[00:00] <duanedesign> an black screen with part of a line
[00:01] <duanedesign> duane@myComputer:
[00:01] <duanedesign> something like that
[00:01] <jpdoc> i'm sorry, like i said i'm really a basic user looking to move beyond windows, have no idea what a shell prompt is
[00:01] <jpdoc> oh exactly like that
[00:01] <duanedesign> after you enter log in and pass do you get another back screen
[00:01] <duanedesign> ok
[00:02] <duanedesign> try typing the foolowing
[00:02] <duanedesign> startx
[00:02] <duanedesign> then hit enter
[00:02] <duanedesign> type that after ---  duane@mycomputer:  startx
[00:02] <duanedesign> like that
[00:03] <jpdoc> ok it says the program startx is currently not installed
[00:03] <duanedesign> weird.
[00:04] <duanedesign> sounds like somthing got interupyted in the install process
[00:04] <jpdoc> then it says "you can install it by typing: sudo apt-get install xinit
[00:05] <duanedesign> try that
[00:05] <duanedesign> I was going to say also try installing sudo apt-get install --reinstall gnome-volume-manager
[00:06] <duanedesign> just type:  sudo apt-get install xinit
[00:06] <duanedesign> and enter your login password
[00:06] <duanedesign> also try to install:   sudo apt-get install --reinstall gnome-volume-manager
[00:08] <duanedesign> once you install startx the GUI should start or give us hopefullt usefull errors
[00:13] <jpdoc> now all i get is a long list of failed lines
[00:14] <duanedesign> by any chance are you able to run:  sudo apt-get update
[00:14] <duanedesign> and:  sudo apt-get upgrade
[00:15] <duanedesign> sorry that is updates^^^^
[00:15] <duanedesign> so that would be: sudo apt-get updates
[00:16] <duanedesign> sudo apt-get upgrades
[00:16] <duanedesign> ugh
[00:16] <duanedesign> sorry to confure you
[00:17] <duanedesign> it is after all: sudo apt-get upgrade
[00:17] <duanedesign> i was right the first time
[00:17] <jpdoc> E: Invalid operation upgrades
[00:17] <duanedesign> sorry it is upgrade
[00:17] <jpdoc> same with updated
[00:18] <duanedesign> ok must be no networ
[00:18] <Unit193> sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
[00:18] <Unit193> To test network, you can try pinging 8.8.8.8
[00:18] <jpdoc> ok
[00:28] <jpdoc> pinging gives me lines and lines of stuff "64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=221 ttl=58 time 15.2 ms
[00:28] <Unit193> So you have networking.
[00:29] <Unit193> (And if you are using that computer to connect to here, you surely have networking and DNS)
[00:29] <jpdoc> do i have to wait for this to finish?
[00:30] <jpdoc> oh and i m on my new pc here so...
[00:35] <Unit193> No, just hit ctrl+c
[00:36] <Unit193> Then try   dig google.com
[00:53] <jpdoc> dig google.com gives me lots of info, should i be looking for anything in particular
[00:53] <jpdoc> by the way i have managed to get it to upgrade
[00:55] <Unit193> Alright, all is good I guess. (I didn't see the orig question)
[00:56] <jpdoc> no its still not working
[00:56] <jpdoc> when i put in startx i get a message "failed to load session ubuntu"
[00:58] <jpdoc> basically i have just loaded ubuntu today, basic user, and can't get it to work
[00:58] <jpdoc> have black screen
[00:58] <jpdoc> wnter user name and password
[00:58] <jpdoc> thats as far as i can get
[00:58] <jpdoc> reinstalled 3 times
[00:58] <jpdoc> no joy
[01:01] <bobweaver> jpdoc,  what is computer and have you checked the md5sum ?
[01:01] <bobweaver> !md5sum
[01:01] <ubot2> To verify your Ubuntu ISO image (or other files for which an MD5 checksum is provided), see http://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM or http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/LQ_ISO/Checking_the_md5sum_in_Windows
[01:02] <jpdoc> using my old Dell dimension 5150
[01:04] <bobweaver> Sorry I am just kinda walking into this have you tryed with nomawhatver it is called ?
[01:04]  * bobweaver is googleing 
[01:05] <bobweaver> nomodeset  is the name I was looking for
[01:06] <bobweaver> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132
[01:07] <bobweaver> also what is gfx card ? thanks
[01:08] <jpdoc> sorry i really have no clue what gfx card it is, really am a basic pc user, starting to wish i had stayed that way...
[01:09] <bobweaver> :>)
[01:09] <jpdoc> just reading up on nomodset
[01:09] <jpdoc> think this might be beyond me
[01:09] <bobweaver> does it boot live cds fine ?
[01:11] <jpdoc> no, nothing
[01:20] <jpdoc> thanks for help guys, think ill download again and try tomorrow
[03:08] <asterismo> hi people
[03:08] <asterismo> does anybody figured out how to fix the Google Earth flickerin g problem when using XFCE and compositor enabled?
[03:10] <holstein> didnt know that was a problem.. id ask the package maintainer to do it though
[03:10] <holstein> asterismo: ^
[05:50] <Karmen> Does a Intel SE7501BR2 Dual CPU Socket 604 Motherboard Server Board work with Ubuntu Server?
[05:50] <Karmen> its an older board.
[07:55] <deper29> hey, I am having trouble with a library thing. I am getting this error: jar: error while loading shared libraries: libjli.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[07:56] <StepNjump_> Hi guys, I am trying to run a command : ls -al >> date. I would like to run this every so many hours. HOw could I do that please?
[07:56] <deper29> StepNjump, I *think* you could write a script and set it to run every x hours
[07:58] <StepNjump_> yes I don't know how to create a script deper29
[07:58] <deper29> StepNjump, hold on a sec
[07:59] <StepNjump_> k
[07:59] <StepNjump_> tnx
[07:59] <deper29> take a look here
[07:59] <deper29> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CronHowto
[08:00] <StepNjump_> thanks a lot deper29
[08:01] <deper29> np
[08:03] <deper29> StepNjump, to my understanding, you can just crontab -e then edit that file and set what you want
[08:18] <StepNjump_> yes thanks deper29 I appreciate it
[08:18] <StepNjump_> Going zzzz can't believe it  4h!
[08:18] <StepNjump_> gN
[09:37] <s-fox> Hello.
[09:39] <benonsoftware> Hiya s-fox
[09:39] <s-fox> Hello benonsoftware , how are you ?
[09:39] <benonsoftware> Fine thanks, yourself?
[09:40] <s-fox> Really good thank you, I just had a second interview for a position.
[20:07] <StepNjump> Hi guys, is there a way to create a shortcut to a website using the cli?
[20:08] <Unit193> Create a desktop file with something like   exo-open http://google.com   in it.
[20:16] <StepNjump> how does that work Unit193 ?
[20:17] <Unit193> That uses your default browser to open the link, you can always just use the browsers name.
[20:18] <StepNjump> I don't understand how come there is nothing more easier to do this yet
[20:19] <Unit193> Not really sure what you'd be looking for...
[20:19] <StepNjump> well I tried the command from the cli, works and opens the page but how can I create the link?
[20:20] <StepNjump> ln? ln exo-open combination?
[20:20] <Unit193> Nope, you can create a .desktop file for it, but there may be a GUI/Unity way to do it.
[20:21] <StepNjump> No I have no problem using the cli but how can I create a desktop file using exo-open
[20:22] <StepNjump> something like? exo-open url ~/Desktop/lnName
[20:23] <Unit193> nano link.desktop  and type name=Google  (new line)  exec=exo-open http://google.com
[20:23] <Unit193> http://pastebin.com/wUs8MTVd
[20:25] <StepNjump> oic... let me try that Unit193 tnx
[20:42] <StepNjump> Unit193: I am getting close to it
[20:42] <StepNjump> Unit193: how do you create a desktop launcher via cli?
[20:43] <Unit193> I use nano. :P
[20:43] <StepNjump> I tried it, it didn't work...
[20:43] <StepNjump> ok so nano newlink
[20:44] <Unit193> newlink.desktop
[20:44] <StepNjump> i guess I could create an alias too
[20:44] <StepNjump> oh it has to be file.desktop?
[20:44] <StepNjump> mmmm
[21:00] <StepNjump> ok thanks again Unit193 that exo-open certainly helped a lot. Thanks
[21:00] <StepNjump> talk to you later
[21:00] <Unit193> Sure, adios.
[21:01] <StepNjump> adios amigo
[23:07] <daslinkard> What's up room?
[23:07] <philipballew_> not much daslinkard
[23:08] <daslinkard> How's everyone doing?
[23:14] <daslinkard> Anyone from Alabama here?
[23:17] <philipballew_> daslinkard, probably the south somewhere
[23:17] <philipballew_> im from ca
[23:18] <daslinkard> Cool Philip...I obviously live in Alabama....wanting to start a LUG in Northern Alabama however it seems that the area may be dead in the Northern Alabama area
[23:18] <philipballew_> starting a lug. thats a good topic
[23:26] <daslinkard> Yeah, right now the closest one to me is 1 1/2 hours South of me.
[23:53] <bodhi_zazen> 'lo daslinkard
[23:53] <bodhi_zazen> daslinkard: FWIW - I did get you PM earlier, was AFK at the time