[01:58] <synack_> hey guys im using xubuntu for like over a month now
[01:58] <synack_> love it
[01:59] <synack_> but, i want to tweak the WM a little , how can i add features like "snap to" left/right from unity ?
[01:59] <synack_> im not even sure what WM xubuntu is using atm
[01:59] <synack_> wiki says it is XFWM4
[01:59] <synack_> is that accurate?
[02:00] <synack_> id like to tweak the "alt-tab" interface and add the ability to snap windows to the left
[02:00] <synack_> or right
[02:00] <synack_> without upgrading the entire WM
[02:00] <synack_> if possible
[09:49] <Marzatta> hi, just installed 12.04 on a packardbell with nvidia G105M, and got this blue tint in youtube videos
[09:50] <Marzata> any idea?
[10:04] <Sysi> Marzata: disable hardware acceleration
[10:22] <Marzata> Sysi: will try ...
[10:27] <Mannix> hi
[10:28] <Mannix> can somebody help to fix sound problems?
[10:28] <baizon> dont know if you dont describe what your problem is
[10:29] <Mannix> I have xubuntu 11.10. Sound worked well. But recently it broke: now only sound in Skype works, but not on browser
[10:29] <Mannix> once it worked on mpg321
[10:29] <Mannix> but it's not working on Clementine
[10:29] <baizon> check pavucontrol
[10:29] <baizon> maybe its muted
[10:30] <baizon> because skype controls the volume
[10:30] <Mannix> I do not have it
[10:30] <Mannix> what package?
[10:30] <Mannix> what muted?
[10:30] <Mannix> Man, I say Skype is working!
[10:30] <Mannix> how it can be muted?
[10:31] <baizon> https://wiki.edubuntu.org/PulseAudio
[10:31] <Mannix> I'll try to install pavucontrol
[10:31] <baizon> do that
[10:32] <Mannix> oh, btw, I am using USB headset
[10:33] <Mannix> if I connect old-style headphones - it works
[10:33] <Mannix> but with cracking sound
[10:34] <baizon> install pavucontrol and check the output device
[10:35] <Mannix> I've installed pavucontrol
[10:35] <Mannix> what should I check?
[10:35] <baizon> output device
[10:35] <baizon> and sound volume
[10:36] <Mannix> there are 3 output devices: RV710/730 Digital Audio HDMI, ClearChat Pro USB analog stereo, Internal audio Analog Stereo
[10:37] <Mannix> ok, now I see sound is going to Internal Audio
[10:37] <Mannix> but why?
[10:38] <Mannix> nothing is connected to it
[10:38] <Mannix> ha, I've turned off Internal Audio :)
[10:38] <Mannix> and now it works
[10:39] <Mannix> baizon, thank you very much for helping
[10:39] <baizon> np :)=
[10:39] <baizon> :)
[10:40] <Mannix> great :)
[12:22] <uskerine> hi, i would like to manually setup the dns servers
[12:22] <uskerine> but in resolv.conf there is nameserver 127.0.0.1
[12:22] <uskerine> why and how can i change it -using configuration files-?
[12:32] <Fudge> cant u just change it or setup your modem to use other nameservers or network manager
[12:49] <ruien> no, ubuntu 12.04 handles DNS differently (http://www.stgraber.org/2012/02/24/dns-in-ubuntu-12-04/) - that page gives a decent overview
[12:52]  * uskerine wonders by things have to change every year
[12:53] <uskerine> why
[12:55] <uskerine> thanks ruien i will have a look, now the problem is that i am trying to change it for the thin clients  and /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/networks/interfaces lacks any configuration for eth0, it is only applied for loopback
[12:57] <ruien> hmm, well, I've never actually made any changes, but the resolv.conf syntax is essentially just an IP address. You can't just add the relevant IP in the "tail" part of resolv.conf.d ?
[12:58] <uskerine> ruien i am not following you
[12:58] <uskerine> i have /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/
[12:58] <uskerine> directory
[12:58] <ruien> right
[12:58] <uskerine> can I apply there a given dns server ?
[12:58] <uskerine> i have head
[12:59] <uskerine> base original
[12:59] <uskerine> and tail
[12:59] <ruien> yeah, in tail
[12:59] <uskerine> which is asymlink to original
[12:59] <ruien> as per the documentation which I referenced, "tail: Any entry in tail is appended at the end of the resulting resolv.conf"
[12:59] <ruien> that sounds like what you want, but I could be wrong. I am not exactly clear on your requirements
[12:59] <uskerine> for some reason my thin clients lack the dns resolution
[13:00] <uskerine> and what i see is that /etc/resolv.conf points to nameserver 127.0.0.1
[13:00] <uskerine> i launch browser in the thin client, i can browse by typing IP address bt not by typing domain names
[13:00] <uskerine> so i am trying to fix it up by hardcoding dns servers somewhere
[13:00] <uskerine> but that somewhere is different from where it was in the 90's
[13:00] <uskerine> :)
[13:03] <LightningBaron> my favorite distro Xubuntu :)
[13:03] <zamanan> hello
[13:04] <zamanan> I am having a problem logging in to xubuntu
[13:04] <zamanan> it seems that there is a loop
[13:04] <zamanan> and I keep falling back to the login screen
[13:04] <zamanan> Tried a couple of fixes
[13:04] <zamanan> but didnt work
[13:04] <zamanan> anyone to help me around?
[13:06] <ruien> uskerine: what happens if you just add your DNS server to the "head" file so it shows up at the front of resolv.conf automatically? I'm not sure when it is regenerated but it seems something you could force to happen on boot even if it's a hacky solution like adding DNS regeneration to rc.local
[13:07] <ruien> zamanan: are you able to log in via a terminal (Ctrl-Alt-F1) ?
[13:08] <zamanan> ruien, yes I can
[13:09] <LightningBaron> zamanan:  i also encountered that problem before i just press my force restart and then boom, all came back to normal.
[13:09] <zamanan> have restarted a couple of times LightningBaron, didnt help
[13:10] <ruien> is there anything weird in your .bash_profile or .bashrc ?
[13:10] <zamanan> gimme a sec
[13:10] <zamanan> coming back to try another fix
[13:13] <zamanan> bah
[13:13] <zamanan> not worked
[13:14] <zamanan> how can I disable the graphical login?
[14:48] <xubuntu354> Im running xubuntu and it tends to get all slow when i have 3 or more applications up and alot of the time it will freeze completely, is there any way to fix this?
[14:50] <holstein> xubuntu354: add more ram? .. are you having realistic expectations for the hardware?
[14:50] <xubuntu354> How much more?
[14:51] <holstein> i mean, as much as you can, or want to i say... the more the merrier is a good rule for memory
[14:51] <holstein> xubuntu354: are you having realistic expectations of the hardware you have?
[14:57] <xubuntu354> just to be able to have abiword and firefox open
[14:58] <xubuntu354> i dont think thats too much for 512mb, right?
[15:00] <bazhang> try lubuntu with such little ram
[15:01] <ruien> firefox uses more ram than you think
[15:01] <bazhang> way more
[15:02] <xubuntu354> does chrome use less?
[15:02] <ochosi> theoretically yes
[15:02] <ochosi> at least it feels snappier with less ram
[15:02] <ochosi> but if you open a few tabs...
[15:02] <ochosi> (same with midori btw)
[15:03] <xubuntu354> which browser would you recomend?
[15:04] <ruien> i'd say chrome, but as ochosi said, it's no magic bullet. You'll still need to make sure you don't open too many tabs at once
[15:04] <ruien> i'd put the memory monitor in your Xfce status bar
[15:04] <ruien> System Load Monitor -> Memory Monitor
[15:09] <xubuntu354> i cannot find memory monitor at all
[15:10] <ruien> are you editing your Xfce panels?
[15:10] <ruien> right-click a panel: Panel -> Panel Preferences
[15:10] <ruien> "Items" tab, then add the System Load Monitor
[15:11] <ruien> then edit the settings and enable the memory monitor part. I keep just the bar showing how much is used
[15:13] <xubuntu354> thanks, i got it
[15:13] <ruien> make sure to add plenty of swap space if you're on 512 (unless you like the OOM killer!) but swap is really slow
[15:14] <uskerine> does xubuntu use LDM or LightDM?
[15:15] <ruien> lightdm
[15:18] <ICWeiner> I'm in CLI and I just did "tar -c * Music" and now I'm getting all sorts of funky output. I was putting Music in the file, I think...
[15:19] <uskerine> thanks ruien
[15:21] <ICWeiner> Can someone help me?
[16:22] <ICWeiner> how can I zip a group of files in the CLI?
[16:25] <gordonjcp> ICWeiner: zip
[16:25] <ICWeiner> exact command?
[16:26] <gordonjcp> if you type just "zip" you'll get comprehensive help
[16:26] <gordonjcp> I can't tell you exactly what to do since I don't really know what you want to do
[16:26] <gordonjcp> for historical reasons the Unix-y way is to use "tarballs" which is a compressed archive file
[16:27] <gordonjcp> you know how you often see .tar.gz ?
[16:28] <ICWeiner> I just want to make a zip of everything in my current directory.
[16:29] <gordonjcp> did you read the instructions that just "zip" on its own prints out?
[16:30] <gordonjcp> "zip [zipfile list]"
[16:30] <gordonjcp> there's a gotcha though, you really want "zip -r zipfile list"
[16:30] <gordonjcp> -r means recurse down subdirectories
[16:31] <laite> also, 'man zip'
[17:16] <xubuntu239> hello
[17:17] <knome> hullo
[17:17] <xubuntu239> I am new user xubuntu, change password and after 5minutes forgot, I am now in administrator
[17:17] <knome> administrator what?
[17:18] <xubuntu239> How to reset administrator password?
[17:18] <knome> you should not enable the root account - is that what you did, or do you just want to change your own password?
[17:19] <ICWeiner> Can I use CLI to chat on here? It'd be so awesome to be able to chat w/o leaving it.
[17:19] <knome> ICWeiner, feel free to
[17:20] <ICWeiner> I mean is there a way...
[17:20] <xubuntu239> I change my own password, then i tray use new password, but seems, now need to reset administrator password.
[17:20] <knome> ICWeiner, sure :) there are various clients, like irssi
[17:20] <ICWeiner> For use within CLI?
[17:20] <knome> ICWeiner, yes
[17:21] <ICWeiner> cool. how to get?
[17:21] <knome> xubuntu239, in ubuntu, the "administrator password" is your own password
[17:21] <knome> ICWeiner, sudo apt-get install irssi
[17:24] <logankemp> how to change my name?
[17:25] <ICWeiner> I'm online as logankemp
[17:25] <ICWeiner> that's my computer name...
[17:25] <knome> /help is a good guide, but simply; /nick newname
[17:25] <ICWeiner> kk thx
[17:25] <xubuntu239> Konome I changed the administrator password shortly after xubutnu installed, now I try to use the new password, but it is wrong, or is there any way how  to reset
[17:25] <DFrostedWang> That's better.
[17:25] <ICWeiner> lol
[17:26] <knome> xubuntu239, again, what are you referring to with "administrator password"? did you enable the root account?
[17:26] <knome> DFrostedWang, let's try to keep it family friendly - please change your nick to something else
[17:27] <DFrostedWang> No one complained about ICWeiner...
[17:27] <xubuntu239> I don't creat root account
[17:27] <knome> xubuntu239, in that case, as i said, the "administrator password" is your own password
[17:28] <knome> ICWeiner, please change that nick too then.
[17:30] <ICWeiner> It's PG-13, though!
[17:30] <knome> ICWeiner, no excuses.
[17:30] <ICWeiner> It's a good excuse, though!
[17:31] <knome> ICWeiner, i'm saying this the last time, change the nick.
[17:36] <xubuntu239> knome i seems enter new password and forgot it, i dont, want turn of commputer, becose i cant login back in xubuntu. There is way how to cahange password to new if i forget old admiistrator password. Thanks
[17:46] <xubuntu675> Hey everybody.  Just wanted to say that Xubuntu looks like what I'm looking for, however, my broadcom wireless card doesn't have the firmware installed.  Can I just download ndiswrapper from the software center and it work like that?  (installing xubuntu 12.04 from a usb stick with a wired connection as we speak)
[17:50] <xubuntu675> anyone?
[17:51] <astraljava> xubuntu675: Yes you can. There is also some documentation on wireless troubleshooting if that's not enough to fix it.
[17:51] <astraljava> xubuntu675: ...and this channel, of course. :)
[17:52] <Igirloservm> HEI WHO CAN HELP WHITH USERS problems
[17:53] <xubuntu675> astraljava: Yeah, I've seen some documentation that doesn't use ndiswrapper, but it was for regular ubuntu and not updated for 12.04, wasn't sure if it would fit with xubuntu.
[17:55] <astraljava> xubuntu675: Well, I'm not sure which documentation you're referring to, but in general, you can install stuff in software center, and see if it works or not. If not, then stop by in here, but be prepared to give a full description of what you did, and most importantly _how_ it is not working for you.
[17:56] <xubuntu675> astraljava: Yeah, I was just trying to get ahead of the game while everything installed.
[17:56] <astraljava> xubuntu675: Yeah ok, good to find information beforehand. :)
[17:57] <astraljava> If only most of the users were like that. :)
[17:58] <xubuntu675> astraljava: I'm not completely new, I've dabbled with ubuntu since jaunty, however, I currently have puppy installed and it's architecture is so radically different I needed to go back to ubuntu.
[18:19] <milen8204> My chrome crashes? Any one can say why ? :D
[21:47] <xubuntu210> Hello!
[21:48] <xubuntu210> anyone knows if there is compiz like stadnalone windows picker?
[21:48] <xubuntu210> because i cannot use compiz because of my weak graphic card!
[21:49] <xubuntu210> actually not because of the graphic card but because of ati radeon non supported driver
[21:53] <crond> xubuntu210, you can just turn off desktop effects
[21:54] <gordonjcp> ye
[21:54] <gordonjcp> seems crazy to enable them if you're going for a fast, lean, stripped-down machine
[22:05] <xubuntu210> they are already disabled
[22:06] <xubuntu210> but i find usefull switching between windows using hotspots with mouse
[22:07] <xubuntu210> can i use compiz without effects enabled?
[22:08] <xubuntu210> i didn't try to install it because my driver is really bad friend with linux. its ati x1270.
[22:09] <xubuntu210> lack of support
[22:10] <xubuntu210> thats why i am trying to see if there is standalone application to switch windows, like macos expose!
[22:11] <crond> alt_tab ?
[22:11] <xubuntu210> works but its not that easy to use
[22:12] <xubuntu210> when having a lot of windows open