[01:51] <claude_> Has anyone else lost all borders on xubuntu
[01:54] <GridCube> claude_, press alt-f2 and write: xfwm4 --replace
[02:01] <claude_> ha fixed it myself
[02:02] <claude_> but thanks for the effort
[03:12] <willijs3> anyone know how I can change the default settings of synclient on a reboot? Adding script to rc.local works on startup, and after doing some research, I created a script and added it to the rc0.d folder, but it's not working for me. Any ideas?
[03:45] <wieckj> Hey, I'm completely new to xubuntu. Every time I try to install something that requires authentication, it gets stuck at "applying changes" - the bar doesn't load. Any help?
[04:06] <k_sze> When I plug a USB flash drive, it gets automatically mounted. However, when I attempt to eject it in Xubuntu's File Manager, I get a blink of a "Permission Denied" message. Is that normal?
[04:12] <Unit193> wieckj: Try using the terminal and   sudo apt-get install <package name>  to see if that helps.
[04:12] <Unit193> k_sze: Nope, not for me.
[04:55] <mushe> SUP IM INSTALLING XUBUNTU BITCHES ;P
[04:55]  * mushe highfives all around
[04:55] <knome> mushe, please watch te language
[04:55] <knome> +h
[04:55] <mushe> and a beer for the ops!
[04:56] <mushe> the installer said click here
[04:56] <mushe> wheres my niggas?
[04:56] <knome> mushe, last warning, watch the language
[04:57] <mushe> WE GOING TO THE 2600 MEETING OR WHAT
[04:57] <mushe> I am sorry
[04:57] <mushe> language
[04:57] <mushe> it is an expression from h-town
[04:57] <mushe> HOUSTONE
[04:57] <mushe> werd
[04:57] <mushe> i like yalls rat
[04:58] <mushe> i threw a rat through a window once
[04:58] <mushe> do u see the irony
[04:58] <knome> is there a support question we can help you with?
[04:59] <mushe> your installer told me to join
[04:59] <mushe> i have not got to the technicals
[04:59] <mushe> i will be sure to be here when i reach them
[05:00] <mushe> done toots btchs
[05:43] <lancest> Keyboard scrolling and sound volume not working as in Gnome. Which file(s) to install? Thx
[05:43] <lancest> Xubuntu 12.04 BTW
[05:48] <gry> lancest, tried asking #ubuntu then?
[05:48] <lancest> Ok probably will.
[05:49] <knome> #ubuntu+1
[05:50] <gry> oh, yes, I sleep. don't read version numbers right. thanks knome
[05:56] <lancest> I'm in China it's afternoon
[10:09] <foobArrr> is there any gui program on a fresh xubuntu installation that shows hardware information?
[10:16] <TheSheep> foobArrr: no gui, you can use lshw or install lshw-gtk
[10:47] <foobArrr> thx, I didn't know there is a gtk interface for lswh
[11:28] <potapov> After upgrading from xubuntu 11.04 to 11.10 terminator's pseudo-transparency does not seem to work any more. I can get real transparency by changing "compositor"'s settings in "Window manager tweaks" section (i'm not sure there was such a section before upgrading), but real transparency is not what I need) Any suggestions?
[11:35] <nikolam> I have Xubuntu 10.04LTS64-bit changing default window manager to gnome's one, starting nautilus as desktop manager sometimes and now, saying "Not Authenticated" when i try to reinstall xfwm...
[11:37] <nikolam> How can it ib unauthenticated if system was installed from xubuntu alternate cd?
[13:11] <joeythesaint> I've got no idea if this is offtopic or not but I'm seeing some very annoying behaviour that appears to be GTK-related.
[13:11] <joeythesaint> Problem is, I'm only (currently) seeing it with Evolution, which I know isn't the supported mail client for Xubuntu.
[13:11]  * joeythesaint is running Xubuntu 12.04, currently, too.
[13:11] <joeythesaint> So I'm probably way off the map.
[13:12] <joeythesaint> If anyone has any suggestions, though, I'd happy try them out.
[13:13]  * joeythesaint posts an example screenshot: http://troll.ws/i/VGp9WH.png
[13:14] <TheSheep> joeythesaint: your gtk theme doesn't include a gtk3 theme, and epiphany is now a gtk3 application
[13:14] <joeythesaint> The black boxes at the top of the sidebar and around the mail header appear to be constant for almost any GTK theme I choose.
[13:14] <TheSheep> s/epiphany/evolution
[13:14] <TheSheep> sorry
[13:14] <joeythesaint> Ah.
[13:14] <joeythesaint> That's what I was concerned about.
[13:15] <joeythesaint> Seems like I've only got one or two themes installed total that have a gtk3 theme, then.
[13:15] <joeythesaint> Thanks, TheSheep.
[13:17] <TheSheep> sounds about right, there aren't that many themes yet
[13:59] <plusEVV> Question: I have added more workspace to my installation. I got like 8 now and that whould to
[13:59] <plusEVV> ups
[14:00] <plusEVV> do, but now the battgery and mail icons etc is on the left side of that and i dont want that on the center of the bar. I want the workspace tehre and all that all the way to the right.
[14:00] <plusEVV> How do i do that?P
[16:32] <metal55> Hello all
[16:33] <metal55> Quick question, I have downloaded SublimeText 2 and excellent text editor application, it seems to run straight from my downloads folder but I would like to install it properly
[16:33] <metal55> Do I just copy it into an 'applications' directory?
[16:33] <metal55> is there an installer type application I can point at it?
[16:34] <metal55> sorry for the noob questions
[16:34] <pleia2> in linux you don't strictly have a single authoritative "applications" directory
[16:35] <pleia2> I tend to put such things in my home directory under a folder I create called bin/
[16:35] <pleia2> if you want other users on your system to have access to it, you might put it in /usr/local/bin/
[16:35] <metal55> ah excellent thank you
[16:35] <pleia2> but it doesn't matter really, you can run it from Downloads forever if you want :)
[16:36] <metal55> cool
[16:37] <metal55> I don't seem to be able to put anything in usr/local/bin
[16:37] <metal55> its like I don't have permission
[16:37] <metal55> .. I only just installed xubuntu
[16:38] <Sysi> you need to use "gksudo thunar"
[16:39] <metal55> gksudo thunar?
[16:40] <metal55> sorry completely new to xubuntu
[16:43] <Sysi> run it in terminal or Alt F2 popup window
[16:44] <metal55> ahh I see
[16:44] <metal55> thank you
[16:45] <Sysi> (as it should tell you, be careful)
[16:49] <metal55> yep with you,
[16:50] <metal55> Dose anyone know if there are there any quick launcher applications like quick silver, launchy or alfred?
[16:51] <Sysi> several, for example synapse and gnome-do
[16:53] <metal55> fantastic synapse looks great
[16:53] <metal55> How do I add these applications to my "start menu"
[16:57] <Sysi> I think you can create entries with alacarte, I recommend installing it with "apt-get --no-install-recommends install alacarte"
[16:57] <Sysi> otherly it pulls half of gnome with it
[17:01] <metal55> awesome thank you very much for your help, its appreciated.
[17:33] <n2diy_> can I restart my panel? Xfce4-panel restart tells me it is already running.
[17:33] <Sysi> xfce4-panel -r should work
[17:35] <n2diy_> Sysi, thanks, that did the trick.
[17:37] <n2diy_> still have weird behavior though. when I switch between apps, the panel dissappears, but when I mouse over it, it reappers. It's not set to auto hide, and it is floating, now currently two inches above my screen border.
[17:44] <ThePendulum> Greetings
[17:44] <ThePendulum> I was wondering if it's possible to hide panels, without removing them
[17:46] <Sysi> in their settings
[17:52] <ThePendulum> That's basically only autohide
[17:52] <Sysi> you can remove xfce4-panel from session
[20:11] <lglcrtnd> dear all, I am new with Xubuntu I need a help to install SH file. Anyone?
[20:16] <lglcrtnd> no one ?
[20:17] <lglcrtnd> no one here?
[20:21] <skellat> lglcrtnd: Could you please explain further what you're trying to do with a SH file?
[20:43] <lglcrtnd> I am tring to install it via Terminal
[20:43] <lglcrtnd> but I cannot get the job done
[20:54] <lglcrtnd> how do I tune xubuntu start up programs?
[20:57] <lglcrtnd> i cannot open the program management
[20:58] <holstein> lglcrtnd: what are you trying to open>?
[20:59] <holstein> try opening whatever your are having trouble with from a terminal.. maybe you get some helpful output
[20:59] <lglcrtnd> what command I have to invoke
[21:00] <holstein> lglcrtnd: depends on what you are trying to open
[21:00] <lglcrtnd> I am in terminal as root now
[21:00] <holstein> why as root?
[21:00] <holstein> you mean, sudo -s ?
[21:01] <lglcrtnd> as root cause as admin the system doesn  t let me open that program
[21:01] <lglcrtnd> I want to open the package management program
[21:01] <holstein> what admin system?
[21:01] <holstein> lglcrtnd: sudo synaptic
[21:01] <holstein> sudo apt-get install synaptic if its not installed already
[21:02] <lglcrtnd> sudo synaptic did the job, THANK YOU
[21:03] <lglcrtnd> now I am looking for a program to install tat let me see the boot sequence of the programms that are loaded when I turn on my computer
[21:03] <lglcrtnd> any suggestions?
[21:05] <lglcrtnd> my goal is to speed up the boot sequence
[21:06] <lglcrtnd> this is because I have an old computer with 256MB of memory
[21:08] <holstein> lglcrtnd: i would go in the menu... there is something like "startup" or "sesssions" or "startup applications"
[21:08] <holstein> its in the settings, not too far in
[21:09] <lglcrtnd> well done; I have got it
[21:11] <Mokura> I'm getting strange errors with the Software Center.  I'm trying to re-install the Wine beta packages after an uninstall, but it keeps giving me a "check your connection" error (I'm definitely connected) then an "unauthenticated packages" error.  Any idea on why this might be happening?
[21:12] <holstein> Mokura: i would entertain the internet connection... i would try using synaptic or another package manger...
[21:12] <Mokura> Using apt-get from the terminal actually prompts me if I want to install the related packages marked as unauthed, but I'm wondering why it got marked like that in the first place.
[21:12]  * Mokura shrugs, attempts terminal wizardry.
[21:12] <holstein> it?.. the list? maybe you added a PPA
[21:12] <Mokura> Yes, I added Wine's PPA.
[21:12] <Mokura> It never gave me this problem on the initial install.
[21:13] <holstein> i would look at your sources... i would consider purging that PPA, and getting "back to normal" and going from there
[21:13] <Mokura> Ahh
[21:13] <Mokura> I shall try that.
[21:14] <Mokura> Welp, that fixed it.  Odd.
[21:14] <Mokura> Considering Wine's Ubuntu packages page tells you to add their PPA.
[21:15] <lglcrtnd> sorry guys, what is PPA? Are the sub-package that are related to the main installer?
[21:16] <Mokura> from what I understand, it's another source for packages
[21:16] <Mokura> instead of just x/ubuntu's sources
[21:16] <Mokura> I'm still learning so my definition could be a little off.
[21:16] <lglcrtnd> Mokura so another place to get the packages?
[21:16] <Mokura> Pretty much.
[21:18] <well_laid_lawn> !ppa
[21:18] <Mokura> Well then!
[21:19] <lglcrtnd> ty ubottu
[21:19] <well_laid_lawn> !bot
[21:21] <Mokura> also.  whenever I click on a search result from google, it appends a bunch of garbage to the page name, which tends to get in the way.  is that a google problem or a firefox problem?
[21:23] <holstein> Mokura: maybe you are using firefox google... go to http://google.com ...if that works in a way you are not comfortable with, consider another search provider
[21:23] <lglcrtnd> I use chromium and I have a clean search results with google.com
[21:24] <Mokura> Oh!
[21:24] <Mokura> I'll try that.
[21:24] <Mokura> I just set the homepage to about:home, so.
[21:24] <Mokura> normal google does it too.
[21:24] <Mokura> must be a firefox thing, I'll check mozillazine.
[21:26] <lglcrtnd> I have my hard disk very busy all the time. what to do to understand why and to kill the program that cause that overflow?
[21:30] <holstein> lglcrtnd: ps aux
[21:32] <TVasEyes> lglcrtnd (& holstein):  also  top
[21:35] <lglcrtnd> top is a better script as I can see in live-real time the usage of resorces
[21:36] <lglcrtnd> what is "Xorg" command?
[21:36] <holstein> something you need, if you want a GUI
[21:37] <lglcrtnd> ok holstein, I need this GUI
[21:39] <TVasEyes> lglcrtnd: Xorg is the server, if you're in runlevel 3 startx should get you there.
[21:41] <lglcrtnd> I see, its about X.org Foundation
[21:41] <lglcrtnd> can I configure Xorg?
[21:41] <TVasEyes> modern X will configure automatically
[21:42] <TVasEyes> although you can, of course, create your own xorg.conf
[21:42] <lglcrtnd> but is there anyway to hardering it?
[21:42] <TVasEyes> add -nolisten tcp to command line.
[21:45] <TVasEyes> lglcrtnd: depending on how you decide to start your graphical env, you could add the -nolisten switch in /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc
[21:45] <lglcrtnd> a bit lost. I am in terminal as root, I invoke STARTX the answer is that the server is already running
[21:46] <TVasEyes> terminal or console?
[21:46] <holstein> in a terminal, from within XFCE
[21:46] <lglcrtnd> terminal
[21:47] <TVasEyes> well, then X is running already anyway. :)
[21:47] <lglcrtnd> yes
[21:47] <lglcrtnd> now I want to have a minimal load of graphical env
[21:47] <lglcrtnd> can I tune the graph server?
[21:47] <holstein> lglcrtnd: you do... XFCE is one of the lighter ones
[21:48] <holstein> if you want less, i would suggest LXDE
[21:48] <lglcrtnd> ok how to do XFCE? In terminal it says COMMAND NOT FOUND
[21:48] <lglcrtnd> LXDE ? Ok I need less
[21:48] <holstein> lglcrtnd: you are running xubuntu, correct?
[21:48] <lglcrtnd> yes holstein
[21:48] <holstein> xubuntu = ubuntu running XFCE, the XFCE environment
[21:49] <holstein> !xfce
[21:49] <lglcrtnd> clear and what about LXDE?
[21:49] <holstein> its another environment that is arguably lighter.. and may or may not suit your needs
[21:49] <TVasEyes> similar to XFCE but needs to be installed separately (not done that though )
[21:51] <lglcrtnd> ok guys, my question now is, can I tune XFCE so that it works with minimum graphical engine?
[21:51] <holstein> lglcrtnd: it really is quite minimal as-is
[21:51] <lglcrtnd> I see
[21:52] <TVasEyes> lglcrtnd: have a look in  Settings 'Session & Startup'  maybe you can do without something which autosarts?
[21:53] <lglcrtnd> TVasEyes done already
[21:53] <holstein> yeah, maybe bluetooth or printing support.. or the auto-updates... thats likely what you are seeing using the hard drive
[21:53] <lglcrtnd> killed them already
[21:53] <TVasEyes> that's basically it then..
[21:53] <lglcrtnd> true, it was a problem at the beginning
[21:53] <lglcrtnd> anyhow, I am running Xubuntu on one my old portable machine with 256MB and I am surprise of the results with this OS
[21:54] <holstein> i think other enviroments are lighter, but XFCE is a nice balance of function and lightness
[21:55] <TVasEyes> it might be heresy to suggest this here but slackware with WindowMaker will run happily in 128Mb
[21:55] <TVasEyes> :)
[21:55] <lglcrtnd> slackware is an OS?
[21:55] <TVasEyes> yes
[21:55] <lglcrtnd> ty for the info
[21:55] <well_laid_lawn> running just a window manager is lighter than using a desktop environment
[21:55] <TVasEyes> one of the oldest Linuxes
[21:59] <holstein> puppy linux too, sinc it runs from ram... still, i think xubuntu and lubuntu are nice choices that strike a good balance
[22:00] <TVasEyes> agree holstein, good usability all-round
[22:00] <TVasEyes> xubuntu, thst is
[22:00] <TVasEyes> s/thst/that/
[22:02] <lglcrtnd> early today I was trying to install bootcharter
[22:03] <lglcrtnd> that is a package available as repository
[22:03] <lglcrtnd> its a program to tune the start up process
[22:06] <lglcrtnd> I have installed it via synaptic
[22:06] <lglcrtnd> the installation was ok, now I cannot invoke it as I have lost it somewhere on my hard disk
[22:07] <TVasEyes> lglcrtnd: if you remove the 'quiet splash' (but leave the empty quotes) from /etc/default/grub  you get loads more info during boot.
[22:07] <lglcrtnd> I try
[22:09] <TVasEyes> also, dmesg  provides info on what happened during start-up
[22:09] <lglcrtnd> I am on Grub now
[22:10] <lglcrtnd> do I have to remove all the # simbols?
[22:12] <TVasEyes> lglcrtnd: no, just remove the two words from the something-something-COMMANDLINE entry
[22:13] <lglcrtnd> and I live the two "" ?
[22:13] <TVasEyes> exactly
[22:13] <lglcrtnd> cool
[22:14] <lglcrtnd> impossible to write
[22:14] <TVasEyes> you have to be root :)
[22:14] <lglcrtnd> ok
[22:17] <lglcrtnd> how to invoke from terminal to edit the file grub? EDIT? OPEN? ...?
[22:18] <TVasEyes> lglcrtnd: btw, I suggest that when you make changes to system files keep notes (in a text file?), really helps in a few weeks from now :)
[22:18] <TVasEyes> which editor are you accustomed to ?
[22:19] <lglcrtnd> good suggestion, I create text file to log my changes
[22:19] <lglcrtnd> abyword can be fine
[22:21] <TVasEyes> lglcrtnd: I always go root (a definite no-no her :) ), there's a gksudo or somesuch, ie "gksudo abiword".  someone more familar with 'proper' working practice should help you from here :(
[22:22] <TVasEyes> remember, abiword is a word processor, you MUST save a plain text file
[22:22] <lglcrtnd> yes, I will keep the plain text once I finish the editing. Ty
[22:24] <lglcrtnd> done all, thank you for your support
[22:24] <TVasEyes> enjoy :)
[22:28] <lglcrtnd> BTW dmesg -c give me a very large list of tasks!
[22:29] <TVasEyes> lglcrtnd: why the -c switch (which clears the buffer)?  simply  dmesg | less to read what happened.
[22:31] <lglcrtnd> yes
[22:31] <lglcrtnd> I have saved this conversation, as my first approch to Linux :)
[22:31] <lglcrtnd> good starting for me
[22:31] <TVasEyes> in that case I do not recommend slackware yet :-)
[22:31] <lglcrtnd> ehehe
[22:32] <lglcrtnd> I remove that line from the file ;)
[22:32] <TVasEyes> :)  ok.  got to go.  good luck.
[22:32] <lglcrtnd> thanks mate, bye for now
[23:05] <c_smith> is it at all safe to install Gwibber on Xubuntu?
[23:13] <TVasEyes> c_smith: their blog states: "Gwibber is included out of the box in Ubuntu 10.04", so, although I've never used it, it should be ok.
[23:36] <Marzata> Gwibber  is OK in Xubuntu.