
[15:15] <knome> yeah, they did
[15:15] <luroh> i didn't say i wouldn't break everything else ;D
[15:15] <knome> mm-hmm.
[15:16] <luroh> ok, so your problem seems to be acpi driver related, that's something at least
[15:16] <Sysi> bios update actually could help
[15:16] <luroh> just curious, what model is it?
[15:17] <knome> luroh, hp 6735s
[15:17] <luroh> ah, yeah, hp is known to do some vendor specific acpi stuff
[15:18] <Sysi> you should try as new kernel as possible, at least if machine is new
[15:19] <luroh> see if you can get hold of a changelog for any newer bios version, it might give a clue
[15:19] <knome> Sysi, machine is not new, but i have 12.04
[15:20] <Sysi> uname -a ?
[15:20] <Sysi> ah, not new
[15:20] <knome> Sysi, kernel is 3.2.0-18
[15:20] <knome> i386
[15:23]  * knome is trying bios update
[15:44] <knome> bios update worked \o/
[15:44] <luroh> sweet :)
[15:44] <knome> yeah
[15:44] <knome> wife wil be happy to be able to use both wlan and adjust the brightness :P
[15:46] <knome> bbl
[15:46] <knome> thanks luroh and Sysi
[15:46] <luroh> np
[16:11] <macosx> utz
[16:13] <macosx> utz2
[16:13] <Myrtti> hm
[16:16] <Nataki> hi there. can someone help me with meta questions?
[16:33] <Nataki> nobody? that's no very nice of you.
[16:41] <pv_> How I can move top panel (taskbar, etc) to the bottom? I have found only orientation settings, but that do not help to me.
[16:42] <Sysi> pv_: panel settings -> unlock -> drag from handle at the end of panel
[16:43] <velit> how do i make the task bar vertical?
[16:43] <Sysi> please don't crosspost
[16:44] <pv_> o, thanks.
[16:48]  * pv_ go to install xubuntu to host. Gnome3, unity, kde - wrong way of linux :)
[16:53] <Sysi> right way - your way
[17:03] <trisquel> hi all.Is there a way to spoof the mac address of the network card in mini-ubuntu.iso  install 11.10.there is no ifconfig command
[17:09] <luroh> trisquel: try 'sudo apt-get install net-tools'
[17:10] <trisquel> luroh: I can not install anything.It's a netboot install
[17:10] <luroh> oh i see
[17:10] <trisquel> I need to set up the mac address first so i can get connected to the net
[17:10] <luroh> right
[17:11] <luroh> hm, dunno then
[17:11] <TheSheep> trisquel: are you sure there is no /sbin/ifconfig?
[17:11] <TheSheep> (it might not be in PATH)
[17:12] <TheSheep> trisquel: there might be also /sbin/ip
[17:12] <trisquel> TheSheep: let me see
[17:13] <trisquel> yes there is ip command
[17:13] <trisquel> how to use it?
[17:15] <TheSheep> ip addr  works pretty much like ifconfig
[17:15] <TheSheep> but no idea how to change mac with it
[17:15] <trisquel> ok
[17:16] <TheSheep> you could instead just set a static ip with it
[17:16] <trisquel> my main goal is to set a mac address
[17:16] <trisquel> the static ip i can set up using the gui install configuration
[17:16] <trisquel> its provided
[17:16] <TheSheep> and that doesn't help you?
[17:17] <TheSheep> some weird firewall settings?
[17:17] <trisquel> I'll try to see if ip can stop eth0
[17:20] <trisquel> ip eth0 down does not work
[17:21] <ThePendulum> I accidentally removed the .Trash-000 folder from my hard drives, and now I can't delete files from them
[17:21] <TheSheep> trisquel: ip link set eth0 down
[17:38] <trisquel> TheSheep: I found the command to change the mac with ip command
[17:39] <trisquel> ip link set address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx dev eth0
[17:39] <trisquel> D
[17:39] <trisquel> thanks for telling for ip command
[17:39] <trisquel> I did not know that it exists
[17:54] <Drudru75> Hello all
[17:55] <Drudru75> I have a question before installing xubuntu
[18:17] <Yanc> guys is it possible that the login dialog disappeares please? basically set it to login automatically without the dialog?
[20:11] <beata1> !flash
[20:46] <jarnos> 11.10 is unresponsive. Xorg is using CPU heavily. Using nouveau driver, I suppose.
[20:59] <jarnos> Anything you can do about it?
[21:57] <Marzata> somebody with Epson Stylus Photo PX730WD printer?
[22:10] <mongy> I can't even remember what mine is, it's been so long
[22:10] <mongy> oh, sx400, and works OOTB.