[00:17] <earthling_> I was trying to use config-editor to make a new keyboard shortcut. I want the shortcut to open a leafpad text file. Nothing happens when I press the selected key.
[00:22] <jlb181> earthling_, I just tried quick and it worked.  don't what differences there are.  I used a text doc in my home folder and gedit.
[00:23] <earthling_> I put the file path in keybindings_commands
[00:23] <earthling_> and set <Control>o
[00:24] <IAmNotThatGuy> earthling_, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/FAQ/Guides :]
[00:24] <earthling_> for run command 1
[00:25] <earthling_> I'm running Ubuntu 10.04
[00:27] <earthling_> IAmNotThatGuy, thanks for the lin, can you be more specific?
[00:28] <earthling_> jlb181, I wanted to activate it by pressing control-o
[00:28] <earthling_> not have to search for file and click it
[00:29] <IAmNotThatGuy> earthling_, Sorry. I have posted the deskopt shortcut guide link. Kindly read the post http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/applications/464429-lxde-keyboard-shortcuts.html
[00:29] <IAmNotThatGuy> That has the details about setting a shortcut in lxde
[00:32] <IAmNotThatGuy> earthling_, I hope the last link gives you an Idea to how to set the shortcut. Make sure that you followed the same and if you need more guidance, I ll be here :)
[01:58] <earthling_> IAmNotThatGuy, I'm thinking there's an easier way than to write a whole script, thanks for the link though
[02:00] <Unit193> This is stock Ubuntu? (Rather than Xubuntu, Lubuntu, or Kubuntu)
[02:01] <earthling_> yes
[02:01] <earthling_> I'm looking at the Launcher
[02:01] <earthling_> trying to set up a command
[02:10] <earthling_> done
[02:10] <earthling_> woohoo
[02:12] <earthling_> thank goodness for Ubuntu
[07:26] <Vagglos> Hello! I just installed Lucid (Vista 1st) and the partition is too big (90GB). How can I reduce it to 30GB and make the rest 60GB NTFS? Is it safe?
[07:28] <Unit193> Boot using the live CD and resize using gparted.
[07:28] <Unit193> !gparted
[07:28] <ubot2> gparted is a !GTK/!Gnome !GUI partitioning program. Type « sudo apt-get install gparted » in a console to install it - A GParted "live" CD is available at http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
[07:29] <Vagglos> Is it safe? I dont want to have to install and configure/updateVista all over again..
[07:30] <Unit193> I've not had problems myself, that being said, there are some warnings about it, yes.
[07:31] <Vagglos> Is it safer if I dont merge the existing Vista partition (128GB) with the new 60GB NTFS I'll create?
[07:31] <Unit193> IIRC, Vista has it's own that you can use to "merge" them?
[07:32] <Vagglos> I want the safer option. Thats why I am willing to have 2 different NTFS partition (a.Vista-128gb b.60gb ntfs)
[07:33] <Vagglos> If i could merge safely , yes I would want that
[07:33] <Unit193> Well, in the end you should do what makes you feel safer.
[07:34] <Vagglos> ok I'll try gparted with a liveusb
[07:35] <Vagglos> and tell you how it went
[07:35] <Vagglos> *fingers crossed
[07:35] <Unit193> Alright, I'll read the scrollback tomorrow as it is 03:35 now.
[07:36] <Vagglos> ok
[07:36] <Vagglos> just a quick gusetion
[07:37] <Vagglos> how do I format a USB flash drive with FAT32? I am using Linux 10.04
[07:37] <Unit193> Heh, I'd install gparted onto that system and just do that, it's what I did last time.
[07:37] <Vagglos> is says the current filesystem is "msdos"
[07:38] <Vagglos> I want to make a USB live  but my USBstick is not FAT32 formatted
[07:40] <Vagglos> found it. sorry for the extra question
[07:40] <Vagglos> tahnks for the help
[07:40] <Unit193> Sure, good luck as well.
[10:10] <SarahPi> Hello. I'm having a strange problem. I can't get into my sound preferences. I click on the speaker symbol, then on Sound Preferences. Then nothing happens. Any ideas?
[14:26] <forestpiskie> do a sudo updatedb &&locate greeter.conf
[14:26] <forestpiskie> let's see where they are
[14:26] <Basher101> gonna do that any moment...installning my nvidia drivers first
[14:26] <forestpiskie> k
[14:26] <Basher101> i dont understand why additional drivers does not fetch them
[14:26] <Basher101> but eh. thats what synaptic is for
[14:26] <forestpiskie> lol
[14:27] <forestpiskie> I got about 15 minutes then it's dad taxi time again
[14:28] <Basher101> the legendary trio, nvidia-current | nvidia-common | nvidia-settings
[14:28] <forestpiskie> :)
[14:28] <Basher101> i love to actually SEE how everything gets installed
[14:28] <forestpiskie> jockey works ok for me
[14:28] <Basher101> on windows its the same, lame progress bar...
[14:29] <forestpiskie> ha ha - read the terminal output - then wait for dkms ....
[14:29] <Basher101> alright its done
[14:29] <Basher101> lets try yours now
[14:29] <Basher101> the output:
[14:29] <forestpiskie> surprised you don't have that file
[14:30] <Basher101> aah i cant paste it because of the /
[14:30] <Basher101> infront of everything..anyways now it should be there yes
[14:30] <forestpiskie> you got the file now?
[14:30] <Basher101> no unity greeter conf here
[14:32] <Basher101> i will reboot and be riiiiight back.
[14:32] <forestpiskie> cat /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf |grep greeter
[14:32] <forestpiskie> what does that give?
[14:36] <forestpiskie> cat /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf |grep greeter
[14:37] <duanedesign> greeter-session=unity-greeter
[14:37] <duanedesign> oh, you were not talking me :)
[14:37] <Basher101_> alright...i guess i missed something when i installed gnome shell :D it just hung and nothing. Now activities, no windows, just the top panel without anything clickable. Will check on that later tho
[14:37] <forestpiskie> hi duanedesign :)
[14:37] <forestpiskie> I got better than that here
[14:37] <duanedesign> hello mr piskie
[14:37] <Basher101_> did the cat
[14:37] <forestpiskie> and ?
[14:37] <Basher101_> now i got some red output
[14:37] <Basher101_> greeter-session=unity-greeter
[14:38] <forestpiskie> but the file itself is not in /etc/lightdm ?
[14:39] <Basher101_> no its not
[14:39] <Basher101_> maybe its hidden?
[14:39] <Basher101_> nope nothing there
[14:39] <forestpiskie> just the two files still
[14:39] <Basher101_> yes
[14:40] <forestpiskie> locate greeter.conf finds nothing?
[14:41] <forestpiskie> mmm - duanedesign what's the name in your /etc/lightdm
[14:41] <forestpiskie> I'm trying to remember ubuntu names :(
[14:41]  * duanedesign looking
[14:41] <forestpiskie> gtg Basher101_
[14:41] <forestpiskie> biab
[14:41] <Basher101_> bye
[14:41] <Basher101_> thanks for the help so far
[14:41] <duanedesign> lightdm.conf  unity-greeter.conf  users.conf
[14:42] <forestpiskie> duanedesign: Basher101_ is trying to set background for lightdm
[14:42] <forestpiskie> should be in the greeter conf
[14:42] <bioterror> /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter-ubuntu.conf
[14:42] <bioterror> background=/usr/share/backgrounds/warty-final-ubuntu.png
[14:43] <bioterror> doesnt match :D
[14:43] <Basher101_> the file is not lightdm-gtk-greeter but just lightdm.conf
[14:44] <bioterror> my conf has only two lines
[14:44] <Basher101_> and inside the lightdm it has: user-session=ubuntu greeter-session=unity-greeter
[14:44] <bioterror> hahahaaa!
[14:44] <bioterror> /etc/xdg/lubuntu/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf
[14:44] <duanedesign> dont you set the background image in : gksu gedit /etc/lightdm/unity-greeter.conf
[14:44] <bioterror> background=/usr/share/lubuntu/wallpapers/lubuntu-default-wallpaper.png
[14:45] <bioterror> that's how it is done on Lubuntu
[14:45] <duanedesign> background=/usr/share/backgrounds/warty-final-ubuntu.png
[14:45] <Basher101_> a look into synaptic shows i have not installed lightdm-gtk-greeter
[14:45] <Basher101_> did install and now i got something that looks like a proper conf file
[14:45] <Basher101_> yep and there is the line for the background
[14:45] <bioterror> I have greeter installed
[14:46] <Basher101_> alright so now comes what i actually wanted to do
[14:46] <Basher101_> i love how in oneiric there were these stars when i typed my password
[14:46] <Basher101_> i want that in precise too
[14:46] <Basher101_> what do i have to edit to achive this..
[14:47] <Basher101_> i still got a full oneiric install on my laptop if any files are needed
[14:49] <Basher101_> no ideas how to do that?
[14:50] <Basher101_> i basically want the old oneiric login screen..
[14:56] <Basher101_> okay lets forget the login screen for now, i tried to install Gnome 3 shell with the terminal. It installed successfully and it showed up on the login screen. I chose gnome, logged in and it froze - no activities, could not click on the top panel, nothing. I had to go ctrl+alt+F1 to reboot.
[14:56] <Basher101_> My guess is some packages are missing?
[17:35] <bob_____> how could I get dhcp to assign me a new ip address after I did ifdown
[17:36] <bob_____> sometimes it assigns me new one, sometimes the same one
[17:36] <bob_____> is there any way to force a new one every time?
[17:38] <bodhi_zazen> good thing bob_____ waited for an answer ;)
[17:38] <bioterror> yes
[17:39] <bioterror> would you have kept him a lesson about dhcp lease times?