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Micah_Hello00:30
Micah_anyone know how to remove/clear a login for a windows shared folder?00:31
Micah_when connecting for the first time i chose to save the login info...now the password has changed and i cannot access the folder. and can't find anywhere to change or remove that saved login00:32
GridCubetry the gnome-keyring00:33
Micah_it shows 3 commands i can use00:35
Micah_certificate-exception           import           version00:35
Micah_or are you talking about the gui00:36
Micah_seahorse00:36
ggur bad at cs00:36
Micah_i tried that the passwords are not stored in there00:36
GridCubeyou could try that, i just usually delete the ~/.gnome/keyring files and start over, but i guess there are smarter ways of doing it00:37
Micah_ill try it00:37
GridCubepress ctrl-h on the file manager and search for the .gnome folder00:37
GridCubefind the keyring folder and rename it to something else00:38
GridCubethat should save your old data in case something wron happens (it should not)00:38
gghow do i play starcraft 1 on ubuntu or brick breaker?00:38
Micah_the files are gone...still not letting me enter in password00:38
ggi tried to play on linux but i couldnt find snake or starcraftdinner00:39
GridCube!ops00:39
ubottugnomefreak, TheSheep, crimsun, mrpouit, Myrtti, PriceChild charlie-tca, cody-somerville or knome00:39
gglolol00:39
grehi00:51
greis xubuntu a good alternative for an old computer?00:54
GridCubeit depends on how old00:55
GridCubeif its reaaaally old then no00:55
GridCubeif its relatevely old then probably, if you have 512+ ram you will be fine00:55
grea p4 2.4ghz , 1GB RAM00:56
greonly 40GB HD00:56
GridCubesure it should work fine there00:56
grewith a 82865G intel chipset lol :x00:56
GridCube:) generic video drivers work pretty well with intels00:57
greindeed? cool :)00:57
GridCubemmhm yes00:57
grewell, so i can download and install the latest xubuntu version00:58
GridCubemy intel classmate works flawlessly with them00:58
GridCubegre, do your computer can boot from pendrives? and do you have a pendrive?00:58
greoh and... is openoffice into it? or koffice? abiword?00:58
GridCubeif you do then you can use unetbootin to install from them00:58
grei don't know what a pendrive is00:58
greahhh00:59
SkippersBossgre libre office comes as standard :-)00:59
GridCubean usb data storage00:59
grean usb key ?00:59
GridCubeyes00:59
greit can00:59
GridCubeSkippersBoss, xubuntu comes with abiword and gnumeric00:59
GridCubeno libreoffice by default00:59
SkippersBossauch00:59
SkippersBossI stand corrected00:59
GridCubeyou can sudo apt-get it in five minutes tho00:59
SkippersBosssorry00:59
GridCube:) no problem01:00
SkippersBossmiss information in a support channel01:00
grebut abiword can't export a .doc file to .pdf if i remember well01:00
GridCube:D not if someone corrects you quickly01:00
gre:/01:00
GridCubegre, you dont need to export01:00
GridCubeyou can simply print to file and choose pdf01:00
greoh ok01:01
GridCubeyou can do this with every program not just text editors01:01
SkippersBossHmm, ABI word WILL save to pdf01:01
GridCubeyes, that too01:01
GridCubebut you dont *need* to, you can print to pdf from leafpad01:01
greokay01:02
grethanks dudes01:02
GridCube:) no problem01:02
SkippersBossyeah but can leafpad open an ms .doc file01:02
SkippersBosslol01:02
SkippersBosshave fun gre01:02
GridCube:P nope01:03
grethank you, same there SkippersBoss :)01:03
SkippersBossJustice at last01:03
GridCubegre, if you are interested on extrafast you should look into lubuntu01:04
davidvjI am using a boot usb drive to access my system, I need to retrieve my home directory and move it to a backup drive. How do set the permissions?02:08
holstein!chown02:12
ubottuAn explanation of what file permissions are and how they can be manipulated can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FilePermissions02:12
davidvjI do have some understanding of permissions but since I am on a boot usb I assume that things are going to be quite different02:13
davidvjwill a boot usb allow chown??02:14
holsteindavidvj: i would just move the files i want02:36
holsteini would chown as needed, if needed02:36
davidvjI am trying a "sudo dd if=/sda/  ..... of=/sdf/..... " it did not ask for p/w .... not sure if it is running or not02:37
holsteini would just click and drag.. maybe gksudo whatever filemanager02:37
holsteinsudo dd should work fine02:37
davidvjIt would not let me click and drag ...02:37
holsteinit?... due to permisssions? did you open "it" with gksudo?02:38
davidvjthanks for the re-assurance on the dd .... lets see what happens02:38
holsteinanyways.. sudo dd should be working fine02:38
davidvjOK OK should have tried gksudo02:39
davidvjThanks for the guidance02:40
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v1adimirhm software center update available apparently05:32
v1adimir5.2.2.2 to 5.2.305:33
blackgatonegro1yup05:43
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v1adimirguys what to use for a (light) desktop system monitor pls?07:36
Sysiconky07:37
v1adimirSysi: wasn't sure if to install it.. 1.8x and 1.9 in Precise, then something else in the lunchpad PPA.. not sure from where/how to install it? :s07:37
Sysijust install "conky" or "conky-all"07:39
v1adimirok, ok, tnx (will do :))07:40
astraljavav1adimir: You should know that we will never (officially) suggest to install anything from PPAs. :)07:44
v1adimirright, gotcha07:46
v1adimirthough i wish there were certified PPAs, would make life a lot easier (than having to compile from source)07:50
astraljavav1adimir: If there were enough resources, that could be handy. But as it is, only the official repositories get support.07:54
skjoedtHow do I simply change the cpu govenor (e.g. from performance to ondemand) in xubuntu?12:13
ablomenskjoedt, if your hw is supported you can use xfce4-cpufreq-plugin12:16
ablomen(or just cpufreq from the terminal)12:16
skjoedtThe plugin only seems to display the current policy. Nothing happens when I change it to powersafe12:18
skjoedtThis works fine in gnome2, so my hardware supports it12:18
v1adimirskjoedt: won't change on my i5-2400 from the default either, can't remember what it was that got it working12:20
v1adimirim always on 1600MHz lmao12:21
skjoedtIs it due to permissions? Properly needs sudo12:21
v1adimirno i had to hax0r something to get it to change modes12:21
v1adimirit was on another install though :(12:22
skjoedtThe following command works fine (although it requires root privileges)12:24
skjoedtecho powersave | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor12:24
skjoedtIs there a way to safely make the above command work without using sudo?12:26
skjoedtPerhaps change the privileges of the scaling_governor files somehow?12:27
epzil0nwhat about jupiter? I have used it with several distros..12:32
epzil0nhttp://www.webupd8.org/2012/04/things-to-tweak-after-installing-ubuntu.html12:36
v1adimir^ http://www.webupd8.org/2011/09/jupiter-applet-finally-available-for.html12:38
v1adimirskjoedt: if you have sandy (or ivy), it looks like turbo boost is acting right (no actual evidence to back that up, lol)12:41
Os_Maleushi together!12:41
skjoedtv1adimir, Im on a core duo system at the moment12:41
skjoedtepzil0n, I'll try it out - thanks12:41
Os_Maleusdoes anybody know how dicomscope would be possible to make run?12:41
v1adimirdo you have EFI bios, perhaps it reads it from there and that's why the change isn't available by default (i still can't find what i did)12:42
epzil0nit works in Xubuntu 12.04 i get 1000.00 MHz in power saving mode and 1667.00 MHz in maximum performance :P12:43
v1adimirthat max is my power-saving :$12:43
v1adimirman i remember i changed it and i didn't sudo anything.. it was some config file, setting, something12:44
skjoedtepzil0n, works perfect thanks! Hopefully the video capabilities in Jupiter wont screw up my catalyst settings12:45
epzil0nskjoedt: nice, well don't use that feature ;)12:45
v1adimirwhatever you do, don't press the red button12:45
epzil0nlol12:45
v1adimir:)12:46
skjoedtthanks guys this is awesome12:47
skjoedtback to 30 celcius laptop again :)12:47
skjoedtand btw I got 800 mhz in powersave :)12:47
v1adimiryea i get your point now12:48
epzil0nyou are welcome :)12:48
epzil0nsweet12:48
epzil0nanyone that knows when xfce 4.10 will be in the official repos?12:54
Sysifor 12.04, never, 12.10 will have it by default12:54
epzil0nok, so have to use a PPA then12:55
Sysiyeah12:55
donmatasHi13:47
donmatasSmall questions:13:48
donmatasThe pictures saved in my desktop has only a black sqare as icon and not a minipreview as I us to it. Is anything that I can do to fix this?13:50
donmatashe pictures saved in my desktop has only a black sqare as icon and not a minipreview as I use to it. Is anything that I can do to fix this?13:50
ochosidonmatas: what version of xubuntu?13:54
ochosidonmatas: if it's 12.04, go to desktop-settings > icons > show thumbnails13:55
ochosidonmatas: if it's <12.04 there's not much you can do...13:55
epzil0n913:59
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judgenIs the there a nightly ppa or something for xubuntu that i can use on precise? I would like to try out the tiling in xfwm4.1014:08
judgenand i think i only have 4.8 in precise14:08
epzil0nyou can install xfce 4.10 through a ppa, i'm running it now in 12.04 ;)14:13
epzil0nhttp://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/install-xfce-410-in-xubuntu-1204.html14:14
epzil0nworks like a charm :)14:14
donmatasMe again14:21
epzil0nhi there14:23
donmatassorry, I lost my connection14:25
epzil0nok14:27
donmatasI was wondering if is possible to have minipreviews at the desktop14:28
donmatasdo I make myself clear?14:29
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donmatasan other tiny question:14:35
donmatasHow I can customize the icon of a launcher. I only can find the default icons. Where I should put a new image to find it from the "edit launcher section"14:37
Marzataright click property edit14:42
genii-arounddonmatas: If you have something in /home/yourusername/.icons/   it usually looks there14:47
donmatasMrzata: I done that buy I only find the default icons and I want to use my own icon...14:49
donmatasgenii-around: thanks I will check if it works14:49
Marzatadonmatas: what?14:51
Marzataright click the icon14:51
MarzataProperties, Edit ...14:52
Marzatathen you have an icon to choose14:52
donmatasGEnii & Mazarta: I find it here: file:///usr/share/pixmaps/whatsapp1.png14:52
donmatasI mean, I put the image here: file:///usr/share/pixmaps/ and it works14:53
judgenepzil0n, thank you, but after long  inner deliberation i have decided to leave the LTS route for the more unstable route of alphas. I do not mind reinstalling, and do regular backups so it will probably be fine14:55
judgenas long as they do not do another grub>grub214:55
Marzatadonmatas: you can put at any path14:56
donmatasMazarta: now I get how... ;)15:00
donmatasMazarta: and what about the minipreviews of pictures saved at the desktop. I only see a black sqare...15:01
Marzatadonmatas: you use xubuntu 12.04?15:05
donmatasYES15:11
donmatasMARZATA: yes15:11
Marzatago to Settings / Settings Manager / Desktop / Icons / Show thumbnails15:13
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stimoceivergreetings17:47
stimoceiveris there a fix for the issue of xfce's "terminal" not recording user entries in utmp ?17:49
blackgatonegrolooking for chromiun web bronswer, I found an insane hard and cool shooter game17:51
holsteinblackgatonegro: its in the repos17:52
blackgatonegroyup17:52
blackgatonegroChromium B.S.U.17:52
holsteinOIC.. you found that game instead.. yeah, i did that the first time as well :)17:54
blackgatonegroI must say is a great strategy to get your game promoted17:55
blackgatonegroeven at lower speed and difficulty, the game is hard17:56
elfystimoceiver: not sure if there's a fix - it's due to be backported apparently - I know it's working in 12.10 now - I checked it yesterday17:59
blackgatonegrowell 12.04 is a LTS, they should eventually fix it18:00
stimoceiverelfy: actually someone just pointed me to a workaround, comment 3 of bug 86460918:00
ubottuLaunchpad bug 864609 in vte (Ubuntu) "libvte9 fails to record utmp/login entries" [Undecided,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/86460918:00
elfyok - cool - I've not bothered to look at workrounds personally18:00
stimoceiverits a super simple workaround. apparlty the path is wrong in libvte, solution is to create a symbolic link18:01
stimoceiverthe path to gnome-pty-helper18:01
elfy:)18:03
elfywish I'd seen that when I first noticed the issue in 11.10 - but heyho18:03
blackgatonegroby the way, how come even ubuntu has its own terminal emulator? Wont be simpler to have the same terminal emulator to all ubuntu distros?18:04
blackgatonegrojust asking18:05
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VoveriusDinuX, gyvas?21:29
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xubuntu522hi friends22:09
xubuntu522soyaaaaaaaaaa22:10
ShamanBrahmanHello I'm unable to vew my flash drive within the filesystem browser23:16
ShamanBrahmanview*23:16
holsteinUSB flash drive?23:16
bazhang!crosspost | ShamanBrahman23:16
ubottuShamanBrahman: Please don't ask the same question in multiple Ubuntu channels at the same time. Many helpers are in more than one channel and it's not fair to them or the other people seeking support.23:16
ShamanBrahmanBefore this issue began I was changing the format on it and creating a bootable Windows 7 flash drive23:16
ShamanBrahmanSorry I moved here because I realized I was in the way23:16
ShamanBrahmanI'm running xubuntu and they are using ubuntu23:17
ShamanBrahmanSo I decided my question would be better resolved in this channel23:17
holsteinxubuntu *is* ubuntu23:17
ShamanBrahmanYes but I belong here23:17
holsteinyou can open something like gparted, and see if you see the USB stick.. you can open a terminal and type "sudo fdisk -l"23:18
ShamanBrahmanYes it's visible in gparted23:18
holsteinShamanBrahman: you can get help for you question in #ubuntu if you like23:18
ShamanBrahmanbut I'm unable to make any changes on it because I can't mount it23:18
holstein!mount23:18
ubottumount is used to attach devices to directories. See also https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mount23:18
ShamanBrahmanAlright23:18
ShamanBrahmanThe flash drive was working fine until I reformated it and used Unetbootin to create it as a bootable Win7 installer23:19
ShamanBrahmanbut it's obvious that something went wrong because it can't be booted or recognized on my xubuntu23:20
holsteini would just reformat it in gparted, or take it back to win7, and format it if you are more comfortable there23:20
ShamanBrahmanMy Win7 machine is currently un-useable23:21
ShamanBrahmanIf I had access to a windows machine I probably would have already resolved my issue23:21
holsteininteresting.. you think its corrupted? you think it could have corrupted your USB stick?23:21
ShamanBrahmanI don't mind doing it in xubuntu though because it's a bit of a learning experience23:21
ShamanBrahmanI don't think it's corrupted to be honest23:22
ShamanBrahmanI guess what I'm looking for is  "magical" terminal command that will change the USB into a state where it can be recognized23:22
holsteinhave you mounted via the command line from the link above?23:22
ShamanBrahmanI'll see how that goes now and let you know23:23
ShamanBrahmanalright so I did mount and it requested that I specify the filesystem23:27
ShamanBrahmanThe issue with that is that gparted claims the filesystem is "unallocated"23:28
holsteinyup...  the mount command will want that.. the link above will tell you how to mount different filesystems23:28
ShamanBrahmanYeah23:29
ShamanBrahmanBut I have no idea what file system is on here23:29
holsteinif theres nothing but a live CD on there, i would just try reformatting in gparted.. i could imagine a scenario where something happened on the windows side23:29
ShamanBrahmanI'm thinking it's ntfs but then why would gparted say unallocated23:29
ShamanBrahmanI installed a thing that was supposed to make gparted recognize ntfs23:29
holsteini think its "unallocated" because it is... i think there was an issue formatting the device last time23:30
holsteinyou could elaborate about the "thing", but it should be fat formatted from unet23:30
ShamanBrahmanI don't remember I was following a guide sorry that doesn't help23:30
ShamanBrahmanI don't even care about the image on here23:31
ShamanBrahmanI just want it to be switched into whatever format will allow me to use it23:31
ShamanBrahmanand gparted doesn't allow me any actions with the USB device they are greyed out23:31
holsteinShamanBrahman: i would use gparted to format it23:31
holsteinShamanBrahman: you can unmount it23:31
ShamanBrahmanI'm almost certain it isn't mounted right now23:32
ShamanBrahmanbecause I can't browse the folders and the filesystem won't recognize that it's plugged in23:32
holsteinmaybe relaunch gparted... make sure its launch as root23:32
holsteinlaunched23:32
holsteinthen, just for giggles.. right click and unmount the "partitions" or whatever you find in gparted23:32
ShamanBrahmangparted recognizes that it's plugged into the computer but I don't have options to do things like that with the drive23:34
ShamanBrahmanIf I could right click and format it I would have already done that23:34
holsteinShamanBrahman: feel free to take some screenshots... or try loading a live CD and looking at the device23:34
holsteintheres nothing preventing gparted from formatting as long as its running as root, and the device isnt mounted23:35
ShamanBrahmanI feel as if the device has basically "gone retard"23:35
ShamanBrahmanbut I can't fathom it being corrupted23:35
ShamanBrahmanWhat kind of formatting utility would brick a flash drive23:35
ShamanBrahmanI'll show you a screenshot of it being recognized in gparted with no options23:36
holsteinnot sure what you used in win723:36
ShamanBrahmanAlright if you're willing I think we should pursue the root of this issue differently23:37
ShamanBrahmanI'll explain what I'm doing23:37
holsteinwhen you see the list.. /dev/sda or whatever, right click there, and unmount23:37
ShamanBrahmanand why the flash drive is even relevant23:37
holsteinhttp://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=267869 expains a bit about doing it from the command line23:38
ShamanBrahmanI'll look into the link23:41
ShamanBrahmanbut here is a screenshot of gparted and the device23:41
ShamanBrahmanhttp://i.imgur.com/68d7m.png23:41
ShamanBrahmanas you can see all options are greyed out23:42
ShamanBrahmanI can't just format it and be on my way23:42
holsteinright click on "unallocated" and take a screenie if you cant unmount it23:42
ShamanBrahmanI'll need to pull some gypsy shit23:42
holsteinthere are no partitions23:42
bazhangShamanBrahman, no cursing here23:42
ShamanBrahmansorry23:43
holsteini would right-click.. choose "unmount"23:43
holsteini would then right-click, and make a partition.. a fat32 or ext one.. i would hit "apply" and "format" it23:43
ShamanBrahmanI would give you a screenshot of me right clicking on that big "unallocated bar" and all the options being greyed out23:44
ShamanBrahmanbut I'm unable to take a screenshot while right clicked23:44
holsteintheres a red exclamation mark.. whats that about?23:44
ShamanBrahmana problem23:44
holsteini would literally start from scratch.. i would just wipe the table and everything.. start over23:45
ShamanBrahmanwarning: unrecognised disk label"23:45
ShamanBrahmanit's just a flash drive and I don't care about what's on it23:45
holsteinright... i would nuke that and everything else.. and start over and reformat it23:45
ShamanBrahmanHow would I go about doing that if gparted doesn't give me the option23:46
ShamanBrahmanIs there a command that wills how me all plugged in storage devices23:46
holsteinits under the "device" menu...23:46
holstein"create partition table"23:46
ShamanBrahmanoh lawdy23:47
ShamanBrahmanI think this might actually do it23:47
holsteinright.. blow that out.. make a partition, hit apply, and that will "reformat" it23:47
ShamanBrahmanNice that worked23:48
ShamanBrahmanAlrigh well now that I have a working flash drive again I'll resume putting a windows installer on it23:49
ShamanBrahmanand if xubuntu gives me more issues I'll let you know23:49
holsteina windows installer?23:49
ShamanBrahmanYeah I'm working on my xubuntu laptop23:49
ShamanBrahmanfixing my desktop23:50
holsteinyou want a xubuntu live CD?23:50
holsteinlive USB?23:50
ShamanBrahmanI would put xubuntu on that computer but it's a gaming rig23:50
ShamanBrahmanso I need my Windows for dem vidya games23:50
holsteinsure... its your machine... put what you like on it23:50
ShamanBrahmanI need a software that does a good job mounting a bootable image23:50
holsteinmounting a bootable image?23:51
ShamanBrahmanI used brasero to burn a DVD when the flash drive messed up and that disk won't make it through the installation23:51
holsteinit should just show up23:51
holsteinyou should be able to explore or extract iso's or whatever23:51
ShamanBrahmanUnetbootin should do it23:52
ShamanBrahmanor corrupt my flash drive again23:52
ShamanBrahmanI'll find out in a second23:52
holsteinenjoy!23:52
ShamanBrahmanYes thanks for all the help23:52

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