[00:44] <acme__> hello
[01:45] <philipballew> What would cause my load average to slowly rise?
[01:58] <stlsaint> philipballew: process running in background
[01:59] <philipballew> stlsaint, whats the best way to track that down?
[02:00] <JoseeAntonioR> philipballew: System Monitor
[02:00] <philipballew> so like htop or top i guess
[02:00] <JoseeAntonioR> philipballew: kinda
[02:02] <stlsaint> philipballew: top will do
[02:02] <stlsaint> simply watch top a few mintues to see whats hogging cpu
[02:03] <philipballew> alright. seems good enough
[06:41] <salek2> I,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] <salek2> how can I have my screen back?
[06:42] <stlsaint> salek2: how did you change the resolution?
[06:43] <salek2> there was a monitor image on the top of my desktop and i choosed the last  option
[06:44] <stlsaint> which was?
[06:45] <salek2> i cant remember that was something like 900x700
[06:46] <stlsaint> salek2: so what are you using now? You at command line or ....?
[06:48] <salek2> Im using windows now
[06:49] <stlsaint> salek2: can you boot into recovery mode on your ubuntu?
[06:49] <salek2> yes
[06:49] <stlsaint> salek2: and you can get to commadn line?
[06:49] <salek2> yes
[06:49] <stlsaint> what resolution do you want it at?
[06:50] <salek2> i think it should be 1600x900
[06:50] <bioterror> quite weird resolution, if you ask from me :P
[06:50] <salek2> what should it be so?:D
[06:51] <stlsaint> agreed but OP could have large monitor
[06:52] <stlsaint> salek2: use xrandr as such: xrandr -- output VGA --mode 1600x900 --rate 75
[06:52] <salek2> I just want my screen back
[06:52] <salek2> I tried that
[06:52] <stlsaint> salek2: and what happened?
[06:52] <salek2> the answer was: can't open disply
[06:53] <stlsaint> salek2: is there a reason you want a resolution of 1600x900? (and yet selected 900x700 or close?)
[06:54] <salek2> see my screen in ubuntu was not 100% fixed to my monitor screen
[06:54] <salek2> and I wanted ti fix it
[06:54] <salek2> so i changed that
[06:55] <stlsaint> smh
[06:55] <bioterror> I would recommend generating xorg.conf and tweaking it from there
[06:55] <stlsaint> bioterror: lol i was just about to ask for xorg.conf output
[06:55] <salek2> how can i do that
[06:55] <salek2> im so a begiiner
[06:55] <stlsaint> feel a dpkg-reconfigure coming on
[06:55] <bioterror> salek2, Xorg --configure
[06:56] <stlsaint> first backup the old xorg.conf
[06:56] <bioterror> you get xorg.conf.new
[06:57] <stlsaint> bioterror: yea but if the resolution sticks we would want the .new to just be org
[06:57] <stlsaint> bioterror: also i used to use: sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
[06:57] <stlsaint> old fashioned
[06:58] <salek2> i used that line
[06:58] <salek2> but no answer
[06:58] <salek2> sudo dpkg-re....
[06:58] <stlsaint> salek2: did you look in your xorg folder
[06:59] <stlsaint> ??
[06:59] <salek2> I dont have access to my ubuntu
[07:00] <stlsaint> you 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] <stlsaint> boot regular and try hitting ctrl+alt+f1
[07:00] <salek2> ok
[07:00] <salek2> i go try it
[07:33] <elcot> i got a laptop already installed with BOSS, a debian type distro
[07:34] <elcot> it didn't asked for password
[07:34] <elcot> when logged in
[07:34] <elcot> when i use sudo command first time
[07:35] <elcot> to adduser
[07:35] <elcot> it asked password
[07:35] <elcot> i entered and re-entered
[07:35] <elcot> is it my new password for the account i logged in
[07:38] <stlsaint> elcot: if you never set a password try just hitting enter
[07:39] <elcot> @stlsaint
[07:39] <elcot> okay
[07:45] <stlsaint> elcot: did it work?
[07:45] <elcot> no
[07:45] <elcot> i tried to login
[07:45] <elcot> in another terminal
[07:45] <elcot> with current  user account
[07:45] <elcot> and entered password
[07:45] <elcot> cant log in
[07:46] <elcot> i also tried to login with new user name and entered paswd
[07:46] <elcot> in that try also
[07:46] <elcot> i cant login
[07:46] <stlsaint> elcot: what user are you as right now?
[07:47] <stlsaint> elcot: whoever gave you that laptop and installed that OS has the password
[07:47] <elcot> the only user when i got the laptop
[07:48] <elcot> is a restart needed to be effecet
[07:48] <elcot> cuz i change passwd
[07:49] <elcot> for the user
[07:49] <elcot> i tried to login in another terminal now
[07:49] <elcot> it says pasword is incorect
[07:50] <elcot> in passwd command
[07:50] <elcot> it said "Authentication token manipulation error"
[07:50] <elcot> how to change pasword
[08:03] <satyanash_> Hi
[08:23] <r4y> Can I change the appearance of kid3's color scheme?
[15:51] <bobweaver> hello anyone here good with LaunchPad ?  mostly ppa stuff ? I can not get dput to work correctly
[21:22] <geirha> arrgh, 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.
[22:34] <bobb> how to quit