/srv/irclogs.ubuntu.com/2012/06/09/#ubuntu-beginners.txt

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acme__hello00:44
philipballewWhat would cause my load average to slowly rise?01:45
stlsaintphilipballew: process running in background01:58
philipballewstlsaint, whats the best way to track that down?01:59
JoseeAntonioRphilipballew: System Monitor02:00
philipballewso like htop or top i guess02:00
JoseeAntonioRphilipballew: kinda02:00
stlsaintphilipballew: top will do02:02
stlsaintsimply watch top a few mintues to see whats hogging cpu02:02
philipballewalright. seems good enough02:03
salek2I,m useing ubuntu 10.4, I  just changed the screen resolution and after that I have a black screen with a flowing box with this messege : " NOT OPTIMUM MODE, recommended mod 1600x900 60Hz , analog"06:41
salek2how can I have my screen back?06:41
stlsaintsalek2: how did you change the resolution?06:42
salek2there was a monitor image on the top of my desktop and i choosed the last  option06:43
stlsaintwhich was?06:44
salek2i cant remember that was something like 900x70006:45
stlsaintsalek2: so what are you using now? You at command line or ....?06:46
salek2Im using windows now06:48
stlsaintsalek2: can you boot into recovery mode on your ubuntu?06:49
salek2yes06:49
stlsaintsalek2: and you can get to commadn line?06:49
salek2yes06:49
stlsaintwhat resolution do you want it at?06:49
salek2i think it should be 1600x90006:50
bioterrorquite weird resolution, if you ask from me :P06:50
salek2what should it be so?:D06:50
stlsaintagreed but OP could have large monitor06:51
stlsaintsalek2: use xrandr as such: xrandr -- output VGA --mode 1600x900 --rate 7506:52
salek2I just want my screen back06:52
salek2I tried that06:52
stlsaintsalek2: and what happened?06:52
salek2the answer was: can't open disply06:52
stlsaintsalek2: is there a reason you want a resolution of 1600x900? (and yet selected 900x700 or close?)06:53
salek2see my screen in ubuntu was not 100% fixed to my monitor screen06:54
salek2and I wanted ti fix it06:54
salek2so i changed that06:54
stlsaintsmh06:55
bioterrorI would recommend generating xorg.conf and tweaking it from there06:55
stlsaintbioterror: lol i was just about to ask for xorg.conf output06:55
salek2how can i do that06:55
salek2im so a begiiner06:55
stlsaintfeel a dpkg-reconfigure coming on06:55
bioterrorsalek2, Xorg --configure06:55
stlsaintfirst backup the old xorg.conf06:56
bioterroryou get xorg.conf.new06:56
stlsaintbioterror: yea but if the resolution sticks we would want the .new to just be org06:57
stlsaintbioterror: also i used to use: sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg06:57
stlsaintold fashioned06:57
salek2i used that line06:58
salek2but no answer06:58
salek2sudo dpkg-re....06:58
stlsaintsalek2: did you look in your xorg folder06:58
stlsaint??06:59
salek2I dont have access to my ubuntu06:59
stlsaintyou said you could reach it in safe mode. Also have you tried booting up trying to drop to tty with ctrl+alt+f1 ?07:00
stlsaintboot regular and try hitting ctrl+alt+f107:00
salek2ok07:00
salek2i go try it07:00
elcoti got a laptop already installed with BOSS, a debian type distro07:33
elcotit didn't asked for password07:34
elcotwhen logged in07:34
elcotwhen i use sudo command first time07:34
elcotto adduser07:35
elcotit asked password07:35
elcoti entered and re-entered07:35
elcotis it my new password for the account i logged in07:35
stlsaintelcot: if you never set a password try just hitting enter07:38
elcot@stlsaint07:39
elcotokay07:39
stlsaintelcot: did it work?07:45
elcotno07:45
elcoti tried to login07:45
elcotin another terminal07:45
elcotwith current  user account07:45
elcotand entered password07:45
elcotcant log in07:45
elcoti also tried to login with new user name and entered paswd07:46
elcotin that try also07:46
elcoti cant login07:46
stlsaintelcot: what user are you as right now?07:46
stlsaintelcot: whoever gave you that laptop and installed that OS has the password07:47
elcotthe only user when i got the laptop07:47
elcotis a restart needed to be effecet07:48
elcotcuz i change passwd07:48
elcotfor the user07:49
elcoti tried to login in another terminal now07:49
elcotit says pasword is incorect07:49
elcotin passwd command07:50
elcotit said "Authentication token manipulation error"07:50
elcothow to change pasword07:50
satyanash_Hi08:03
r4yCan I change the appearance of kid3's color scheme?08:23
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bobweaverhello anyone here good with LaunchPad ?  mostly ppa stuff ? I can not get dput to work correctly15:51
geirhaarrgh, annoying. Running extended desktop with laptop at 1366x768 and an lcd monitor at 1280z1024. Trying to run a game (Bastion) in fullscreen, it decides to pick the lcd monitor, but with 1366x768 resolution.21:22
bobbhow to quit22:34

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