[00:14] <dddeeexxxttteeer> babble: can you read me? I cannot send you private messages
[00:14] <dddeeexxxttteeer> babble: ill close xubuntu now
[02:34] <reach> how can i make my computer run alot faster?
[03:07] <CellTech> /etc/sysctl.conf permission denied?
[03:09] <meerkats> 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] <meerkats> what do I do?
[03:10] <babble> will Insert > Picture > From File work?
[03:12] <meerkats> 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] <meerkats> pnm*
[03:12] <babble> it sounds like LibreOffice doesn't know what to do with that particular file format
[03:12] <babble> let me dig for a minute
[03:13] <babble> you said you were copying and pasting into a LibreOffice document before in Ubuntu?
[03:14] <babble> what were you copying *from*? (the file itself in Nautilus, or the opened image in an application?)
[03:15] <meerkats> 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] <meerkats> apparently xubuntu doesnt recognize pnm
[03:16] <babble> there may be an underlying handler in Nautilus that's doing conversion to the clipboard on copy that Thunar doesn't do
[03:16] <babble> will the image open in Gimp?
[03:16] <meerkats> babble, yes
[03:16] <meerkats> but going 1 by 1 to save the whole 30 files as jpg is somewhat tedious...
[03:16] <babble> if you absolutely want copy & paste, have you tried copying and pasting out of Gimp into LibreOffice?
[03:17] <babble> how is copying and pasting out of Gimp any less tedious than copying and pasting from Nautilus?
[03:18] <meerkats> I though I had to save em all from PNM to JPG and the do the copy pasting
[03:18] <babble> have you tried simply opening the image, copying to the clipboard and pasting into LibreOffice?
[03:18] <babble> Gimp is going to copy its own transition metadata to the clipboard, not really the PNM file format
[03:20] <babble> 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] <babble> let me see if I can find a pnm image online.
[03:21] <meerkats> not necessary: I will do the copy-from-gimp thing
[03:21] <babble> no, wait
[03:22] <babble> pnm is an umbrella term for a collection of image formats.
[03:22] <babble> one of THOSE is PPM which LibreOffice explictly supports
[03:23] <babble> 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] <meerkats> i have a more pressing matter: I cannot write french dypthongs: that must be the keyboard settings, right?
[03:23] <babble> use a french keyboard layout
[03:24] <meerkats> babble, where do I find keyboard settings?
[03:24] <babble> Apps Menu (Mouse) > Settings > Settings Manager : Keyboard
[03:26] <babble> can you send me one of the pnm images you want to use?
[03:43] <meerkats> sorry im too wrapped into wiork
[03:44] <babble> if they're color images with a .pnm extension, it's likely that they're PPM formatted.
[03:44] <babble> 1-bit and greyscale images in that set are .pbm (portable bitmap) or .pgm (portable greymap)
[03:45] <babble> 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] <meerkats> its doable, but now im too tired
[03:49] <CellTech> Why am I denied access to changing my sawppiness
[03:50] <xubuntu976> hello :)
[03:51] <babble> CellTech: do you want to resize your swap partition?
[03:54] <xubuntu976> I have to restart... my installation of xubuntu is now finished! :)
[03:55] <xubuntu976> see you :)
[06:03] <ubuntu967> hello again
[06:05] <chelz> ubuntu967: missing an x there :P
[06:07] <ubuntu967> chelz: i don`t understand...
[06:07] <chelz> ubuntu967: you were xubuntu967 before
[06:07] <ubuntu967> oh sorry ;)
[06:08] <ubuntu967> of course *g*
[06:09] <xubuntu967> ;)
[06:10] <chelz> there we go :D
[06:10] <xubuntu967> :)))
[06:24] <xubuntu967> *reboot*
[09:38] <miarf> 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] <Sysi> miarf: press Ctrl Alt F6, log in, run "killall appname" and press Ctrl Alt F7
[09:48] <Sysi> or you can try Alt F2 and "xkill"
[09:52] <miarf> ok, thanks
[09:52] <miarf> i'll try that or altgr printscrn k
[09:52] <miarf> next time something happens
[13:01] <Guest73662> 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] <knome> Guest73662, yes, if you install all updates after installing beta2, it's the same as installing the final version
[13:03] <Guest73662> ok so there's no difference (where can i get xubuntu 14.04 alpha 1) :-))
[13:04] <Guest73662> why is ubuntu 12.04 beta 1 the current version, and for xubuntu it's beta 2?
[13:05] <knome> Guest73662, ubuntu has beta 2 too
[13:05] <Guest73662> ah ok didnt see this
[13:06] <Guest73662> 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...
[15:29] <Alazare619> what xfce is in 12.04? 4.8?
[15:29] <Sysi> afsaik
[15:30] <Alazare619> might be grabbing beta lts and installing xubuntu-desktop meta package then to see if my damn hdmi audio works...
[15:58] <koleoptero> anyone know how to set the sound indicator to launch pavucontrol instead of xfce4-mixer?
[16:24] <dree> hello
[16:26] <dree> 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] <dree> please could somebody shed light on why my phone is not able to detect my laptop
[19:37] <chogath> hello
[19:37] <chogath> i just installed xubuntu
[19:37] <chogath> 11.10
[19:38] <chogath> i have an ad hoc network over here and my laptop cant connect to it using its built in broadcom wireless adapter
[19:38] <chogath> it connects and disconnects again
[19:39] <chogath> i tested the wlan with another laptop. it works. this must be driver related.
[19:39] <chogath> can anyone help me?
[19:40] <CellTech> Anyway to speed up disk caching? It's so slow and lags like crazy
[19:42] <chogath> my adapter is recognized as bcm4312 lp-phy rev 1
[19:46] <pleia2> 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] <pleia2> I find it's best to search via google, like: site:ubuntuforums.org bcm4312
[19:47] <pleia2> looks like the forums has a tag for that card: http://ubuntuforums.org/tags.php?tag=bcm4312
[19:47] <baizon> chogath: sudo rfkill list
[19:47] <baizon> what result do you get
[19:47] <baizon> ?
[19:48] <chogath> baizon: i cant paste right now since the machine is offline
[19:48] <chogath> what do you need to know?
[19:48] <baizon> chogath:
[19:49] <baizon> 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
[19:49] <baizon> 	Soft blocked: no
[19:49] <baizon> 	Hard blocked: no
[19:49] <baizon> is there yes?
[19:49] <koleoptero> does anyone know how to set the sound indicator to open pavucontrol instead of xfce4-mixer?
[19:49] <chogath> no, there is 0 brcmwl-0 wireless lan no/no and 1 hp-wifi wireless lan no/no
[19:51] <baizon> ok
[20:37] <arpad2> hello
[20:38] <baizon> hi hi
[20:38] <arpad2> I'm having problem to reach the content of the usb flashdrive, although it is mounted
[21:32] <mongy> koleoptero: in 12.04 it does just that.  not sure how to do it in 11.10 though
[21:32] <meerkats> hi there, I need urgently a way to write accents in spanish...
[21:32] <meerkats> xubuntu 11.10 and libreoffice from synaptic
[21:32] <meerkats> I cannot write accents even here
[21:33] <meerkats> or, a workaround: where is ortography?
[21:33] <mongy> meerkats: I think you use the right alt key
[21:33] <Unit193> Menu > Accessories > Char Map.
[21:33] <mongy> or that...
[21:33] <Unit193> In terminal it is Ctrl+shift+u
[21:34] <meerkats> mongy, no, no accent: i need em to be above cowels
[21:34] <koleoptero> mongy:  yeah I saw that bug report, just thought to ask in case it's something easy
[21:34] <meerkats> vowels*
[21:34] <mongy> koleoptero: I just added the pavucontrol icon next to it
[21:35] <meerkats> does libreoffice have ortography?
[21:37] <koleoptero> 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] <koleoptero> meerkats:  yes, it's called spellchecking
[21:38] <mongy> koleoptero: a dirty hack would be to link pavucontrol to xfce4-mixer
[21:39] <meerkats> koleoptero, I choose spanish, it reverts back to english. Am I missing packages?
[21:39] <koleoptero> mongy:  I feel bad making such changes to the system lol
[21:40] <mongy> koleoptero: just rename xfce4-mixer and soft link pavu, not really that bad imo.
[21:40] <mongy> do you ever use xfce4-mixer?
[21:42] <koleoptero> meerkats:  sudo apt-get install myspell-es
[21:42] <koleoptero> mongy:  no, I even purged it
[21:54] <meerkats> found it koleoptero
[21:57] <mongy> talking of pavucontrol and 12.04, using a different theme, like Albatross makes pavucontrol impossible to see :(
[21:58] <koleoptero> I've given up on all themes that don't work properly with gtk3 apps, and albatross is unfortunately one of them
[21:59] <koleoptero> bluebird on the other hand... :D
[21:59] <mongy> koleoptero: yeah but to bundle one that doesn't work :(
[22:00] <koleoptero> indeed, along with all the old xfce themes and murrine themes
[22:02] <mongy> thankfully the one I use in 11.10 still works. Zukitwo-Brave
[22:03] <v1Ns> i have a  trouble with pidgin   x86_64  12.04  ,    when  contacts  go offline they still appear  as online
[22:03] <mongy> I like dark themes.  This 1080 screen is too nice for grey dull themes
[22:05] <koleoptero> mongy:  http://fav.me/d4tex24
[22:05] <koleoptero> needs an xfwm port :)
[22:08] <mongy> not a fan of dark everything, but not a bad theme I guess.
[22:09] <koleoptero> I haven't tried it either but it looks good
[22:09] <koleoptero> I'm too comfy with the zukitwo-dark one
[22:10] <mongy> -brave is little darker and works in 12.04 :)
[22:11] <mongy> -dark has glitches
[22:11] <mongy> like I mentioned already
[22:13] <koleoptero> well I'm in 11.10 so no probs here
[22:14] <miarf> anyone run into trouble with their creative x-fi cards on 11.10 btw?
[22:14] <mongy> Yeah, just sayin, don't use it in 12.04 :)
[22:14] <miarf> i seem to have really bad crackling with some games, like warsow and frogatto
[22:14] <mongy> unless it gets fixed.
[22:14] <miarf> one using something called ql for audio, the other all sdl
[22:14] <koleoptero> mongy:  lars might update it if I pester him enough ;p
[23:31] <meerkats> IS BABBLE coming in today?
[23:32] <meerkats> when loggin off xubuntu I get an edubuntu screen...
[23:32] <meerkats> plus all my symlinks that use something from within the partition are now broken
[23:33] <meerkats> i dont mind to get rid of all gnome and kde and edubuntu things, i can rebuild the system
[23:33] <Unit193> !purexfce
[23:33] <meerkats> http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/purexfce
[23:33] <meerkats> a, ok
[23:33] <Unit193> Seems you're getting the plymouth screen from edu.
[23:34] <meerkats> yes... that and a lot of other things from past installations
[23:34] <meerkats> Unit193, please confirm executing any of those large commands wont affect my personal data
[23:35] <Unit193> Shouldn't, but I've never changed those myself.
[23:35] <meerkats> ok
[23:35] <meerkats> first ill make a copy of all config files I need
[23:36] <Unit193> Shouldn't touch your home dir.
[23:40] <meerkats> it did touch my ubuntuone.. ill reinstall later