[00:14] babble: can you read me? I cannot send you private messages [00:14] babble: ill close xubuntu now [02:34] how can i make my computer run alot faster? [03:07] /etc/sysctl.conf permission denied? [03:09] I need to copy a pnm file (picture) into libreoffice, but all libreoffice will do is paste the location of it. That didnt happen with ubuntu... [03:09] what do I do? [03:10] will Insert > Picture > From File work? [03:12] babble, odd: the directory is full of onm files in the file manager, but none of them appears in the insert picture option... [03:12] pnm* [03:12] it sounds like LibreOffice doesn't know what to do with that particular file format [03:12] let me dig for a minute [03:13] you said you were copying and pasting into a LibreOffice document before in Ubuntu? [03:14] what were you copying *from*? (the file itself in Nautilus, or the opened image in an application?) [03:15] babble, 1) ctrl+c to copy file from file manager 2) go to libreoffice 3) ctrl+p to paste it and that was it [03:15] apparently xubuntu doesnt recognize pnm [03:16] there may be an underlying handler in Nautilus that's doing conversion to the clipboard on copy that Thunar doesn't do [03:16] will the image open in Gimp? [03:16] babble, yes [03:16] but going 1 by 1 to save the whole 30 files as jpg is somewhat tedious... [03:16] if you absolutely want copy & paste, have you tried copying and pasting out of Gimp into LibreOffice? [03:17] how is copying and pasting out of Gimp any less tedious than copying and pasting from Nautilus? [03:18] I though I had to save em all from PNM to JPG and the do the copy pasting [03:18] have you tried simply opening the image, copying to the clipboard and pasting into LibreOffice? [03:18] Gimp is going to copy its own transition metadata to the clipboard, not really the PNM file format [03:20] in any case, if you want to convert them, it's possible that imagemagick will work and you can do them all at once from the commandline. [03:20] let me see if I can find a pnm image online. [03:21] not necessary: I will do the copy-from-gimp thing [03:21] no, wait [03:22] pnm is an umbrella term for a collection of image formats. [03:22] one of THOSE is PPM which LibreOffice explictly supports [03:23] try renaming one of the files from file.pnm to file.ppm and see if you can just directly import it into LibreOffice as before... Insert > Picture > From File [03:23] i have a more pressing matter: I cannot write french dypthongs: that must be the keyboard settings, right? [03:23] use a french keyboard layout [03:24] babble, where do I find keyboard settings? [03:24] Apps Menu (Mouse) > Settings > Settings Manager : Keyboard [03:26] can you send me one of the pnm images you want to use? === m00se is now known as Guest38431 === oijoij is now known as m00se [03:43] sorry im too wrapped into wiork [03:44] if they're color images with a .pnm extension, it's likely that they're PPM formatted. [03:44] 1-bit and greyscale images in that set are .pbm (portable bitmap) or .pgm (portable greymap) [03:45] in any case, you can change all of the file extensions at once in Thunar (use batch rename) and rename them and see if LibreOffice will import them [03:48] its doable, but now im too tired [03:49] Why am I denied access to changing my sawppiness [03:50] hello :) [03:51] CellTech: do you want to resize your swap partition? [03:54] I have to restart... my installation of xubuntu is now finished! :) [03:55] see you :) [06:03] hello again [06:05] ubuntu967: missing an x there :P [06:07] chelz: i don`t understand... [06:07] ubuntu967: you were xubuntu967 before [06:07] oh sorry ;) [06:08] of course *g* === ubuntu967 is now known as xubuntu967 [06:09] ;) [06:10] there we go :D [06:10] :))) === bazhang_ is now known as bazhang [06:24] *reboot* === vins_ is now known as Guest56915 === scarecrow_ is now known as Mormaugus [09:38] is there a handy way to bring up the task manager or something, in order a kill a hanged program which is capturing the mouse? (or a fullscreen program, for that matter) [09:48] miarf: press Ctrl Alt F6, log in, run "killall appname" and press Ctrl Alt F7 [09:48] or you can try Alt F2 and "xkill" [09:52] ok, thanks [09:52] i'll try that or altgr printscrn k [09:52] next time something happens === scarecrow_ is now known as Mormaugus === zmoylan1 is now known as zmoylan [13:01] hi all... short question: when i install xubuntu 12.04 beta 2 now, will i get all updates automatically till 12.04 final? does it mean it's the same whether i install beta 1 now and get all the updates till final release or wait till 26th april (and only with this version all updates for 12.04 will start)? [13:03] Guest73662, yes, if you install all updates after installing beta2, it's the same as installing the final version [13:03] ok so there's no difference (where can i get xubuntu 14.04 alpha 1) :-)) [13:04] why is ubuntu 12.04 beta 1 the current version, and for xubuntu it's beta 2? [13:05] Guest73662, ubuntu has beta 2 too [13:05] ah ok didnt see this [13:06] i use ubuntu 11.04 with gnome 2 and am getting trouble with old software (especially vlc makes trouble and there's no ppa, compiling didnt work for me...) i need an alternative... === oijoij is now known as m00se === m00se is now known as Guest29642 === Guest29642 is now known as m00se === m00se is now known as Guest36666 [15:29] what xfce is in 12.04? 4.8? [15:29] afsaik [15:30] might be grabbing beta lts and installing xubuntu-desktop meta package then to see if my damn hdmi audio works... === BufferOverflow is now known as Unit193 [15:58] anyone know how to set the sound indicator to launch pavucontrol instead of xfce4-mixer? [16:24] hello [16:26] i am running xubuntu 10.04 on a compaq presario V2000 laptop.my android phone is not able to detect this laptop though scan is on, but using the bluetooth i can access my local wifi connection [16:26] please could somebody shed light on why my phone is not able to detect my laptop === Myrtti is now known as StaffRingSeal [19:37] hello [19:37] i just installed xubuntu [19:37] 11.10 [19:38] i have an ad hoc network over here and my laptop cant connect to it using its built in broadcom wireless adapter [19:38] it connects and disconnects again [19:39] i tested the wlan with another laptop. it works. this must be driver related. [19:39] can anyone help me? [19:40] Anyway to speed up disk caching? It's so slow and lags like crazy [19:42] my adapter is recognized as bcm4312 lp-phy rev 1 [19:46] chogath: wifi cards are very version dependent and I think it's unlikely that you'll find someone here with your exact same card, I'd suggest searching ubuntuforums.org [19:46] I find it's best to search via google, like: site:ubuntuforums.org bcm4312 [19:47] looks like the forums has a tag for that card: http://ubuntuforums.org/tags.php?tag=bcm4312 [19:47] chogath: sudo rfkill list [19:47] what result do you get [19:47] ? [19:48] baizon: i cant paste right now since the machine is offline === StaffRingSeal is now known as StaffRingedSeal [19:48] what do you need to know? [19:48] chogath: [19:49] 0: phy0: Wireless LAN [19:49] Soft blocked: no [19:49] Hard blocked: no [19:49] is there yes? [19:49] does anyone know how to set the sound indicator to open pavucontrol instead of xfce4-mixer? [19:49] no, there is 0 brcmwl-0 wireless lan no/no and 1 hp-wifi wireless lan no/no [19:51] ok === Guest56915 is now known as v1Ns === Daviey_ is now known as Daviey [20:37] hello [20:38] hi hi [20:38] I'm having problem to reach the content of the usb flashdrive, although it is mounted [21:32] koleoptero: in 12.04 it does just that. not sure how to do it in 11.10 though [21:32] hi there, I need urgently a way to write accents in spanish... [21:32] xubuntu 11.10 and libreoffice from synaptic [21:32] I cannot write accents even here [21:33] or, a workaround: where is ortography? [21:33] meerkats: I think you use the right alt key [21:33] Menu > Accessories > Char Map. [21:33] or that... [21:33] In terminal it is Ctrl+shift+u [21:34] mongy, no, no accent: i need em to be above cowels [21:34] mongy: yeah I saw that bug report, just thought to ask in case it's something easy [21:34] vowels* [21:34] koleoptero: I just added the pavucontrol icon next to it [21:35] does libreoffice have ortography? [21:37] mongy: I didn't even do that, it's not like I need pavucontrol that often, I just thought it would be nice to have it working as it should. Glad they fixed it in 12.04. [21:38] meerkats: yes, it's called spellchecking [21:38] koleoptero: a dirty hack would be to link pavucontrol to xfce4-mixer [21:39] koleoptero, I choose spanish, it reverts back to english. Am I missing packages? [21:39] mongy: I feel bad making such changes to the system lol [21:40] koleoptero: just rename xfce4-mixer and soft link pavu, not really that bad imo. [21:40] do you ever use xfce4-mixer? [21:42] meerkats: sudo apt-get install myspell-es [21:42] mongy: no, I even purged it [21:54] found it koleoptero [21:57] talking of pavucontrol and 12.04, using a different theme, like Albatross makes pavucontrol impossible to see :( [21:58] I've given up on all themes that don't work properly with gtk3 apps, and albatross is unfortunately one of them [21:59] bluebird on the other hand... :D [21:59] koleoptero: yeah but to bundle one that doesn't work :( [22:00] indeed, along with all the old xfce themes and murrine themes [22:02] thankfully the one I use in 11.10 still works. Zukitwo-Brave [22:03] i have a trouble with pidgin x86_64 12.04 , when contacts go offline they still appear as online [22:03] I like dark themes. This 1080 screen is too nice for grey dull themes [22:05] mongy: http://fav.me/d4tex24 [22:05] needs an xfwm port :) [22:08] not a fan of dark everything, but not a bad theme I guess. [22:09] I haven't tried it either but it looks good [22:09] I'm too comfy with the zukitwo-dark one [22:10] -brave is little darker and works in 12.04 :) [22:11] -dark has glitches [22:11] like I mentioned already [22:13] well I'm in 11.10 so no probs here [22:14] anyone run into trouble with their creative x-fi cards on 11.10 btw? [22:14] Yeah, just sayin, don't use it in 12.04 :) [22:14] i seem to have really bad crackling with some games, like warsow and frogatto [22:14] unless it gets fixed. [22:14] one using something called ql for audio, the other all sdl [22:14] mongy: lars might update it if I pester him enough ;p === chogath is now known as chogath-_- [23:31] IS BABBLE coming in today? [23:32] when loggin off xubuntu I get an edubuntu screen... [23:32] plus all my symlinks that use something from within the partition are now broken [23:33] i dont mind to get rid of all gnome and kde and edubuntu things, i can rebuild the system [23:33] !purexfce [23:33] If you want to remove all !KDE and !Gnome packages and have a default !Xubuntu system follow the instructions here « http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/purexfce » [23:33] http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/purexfce [23:33] a, ok [23:33] Seems you're getting the plymouth screen from edu. [23:34] yes... that and a lot of other things from past installations [23:34] Unit193, please confirm executing any of those large commands wont affect my personal data [23:35] Shouldn't, but I've never changed those myself. [23:35] ok [23:35] first ill make a copy of all config files I need [23:36] Shouldn't touch your home dir. [23:40] it did touch my ubuntuone.. ill reinstall later